The Washington herald., 1921-03-05
SEES
ADVENT OF new
ERA FOR NATION
Sounds Knell of American
Espousal of League
Covenant.
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10. Strict enforcement OF the
law in dealing with revolutionary
activities.
IL. Settlement Of Industrial con-
troversies at the conference table
before they reach the stage Of con-
fict between capital and labor.
TarfR Policy.
ia tariff sufiicient to 'equalizs
abroad, but not so high as to dis
courage foreign trade.
13-Development of the American
marine to a point that win carry
all American products in foreign
commerce.
14-Prevention OF unemployment
One Of the most notable sugges-
tions Of the inaugural address, and
one which elected from the crowd
a great outburst of approval, was
President Harding's assertion tina,
In the event Of another war every
man and woman should be called
into the service of the nation, nc
war profits permitted to the indi-
vidual. but ''all above the normal
poured into the defense chest" OF
the Republic.
Much Of the economic disturb.
ance caused by war and Of the sedi-
ton and slackerism incident there.
to. the new President attributes e
the present method of calling only
part OF the citizens into service
while others are permitted to en-.
rich themselves at the expense oi
the nation.
While indicating his policies in a
general way in his inaugural sd.
dress, President Harding reserves
for consultation with his Cabinet
and the committees of Congress tn,
development of measures in detail
He carefully refrsined in his pub.
lie utterance, for example. from
committing himself to any definite
plan for ending the state OF wal
with Germany. That is a matter
that will be discussed soon with the
Foreign Relations Committee Of the
Senate.
Notice on League.
As to the league of nations the
inaugural address constitutes den.
uite and final notice to Europe that
the United States will not enter this
military alliance. which Mr.. Hard.
ing also referred to as a super.
government founded on the prin.
ciple OF replacing nstIonalism with
internationalism. II Europe will b.
willing to scrap the league and
form an association Of nations. such
as the President suggests. America
will go in. Otherwise America STAYS
out.
More important than these inter.
national problems at the moment. IN
the opinion of President Harding
are domestic concerns such as the
relief of the people from burden.
some taxation occasioned by tn,
war and other phases of reconstruc-
ton. Here again the President in
dicated the line of procedure. leav.
ing to subsequent conference tn,
working out of details. There will
be discussion OF the tax and tariff
revision plan with the Senate FL
nance Committee and House Way.
and Means Committee. after which
Mr.. Harding will submit definite
recommendations in his first mes.
sage to the Sixty-seventh Congress
soon to be called into extraordinary
session.
From his inaugural address nC
information could be gathered as tc
whether Mr.. Harding favors or op.
poses a sales tax. or whether ht
fsvors some new form OF corpora.
tion tax as the substitute for tn,
excess profits tax. There is no oues.
tion that he strongly favors the re.
peal of the excess profits tax. al.
though he made no specific mention
Of IL in his address
In dealing with the subject OF n,
tariff. President Harding CAREFUL,
avoided any reference TO the ques
tion OF emergency tariff Legislation
at the beginning of the special ses
sion. such as is advocated by Chair
man Fordney, OF the House Way