The Washington times., 1921-12-06
POWER To
.FUNDDEBT
ASKED Of
CONGRESS
Message Deals Almost Wholly
With Domestic Problems.
Noted Audience Present.
BY j. BART CAMPBELL.
international News keryice.

Stressing the great and far
reaching contribution which the
American people must be prepared
to make toward the economic and
financial rehabilitation of world
still staggering under the disor-
dered conditions bequeathed by
war, President Harding voiced a
solemn warning today in the mes
sage he delivered IN person to
Congress that ...no permanent re-
adjustments can be effected with
out consideration of our inescap-
fable relationship to world affairs
in finance and trade"
"We should be unworthy of our
best traditions If we were un-
mindful of social, moral, and po-
litical conditions which are not of
direct concert to us, but which do
appeal to the human sympathies
and the very becoming interest of
people blest with our national
sympathies," the President said.
Asks Cooperation OF Congress.
The President emphasized that "in
!
public to restored normally in the
world must come through the initia-
tive of the executive branch Of the
Government, but the best intentions
and most carefully considered pur-
poses would fail utterly IL the sanction
and the cooperation Of Congress were
not cheerfully accorded"
| For the first time in-years, since the
grim shadow of the world war first
began to gather over the American
| people, Congress listened to presi-
Dental message that was almost en-
tirely devoted to the grave domestic
issues confronting the American ma
| ton and which skipped over, except in
the most general way. the serious in
ternational questions facing the Ameri-
can people.
Foreign Delegates Present.
Standing on the simple platform be-
fore the Speakers desk in the House
chamber, the President addressed him.
self to a joint session of Congress
which was unquestionably the great
est and most representative gather
ing of the chosen spokesmen Of civil
lied peoples Of the whole world ever
held in the eventful history of the
American people.
The delegations of the foreigns ma
tions participating in the disarns-
ment conference, the brilliantly uni
formed members of the diplomatic
corps, were assembled with the mem
bers of the Senate and House, the
| Presidents cabinet and the United
States Supreme Court, as the head Of
American nation laid down the pro-
gram the Administration desired Con.
gress to carry out during the coming
months of the present session.
High Spots in Message.
The high spots of the President $
message were:
Cd The imperative need Of an
elastic and flexible" tariff Iegis-
lation which would enable the Pres
ident, through the Federal Tariff
Commission, TO meet effectively the
changing trade and industrial con.
ditions not only In this country,
but abroad.
C2) The urgent necessity OF
general policy Of Transportation,
Of distributed industry, and Of high
way construction, TO encourage the
spread Of our population and re-
store the proper balance between
city and country"
90 The strong desire Of the Ad.
ministration for further revenue
revision and renewed considera-
tion Of our tax program" despite
the Inevitable divergence Of opin-
ion In seeking the reduction, amel
oriation. and readjustment Of the
burdens Of TAXATION"
(i) The expressed opposition Of
the Administration to the abroga.
tion Of certain commercial treaties
proposed by the Jones Merchant
Marine act on the grounds that 70
denounce them would Involve us
I'm n chaos Of trade relationships
and add ipdescribably to the con.
fusion Of the already disordered
commercial world"
(5l The expansion Of the American
Merchant Marine under an admin
istration plan 20 be later submitted
10 Congress which. while eontsAr