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TLS as president, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, March 30, 1922. Letter to Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio, in full: "I am very sure you can make a speech at Bangor that will meet all the requirements of the situation and awaken the ardor of the Republicans of Maine without any suggestions from me. I do not think there is any embarrassing question to deal with except that of the bonus legislation. My own advice concerning that subject is to let it alone until we find some acceptable method of solving it. However, you will know best how to proceed on that subject from your own understanding of the situation. I understand that the Republicans of Maine are in such a position that they are obliged to commend it in their platform. I think you can make a very strong appeal on the work of the International Conference on the Limitation of Armament, and if I were going to speak in New England, or elsewhere, I would make a strong point of urging the earliest possible enactment of the new tariff bill. My own judgment about the administration is that the biggest work done is along the line of lowered cost of administration. If Congress will only sustain the Budget Bureau we will make accomplishments in the way of economies which will give us our finest appeal to the American public. These savings are really larger than have been proclaimed thus far. I may say to you confidentially that the reasons for not over-proclaiming the savings made has been that we have not wanted the money saved to be appropriated for expenditure in some other direction." In fine condition.
Writing as Willis prepared to address Republicans in Maine, President Harding candidly highlights the issues he believed would best rally the party: the achievements of the Washington Naval Conference on arms limitation, passage of a protective tariff, and the administration’s efforts to reduce federal spending through the new Budget Bureau. His caution on “bonus legislation” refers to the controversial proposal to compensate World War I veterans, which Harding supported in principle but resisted without a clear funding mechanism. The confidential closing remark is especially revealing, showing Harding’s concern that publicizing budget savings too loudly might simply encourage Congress to spend the money elsewhere.
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