<P> I do not choose to run is President Calvin Coolidge's statement to the press on his decision not to run for the 1928 presidential election . The statement was ambiguous, and led to considerable debate as to the intentions of its language . </P> <P> Coolidge was at his "Summer White House" in the Black Hills when he gave his secretary, Everett Sanders, a piece of paper that said, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928 ." Sanders endorsed Coolidge's declaration, and the announcement was scheduled for the 9 a.m. press conference on Tuesday August 2, 1927 . </P>

Who said i do not choose to run