Evening star., 1921-06-20
DEMOCRATS BEGIN
ATTACKS IN PRESS

Following the beginning in Con-
gress by democrats of political at
tack upon the record of the republi-
can administration, the democratic
national committee. through it's pub
lfcity bureau, has started out to lay
down a barrage fire against the op-
positio on, through a series OF daily
letters to the democratic and lnde-
pendent press. Richard Linthicum,
the newly appointed director OF pup
licity, today issued the first OF the
series of articles. in which he es-
sayed to give "the democratic view
point with reference to the record OF
the republican administration, legis-
iative and executive
He charges: !
THE republican party in the last
campaign promised to reduce federal
taxes A republican Congress has
increased them, the appropriation
bills carrying $4,000, 900, 900 for 1921
and like amount for 1922 (Which
would be $7,500,000.000 by the addi-
ton of bonuses). This means that
this administration will spend three
times as much on an Army in 1921
as it spent in 1916, and more than
three times as much on the Navy in
1921 as it spent in 1916, when nearly
all of Europe was at war.
fPOmiSed to Make Peace.
The republican party promised to
make an immediate declaration of
peace as soon as Congress convened.
The Senate and House at this writ
ing are disagreeing on the form of
declaration and may be deadlocked.
1t promised to bring our boys home
from the Rhine. The boys are still
there and no move has been made to
recall them.
1T promised an association of ma
tt ions to be promoted by the PreSi-
dent The only associations of ma
tions in sight are the league of ma
tions functioning at Geneva, and the
allied supreme council composed of
European premiers-not the council
of the league of nations, but Eu-
ropean alliance now ruling Europe,
backed only by force. in which George
Harvey (and not Elihu Root) repre-
sents officially (not "unofficially'' as
some say) the President of the United
States.
1T promised high protective tariff.
but even this sacred policy is far
from fullfiiment. The republican ways
and means committee rejected the
wool schedule as written by a couple
of woolen manufacturers and present.
ed by Chairman Fordney, and the
tariff commission has been asked to
draft that schedule. Five western
legislatures- Minnesota. Wisconsin,
Michigan, Kansas and Colorado-have
protested a tariff on lumber; the en-
tire Minnesota delegation in Congress.
solidly republican. has voted to op-
nose a tariff on lumber, claiming to
represent the whole middle west and
the so-called agricultural bloc. The
proposed tariff remedy is still in the
distant future.
Business Declared Worse.
"It promised to revive business. and
business conditions daily grow worse;
| foreign trade continues to decline and
foreign markets to shrink. 1t promis-
ed to promote and protect the inter-
ests of labor. There were 100000
| idle mon out Of work when Mr.. Hard
| ing was elected. 1t is estimated that
! there are 100000 idle men now.
+ 1.-The republican House has muddled
| which. it was pointed out both by
| republican progressives and demo-
| Gratis. was the only way in which a
! material reduction in taxation could
be made. substituting impossible con-
| ditions by providing for a conference
! of all nations to consider reduction
| in land as we'll as in sea forces. in
place Of Senator Borah's plan for a
naval conference of the United States.
| Great Britain and Japan-a practical
| plan. In the muddling Of peace. in
| hostility to disarmament in failure
to keep election promises and in con-
| lenses of the last campaign, the
democrats charge that the republican
party has shown itself. as bankrupt
lin DrincipleS q it is in policy"