The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-04-14
HARDINC'S MESSAGE
Declares for Peace by Congressional
Resolution But Turns Back on
League of Nations.
Recommends Measures to Lower Taxes
and Retail Prices-President's
Suggestions in Brief.

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to congress on Tuesday, President
Harding declared for peace by con-
gressional resolution and turned his
back irrevocably on the league of ma
tons. The time has come, he said,
for the world to understand that the
United States does not propose to be
come party to any such military ALI
ance as that urged by the league of !
nations. He did not present his plan
for new association of nations, but
stated that he had the matter under
consideration, although no such asso-
citation could be founded until the
country is at peace. Measures to
lower taxes and retail prices were
among the outstanding features of the
presidents recommendations to safe
guard our essential interests. Here
under are the presidents principal
suggestions in nutshell:
Foreign Relationship separate
peace treaties with the central powers
on the assumption alone that this
would be adequate. The wiser course
would seem to be to engage under the
existing treaty, assuming Of course,
that this can be satisfactorily accom-
plished by such explicit reservations
and notifications as will secure our
absolute freedom of inadvisable COM
mitments and safeguard I'll our cs-
sential interests No helpful society
of nations can be founded on justice
and committed to peace until the cove
nants re-establishing peace are scaled
by the nations which are at war.
on-Readjustmcnt of internal
taxes and revision or repeal of those
taxes which have become unproductive
and arc so artificial and burdcnsome
as to defeat their own purpose.
Tarif-1nstant tariff enactment
emergency in character and under
stood by our people that it is for
emergency only.
Raifroads-Efficicn operation at
cost within that which the traffic can
bear. Railway rates and cost of OPP
Grafton must be reduced. The remain
ing obstacles which arc the hcritance
Of capitalistic exploitation must be re-
moved and labor must join manage
ment in understanding that the public
which pays is the public to be served
and simple justice is the right and will
continue to be the right of all the
people.
Good Roads-The strengthening
Of laws governing federal aid.
Communications-Private monopo-
lies tending to prevent the develop
ment Of needed facilities should be
prohibited. Government owned facili-
ties, wherever possible without unduly
interfering with private enterprise or
government needs, should be made
available for general usages.
Aviation-Regulation by the fcder-
al government and encouragement of
aviation for development for military
and civil purposes.
Service Men-The American people
expect congress unfailingly to vote
the gratitude of the republic in gen
erous and practical way to it's defen-
ders in the world war. The immediate
extension and utilization of govern
ment hospital facilities to bring relief
to the acute conditions most COM
planned of.
Public ordination of
various government agencies now
working on the subject and indorse-
ment of the pending maternity bill.
Lynching-Congress ought to wipe
the stain Of barbaric lynching from
the banners Of free and orderly rep
Preventative democracy. A proposal
flor commission with representatives
Of white and black races to study and
report on the subject has merit.
Army and Navy-Early considera-
ton Of pending appropriation bills
was urged. The government is in &C,
cord with the wish to eliminate the
burdens of heavy armament. The
United States will ever be in harmony
with such a movement toward the
higher attachments of peace. But we
shall not entirely discard our agencies
for defense until there is removed the
> need to defend. We are ready to CO.
operate with other nations to approx
mate disarmament, but the meres
prudence forbids that we disarm alone
National Finance-The staggering
load of war debt must be cared for il
: orderly funding and gradual liquida
ton. We shall hasten the solution AM
aid effectively in lifting the tax bur
dens if we strike resolutely at expendi
e ture.
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