TTrrc MOTCNTXO OUFGONTAX. WEDNTESDAT. DECEMBER 8, 1920
HARDING IS SILENT
. UPON HIS POLICIES
President-Elect Listens but
Keeps Own Counsel.
CABINET REMAINS VEILED
Conferences With Senators, Other
Republican leaders, Fail to Dis
close Future Action.
THE OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU,
.Washington, Dec 7. President-elect
Hardingr's two days' visit to Wash
ington has revealed nothing- of his
policies, except that he is etill de
termined to call congress into extra
cession soon after the inauguration.
He did nothing to satisfy the curi
osity of those who were especially
Anxious to gain some injtling of his
Intentions as to cabinet appointments.
Hi conferences here with some of
the "best minds," it is learned, were
not in reality conferences at all.
Mr. Wilson's successor ventured no
suggestion of his own. views, but
proved a good listener. He appar
ently came here to close up his work
In the senate and to get the ideas
f party advisers.
o Cabinet Pledges Made.
His ability as a listener proved
matchless, some of the republican
Jeadere said. Xot only was it dis
closed positively that he made no
pledges as to cabinet appointments
prior to the election, but It was the
conviction of several who talked with
him that he has given little thought
even as yet to the personnel of his
official family. His attitude, it was
eaid. was that of a judge. He heard
all of the evidence, but gave no In
timation of the possible verdict on a
large number of matters presented
to him.
Not only party leaders, bnt old
time friends of the rank and file
were pleased with the cordiality of
the president-elect, who displayed no
disposition of aloofness whatever.
There was the absence of all that
spirit of stiffness which the sudden
rise to greatness sometimes brings, it
,was commented.
Much Information Acquired.
He showed very much deeper con
cern over economic questions than
about the disposition of the patron
age which, to some individuals, looms
as the vital issue before the country
from now to March 4. It is the
opinion of observers that he acquired
much information of value from his
advisers while here, and that he will
work fast when he gets back to his
home at Marion, O.
He can, of course, wake no an
nouncement of definite policies until
his inauguration, but there are hints
that the identity of at least two or
three cabinet" appointments will be
fairly well understood soon after the
first of the year.
The conferences here included all
the republican leaders of the senate
of every shade of opinion, but one
of the most important interviews is
yet to come. This will be with Her
bert Hoover at Marion, sometime
around January 1.
Hoover- Ha Economic Programme.
Mr. Hoover is not interested in the
least In the politics of the Harding
administration, but he has numerous
suggestions to make with regard to
the economic conditions in this coun
try and of the reet of th world,
insofar as the affairs of other na
tions influence America's well-being.
Although it is only eight years
artnce Woodrow Wilson instituted the
policy of appearing before congress
personally with his messages, the
statesmen on the hill appeared to
have become so accustomed to that
practice that there was a lack of ap
preciation of the written message
when it came in today.
And so accustomed had the door
keeper of the house been to announc
ing on such occasions, "Mr. Speaker,
the president of the United States,"
that he stumbled and had to be cor
rected by the messenger from the
White House carrying the document,
who exclaimed in very good voice:
Mr. Speaker, a message from the
president of the United States in
writing."
Senate Lets Mesnnge lle.
The senate did the heretofore tm-teard-of
thing when the message
arrived of letting it Ire on the desk
for 25 minutes while the debate con
tinued over the Norris resolution to
revive the war finance corporation.
In the house the one enlivening
incident was the ovation given to
Champ Clark, veteran democratic
floor leader and former speaker,
when he rose to answer a question
of Representative Good, chairman of
the committee on appropriations.
The applause started on the re
publican side and became contagious,
the entire house rising to pay tribute
to the old Missouri democrat, who
retires on March 4 by reason of the
landslide in November which swept a
republican into office in his place.
DUTY IS HARDING'S VISION
(Continued From First Pafre.
cials should have a good deal of time
before March 4 in which to study
their problems and prepare them
selves for prompt action after they
take office. To this suggestion Sen
ator Harding gave no sign of assent
or dissent.
Finance Meetings Advised.
He was urged to ask the commit
tee on finance of the senate to begin
to hold meetings for the purpose of
preparing a tentative programme for
revising the taxes. About this sug
gestion Senator Harding did nothing
except to express a whole-hearted
conviction that the taxes should be
revised as early as practicable.
Incidental to this plan for revision
of taxes, Senator Harding was urged
to give bis Indorsement to a plan for
refunding the government debt, a
plan which would extend all liberty
bonds for 60 years and would divide
the refunding issue into three classes
of bonds. One class would be free of
income taxes on large incomes, an
other free of income taxes on medium
Incomes, and a third free of income
taxes on small incomes. The purpose
cf this division is, of course, to make
the new issue as attractive as pos
sible to different groups of Investors.
Party Leadership Pressed.
Senator Harding was urged to as
sert leadership of the republicans in
the present congress, without waiting
unttl March 4. He was urged to act
as If he were the party leader and to
put his shoulder behind a programme
of legislation for the present session.
To this urging, apparently. Senator
Harding showed rather marked dis
sent. He was urged to make some public
utterance in the shape of indorse
ment of the budget bill and do what
he could to press the budget' 'bill
through the present session of con
gress. Except to express the hope
that the budget bill would pass in
the present session. Senator Harding
did nothing about this.
Senator Harding was urged to
seize the first occasion possible to
make a speech, or some other public
utterance, concerning the troubled
state of business. He was urged to
say something that would, give com
fort and assurance to those who have
been harassed by the fall . in prices
and the slow-up in business". "He was
urged to say that all this is merely a
normal episode of after-war condi
tions, and to try to focus the minds
of business men of the country on
the hopeful signs In the situation,
and to say we have tvery reason for
hopefulness"" and every reason for
knowing that the depression is mere
ly4 temporary. Particularly he was
urged to say that the new adminis
tration would be sympathetic and
would set about doing everything
possible to stimulate national pros
perity. .
Senator Would Be Sure.
ATI these things were urged upon
Senator Harding, and as to practically
all of them he was noncommittal.
He gave the impression of wanting
to be very surefooted.
Whether any of Senator Harding's
callers brought up tne subject of cab
inet appointments, or wh&ther Sen
ator Harding's friends brought up
the subject, the present writer has no
knowledge, but he is etrongly in
clined to the belief that, while Sen
ator Harding himself is giving much
thought to these appointments, none
has yet been rendered.
Quite as Important and more inter
esting in a human way than the mat
ters of politics and statesmanship
connected with Senator Harding's
visit was the personal impression he
made. He met the newspaper men,
some 60 of them, in a body. He met
the senate in a body, and he met.
either individually or In groups, a
considerable number of republican and
democratic senators and leaders. So
far as it is possible to make a gen
eralization based on so large a num
ber of Individual contacts, it is safe
to say that the impression Senator
Harding made was extremely happy.
Almost his chief preoccupation
seemed to be a wish to live up to the
proprieties, to be considerate of oth
ers, and to let all his acts and utter
ances be governed by a high-minded
aspiration for what is best.
Kindliness la Reflected.
The Impression he made was, above
all. one that reflected friendliness and
consideration In him and Inspired
friendliness and consideration in oth
ers, when he spoke in the senate yes
terday. I sat facing all the eenators;
I saw no face that did not shine with
kindliness. Even . Senator La Fol
lette, whose devotion to individual
standards frequently brings him. into
situations where he stands apart from
almost every other senator even La
Kollette's countenance beamed with
kindliness and approval and he put
obvious' enthusiasm into his applause.
A reasonable proportion of so brief
a visit was given to things in which
his primary interest was sentimental.
The dinner at the apartment of Sen
ator New was that as well as some
other incidents more intimately per
sonal. Senator Harding really re
grets leaving the senate. This is a
bold thing to say, but It is literally
true. He did not seek the presidency
and would have preferred to remain a
senator.
I was surprised that so few of his
hearers seemed to grasp the dramatic
quality in the candor with which be
said. In his speech to the senate:
Senate Post Preferred.
"If one could always direct his own
political fortunes to his liking 1
should have preferred my member
ship here to any office a citizen may
hold in this republic." Those of us
who have followed the Intimate .poli
tics of the last year know that this
Is exactly correct as a matter of his
tory, and that the sentiment came
from the heart and reflected the feel
ing of the next president of the
United States. All in all, Mr. Hard
ing gave the impression of a man
who is giving up a career of com
parative ease with reluctance; who
realizes that the presidency of the
United States is not a glory that you
enjoy but a duty, that you live up to.
He gave the' impression of a man who
is rather regretfully giving up a ca
reer that had become familiar and
easy and taking one which he sees Is
composed more largely of self-sacrifice,
in which the single chance of
success lies In stern and unremitting
devotion to the highest attainable
standards of duty.
MORE Ifl WASTE BARED
KECOXDITTOXIX'G OP .TRANS
PORTS REPORTED EXCESSIVE.
International Mercantile Marine
and Atlantic Transportation Com
pany Firms Benefited.
'WASHINGTON", Dec. T. Payments
by the war department to steamship
companies for the reconditioning of
ships used as transports during the
war were in at least two cases great
ly In excess of amounts adludged
equitable by boards of officers, Lieu
tenant Otto Runde Jr.; in charge -of
the legal branch of the army trans
port service at Hoboken, N,-J., testi
fied today before the house .war ex
penditures investigating committee.
He was the only witness today at
the resumption of the inquiry and
said the excessive awards were made
by Colonel John 'J. Bradley, assistant
chief of the army transport service
and port commander at Hoboken, who
had been empowered by Seeretni-v
Baker to disregard the dpdainn. r
officers' boards and to make final
settlements himself.
The two cases cited by Lieutenant
Runde were the transport Kroonland,
owned by the International Mercan
tile :Marlfie company, and the steam
ship Manchuria, owned by the Atlan
tic Transportation company. When
the former was turned back to its
owners, he said, the company filed
a claim of $655,303 for refitting the
ship. A board of survey, composed
of army officers, however, recom
mended payment of but $108,220 and
a board of review subsequently in
creased this to $205,950. The owner.",
according to the witness, said- they
would wefuse less than $550,000, but
accepted Colonel Bradley's offer of
$457,000 in settlement. V
In the case of the Manchuria .ac
cording to Lieutenant Runde,' the
owners sought $1,060,000 for repairs
and damages. A board of survey rec
ommended payment of $160,000 but
Colonel Bradley settled the claim by
authorizing payment of $450,000- ac
cording to the witness. Eight cases
involving the return of transports to
the owners have been disposed of,
Lieutenant Runde said, and 30 more',
involving claims of approximately
$12,000,000, are awaiting settlement.
Poland Needs German Trade.
WARSAW. Dec. 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Poland's only salva
tion from the present depression aris
ing from her economic situation is a
commercial agreement with Germany,
says a memorial presented the Polish
cabinet by Ladislas Grabski,"- who
recently resigned as minister'; of
finance. His statement-caused a- sen-sation.
BACKERS OF FARMER
E
Renewal of Efforts Results
From Senate Delay.
NEEDED VOTES ASSURED
Resolntion Can Bo Called Up at
Any Tims by Unanimous Con
cent to Majority Vote.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 7. Undaunted
by failure to obtain Immediate action
In the senate today on farmer relief
legislation, proponents of the legisla
tion announced tonight the intention
of renewing their efforts to bring
their proposals to a vote. Chairman
Gronna of the senate agriculture com
mittee declared the farmer relief
forces had the assurance of enough
votes to pass the legislation and were
determined to dp it.
Objections of 'Senators Lodge and
Glass blocked consideration of the
pending resolution directing revival
of the war finance corporation and
the extension of more liberal credits
to farmers by the reserve banking
system. The republican leader said
time had jiot been given for senators
to study the proposition and suggest
ed that manufacturers of New Eng
land were having the same diffi
culty as' the farmers in obtaining
needed credit.
Senator Gronna said tonight that
as soon, as the testimony taken, in
the hearings By his committee was
printed and- placed In the hands of
the senate he would press for con
sideration of the resolution. Senator
Norris, its author, also declared the
matter would be accelerated.
The resolution is on the senate
calendar and can be called up at any
time by unanimous consent, or by
majority vote. Its supportors said
tonight they hoped to have it taken
up and acted upon during the morn
ing, hour so as not to conflict with
the packer regulatory legislation,
which .is - due to come up tomorrow
as. unfinished business.
The senate agriculture committee,
which reported the resolution, in the
meantime will resume hearings to
morrow with a view of devising other
remedial legislation, for the producers.
WITHHOLD IX G CROPS DECRIED
Reserve Board Head Against Loans
to Enable Holding Products.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 7. De
claring his attitude unchanged to
ward extension of credit to enable
the withholding of staple crops from
market. Governor Harding of the fed
eral reserve board tonight urged dele
gates to the American farm bureau
federation convention here to take
to heart the old saying that "things
are never as good, or as bad as they
seem." He told the farmers the coun
try was passing through Its after-the-war
adjustment and said "that it is
most desirable that there be no feel
ing of undue depression or despair."
Expressing the desire of the federal
reserve board to do everything it
properly can to help the farmers
in their present predicament Governor
Harding declared it was impossible
for any banking system to provide
funds for withholding all staple crops
entirely from the market for any
length of fme. Some agricultural
products, he eaidv may not be salable
at. any price and as they must be car
ried over, for account of some one,
"they had better be carried for the
account of the producer."
He suggested that the federation
consider co-operative marketing,
greater diversification of crops and
the maturing of farmers' obligations
over periods extending from October
to March as a means of preventing a
repetition of -present conditions
Discussing apprehension of farmers
as to their current indebtedness Gov
ernor Harding said that in his opinion
if the farmer would go to his banker
and make a frank statement of his
condition agreeing to make orderly
sales of, his products as the market
develops, he would be able to make
arrangements for present pressing
needs and for the requirements of an
other, season.
"I shall not undrtake to predict the
course of prices, but I will say that
prices are relative and that barring
shortages, prices of all commodities
rise and fall together," he added.
"While the decline in prices of the
goods the farmer has to buy has not
been commensurate with the slump
which has taken place with respect
to his own products, there is every
reason to believe that within a short
time inequalities will adjust them
selves either the price of farm pro
ducts will advance or the price of
other goods will decline. Thus in the
event that there is no substantial im
provement in the price of farm prod
ucts, it seems certain that the cost of
producing next year's crops will be
greatly, reduced."
Warning against advocating mea
sures for temporary relief without
considering their ultimate results,
Governor Harding said:
"One of the most effective utter
ances of the president-elect during
the recent campaign was his state
ment that he favored 'more bulness in
government and less government in
business.' We must remember that
war time measures are not generally
adopted to peace conditions, but no
matter what the course of legislation
may be, the solution of our economic
and financial problems will depend
mainly upon individual effort, and
calls for good judgment and forbear
ance, self-reliance and co-operation
and a display of courage and optim
ism,, which, after all, is really justi
fied by fundamental conditions."
Immigrants Wanted on Farms.
NEW YORK, Dec 7. Plans to in
duce immigrants to settle in farm
.
MftSUR
UNDAUNTED
ing districts of the northwest were
discussed by nine officials of western
railroad companies who accepted an
invitation of Frederick A. Wallls,
commissioner of immigration, to visit
Ellis island today.
LIQUOR INQUIRY ORDERED
Astoria Police Department Under
Fire In Hart Whisky Case.
ASTORIA, Or Dec. 7. (Special.)
Did the Astoria police. department fail
to account for 18 of the 22 cases of
Scotch whisky- which officers are al
leged to have seized when they ar
rested Henry Hill of Aberdeen and
searched his boat? That is a -question
which the municipal . council has
ordered? investigated. ---
Hill pleaded guilty in the federal
court at Portland a few days ago to
a charge of violating the national
prohib'tion laws. At the same time
he said Astoria police took 22 cases
of whisky from him, but the records
ehow only 53 bottles, or slightly more
than four cases, were turned over to
the federal authorities.
Chief of Police Carlson claims that
the 53 bottles were all that 'were
seized. The council has authorized
Mayor Bremner to appoint three
members of the council and three'prl
vate citizens to make the investiga
tion.
ALLEGED THIEF SET FREE
United States Attorney Releases
Man Charged With Embezzlement.
SEATTLE, Wash, Dee. 7. United
States District Attorney Saunders
announced ""today receipt of a tele
gram from Attorney-General Palmer
ordering immediate release of Robert
L. Ward, general manager of the
Shangba4 Motors corporation of China,
who is at liberty under $5000 bond on
charges of embezzlement, forgery
and theft preferred by the United
States district attorney at Shanghai.
Ward, with the permission of the dis
trict court here, left last night for
San Francisco, where his firm has of
fices. - ...
Under instructions from the attor
ney-general. Ward's bond will be re
leased and jewelry and other articles
held since he was arrested will be re
turned, to .him, Mr. Saunders said.
GAMBLING CHARGE FACED
Aberdeen Raids Result In Arrest
' of Thirteenth Suspect.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec 7. (Spe
cial.) Matt.hew Farquar was arrest
ed yesterday on a charge of operat
ing a gambling room.
Farquar was the 13th prisoner to
face a' charge of gambling within the
last few days, or since police and
state authorities started a campaign
to close many places of chance in
the city. He is at liberty on $600
bail.
Arthur McMahanj Carl Bensen, John
Laxdal, T. C Shamblin and J. T. An
derson, arrested in the first and sec
ond raids -of this character within a
week, have paid fines of $5 each. It
was shown by evidence at their hear
ings that they have been playing for
cigars and other small stakes.
TEACHERS FORM COUNCIL
Code Commission Legislation Will
Be Worked For by Members.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec 7. (Spe
cial.) Teachers of Grays Harbor
county, at a luncheon Saturday com
pleted organization of a County Ed
ucators' council. George Fields, su
perintendent of the Cosmopolis, Wash,
schools, was elected president, - and
Miss Geneva Johnson, county super
intendent of schools, was chosen sec-retary-tr9asurer.
The council will
meet quarterly during the school
year.
Active support of the code commission-
legislation will be taken up
by- the county council, in addition to
matters immediately affecting co-operation,
between the schools of the
county.
MILLS HELDJN DANGER
Northwest Interests Doomed Un
less Rates Drop, Is View.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec 7. (Special.)
The flour milling industry in the
northwest is doomed unless freight
rates are lowered, declared R. IX
Lytle, traffic manager of the Tacoma
Grain - company, before leaving here
Monday to represent the North Pacific
Millers"association before the Trans
continental Freight - Bureau confer
ence in Chicago. Likewise he will go
to Washington, D. C, to take the
millers' agument for a lower rate on
flour before the Interstate Commerce
commission. .
Mr. Lytle will study wharfage rates
onyie Atlantic seaboard.
Harney Swamps Investigated.
SALEM, Or,:'' Dec 7. (Special.)-
Millar McGilchrist and L. A. Lilje-
quls-t. deputy nttorney-generala. left
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