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HIGH SPOTS IN PRESIDENTS MESSAGE WASHINGTON I C May 20 President Wilson in Itis message to Congress today recommended re ¬ peal of the war time prohibition law so far as it applies to wine and beer only announced definitely that the railroad systems and telegraph and tele ¬ phone lines would be returned to private ownership urged a revision of war taxes particularly to abol ¬ ish the manufactures and retail sales excises and outlined generally a program respecting labor laborThese These were the high spots of the presidents message cabled from Paris Besides that he again urged enactment of the woman suffrage constitu ¬ tional amendment recommended that the tariff laws be supplied witii teeth to protect American industry against foreign attack spoke for legisla ¬ tion to facilitate American enterprise through the expansion of shipping and backed Secretary Lanes program for land for returning soldiers
