The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-22
FORESEE DANCER
IN WILSON BILL
TO FEED EUROPE
Senators in Stormy Debate
Over 100000 600 Relief
Measure-Fear Bolshevism
(By Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. a.
Adopting as its slogan Feed America
frst." the opposition to the 100000
900 food bill in the senate grew more
formidable Tuesday. and after an.
other acrid debate forced further post
ponement of action on the measure.
Fear among the senators that the
appropriation of money to feed Europe
will keep up prices in the United
States and produce more bOlshevism
at home than 1t will diminish abroad
Is the underlying cause of the opposi
ton. Reports Of unemployment reach
ing the senate from various parts OF
the country are beginning to cause
much concern. and many senator's
voiced the warning that the time has
arrived for congress to give more at
tention to relieving conditions at
home.
Harding eIames Wilson.
Senator Harding of Ohio. one OF
those in the front rank Of the candi'
dates for the Republican presidential
nomination, charged President Wilson
with a large share OF the responsible
lty for bolshevism and warned the SEN
ate that II We don't get back to a
peace basis in the next ninety days we
will be more concerned about putting
out the fires of bolshevism in the
United States than feeding the starv
ing people of Europe"
Senator Johnson of California point
ed to the reports of unemployment
demonstrations in Boston and Seattle
and declared that "the cloud of unem
ployment may engulf this country In
the next few months and present an
issue such as has never before been
brought to our doors"
He particularly deplored the report
ed unemployment Of soldiers and as.
serted that "the American soldier who
looks into the muzzle Of machine
gun must not be compelled to look
into an empty dinner pail"
Penrose and Hollis In Tilt.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania
and Senator Hollis staged a red-hot
tilt when the Pennsylvania senator
proposed an amendment to take the
expenditure of the $1OO,00O.0O0 out of
the hands of Herbert c. Hoover. food
administrator, whom he referred to as
"a half foreigner" and IAN autocrat."
Senator Hollis charged that Senator
Penrose's proposal was "a poison gas
attack" designed to humiliate Presi-
Dent Wilson abroad.
Senator PeIrose counter-attacked
by charging Senator Hollis and his
fellow Democrats with fearing the in.
restigations which he promised would
surely come after the Republicans
take charge of congress.
Senator Hardwick of Georgia de-
"lrcd the manner in which the ad-
'anacked Observation-Disclosures
nlinistration urged the 100000, 900
''smacked too much of royalty" while
Senator Johnson said congress was
continuing the same old rubber
stamp and push button methods"
which prevailed during the war.
The senator said his sympathy for
the pending measure ceased when he
heard the S,"tement Of Senator Gore
of Oklahoma that the S100,000.000 was
to be used in part to relieve the pack
ers OF surplus stocks and maintain
the present high level of meat prices
in this country.
Senator Harding said that while
President Wilson was chasing the
dreams Of idealism abroad, he has
neglected the practical things in the
United States"