Evening star., 1928-12-04
COOLIDGE SOUNDS
OPTIMISTIC NOTE
President in Annual Message
Warns u. S. Continued Ef-
H. fort Is Necessary.
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/ penditures to be made before June 80
, It is necessary, therefore, during the
] present session to refrain from new
appropriations for immediate outlay or
II such are absolutely required to pro-
vide for them by. new revenue; other
wise, we shall reach the end of the year
with the unthinkable result of an un-
balanced budget. For the first time
during my term of office we face that
contingency. / am certain that the
Congress would not pass, and should
not feel warranted in approving, legis-
lation which would involve us in that
financial disgrace"
The President recommended several
times in his message the continued
! fostering care of the Federal Govern
ment toward business, although he
would keep the Government out of
business itself. He did not, however,
make any recommendations regarding
tariff reform This is problem. ap-
parently. which he is content to leave
to the next administration. Certainly
there would be no time in the present
short session to deal with a general
revision of the tariff schedules. New
England. the Presidents own home
section of the country, is clamoring for
aid for its textile and other industries
from revision of the tariff.
Kellogg Treaty Emphasized.
Foreign relations were given a prom
inent place in the message. The Presl-
dent laid great stress upon the Kellogg
treaty renouncing war. He said:
"One of the most important treaties
ever laid before the Senate of the
H. la1A xr.lat t4Ia %Ia
Is nations recently signed at Paris, and
to which A other nations have declared
their intention to adhere, renouncing
war as a national policy and agreeing
to resort only to peaceful means for
the adjustment of international differ
enceS.
THE observance of this covenant, so
simple and so straightforward, prom
ises more for the peace OF the world
than any other agreement ever nego-
tiated among the nations"
The President described conditions In
Nicaragua, where the United States re-
stored order after a revolution, ana
where it has helped to conduct an elec-
tion of president as most encouraging.
American relations with Mexico are bet
ter than they have been since the revo-
luton began in that country number
Ambassador Morrow for this. Mr.. Nor
row has been prominently mentioned as
a possible successor to Secretary of
State kellogg in the Hoover cabinet.
Turning to the matter of national
defense, President Coolidge said that
the Army "could not be much reduced,
but does not need to be increased"
Pleads for More Cruisers.
sour Navy" continued the President,
according to generally accepted stand
ards, is deficient in cruisers. We have
10 comparatively new vessels, % that
are old" He urged the passage of the
naval construction bill now pending be-
fore the Senate.
II wish to repeat again." said the
President, "for the benefit of the timid
and suspicious that this country is
neither militaristic nor imperialistic."
Whether the President had in mind
criticisms of his Armistice day speech
was not indicated, but he continued:
Many people at home and abroad,
who constantly make this charge, are
the same ones who are even more
solicitous to have US extend assistance
to foreign countries. When such assist
ance is granted, the inevitable result
is that we have foreign interests. For
us to refuse the customary support and
protection of such interests would be
in derogation of the sovereignty of this
Nation. Our largest foreign interests
are in the British Empire, France and
Italy. Because we are constantly
Solicitous for those interests, I doubt if
any one would suppose that those coun-
tries feel we harbor toward them any
militaristic or imperialistic design. AS
for smaller countries, we certainly do
not want any of them. We are more
anxious than they are to have their
sovereignty respected. Our entire in
fluence is in behalf of their independ-
ence. Cuba stands as witness to our
adherence to this principle.
''The position of this Government
relative to the limitation of ornaments,
I the results already secured and the
developments up to the present time
are so well known to the Congress that
they do not require any restatement."
Improvement in Agriculture Seen.
Taking up the question of agricul-
ture, President Coolidge said that the
past year has "been marked by notable
though not uniform improvement in
agriculture" He said that the purchaS-
ing power of farm products and the
volume of production have increased.
The live stock industry has attained