Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-07


to the railroads during the current
year. Tt is obvious that these large
payments have already seriously linn
tied the governments progress in re-
tiring the floating debt
Closely connected with this it
seems to me Is the necessity for an
immediate consideration of the revi-
sion of our tax laws. Simplification
Of the income and profits taxes has
become an immediate necessity. These
taxes performed an indispensable
service during the war.
The need for their simplification,
however, Is very great, in order to
save the taxpayer Inconvenience
and expenses and in order to make his
liability more certain and definite.
Other and more detailed recommen-
dations with regard to taxes will no
doubt be laid before You by the
secretary of the treasury and the
commissioner of internal revenue.
Care of Disabled Veterans a Duty
1t is my privilege to draw to the
attention of Congress for very sym
pathetic consideration the problem OF
providing adequate facilities for the
care and treatment of former mem
bcrs of the military and naval forces
who are sick or disabled as the re-
suit of their participation in the
war. These heroic men can never
be paid in money for the service they
patrioticaly rendered the nation.
Their reward will lie rather In real
ization of the fact that they vindi-
Gated the rights Of their country and
aided in safeguarding civilization.
The nations gratitude must be
effectively revealed to them by the
most ample provision for their medi-
cal care and treatment as well as for
their vocational training department.
and placement. The time has come
when II more complete program can
be formulated and more satisfactorily
administered for their treatment and
training, and earnestly urge that
the Congress give the matter its early
consideration. The secretary of the
treasury and the board for vocational
education will outline in their annual
reports proposals covering medical
care and rehabilitation which / am
sure will engage your earnest study
and command your most generous
support.
Permit me to emphasize once more
the need for action upon certain mat
ters upon which I dweit at some
length in my message to the second
session of the sixty sixth Congress ::
The necessity, for example, of en-
couraging the manufacture of dye
stuffs and related chemicals; the i'm
pCrtance Of doing everything possible
to promote agricultural production
along economic lines, to improve ag-
ricultural marketing and to make
rural life more attractive and health =
full; the need for a law regulating
| cold storage in such way as to
limit the time during which goods
may be kept in storage, preserving
the method Of 1isposing Of them II
kept beyond the permitted period, and
requiring goods released from stor.
age in all cases to bear the date of
their receipt.
1t would also be most serviceablC
IL it were provided that all goods re =
| leased from cold storage for interstate
shipment should have plainly marked
| upon each package the selling or mar =
storage, In order that the purchaser
might be able to learn what profits
stood between him and the producer
or the wholesale dealer.
Indeed, il would be very service.
able to the public if all goods destined
for interstate commerce were made
to carry upon every packing cast
whose form made it possible plair
statement of the price at which they
left the hands of the producer.
respectfully call your attention, also
to the recommc ndations of the mes
sage referred to with regard to fed
eral license for all corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce.
In brief the immediate lcgislativ
need of the time is the removal o
all obstacles to the realization Of thu
best ambitions of our people in thei
several classes of employment and tn
strengthening of all instrumentalitie
by which difficulties are to be me
and removed and justice dealt out
whether by law or by some form o
mediation and conciliatiOn. | d
not feel it to be my privilege at pres
ent to suggest the detailed and par
ticular methods by which these OBJ
jects may be attained, but | hav
faith that the inquiries of your sew
eral committees will discover the wa
and the method.
Loan to Armenia Urged
In response to what | believe to b
the impulse of sympathy and opinio
throughout the United States, ! earn
estly suggest that the Congress US
the treasury of the United states I
make to Che struggling government @
Armenia such loan as was made t
several of the allied governments dur
ing the war; and | would also sug
gest tina, it would be desirable to pro
vide in the legislation itself that I'll
expenditure Of the money thus lOasie
should be under the supervision of
commission, or at least commits
siOner, from the United States |
order that revolutionary tendencie
within Armenia itself might not b
afforded by the loan a further tempt
ing opportunity.
FavOrs Philippine Independence
Allow me 10 call your attention I
the fact that the people of the Phil
ippine islands have succeeded |
maintaining a stable government
since the last action of the Congress
in their behalf. and have thus ful
filled the condition set by the Con
gress az precedent to considerable
Of granting independence to the Is
lands. l respectfully submit that thi
condition precedent having been ful
filed, it is now our liberty and Ou
duty to keep our promise to the peo