The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
HOOVER IS
INVITED To
SPEAK HERE
Secretary Impressed by Cor
dial Invitations To Come to
Richmond-Seek His Poll
cies on Child Labor.
SOLoNS MOP BROWS
PALLADIUM NEWS RUREAU

w ASHlNGlON, May ZS.-lnVlLa-
tions extended by various civic organi.
cations of Richmond, Ind, to Herbert
Hoover, secretary Of commerce, to
visit Richmond, August Is, were pre-
sented to Mr. Hoover Friday by I
Richmond citizen, S. Edgar Nicholson.
Mr.. Hoover, who has been asked to
deliver two addresses in Richmond,
one before the Indiana Yearly Meeting
of Friends at its centennial celebra-
ton, and one before a public meeting
under the auspices of the Richmond
Central Labor Council, has promised
Mr.. Nicholson to advise him shortly
whether it will be possible for him to
be the guest of the Quaker City.
1t is understood that the secretary
of commerce was much impressed
with the cordiality of the invitations
he received from the several Rich
mond organizations. Mr. Nicholson is
confident that Mr.. Hoover will visit
Richmond in August if it is at all
possible for him to arrange his af
fairs so that he can leave Washington
at that time.
Secretary Hoover is member Of
the Oregon Yearly Meeting and is one
of the few Friends ever to have served
as a cabinet officer
The Richmond Central Labor Coun-
Gil has asked Mr.. Hoover to address
meeting to be held under the aus
pices of that body on the subject of
child labor and child welfare.
1t is understood that the Richmond
labor organization plans to sponsor
some definite program calling for the
abolition of child labor and for the es-
tablishment of higher standards Of
child welfare, which program it hopes
to have endorsed by labor organiza-
tions throughout the country.
With such a policy in view the Cen
trail Labor Council of Richmond, it is
said, desires to have Secretary Hoover
visit Richmond and express his views
on the subject Mr.. Hoover under.
stood to have pronounced opinions on
the question Of the we'll being Of young
America.
The meeting he has been invited to
address in Richmond would serve
several purposes. it is pointed out. 1t
you'd permit him to publicly outline
his policy on the question, it would
focus the attention of the entire coun-
try on child betterment problems, and
the views of the secretary would aid
the Richmond Labor council in the
shaping Of its program.
A member of congress from Ken
lucky has been appealed to use his
iy1f 70
the Volstead prohibition enforcement
law. He suggests that the law be
amended to require revenue officers to
sell liquor direct to the consumers,
which, he states, would entirely elm
mate the bootleggers.
Another blow at the middle-man."
remarked the congressman after read
ing his constituents letter
1t Is generally understood that the
ways and means committee of the
house of representatives will not be
prepared to submit the permanent
protective tariff bill to the house un-
til June Is, possibly a few days later
1t is expected that this measure will
be debated in the house for at least
two weeks and it is predicted that
1t will take at least a month for the
bill to go through the senate
The tax revision bill, which ranks
with the permanent tariff measure in
importance, must also originate in the
house, but the house ways and means
committee has not yet held any hear
ings on the question of tax reforms
The senate finance committee, how
ever, has been holding hearings on
that subject for almost a month and
will be prepared to act on the new
tax measure just as soon as it passes
the house. 1t is doubtful if the new
tax bill will be considered in the
house until the latter part of July.
Members of congress have re-
signed themselves to spending an
other torid summer in Washington 1t
is the general opinion that the spe-
cial session will not adjourn until the
middle of September, probably not un.
til the first of October.