Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-07
NO REFERENCE: 10
LEAGUE OF NATIONS q
OR PEACE TREATY
Democrat IS Being Put
/. Through its Final Test, @ Il
He Declares. 4.
ASKS REVISION 8
OF ALL TAX Laws
Independence Of Philippines
and Loan to Armenia
Urged.

Washington, Dec. 7.-Sitting iii
separate session, the house and senate
received the presidents annual mes
sage today and the house adjourned
immediately afterwards. The senate.
continued in session for some time.
receiving its first bills and resolutions.
Debating on the pending bills to
regulate the meat packing industry
was put over in the seneate until to-
morrow and on objection Of Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republi-s
can leader, the joint resolution direct
ing the reviving of the !. war finance
corporation as an aid to the farmers
went over under the rules.
Washington, Dec. President vii
sons concrete recommend atoms to
congress in his annual message tofiay
were: ~. -. - - 4
Revision of the tax laws, with sim
pltlcatlon Of the income and profits
Independence Of the Philippine is-i
"A loan to Armenia. 4, .lss
economy IN government appropria-
tons and expenditures and creation Of
a workable budget syst en- - S5g
Cold storage and other laws affect
1ng the cost of living. and the federal
licensing of corporations az recon-
AAACiANSA III pTcvlOuS 10oSS8 GcS.
| rehabilitation and training Of dis
abled soldiers and sailors The pres
ldent did not endorse a bonus.
League Not Mentioned.
Nowhere did the president refer ia
the League of Nations or the peace
treaty, except perhaps by inference in
ms opening when he quoted Abraham
Lincoln's 'let US have faith that right
! makes might, and that faith let us
care to do our duty as we understand
At its close the president wrote i
paragraph which might be REGARDED
as valedtctory saying: S
la ve, nor 50 much he4nEa,
iSou series. OF recommendatfOfS as
sought to inter a confession, OF faith.
r OF the4fafth I'm which was bred and
| STAND by until my last fighting day,
| ana OF all the victories which await
! national action In the days to come,
whether in America or elsewhere"
| Test for Democracy.
| Democracy" the president said. is
being put upon. its final test" s
! The old world said he, sis Just
! now suffering from a wanton rejet-
ton OF the principle of democracys
| ana substitution of the principle OF
autOcracy as asserted in the name but
without the authority and sanction OF
the multitude. This is the time of all
others when democracy should prove
Its purity and its spiritual power tn
! prevail. It is surely the manifest des-
tiny of the United States to lead in the
attempt to make this spirit prevail"
Two ways lin which the United
States can assist to accomplish this
! great object" were outlined by the
president. They were:
| First: By offering the example
within her own borders OF the will and
power of democracy to make and en-
force laws which are unquestionably
just and which are equal in their ad-
Second: BY standing for right and
justice towards Individual nations. q
| The United States,' said the presi-
dent, cannot refuse this role Of cham
pion without putting the stigma OF
! rejection upon the great and devoted
men who brought its government into.
| existence." is5s6% B? 4.
Did Not Appear. d
| The presidents message was trans-
mitted by messenger, the president ad-
herring to his decision not to address
congress in person. 5s
| The presidents message was not
read Immediately to congress. which
waited until it had disposed of routine
business. Secretary Tumulty was
among the spectators in the senate,
occupying a seat on the floor. Public
4 galleries again were filled, and sew
eral diplomats were present.