The administration of Warren G. Harding followed the Republican Party platform approved at the 1920 Chicago convention.
Harding pushed for the establishment of the Bureau of Veterans Affairs (later organized as the Department of Veterans Affairs), the first permanent attempt at answering the needs of those who had served the nation in time of War.
In April 1921 speaking before a joint session of congress he called for peacemaking with Germany and Austria, emergency tariffs, new immigration laws, regulation af radio and trans cable communications retrencment in government, tax reduction, repeal of wartime excess profits tax, reduction of railroad rates, promotion of agricultural interests, a national budget system, a great mercant marine and a department of public welfare plus that he called for abolition of lynching. But he did not want to make enemies in his own party and with the Democrats and did not fight for his program.[1]
The President undertook a very active speaking schedule. In October 1921, in Birmingham, Alabama, Harding spoke out in favor of thoughtfully approaching the issue of race, stating that the nation could not enjoy the promises of prosperity until the matter of equality was addressed.
The Hardings visited their home community of Marion, Ohio once during the term when the city celebrated its Centennial the first week of July. The President arrived on 3 July, gave a speech to the community at the Marion County Fairgrounds on 4 July, and left the following morning for other speaking commitments.
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