The Pulaskian., 1921-12-08
Hope Rests in Disarmament Con- ference, President Asserts in
 Message to Congress.
HELP IN WORLD RESTORATION
United States Will Aseist in Restoring Stable Order and Normal Relation ship-Enactment of Tariff and Foreign Debt Refundina
 Bills Urged.

Washington.-P Harding in-
 formed congress in his first annual
 message that "a most gratifying world
 accomplishment by the arms confer
 ence lis not improbable"
 The Presidents message, delivered
 in person. is in part as follows:
 Mr Speaker and Members of the Con
 Sress: It Is very gratifying privilege
 to appear before the congress with the 1 republic at peace with all the nations of | the world. More. it is equally gratifying l to report that our country is not only free from every impending menace of war, but there are growing assurances of the per-
 manency Of the peace which we so deeply cherish.
 For approximately ten years we have dwelt amid menaces of wars, or as par I ticipants in wars actualities, and the in- 1 eVitable aftermath, with it's disordered l conditions, has added to the difficulties of l government which adequately cannot be
 appraised except by those who are in inn
 mediate contact and know the responsi- | bilities Our task would be less difficult
 if we had only ourselves to consider, but
 so much of the world was involved, the l oisordered conditions are so well nigh uni versal, even among nations not engaged 1 in actual warfare, that no permanent re- adjustment can be effected without con- siderauon of our inescapable relationship l to world affairs in finance and trade. h. 1 deed, We should be unworthy of our best i traditions if we were unmindful of social, l moral and political conditions which are not of direct concern to Us, but which do 1 appeal to the human sympatllieS and in- terest of people blessed with our na- i tional good fortune.
 Need for Restoration of World
 It is not my purpose to bring to you program of world restoration. In the main. such a program must be worked out by the nations more directly con cerned. They must themselves turn to the heroic remedies for the menacing con- ditions under which they are struggling; then we can help, and We mean to help. We shall do so unselfshly, because there is compensation in consciousness of assisting, selfshly because the com meree and international exchanges in trade. which marked our high tide of for tunate advancement, are possible only when the nations of all continents are re- stored to stable order and normal re- l lationships.
 In the main, the contribution of this republic to restored norma1ey in the world must come through the initiative of the executive branch of the govern ment. but the best of intentions and most carefully considered purposes would fail utterly if the sanction and the co-opera- ton of the congress were not heartily accorded
 I am very sure we shall have no con- fiict of opinion about constitutional duties or authority. During the anxieties of war. when necessities seemed compelling, l there were excessive grants of authority and extraordinary concentration of powers in the Chief Executive. The re- peal of wartime legislation and the auto- matte aspirations which attend the peace proclamations have put an end to those emergency eXcesses, but ] have the wish to go further than that. l want to join you in restoring, in Ele most cordial way. the spirit of coordination and co-opera- ton and that mutuality of confidence and respect which is necessary in representa- tive popular government.
 Harmony imperative Need.
 Tucroo fnnp ofi congress or attempted dictation of it's policy are not to be thought of. much less attempted, but there is an insistent call for harmony of purpose and accord of action to speed the solution of the diffi- cult problems confronting both the legis- lative and executive branches of the gov ernment.
 It would be ungracious to withhold acknowledgment of the really large , volume and excellent quality of work 1 accomplished by the extraordinary ses- | adjourned I am not unmindful of the very difficult tasks with which you 1 ignore the insistent conditions which, , during recent years. have called for l the continued and almost exclusive | attention Of your membership to pub l ity if I expressed complete accord l with every expression recorded in l your roll calls, but we are all agreed | about the difficulties and the inevit- 1 able divergence of opinion in seeking 1 be content with the billion dollar re- l adjustment of the burdens of taxa ton. Later on. when other problems l are solved, l shall make some rec concentrations about renewed consid- 1 ers&ion of our tax progress. but for 1 the immediate time before us we must be content with the billion dolar re- auction in the draft upon the people, l and diminished irritations, banished uncertainty and improved methods of collection. By your Sustainment of the rigid economies already inaugur- ated. with hoped-for extension of these economies and added efici cieneies reductions may be enacted and hin- dering burdens abolished.
 In these urgent economies we shall be | immensely assisted by the budget system traordinary session. The first budget Is before you. Its preparation Is Q signal achievement. and the perfection of the system, a thing impossible in the few months available for its initial trial, will
 mark it's enactment as the beginning of the greatest reformation in governmental practices since the beginning of the re- public.
 As to Foreign Loans.
 There is pending Q grant of authority i ernment for the funding and settlement l of our vast foreign loans. growing out 1 of our grant of war credits. With the l hands of the executive branch held in1- 1 potent to deal with these debts, we are ! hindering urgent readjustments among our l debtors and accomplishing nothing for i ourselves. l think 1t is fair for the con- l gross to assume that the executive 1 branch of the government would adopt no 1 major policy in dealing with these mat ] ters which would conflict with the purpose l of congress in authorizing the loans, cer- l tainiy not without asking congressional l incident to prudent loan transactions and