Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-09
PRESIDENT SEEKS
ARMENIAN LOAN AND
! TAX LAW REVISION
Declares for Philippine indie
pendence, Relief for Dis
abIed War Heroes-Mes-
~sage Is Read by Clerk

Usage Is Read by CLERK
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-President
Wilson today called on congress to
enact a program of legislation which
he said would put the United States
in the forefront of a movement to
make the spiritual power Of democ-
racy prevail throughout the world.
In his final regular message to
congress, which was sent to the two
houses today by messenger, the pres
ident said that there are two ways
In which the United States can lead
in establishing the doctrine of right
makes might" in the world. These
ways, he said, are:
First, by offering the example
within her own borders of the will
and power of democracy to make
and enforce laws which are unques-
tionably just and which are equal in
their administration.
Second, by standing for right and
Justice as toward individual ma
TONS"
At the close of his message the
president wrote a paragraph which
might be regarded as valedictory,
saying:
ct have not so much laid before
you a series of recommendations as
I have sought to utter a confession
of faith, of the faith of which I was
bred and which it is my solemn pur-
pose to stand by until my last fight
ing day. I 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, whether in America or else
where"
The president declared that "the
display of an immediate disposition
on the part Of the congress to RENE
dy any injustices or evils that may
have shown themselves in our own
national life will afford the most et-
fectsa1 offset to the forces OF chaos
and tyranny which are playing so
disastrous a part in the fortunes Of
free peoples in more than one part
of the world"
Legislative Program
President Wilson did not mention
the peace treaty nor the League OF
Nations in his message, but SUBMIT
ted the following program to carry
out the aims he outlined:
Cd Immediate passage OF the
budget bill.
roy Strictest economy in govern
ment appropriations.
CD Immediate revision of tax
laws.
(4) Adequate provision for dis
abled soldiers and sailors.
60 A government loan TO Ar
menia.
co Granting of Independence to
the Philippines.
The Atlanta journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
RY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. - That
President Wilson has in his heart
and mind the hope of being able per-
sonally to appear before the senate
and urge once more the ratification
of the peace treaty became known
here today. The president did not
refer specifically in his message to
the treaty.
In well-informed quarters, 1t is
understood that this was partly due
to the desire of Mr.. Wilson to make
final appearance before the upper
chamber before his term expires.
Whether DR.. Grayson and Mrs
Wilson eventually will agree % this
cannot be forecast. They opposed
his appearance Tuesday before a
Joint session, and he did not come
though he wanted to read his mes
sage.
Should woodrow Wilson in the
closing days of his administration
60 before the senate. the action
would constitute one of the most
spectacular and dramatic events in
American history. 1t would be the
final official appearance of a SICK
man, still cheerishing his ideal, be-
fore a body that has since shown
hostility to what he did at the
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