Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-14
SENATORS PRAISE
COOLIDGE POLICIES
Pepper Says Franklin Would
Support President With
Enthusiasm.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, March l3.-Iiow BenJa-
min Franklin would view present-da
problems were he sitting in the United
States Senate and the declaration that
the Government lis Icing wen con-
Quoted under safe and sane leelSla-
tive leadership. composed the lnetie
Of an address by Senator George W mar
ton Pepper of Pennsylvania here TO-
night.
Senator William Is. Mckinley of ILL
noiS declared the tendency toward
bloc Government was "one OF the
most serious dangers threatening the
United States today and that the I'M
pending investigation of the Tarlff
commission is nothing else than
political attack on President Coolidge.
Both Senators spoke at the thirty
first anniversary banquet of the
Hamilton Club, the largest Republican
club in the West.
If Franklin were in the Senate, the
Pennsylvania Senator said he Sch-
orally concludes while rendering a
pending question, the great statesman
would not make a speech.
Believes Speeches Futile.
He believed in getting results by
conference with individuals, SAID the
speaker. adding: My observation Is
votes"
Il am quite sure that Franklin
would have approved with enthusiasm
Pre;adent CuolGge's attitude on pub
lie questions" said Senator Pepper.
.'V nth Poor Richard thrift was not an
al~rere and forbiddinS virtue. lie re
g;t,ted it as the Indispensable condl-
titsl of a happy life. A President WIN
A will to economic is a great national
off, "a
methods OF economy worked out by
those two great administrators, An
drew w Mellon and Herbert Hoover.
"Franklin would have earnestly
contended for tax reform i'll the reVe-
nue. bill and would have had contempt
for the Paul Pry feature which was
happily stricken from the bill. AS
to the Army and Navy bill. the Sen
ator said Franklin believed lin pre-
paredness as the price of peace.
On foreign debts the speaker said,
Franklin would approve the settle
ment which President Coolidge and
Mr.. Melon recommended.
Il can imagine Franklin looking on
at the events of the day in Geneva
with mingled amusement and concern.
Cites League Defects.
There are two basic defects in the
League of Nations. Each of them is
fatal TO its permanency and effective
ness. One defect is the attempt TO set
up machinery for determining for
member states the position they are
to take in the event OF future trouble.
The other defect is the attempt to dis
tinguiSh between little powers and big
ones and to allot corresponding places
to them on the council. 1t is the fu
tility OF advance commitments which
is swinging enlightened British opin-
ion against the league covenants. 1t
Is the substitution of aristocracy for
democracy among nations that is
threatening the peace OF the league
at Geneva. We cannot be too thank
full that we are free from these en-
tanglements
Il venture to think that Franklin
would have been one of the first TO
perceive the distinction between league
entanglements. which is a menace,
and "A saTeSuarded adherence to the
World Court, which is no menace at
ALL"
The Senate reservations provide
adequate protection to American adj
herents TO the World Court, he added.
Warns Against BlOcs.
All the WHILE the Senator con-
tinued, after mentioning the Turkish
treaty, railway and other legislation |
confronting the Senate. from the /!
same old coalition of Democrats and |
radicals there come attempts to EN- !
harrass the Secretary OF the Treasury
and the Attorney General and, though |
them, the President. But the shots |
TALL short and now and then the rifle |
KICKS over the man who fires it. The
fact is that your Government is being |
well conducted under safe and sane |!
executive leadership"
Senator Mckinley. i'll his warning
against what he called the tendency |
toward bloc government" declared |
That If it is not checked. we may find |
ourselves in a chaotic situation. such
as is found in France, without any
settled policy of government - |
FRANCES trouble. he said, is the result |
OF bloc government. An Investigation |
was sprung in the Senate last Thurs J
day, and supporting it we find the
democrats and the so-called bloc of |
insurgent Republicans The Senate |
through a combination of blocs. voted
Tor an investigation of the tariff com |
MISSION. This investigation is nothing
else than political attack on Presi. !
dent Coolidge"