Evening star., 1920-12-07
PRESIDENT. ASKS REVISION
! OF TAX LAWS IN MESSAGE
TEXT OF RECOMMENDATIONS
MADE BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The text Of the Presidents annual
message to Congress follows:


message to Congress follows:
Gentlemen Of the Congress:
When I addressed myself to per-
forming the duty laid upon the
President by the Constitution to
present to you in an annual report
on the state Of the Union, found
my thought dominated by an i'm
mortal sentence Of Abraham Lin
coins: -.
Let us have faith that right
makes might. and in that faith let
us dare to do our duty as we un-
derstand It."
A sentence immortal because it
embodies in a form of utter SIM
plicity and purity. the essential
faith. Of the nation. the faith IN
which it was conceived and the
faith in which it has grown to
glory and power. With that faith
and the birth of q nation founded
upon 1t came the hope into the
world that q new order would pre-
vail throughout the affairs OF man
kind. an order in which reason
and. right would take precedence
/. of covetousness~ and force. and I
believe that & I express the wish
and purpose. Of every 4houShtfui
American when I say that this
sentence marks for us in the plain
est manner the Iart we should
play alike in the arrangement OF
, our domestic affairs and in our
exercise Of influence upon the at
fairs of the world. BY this faith.
and by this faith alone. can the
/ world be lifted out OF its present
confusion and despair. 1t was
this faith which prevailed over the
wicked force Of Germany. You
will remember that the beginning
Of the end Of the war came when
the Germans people found them
selves face to face with the con- :
science Of the world and realised
that right was everywhere arrayed
against the wrong that their gov
ernment was attempting to per-
petrate. ]. think, therefore. that It
10 true to say that this was the
faith which won thu war. Ger
tainiy this IL the hAith With which
our sallant men wsnt into the fisld
ana out upsn the seas to make
sure efsvicsory. b
Miqssss ~ psesasy.
rails n thS missipt upon Mhseh
democracy came intc the world.
pSmSesacy II an assertion of the
right Of the individual to live and
70. be- te1Ated Justly asa stsiAst
any aStSiltk 81 th1 part 81 Any
csnntifatiUn a. lnaistausas 81 nAAks
laws witch win ills6vSrb,ardea Mmp
which win aeskrsy hts, e4nalisy.
sasne4ks shis fellows In the mattsr, ,sf
right Or pfivisese, ana 7 think re
al rsaliss .that the day hAs oons
whsfi democracy is being put upon
III, finAl test. The 6ad world II Inst
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nov snf1erine from . wanton rs3ectiun
Of the principle Of democracy ana .
subAtitutien OF the Winciple Of piu-
tocraty ~ asserted in the name but
without the, authority and sane
tion Of the multitude. This Is the
time Of III others when democracy
should prove its purity and its
spiritual power to prevail. It Is
sursly the manifest destiny of the
United States to lead in the at-
tempt to make this spirit prevail.
There are two ways in which the
United States can assist to accom-
plish this great object: First, by
offeting the example within her
own borders Of the will and power
Of democracy to make and enforce
laws which are unquestionably just
and which are equal in their ad-
ministration = laws which secure
its full right to labor and yet at
the same time safeguard the In
tegrity Of property, and particu-
larly Of that property which is
devoted to the development Of In
dustry and the increase OF the nec-
essary wealth Of the world. Sec
ond, by standing for rikht and
Justice as toward individual ma
tions. The law Of democracy ,is
for the protection Of the weak. and
the influence Of every democracy
in the world should be for the pro-
lection Of the weak nation, the ma
tion which is struggling toward its
right and toward Ats proper recog-
ognition and privilege In the fam
lily Of nations.
The United States cannot refuse
this role Of champion without put
ting the stigma Of rejection upon
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