Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-12-05
Wilson Tells Congress People
win Know Facts Of Treaty
Making.
ASKS FULL CO. o-0PERATloN
OF COUNTRY AND CONGRESS
Declares There Ara Many Important
i Problems That Must Be Solved by
Lawmakers Favors Government
Control Of the RaiIroads-says seiz-
ure OF Cables Aids in Keeping Sol
ons Posted on Peace Parley-Pact
TO pc Signed by Spring.


TO pc Signed BY Spring.
WashingtOn.-President Wilson in
m address which he delivered Monday
70 congress gave his reasons for his trip
to Europe. He declared it to be his par
amount duty to give his personal serv-
ice in the Interpretation of his basis
OF peace, which had been accepted by
the belligerents allied with the United
States, In order that the kind of a
peace for which the United States had
fought might not be spoiled by a mis-
Interpretation of his ideals. He said
he hoped to see formal declaration
of peace by treaty "by the time spring
has come"
The president said he will be in close
touch by cable and wireless and that
congress will know all that he does on
the other side.
The president said he hoped to see
formal declaration Of peace by
treaty .'by the time spring has come"
He expressed the hope that he would
have the cooperation Of the public and
q congress. saying through the cables
and wireless constant counsel and ad-
vice would be possible.
Takes Up Railroad Problems.
Much of the address was devoted to
the railroad problem, for which the
president said he now had no solution
to offer. He recommended careful study
nv win I,o lfe.
service to the country and to the rail-
roads to permit a return to old condi-
lions under private management with
out notifications.
The president declared he stood
ready to release the railroads from
government control whenever salts
factory plan of readjustment could be
worked out.
No Reconstruction Plans Vet.
No definite program Of reconstruc-
don can be outlined now, Mr.. Wilson
said, but. as soon as the armistice was
signed government control of business,
and industry was released as far as
possible. He expressed the hope that
congress would not object to confer
ring upon the war trade board or some
other agency the right Of fixing ex-
port priorities to assure shipment of
food to starving people abroad.
AS to taxation, the president in
dorsed the plan for levying $4,000, ,OOO,-
600 in 1919 and for notifying the pub
lie in advance that the 1920 levy will
be $4,OOO,OOOO0O.
The new three-year naval building
program was indorsed because, the
president said, 1t would be unwise to
attempt to adjust the American pro-
gram to a future world policy as vet
undetermined.
Again Urges Votes for Women.
Paying tribute to the peoples CON
duct In war, he spoke particularly of
the work of women and again appealed
for woman suffrage by federal amend
ment.
Text Of Presidents Address.
The president said:
Gentlemen Of the congress-: The
year that has elapsed since / last
stood before you to fulfill my consti-
tutional duty to give to the congress
from time to time information on the
state of the Union has been so crowd.
ed with great events, great processes
and great results that / cannot hope
to give you an adequate picture of it's
transactions or Of the far-reachins
changes which have been wrought in
the life of our nation and the world.
You have yourselves witnessed these
things, as have. 1t is too soon to as
scss them; and we who stand in the
midst of them and are part of them
are less qualified than men of another
generation will be to say what they
mean or even what they have been.
Bot some great outstanding facts are
unmistakable and constitute in a sense
part Of the public business with which
It is our duty to deal.
To state them IS to set the stage for
the legislative and executive action
which must grow out of them and
which we have yet to shape and de-
termine.
Tells Of Troop Shipments.
A year ago we had sent Las, ,91S men
overseas. Since then we have. sent
1,950.513. an average Of 162,542 each
month. the number in fact rising in
May last to 245 ,951, in June to 27S.7eO.
in july to 307,1S2, and continuing to
reach similar figures in August and
sssepte,nhsr-ir! August 'os9,57o and in
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