The Dolores star., 1920-12-17
erous Policy to Veterans.

in money for the service they patriot
ically rendered the nation. Their re-
ward will lie rather in realization Of
the fact that they indicated the rights
of their country and aided in safe
guarding civilization. The nations
gratitude must be effectively revealed
to them by the most ample provision
for their medical care and treatment
as well as for their vocational training
and placement.
"The time has come when a more
complete program can be formulated
and more satisfactorily administered
for their treatment and training, and
1 earnestly urge that Congress give the
matter its early consideration.
1.-THE secretary of the treasury and
the board for vocational education will
outline in their annual reports prOpOs-
ais covering medical care and rehabi-
litation which l am sure will engage
your earnest study and command your
generous support.
Requests Aid to Farmers.
Permit me to emphasize once more
the need for action upon certain mat
ters upon which dwelt at some length
in my message to the second session
of the Sixty-sixth Congress: The ne
ccssity, for example, of encouraging
the manufacture of dye stuffs and re-
lated chemicals; the Importance of do
ing everything possible to promote ag-
ricutural production along economic
lines, to improve agricultural market
| tn, nd to l-a rrtrD1 lifn q ttroP-
tive and healthful; the need for law
regulating cold storage in such way
as to limit the time during which goods
may be kept in storage, prescribing the
method of disposing of them If kept
beyond the permitted period and re-
uuiring goods released from storage in
all cases to bear the date of their re-
ceipt 1t would also be most service
able if it were provided that all goods
released from cold storage for inter-
state shipments have plainly marked
upon each package the selling or mar
ket price at which they went into stor-
age, in order that the purchaser might
be able to learn what profits stood be-
tween him and the producer or the
wholesale dealer. Indeed, it would be
very serviceable to the public if all
goods destined for interstate commerce
we're made to carry upon every pack
ing case whose form made it possible
| plain statement of the price at which
| they left the hands of the producer l
| respectfully call your attention also to
| the recommendations of the message
referred to with regard to federal
license for all corporations engaged in
interstates commerce.
"In brief, the immediate legislative
need of the time is the removal of all
obstacles to the realization Of the best
ambitions of our people and the
Strengthening of all instrumentalities
by which difficulties are to be met and
removed and justly dealt out, whether
by law or some form of mediation and
conciliatiOn. l do not feel it to be my
privilege at present to suggest the de-
tailed and particular methods by which
these objects may be attained, but l
have faith that the inquiries of your
several committees will discover the
way and method.
| Loan to Armenia Urged.
| "In response to what l believe to be
the impulse of sympathy and opinion
throughout the United States, l earn
estly suggest that the Congress au-
thorize the treasury of the United
States to make to the struggling gov
ernment of Armenia such a loan as
was made to several of the allied gov
ernments during the war; and I would
also suggest that it would be very de-
sirable to provide in the legislation it
self that the expenditure of the money
thus loaned should be under the super
vision of Il commission, or at least a
commissioner, from the United States,
in order that revolutionary tendencies
within Armenia itself might not be af-
forded by the loan further tempting
opportunity.
"Allow me to call your attention to
the fact that the people of the Philip
pine islands have succeeded in main-
tanning a stable government since the
last action of the Congress in their be-
half, and have thus fulfilled the con-
diton set by the Congress as precedent
TO consideration Of granting inde-
pendence to the Islands.
~ respectfully submit that this con-
dition having been fulfilled, it is now
our liberty and our duty to keep our
promise to the people Of those islands
by granting them the independence
which they so honoraby covet. have
not so much laid before you series
of recommendations, gentlemen, as
sought to utter n confession of faith
of the faith in which l was bred and
which it is my solemn purpose to
stand by until my last fighting day.
, believe this to be the faith of America
: the faith of the future, and of all the
victories which await national action
in the days to come, whsther In Amer
ics or elsewhere"