Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1916 — 2,000-Word Presidentia Message Noted For Brevity. [ARTICLE]

2,000-Word Presidentia Message Noted For Brevity.

Washington, Ndv. 23. —President Wilson’s annual message to congress, now in the printer’s hands, contains about words and is among the shortest documents of its kind on record. It points out that the reports of the several government departments will be made before congress separately and that, therefore, their details are not’discussed. The president emphasizes the uncompleted legislation on. railroads suggested by him at the last session to meet the threatened railroad strike as the most pressing problem facing congress. He then goes on to a general discussion of other domestic problems.

Mrs. J. A. Swartz came today from Brookston to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Malchow.