Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-06-30
UP To CONGRESS
TO KEEP PLEDGES
PRESIDENT THINKS IT WILL VET
REDEEM ITSELF, BUT HE DE.
cLlNEs TO DICTATE.
HIS PROGRAM NOT EQUlV0CAL
Harding Has Given the Law Makers
Clear List Of Recommendations for
Legislation and Leaves the Full Re.
sponsbiiity on Them.
Ry JAMES P. lioRMAnAN

6y JAMES +. HORNADAT
Observation-Disclosures of the cab
met say the President believes this
congress will yet redeem itself. And
furthermore, he Heves, according to
these same members, that If the legis-
!ative body does redeem itself in the
estimation of the public without any
assistance from the executive branch
OF the government, a long and impor-
tant step Will have been taken toward
bringing the two branches of the gov
eminent back TO the relationship which
the Constitution intended should exist
between them.
II, on the other hand, the President
should at this time step in and ex-
ert the powerful influence which a
PRESIDENT always has at his command.
and thereby force the legislative body
to do his bidding, the congress would
/ md itself on lower level than ever
before. As one member Of the cab
met put It, the President is trying to
help the congress get back to the
place in the scheme of government
which it is entitled TO occupy. The
remarkable thing about the situation
IS il is pointed out, that the Repub-
lieans in the legislative body do not
seem to have any real appreciation of
what the President is trying TO do.
/ Pay by day the Republican leaders in
the two houses run to the White
House and in effect say to the presi-
dent: If you do not assert leadership
we shall make complete failure Of
everything. We simply cannot go ahead
/ unless you come TO our rescue"
The Presidents answer to all this IS
that the party Of which he is the titu-
lar head in the last presidential cam
pdign asked for votes and undoubtedly
received them on the strength Of a
promise that should the party succeed
In the national election, the relation
ship which the makers of the Consti.
tuition said should exist between the
legislative and executive branches of
the government would be promptly re
stored This was not only party
promise, the President points out, but
1t was q personal promise on his part
And whatever betides, the President is
saying to legislative callers. he in
tends to live up to the promise
Harding's Advice Has Been Specific.
1t can be said for President Har-
ding, and, indeed, should be said for
/ him, that no President within recent
generations has given the legislative
/ branch Of the government a clearer list
/ Of recommendations. When he called
/ the present congress in extra ses-
sion last year, he told it what lie
thought 1t ought to do. Then when
the regular session came on in Decem-
Der last year, he submitted a definite
legislative program which embed.
led a large number of recommends
tions. From time to time since the
regular session opened, he has made
recommendations that did not equivo-
cate.
In the IA months since the congress
came together 1t has carried out really
only one recommendation Of large i'm
portance, that for adoption Of the
budget system. No congress ever had
a finer opportunity to make a great
record for itself. With an absolutely
free hand, it could have carried
out the Presidents recommendations
promptly, or it could have improved on
them, which would have been better
still.
Puts Responsibility on Congress.
Obviously the Republican leaders
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