The Washington times., 1920-01-01

sea4ssr Jsses OF Washington. cnslr-
man OF the Senate Commences Com
mittee: That the merchant marine Of
the United States will be equal 70
that OF Great Britain before the end
CsssiaseS Fvsspsrsty..
Secretary Of Csaseres Jeskss w.
Alexaaaert MY wish for the New
Year 10 that our country's great In
dustriai activity and prosperity may
continue
JuSSe O. y. A,es, Assistant After
ney General; THAT both labor and
capital would stop pronteerins.-
Howard n. Fiss. In. charge OF the
Department OF Justice campaign
against the cost OF living: THAT the
New Year may In it's earliest days
bring the public to q clear view OF
the dangers ahead and join hands
eheerfuliy TO clear away the menace
OF high prices"
| Daniel g. Roper. Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue-"The real service
which every citizen can perform at
this critical time Is to talk construction
rather than destruction; hope. always,
rather than despair; confidence In our
Government and its institutions,
rather than distrust"
Jshs +. Krsmer. Federal Prohibition
ICommissioner-"My highest wish II
that during the coming year the peo-
pie OF this country will fully ap-
i preciate: That this Is a Government
OF the people by the people and for
the people,"
| Views Of Secretary Baker.
| Newton ID. Baker. Secretary of War:
| MY New Year wish Is that our coun-
try may have new and splendid OPP
portunities for service TO mankind
and use them generously"
Peytsn G. March. Chief of staff, u.
S. A.: May there be complete
stamping out OF red agitators and
red agitation In this country; may
| there be adoption OF a permanent
military policy which will profit by
the lessons We have learned In the
| world war"
| wishes for the New Year. One is
that every American resolve on New
Year Day to be just a little better
American than ever before. Ameri-
cans must be vigilant In order that
they may not impair or lose their
| splendid heritage OF freedom for
which such men as Washington and
| jackson fought and struggled"
League Of Nations.
William Jennings Bryan, regard
the compromise on the reservations
and the early establishment of q
| league of nations AS the most import
ant thing before US for the new year
! that will enable us to aid in promotion
OF world peace and at the same time
| turn our attention to the solution OF
pressing domestic problems.
Miles Peindexter. L. S. Senator from
Washington and announced candidate
for the Republican nomination for
| President: May We as a nation in
the new year defend ourselves against
the effort to subject us to foreign
control.
Homer :. Cummings, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee:
Please record me rs expressing the
hope that the place OF honor won by
American arms and craftsmanship in
the affairs Of the world will be re-
tanned by the prompt adoption of the
treaty of peace and the establishment
of the league OF nations.
President Elssrs Views.
Charles w. Eliot, president emeritus
of Harvard University: My predomi-
hant New Year wish Is that the
American people may resume with
all their might their undertaking OF
April, 1917, to defend liberty against
autocracy in Europe and to make this
world in the future safer, whole
somer and happier for all people.
Harvey w. Wiley. economist and
food expert: I wish for martial and
Industrial peace based on justice to
all nations and all people: a martial
lob fnx he f,,t
and an industrial peace that will keep
the fingers of both capital and labor
from the throat of the nation.
Charles NJ. schwah, financier: My
paramount New Year wish concerning !
public affairs is TO see every in
fiucnce of the Government. every
agency in our public life and every |
energy of every citizen of the United
States directed toward the greatest |
possible production of farms, mines |
and factories and every other activity |
Of our national life.
Walker ID. Hines, Director General |
Of Railroads: my predominant wish |
for 1920 regarding public affairs is |
that prior to the termination OF Fed |
eral control there shall be adequate |
legislation which will be a sufficient |
~ radical departure from the un- |
satisfactory railroad status prior TO |
Federal control as to insure the con-
tinued development of railroad trans |
portation in the public interest and |
the adjustment of railroad labor prob |
lens with mutual coincidence and JUS !
ticc."
Gov. w. r. G. Harding, OF the Fed
eral Reserve Board: at is my wish |
for the year 1920 that the country |
may make substantial progress in the |
restoration of a proper relationship |
between the volume of credit and the |
volume OF goods"
Gov. Frank o. Lowden, of Illinois: |
More than anything else. that I wish |
for in 1920 is that the American peo-
pie may recapture the spirit which. |
during the war, made them united |
and irresistible; the spirit which OBJ |
liberated all class and religious diff |
terences; the spirit which revealed |
the supreme beauty of the idea of
service and whose dominant note was
the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. If we shall sue |
coed in recapturing this spirit. all
our other troubles will soon disa n