The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
CONGRESS DELAY
CALLS ON HARDING
TOTAKECOMMAND
Little Accomplished in
Past Eleven Weeks,
Says Sullivan.
ny MARK SULLIVAN.

Beisou IN "asnlukNou now DellSfGh
that President Harding will have 10
take toward Congress the same al
titude Roosevelt did. This will be
repugnant 20 his personal tempera-
ment and 10 his theory OF govern
ment.
President Harding. when he was
Senator. felt as strongly az any
other Republican Senator did that
President Wilson's regime was die
tatorial and that the presence Of
Congress In the machinery OF gov
eminent had been minimized 20 an
unfortunate degree. For PresIIsnf
Harding now to assume the same
role Of leadership that Presidents
Wilson and Roosevelt did will be |.
wrench to all his past beliefs.
Will he Given Control. .r
But the thing is bound TO happen.
When II docs come President Hard
ing will hnd it much easier 10 tax.
| control and exercise il than either
Roosevelt or Wilson did. Roos Welt
and Wilson had to fight for fEeir
control and had 10 struggle con-
stantly TO keep 1t. President II rd-
ings control will be given "a him
without opposition.
III President Harding had mean,
All along, as he has not meant. 10
seize the leadership Of Congress n
Souid not have built up a better
kgrouno. The strength Of tn.
het ne chose and the appoint
mehts he has made in other 6sIa.
hsye given the public conndenrs y,
nus energy and in his wish .. a..
things in q big way.
IL Gen. Dawes follow, an.
plan he has announced az .y-,-,,,.
ing TO Washington twenty o. Sit
OF the business leaders ~ tbs -.
tfS 10 reorganize the goy.r,r,.,,
mat VIII be one more eYsnnIa =.
lne KIND or thing that gives ~.
puolc confidence IN the admin.
'rstion' as against Congress
Public on Harding. s,a.
II there is drsmatized a nebt %.
me reorganization OF the roy.,D
IN the interests OF econo,,,.
80 ciencN between twerr,. -.
men who come. from ysrjo,,-
OF the country and have ~.
80 OF their communit,.-
,o.i,,, m 'ne othHr hand. q Congress
n,t,,,,k IN order 70 hold on to a..
privileges fhe publ,c wiz sts. " "li
PRESIDENT Harding a. c. WIN
Hnd his volunteer assis,s,,.
'en. Dawes is an are,so,i-
son WIN an understanA,n-
nsEcholory ans a R~nir. -
.cfN He WILL be OF grs,, a
PRESIDENT Harding. IT,. p Z"
Poihtment coupled 20 s~,-o :.
p'her things that presfFa,, ~
I mas done. nH' him in s-r-b
I si'lon that he Will Ia ~
~ The start IN any .~o-, 81,
mo- MAX" for control n, CO.
N"t onlv has Presidcn, TTsr5i,,
Eood start toward presto r-i.S
me publ" FurfNer than fhat .bo.
are no strong characters ei,har :,
E nv SenatH or N 'he T.-,-a- VE-,-s-
20 reS's' president Harding's tall
uS command. II there were srrrrs-
IN the Senate or IN the
; Lower House the .ifvario- ro,,rs,,
have arisen. President TJa-1f,s "a
, mot want and docs not want % taLA
ten leadership 2 Congress po.h a..
word nnd Nv action no h-s Ale
the Leadership ~ Con-ress Po,A ~
/ is inst fhe lack ~ lsad~-Shin IN ran-
/ sress The lack Of abiIirv IN rhr par-
/ ~ Con ncrNss 20 Got tNi-~S done ~
I its own Iri'i~fiv. fNs- is going -
make Presidrnf Harding take hold
| against his Inclination.
Clr.h on Peace Question.
The record Of Congress is really
pretty bad. II has been in session
eleven weeks. and the brevity ot
its accomplishments is deplorahle
Nothing illustrates the situation
better than the effort TO achieve
peace with Germany. The senate
passed one resolution the House
passed another resolution They
both aimed at the same object and
f, the only clash was over phraseol-
ogy. A legislative body which
could not solve so simple a mat
ter in eleven weeks ought not 20
be surprised IL II falls low In pub
lie respect.
For eleven weeks. also. the lower
house and the Senate pulled and
hauled Intellectually as To whether
we should spend $500. 100000 or
SsO0.O0O.0o0 on the navy. During
these two prolonged and futile con-
tentions there is no doubt that at
any moment President Harding
could have brought a solution by
eNerting the pressure Of his Office.
But up TO the present he has stead
lastly refrained from doing so.
Country stirred by Delay.
The one piece Of legislation that
President Harding has directly
asked this Congress to pass was
the bill giving Secretary Of tho
Treasury Mellon power to reorIa-
nize our foreign loans. Aside from
this specific request that President
Harding made TO Congress. he did.
as party leader. announce in the
beginning that this Congress would
pass a taxation measure. IL is the
delay as to these two measures
that has stirred up the country and
has caused pressure on President
J Harding to take command.
As to taxation Il can almost be
said that nothing has been done 80
far. The Senate Finance Commit
tee held some hearings. Most OF
those who attended them were spe-
ctal classes OF business men who
wished minute changes in the
schedules. The hearings were
dreary and desultory and in the
end they were closed with a sense
OF futility. On so important a sub
ject as the revision Of taxes al
most nothing substantial has been
done.
Tarin LAW In Making.
There is a group OF leaders who
believe that in addition 10 most Of
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