The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-22
U. 5. MUST SAVE WORLD'-H HARDING PRESIDENT DELIVERS STIRRING ADDRESS TO CONGRESS IN
 PERSON.
SYNOPSIS OF SPEECH
URGES MANY REFORMS IN ADMIN IsTRATIoN POLICIES BY
 NEW CONGRESS.
Cwssteru Newspaper Union News ssuics.)


 Washington.-Str Stressing the great and far-reaching contribution which the American people must be prepared to make toward the economic and f. nancial rehabilitation of a world still staggering under the disordered condi- tons beQueathed by war, President Harding voiced a solemn warning in the message he delivered in person to Congress that mo permanent read justments can be effected without con sideration of our unacceptable relation ship to world affairs in finance and trade"
 "We should be unworthy of our best traditions if we were unmindful of sO- cial, moral and political conditions which are not of direct concern to us, but which do appeal to the human sympathies and the very becoming in terest of a people blest with our na- tional sympathieS," the President said.
 The President emphasized that in the main the contribution of this re- public to restored nOrmalcy in the world must come through the initia tive of the executive branch of the gov ernment, but the best intentions and most carefully considered purposes would fail utterly if the sanction and the cooperation of Congress were not cheerfully accorded.
 For the first time in years, since the grim shadows of the World War first began to gather over the Ameri- c&n people. Congress listened to a presidential message that was almost entirely devoted to the grave domestic issues confronting the American na- tion, and which skipped over, except in the most general way, the serious in- ternational questions facing the Amer ican people.
 The synopsis of President Har- ding's message to Congress follows {:
 Mir. Speaker and Members of the Con gress-It Is a very gratifying privilege to come to the Congress with the re- public at peace with all the nations of the world. More, it is equally grat- flying 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 actualities, and the inevitable aftermath, with its disordered conditions, has added to the difficulties of government, which adequately cannot be appraised except by those who are in immediate con- tact and know the responsibilities. Our tasks would be less difficult if we had only ourselves to consider, but sc much of the world was involved, the disordered conditions are so we'll nigh universal, even among nations not engaged in actual warfare, that no permanent readjustments can be effected without consideration of our unacceptable relation to world affairs in finance and trade.
 Indeed, we should be unworthy of our best traditions if we were unmind- ful of social, moral and political con- ditions which are not of direct con- cern to us, but which do appeal to the human sympathies and the very becoming interest of a people blessed with our national good fortune. It is not my purpose to bring to you a pro- gram of world restoration. In the main such a program must be worked out by the nations most directly con- cerned. They must themselves turn to the heroic remedies for the menac- ing conditions under which they are struggling, then we can help and we mean to help.
 We shall do so unselfishly because there is compensation in the conscious ness of assisting, selfishly, because the commerce and international ex- changes in trade which marked our high tide of fortunate advancement are possible only when the nations of all continents are restored to stable order and normal relationship.
 In the main the contribution of this republic to restored nOrmalcy in the world must come through the initia- tive of the executive branch of the government, but the best of intentions and most carefully considered pur- poses would fall utterly if the sane don and the cooperation of Congress were not cheerfully accorded.
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