Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
LAWMAKERS PRAISE =.
AND BLAME WILSON
"creat Speech" Say Demo-
Gratis, While Republicans Ex-
press Disappointment
MANY PROMISE SUPPORT

washington, Aug .. 49,
senator's and representatives, ou
Presidents message dealing WIN '"e
high cost of living, in general iolIo"S
marty lines.
az nro,t s,eecb " is the usual
v,.is ,;,,;o, RonubIicaps. al
enio.i an 1t. 4Lo trrtb of
tnough lnclineu !" "u'1'. oats ond
some OF the fresluehI alSu'',
deductions, find the document uis"P
pointing.
] Son,e snnators especially Senator
49, o.;,io;zo NJ Wilson for in
,-ouse' E'l''oiNe t,.,. i,,to bis nd
1ectlng the peaCe 'rea.S my .D,lia. tho
dress, charging MIN with Wl,lulns INV
Versailles document as a cluh.
II However, most of the lawmakers IN
hotb bousos nromise thc President sup
nart ~ he oforts r. relieve the public
-. A, ovcantion Is
rom excessive rineS: : - tho o,ri
senator Hronha' 'na'' MA" VI ~.
cultural committee Nuo psopiJoat
iar as ne Is 'oli'e'n'u "" .,, nat
has all the power hc WI"
from his committee.
Sep,tor 7 odge:
.'In regard to the artificial and ex-
tortonatc prices for the necessari"s of
life, ] think the President made some
very good and practical suggestions,
and am sure that Congress will deal
with them at once.
inc purpose OF 'nnno'rI,mE nhrio,,s s"e
Me- arc ot nonco with Germany as n
matter NJ fact We are trading with
Germanv as matter of fact.
..It took the President seven months
session of the Senate barely one month.
and the Senatc's responsibility and
power are the equal of the Presidents :.
.;,,ar nti tho nor,n,ittco 20 nv or ~ tbo senate for
the slightest DELAY. and no suggestion
has been made in the Senate that there
has been any delay. No undue delay
has been intended in the Senat" by
any one and none is intended now. Some
hn ItIo miS" o'tm ,4NVu W ynon;a 70
quest of the administration. -
Ssp.for Pittm.u.
..1,h. IL
,. e. n,roSs .i,n i,ILtio, u'
trntis s te% "',I "eS'S ~ .np JuSI ITo %iiI "i
ret the support for which he appealed. "
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it was cGaracteri2ed by INC fresi
gent remarhaoly Clear thlhKlng ana
torcetul expression IL VIII unuouo'eH'E
nave steadSlng lnnuehce upon the
country much needeu at thlS 'lIne'
Senator Williams:
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80, 10 J a.: anr WY: WY;
/ 81 etn.; "nu US ;iI ~, ~
- L. I,; .,l.os n,;a., W., 'ta' ~. W. ~;
nounce mn, as eh.ihien'aIIsC III out ms
sentiment Is 'nat OF tn' cnnooleu pdrt
81 nu.iahItI s anu nls "rr"nlo a,' Vi
tnose ureah'S 'na' COME through
Senator McKe,Iar:
'I think the Presidents address vas
admirable. II the Congress will proceed
along the lines suggested by him. as
an sure il will, tho problem of the II
C. of L. will be solved"
s. o
oi ohoh'
was uel,shIeu at the spIe1Gtu zone
oI .ne rreSiuent message. Ills sug
kestlons VIII prove Oh great value II
congress ana the country VIII vigorous
~ act along the lines suggested.
Senator Chamberlain:
""Tbe message is q timo,v warning ;,
the American people. It is a suggestion
for deIiherate copsideration onI ivdT,
ment rather than for hasty and mas
sionate or partisan action. There il
no question but that legislation agains
profiteering and the enforcement of leg
tslation on the statute books will assis
in relieving the situation, with regar,
to soaring prices and the high cost O
living: but. as the President very force
fully suggests, peace must be establishp
beyond peradventure before normal con
ditions can be restored and the cost o
living stabilized. In the meantime. tn
Presidents suggestion that all must ai
in relieving the situation ought to b
observed 10 inc utmost
senator swanson
THE President address was able
eloquent and forCceful. He presente
the conditions ana need ot the presen
situation very clearly and effectively.
Senator Gronna, chairman agriculture
committee:
$50 far ne m, co,cor,o5 AZ
PresiSept has got uII tbo Dn,,,or nIu Ta I'll III
ever get from the ronmittpe "n arric,I vi
trre do not agree Win b;n' tTa Ia
additional Legislation, is necessary t
cuted nm Under The Sherman ar" apti op ptoSS tnns
law as being guilty. of rostraint - .
trade"
C....o p.oa.
nave p.en asked What | nave I
say ABOUT tn1t part OF the President
Meas Mnessase n Wnagn proposes an lhtersta!
favor of the enforcement and if neces
sary the strengthening OF laws to pre-