CONSERVATIVE TONE
NO MENTION OF WORLD COURT,
(Received Bth December, 1 p.m.)
WASHINGTON, 7th December. '
Stipulating that in approaching th» farm relief problem Congress should avoid anything savouring of price-fix-ing, President Coolidge, in his annual Message to-day, urged a sound solution of tho marketing problem, and some" form of temporary tax. He suggested that steps be taken at an early date to transfer the Philippines from ths military to the civil Bide of the Government. He renewed the stand for a protective tariff and the complete observance of Prohibition laws.
The Message did not mention th«" World Court or Mexico.
The President suggested coal control legislation, adequate military and naval preparedness, the support of the Geneva preliminary arms conference and other movements for the reduction of competitive armaments, radial control under the Department of Com« merce, the return of alien property, and anti-lynching legislation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1926, Page 9
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