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Show EDITORIAL THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE From a literary standpoint, President Coolidgo's message on Wednesday of last week was his first public expression as the , nation's executive, under a direct di-rect mandate of the people. Until Un-til that moment he had served as President as the legatee of an unexpired term that had been voted to another. And yet his j'inagural address was but a re- affirmation of policies that he has vigorously and consistently ' promulgated, since his first address ad-dress to Congress ofter the death of President Harding. It was a firm, conscientious dedication of his administration to the lightening light-ening of the tax burdens at home and to the promotion of peace 'through mutual 'understandings between the nations of the world. He declared his opposition to '. extremely high tax rates because "they produce little or no revenue, reven-ue, because they are bad for the country, and finally, because they are wrong." The President earnestly favored a continuation of the policy of participation in world conferences, and promised aid to mitigate human suffering and assist in the rehabilitation of distress nations. One of the most striking notes sounded in - his address was that against religious re-ligious intolerance. In his inaugural in-augural he said, "Those who v want their rights respected under un-der the constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves them-selves of observing the constitution consti-tution and the law. We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law, or apply ap-ply any religious test to the hold ing of office." President Cool-idge's Cool-idge's inaugural address will go down in history as a strong and forceful document. It was thoroughly practical and sound. |
