Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03

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| liked, above everything else, in a WIS.,
itor. brevity and directness. He ap.
, preciated the man or woman who
! launched directly into what was to be
said and wasted no time with incon-
| sequential details.
Visitors allotted over fifteen minutes
were those calling in groups, with
several speakers among them wish
ing to make speeches and arguments.
Appointments with the President
also had to be made many days ahead.
tuesdays and Fridays were cabinet
Gays and few appointments were
President generally took for catching
up with correspondence and studying
papers that had accumulated Wis
TORS on that day were invited by the
PRESIDENT. Mondays and Wednesdays,
therefore. were the two days of the
week when the President received
congressional and other callers, and
IL was well to make application in
time. His hours for receiving visitors
who had appointments were between
lo:!S am. and 1 pm.
The tariff was the first legislative
matter to engage President Wilson's
attention. He summoned Congress In
extraordinary session about month
okSSI ALAS 10 revise the
tariff and put customs duties on a
purely revenue basis. At the opening
of that session President Wilson re-
newed a custom which had been dead
since the days of the first President
Of the United States-that Of appear
ing in person before Congress to read
his message. Since that time he went
to the Capitol to read In person all OF
his important messages to Congress-
When the tariff law had been signed
ant nd 3o fol ri
upon Congress the enactment Of cur
rency legislation that would unity the
banking and currency systems of the
nation and At them to meet emergen-
cies In times Of special stress. Presi-
| dent Wilson's insistence resulted In
the passage of the law creating the
federal reserve system, headed by the
Federal Reserve Board. with head
ing twelve federal reserve banks in
twelve districts. into which the coun-
try was divided.
President Wilson kept Congress at
work after the currency question had
been disposed OF by insisting upon
trust legislation, and at the Presi-
dents urging Congress enacted into
law the Newlands bill, creating a
| Federal Trade Commission. and the
Clayton bill: defining and charging
law.
AZ the third session Of the Sixty
third Congress President Wilson en-
deavored to have Congress put
| through q bill providing for the pur-
| chase and operation OF merchant ves-
sells by the government. A deter
mined hlibuster on the part OF nearly
all of the republican members of the
Senate. aided by seven democratic
| senator's. prevented the enactment OF
this law. although the bill passed the
House by an Overwhelming majority.
During the frst two years Of his
administration President Wilson Arm
| ly refused to permit the United States
| to intervene In Mexico to settle the
| strife existing between various fac
tons in that country. When insult
| was offered to the American flag and
| to American sailors in VerA Cruz by
| officers Of tho de facto government
| headed by Gen. Huerta. President
| Wilson sent a force Of naval vessels
| and United States marines to that
| city ana took 1t. For several months
| the United States forces were kept a.
| Vera Cruz and did not retire until
after Gen. Huerta had fed from Mex
+! When the war In Europe broke on,
In August 1914, President Wilson
cautioned all American citizens to
maintain the strictest kind Of neu'
trality, and 30 successful was his ad
J ton OF neutrality that it was criti-
| cised by both sides In the conflict
| President Wilson, in his communica-
lions with both Germany and the
allies. was always insistent that the
rights Of the United States ana iti
l citizens az neutrAls should BE- oh.
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