Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1924 — Page 3

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‘BULLY!’ SA YS ROOSEVELT OF SEN. LA FOLLETTE’S FIRST BILL —— Bv ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE T

"MY OWN' STORY" Is an exclusive nev spaper version of one of the great autobiographies of modern times: La Follettes own story of adventures in politics as written by himself in 1912. together with an authorised narrative of his experiences .n the years since then. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS installments After years of fighting the political bosses in the House of Representatives and later as Governor of Wisconsin. La Fcllftta is elected to the Ser ate in 1905. In the Senate he realizes that he is regardd as a crank and a disturber of the peace. He expresses a preference for assignment to the Committee on Interstate Commerce, but receives no response to his letter. Asa member of the Committee on Ind'an Affairs he opposes the sale of Indian coal lands. The subject is so effectively aired in the newspap-r* as a scheme of the railroads to get hold of the Indian coal lands .hat the plan to sell the coal is abandoned. This first fight In the Senate proved to be an important one. It was the the beginning of the battle for conservation of coal lands belonging to the people. I am not aware that President Roosevelt had ever, prior to this time, given expression to any views In regard to a policy upon this subject, but as an evidence of the quickness with which his mind grasped an important subject, 1 mention my first call upon him after the debate In the Senate. Ido not now remember the rurpose of my visit; I do remember his greeting: “Senator La Foilette, by Jove! you struck a mighty good lead on that coal matter in Indian Territory- I think that Is a very important subject."* And I said to him: “Yes. Mr. President, its importance will develop. I am going to work out a bill proriding that the Government shall take over that coal and save It from being exploited by monopoly control.” A Good Tiling “Bully! It la a bully good thing!” “Mr. President,” ’I said. “I think It would also be a good thing applied to all the coal fields of the Govern ment. and I want to come and talk

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to you about that when you haven’t so many waiting to see you.” He said. “I would be very much interested. I wish you would come.” I did go to have a talk with him and I found him not only open-mind-ed upon the subject, but ready to assent to the importance of some action in that direction. I then suggested to him the withdrawal from sale and entry of all coal, asphalt, and oil lands by executive order, but he at once raised the question of the power of the President to act without congressional authority. I argued that the President had such authority, but he said that he would get Attorney General Moody’s opinion on it. When 1 saw him afterward he said that Mooay's opinion left the matter still in doubt, I then told him that I would introduce a joint resolution in the Senate : clothing him with power to withi draw the public lands from entry. Accordingly on June 20, I offered i offered such a joint resolution 1 authorizing the President “to withdraw from entry and sale all public iand3 known to be underlaid with coal, lignite, or oil and all such lands which, in the judgment of the Ureetor of the geological survey, contain deposits of coal, lignite or oil, and that all such lands be withheld from entry or sals until such i time as Congress shall determine ; otherwise.’ I wsa not able, however, to secure , action on the resolution In the l Senate. I next saw President Roosevelt June 30, a few hours prior to the adjournment of Congress. He was then in the President’s room at the CapitoL Impossible I told him it had been impossible ; to get action upon the joint resolution authorizing him to withdraw the I coal lands from sale and entry, at the same time saying that I did not think that such action was necessary on the part of Congress. “Well,” he said in his eharacteris ti ea-id energetic way, “Moody thinks there is some doubt about it, but I'll resolvq that doubt in favor 1 of the public, and after Congress adjourns I’ll withdraw all Government j l ands known to contain coal de- ! posits.” I told him I believed that such |cction on his part would have the backing of ail the people of the counI try, and that I proposed to give such time as I could during the summer , to a study of the subject with a view ■to introducing a comprehensive bill not only dealing with the coal lands ; belonging to the Indians but with all the coal lands belonging to the I general Government. He said “Good! You go ahead, get

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your bill ready and I will make it the leading subject In my message to Congress in December. Come and see me as soon as you return." Not long after Congress adjoined, while on the road in the Middie West filling lecture engagements. I saw a Washington dispatch announcing the withdrawal by the President of many millions of acres of Government coal lands, and that afternoon in an address on the dangers threatening representative government. I told the story of the coal lands and of the President's keen interest in the whole subject.

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What $3 Will Buy in Rink’s Odds and Ends Sale 150 pairs White and Colored Sport Leather Footwear. Values up to sl2, HgfF ■ ■ What $7 Will Buy in Rink’s Odds and Ends Sale 27 Fine Sports Dresses, were $12.50 to $18.50, now. . . . \ 18 Cloth Suits, were $lO to j tisf 8 * sls, now I 96 Silk Dresses, were $lO to gw sls, now / mg 18 Cloth Skirts, were $lO to \ B sls, now I 10 Pure Silk Sweaters, were; $13.50 to $22.50, n0w.... ■ B What $2 Will Buy in Rink’s Odds and Ends Sale 115 Voile, Tissue, Organdie \ /ft aMfet Wash Dresses, each j 46 Wool Sweaters, each I ■ 33 Pieces Silk Lingerie, each.! 28 Fine Cotton Blouses, each. /

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On my return to Washington In December, 1906. i promptly called upon the President. Almost his first words were: “Senator La Foilette, I have got it in the message!” First Draft I told him I had made a first draft of my bill, but that I needed some further assistance In perfecting it. Upon my request he gave me a card to Attorney General Moody and one of the best men in the Department of Justice was assigned to help me. Many weeks were spent In mastering all the literature and legislation upon this question in Great Britain, Germany and New Zealand, and we then prepared a broad conservation measure. In view of the fact that the bill was In a large degree the work of the able assistant assigned by the attorney general, I may be pardoned for saying that it Is the one bill that has been put before Congress that deals with the whole subject in a comprehensive way. Its essential provisions are that all coal lands shall be reserved by the general Government and shall not be sold, but shall be operated under license. By the passage of such a measure the Government would forever control its coal reserves. Before I introduced the bill, however, I called at the executive office and went over It section by section with the President. At every Important point Mr. Roosevelt would smite the table and declare his approval with an emphatic: “Admirable, admirable! that does the business'” When we had finished with the bill, he said: "How soon will you Introduce It?” “Tomorrow’.” I answered. He said. “You may announce, if

you desire, that It Is an Administration measure.” Bill Introduced I was delighted, and expressed my appreciation that this Important measure could have the active support of the Administration. I Introduced the bill, and gave to the press a brief statement of its provisions. Within three days I was surprised to receive a note from the President advising me that he had conferred with friends about the coal bill which I had introduced, and found that it would be Impossible to get support for any such measure; that Its provisions were regarded as too drastic, and that In order to/get "something through” it would be necessary to agree upon a less comprehensive plan. He said It had been suggested to him that Senator Nelson had Introduced a bill shortly before which would be acceptable to everybody. The joint resolution which I had introduced on the 20th of June, 1906, with its preamble reciting the conditions that existed, followed by the President’s withdrawal of the coal lands, had served as a warning that action In some form, thoroughgoing or otherwise, was likely to be undertaken, and Senator Nelson of Minnesota had on the 3rd day of January, 1907, introduced a bill upon the subject. I replied to President Roosevelt’s note by letter, as I wished to place before him a careful analysis of the Nelson bill to the end that he might see that legislation of that character would be not only not worth while, but would, if enacted, serve only to bring Government control and leasing into actual disrepute, and end, as do all compromises with principle, in defeating the very object in view. In my letter to the President I as-

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What $5 Will Buy in Rink’s Annual Odds and Ends Sale 95 Silk Dresses, were $7.98 to sls, 43 Cloth Coats, were $7.98 to $18.50, 22 Cloth Suits, were $7.50 to $12.50, 23 Wash Dresses, were $8.95 to $19.75, 75 Silk Skirts, were $lO to $22.50 25 Silk Blouses, were $7.50 to $16.50, 63 Knitted Suits, were $8.95 to $19.75 *5 What sls Will Buy in Rink’s Odds and Ends Sale 24 Cloth Suits, were $25 to $49.75, 13 Silk Coats, were $25 to $39.50, 141 Silk Dresses, were $25 to $39.75, 34 Twill Coats, were $25 to $35, 29 Sports Coats, were $25 to $39.50, *ls

sured him that no pride of authorship would Impel me to insist upon my bill; that in order to secure legislation upon this important subject I stood ready to support any bill, provided it embodied the principles essential to make this new legislation really effective. In reply, the President did not attempt to answer the objections which I presented to the Nelson bill, but said substantially that if those who were supporting the new policy were not willing to agree upon “something which could be passed,” he would wash his hands of the whole matter and would cancel his withdrawal of the lands and open them again to sale and entry. I state the facts here just as they transpired, because they Illustrate the difference in methods which sometimes rendered it impossible for President Roosevelt and myself to cooperate on important legislation. I acted upon the belief that half a loaf is fatal whenever It Is accepted at the sacrifice of the basic principle sought to be attained. Half a loaf, as a rule dulls the appetite, and destroys the keenness of interest In attaining the full loaf. A halfway measure fairly tests the principle and may utterly discredit it. It is certain to weaken,

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