The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-12
Daily Financial Gossip
By HOLLAND

New York. November 11.--(SpecialO Among those who will meet President elect Harding soon after his brief va cation is ended to discuss with him. the part which the United States can take in perfecting an association of nations which will be satisfactory both to this country and to our allies will ln all probability be Col. Edward Man eell House.
 For Senator Harding's attention vilf he called by some men of influence in t4is city 10 the fact that Colonel Housn would be able to give detailed informa- pon tuiier and more complete prob- ably than any other man now in rhis country would be able to do respectina> the various conferences, discussions ana personalities now identified with thet raming of the so-called Wnson covenant and treaty. Coionel House s'hee his return from Europe a few weeks ago, has met many men of in tluehce Ierhaps the majority of them
 were republicans. Nothing that he nas said to them has suggested any rartisan influence. He has spoken as an American. He believes that an as soclation or league or by whatever name It may be called, can be perfected which will be satisfactory to all. He has no plan of his own He is, how ever, fortified with vast fund of in formation.
 some of it was imparted to him con hdentially, but much of it he is free to s.ve and it is information which pre- sumably would be of great value if it were given at the time of the informal conference at which Senator Harding ropes there can be meeting of minds Colonel House does not as yet know and probably will never receive any knowledge which will explain to him why the administration at Washington has ignored his existence for more than year. All he does know is that after his return from Europe in the spring he received no intimations from Wash lhgton that the administration was aware even that a man of the name of Edward M. House is now living in New Aork. He does not complain, nor does he reveal any sense of humiliation or regret. When this matter is referred tH he says no more than this 'T have received no word from Washington since I returned from Europe"
 Colonel House believes that what ever agreement is reached and what ever action may be taken after Sena- tor Harding becomes President should be entirely free from any partisan sug- gestion. He holds that it is an Ameri- can matter not to be distinguishes l either by any republican or democra tic support but by agreement which rep resents the best thought of the entire reople.
 HE WOULD ACCEPT
 Intimate friends of Colonel House who have recently been in conversa- ton with him say that if he were in vited to take part in this informal and yet important conference with the Fresident-elect he would gladly ac- cept. Believing. that he might furnish some information that would be of value. He might be free to tell some thing of his many conversations with Lloyd George and with other British statesmen. So also, he was for time in intimate association with others who took part in the conference which at last formulated what in this coun- try is known as the Wilson covenant and treaty. He knows what the atti- tude of some of the leaders upon the ether side of the ocean is towards the relation of the United States to an association of nations so organized as 70 make it reasonably certain that the