The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-22
COOLIDGE MUST
FIGHT To FILL
PLEDGES
Congressional Opposition to
Some Of HE Policies Sure,
Evsn.in Own Party
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| commission, ~ one or the VITA
Accomplishment OF the present i'd
administration. He win maintain II
to the best Of his ability, but do
not blame Mr.. Coolidge Il you
re-elect him and tariff changes fol
low to your discontinue. Develop.
ments that never came to a head
in the last Congress show that
many Of its schedules are doomed
in the next one. with many mem
bers De Mr.. CoOlidgo'B own party
deserving him In the showdown.
Still, with him In the White House.
welding all itD tremendous power
Of coercion, there Will pc fewer
changes than are certain ia be
made with any other.
Rail Board Policy.
The Esch- Cummins act, President
Coolidke repeatedly has commanded.
with the reservation that there
should be some amendment, not
very clearly defined, to that section
creating the Railway Labor Hoard.
| On the question Of railroad valua,
lions, Mr.. Coolidge seems to lean
strongly to the continuance OF the
/ present basic method, which IL q
sort Of middlO.ofst he.r0ad PROPOSE.
ton giving the tf0n highways 10.
proxflnatO value Of twenty billions
instead Of the thirty billions they
claim or the twelve billions others
claim have been actually invested in
them. President Coolidge probably
would have HIS will on this issue,
az both Democrats and Republicans
In Congress share 81 responsibility
for the original passage ot the act.
In the matter Of agricultural re-
lief legislation, the President re-.
Gently has pronounced N fayos e
the appointment Of an expert com.
mission to study farm prCblGnaA.
Here neither the Congress nor the
Supreme Court IL likely 20 be the
prime factor IN directing tho course
Of events. If the present rise IN the
price Of farm products continues,
farm relief win become temporarily
i dead issue and Mr.. C0oifdge's com.
f1iigsfonNwill have an easy time. But
IL there should come another eliiidp
In prices, q Congress such - the
last one, or such az the coming one
ID likely 10 be, would knock the
commission fpropoeal into q c0clfed
hat, and the issue probably would
be up to the Supreme Court, which,
with the North Dakota cases In
mind, might or might not sustain
Mr.. ,Cooiidee's Aell.knowf derire 70
keen the Government otl q bust
''Tax Reform" in Do1bk
In the matter Of income taxsa,
MFR. Coolidge has rS.atfirmed his
faith in the Mellon plan and an.
nounced his purpose to continue
his battle for tax reform, the
lowering OF the rates paid III the
upper brackets Of the inconie tax.
This. with the record Of his own
party members In the last Con.
gress I'M mind and the probability
that the opposition will, Il any.
thing, be strengthened In the next,
appears Quixotic.
It had best be accepted Gas an
indication OF the Presidents 10y.
atty TO friends and purpose, that
Cal Is not quite as cool as both
friends and enemies are pleased
to affirm, and then RELOCATED to
the dump hsap Of hopes that Mr..
Coolidge's followers need not ex.
pect to see fulfilled.
On the question Of labor In.
functions; Mr.. Coolidge perhaps
has best expressed himself In his
appointment Of Attorney General
Stone, who has not been chary
in declaring that the courts have
used this ruthless instrument too
often and tnwisely. Yet It Is
questionable II. Mr.. Coolidge would
sign. and certainly be would not
promote legislation specifically pro.
hibiting Ito use. While such q
measure might be expected to- pass
in Congress. many Democrats sup
PORTING the Progressiyes, Mr.. Cool
idge's veto, II used, probably would
maintain things AZ they are, with
any changes due to more discreet
administration rather than 20
amendment Of the laws.
Liberal on TRUSTS"
Mr.. Coolidge has proclaimed his
belief in good" and bad" trusts,
and the Sherman Act Is likely to
be interpreted literally under his
administration as 1t has been in the
past. Yet that his belief In bad
trusts" Is as real as his belief in
the good" is indicated ny the
vigor with which his new Attorney
General has entered upon the pros.
ecution Of certain alleged nlonop.
olies, notably the Standard Oil ag-
gregation.
Frank imperialism seems the
crux OF Mr.. Coolidge's foreign pol
icy, as developed under Mr.. Hughes
administration. Latin American ma.
tons have been told lns no uncer.
tain terms that the United States
regards the Caribbean region, from
the Straits OF Florida and the Mex.
lean line to the Panama Canal as a
| sphere Of influence in which Uncle
sam, though kindly disposed, In the
final analysis must reign supreme,
Though he has declared uneHulvo.
oally against immediate entrance In.
| to the League Of Nations, he ID "a
unequivocal in his advocacy Of Its
subsidiary, the World Court. While
| refusing to project the Government
directly into European affairs, he
| has carried the Nation long way
on the route through his approval
| OF unofficial commissions end IN
ternationRl loans by private bank
ers. He probably will continue ON
this way, as the Congress- and the
Supreme Court both are largely
innocuous. in the direction Of for
eign relations.
Economy Record Good.
The matter Of economy in admin
istration, too, lies largely In con
troll or the executive, so that tht
voter may rest assured by Mr.. Coo
idge's lifetime personal and govern