Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-07

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'use and in the presence Of the
most of the diplomats regularly
no greater draft on the public treasury
and which, though yet too crude to of
fer 1t Tuesday, gives such promises Of
expanding our merchant marine that
it will argue its own approval"
Proper encouragement" for the CO.
operative marketing program as q
means of assisting in the relief of pres
ent conditions in agriculture was sug-
gested by the executive. He also tolC
the congress that it should give its
earnest attention" to general policy
of transportation Of distributed indus.
try and highway construction, to en-
courage the spread of the population
and restore the balance between city
and country.
Other Recommendation
Other recommendations include:
Plans of conference Of common coun
ell. Of mediation, arbitration and judi
cial determination in controversies be.
tween capital and labor.
Federal aid by way of advances TO,
reclamation Of lands, where state anG
private participation is assured.
An appropriation necessary to sup.
ply the American relief administration
in Russia with 100000 bushels o1
corn and 100000 bushels Of seed
grains.
Text of Message.
The text of President Harding,
message to congress follows:
Mr.. Speaker and members of the
congress:
It is a very gratifying privilege to
come to the congress with the republic
at peace with all the nations Of the
world. More, it is equally gratifying
to report that our country is not Only
free from every impending menace Of
war, but there are growing assurances
OF the permanency of the peace which
we so deeply cherish.
For approximately ten years we
have dwelt amid menaces of war or
as participants in wars and the in
evitable aftermath, with it's disordered
conditions, has added to the differences
of government which directly cannot
be appraised except by those who are
in immediate contact with them and
know the responsibilities. Our task
would be less difficult if we had only
ourselves to consider, but so much of
the world was involved, the disordered
conditions are so well nigh universal,
even among the nations not engaged
in actual warfare, that no permanent
readjustments can be effected without
consideration of our inescapable re-
lationship to world affairs in finance
and trade.
Work for Nations.
1t is not my purpose to bring to you
a program of world restoration. In
the main such program must be
worked out by the nations most direct
ly concerned. They must themselves
turn to the heroic remedies for the
menacing conditions under which they
are struggling, then We can help, and
we mean to help. We shall do so un-
selfishly because there is a compensa-
ton in the consciousness of assisting
selfishly, because the commerce and
exchange in trade which
marked our high tide of fortune
and advancement, are possible only
when the nations of the world are re-
stored to stable order and normal re-
lationship.
In the main the contribution of this
republic to restored normalcy in the
world must come through the initiative
of the executive branch of the gov
ernment, but the best intentions and
most careful consideration of purposes
would fail utterly if the sanction and
the cooperation of congress were not
cheerfully accorded.
j am very sure we shall have no
conflict of opinion about constitutional
duties or authorities. During the
anxieties of war, when necessity seem
ed compelling, there were excessive
grants of authority and an extraor-
dinary concentrating Of powers in the
chief executive.
End to Exoesses.
: The repeal of war time legislation
and the automatic expirations which
attend the peace proclamations have
put an end to these emergency ex-
cesses, but | have the wish to 20 fur
ther than that. / want to join you in
restoring in the most cordial way the
spirit of coordination and co-opera-
ton and that mutually Of confidence
and respect which is necessary in rep
resentative popular government
Encroacbment upon the functions OF
congress or attempted dictation of its
policy are not to be thought of, much
less attempted, but there is an insist
ent call for harmony of purpose and
concord of action to speed the solu-
tion of the difficult problems confront
ing both the legislative and executive
branches of the government.
1t is not considered worth while to
make allusi0n here to the character of
our government, mindful as one must
be that an address to you is no less a
message to all our people, for whom
you speak most intimately. Ours is a
popular government through political
parties. We divide along political lines
and | would ever have it so. / do not
mean that partisan principles should
hinder any public servant in the per-
formance of conscientious and pat
riotic official duty. We saw partisan
lines utterly obliterated when war i'm
periled, and our faith in the republic
was rivited anew. We ought not find