Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-05-21
tRv the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated PreSS.)
 Washington, May 20.-President Wilson in his message to congress to- day, recommend repeal of the war time prohibition law-so far as it ap- plies to wine and beer only; arinoun- ced definitely that the railroad sys- tems and telegraph and telephone lines would be returned to private ownership: urged revision of war taxes particularly to abolish the manufacturers and retail sales ex- cises; and outlined generally proo- gram respecting labor.
 These were the Thigh spots" of the presidents message cabled from Paris.
 Besides that, he again urged enact ment of the woman suffrage constitu- tional amendment; recommended that the tariff laws be supplied with teeth to protect American industry against foreign attack; spoke for legislation to facilitate American enterprise thru the expansion of shipping and backed Secretary Lanes program for land for returning soldiers.
 Of the Paris peace conference and the league of nations, the president merely said it would be premature to discuss them or express judgment. He also avoided discussion of domes- tic legislation at length because of his long absence from Washington
 Congress heard g unique docu- ment; the only one of it's kind ever transmitted across from president on foreign shore. For the first time in six years it heard presidential message read by a reading clerk iri- stead of assembling to hear the presi- dent deliver an address in person.
 Repeals were Suprise.
 The recommendation for the re- peal of wartime prohibition and for return of the rail and wire systems, while not unexpected by some, conta- ined the greatest element of sur prise and provoked the most wide- spread comment of the many tasks set before congress by the president.
 In his reference to prohibition, the president did not enter extensively into the consideration involved. De- mobilization, he said, merely, "has progressed to such point that it seems to me entirely safe now to re- move the ban upon the manufacture and sale of wines and beers." This ban laid several months ago to be- come effective on July I, could only be removed, the president said, by congressional enactment.
 His recommendation regarding re- turn of the railways and wire lines was the first authoritative declaration, by the administration of it's future policy and greatly surprised many members who had interpreted the de- ve)opments of the last few months to mean that MT. Wilson eventually would propose some form of perman- ent government operation. On the con trary the directness of the presi- dents declaration on that point left no doubt that he was through with any possible scheme of permanent re- tention. ssaxUM
 The telegraph and telephone lines" said the message, twill of course be returned to their owners as soon as the transfer can be effected without administrative confusion. The rail- roads will be handed over to their owners at the end of the calendar year.
 10 Ease NeaQJuStment.
 In the case of each the president asked for legislation to make easier the readjustments necessitated by the change.
 In his recommendation for readjust- ment of taxation the president made 1t clear that he did not expect a fun damental readjustment of the demo- cratic tariff rates that have been 0peraticve the last six years. He ask cd for tariff changes only to protect special new interests like the dye stuffs industry. Some reductions were advocated in wartime excess profits taxes and the present taxes on retail taxes on retail sales the president thought could be dispensed with en- tirely.
 What will be the reply of the re- publican congress to these proposals became at once the topic of discussion