The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1922-03-24
AMERICA F|NDSA
NEED FOR BOARD
ON PREPARATIONS
POWERFUL BODY
And MIR. Harding Sees That if
America is to Have an Au-
thoritative Word in Her
Claim for Rhine Expenses
and the Dye Question This
Nation Wants on Board.
(By David Lawrence.)
copyright 1922 by The Daily

(By David Lawrence.)
Copyright 1922 by The Daily
Til es.)
Washington, Mar. 22.-The United
States will take its place at the table
of the Reparations Commission before
very long.
This conclusion is inescapable after
the developments Of the last "a
hours here-the expression from the
White House that Congress should
authorize American Membership
and the decision today to make pub
lie tomorrow the full text of the
American note to Great Britain,
France, Belgium, Italy and Japan ask
ing that the claim for $241,00O,0O0
for payment of the expenses OF the
American army of oce patton on the
Rhine be considered by the Allied
powers who are doing out German
PREPARATION money.
No less a person than the President
himself has told Congress that the
situation over the import Of dyes
from German-American textile indus
try is so serious that American par
[ticipation in the deliberations of the
Preparation Commission is absolute
| ly essential. Mr.. Harding now puts
the issue squarely up to Congress and
says the responsibility for the alb
sence of an American member on the
Preparations Commission lies with
Congress.
This is new tack for the Execu-
Tive. Heretofore the initiative in in
ternational cooperation has been with
he President or Secretary of State but
SO jealous has Congress become over
all dealings with Europe that Mr.
Harding is not apt to project the
question especially at time when
the treaties negotiated ~ the Arms
conference are having such hard
shedding.
1t is significant that both Senators
lodge and U ide'woJj, leaders Of The
lReodblican AMI Democratic partic:
respectively in the Senate are crying
out against the Allied neglect of the
American claim for 241,O00,O00 ant
are insisting on its payment. The
claim would not now be in question
If the United States had been repre-
sented on the Reparations Commits
sion but he has hinted as much ant
the chances are that he will permi
the country to believe Congress rath
, er than the Executive is responsible
incidentally, the pressure for Amer
can representation on the reparation
commission comes from many differ
ent sides. The textile manufacturer
who say they are unable to obtain Ger
: tain dyes not made in this cOuntr!
are insisting that the American gov
: ernment exercise its rights and &c
= those dyes from Germany through th
!. reparations commission which is ii
full charge Of what is done witt
Germany's dyes. It would be pOssibl
: for instance to take dyes in paymen
Y of part of the $241,00O,OOO owe
a America. These dyes would then b
sold to American firms by the Unite
States government which would credi
the receipts against the original sur
! depended fgr maintaining the army O
ylthe Rhine.
ii Until last November, the Textile A
liahce, an organization created BY th
textile industry, was getting Gernna
dyes by virtue Of an arrangement wit
n th( department Of State which !
eItu3 ras dealing directly with II
3 n ktionaC Commission. The d.
alar