The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-03-16
Warren G. Harding Completes
His First Year as President
of United States.
FALL and WALLACE IN CLASH
American Government Declines to Far
ticlpate in Genoa Conference
Lloyd Georges Threatened
O Resignation Fourteenth
Canadian Parliament
Opened-Fiumo
Fumes Again.
by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
NX/ARREN G. HARDING at noon Of
w March 4 completed Ills first year
as President of the United States. He
was asked for an expression regarding
the accomplishments Of his adnlnistra-
Sion to date and authorized this state
ment:
'"The record OF the administration
speaks for itself: it would be poor
administration that required the execu
tive to speak for It,"
AT an entertainment by the National
Press club in honor Of the first official
birthday the President said:
"The long step toward getting hack
toward normal ways Of government
would seem to me to have been the
achievement Of the year"
Representative FeSS OF Ohio, chair
man of the Republican congressional
committee, made In the house n speech
setting forth in detail the accomplish
ments Of the year from the Republican
viewpoint. He dwelt Oh economies.
actual and prospective. He said that
the United States would be the only
government In the world living within
Its revenues next year. If 1t could keep
within the estimates outlined by the
administration. Reviewing the work
of The arms conference, he said: 81
challenge the record to produce
greater achievement In the history Of
diplomacy"
Democratic members then proceeded
to tear TO pieces the Fcss eulogy from
their standpoint. Cordrll Hull, chair
man Of the Democratic national com
mIttee. also took issue with the Fcss
statement. His general position is that
while the Republican congress has on
acted multiplicity Of unimportant
laws and the arms conference prOvid-
ell for limited program OF naval re-
dnction the Republican party has
failed to carry out its major prom
fscs made In the campaign of 1920
Now. In the house debate over the
administrations statement of ecOno-
mics Fess talked exactly rs If he be-
lieved everything he said and the
Democrats talked hack exactly MS If
they believed everything they said.
And the taxpayer In the gallery knew
that cvcryhHl" couldn't he telling the
truth. the whole truth ana nothing but
the truth. The upShot was that Rep
reSentatIve Byrns Of Tennessee. rank
Ing Democratic member Of the appro-
prations committee, secured the pass
age Of q resolution calling upon The
President to inform the house in what
way the savings had been made. from
what particular appropriations and In
what specific amounts. Thcrcupon the
President instructed General Dawes
OF the budget bureau to prepare II
complete statement covering the en-
tire situation. One thing at least
stands out clearly: Nonody doubts
that I'll and Maria" Dawes will give
the facts and figures as they are.
President and Mrs. Harding loft
Washington Wednesday evening by
train for st. Augustine. Fla The pres
1dentia pnrty included Attorney Gen
eral Dangherty, Speaker Gillett, I'm
dersecrctnry Of State Fletcher Brig
adler General Sawyer his personal
physician. and George B. Christian.
his secretary. Mr.. Christian said the
president would occupy his time In
''rest and recrention," in Florida for
n week or so.
plTCIlIID battle between the In.
terror and Agricultural DEPART
ments which has long been watcher,
by official Washington with absorbing
interest has now become "pub,,c,
Through a statement by Secretary nal,