The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-22
PRESIDENT TAFT
 TIRED OF DELAY Senate Is Advised to Get Busy
 on Waiting Fills POSTAL BANKS NEEDED Taft Reminds the Senate Leaders That Republican Platform Promises Must Surely Be Met By Party
 Performances.
POSTAL BANKS NEEDED

Washington, January 21.-President Taft read in the papers today that the Senate was marking time while the House was struggling with the various ap- propriation bills. MT Taft sent for Sen ators Penrose of Pennsylvania, Crane of Massachusetts and Carter of Montana and asked why it would not be a good thing for the Senate "to get busy on some of the measures he had recommended"
 Senator Aldrich was absent from the city. The President preached the subject of the postal savings bank bill. The three senators are members of the committee on postoffices and post roads
 MT. Penrose is chairman. Senator Car ter Is sponsor for the measure
 Some senators, it was suggested in re- ply to the President, are not warm advo- cates of postal savings bank It fact, 1t was said that such states as Massa- chusetts and Pennsylvania, great strong holds of savings institutions, are not at all in favor of the scheme.
 But. the President argued, the republic an platform called for postal savings banks, and certainly the senators were going to redeem the party pledges.
 President Taft Is said to have assured the senators that they need not worry about the House. It is said there Is ev- cry reason to believe that the House Is coming around all right, it is declared; that it's members are coming to the President for the very good reason that they have no other place to go.
 It SO happened when Senators Pen rose, Crane and Carter left the White ha lot r., the trio, declared:
 ''The postal savings bank proposition will become a law at this session.
 The postal savings bank bill however, will not be the first of the Taft meas ures considered. The President ranks his recommendations for changes in the in- terstate commerce law as of first iin- portance, and he 80 indicated his posi- tion 10 the senators this afternoon.
 The President told his callers also that he regarded as of prime importance the bill to validate the withdrawal of lands containing waterpower sites, coal and phosphates.
 The President is confident that Senator Aldrich will do all he can to further the passage of the postal savings bank bill.
 This bill, it is argued, will give the leader of the Senate an opportunity to show to the people of the country that they are to get their share of the bene- fits of forthcoming financial Legislation.
 MT AIdrich is anxious to secure the support of the country for the new currency laws and the central bank of issue. or whatever form the Iegis- lation may take, and the President be- lfeves that the best way to secure this support is first to provide for the postal banks. The Presidents arguments for the system are well known He be- lieves first of all that the postal banks will not interfere to any appreciabIe extent with the legitimate savings banks, which pay to per cent inter- est as against the per cent proposed to be paid by government Repositories He believes the government banks will bring out many millions of dollars con- cealed in every conceivable manner by timid and thrifty people. He thinks