Arizona republican., 1921-09-07
HARDING REPLIES TO ATTACKS ON RECORD OF ADMINISTRATION
DECLARES MONUMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENT MARKS WORK OF EXTRAORDINARY SSION DOWN TO TIME OF ITS RECESS
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WASHINGTON, Sept. s.-Presi- dent Harding in letter reviewing achievements of the Republican ad- mlnlstration, particularly with ref erence to congress. declares that surveying the national situation it IS plain we are working our way out of welter of waste and prodi- gal spending at most impressive rate"
 The letter. made public today. was written by the president under date of August 2s to Senator McCormick or Illinois. and. 1t is understood. will be used in the campaign in New Mexico. where Senator Bursurn. ap- pointed to fill out the unexpired term Of Secretary of the Interior FaIl. is a candidate for election The letter. 1t also is understood. is considered by Republican leaders as a reply to attacks on the legislative record of the Republican congress by Chair man White of the Democratic na- tional committee. and other leading Democrats.
 We have made much progress toward retrenchment and greatly in- creased efficiency the president as- serts- I cannot but account it monumental Accomplishment which has marked the work of the extraor- dinary session down to the time of it's recess"
 Confident of Future
 Looking to the future. Mir. Harding expressed the confident hope ~that congress, after the recess and before the end of the extraordinary session. will adopt both the tariff and taxa ton measures and that along with these it will pass the bill to permit funding the debt owed us by foreign governments.''
 This. I hope" he adds. twill short ly be followed by arrangements un- der which the debtor countries will begin paying interest on their obii- gations. Likewise I am confident that the bill facilitating the funding of the debt of the railways to the United States will become law dur ing the extraordinary session, insur- ing a large and immediate demand for employment of men now idle"
 The president expressed thanks 70 Senator Mccormick for his congrat- ulations on the accomplishment of the administration as expressed in 8 letter to the president.
 The Republican congress preceding q the present administration is credited by MT. Harding with having pa tiently and assiduously labored to re- duce expenditures" with results which we can summarize in the statement that the appropriations for the current fiscal year will aggre- gate four and quarter billion dol lars and that this is three quarters of a billion less than the expendi- lures for the previous fiscal year"
 War Extrssagance
 The president, after reciting as -extravagances incident to the war. the expenditure of three and half billion dollars by the shipping board: between five and six billion dollars for aircraft. artillery and ammuni- ton, and between one and a quarter and one and a half billion dollars for the railroad administration. adds: ::
 Tt is gratifying to be able to say also that probably no other govern ment has, during a similar period, so drastically reduced expenditures as has the government sof the Xnf&e4 States the past two years on the 2n- sistence Of the Republican eorgr[ee. Moreover, I am happyE fo a11<Ire yrtx that the administrations departments are now in full sympathey with the program of rigorous and unremittfng ] economy, through which I believe We will be able during next year to turn back into the treasury so large a sum that the aggregate of taxation may be reduced to S3,500, 900. 900 a | year.
 Half the present total expendi- lures of the government arises from wars of the past. Similar burdens are imposed upon taxpayers of other | countries and a well nigh universal protest against a possible repetition of gigantic conflict gives rise to the common hope that the conference in November may tighten the burdens of both armament and taxation.
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