The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1922-04-06
(By Rep. Simeon D. Fees 'NA;ol.
Chairman Republican, C-n-
gressional Com .nitieo


other nation gigantic debts trAMen dous
expenditures. hurdensome taxe,, dis
Jointsd economic condition. a;.' ren-
eral unrest. No previous sdminlst"o
ton since the establishment. ef arr
Government came into nov's.r wjtu
greater domestic problems deinzrdine
solution at its hands than confronted
the Republican sdmtn >4sa,icn IN
March L 1921.
Immediately upon the .uan-; ION
of the President and his can ii the
special session of the Congress Pre-
gram OF rehabilitation was rutlired
and work Immediately commenced to
coDsummate it. Undesira bic inlulsra
ton was flooding the country This in
creased uDemploy ment, rendered more
difficult solution Of our Industrial
problems, willis thc character Of many
OF the immigrants wa& menace to
Obl NoNsil dI$ uO.iIItdi iHSiitut iOllH 4 "
protect America labor anG American
institutions against tilis invasion a law
was enacted Uniting further immigra
ton to but three per cent Of the VA
tionals already in Americs
The first necessarT steD toward eco
monte reimbursement 70" necessarily
reduction of expenses sN balancing OF
the budget One of thr Ma riesi meas.
ures enacted bs the RepubJca, Con
gress was the budget law Tn. PIE
vious Republican Gongr~s~ had en-
acted budget law but it was vetoed
by President Wilson The law went
into effect July l. 1921. In tin'r IT, apply
same date Whatever economies have
been effected by reason OF the Budget
Bureau since that time are 10 tie cred
tied to the early action Of the Repuh
lican Congress in putting the Law On
the books which created the Fudge
Bureau and made its operation pos
sibe
The agricultural industr- ~ the
country was suffering in degree
which has never been equalled n lis
history. This important Industry |
which directly affects one-third of our
population and indirectly affects every
Industrial, commercial! and fnancia, |
activity, was facing bankruptcy In
order to assist the farmer In this |
period of economic distress th- Re
publican Congress enacted An a!ah
crate program of agricultural rahabili. |
tation. This program of constructive |
legislation in behalf OF the American |
farmer is without parallel in the an
mails Of American legislation. This sub
stantial effects OF this legislative pro
gram are nov apparent on every hand
Notwiths landing the Republican
Congress elected in 1913 ind assem-
bied in special session N 1919 had |
appropriated hundreds OF millions Tor
ex-service men, the administration os
these funds by the various executive
agencies controlled by the Democrats
had been such that the ex-servics men
had received ! minimum CT oenaf.
from the funds large par, OF this
was due to lack of coordination and
cooperation Of the various bureaus
One OF the greatest pieces o. construc.
tive legislation of the Republican Con
gress was the consolidation OF the va
rious agencies dealing With the eY-
service man under the one head of the
Veterans Bureau. This assures expe
ditiOn as well as fair and adeQlfate
treatment of our disabled exservice
men.
In addition to this consolidation ana
reorganization additional millions were
appropriated for the use of the Blu
reau. American ex-service men OF the
World War have been better treated
at the hands of the Republican Con
gress than the ex-service men of any
previous war in American history and
better treated than the ex-service men
of any other nation engaged in the
World War And the end is not vet.
As an aid to the agricultural sec.
lions and as an antidote to the unem.
ployment situation, the Congress
passed at $75.000,o00 appropriation bill.
for the construction and maintenance
of improved highways. which sum will
BE- doubled when the provisions OF the
bill are complied with by States put.
ting up an equal sum OF money.
Among the numerous constructive
and relief measures the Maternity Bill |
Was enacted In response to the demand