| Show MEXICO o POLl POLICY Y IMMORAL SAYS HIRAM JOHNSON Senator From California Again Puts Coolidge on i Grill in Two Political Addresses I EV EVANS A VILLE Ind Jan 13 The foreign policy of or the Coolidge admInistratIon ad- ad mInistratIon was attacked from two angles b by S of Senator Hiram Johnson only California here ere tonight He lie not reiterated his opposition to the world court and the league of ot with or with without ut reservations but he obJected X strenuously to the then se selling ng of arms and munitions by n United states government to tho Obregon regOn government of ot Mexico I Our r action in Mexico Is Immoral L not ot Illegal Senator Johnson said Without InvIdious Intent but as Indicating a different philosophy of oC government I have characterized the e pre prest present ent nt administration as reactionary i he added i here nere Senator en Johnson told his hearers that the bonus should be voted an ant and given to our world war soldiers Contrast the 30 per month received re re- ro- ro by the soldier during the war with what those at home made durin during dur- dur in ing 28 that thaI perl Period perlO l said the Oh on Oh ye business budness men who protest against recognition of ot the soldiers now remember r your attitude then Not only was the principle of adjusted compensation recognized by our government but the government government govern govern- ment dUrin during the tho war and for some months thereafter actually pal paid a bonus to Its civilian CertaIn tam tain of the great captains of Industry indus Indus- try whose Incomes are beyond the dreams of avarice of the tho ordinary man prate and prate about commercialized commercialized com corn patriotism When these gentlemen have paid back into info the treasury of the United States the profits they ma made e during the war they ff may a bo be heard a about commercialized commer cominer- z patriotism a io i but tutu until that it I day arrives arrive let them keep silent on the pitiful sum that Is asked by I the men icon who sheltered them and their business and enabled them to tomake tomake tomake make their unholy profits I Senator Johnson then went Into the tAx situation and cont contended that t the Mellon plan worked n in fa fathe favor fa- fa ott vor of the man 1 with large dl Income O rates are wr war ta taxes es and nothing but war taxes The war Is over Such taxa taxation don should cease To pretend to change them and no nomore nomore nomore more is to keep up the high war living costs which everyone pays We Ve come then to the fundamental tal differences between Mr k Garners Garner's Garners Garner's Garnor's Gar Gar- ners ner's plan and the treasury bill His Ills is a makeshift the treasury plan is the result of ot experience and study His seeks popularity by of offerIng offering offering of- of fering a small direct saving to the most taxpayers the treasury bill is fair to all classes His is not In Intended Intended Intended In- In tended to be effective on the economic economic eco ceo side of taxation the treasury bill is designed to free tree capital and to benefit not only the Individuals Individuals' who pay taxes direct but every person person person per per- son in the country who must pay these taxes In every purchase Itis It ItIs Itis Is the difference between a political method of ot handling tax reduction I and a business method ethod He lIe gave figures that p purported d to to show that men who paid I on Incomes from g to o would save amounts ranging from to under the Mellon plan The rhe concern of ot this tax scheme Is for those of large Incomes who can best bear that burden said the senator but do not misunderstand stand mI inc me I would reduce taxes of all the people where It i is possible to do so and keep our faith at the same time The Tho senator repeated his attack on the Republican national committee commit commit- tee for putting back back- the So Southern the the-n delegation representation in the national national national na na- na- na convention lIe IIo sai salt that many politicians denounce him hini for Interfering with an an attempt mentioned mentioned men men- by Henry lord Ford to nominate by default As an American I am ever using an Americans American's pr prerogative roga tive said the senator lIe He said that the farming Interests must be bo helped and that lower freight rates W would assist t In doing this the f hll s He lie turned his heavy guns on the he world court which he sill was In reality no court at all but In iii th the language of ot President Coolidge was merely a convenient Instrument of ot adjustment to which w we would go but to which we could not be brought It is then equally a convenient Instrument to which other nations may go but to which they could nut not be brought It is the confession conCession that It can do nothing except by consent It can sweetly request a wrongdoer to come como It but the wrongdoer may refuse to come The senator the generous generous gen gen- erous effort of Gen General r l Allen Alien to have this country do It Its ort rort art for forthe forthe forthe the suffering German people |
