New-York tribune., 1922-03-27
.HardinggPolicies
Restore Reason,
Says Coolidge
Nice.President Tells Brook
lvn Audience Washington
Conference Will Be Great
Historical Achievement
US. Emerges From Chaos
Tremendous Weight Oh Tax
payers To BE Reduced
Each Year by Economies

President Calvin Coolidge de-
clared yesterday that the worlds rea-
son is more firmly enthroned as re
suit Of the adoption Of the great re-
medal policies of the Harding Admin
istration. The nations second in COM
mand spoke in Brooklyn Academy of
Music, before the Brooklyn Institute,
his address constituting one Of the
Graham Foundation lectures.
The Washington conference, as
viewed by the e-President, prom
ises to be one of the achievements OF
| history, and altogether the first year
OF the Harding Administration. he
said, has been one worthy Of great
people. An enthusiastic audience
greeted Mr. Coolidge. Reviewing the
work of the Administration, he said:
'When, as the result of the election,
| the new Administration came into
power q year ago, there was condltlon
| Of economic disorder. National fl
! nances were administered under war
! time tax laws. Railroad transporter
ton was in great stress for credit.
! The emergency fleet, which had cost
/ billions to construct, was disorganlzed
and disintcgrated.
Began in Conditions of Chaos
"proper methods of administering
war relief had not been devised. There
was an impending avalanche Of foreign
peoples and foreign merchandise to-
ward our shores. There were great
/ disproportions between the returns for
/ production and the cost OF distri butt on.
agriculture was not thriving; employ
/ ment was uncertain. There were meth
DDS which caused improper restraints
I in the building trades. Cost of gov
ornmcnt was stupendous burden.
| There were friction and irritation in
I the Orient. There was need Of more
/ friendly relations with the Latin
/ American republics.
1--WE lacked the respect and conf
/ dencc Of Europe. We were still in a
state Of war with the Central Powers.
! IT was plain that there must be some
! thing more than treatment Of local
! symptoms. II was u time when it was
! necessary to seek out and remove the
! fundamental causes Of national dis
orders"
Mr.. Coolidge then proceeded to show
! how the Executive branch of the gov
ernment had taken up the reins of con
! troll and guided the nation toward that
condition that President Harding in
! his speech of acceptance, following his
nomination, characterized Is nor
malcy'
Relief for War Veterans
cone Of the first domestic problems
! TO receive attention was the perfecting
Of an adequate organization for the ad-
ministration Of government relief OF
war veterans" said the Weep re ident
"The whole work was unified and
placed under the supervision OF the
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of contact the country was divided into
fourteen districts and sub Offices.
"One Of the great achievements Of
the last year, one which promises to
be one OF the achievements Of history
was the convening, the deliberations
and the agreements of the Washing
ton conference for the limitation of
armament The conference proceeded
on the fundamental theory Of substi-
tuting Tor the sanction of force in in
ternational relations the sanction OF
reason. 1t declared the BELIEF that
differences could be adjusted without
even resorting to arbitration by the
simple device o. taking counsel TO-
getheT
"It has been a year of progress a.
together worthy Of a great people. II
does not mean that the burdens Of ex-
istence are to be lifted from mankind
1t does not mean that military estab-
lishments are TO be no longer required
An agreement TO main ia in q parity be-
tween naVies is not an agreement tc
abolish navics.
Productive Activity Assured
There will be great saving Of ex.
penditure, but it will not be SO ,nucl
in present costs as in future require
ments. These great remedial policies
which are being adopted are funda
mental in principle. They mean tina
hereafter larger proportion Of huma!
effort can go into productive activity
They diminish the material waste o,
extravaganza in government and tn,
spiritual waste Of distrust in diploma
cy. Liberty has taken increased guar
antics. Reason is more firmly Ell