The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-06
WILSON AFHRMS THAT
POL|T| CAL EXPED| ICY
ACTUATED CON GRESS NOT
DESIRE TO GIVE PEOPLE
RELIEF FROM CONDITIONS

washington. June o.--Presldent VII
son in q telegram teday to officials
of the railroad brotherhoods, criticized
congress for failing to take action with
regard to the high cost Of living, the
conclusion of peace and important
domestic legislation.
The telegram was in reply to a mess
age asking the president 10 prevent
the adjournment OF congress today.
The executive said that in the light
of the record OF the present congress
II have no reason whatever to hope
that its continuance in session would
result in instructive measures for the
relief of the economic conditions to
which you call attention"
1T must be evident to ALL" the
president said, that the dominating
motive which has actuated this con
gress Is political expediency, rather
than the lofty purpose to serve the
public welfare
The president declared that ne hac
accepted some Of the Legislation en-
~despaired of anything better"
The text of the presidents telegram
follows:
II received your telegram of June
3rd. You call my attention to mat.
ters that | presented TO the present
congress in a special message delivered
at a joint session Of the two houses
on August 8, 1919. In nine months
this congress has, however. taken no
important remedial action with respect
to the problem OF the cost OF living
on the lines indicated in that address,
or on any other line.
Not only has the present congress
failed to deal directly with the cos,
OF living, but it has failed even to
give serious consideration to the ur.
gent appeal oft.repeated by me and
by the secretaries of the treasury, to
revise the laws which in their present
form are indirectly responsible in part
for the high cost Of living. The pro.
tracted delay in dealing with the rail
roads. the problem of the government
merchant marine and other similar
urgent matters has resulted in un.
necessary burdens upon the public
treasury and ultimately in leg/lation
so unsatisfactory that | could accep,
1t, If at all, only because l despaired
of anything better. The present con-
gress has not only prevented the con,
clusion of peace in Europe, but has
failed to present any constructive plan
for dealing with the deplorable cond,.
tions there, the continuance OF which
can only reflect upon us.
''In the light of the record Of the
present congress l have no reason
whatever to hope that its continuance
In session would result in construc.
tive measures for the relief of the
economic conditions to which you can
attention. 1t must be evident to all
that the dominating motive which has
actuated this congress is politicai
expediency, rather than lofty purpose
to serve the public welfare"
The letter to the president from the
brotherh Nd chiefs said:
"As the responsible heads Of rail.
road organizations representing more
than 2,00o,0o0 workers. we protest
most earnestly and most emphatically
against the proposed adjournment of
congress next Saturday, in accordance
with the plan reported in the public
press. We call attention to the fact
that despite revelations as to the
profiteerlng scandal, congress has
done nothing, to check the evil or to
punish the evildoers; that the cos,
OF living continues to advance without
single remedial measure having
been passed, and that there has not
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