, 1921-09-22
LAUDS GREAT WORK
OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
Shows 1t Is In Harmony With the
Spirit Of Entire Harding Admin
istratiOn In Six Months.

H - hh hh"AhloHy XIV
Spirit Of Entire Harding Admin
istratiOn In Six Months.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.-In the
foul months in which it has been in
session the present Republican Con-
gress has put through q program Of
constructive and remedial legisla-
tion which has been unsurpassed, ac-
cOrding to Representative Simeon D.
Fess of Ohio. chairman Of the Ma
tional Republican Congressional
Committee. He says:
Les than six months ago Hard
ing was inaugurated President of the
United States. Within a month he
called into special session Congress.
which has been in session a little over
four months. Mr.. Harding has in
herited the government of a nation
whose fundamental principles had
been wholly suspended III not over
turned. by a worldwide conflict. The
war had involved all the world and
had completely interrupted the nor
NAL process OF the laws OF economic
mt scientific operation. The stress
induced governmental interference,
which suspended the laws of produc-
tion AMI consumption. The new ad-
m'nis.ration inherited a public debt
q $4,000. 900 900, which had been
t1".A.sed from $4,000, 900 to this
bewi!derirg figure, the annual inter-
est of which Is much greater than
the total cost OF Government. in
Guiding Army and Navy, before the
war. 1t inherited a running expense
that is six times what 1t was prior to
the war, which means that the our,
lens of public taxation is that much
heavier than 1t was in 1914. 1t
found the Nations Industries over
expanded by war demands, a pay
roll overbalanced. the laws OF supply
n demand suspended, the Nations
capital and labor menaced. and the
cost Of production abnormally high.
1t found the debts made, but the bills
unpaid.
Disturbed as were our domestic
conditions. they were less critical
than were our foreign relations. The
intricate problems growing out of
European jealousies were further
complicated by an effort to bind the
Nation in a plan of super-govern-
ment. prevented only by the Senate,
which vas overwhelmingly ratified
in the solemn referendum Of last
November.
1.-THE new administration imme-
d;ately attacked the problem and has
courageously proceeded in the work
of reimbursement to the point where
in less than six months time it has
challenged the admiration Of the
world. Let the record speak for IT.
self. Our foreign relations policy is
definitely and certainly resuming
and retaining our honorable posi-
ton Of noninterference in matters
not our own. and our uncomprom-
Using insistence Of rightful recogni-
ton Of our place among the Ia
lions. preserving our rights without
OFFENDING our rivals.
THE proposed surrender to Japan
of our u~ncontested international
in the Pacific attempted by the
treaty of Versailles as evidenced In
the zap episode. is already recalled
and we are assured Of national COM
posture upon our view as stated by
the State Department and REIN
forced by including 1t in the program
of the coming conference. The
same can be said With Britain on the
Mesopotamia controversy. which Is
assured in satisfaction Of both
parties. The same with Mexico on
her attempted co~nfiscation OF prop
erty owned by Americans. The exalt-
ed position taken with the Reds of
Russia was final. ju%stifiable, and
salutary. not only for us but for the
Old World, including Russia. Our
position with Panama is consonant
with these accomplishments.
"The war ended by congressional
resolution July l, this year. and
steps are already completed for the
conference of nations called to-
gether by the President to agree to
disarmament. This much talked
about thing, of world peace has taken
longer strides within the past six
months than in a century Of dog
matte theorizing In the past and
promises to be the browning event OF
this century. All this has been &C.
complished by and with the consent
Of those parties responsible for the
movement Of world peace at home
and abroad, and in a name which
displays a warmer spirit of cosmo-
politan cooperation than has up to
date been noticed in the conduct OF
nations in all our history. ,
I'm the four months Of Congress
in special session attention Is called
to a program OF achievement not
equaled by any Congress in the same
length of time. Besides the two de-
ficiency appropriation bills. the Army
and Navy appropriation bills have
bbeen enacted. saving $658, 200, 900
in the bills below the estimates of
Secretary Baker and Secretary
Daniels.
TIC insure against a flood Of i'm
migrants determined to escape from
Old World turmoil incident to war,
and thus increasing our serious prob
lem of unemployment, Congress
passed at an early date the immigra-