Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
HOW REPUBLICANS PROMISES
HAVE BEEN KEPT WITH
ONLY SIX MONTHS IN
OFFICE

Here's the book. Now you can Sc
for yourself and tell me what Pres
ident Harding and the Republican par
ty have done to keep those promises!
One of Jacks playmates, who was al
ways a good friend, but son of
strong Democrat, had found Repub
lican campaign book with the prom
ises made by the Republican party be
fore election as to what would be
done if that party came into power
He had heard his father talk and was
of the firm opinion that these prom
ises had not been kept, but, as usual
lDack was ready for him.
"All right" said Jack. suppose
you hold on to that book while go
get Uncle Ted. You know, and so does
everyone else around here know, that
Uncle Ted tells the truth. He will
tell you about everything in there
So Jack was off on a run to the
garage where Uncle Ted was working
on his car. Uncle Ted, Johnny is out
in the yard with a book of Republic
can promises, and he thinks he is so
funny, limiting that none of them has
been kept. Please come out and tell
us about ii"
Just when I'm covered with grease,
too" said Uncle Ted. But all right.
I'll come out, but let's hurry up.
well, Johnny, let's start in on
these promises. Let me have the DooK
and I'll read one for starter. First
of all we were promised that there
would be a plan for an association OF
nations to promote peace and disarm-
ament that we could join without los
ing our honor and independence.
whats been done about that?" ask
ed Johnny.
First of all we are participating in
the allied councils as listeners and
President Harding has called the
great disarmaments conference, the
first practical move towards real
peace in the history of the world.
Here is another: We were prom1s-
ed that conditions surrounding the
loans we made to foreign countries
would be settled. The Senate is now
working on a bill which will give the
Secretary of the Treasury the neces- /
sary power to make those settlements. ,
We were also promised that peace be- I
tween the United States and Germany .
would be established promptly. The .
Knox-Porter peace resolution was
approved by the President July z.
Germany has since signed treaty OF
peace, and all that remains is for the
Senate to confirm the treaty which
will be done promptly when they re-
convene"
But 1 thought we were going to
have a small army and the best navy
in the world" spoke up Johnny.
Johnny" replied Uncle Ted, 'the
army has been cut to 100000 men, and
the 1916 navy program will stand as
it is until after the armaments con-
at least. That is SOME re-
duction in the army and real say
ing, too.
"Then you all remember that real !
effort to help the farmers of the coun-
,ry was promised. That has been kept ,
~ the finest lot of relief bills ever :
passed through Congress. Some OF :
hem include the emergency tariff act, :
he Capper grain exchange bill, and
he packer control bill. Then, too the
Var Finance Corporation has been re- :
lived and an increase made in the =
capitalization of land banks. The I
Var Finance Corporation has been :
authorized to advance up to a billion :
Lollars to aid agricultural exports.
president Harding has been Pres =
dent for only six months, but the T
majority of the promises made have
lready been kept, and the others are =
eing worked on but take time and =
tudy. President Harding in a re- =,
ent letter to Senator Medill McCor- =
lick states that the appropriations :,
Dr. the current fiscal year will total NI
'HREE-QUARTERS OF A BILLION ~ :,
,OLLARS LESS THAN THE EX- VI
FOR LAST YEAR, A
AND A HALF LESS THAN ~ ,,
HE LAST ADMINISTRATION ASK w W
D OF CONGRESS AND THREE IL
LESS THAN WE'RE AP- !,
FOR THE SECOND o' o'
RECEDING FISCAL YEAR. q
"Then, here in this campaign book a.
a promise to enact a budget law. 90
hat law was promptly passed and fo
as signed by President Harding and ~ ~
lder its provision the various de- ---
lrtments of the Government are 80
orking in harmony so that two or of of
ore departments will not be spend n,
Q money for the same kind of work,
i'd the money of the taxpayers will fir
saved.
Here again is a pledge to revise f.,
e immigration laws so that we will nh
We a better class of immigrants.
lat pledge has also been kept by an
G enactment of law which Presi-
Mt Harding has signed. ral
Another important pledge made by
e Republicans last year was liberal bis
,islation for the care of the disabled
d infirm veterans of the European Tor
H. "nen Lne hepuDllcanS CaIIe IL las
DIS of disabled veterans who were
t able to secure the hospital atten-
n or the vocational training to
lich they were entitled. This evil
5 been remedied and the soldier re-
f agencies have been consolidated Ser
that the claims of soldiers can and G
receive prompt attention. las
Two of the most difficult tasks the Car
publicans undertook were the re- A
ion of the tariff and internal reve- ond
2 laws. Bills on these two subjects Of
re already passed the House, and
late Committees are now working N
them and will have them ready for Joy
ion soon after the end of the pres rep
recess. L
There has been no regular session sect
Congress since the Republicans are
ne into power. This is a special T
sion and it has passed more con- at ]
lctive legislation than any other ing
sion of Congress in the same length II