Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-25

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secretary of war. in the discharge
OF his departmental duties, re.
| sponsible for the failure of the air.
| craft bill, or was the aircraft com
| mission not responsible to any
one? They spent one billion dol
lars and constructed less than five
alrplanes. Was it the war depart
ment who weer responsible for the
failure to provide aircraft to the
boys in France and the boys in
the trenches?
| The Independent commissions
created under an act of congress
OF the United States in the depart
ment of commerce should oe
charged with those duties.
We have some knowledge of the
efforts of another commission in
/ the recent strike of the railroad
men, in the case of die labor
board declaring the strikers to be
outlaws, when the congress of the
United States had distinctly refus-
ed to do so. But the president
could not control the labor board,
nor does he control the Interstate
Commerce Commission. If the
present occupant of the White
House could look forward to three
more terms of four years each, it
is possible that some of these COM
missions might be reorganized.
Some of the Troubles
These are some of the troubles
which confronted the present adj
ministration, with departments
such as the people had never la
bored under and never dreamed
they would be burdened with.
Chaos reigned throughout the en-
tire country, Unemployment exist
ed in every city and hamlet in tn =
United States. 1t was one of the
first duties OF the present admin
iRtration to carefully examine the
matters to which l have referred
to proceed to bring order out of
chaos wherever it might be poss-
ible and to bring this country back
to a state of peace, which is the
normal condition, thank God OF
America.
have made no speeches, politi-
cal or otherwise. since / became a
member of the cabinet. l have
been. like the majority of the men,
bers of the cabinet, at desk eight
hours a day in the attempt to dis
charge under the law and under
our oaths, our official duties and
to help the president of the Unit
ed States to restore the condition
OF peace and prosperity for the
American people. If we have fail
ed in any degree, l can say to you
solemnly, my fellow citizens, that
ii has not been through lack of eff
fort nor want of sincerity of pur-
pose.
Reduced Taxation.
Il am not going into detail of
what we have accomplished. We
have paid off hundreds of millions
OF dollars of Indebtedness. We
have reduced taxation and are still
reducing it. We are, in each of
the departments of the govern
ment, doing more work per day for
the same amount of money with
the same force than has ever been
done before in the history of the
government of the United States.
Now that is broad assertion, but
the documentary evidence will sub
stantiate what l have said.
OF course l am more familiar
with the department of the inte-
rior than with the other depart
ments Of the government; but l
would like to call your attention
to one apparently trivial matter
which illustrates what / have Just
said. When the present admins
tration came into power the cost
OF passing upon a pension applica-
ton was $17.50. At present the
cost to the taxpayer was only Sill,
and when you realize that there
are four to six thousand such cases
still daily coming in. and that
there were 99.100 pending when
we took over the administration,
you can realize something of the
immensely of the work which must
be performed in that one depart
ment and you can realize what it
means at saving of $500 in each
case.
10000 Patents Due.
The department of the interior
on the first day of october last, |
one year ago, after examination of |
the records for two months in the |
endeavor to ascertain what was the |
inaugurated a new policy. |
We discovered that there were
nineteen thousand patents due to I
the people of the United States
on homesteads. Within six weeks
patents were issued in each case |
and twenty-seven million dollars
turned loose in the form of ac.
tual value in real estate.
With thirty-two fewer employees |
han we found occupying the Land
Office, within twelve months, we
have discharged 35 per cent more
business than has ever been dis
charged in like length of time
N the history Of the United States
General Land Office.
l might continue for an hour OF
10 to illustrate the broad state
nent which l made, but as l have
iaid, the documents are in exist
,nce to substantiate it,
League of Nations
Now we had just passed through |
| campaign. | had been among
he people of New Mexico from
he middle of October until cleo
ion day and would have replied in
ny more or less feeble way to the
arguments of those who are now
eeking your vote. In the endea-
'or to show what l believe to be
he case; that if the people of this
entered into European
fairs, then by sacred abliga-
ion to them forever, that
We would pay the debts
# the world with the brood of our
'oys, in the treasure of our citizens.
remember l spoke here in the
ity of Albuquerque, if you will
'ardon my reiteration, and / told
he people of this city as / told
hem in other places, that ! would
lot send the boys of New Moxico
0 guard the harems in Constan-
inople, and / would like to ask
on, had we listened to the siren
oices of those who now appeal to
GU not to support the republican
arty,-had we listened to them,
shere would your boys be? Where
] the league of nationsn Have YOU