Evening star., 1923-03-04
ROBINSON SCORES
HARDING ANDPARTY
Declares Helpful World Pol
icy Lacking and Internal
T. Moves Reactionary.
HITS HUGHES SECRECY
insists Administration Is Reaping
Harvest Of Reputation and
Condemnation.
HITS HUGHES SECRECY

An arraignment of the republican
party's record vas made by Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, acting demo-
cratic floor leader, in a statement last
night reviewing the administration 5
policies and acts. foreign and domes-
tic President Harding and Secre-
tary Hughes we're criticized for al
legged failure 10 adopt helpful IN
ternational policy and the republican
Congress was assailed for alleged
failures.
Tho present administration" said
Senator Robinson, lis now reaping a
harvest of condemnation and repudia-
zion. The Legislative and executive
policies advanced by President Hard =
ing have broken down. This IS at
tributable TO the reactionary char
acter of tho policies and to the ire
conciable factions existing within the
republican party
Secs President Repudiated.
No important Legislative achieve
ments can he awarded the Sixty
seventh Congress. with d single eA-
,eption of the Fordney McCumber
,ariff act" Senator Robinson declared
adding: "All other important meas
ureS enacted during the Congress now
expiring have been of a non-partlSan
nature and have received the support
of the democrats in both houses OF
Congress.
''The Presidents policies respecting
the two most important subjects pre-
scented by him, excluding the British
debt settlement act. have been openly
rtpudiated 10y the Congress. l refer
10 the ship subsidy bill and the mes
sage recommending membership for
the United States in the Permanent
of n
scores Hughes Secrecy.
The latter proposal, Senator Robin
son said. had been buried by the
leaders of the republican party in the
Senate"
The administration forei 6 n
policy" Senator Robinson continued
lis incomprehensible even to those
responsible for il. The United states
in former administrations took ad-
vanced positions liz the promotion OF
arbitration and the establishment OF
orderly tribunals for the Settlemen nj
OF international disputes. Now we
are in the humil!ating attitude OF
facing backward and standing still
while European peoples in the maze
and confusion of financial and eco
nomic problems which threaten their
undoing are stumbling and stagger-
ing forward"
Secrecy in Secretary Hughes man
agement of foreign affairs was
charged and deplored by Senator
Robinson. who said that Mr.. Hughes
had discussed recently before an or
ganization of newspaper men the
country's foreign relations. but had
refused to appear before the Senate
foreign relations committee.
THE only justification for en-
shrouding d. foreign policy in solemn
mystery" said Senator Robinson, lis
that publicity respecting it inevitably
would force a change.
Attacks Internal Policy.
1T has come to a strange state,
indeed, when the Secretary of State
will furnish newspaper correspond
ents with confidential informat ton
which he denied TO the Senate"
In domestic affairs. Senator Robin :
lessly repudiated' pledges for A SOL
relieve farmers and others from ex-
publican internal revenue tax revi-
resulted in relieving the rich and
y-McCumber act the taxes paid by
the ma asses have been enormously in
creased"
"FaiIure Marks Record"
Thus failure, irretrievable failure.
marks the record of the administra-
tion throughout the last two years.
said Senator Robinson in conclusion.
During the evening Senator Robin
son delivered his prepared remark 8
as an address to the Senate.