Speech #670311154

in his keynote address to the House. reciting the alleged accomplishments of the Harding administration in enacting legislation beneficial to the country. called attention to numerous private bills which are of no benefit to anyone except the private. individuals in whose interest they were enacted. and man.y of them are: of the. most glaring species of graft. He..also. with heaving bosom. swelling chest. and great pride. called* attention to public bills which are the product of ad1.1705 I ministration intelligence. He recited the emergency tariff law. the immigration bill. the Budget bill. the peace resolution. the bill providing for a Treasury deposit of $25.000.000 for the Farui Loan Board. the bill organizing corporations to promote foreign trade. the decentralization of the War Risk Bureau. the bill for Federal supervision of the meat industry. a good roads bill in conference. a bill to extend farm credits through the War Finance Corporation In conference. This Is about the sun and substance of nearly four years labor. as detailed by Mr. M fiDEr.. and most of this legislation is not constructive but is destructive.