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HARDING PLEADS FOR
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
FOR CHILD TRAINING
Urges That Religious Teachings Be
Kept Within the Province of the
Observation-Disclosures And
Others Asked to Help

Marion, Ohio, Dec. 16.-American
mothers were asked by President
elect Harding tonight to give to
school officials and other public SER
wants full measure of cooperation
in the educational, religious and ply
sical training of children.
Speaking here before a state meet
ing of the Child Conservation league,
Mr.. Harding declared it the duty of
motherhood to keep the old time
home spirit alive in spite of the
growing tendency to entrust the in
fuence of the child almost wholly
to public institutions. He made
particular plea. that religious train
ing be kept within the province of
the hearth, and voiced a hope for
revival of religious reverence in the
trying times ahead.
The president-elect also asked that
the public welfare agencies of the
nation be kept democratic and ex-
pressed disapproval of the practice
of the rich in withdrawing their
children from the public schools and
entering them in private institutions.
He reafirmed his hope that great
good would be accomplished by the
new public welfare to be proposed
by his administration and said he
found sentiment in and tut of con-
gress strongly supporting the plan.
Address at Church.
The address was delivered at the
Methodist Episcopal church here at
the end of one of Mr.. Hardings busi-
est days since he began his consul
tations on an association of nations
and other public problems. His call
ers included Raymind Robins of Chi
cago, a former leader of the Progress
sive party: Senator A. B. Fall of
New Mexico and George Fred Will
liams, former American minister to
Greece, and the conferences are un-
derstood to have covered many for
eign and domestic questions.
Mr.. Fall, the first member of the
senate to visit the president-elect
since his return to Marion, came from
Washington and is said to have CIV
en- Mr.. Harding detailed advices on
numerous subjects that have been
talked over among Republican sena-
tors. Mr.. Fall is an advocate of i'm
mediate aid to the agricultural in
terests of the country and told the
president-elect that unless something
were done within the next three
months serious distortion of food
markets would occur.
Confidence of an acceptable solu-
ton of the peace tangle was ex-
pressed by Senator Fall, who said
that ne believed the president-elect's 8
consultation here were progressing
toward a peace plan that would per-
nit America to regain world leader
ship. He said he personally believed
the best solution would be a new
peace conference at Washington at
which European nations would be
eager to be present.
Senator Fall, who has been men,
toned in some quarters for cabinet
position, has been. irreconcilably op-
posed to the treaty Of Versailles, but
he said he knew of no irreconcilable
senator who wanted no world peace
association at all.
Conversation With Robins.
Mr.. Robins talk with the presi-
dent-elect was directed toward eco
nomic and social conditions abroad,
although the financial and labor situ-
alton in the United States also was
discussed. Mr.. Williams presented q
carefully prepared association plan
which, he said, was favorably re-
regarded by number of prominent
Americans.
In his address here tonight, Sena-
tor Harding said:
"In my address to women voters
last October /, spoke of my desire
that there shall be created in our
government department of public
welfare. 1t is with some satisfac-
ton that I am now abole to say to