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WHETS OF U. S.'
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. BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal and the Chi
cago Daily News —Copyright, 1921.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. —An
eastern proverb runs, “you cheat me
once, shame on you; cheat me
twice, sflame on me.’’ Americans
who are troubled by a confusion of
rumors concerning recent diplomatic
maneuvers at Washington may be
reassured that whatever may or
may not have been “put over” On
the United States at Paris this coun
try will not be caught napping in
the present conference.
In the light of widespread intima
tions, mostly unwarranted, that cer
tain foreign delegations are playing
a subtle, mysterious game which will
outwit America’s broad purposes,
there is evidence of the existence
of considerable uneasiness through
out the country lest the experience
of Paris be repeated. . There is not
the slightest danger of anything of
the sort.
The big four of the American con
ference organization of veteran men
of affairs, understood the sinu
ous and subterranean ways of the
old diplomacy, even though they do
not walk them. *
These men are than an ag
gregation of stars; they are giving
a superb exhibition of team play.
The discerning saw this when at
the opening session of the confer
ence, the president deliberately
agreed to “blanket” his own great
speech by the sensational pro
posals of Chairman Hughes. In the
nature of things the secretary of
state with his straight-forward, fear
less and practical propositions, is
oftenest to the fore: /But he is put
there and sustained by the whole
team.
But that is not all of the Ameri
can outfit. The three men from
this country who had the most
extensive and important personal
relations with the highest officials
of the foreign powers during the
war are General Pershing, Mr. Hoov
er and General Dawes. They all
frequently had to come to grips with
eminent representatives of the al
lied nations when these tried to use
America in ways that did not seem
to them either right or reasonable.
Every one of the three could tell
tales of hectic sessions of plain
■peaking when the European poten-.
tates were outfaced and defeated by
these forthright Americans.
Still greater tribute to the size
of the three is that, despite all
disputes and disagreements, they re
main sincere friends of the allied
nations and leaders. All that these
veterans of many diplomatic bat
tles with European officialdom have
in their possession, of experience
and wisdom, is day by day at the
service of the American delegation.
On the whole, nobody need lose
any sleep over the state of Ameri
can preparedness for this battle of
peace. '? ■
Ten Railroads Confer ♦
With Commerce Board
On Foreign Contracts
WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Repre
sentatives of ten American railroads
today conferred with the interstate
commerce committee of the ship
ping to the termination of
contracts x entered into between
American railroads and foreign ship
ping lines. Commissioner Frederick
L. Thompson, of the shipping board,
presided, assisted by Commissioners
Edward Q. Plummer and Meyer
Lisner. '
According to figures compiled by
the interstate commerce commis
sion, 2,500,000 tons of freight was
interchanged between American rail
roads and foreign shipping firms
both for inward and outward bound*
traffic and cargoes in 1920. The
shipping board feels that this busi
ness should be diverted to American
merchant marine, and calls the con
ference for the purpose of reaching
an amicable agreement with the
railroads. While no definite plan
was announced, it is believed that
the railroads will be asked to abro
gate their agreements some of
which may be terminated after a
notice of a year or* more.
The railroads represented at the
conference were: The Chicago, Mil
waukee, and St. Paul; Baltimore and
Ohio; Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic; Pennsylvania; Northern Cen
tral; Southern; Mobile and Ohio:
Grand Trunk; Great Northern and
Boston and Albany.
Damage of $75,000
Done in Augusta’s
Second Fire of Week
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. I.—Property
and fire loss estimated today at be
tween $50,000 and $75,000 was caused
by fire which last night gutted the
Georgia-Carolina Paper company
and the Bothwell Grocery company
here.
Four firemen, who were hurt when
caught under a falling wall, were re
ported improved today. They were
not seriously injured. a
This was the second fire here with
in a week, the other doing property
damage estimated at nearly $2,000,-
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VAN CLEAF GULICK AND HIS HORSE, “PET.”
BOSTON.—Around the United
States on horseback!
Van Cleaf Gulick, young ranch
man of Bentonsport, la., has com
pleted about one-fourth of the
trip already—and he is still gal
loping along.
Gulick plans to visit every state
in the union and then write a
book about it, with pictures of
high spots from California to
Maine.
He started from his home town
on May 23 and recently reached
Boston. Sliding out of his sad
dle, Gulick shook hands with
Governor Cox, of Massachusetts,
RECEIVERSHIP FOR
GERMANYPRDPOSED
PARIS, Dec.>l. —(By the Associat
ed Press.) —A receivership for Ger
many as a bankrupt, with an auton
omous Rhineland to be exploited by
the allies for reparation purposes,
is likely to be proposed by France
as an alternative to any moratorium
qn reparations that may be sug
gested by Great Britain, it was said
in official circles here today.
The allies, it is held by French
officials, have full authority under'
the terms of the treaty of Versailles
to take Germany’s affairs in hand
and to administer her resources on
a. manner similar to that pursued
by the T urk ish debt commission.
Former President Poincare, who is
much talked of as the probable suc
cessor of Premier Briand, in the
next governmental change, recalls in
his weekly reviews of the political
situation that the treaty of Ver
sailles gives the allies the right, in
case Germany defaults, to control
her customs dutjes, taxes, exporta
tions and coal production. He says
this must be demanded if the repar-1
ations commission thinks it is
obliged to give Germany further ,
time. I
The negotiations understood to be
going on now in London between
the British government and repre
sentatives from Germany are regard
ed in French official circles as a re
prisal for the alleged separate ac
tion of France in making an agree
ment with the Turkish nationalist
government at Angora. Much anx
iety is expressed lest France should
find herself faced with comp’ete ac
cord between Great Britain and Ger
many.
!• was declared iny arrangement
arrived at by Great Britain in the
absence of French representatives
would be resented.
The situation of the entente is
regarded fimong French government
officials as exceedingly precar'Cus, in
vjew of what they describe as nerv
ousness shown by Great Britain and
Italy.
Carolina Farmers
Capture Fugitive
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. I.—John
Lacy, 17-yeas-old negro, for whom
Georgia and Soulh Carolina posses
have been combing the state border
since last Friday, was captured
early last night by three South
Carolina farmers near “Jackson
ville,” a negro settlment four miles
from Langley, S. C. He was brought
here and lodged in the county jail
to await trial on charges of attempt
ed attack, upon aij eight-year-old
white girl of I)his city.
and then let the governor sit
astride his travel partner, “Pet,”
for a short time.
Then Gulick was j)ff on his
journey again.
He has covered 2,700 miles of
his 13,000-mile trip.
' The outdoors’ is the place,”
says Gulick. “Pet and I are great
pals. She’ll make the grade all
right?
“We go broke now and then.
But folks buy pictures of us
and then we eat again.”
Gulick is 24 and a veteran of
the Seventh Engineers. He was
reared on a ranch in Wyoming,
and looks it. <
GEHMfiiy PEOPLE SEE
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BY GEORGE WITTE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal and the Chi
cago Daily News —Copyright, 1921.)
BERLIN, Germany, Dec. 1. —The
ray of hope for which the whole
German people has been praying to
brighten the future sterns at last
to have broken through the dark
clouds which now have for three
years hung over Germany’s political
and economic situation. The news
from London that upon the recom
mendation of German, as well as
English financial experts the Brit
ish government has emphatically
come out in favor of granting Ger
many a two or three-iyear moratori
um has been received here with uni
versal rejoicing.
The fact that British passports
were granted recently to Hugo
Stinnes, Walter Rathenau and Bank
er Mendelsohn when only a few
months ago they were denied per
mission to enter England is general
ly, accepted as an indication that
Britain and in a secondary way the
United States are alarmed over the
financial catastrophe threatening
Germany.
Still another point upon which the
newspapers are laying stress is the
sudden rise in the value of the mark
yesterday from 275 to 239 to the
dollar. This sudden turn in Ger
many’s fortunes is being attributed
in part to the developments at the
Washington conference, where an
inclination has been manifested to
give Germany a brand-new deal as
the result of investigations made
by British and American experts.
Germany is looking forward with
great expectation and some anxiety
to learn what the attitude of France
will be towards this new and start
ling development in the internation
al situation. Public opinion does
not expect smooth sailing so far
as Premier Briand is concerned, but
it is hoped that the pressure which
Britain and the United States may
bring to bear op France, and espe
cially the influence of the United
States in the matter of the war
debts, will result eventually in her
giving up her opposition to the
moratorium.
The chief motive behind the plan
Is said to be an urgent desire on
the part of Britain to halt the flow
of German paper money, which, ac
cording to British banking and in
dustrial circles is beginning to ex
ert an unwholesome influence on
the international industrial situa
tion.
Business Men Plan
To Take Charge of
Lexington Railroad
ATHENS, Ga., Dec. I.—Several
Athens and Oglethorpe county busi
ness men have under consideration
the taking over of the Lexington
Terminal railrcad, provided the com
pany is wiling to lease or sell the
road.
Some of the Lexington business
men paid a visit to the Athens
Chahmber of Commerce, asking their
aid in preventing the discontinuance
of the runnipg of the trains on this
road.
An application for the discontin
uance of the service was made to
the interstate commerce commission,
but the men interested had much
rather buy or lease the road than
to see it scrapped.
The committee, representing the
chamber of commerce of Lexington,
was composed of the following men:
G. A. Barron, C. R. Crawford and
Earl Reynolds.
The hearing will be held in At
lanta, December 14.
The Georgia railroad bought the
Lexington branch from the McWhor
ter estate in 1898. The railroad
claims that it is operated at a loss.
The people of Oglethorpe are very
much aroused over the possibility
of the road being scrapped.
Millionaire Burglar
PARIS.—M. Ernest Boitier, the Orleans
millionaire who turned burglar “just for the
fun of the thing” and was caught robbing a
grocery, was given the option by the court
of going to prison for three years or under
going treatment in a sanitarium for Insani
ty. Boitier chose the sanitarium.
NEW RAILROAD LABORRULES
TO SAVE ROADS HUGE SUMS
400,000 Men Affected by
Order Effective Thursday.
Supplants Agreement En
tered Into in 1920
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CHICAGO, Dec. I.— (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —New working rjules
for the 400,000 railroad shopmen,
including at least two important
changes, were handed down today by
the United States railroad labor
board. The decision supplanted the
agreement entered into by the em
ployes and the United States rail
road administration, September 20,
1919.
The rules were passed unanimous
ly by the board, including the vote
of A. O. Wharton, of the labor
group, who cast a dissenting vote
upon the last wage cut.
One of the most important changes
was the permitting of apprentices
to do certain repair work formerly
restricted to jourheymen in that
craft. Another change provided for
representation of minorities in the
presentation of grievances to meet
the contention of the railroads that
old national agreements practically
forced a closed shop on the railroad.
It will result in an estimated an
nual payroll saving of $50,000,000 to
the railroads and form the basis
upon which adjudication of all fu
ture wage disputes between rail
roads and their employes will be
based.
The new rules become effective
Thursday, December 1, and take
jurisdiction over approximately 400,-
000 men immediately, although a
still larger number will be affected
when the normal traffic conditions
are restored.
Ear-reaching changes in the rules,
which supplant the national agree
ment made during federal control,
were designed to afford a basis for
permanent stability in the railroad
shops of the country and were de
clared -by members of the labor
board to be the most important
work yet done by the board and of
much greater sigiyficance than any
decision in the past, even including
wage scale adjustments.
Expect Economies
Large economies are expected to
result from revision of the classi
fication rules, which were made
more elastic, and hereafter will per
mit members of certain crafts to
do minor jobs previously done by
members of other crafts. Statisti
cians attached to the labor board
estimated that economies in opera
tion, increased efficiency and larger
output, would approximate $50,000,-
000 a year.
Provision for the representation
of minorities who may have griev
ances is another important item of
the new rules. Under the national
agreement, negotiation for employes
was placed almost wholly in the
hands of labor organizations, with
the result that the railroads and
many Industrial and civic institu
tions declared that the agreement
forced a closed union shop on the
roads. Non-union men found it im
practicable to attempt to bring their
grievances before the board and as
the rules worked out, union officials
handled the cases, taking their prec
edent from the national agreement
negotiations in which union officials
acted for the employes in drawing
up the agreement under federal con
trol.
“The principle of the open shop
established by the new rules,” a
statement by board members said,
“will, in fact, be more theoretical
than practical at the present time,
since a large majority of the rail
road shops are unionized and the
existing unions are recognized by
the board and by the transportation
act as representative of the major
ity.
“Most of the older working rules,
functioned by the experience of
years, are preserved in full effect.
Many of the more rigid rules, how
ever, were considerably relaxed in
favor of the roads, although the rec
ognized rights of the men are fully
protected and the principle of col
lective bargaining and union recog
nization is retained, as contemplated
by the transportation.”
The rules controversy dstfes back
to May 1, 1920, .when the railroads
emerged from government control.
Strenuous objections to the national
agreement were made in a hearing
which began January 10, 1921. After
several .months of testimony, the
rules were referred back to the in
dividual roads with instructions to
negotiate such new rules as they
could with their employes to replace
the federal government rules.
Rules More Elastic
Numerous rules were thus agrecyl
upon on individual roads, but on
no road was it possible to draft an
entire new set. The rules disagreed
upon were then sent back to the la
bor board, and the rules promul
gated today will replace any such
rules not agreed upon by the roads
and their employes. In any case
where a rule has been agreed upon
by the carrier and its employes, that
rule governs, everr though the labor
board rule may be entirely differ
ent.
The majority of the changes ef
fected by the new rules is in the
classification of the work to be per
formed by the various crafts. Al
most without exception these classi
fications are made more elastic. Un
der previous agreements with the
shop crafts, including the national
agreement, it has been the custom
to define in detail the various types
of work belonging to each craft.
The carriers have complained that
the national agreement set up in
such minute detail the classifica
tion of duties that work not requir
ing specialized skill in any craft
was assigned exclusively to a par
ticular craft. For example work not
requiring a mechanic’s skill was as
signed to a skilled mechanic, thus
making efficient and economical op
eration impossible, according to the
railroads.
The rules effective today broaden
the scope of each craft’s work. The
machinist working on running re
pairs may connect or disconnect any
wiring, coupling or pipe connections
necessary to repair machinery or
equipment. This work was previous
ly assigned to electricians and sheet
metal workers only.
Under the new rul«s, engineers,
firemen and cranesmen are not pro
hibited from making such repairs
to equipment on the lines of the
road as they are qualified to per
form. The new rules thus allow
train operatives to perform repair
work even though it is ordinarily
considered shop mechanic’s work.
Boiler makers’ helpers under the
new rules are given the job of re
moving and replacing grates. Un
der the national agreement* all grate
rigging work was assigned to jour
neymen boiler makers.
The classification of the work of
the sheet metal workers, electrical
workers and car men has been
changed to gillow some of the work
previously performed by them ex
clusively to be done by their helpers
and to mechanics in other crafts,
where the needs of the service re
quire it. Under the national agree
ment car men were exclusively as
signed to wrecking crews. Under
the new rules, wrecking crews, ex
clusive of engineers, will be com-
posed of carmen, where sufficient
men are available, but when
ed, men of any class may be taken
as additional members of wrecking
crews.
Another important change affect
ing car men is that which allows
common laborers to dismantle wood
en freight cars hereafter. Under
the national agreement, only quali
fied carpenters were allowed to do
this work. Aboirt 68 per cent of
the country’s freight cars are built
of wood. The new* rule will permit
employes getting $3.25 to $5.00 a
day to do work previously required
to be done by car men receiving
$5.84 a day.
New Apprentice Type
An entirely new rule promulgat
ed by the board, for the first time,
creates a new type of apprentice to
be known as “special apprentice.”
Previously there have been only two
kinds of apprentices in the skilled
shop crafts, regular and, helpers’ ap
prentices. Regular apprentices are
youths entering the service between
the ages of 16 and 21 years-and serv
ing four years’ apprenticeship, and
helper apprentices are those appren
tices selected from the ranks of the
helpers. Special apprentices are to
be selected from young men between
the ages of 18 and 26, who have had
a technical school education, and
they will be required to serve only
three years’ apprenticeship before
becoming journeymen mechanics.
Rules which required certain
standards of force and equipment
to be maintained for doing certain
kinds of work have been modified
and some discontinued, thus elimi
nating the expense of maintaining
unnecessary men on the rolls. Other
rules have been changed to allow the
use of forces assigned to particular
classes of work on other work, when
there is no work of their particular
class to be performed.
Many of the rules are highly tech
nical in character. Much time was
spent on the rules regarding electri
cal railroads, which at present apply
only to a few roads like the Pennsyl
vania and New York Central) but
which will become of increasing im
portance as the electrification of the
steam lines proceeds.
The six shop crafts, employes In
volved are the carmen, sheet metal
workers, machinists, blacksmiths,
boilermakers and electrical workers.
They were represented at the rules
hearings by the following organiza
tions: Brotherhood Railway Car
men of America, International Alli
ance of Amalgamated Sheet Metal
Workers, International Association
of Machinists, International Broth
erhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers
and Helpers, International Brother
hood of Bpilermakers, Iron Ship
Builders and Helpers of America and
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. All these are af
filiated with the American Federa
tion of Labor and are enrolled in the
Railway Employes’ Department of
that organization.
The national agreement, supplant
ed Thursday by the new rules, was
entered into with the employes by
the United States raliroad adminis
tration September 20, 1919. From
the first it was strongly criticised
by the railroad managements and
others because they contended it im
posed unecohomic methods of opera
tion on the railroads, limited the dis
cretion and control of the manage
ment and greatly increased the cost
of operation. The railroads also
complained that they had no voice in
making the national agreement
which they declared was "wished
on them” by the railroad adminis
tration. The employes have main
tained that a very large part of the
national agreement had been put into
effect on various railroads, prior to
federal control, by the voluntary act
of the managements, and that it
fairly represented current enlighten
ed thought of the carriers and em
ployes as to working conditions and
rules. .
In two previous decisions the
board disposed of twenty-four shop
craft rules mainly concerning over
time pay. Thursday’s decision prac
tically completes the rules for these
crafts, with the exception of a few
minor matters on which an agree
ment is probable. These the board
has referred back to the roads and
the employes for settlement by
them.
No Poison Is Found
In Carolina Well;
Water Contaminated
COLUMBIA, S. C.» Dec. I.—Abso
lutely no trace of poison was found
in the water of the well on the Lee
plantation at Beldoc, S. C., accord
ing to a report frdm pr. R. F. Par
ker, of Charleston.
It was claimed the sudden deaths
of several members of the family
were caused by poison placed in
the well from which the family
drinking water was drawn. Farm
animals also were made sick, it was
reported.
The report shows that the water
of the well was greatly contami
nated. There was a large amount
of larvae, but these proved to be
mosquitos. The water was very
dirty, and the health authorities
have advised relatives of the Lee fam
ily to this effect. The deaths are
said by the health authorities here
to have been possibly due to influ
enza or some other similar disease,
but could not have been due to a
deposit of mineral poison in the
well.
At the time so the Beldoc tj-agedy,
Mrs. Lee and three of her children
died. Mr. Lee was taken to Augusta
in a critical condition and his con
dition remains unchanged.
Income From Liberty
Bonds Would Not Be
Taxed by New Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. —The in
come from all holdings in Liberty
bonds and other government obliga
tions by corporations are exempt
from taxation under the new reve
nue law, senators and experts who
framed the measure stated today.
This is because of the repeal of
the excess profits tax, effective on
January 1, 1922. In the past the
only levy applying to government
bonds, held in large quantities by
corporations, were the profits taxes.
New Exemption Decree
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3.—-A decree
exempting from duties all-cattle and
horses entering Mexico will be pro
mulgated shortly, according to offi
cial information, in order to assist
ranchers to replenish their herds de
pleted by years of revolution.
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Jocko, the performing crow of the New York Hippodrome, has
been insured for $50,(T00 against injury, theft or death. He is shown
trying to get a bit of food from the teeth of Miss Margaret Kama,
whose father owns and trains him.* •
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New Questions
1. " What powers are participating
in the disarmament conference?
2. How old is Arthur Brisbane?
3/ What was the specific charge
placed against Captain Fryatt who
was shot by the Germans during the
war?
4. What is the largest park in the
United States within a city?
5. What is used in the manufac
ture of fibre phonograph needles?
6. Take a tub of water and put
it on the scales. Put a live fish in
it. Will the hsh add to its weight?
7. Under the army reorganiza
tion act, which part of the force
will be commissioned officers?
8. Who is president and who is
vice president of the American Red
Cross?
9. How does a farce differ from
a comedy?
10. How many of the states have
satisfactory laws for the registra
tion of deaths.
Questions Answered
1. Q. Thirteen is referred to as a
baker’s dozen. Why is that?
A. It is that at a time
when fines were imposed for short
weight, bakers added an extra unit
to a dozen to be on the safe side.
2. Q. Are motor boats forbidden
for duck shooting?
A. Federal regulations prohibit
the use of power boats in taking
wild fowl. While it would be un
lawful to hunt wild fowl in a boat
equipped with an engine, it is per
missible to go to and from ducking
grounds, attend to ducking outfits
and pick up dead ducks w r ith such a
boat.
3. Q l . Are wool and hair the same
sort of thing?
A. Wool is a living appendage of
the skin, produced by increased epi
dermal cells. The difference be
tween wool and hair is one of degree
rather than of kind.
4. Q. What well-known man cut
a hole in the lower part of a- door
to admit a cat, then cut a smaller
one for the kitten? .
A. We cannot vouch for its au
thenticity, but this tale is told about
Sir Isaac Newton.
5—Q. Which is most dangerous
and poisonous, the bite of a rattle
snake, or a tarantula or of a scor
pion?
A. Any species of the rattlesnake
is m<sre dangerous and poinsonous
than the transula or scorpion. The
bite of the tarantula is painful, but
not dangerous, while the sting of
the scorpion is also painful, but
rarely, if ever, fatal. The scorpion
of the southern states, known as the
mule killer, is entirely harmless.
6 Q. In what state does the great;
est proportion of the inhabitants own
automobiles?
A. South Dakota leads the 1920
list In this respect, having one auto
mobile to 5.28 persons.
7 Q. Is lest coal being mined this
year?
A. The geological survey says that
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creases, less coal will be mined in the
World this year than in any year
within a decade. In 1920, 1,300,000,-
000 metric tons were mined.
8— Q. What was the first name of
Bailey, a partner of Barnum? Is
he still living.
A. George Bailey, who was one
time a partner of P. T. Barnum,
circus owner, was a resident of Som
mers, N. Y., and died there many
years ago.
9 Q. What is the population of
the United States, Including the pos
sessions?
A. The total population of the
United States, including the posses
sions, 1920 census, Was 118,857,509.
The population of the possessions
alone is 12,148,783.
10— Q. Does the king of England
receive a salary?
A. The king of England receives
a certain amount of money which
might be construed as a salary, but
is known as the civil list, allowing
him a sum of 470,000 pounds. Os
this sum, 110,000 are to be used for
the privy purse of the king and
queen; 125,800 pounds for the sala
ries of the royal household and re
tired allowances; 193,000 pounds for
household expenses; 20,000 pounds
for general works; 13,200 pounds for
alms and bounty and 8,000 pounds
unappropriated.
President to Confer
With Congressional
Leaders on Program
WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—Presi
dent Harding was understood today
to have planned a series of confer
ences with congressional leaders
with respect to the legislative pro
gram for the regular session of con
gress convening Monday.
Senator Watson, of Indiana, who,
with Senator Curtis, of Kansas, the
Republican whip, has been directing
senate affairs during the absence of
Senator Lodge at the arms'* confer
ence, held a conference with the
president a few days ago and was
understood to have another engage
ment for late today or in the near
future.
Senator Curtis probably will see
the president tomorrow and several
other senators and one or two house
leaders likely will be called to the
White House later in the week.
Conversations of leaders today in
dicated they believed the president
should led’d the way in outlining a
legislation 'program, since, it Was
said, it was the desire of the senate
leaders to do nothing that would
interfere with or embarrass the con
ference on limitation of armaments.
This was taken to mean that such
subjects as the allied debt.refunding
bill would be sidetracked tempor
l arily*.
President May Ask
Authority to Revise
Present Tariff Rates
WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—Presi
dent Harding may shortly ask con
gress to authorize him to revise
tariff rates by executive order as
an emergency relief measure for
American business.
President Harding is considering
this in connection with his message
to congress next Tuesdav. The mes
sage will deal emphatically with the
need for immediate tariff legislation
to pull American business out of Its
present depression.
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