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April, 1922
THE ATLANTIAN
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ed this as “lese majeste,” and made
the mistake of getting peeved about
it. He might better follow the ex
ample of his illustrious predecessors
and get a good laugh out of it—
even if he had to poke himself in the
ribs to do it.
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Republicans Cut Down Sum
for Farm Loan Banks
$25,000,000.
In his reply to Dr. Fess’ claims of
achievements for the Harding admin
istration, Dr. Aswell not only showed
that the Emergency Tariff act had
been of no benefit to the farmer, but
called attention to the fact that the
Republicans had cut down the credits
to the farm loan hanks favored by
the Democrats. He said:
“He (Mr. Fess) claims that this ad
ministration deserves credit for add
ing $25,00,000 to the Farm Loan
banks in the country. The record
shows that the Democrats in this
Chamber undertook to make it $50,-
000,000. Mr. Wingo (Dem. -Texas),
made the motion, and the gentleman
from Wyoming (Mr. Mondell, the Re
publican floor leader), made a speech
against it, and the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. Fess) joined the gentle
man from Wyoming on the roll call
and voted against the $50,000,000 and
helped to vote it down to $25,000,000
for the Farm Banks of this country.
Yet he claims that this one of his
party’s achievements.”
Dr. Aswell stated that he had voted
for the Packers’ bill and the Grain
Futures bill because he decided it was
the best thing to be gotten from a
Republican administration.
He also called attention to Dr. Fess’
boast that the Republicans had ap
propriated $75,000,000 for public roads
and then exploded the boast by say
ing: “The Democratic administration
never gave less than $100,000,000
when in power.
The falsity of Dr. Fess’ claim
that the Republican Congress was
entitled to credit for good roads
legislation was further exposed by
Representative Thomas (Dem., Ky.),
who said: “The facts are that the Re
publican party through its long years
of public affairs resisted and defeated
every proposition to enact a good road
law, and that law was passed by the
Democratic party under the leader
ship of Woodrow Wilson."
Representative Brand (Dem., Ga.),
annihilated what was left of Dr. Fess’
boast concerning legislation for farm
loan banks, when he said:
“The Senate passed an amendment
to one of the appropriation bills au
thorizing the loan to the farmers to
the Federal Farm Loan Board of
$100,000,000 and the Banking and Cur
rency Committee of this House re
fused to agree to the amendment, and
subsequently, when the Democrats
made an effort to restore the Senate
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amendment to the bill, this House
voted it down and let the amount
stand of $25,000,000.”
Voting Record Shows Dem
ocrats For, Not Against,
Good Legislation.
Here is the voting record on some
of the legislation which Dr. Fess says
was resisted by a solid Democratic
vote:
Budget Act, Senate without oppo
sition; House, 334 yeas, nays 8, Dem
ocrats, 1 Republican.
Farm Loan Credits, Senate no roll
call; House, 317 yeas, 4 nays, all Re
publicans.
Goods Roads appropriation, Senate
no roll call; House, yeas 266, nays 53
Republicans, 24 Democrats.
Maternity Bill, Senate, yeas 63, nays
25, all Democrats; House, yeas 279,
nays 26 Republicans 13 Democrats.
Agricultural Loan Act, Senate, no
roll call; House, yeas 316, nays, 1
Democrat.
Grain Futures Act, Senate, no
roll call; House, yeas 269, nays, 69
Republicans, 10 Democrats.
Veterans’ Bureau Act, Senate, no
roll call; House, 336, nays 0.
Packers’ Control Bill, Senate, yeas,
29 Republicans, 16 Democrats, nays 15
Republicans 6 Democrats; House,
passed without roll call.
Cable Control Act, passed without
roll call in Senate and House.
So Dr. Fess’s charge of solid Demo
cratic opposition dwindles down to
the Emergency Tariff, the Immigra
tion Act, and the War Loan Funding
Bill, and even on these measures the
Democratic opposition was not solid.
McAdoo Vindicates Federal
Control of Rail
roads.
The testimony of William G. Mc
Adoo, former Director General of
Railroads, before the Interstate Com
merce Committee of the Senate, in
reply to criticisms of his administra
tion of the transportation lines is gen
erally regarded as a complete vindi
cation of Mr* McAdoo and a drastic
indictment of the management of the
roads prior to Federal control.
The high points in his testimony
were as follows:
That railroad transportation was in
a state of collapse at the time the
Government took control of the roads.
That the roads were operating in
the fall of 1917 with the same equip
ment they had in 1915.
That the roads then needed 3,902
locomotives and 159,056 freight cars.
That passenger traffic was in the
same state of inefficiency as freight
traffic.
That there was congestion and con
fusion of traffic and duplication of ef
fort and expense.
That the credit of the railroads was
destroyed prior to Federal control.
That under Federal control the
needed motive power and cars were
supplied, congestion relieved, living