Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-12-06
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM COVERS
ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF NATIONAL LIFE
President Applauded as He
Addresses Senate and
House Shortly After Noon
SPEAKS DELIBERATELY
Slowly and Without Effort al
0ratory-MrS. Coolidge
Sits in Gallery

WA Dec. 6.-Presi
dent Coolidge addressed congress 10
day for the first time since he be-
came chief executive.
Appearing before a joint session
of the House and Senate, he present.
ed recommendation touching all Of
the major problems confronting the
nation.
The Mellon tax reduction program
was given unqualified endorsements
but the soldiers bonus was disap
proved.
Entire reorganization of the freight
rate structure was recommended and
the chief executive declared that i
permissive consolidation of the car
riers proved ineffective, 1.-The author
ity of the government would havt
10 be invoked.
/ American adherence to the world
/ court with reservations was endorsed
! but Mr. Coolidge declared this was
not a partisan question and should
/ not assume an artificial import
ance.'
Endorsing government assistance
| in the disposition of exportable
wheat, he declared against price fix
Ing. Against repeal of the rate sec
tiOlA vi TIC ldllOn act uQ
! against revision of the tariff law.
Mr.. Coolidges address broke the
studied silence he has maintained
on public questions since he enter
ed the White House. His message
had been awaited not only because
1t definitely outlined the legislative
policy of the administration, bui
because of the political effect it may
have both upon his own fortunes and
that of his party.
In addressing congress in perbon
Mr.. Coolidge adopted custom re-
established by Wilson and pursued
by Harding. He spoke in the House
chamber, standing at the clerks
desk in front Of the speakers dias
where he had sat as vice president
on the occasions that his late chief
addressed congress.
Tere was an unusual demand for
tickets to the House galleries to hear
the first speech of the new Presi-
dent, and even standing room was
at a premium, long before he began
to speak.
Outside, on the capitol plaza, an
other large crowd heard the address
through an amplifying device, and
at the same time it was carried
throughout the entire country by
radio.
On the floor of the House itself
the crush was so great that mem
bers complained they We're unable
to get the seats to which they were
entitled. House officers were directed
to clear the floor of persons not en-
titled tn admission just before the
| Presidents arrival.
Mrs. Coolidge sat in the executive
gallery. She had arrived before fhe
! House assembled at noon, and re
ceived an ovation from the floor and
| galleries.
Senators, representatives and spec
| tators stood and applauded when
the President appeared. The ap-
! plause expanded into cheers from
the Republican side as he shook
! hands with Speaker Gillett and Pres
ident Cummins of the senate and
bowed to his audience.
The chief executive spoke slowly
and deliberately without effort at
oratory. The first applause. came
| when he declared the United States
saw no reason to limit its own free
! dom and independence of action by
! joining the League of Nations.
There was scattering applause as
Mr.. Coolidge declared for the world
| court, but with reservations. A dec
laration against recognition of the
| Russian soviet government brought
! further manifestations of approval
| as did the presidents announce
| ment that he did not favor caneella-
tion of the foreign war debt and
| his announcement OF his ''unqualified
! approval" of the Mellon tax pro-
gram