The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-16
Warren G. Harding Completes
His First Year as President
of United States.
FALL AND WALLACE IN CLASH
American Government Declines to Par
tlcipate in Genoa Conference
Lloyd Georges Threatened
Resignation - Fourteenth
Canadian Parliament
opened-Fiume
Fumes Again.

BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
yXIARREN G. HARDING at noon Of
wv March 4 completed his first year
as President of the United States. He
was asked for an expression regarding
the accomplishments of his administra-
tion to date and authorized this state
ment:
"The record Of the administration
speaks for itself; 1t would be poor
administration that required the execu-
tive to speak for It."
At an entertainment by the National
Press club in honor Of the first official
birthday the President said:
'The long step toward getting back
toward normal ways of government
would seem to me to have been the
achievement of the year."
Representative Fess of Ohio. chair
man of the Republican congressional
committee, made In the house a speech
setting forth in detail the accomplish
ments of the year from the Republican
viewpoint. He dwelt on economies,
actual and prospective. He said that
the United States would be the only
government in the world living within
Its revenues next year, IL 1t could keep
within the estimates outlined by the
administration. Reviewing the work
of the arms conference, he said: II
challenge the record to produce a
greater achievement In the history Of
diplomacy"
Democratic members then proceeded
to tear to pieces the Fess eulogy from
their standpoint. Cordell Hull. chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee also took issue with the Fess
statement His general position Is that
while the Republican congress has en-
ncted multiplicity Of unimportant
laws and the arms conference provid-
ed for limited program Of naval re-
duction the Republican party has
failed to carry out Its major prom
ises made In the campaign Of 1920.
Now, in the house debate over the
Administrations statement of econo-
lieved everything he said and the
Democrats talked back exactly as II
they believed everything they said.
And the taxpayer in the gallery knew
that everybody couldn't be telling the
truth, the whole truth ana nothing but
the truth. The upshot was that Rep
resentative Byrns of Tennessee, rank
ing Democratic member of the appro-
priations committee, secured the pass
age of resolution calling upon the
President to inform the house in what
way the savings had been made, from
what particular appropriations and in
what specific amounts. Thereupon the
President instructed General Dawes
of the budget bureau to prepare
complete statement covering the en-
tire situation. One thing Mt least
stands out clearly: Nobody doubts
that HI and Maria" Dawes will give
the facts and figures as they are.
President and Mrs Harding left
Washington Wednesday evening by
train for st. Augustine, Fla. The pres
1dential party included Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty, Speaker Gillett. I'm
dersecretary of State Fletcher, Brig
adler General Sawyer, his personal
physician. and George B. Christian,
his secretary. Mr.. Christian said the
President would occupy his time in
''rest and recreation" In Florida for
week or so.
DITCHED battle between the In.
L terror and Agricultural depart.
ments which has long been watched
by official Washington with absorbing
Interest has now become public