The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-06
velopment in northeastern States
should all be encouraged.

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should all be encouraged.
Railroads
Congress should await the Supreme
Courts decision on the recapture
clause of the railroad law before legis-
lating new on rate-making. The rail.
road labor board should be left undis-
turbed until some other tribunal is
agreed on between capital and labor.
Permissive consolidation of rail-
roads should be tried, to be followed,
if a failure, by compulsory consolida-
ton. The! freight rate structure
should be reorganized at once.
Courts
A commission should be named to
revise the laws. Two more federal
judges should be provided for the
southern district of New York, one
in the northern district of Georgia,
and two more in the Circuit Court of
Appeals for the eighth circuit A
commission should be created to ex-
pedite court business.
Government prison reform is need
ed. Two reformatories should be pro
vided-one for women, one for first
offenders. A bureau Of criminal iden-
LITIGATION should be added to the de-
partment of justice.
Prohibition
! The Presid .nt referred to the
| treaty being negotiated with Great
| Britain to stop rum smuggling, ana
said the coast guard ought to be
| provided with fast motor boats to
catch rum runners. Sources of liquor
| should be "vlgidly regulated" and
every effort made to stop interstate
! traffic. Urging cooperation of State
t and nation, he said disrespect for
the prohibition law is a menace, and
! said citizens should not only obey
/ the law. but let it be known they are
/ opposed to others violating it.
The Negro
/ He advocated strict anti-lynching
laws, and formation OF a commission
to study the negro problem from in
dustrial and economic angles.
Civil Service
This should be maintained, Mr.
| Coolidge said. He advocated adding
first, second and third-class post
masters, and the field force Of the
prohibition service to the classified
list.
Public Buildings
He opposed a pork barrel" public
buildings bill. but advocated an an
nual appropriation Of 100000 to
rovide needed Government buildings
Regulatory Laws
He advised laws to prevent harbor
pollution, regulate aviation, radio in.
reference, loading of ships, Alaskan
fisheries Revision of Federal trade
commission procedure is needed. he
said.
Army and Navy
Both services have ben reduced
''to the danger point" he said. Both
should be strengthened. Ad-
ditional planes are needed for the
Army, and additional submarines for
the Navy" Panama Canal defenses
should be perfected. Hating war,
America should avoid weakness that
invites imposition"
Insular Possessions
He unqualifedly Endorsed admin
istratioD of the Philippines by Gen.
Leonard Wood and gave similar rec
ommendation TO all other administra-
tors of island possessions.
Education and Welfare
He advocated child labor and min
imum wage amendments to the Con
stitution, and creation Of an educa.
ton department, with it's head a mem.
Der of the Cabinet.
immigration
immigration should be carefully re.
stricted, with immigrants selected
abroad, and registration of aliens here,
so that only those intending to become
Americans could remain.
Veterans and Bonus
| He said the veterans must be given
every care; the service in their behalf
must be clean" promised to remedy
evils disclosed by the Senate investi-
! cation, and recommended that all
| Government hospitals be permitted to
| treat free all veterans Of all wars, and
that new hospitals be built for such
purpose. He urged careful consider
alton OF veterans legislation to be
/ proposed by the American Legion. o.
/ the bonus, he disposed in this sen
! tence:
But I do not favor granting Of
| bonus"
Coal
! Public welfare requires reduction Of
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