Iron County register., 1922-05-11
Washington Correspondence.
BY WALLACE BAssFoRD.

Democratic Congress and President
in the Naval Act of 1916, reyamped by
the Borah Resolution, President Hard
ing said: SIN soberest reflection, the
worlds hundreds of millions who pay
in peace and die in war with their
ttatesmen to turn the expenditures
for destruction into means of con-
struction, aimed at higher state for
those who live and follow after" A
noble sentiment, endorsed by every
one who had no personal pocketbook
to fill through a big army or navy,
and would have entitled the President
to the credit due for it's utterance, il
events had shown that he meant it.
When the Naval Bill was reported to
the House it provided for $1,000 men
to handle our diminished navy, and
Chairman Kelly demonstrated that
tho number was sufficient. Then came
Nick Longworth with letter from
Harding asked that the number of
men be increased by 10000 and the
House, with Harding's words at the
Arms Conference still ringing it's ears,
voted the increase! What is the re-
suit? 1t Is that the naval expendi-
lures for the next fiscal year, instead
of being decreased from $40, 900, 600,
the figures for the present year, will
run about ten millions higher. This
is due partly to the increase in per-
sonnel above Chairman Kelley's
figures, and partly to authorized
expenditures, not actually appropriate
ed in the bill, amounting to about
67,OOo,Ooo. This is a peculier legisla-
tive device used to make larger funds
available whila showing Economics
in the bill.
The outcome at Genoa seem serious
iy threatened by reason of this gov
ernment holding aloof from their
effort to pacify the turbulent and un-
settled conditions in Europe. Hard I,
ing has allowed Lloyd George, the
greatest statesman of his time and
probably of all time, to tackle the
tremendous problem alone and un-
aided; If he succeeds it places him up
on a high pedestal of glory from
which all time will not take him down.
The best theory put forward in Wash
,ington to account for Harding's nom
participation is that he feared he
would be accused of doing the thing
that Woodrow Wilson would have
done under the circumstances.
The coal strike has been allowed to
run on several weeks, with nothing
done by the administration looking
toward it's settlement. More than
100000 men are directly affected by
1t, without taking into consideration
the industrial plants daily shutting
down because of coal shortage. The
best figures obtainable indicate that
8 100000 workers are out of employ
ment in the United States. While
Wall Street CANDLES in stocks at the
rate of millions of shares per day on
money borrowed from the banks at
8 liz per cent, able-to- work young
men are begging dime for food with !
in stones throw of the White House
grounds in Washington.
The Republican Congress still hag-
giles with the soldiers over their bonus,
with the outcome as the weather,
while the business world awaits with
like uncertainty the new tariff bill
Last winter the leaders talked of ad-
journing Congress the first day Of
May; the month is here and adjourn :
ment ID one of the events SO far in
the future that IL is not even discuss
ed in Washington. And the country
waits, and waits, and waits, while this
Sabusiness administration does busi-
ness in very unbusinesslike manner,
" 1t has long been thought by ordi-
nary folks that one of the principal
missions OF onr State Department il
to keep US on friendly terms with
other nations OF the world, thus max
ing for peace and friendly commercial
intercourse Of profitable sort. Repre-
sentative Yates Of Illinois, son Of the
famous war governor, Lincoln's friend
has vigorous opinions on the success
OF the administration along these
lines. Remember that Yates is q Re
publican. On the floor Of the House
he said, on page 1854 Of the Congress
sional Record: aThere is not ma
tion iii the world today that is ou
\ friend. They are all suspicious AM
unfriendly."
The President is reported to be get
ting ready to remove Commissions
Blair, Of the Bureau Of Inferno
Revenue. Blair is1trying to run tn
Bureau properly, and be can hardl,
do this II he removes the hundreds 3
experts trained under the last admin
stration, during which period th
work of the Bureau increased Wit