The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-27
President Will Be on the Job In
Europe.
Says He Will Officiate When
Overseas.
NAME M,AD0O'S SUCCESSORS
Will Issue Statement for Public
This Week
And Address Congress as 1t
Comes Together.
NAME M,ADOO'S SUCCESSOR,

comes lOSetneTs
Washington, Nov. 27.-No weight
is attached by President Wilson to
the argument of critics of his plans
for attending the peace conference
that upon crossing the sea he loses
his right to perform executive duties
and must allow them to devolve upon
the vice president.
1t was said officially today that the
president will administer the duties of
his office as completely aboard ship
and from Paris as tho he were in the
United States. He holds that there
are no constitutional difficulties and
wireless and cable communication
solves the physical problem. Secre-
tary Tumulty, instead of being mem
Der of the peace party will remain in
Washington thruout the presidents
absence and conduct the affairs of the
White House Offices as usual He will
be in constant touch with the execu-
tive, and expects to submit by cable
or wireless matters to be acted upon
just as he now submits them person.
ally or by messenger.
There still was no announcement to-
day of the presidents plan nor of the
personnel of the peace delegation. The
understanding is that at least one place
on the delegation remains to be filled
bdt tAidI lllc PicSlucAI cAPSCtS " Dc
able to make the names public before
the end of the week. 1t seems as
sured that the party will sail some
time next week, within two or three
days after congress convenes for the
December session. A full statement
of his program may be given by the
president in his address to congress.
which is expected Tuesday.
: Before leaving, President Wilson
will make a full statement to the
country as to his purposes in going
and outline the work of the admins
tration while he is away.
|. Name Two Officers.
Either simultaneously with his main
announcement or at approximately the
same time, the president will name the
two men he desires to take up the
posts of secretary of the treasury and
director general of railroads. left va
cant by the resignation of William G.
McAdoo. He will confer with McAdoo
Friday relative to these two appoint
bments. =. --
Representatives of. the press asso-
Citations probably will accompany the
president on the George Washington.
Other newspaper men will sail on a
starts.
The date of the presidents sailing
will depend on congress.
He hopes that both houses will as
sembIe promptly next Monday so that
| he can deliver his annual message al
once. He is now working on it and
will leave for France as soon after its
delivery as possible, probably the next
| day.
Still another situation which is Civ
| ing the capital much to talk about
| is the restiveness of congress over the
| conference plans. That the president
| will attempt to assuage this restiveness
\ by taking congress into his confidence
\ is held certain.
| Congress May Act.
| If he doesn't the situation may
crystalline soon in positive action in
| congress.
Unless the president notifies the
| senate foreign relation committee OF
some plan to keep it's members advised
while he is abroad as to the progress
| of negotiations, some committee mem
\ bers probably will demand either that
! a member of the committee be dele
gated to go to the peace conference
| or that the whole committee go.
| Both plans have been discussed in
formally Senator Johnson, California
a close friend of Senator Knox. who i:
! a member of the committee, suggested
/ that the committee or a Subcommittee
make the trip. Knox and johnson
| have thoroly discussed this idea ant
|
mittee. There have been intimation:
that Democratic members would sup
| port some plan, if the president doe:
not manifest enough interest in the
committee to take it partly into hi!
confidence.
| Democrats Join.
Even Democrats may join with Re
lpublicans next week in openly discuss.
ling the dissatisfaction felt in some
lquarters.
| The situation confronting the presi-
dent he prepares to sail is unique
lin his experience.
| Manifestly there is more dissa tisfac'
ton over his course than there ha.
been over almost anything he ha.
sponsored.
incidentally, the presidents sugges
ton for food aid to the central EN-
pire is now crystallizing. For instance
ISecretary of Agriculture Houston
echoed it today in an appeal to thu
iAmerican farmers for a record break
ling crop production.
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