The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-06

WASHINGTON, Dec. G. President Coolidge transmit ted his message to Congress today, one seething with political conjecture, which revealed him as hewing to
 the line his Administration maintained on such all im-
 portant measures as Farm
 Relief. Taxation, Flood Con-
 trol, Foreign Relations and
 National Defense, coupled
 with recommendations for
 action by Congress on these
 any many ether questions.
 President Coolidge sent
 the message to the Capitol
 by messenger and it was read
 in each house by clerks.
 WASHINGTON. Dec. G--Calling upon the people to continue a stern self-denial' in national ex. penditures, President Coolidge laid before Congress today Il mod. crate program of expansion for its lefenses and natural resources.
 In a message which touched upon virtually all of the legisla. tive issues which have aroused in. terest and speculation, the Presi. dent presented views differing only in minor details from thore he has previously outlined on tho major problems of farm relief, taxation, flood control. foreign re. lations and the state of the army and navy.
 Informing Congress that he hal not changed in his opposition of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill with it's equalization fee, he recommended instead q federal farm loan board with revolving fund to build up cooperative mar keting and aid in the disposition of crop surpluses. On tax revi. sion he stood by the Treasury's program.
 Navy Expansion
 The Navy. he said. should be expanded by the addition of cruis- CTS, submarines, airplanes and carriers as we'll as the develop ment of the merchant marine as a second line of defense.
 Flood Control
 He recommended that flood control he confined this year to the lower Mississippi River, with. provision for adequate dikes. emergency spillways and aides 10 cautioned that this problem should be met by viewing it as a separate, national question without attempts to link 1t vita other proposals for river control and expansion; and suggested that the people enjoying the bens- fits of land reclaimed by govern dikes share a partial. although perhaps lighter. burden of it's expense.
 Boulder Canyon Dam
 Construction of dam at Bould- er Canyon in the Colorado river was favored by the President. who cautioned. however. that every other possibility should be before the federal gov ernment becomes engaged In the power business. Muscle Shoals. he said. should be sold to private interests providing the revenues are dedicated to agriculture. through research for methods nf more economical production of fertilizer.
 National Debt
 Contendi4g that the country had attained prosperity never ex- ceeded and therefore was in q position to enjoy some of the benefits which resulted from econ Dmy. Mir. Coolidge presented the spectre, nevertheless. of large national debt and warned that until the revenues now directed towards It's reduction could be di. verted to internal Improvements and national development. the people must continue to sacri. lice and the government must continue to economfze. 1
 'The Secretary of the Treas. nry,' the President said. "has recommended q measuSo which would give us much beftey bal anced system of taxation and without oppression pro1oco ouf1i-