Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-13
ESE BACKS WILSON'S WAR
CREDIT BILL; TO VOTE TOMORROW

orc v. .ipevs of war to the Aired
1ufn'sn ,,s which the United states Is
sven va va N common cause against the
~ ~, aierman Government
IN FEW CHANGES
,.,.ra the debate was concluded I,
IcnR n, that few II any of the amend.
Dbs evuen s,roposed by Republicans would
n 'Sonted. All of the deoa'e WAS ''ee 'ro'
e.nnshlp or rancor.
rsan,s"s, "s,suestions that changes should
~ ~ na rticularly In those sections
mace' ,,nIlmited authority to the Pres
1ond'ls cscretary of the Treasury. Mr.
oHt s"u ade the same response. II was
Nfh'n now exists between the United
wa,d Germany. the President must
w. s,se hand in prosecuting the strug
sssars and more as the time Tor the
sr.w uear that argument seemed to
:f6fy the House
ET GARDNER TALKS
4 .r,ative Gardner, Massachusetts
kp,,can. pleaded tbat Congress stoI
asked that it give the Presiden
armv draft bill. bespoke permission =,
.'..I poosevelt or any one else able to Dc
t.' ,ssd a division in Europe. and urget
congress rubber stamp the fresi
~. senands Gardner said;
/ mart try to fight duel with swords
/ thirty PAGES. If Roosevelt or any
osh,r pied piper can whistle 2h.o0o IA
s.s,rs after him. for heavens sake
sy, him the change Hen not maze
! botch Of It, He'll do the same sort
!, ! ;oh with this division that he did
v,th his rough riders
Tbere are fourteen Democrats, nine
p.oublIcans and one Progressive on
~ Ways and Means Committee.
Thank the Lord. every man-jack of
.s.m voted TO give s3,000,000, 900 to
~. Allies You can't beat that for a
good beginning
x.r.,tamp Congress when there was
=, need of Il. The time has come
~h.n IL is the imperative need of it
IA vet we start to boggle over the
s.rlv hill, We'll, | for one now an
scunce that so far as these war meas
vrss are concerned, | propose to be n
,ubber.stamp Congressman, and be-
ileve that the large majority of the
p,uublicans In this House have exactly
ne same intention, ] appeal to my
Republican colleagues in this House to
hin with me in voting for what the
President wants without a days delay.
We have been talking lot about ris-
inr above partsanship: now let's quit
talking about 1t and proceed to do 1t.
VIA. the President says he needs, that
i shall vote TO give him. not because
lwant 10 shove off my responsibility on
him, hut because he knows what is
going on and don't
TROOPS IN FRANCE
Mr. Speaker. as sure as you are an.
Inch high the people want us to send
any troops we can spare over to France
right off quick Even If we can only
send small brigade of regulars, the
people want the Stars and Stripes
waving over those trenches just as
quickly as the colorbearer can get
there. They want a first class sample
Of our manhood to go over and clap
the Allies on the back and wish them
well and tell them to hang on till we
can get there to help them.
II you don't believe what I say,
Mr. Speaker, wish you could have
been over in Baltimore last Sunday to
hear the people howl when one of the
speakers advocated ,r;p to the
trenches for Uncle Sans boys. In
New York an audience of several thou
sand shook the roof of the Hippodrome
when they heard the same thing sug-
sested
..'. I".s -" ~ ~" ,n ,e
N the House and presented the war cred
la for consideration.
KiTCHIN IN CHARGE
Kitchn tod the House at the outset tha
sr.r nrsssnted to a LEGISLATIVE hodv in N
~ p'eseu.eu ., 10 'c6 t, s'a'se oous III !.
6sd tbat the enorhal hi, r.me frnn7 N
Ways and Means Committee with
snanimous ren,rt He added.
r.. 49, ,,,,
"e wi''' VI '"e W, aie s'onple' %
p'opoSe W ISaue sue So,ou"'v"v''o" !"
sonus anl e.,ooV'ooo,ooo auo','oht' W
s.sa s.ssusy .e' '''lcates oi 'nuep'euhess' the
80 "a'u'''s III one Sea' ''o"' ua'e
rSsue
~, e'"s 'n' c'nu'''ohs oI 'ne
us' eia, is' thelI maturity uehoihi-
'leit to the discretion of the Secretary
~. anu 'ne rreS'uen' en-
that the bonds shau hear ,hraa and
one.haIf ner cant interest and shall
not have the circulation nroy;sior
NJ Three billions nf The nroceeds of ,bess
bonds are 10 he used bv tho president
ef thA IInitea s,a,as ,nd i've caora,ar,,
M the TREASURE in n,aI,n. ,oan 80
foreign rovernHon,s ~ ,"hs m,tn 90 a ,u"" p ~
with the Imperial German Government.
II Is further stipulated that in add-
uon II the United States shall issue any
OondS at n hiphor rata of ;ptara,,