Achievements Of Warren G Harding
Warren G Harding was the 29th president of the United States. His term in office began in 1921 and ended in 1923 when he died from a stroke. He was also a newspaper publisher, a Senator from 1915 to 1921 and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1903 to 1905. |
Not much is spoken about the achievements of Warren G. Harding. However, he has quite a few to his credit. Harding was responsible for establishing the Bureau of Veterans Affairs. This is the same office that later evolved into the Department of Veterans Affair. His rationale behind establishing this office was to cater to the needs of those who served the nation during the time of war. He was also instrumental in creating the Bureau of the Budget and thus, becoming the first US president to participate in matters pertaining to federal expenditures.
He was also instrumental in reducing the tax rate from 65 percent to 25 percent. During a joint session of the Congress in April 1921, Harding called for having peace with Germany and Austria, he also called for new immigration laws, have laws to regulate radio and trans-cable communication, do away with increase of wartime profit tax, cut the railroad rates, promote agriculture, have a department of public welfare, have a national budget system and an outstanding merchant marine.
In addition, Harding was all for abolishing lynching but he did not want to upset the members of his party and the Democrats, so he did not pursue this further. Harding was also the first US president who took questions from reporters. He enters these questions into a pool and answered them during press conferences. He was known to time the conferences so that reporters would have sufficient time to meet their deadlines in the morning.
In addition, Harding hosted the Washington Naval Conference where he convinced the Japanese have a fleet of practically no ships. He was also instrumental in breaking the British and Japanese alliance along with his Secretary Of State. However, this did not go down too well with the people as they feared that the Americans would end up fighting the British and the Japanese in the Far East.
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