Evening star., 1930-12-02
RELIEF MEASURES
GIVEN FIRST PLACE
Hoover Asks for Funds to
Meet JobIess' and Farm
erS' Needs.
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troll in prevention Of smuggling, and
law enforcement in the District OF CO.
lumbia as the measures he would hope
to see enacted into law.
No specific mention OF prohibition
was made In the Presidents message
today. 1t is believed that he will make
no further recommendations with regard
to the dry laws until he has before him
the report of the Commission on Law
Observance and Law Enforcement,
headed by George w. Wickersham.
However, the measures for relief of court
congestion, reorganization OF border pa
troll and law enforcement in the Dis
triet of Columbia are all pert of the
program for more strict enforcement Of
the dry laws which President Hoover
urged upon Congress at its last session,
following a preliminary report Of the
Wickersham Commission.
Outlines Program Of Study.
In addition to recommending the pas
sage of this legislation, the President
suggested that the two Houses of Con-
greSs, through committees, would do
We'll to study other subjects with view
to legislating when the new Congress
comes into being. He enumerated in
this list of subjects electrical power in
interstate commerce, railroad consoli-
dation. the antitrust laws, the income
tax on so-called capital gains. imni-
grafton, deportation of alien criminals
post office building, care of the World
War veterans, child health and the
stamping out Of communicable diseases
particularly In rural sections.
The President said emphaticslly that
he did not favor repeal of the Sherman
anti act. holding that "the pre-
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portance. He said, however, that
changing conditions warranted an ex-
animation of the antitrust laws.
In his discussion Of the foreign re-
lations of the United States, President
Hoover gave formal notice that in
special message to the Senate he would
lay before that body ''the protocols
covering the statutes OF the World
Court which have been revised to ac-
cord with the sense of previous Senate
reservations" He declared that the re-
lations Of this country with foreign ma
tions have been maintained upon a
high basis of cordiality and good will.
He referred to the negotiation and rati-
hcation OF the London naval treaty
which abolishes competition In the
building of warships, and to the sue
cess Of the commission which was sent
to Haiti to investigate and report upon
toward that nation. An election in
Haiti has been held, he said. and q
new government established and the
American high commissioner has been
replaced by Minister, with the hope
that by 1885 the American Govern
ment can completely withdraw its ac-
tivities from Haiti.
Depression Discussed.
The causes Of the economic depres-
sion In this country were discussed at
considerable length by the President,
and also the steps which have been
taken to meet the situation. He pic
tured the distress which has followed
this depression and the drought, but
at the same time he declared that
America has suffered far less than
ton that has been world wide,{ caused
by overprodaotion in many lines of
endeavor, both industrial and agricul-
tural. He predicted that this country
eventually would be found leading the,
way to recovered prosperity.
At the outset Of his message, the
President said:
Substantial progress has been made
during the year in national peace and
security; the fundamental strength of
the Nations economic life is unifn-
paired; education and scientific discov-
cry have made advances; our country Is
more alive TO its problems Of moral and
spiritual welfare"
In an effort to measure the extent of
the business depression, the President
compared percentages Of activity during
the last three months with the highly
prosperous year Of 1923. He showed,
in these comparisons, that the value of
department store sales in the last three
months was 80 per cent of that in 1928;
that the volume of manufacturing
production was 80 per cent of that of
1928: that the volume of mineral
production was 80 per cent; that the
volume Of factory employment was "a