The Dolores star., 1924-12-12
ACTIVE WORK OF CONGRESS
STARTS WITH DELIVERY OF
COOLIDGE MESSAGE
ECONOMY IS KEYNOTE
PRESIDENT OUTLINES POLICIES
ON DOMESTIC LEGISLATION
AND FOREIGN RELATIONS

Washington Congress received
President Coolidge's annual message
last Wednesday Immediately upon con-
vening and after listening TO its read
Ing plunged into the serious work Of
| the session.
With the exception of the two yesrs
| Woodrow Wilson was ill in the White
| House this was the first time since
| 1913 that the executive had not de
| livered his annual communication in
person. II was transmitted by mes
senGcr and read separately in the two
houses.
A number of the proposals advanced
| by Mr.. Coolidge are covered by bills
which came over from the last session.
| There are other pending measures to
| which the President voiced disapproval,
chief among them being Senator La
| FOllette's bill TO change the basis of
valuation of the railroads.
The reading of the message in the
two houses was simultaneous. There
were comparatively large crowds in the
galleries, who appeared to give even
closer attention to the Presidents
| recommendations than did the mem
bers of the House and Senate.
President Coolidge advised Congress
in his message that perhaps the most
important work it could do at its pres
ent session would be to practice such
To 4.
tion Of taxes for the next fiscal year.
"The government can do more to
remedy the economic ills of the people
| by a system of rigid economy In public
expenditure" he said, ethan can be ac-
complished through any other action"
Although stressing economy, Mr.
| Coolidge presented wide range of
| other recommendations, some new and
others reiterations Of proposals made u
| year ago in his annual message.
Most of these related to domestic
affairs, but the President went into
| the field of international relations to
renew his plea for American adher-
ence to the permanent court of inter
national Justice; to declare the United
States not to be disposed TO join the
league of nations; to appeal for sup
\ port by public authorities and private
| citizens for the European reparatlOns
settlement plan, and to repeat his dec
| laration of opposition to cancellation
| by the United States of debts owed the
country by foreign nations.
Two new pronOuncements marked
the Presidents discussion of foreign
| affairs. one touched on reduction Of
world armaments, and the other had
reference to the outlawing of war.
1T has been and is my expectation
that we might hopefully approach other
| great powers for further conference on
| this subject as soon as the CARRYING
out of the present reparatiOn plan as
the established and settled policy of
| Europe has created favorable oppor-
| tunity," lie said with regard to arma-
ment reduction. but on account of
| proposals which have already been
made by other governments for II
European conference, it will be neces-
sary TO wait TO see what the outcome
of their actions may be. | should not
wish to propose or have representatives
| attend conference which would con-
template commitments opposed to the
freedom of action we desire to main
tain unimpaired with respect 10 our
purely domestic policies"
Proposals to outlaw aggressive war
fare, the President asserted, should he
carefully studied and sympathetically
viewed
| Aside from his declarations relative
to economy and taxation, the outstand.
ing recommendations on domestic af-
Ialrs made by the President included .
Enactment of such legislative rem
edies for agricultural ills as are worked
out by the recently-appointed agrIcul-
tural commission and exertlon of all
eIorts by government activity and by
private agencies to restore and main
tain agriculture to a complete normoI
relationship with other industries"
Enactment of Legislation changing
the new Immigration law so as to make
the administrative features IA little
more humane for the purpose of per-
mitting those already here greater
latitude In securing admission of mem
pers OF their own families"
Sale or longtime lease OF Muscle
Shoais to private interests under rigid
Crush Rebellion in Peru