Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-03
T.IL SON URGES LAWS ID BRING
 PEACE STATUS
Revision of Tariff, Simplifica- ton of Tax Fight On the H.
 C. l.. Proposed.
TREATY, MEXICO AND
 RAILROADS AVOIDED
These Problems Reserved for Future Messages, He Says-Action to Allay Unrest Is
 Asked.

l Washington, Dec. "A diversified program to restore peacetime business status, revise the tax system, curb unrest, reduce the cost of liv- ing and rectify labor and farming conditions, was recommended by President Wilson today in his mes sage to bottle sessions of congress. The president asked for new tariff laws based on the nations changed relation to the rest of the world, sug- gested that the income and excess profits tax schedules be simplified, advocated steps to improve rural con- ditions and promote production, and declared for a genuine democratiza- tion of industry" to protect both la Dor and capital.
 The railroad problem he reserved for future message and he made no statement of his intentions regard ing the peace treaty or Mexico.
 Many of his resolutions were the same as those submitted to the spe- cial session last spring and several of them are embraced in legislation already being formulated in the two houses
 To meet the cost of living, the president asked extension of the war time food control bill, federal regu- lation of cold storage, readjustment of food transportation, and establish ment of system of federal licensing for all corporations engaged in in- terstate commerce.
 l He declared the causes of unrest to be superficial and temporary, and made his only reference to the sen- ate's failure to ratify the peace treaty in saying that restlessness was due largely to the nations hesi- tation in determining it's peace pol icy. The federal government, he de- clared, should be armed with full authority to deal in the criminal courts with those who promote viol- ence.
 Upholds Strike Rights.
 In an extended discussion of labor conditions, he declared the workers had just cause for complaint in many matters, and that there should be "full recognition of the right of those who work, in whatever rank, to participate in some organic way in every decision that directly affects their welfare"
 i He asserted that the rights of in- dividuals to strike must be held in- violate, but added that there must be firm stand against "the attempt by any class to usurp the power that only the government itself has a right to exercise as a protection to all." Finally he suggested the establish ment of tribunal for peaceful de- cision of industrial disputes. He renewed his recommendation for budget system of national fi- nances, asked for special protection to promote the dyestuffs and chem- ical industries, and declared the ad- ministration bill providing farms for soldiers should be passed without de- lay.
 ! The message, about 5000 words in length, was transmitted to the capi- tol by messenger, the president ex- pressing regret that his health would not permit his delivery of it in per- son. It was read separately in senate and house where it drew mixed ex- pressions of appreciation and disap- pointment. The democrats generally praised it as setting forth decisively a program of reform, while on the re- publican side there were many com plaints that it lacked definiteness and 1 omitted mention of important prob- lens.