San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-09
HARDING TOUR
[ RAISES DOUBT
\ AS TO EFFECT
Proposed Western Trip
Discussion Overshadows
All Routine.
SOME OPPOSE JAUNT
SAYS 1t Would Be Mistake
for President to Cam
paign So Early.
SOME OPPOSE JAUNT
Nv DAVID LAWRENCE.

r.onvrIrbt. nv The San Antonio Light.
Washington, ID. C., April 9.-Presi-
dent Harding found on his return
m Washington that his cabinet had
saved nm n number of problems Tor
solution which they had not felt 1t
necessary to intrude on his vacation
all of them important, but none
very pressing. Win.
Secretary Hughes told the President
The progress of the negotiations LOT
the collecting from the allies of the
expenses of the American army OF
oceupation. Secretary Hoover had
some phases of the sugar question TO
Law before the President. Western
senator's interested in the appoint
ment of a successor TO the late MILO
ID. Campbell of the Federal Reserve
Board had candidates to suggest. But
on the whole the question OF whether
or not the President should take the
much talked-of western trip together
with the natural elements OF the polltl-
cal situation overshadowed In import
ance the routine questions.
Will Mr.. Harding 90 west as con-
templated? NJ,
One report is that unless Mrs.
Harding is able TO 60. Mr.. Harding
will not go either. Another is that
until he has sounded sentiment, es-
peciallv among his advisers, he VIII
make no official announcement OF MS
plans. The objections being raised
to the trip are mostly from that group
of the Presidents advisers which be-
lieves il would be a mistake for him
TO campaign for himself at so early
r. 10 ha ant,l6 nnf agpnnc
giving the impression of a campaigner
in his own behalf in view OF the an,
nouneement of Attorney General
Daugherty that Mr.. Harding would be
renominated by the next convention
Plenty of Time To Decide.
Between now and June there Will
he plenty of time for all around dis
cussion. The attorney general himself
will be here in a week or so and II
is safe TO predict that no final posi-
ton. will be taken by Mr.. Harding
on the question Of the western triT
until he consults with his closest
friend and political mentor who nov
is recuperating in Asheville, \. Z
Apart from the interest IN tn
Presidents return to the White Hous'
after an absence Of five weeks, {
, statement issued by Secretary OF tn
Treasury Mellon attracted most at
, tention today. Mr.. Melons an
!. nouncement that the government hac
lust collected for the year 1922
fourth of that years taxes indicating
that s7O,OOO0OO more had beer
turned in than in the preceding veal
when higher surtaxes prevailed wa'
yariously interpreted. Mr.. Mellon him
self said he believed this was con
. yincing evidence Of the necessity Of
revising even further down the sur
. taxes, but with the record votes al
! ready made in Congress in the las
1 wear on this phase of taxation, j
seemed improbable that any such steI
i would be taken. The reduction which
= now is in effect was obtained onl,
Fl after a hard struggle in Congress ant
b ever since then there has been talk o
y putting the surtax rates back to tn
z 1921 schedule. This has proceeded
& nasty from members of the farm
\ bloc. Republicans and Democrats.
~ Is COunteracting Move.
Generally speaking, the tendency o
IA the radicals will be TO put the sur
a taxes back where they were and /
Z is believed Mr.. Mellon has begul
q defensive campaign against such {
move by arguing for further reduc
z ton. He isn't waiting for Congress
to re-convene but is giving publicit
Il 10 his side of the case so that h
4 will be on the offensive instead of de
4 fensive when the next Congress
n meets.
Il Based on all the elements of tn
K situation, especially the predominant
q of radicals in the next Congress
3 is improbable that Mr.. Melons recon
II mendation for lower surfaces will
z adopted and it is unsafe to conduC
z business on any premise of lower rate
IL so long as Congress is made up G
4 such a large number of radicals.