The New York herald., 1922-12-07
HARDING WILL FORCE
BATTLE CONTROL
PARTY in CONGRESS
Breach Between Admins
tratiOn and Insurgent
Groups Widens.
LA. TOILETTE ATTACK
Senator Assails President
for Re- crted Attitude on
Packers Merger.
SHIP SUBSIDY DEADLOCK
Executive Sends Letter to Pre-
vent Adoption of Madden
Amendment.
SHIP SUBSIDY DEADLOCK
ny LOUIS sEIBOLD.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HEsALn
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. g.. Dec. O..
The breach between the Admins
tration and insurgent groups In the
Senate was widened to-day by two
concrete and significant developments.
Growing opposition to the ship sub
sidy bill, which the President deems
essential to the, commercial welfare Of
the country, was one of these develop
ments. The other was a vicious per-
sonal attack on the President made in
the Senate by Mr.. La Toilette, or
ganiZer of the radical-insurgent con-
ference, which last week produced
program wholly Objectionable to the
President and his supporters in and
out OF Congress.
Great Importance Is attached TO the
delay of the President in communicat-
ing either In person or in writing his
annual message to the national Legis-
lature and which ordinarily reflects
the views of the Administration re-
garding its achievements and future
ambitions. 1t may be that the pres
sure of business has rendered 1t phys
ically impossible for the President 10
complete his report on the state of
the nation.
Fabricated Expla ma tions.
Congressional and other critics. how
ever. insist on supplying an explsna-
ton of their own fabrication to ac-
count for the Executive tardiness IN
the matter. The opinion largely pre-
walls In this circle that the President
has Sdigested the reactions from the
ambitious plans of the group of in
surgents and radicals organized by
M. La Toilette.
Supporters of the President assert
that he is convinced that the confer
ence organized by Mr.. La Toilette
missed fire. as it were. because OF Its
failure to produce leader courageous
enough TO point the way TO the or
ganization of an extreme radica, DO
litical movement. II this opinion. .s
correct. it is predicted that justifica-
ton will be found in the Presidents
message. expected Friday, tor the be-
lief is that he will not only accept the
challenge of his legislative critics but
will force the fighting.
The President has conferred with
most of the important leaders OF his
marty during the last two weeks. The
sum and substance of the opinions ex-
pressed by these men to him Is that II
would be better strategy to precipitate
a showdown regarding party control
now than to await the results OF the
guerilla warfare tactics which Mr.. La
Toilette and his associates are ex-
pected to employ.
Chief Cause for Criticfsm.
Investigation Of legislative conditions
shows that the chief cause for criti-
cism of the President at the moment
lies in his insistence on the passage of
the shipping bin. One of the Republi-
can Senator'S who has steadily sup
ported the policies of Mr.. Harding
emerged from n meeting of the Senate
Commerce Committee this afternoon
with statement that indicated his
conversion to the insurgent movement
An effort made by Chairman Jones
Of Washington of the Commerce Com
mittee to report out the shipping
measure passed ty the House re-
vealed deadlock over the Presidents
recommendation that the Madden
amendment adopted by the House be
eliminated. This amendment. which Is
wholly Objectionable to the President,
makes the Shipping aid fund subject to
annual appropriations by Congress in
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