The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-08
Members Want to Honor Him Before His Depar-
 ture for Washington
PLANNING TO MAKE
 EVENT NOTEWORTHY
Members of Organization Will Unite In Showing Esteem and Alice tion Felt for Citizen Honored
 By President Wilson

m nonor or w. r. G. Harding. VII has been asked to become a member 0 the federal reserve bank board. the Bir mingham Newspaper club will entertai him at a dinner to be given May 27. Ar engagements looking to the details of tn dinner were discussed yesterday after noon after MT. Harding signified his ac ceptance of the invitation to be a gues of the newspaper club at the affair to b arranged for him.
 It is the desire of the club to signify t MT. Harding and to the public at large the general feeling of elation in Bir mngham by reason of his selection for position on the federal reserve board an, Birmingham that the well known financie of this district has been selected for s signal an honor.
 At meeting of the entertainment com mittee held yesterday it was decided tha the dinner would be held on May 27. Thi date was selected for the reason that MT Harding will leave Birmingham for Wash ington. 1t is believed. about May 30. il order to be in Washington June 2. to talk up the work that he has signified a will ingness to accept.
 MT. Harding has been a member of tn press club since its early formation H, was a guest at the cluu gridiron dime given on March 12, 1913, to celebrate in way the return of the democratic part. to power in Washington. He was on, of the first men to signify acceptance 0 an associate membership in the newspa Der club as now constituted and has beei since that time one of the most loya boosters of that organization
 The entertainment committee of tn press club has determined to permit an. member of the press club to attend tn dinner. inasmuch as the dinner Is to b. given to Mr Harding by the member of that organization. The decision wa also reached to limit the number to at tend at AO, and to assess the member who attend $l0 each. There will be issue, no invitations except to MT. Harding an, perhaps some out-of-town citizens. So | IS entirely consistent for any member O the press club to send to Secretary Will liams A. Dameron a check for $l0 for ; seat at the dinner to be given MT Hard ing. MT. Dameron will acknowledge re ceipt of the funds so sent him and vii assign the member of the club to hi seat for the dinner May 27.
 Secretary Dameron said last night tha he hoped the acceptances would be sen promptly as 1t was absolutely necessar. that they be in his office prior to May 20
 Make It Notable Event
 The friends of MT. Harding among tn newspaper men have started out to mak the farewell dinner given him one of th most notable that was ever given citi zen of Birmingham 1t will be attended by the most prominent members of tn, rress club in Birmingham and some tha are nonresident members Communica tion having been established with som, nonresidents has already brought the in formation that they would be intensely pleased to attend.
 Col. W. T. Gentry of Atlanta, who ac cidentally heard of the proposed dinner to Mr. Harding, was enthusiastic abou 1t. He has recently been elected presi dent of the Capital City club and Is on, of the foremost citizens of Atlanta
 T am nonresident member of tn, press club said Colonel Gentry, and have a meeting of my directors in New York on May g, but l will have tha meeting postponed if possible and atten, in Birmingham the dinner to MT Hard Ing. I cannot think of any southern maj who is better qualified to assume tn work on the federal reserve board thai MT. Harding. I think the idea of tn newspaper club to tender MT. Harding dinner Is an unusually happy one, and shall be pleased to attend. If 1t is pos sible. It Is a fine tribute for any citi zen to have the universal esteem and af lection of the newspaper men and fo Mir. Harding to leave Birmingham know ing that the boys think well of him | a tribute that I am sure he will appre ciate.'