The Glenwood post., 1922-03-23
uac'e Tets Bed Tine Stories
Current Events For the Chtldrsn
and orownru1s, TOO
UNCLE TED REVIEWS THE
FIRST HARDING YEAR

"Sh! yourself. Don't make so much
noise or else Uncle Ted won't come in
at ALL" said Jack as Ruth was calling
at the top of her voice. Both kddies
were in bed where they had been left
by mother with the Lights out and ap-
parently headed straight for the Land
of Nod. But the sound of Uncle Ted's
footsteps in the hallway had been too
much for Ruth so she started calling
him at the top of her lungs.
"Your mother told me you were
sound asleep. What's all the noise
about - asked Uncle Ted as he opened
the door.
"Please don't go,' said Ruth. I'm
not bit sleepy and 1 KNOW mother
won't care if you just tell us little
story"
az know i m risking my life to do
it, but 1 III sit here by the bed and talk
to you until old Mister Sandman comes
along, if you promise to be real good.
/ have been thinking lately about the
hundred and one accomplishments of
the Harding administration after one
years. work. That first year has
surely been year of accomplishment.
Much has been said by the Democrats
and those who are not heart and soul
with the high aims of the administra-
tion, and for that reason / think it is
a good thing to stop and look back.
Let us 60 back to March 4, 1921, only
little over year ago. No president
faced harder problem than did War
rem G. Harding on that day. Our
country was torn from one end to the
other by the aftermath of war and
wisconsin. All normal ways and means
were upside down and he faced the
problem of getting back to peace
ways-a no small job, 1 can tell you.
Right from the capitol, after taking
his oath of office, he drove to the
White House with Mrs. Harding, and
the first thing he did was to throw
wide the gates to the White House
grounds. Gates that had been closed 80
long. That act, small in way, was
significant Of everything that was to
come. 1t meant that the new tenants
of the White House were anxious to be
in close touch with the hundreds OF
thousands who had voted to place Mr
Harding at the head of this govern
ment. That same day our president
went to work at his desk. His policy
has been one of open heartedness and
open mindedness. He has desired to
meet and greet all those making thei,
way to the White House, whether
simply to meet the chief executive OF
to come as statesmen to confer. He
has listened to advice, he has studied
our domestic problems from every
angle, and so far as has been humanity
possible within one years time he has
kept the pledges made by the Republi-
can party to the people in the fall of
1920.
ellis first important act was to call
congress into special session, about one
month after he entered the White
House. When addressing that session
he outlined a program that was most
comprehensive in an effort to solve
the questions that naturally followed
after the war. He pleaded that ex-
penses be reduced as quickly and eff.
fectively as possible and asked for a
budget system to put the government
on real business basis. This has
been accomplished, as 7 have told you
before. new revenue act was passed
taking about $s0O,000,0OO from the
taxpayers burden, and other taxes
known as the nuisance taxes were re-
pealed. When the year started various
departments had asked for $4,550,O00,-
600 with which to run the government
for the year ending next June 30
Through the budget and the untiring
efforts of the president, that amount
was cut to $3,96s, 100000. Great saw
ing was also made by co-ordinating
the work of purchasing materials for
the departments.
1--WE all remember that one Of Mr.
Harding's promises as n Republican