Evening star., 1922-03-04

anu SecluueQ. tn2t ne ana MRS. HARD
ing have gone through the daily rou-
tine of their positions In a purely
democratic fashion. or. an it Is fire.
quently expressed. as Just plain
folks" One Of the most popular acts
of the President In this respect was
the order issued by him an hour or 50
after he assumed office which threw
open the gates of the White House
grounds and permitted the public once
more to enter. He alao restored the
old-time custom Of receiving the pub
lie at the White House on New Year
day He tossed out the ball at the
opening game of the ball season; play
ed golf a number Of times on the pub
lie links in Potomac Park; dedicated
several statues: addressed the cere-
monies incident to the corner stone
laying of the Washington Victory Me-
mortal building. attended with much
regularity services at Calvary Baptist
Church, and during the twelve months
he is estimated to have shaken hands
with more than 10000 persons.
Little Travelling h Year.
There was little travelling by tho
President during the year: Besides
a few week end journeys aboard the
presidential yacht Mayfiower. he made
Mass; Portland. Me-; the White
mountains. Valley Forge. Pa: At
lantic City. West Point, n. Y: An
apolis. Md: Birmingham, Ala; York.
town and Williamsburg. Va; Raritan.
erstown, where he spent day and
night in camp.
When the warfare among miners
in the Mingo section reached pro-
portions which were considered SER
ious. President Harding was alert to
act and soon had peace reigning
again in that turbulent district. With
corresponding dispatch he averted
the threatened strike among the
railroad engineers. firemen and train
men. There are now in Washington
representatives of Peru and Chile,
who came here at the invitation of
the President to thrash out their
differences under the wholesome in
fiuence of the capital of the United
States" By the display Of great
fairness and the exercise of diplomacy
he settled the PanamaCosta Rica
boundary dispute.
Conference ON Unemployment.
When the unemployment situation
last fall began to assume alarming
aspects the President lost no time in
calling to Washington a large and
representative conference of men and
women peculiarly fitted to discuss
the matter and to recommend relief.
Several times he has called confer
ences of railroad and financial men
to lend their assistance in reaching
conclusions regarding pending. condi-
tions. In order to more in<elli8ently
sSa ss aisssdaf alsssad
of Agriculture sto call to Washington
the agricultural conference which
only recently completed frs sessions
Friends of thet adnaaistratipR are
neither blind nor deSE to the criti-
the Harding administration by the
minority party. In this connection they
say that if the Harding administra-
tion had done nothing else worthy of
praise it has at least started in the
right direction.
Authority Is Increasing.
They point also to the fact that
the gently. exercised authority of
President Harding as party leader
is rapidly increasing: that during the
twelve months he has maintained the.
greatest good feeling and cooperation
among the members of his cabinet
and department executives and has
been the means of establishing a
genuine solidarity among the repub-
licans in Congress and in the party
organization.
What is looked upon generally as
one of the really big and great ac-
complishments Of the Harding ad-
the passage of an act establishing a
budget system. Following the se-
lection by the President of. BRIG.
Gen. Dawes of Chicago as the di-
rector of the budget a highly efficient
organization was soon whipped into
working order and eight months later
through it's efforts the President for
the first time submitted a complete
budget. of public expense. Besides
other things the budget as presented
to Congress provided saving In the
operation of the federal government
of more than s150.000,O00 compared
with last years expense.
Farmers, Emergency Act.
AS a necessary step toward bring
ing needed relief to the country's
agricultural producers the farmers
emergency act was enacted into law.
It was the hope of the administration
that the emergency for such was so
great that great delay incident to the
passage of permanent tariff could
not be endured. However; the adj
ministration is now devotinG its eff
forts toward the creation of highly
satisfactory tarin bill. which will be
a permanent affair and which is an
ticipated to go "a long way toward
aiding the general prosperity of the
industries of the nation.
Another step toward aiding pros
perity of the republic was the en-
embargo. Then there was the law
authorizing the completion of the
Alaskan railroad at a, cost of $4,000
eOe: tho amendment Of the federal re-
serve act in regard tor capital stock of
corporations.
During the President first year
many other laws of Importance have
been passed in either or both houses.
Much of this legislation is looked
upon by the administration as rep
resenting important and positive
progress. some of it Of untold value
in the development.o Of theSnation.
Among this leGaslations are found
the law establishingt the Veterans
Bureau and consolidating all agen-
cies for soldier relief the law amend
ing the War Finance Corporation act.
not to exceed $1,000,O00.000 to aid
in the transportation and exporta-
tion of agricultural, products and in
providing credits for. agricultural
purposes;- the federal highway act,
appropriating $75,ooo.o00 for federal
cooperation with the states in the
building of highways: the maternity
bill, pledged by the republican party.
in it's campaign, providing for CO.
operation with the states in the pro-
lection of maternity and infancy.
Then there was the packers bill
for the. regulation of commerce and
live, stock and dairy products. poultry
and eggs, and which gives the Secre-
tary of Agriculture authority to pre-
vent abuses; also the bill prohibit
ing gambling in grain futures; the
passage of the bill providing $25.-
0OO, 900 additional for the Federal
Farm Loan Board, permitting it to
again function in behalf of the farm
producers of the, country: the act
broadening the organic law of the
Indian bureau. which is intended to
cure the evil of legislative riders and
appropriations.