Show UNITED STATES MUST NOT GET SOFT NATION CHIEF VJ President Says Greatest Test fest Amei Americans Face Is Prosperity RECORDS REVIEWED REVIE D Colorado River Project Is ls Pressing He lie Declares WASHINGTON Nov 18 IS Dy By ByThe The Associated d Press From From the Union League of Philadelphia for 65 years a a. factor In Pennsylvania politics President Coolidge has re received re- re receIved an indorsement of his ad administration ad- ad administration administration ministration and a promise that it will support him In any ny course which he as a national leader l der may choose to outline for the fu future fu- fu f U- U ture lure This announcement notable for Its similarity to the presidents president's Black Hills statement sta ment ought brought b not the slightest reaction from Mr Coolidge when it was made last l night in tn Philadelphia and he waited calmly until a prolonged applause ap ap- ap applause Iud hid subsided to launch Into a a. discussion of American prosperity ty and development detailing his plans for the future In the most comprehensive e way he has ever done except to congress PHILADELPHIA Nov 18 By ByThe The Associated Press A A new era in which Americas AmerIca's prosperity will be bet t med sned to a development de of its re resources re- re resources sources and defenses and toward pro pro- promotion promotion motion of peace between all nations was portrayed by President Coolidge Thursday In an address before the Union League Leacue of Philadelphia Choosing this organization founded in the trying days of the Civil CI war war for a J review of his administrations administration's achievements and its plans for the future the president cautioned that thata a new test has arisen for the Amer Amer- American AmerIcan Amerlean ican lean people the people the test of prosperity prosperity- and expressed pressed the conviction that hc he great creat mass mas of o people realize that the doctrine of ease is the doctrine of surrender and decay deca The country he said has reached the he zenith of its prosperity the end of f its task of war post-war lon lion is in sight and the time when Internal improvements may be con- con consIdered considered is at hand FLOOD CONTROL Flood control must be completed the he president declared A A waterway system for the Mississippi valley nIley and ands Its s tributaries with one arm reach reach- reading reachIng log Ing ng to the gulf and another to the Atlantic probably through the St St. Lawrence awrence Lawrence is only a question of time The Colorado river project is press- press pressIng log Ing ng the Columbia basin not far dis distant tent tant tentOn On the sea we shall round out our ur navy y with more submarines and snore mote cruisers and ownership should hould provide prO it with an auxiliary merchant marine of fast cargo boats On land we shall be building up our air forces especially by encouraging commercial av avIation lation The ability to do these things Mr Coolidge declared is the result of past insistence on economy in na- na national national lonal expenditures which Continued on Pace Page Two GET SOFT CALVIN GALVIN WARNS Continued from rage One hu has made possible three reo re- reductions of taxes with the promise of ofa a further moderate lifting of the bur bur- burden burden den In the next congress S. The prin- prin principal principal cipal weakness existing In his lon Ion Is the remaining of the national debt which he de- de described described scribed as a menace to the national credit LARGEST O OBSTACLE STACLE It It Is the greatest weakness In our line of n national defense d tense he said ItIs It ItIs Is the largest obstacle In the path of our economic development It should be retired u as fut fast as po possible under a system of reasonable taxation This can be done only by continuing the policy of rigid government economy Throughout his discussion lon of Amer Amer- AmerIcas Americas America's Ica's position to other nations the president referred to the promotion of peace as a great treasure Espe- Espe dally he said uld this government could be helpful In brInging about a closer union with the republics ot of the west west- western ern hemisphere by aidIng them finan- finan financially In constructing International highways and In opening lines of avia Uon We have been drawn Into close re- re relationship relationship with other nations Mr Coolidge said Ild We are more con con- concerned concerned than ever with our foreign af af- faIrs The wealth ot of our people Is going out In a constant stream of record dimensions for tor restoration and development In all parts of the world We want our moral Influence to be beon beon on the side ot of liberty of education of fair elections and of honest constitutional government nt Where our obliga- obliga obligations obligations to our own citizens under Inter Inter- International national law have required It we have extended our help to those who were attempting to secure these results But we have refrained from meddlesome Interference because we recognise not only the right but the necessity for each people to work out theIr own destiny TARIFF POLICY Declaring that the present position of the United States h has been attained not by accident but by following a carefully thought out policy Mr Me Cool Cool- Coolidge Idge held that two ot of the basic reasons for the nations nation's de development have been opposition to the principle of government ownership and main main- maintenance ot of a protective tariff He con con- contended n. n tended that any material reduction of our general tariff rates would ulti ulti- ultimately result In a drastic deflation ot of agricultural and Industrial values In the rate of wages and In the stand stand- standards ards ot of living Under our present system the president said sud our foreign commerce has reached the highest peace time record and our national Income has stEadily Increased to the enormous proportions ot of for the thelast thelast last calendar year This represents a volume ot of production and trade far farIn farIn In excess of that which any other country ever reached It Is the zenith or of our prosperity AU All of this should be considered In any ot of the worth of our long established policy Under the theory that more can be accomplished through government encouragement of private initiative Mr Coolidge added we have sought to a system under which the people would control the government and not the government control the people If economic freedom vanishes ht he said Id political fr freedom dom becomes mes noth- noth nothing ing but a It has therefore been our wish I that the people ot of the country should hould own and conduct all occupations not directly con con- connected with government service When the government once enters a busl- busl business ness neM It must occupy the field alone No leo one can compete wIth It The result Is a paralyzing monopoly The president nt declared that the eco ceo results whIch have accrued to the American people by placing ye- ye reliance liance Ilance In the initiative and freedom of the IndivIdual Is the very try antithesis ot of communism but It has raised the general welfare ot of the people to a position beyond even the promises of the extremists We have demon demon- demonstrated that we were unable to meet ad- ad adversity and overcome It It The test which now confronts the nation Is prosperity There Is nothing more likely to reveal the soul ot of a people History Is littered with stories of na na- nations destroyed by theIr own wealth It Is true that we have haye accumulated a small but blAtant fringe of ex ex- extravagance and waste nourIshed In idleness and another undesirable class who ho s seek k to live e without work A suc- suc successful people are always a mark for forthe forthe the vicious and the crIminal But these thue are conspicuous mainly by con con- contrast The great mass mus ot of our people whatever their possessIons are con con- conscientious and Industrious seeking to serve humanity They know that the ot of eau ease Is fa the doctrine of surrender and decay To the effort which built this country they are gIvIng giving Ing Increased effort to maIntain It The heart ot of the nation Is sound |