The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-31
ACCORDCOMPLETE.
M0NDELL ASSERTS.
Denies There Is Friction
Between Congress and
President Harding
ASSAILS ANVIL CHORUS
Says the Knockers VIII BE at
II Again Soon When Naval
Bill Is Considered

WASUuSGTOE March 90 well
nigh perfect hHIuuur ,s..i# between
President Harding uuI .uuFrDa", re-.
publican t|IuI Loader MuudclI
nulcwuly assured Tine mousse today BOO
making o. aNy.INg denial of pub
UahoG statements OF party dIsoOrd.
IUuHNl.r aside 1000 iHuHc nom
existent tho conflict of Views ho-
tv,ru the president and tuo house
over Tine huuu. rivers and h1rburr
appropriations. tho .lzc OF thu army
nud navy and Kindred matters. Mon
dell said.
every tliing y Lovely"
"Tho proudcut ana congress arc
not al lorgorhclds There be- spirit
and purpose OF cooperation, FREE
qu'ut consultations are tho order of
the day. Tho prosidonts rocommon-
duiious ana the party program have
been carried out cog are iu process "
accomplishment 10 has met with
presidential approval ns 80 far car
riod out"
Mondcn admitted thoro had been
some conflict OF opinion,
81 do not wish 20 convey The I'm
preston he said that tho action
uf congress in either body has at
every moment Of tho time and In
all stages OF legislation boon exactly
or precisely to the breadth Of a
Euata cyclaHh just what the prcHi-
dent would hayo desired, Such
condition would not bo desirable boz
cause II would not be possible unless
we all became Identical mollycod-
dies"
Reports OF conflict. Mondcll as
serted. can be mainly attributed to
political sources.
Criticlzcs Anu-Bonus Drive.
Iio criticized tho auti-bOuua cam
paign particularly Some people, no
said. have gone 80 far as TO declare
the position OF tho president where
the executive has rcfrained from
committing himself and ho indicate
ed house action with respcct TO tho
army and navy bills was moro nearly
In accord with the presidents wishes
than newspaper reports led tho
country 10 believe.
Tho "anvil chorus OF lack OF ac-
cord with the president will break
out afrosh, said Mondell. when the
naval bin rs taken up In the house.
1le said tho bill was framed with
tho purpose of maintaining In fight
ing trim and condition for prompt
action a navy on the seas OF the size
and strength authorized by the terms
OF tho recent conference and under
that agreement to bring about n
substantial reduction in the cost OF
tho naval establishment.
our "Shorc Navy" Rest.
unfortunately" he continued,
Through tho pressure OF selfish To-
cal interests which have been oper-
ating for many years. but which had
o riotous carnival OF oxtravagant In
fluenco during the war, a largo part
OF our navy Is ashore. II is a la
mentally backward and unassumlng
village along our coast line that has
not It's naval base or station. that
has not its graphing hooks on the
national treasury through the naval
bill. There may he somo question as
10 the relative slzo OF navles afloat.
but there IL no manner OF question
about tho sizes of navies ashore, We
far outranlS and outclass them all"
After Mr.. Mondell had read his
statement TO tho house, Reprcscnt-
atlve Garrett. Tennessee, the DEM
ocratiu leader declared that he was
convinced that certain newspapers
do not mlsreprcsfnt tho attitude Of
the president"
until tho gentleman from Wyon-
ing (Mr. MondelD spoke tho whole
country believed and had n right
10 believe that there was "A sharp
difference OF opinion between the
president and congress in various
phases Of legislation"
Mr.. Garrett said. "If there IN not
n sharp difference Of opinion be-
tween the president and congress on
the army bill as passed yesterday
by the house then there must be n
sharp difference of opinion between
the president and tho secretary OF
war. II the president ana congress
are not at odds on tho naval pro.
gram. then there Is distressing
difference OF opinion. sufficient 10
break up a cabinet between the pres
ident and the secretary OF the navy
The democratic leader said he did
not believe that the secretaries o
war and OF the navy, In oppc-!ni
drastic Legislation which seemed I,
have tho approval OF republican
leaders I'm the house were "hrcal
ing with their chief" or that IN,
prealdent "is siding with congress
and not with his own cabinet off
GERS"
THE president told You that !