The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-08
PRESIDENT PUTS
BIC PROGRAM UP
To LEGISLATORS
Most Extensive Legislative Job Laid
Out for Congress In Annual Mes
sage; Administration Policies
Defended.
STARTLING PROPOSALS
ON DOMESTIC PROBLEM
Clemeneeau Is Answefcd: Would
Abolish Labor Board; Calls on
Nation to Uphold Dry Amend
ment; 10 Call Governors.
by PAUL Il. MALlON
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

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Washington. Dec. SIN message
that covered the entire scope OF do
nestle aud foreign problems con.
fronting the nation President Harding
today laid before congress the most
extensive legislative program outlined
by any president In many years. AT
the same time Mr.. Harding reaf.
firmed and defended before the
world the American foreign policy as
developed by his administration.
The presidents domestic program
as outlined TO the joint session of
congress included startling proposals,
among them being abolition OF the
railroad labor board and substitution
of labor board by n commerce
commission consisting OF four mem
bers; anti-strike legislation to make
decisions of this new labor board
enforceable; credit and marketing
legislation for agriculture; consoli.
dation Of railroads into few sys-
tens: an anti-child labor amendmeit
TO the constitution.
He announced that he would call
hibition enforcement. He answered
Georges Clemenceau, wartime French
premier. and others who criticized
American aloofness. To them Mr..
Harding said In effect that America
had not shirkcd and would not shirk
international obligations nor permit
infringement of American rights any
where. but that this government
would not engage in treaties of armed
alliance or in any commitment where
either q council or an assembly or
leagued nations may chart our
course.
The president in emphatic terms
called on the nation to uphold the |
eighteenth amendment and prohibi-
tion enforcement, declaring that con-
ditions relating to enforcement OF !
the Volstead law "sayor Of nation.
wide scandal and denouncing those !
who would break down this law as
breeding "a contempt for law which |
will ultimately destroy the republic
He asserted that the prohibition
enforcement problem is probably |
the most demoralizing factor in our
public life
The eighteenth amendment will
never be repealed, Mr.. Harding pre-
dicted. He said the country may as
well recognize that and act accord
ingly.
TO clear up indefiniteness con
corning the responsibility OF the red
eral government and OF the various
states and territories in enforcing
prohibition. Mr. Harding announced
he would call a conference here OIL
The governors OF all states and terri
tories to work out definite policies
Of national and state cooperation III
administering the law.
Mr.. Harding tackled first the farm
problem, recommending credit legls-
lation by enlarging the powers OF the
farm loan board to provide ample
agricultural and livestock production
credits"
Linked with the problem Of farm
credits, he said, is that OF transpor-
tation, and he declared with respect
to it: . !.
THAT the nation must begin to
b coordinate it's transportation faclil-
ties, including waterways, motors
and steam driven vehicles.
THAT government operation does
not afford the cure for transporta-
ton ills. 1T was government OPP
Grafton which brought us to the
very order Of things against which
we now rebel" he said, "and we
are still liquidating the costs OF
that supreme folly"
3-That the railroads ought to be
merged into few systems and their
equipment pooled.
THAT the rail labor board be
abolished and a four-man tribunal
be created within the Interstate
Commerce Commission as a substi-
tute.
5-That anti-strike legislation be
proyided to make the DEGREES OF
this tribunal enforceable.
In promising "broad minded use
of the flexible provisions of the
new tariff law Mr.. Harding took up
foreign relations, stating that the
United States does not contemplate
commercial aloofness nor any other
aloofness, contradictory to the best
American traditions or loftiest hui
man purposes. He said the world
should not get the impression be-
cause America was attending to do
nestle problems that it was unsym-
pathetic or unmindful of its inter-
national duty.