Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1921, Page 14

FARM BLOC GAINS Now Claims Almost Enough Strength to Dictate New Tax Bill. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The agricultural bloc in the re- publican party, which calls itself the “progressive” group, has strengthened Instead of weakened by the overtures made to them by con- servative republican senators in the last few days. They are openly say- ing the mew tax bill will not be a compromise, but practically as they dictate it. The democrats have determined to vote practically as a unit in support of the amendments proposed by the agri- cultural bloc. This means that the tax bill as finally put up for a vote will be a radically different bill from that which President Harding and Secre- tary Mellon originally proposed. While the democratic strength will be sufficient to change the character of % U the finority will by no as a means vote for the “Wie bitl will rec ratic will be through mostly by republican votes. In Peculiar Position. Thus the republican the prospect of having to vote for a Bill which they do not themselves like and which does not follow the origi- nal desires of the administration. It's{ this bill or none, however, and the m during this session or else republican prospects for the congressional elec- tions next year will be dimmed: It's curiously analogous to the situation measure been | FRIENDLY RIVALRY IN PACIFIC, PRESIDENT'S HOPE FOR FUTURE hope that the public press to promote international understand- ing and particularly to make easier the task of the armament conference was expressed by President Harding in a message to the Press Congress of the World, which began its sessions vesterday 'at Honolulu. In_solving the problem of the Pacific, the President wrote, the press was i na position to wield a great and benedcent influence. He dec] it {“hard to imagine justifications” for conflict among the peoples on opposite shores of the Pacific, and adde “The Pacific ought to be the seat of a generous, petition between the best ideals of jeastern and western life. between the aspirations and endcavors of the old- jest and newest forms of human so- clety." g The President's message was sent in the form of a letter to Wallace R. Farrington, Governor of Hawali and publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bul- letin. 1t was dated September 8, and was in part as follows: “I hope the fact that I chance to have been most of my life a news- paper man will not have distorted my judgment so far as to cause me to overrate the importance of jour- nalism in the present-day world. Not only have the world war and the , open-minded com- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO MANY CALLERS SEE PRESIDENT TODAY Unusual Lfst of Engagements Precedes Luncheon With Overseas Writers. President Harding today had the largest engagement list he has had for more than a month, and by 1 o’clock this afternoon, when he left the White House to attend a luncheon of the Overseas Writers, he had re- cefved more than 150 persons. The latter included eight senators and nine representatives. Representative Newton of Missouri headed a delegation from that state to see the President in the interest of Judge Van Valkenberg of the United States district court, who is a candidate to succeed the late Judge Hook as judge of the United States circult court of appeals in the eighth district. Judge Van Valkenberg al- ready has been indorsed by Senators Reed and Spencer of Missouri and the Bar Association of that state The Preeident made no promises, but said force or influence of which we now know can be expected to exert so gruat a potency as the press. You «re meeting In a day when the world is looking forward to the gathering of the nations to consider limitation of armament and the maintenance of world peace. If your deliberations shall inspire a larger, a better, a more humane view of the elements which enter into the problem of peace and at least a measurable disarm ment: If you can encourage the id of a world permanently at peac then you will have given a vast im- petus to the efforts of statesmen who are presently to consider these prob- lems in Washington. “We have heard much in recent years about the problem of the Pacific, whatever that- may be. I take it to be merely a phase of the universal problem of the race, of men and nations whatever they are. It is hard to imagine justifications in this day and age, especially in view of the world’s late unhappy experiences, for armed conflict among clvilized peoples anywhere and especiaily among peo- ples so widely separated as those on opposite borders of the Pacific. “They represent different races, 8o- clal organizations, political systems and modes of thought. Between them and their widely varylng systems events transpiring since the armistice impressed us all anew with the use there may well be an amicable com- e Ty o mine Whioh. com- | he would give the matter serious con sideration. Ve severalland value put | they irave demonstr: danger which resides in a press too | ment. freely emplo i leaders face|of the | i nationalism of weli piration for the salvation of the best in human society, but it was not al- sure hus to be put through|ways entirely fair, creet. splendid purpose in the circumstances of war time, but we newspaper men could indulge ourselves in no more which developed over the Versamcslzrlevou! error than to assume that of the public press, but|munity possesses the better and more ted the possible |effective ideas for human advance- But that there should be con- that warfare and controversy red for mere propaganda. | flict; “in the cverwhelmins; emergency | should interfere with this worth- war propaganda became a | while demonstration of the value of well nlgh universal habit; I might different modes of progress, is al- almost say a code among journalists. | most unthinkable. “The Pacific ought to be the seat of a generous, free, open-minded com- petition between the best ideals of eastern and western life; between the aspirations and oldest and the newest forms of hu- man soclety. “You are meeting at the cross-roads of the Pacific, amid all the glamour and romance and glory which have always surrounded the very name of the South sea. You have an oppor- of course, intended to be the nda of patriotism, of devout intentioned as- judicial or dis- On the whole, it served a treaty. The republicans had enough | Propaganda is the first. or even a Yotes to includé o series of roserva- | I ang. aim of a properly conducted | tunity to do a work for humanity, and tions in the ratifying resolution. | Press. 1 believe you have met at a peculiar- These reservations were so objection- able to the democrats that they de- clined to give their votes to make the necessary two-thirds to insure ratifi- cation. In the tax controversy the final bill as it pasees the Senate will really not { represent the will of a wajority of the Senate at all, for when the dém crats vote for amendments in sup- | port of the agricultural republicans { they will be framing a measure which as a whole they oppose. Whether the democrats actually find it neccssary to vote with the progressive repub- licans or whether the conservative republicans accept the amendments of the progressive group does not change the situation much. In the end the Senate will bring out a hybrid measure. Doabt as to Policy. There is considerable doubt in the | minds of observers here whether the republican leaders have played their cards well. aring the power of | the agricultural bloc, they promptly deyiated from the original Harding- Mellon program as it passed the House. Had they forced the agri- cultural republicans into an_ open coalition with the democrats the de- “In the work of education no single 1y auspicious time.” Our customers’ good will is of far greater value to us than mere volume of sales. To gain your confidence, to enlist your per- manent patronage, is to us the highest ideal of retail merchandis- endeavors of theShields and Mc Deelines Banguet Invitation. Preident Harding today declined an invitation to attend the annual banquet of the Tennegsee Society of New York, to be held in that city late in November, but in doing so he said he would make every ef- fort to accept next year if he then is_honored with an invitation. The invitation today was personully ex terded by Senators Calder, New York; er of Tennessee, and Malcolm Meacham of New York, president of the society. Representatives Hoch and Tincher of Kansas called at the White House today to urge the President to ap- oint W. 5. Culbertson of Kansas City, Kan., now a member of the Federal Trade Commission, to be chairman of that body. Representative Hicks of New York Store No. 2 7th and E Stx. N.W. Store No. 3 14th and U Sts. N.W. Store No. 4 7th and M Sts. N.W. lore No. § the Store No. GEORGETOWN BRANCH 3ist and M Ste. N.W. 7th and K Sts. N.W. i D. €., WEDNESDAY,. OCTOBER 12, during his audience with the Preai-|in Portlan w dent declined the offer of an appoint-| Harding was in that' cily | ment as United States minister to | recent Plvmouth celebration Paraguay. Representative Hicks said | the classes of the high school select- | remembered it and thank afierward that he felt it was his |ed one of the girls in the class to pre- |said he would write t duty to stay in Congress because of | sent the executive with a_five-pound | his~ activitics in various important | box of the candy. Not being experi- legislative matters now pending. Gets Bid to Masonic Celebration. Senator Frelinghuyven of New Jer- oy Accompanied J. J. Scott of Cam- en. extended to the tion to attend the celebration to be Leld in Camden November 15 next by the Masons of South Jersey incident to the observance of the 100th anni- versary of the chartering of the order in that section. business would not permit him to ac- | box through the window, but it was © |caught by a secret service operative, [of the family before the hiaze reached {ing rooms or the smoke ny consid cept. C. chairman of the Inte Commission, President. for a short time. There is u homemade candy 1921. enced in such matters, she stationed herself at a corner where she knew the presidentiai car would pzss. She had in advance arranged with thej crossing policeman to stop the car and it was the young lady's idea to President an invita-make a pretty speech to Mr. Harding as she passed the window of his car. But the car didn’t stop, despite the | hand movements of the traflic police- man. Determined to carry out her mission, the young lady tossed the Mr. N. 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