The Washington times., 1928-12-04
COOLIDGE ASKS
CURB Be kept
on SPENDING
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observations about the future coli+
duct OF the business. much as a
chairman Of a board Of directors
might do at any annual meeting.
Foreign Affairs
On his own account, Mr.. Coolidge
proposed no new legislation. For
the most part he travelled over the
same subjects and made the same
recommendation In this. his final
message, as he did In his previous
messages on the opening Of Con.
gress.
He reported that the Pan.Ameri.
can Conference at Havana last
winter was successful: he told about
sending the marines to Nicaragua
and how they established order and
procured q fair presidential cleo
ton; he said Chile and Peru were
patching up their differences over
Tacna.Arica; he declared, with
obvious satisfaction, that relations
with Mexico are better than they
have been since the Madero revolu-
ton; he said recognition had been
extended to the Nationalist govern
ment in China and that things were
on the up there; he suggested that
Congress be generous in dealing
with the Austrian and Greek debts.
and, finally, he recommended the
prompt ratification OF the Kellogg
anti-war treaty.
Iauds Kellogg Pact
'The observance of this covenant,
so simple and straightforward" he
said OF the Kellogg treaty, promises
more for the peace OF the world
than any other agreement ever
negotiated among the nations"
Then, turning to domestic affairs,
he urged Congress to pass the new
cruiser bill, designed to overcome
the Nays lack of fast, modern
cruisers; said the World War
veterans were being we'll cared for,
and warned against any much
greater outlay of money on this
score; said agriculture was getting
better and that the Government
should continue to aid in such ways
as it, could without going into
business"
He reported fine progress in COM
mercial aviation; proposed for the
fifth straight year that Congress do
about facilitating rail-
road consolidation; urged again that
the Government encourage highway
in the Central Amer
lean republics; endorsed extension of
the air mail service to, that region,
too: declared the heavy expenditures
entailed in the Mississippi flood
control work precluded any large !
appropriations for rivers. and har-
hors work, ahdfs after endorsing the
Boulder Dam development in gen. |
eral terms. left it to Congress.
Muscle Shoals
Going on. he said Congress should |
do something about Muscle Shoals,
but reiterated his opposition to the
trying to operate the
plant: proposed some slight moditi- |
cations of the, immigration laws;
that wages for labor We're |
notably higher; reported on the |
status of the Federal building pro-
gram throughout the country; dealt
with variety of smaller problems,
and on prohibition had this to say:
"The country has duly adopted
he Eighteenth Amendment. Those
who object to 1t have the right to
advocate its modification or repeal
Meantime, it Is binding upon the
National and State governments
and all our inhabitants. The Fed
eral enforcement bureau is making
every effort to prevent violations.
Under the terms of the Constitution,
however. the obligation is equally
IN the States to exercise the power
which they have through the execu.
i've. legislative. judicial and police
branches of their governments In
behalf of enlargement. The Federal
is doing and Will con-
.inue to- do all It can In -thiS direc' Z