The Washington times., 1922-09-22

In coal ana the coal fact-unding com.
mission law; tax revision Legislation,
Claim for economy and retrench-
ment is made by the Republican
leader in the statement that the total
sross debt Of the nation was reduced
nearly $4,000. .O0O. 900 between March
1913 and May 1922. and that re-
duction OF Governmental expenal.
lures for the fiscal year which closed
July /. 1922, over the fiscal year OF
1920, was nearly 100000, 900.
Other achievements OF the Admin
istration include the conference on
disarmament; the peace resolution;
the appropriation made by Congress
for the investigation of war frauds;
the foreign debt refunding act: I'm.
crease Of Federal judges; Federal
highways act: granting independent
citizenship to women; the packers
act; the anti-narcotics act: reform in
pension payments: increase in num-
ber of employees and of their pay. In
the Patent office aid for s'arvI ~
Russia; the Volstead anti-beer act.
legislation for the promotion of ex-
port trade by facilitating the organi-
zation of corporations: Colorado
river bill: appropriations 10 meet
crop failures in the Northwest; home.
stead rights for ex-service men;
economy In public printing.
OF the unfinished work Of Congress,
Mr.. Mondell placed the ship subsidy
bill at the head, saying:
Shipping Bill First.
The most important measure
which has been considered by a
House committee. and which now
awaits action by the House, Is the
shipping bill. In the early history
of the Republic we were the pos
SCISSORS Of as nhe a merchant ship as
ga lied the seas, and our brigs and
clipper ships carried our flag to tie
ends of the earth. At one time or
another legislation to aid in the re-
establishment Of first class Amer.
can merchant marine has occupied
the attention of the Congress, but
always the question was, What shall
we do TO build and equip a merchant
fleet?" Now the question is, What
shall we do with the fleet we have
already built at a cost OF three and
half billions Of the peoples mon.
Cy? Shall that expenditure be Il
iOSo vi Wtg Out IL anu
through IL, re-establish American
shipping cn a generous scale and
restore our merchant flag to its right
full place in the shipping business Cf
the seven seas? A measure aimed
TO accomplish this highly useful and
patriotic purpose has been reported,
and in the no distant future II will
be our duty, as representatives Cf
the American people, to give earnest
and unbiased consideration to :'Ic
solution Of the problem which our
war-built ships and our national need
for shipping present TO U.S."
With the American people wait
ing to pass judgement at the polls
in November. Senatorial leaders of
the two major political parties today
issued statements on the legislative
record of the Sixty-seventh Con.
gress.
Senator Simmons Dem) of North
Carolina. speaking for the minority,
charged the Republican Congress
with failure and declared its leg
islative record was tainted with
the influence of Wall street"
At the same time, Senator Nc.
Cormick RepJ of Illinois declared
the legislative achievements OF this
Congress have reduced the national
debt 81 .O0O. .00O, 900 and lifted the ma.
ton from industrial paralysis to the
path OF prosperity. Their rival
statements follow: