Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-06
HARDING FORCETS
CAMAP|GN TRIALS
FOR HIS VACATION
PreSident-EIect to Take UE
Problems Before Him
on Return.
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS
WILL BE FIRST CONCERN
Cabinet Appointments Not to b
Given Thought During
Rest Period.
BY the Associated Press.

Rest Period.
BY the Associated Press
ON BOARD PRESIDENT ELECT
HARDING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, Novem
Der 6.-Starting for a months vacatio,
trip to southern Texas and Panama
President-elect Harding today laid asid,
the last cares of the presidential cam.
paign for an interim of real rest am
recreation before he takes up serioush
the responsibilities of his coming admin
stration.
Although his mind already is at worl
upon the preliminary details of his frs
administration policy, A plan for a new
association of nations, Mr.. Harding doe
not propose to let the task interfere will
MS outing. He has asked several lead.
ing statesmen to prepare their views OF
the subject for him, but his conference.
TO receive advice will not take plac,
unul after he returns to Marion abou
December 6.
The President-elect has made it know,
that compilation of opinions on tn.
association Of nations proposal will b.
MS nrst concern. in preparing for hi,
responsibilities at Washington, takinf
precedence even over his choice of
cabinet. Cabinet appointments, he ha.
announced. will not be given any though
at all during his vacation.
In Brownsville Monday.
The special train carrying Sena.
left Marion at 7:30 this morning
pound for Point Isabel, near the
southern tip of the Texas coast. where
the President-elect will spend twelve
days hunting and fishing After thai
ne is to make an ocean voyage to the
on the middle Atlantic coast He will
speak in Bedford, Va, on December
5, and will go Immediately from there
to Marion.
Making the trip south by way OF
st. Louis and San Antonio, the sena.
tors train will reach Brownsville
Tex. Monday morning, and the party
Will motor from there to Point Isabel
twenty miles away. Point Isabel Is
only SIX miles distant from the Mex
lean boundary and from the south
ernmost tip of continental United
States. 49,.
Guest. 81 Party.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harding on
the trip were Harry NJ. Daugherty
ton campaign: Senators Frelinghuy.
sen or New Jersey. Hale Of Maine and
EIkins of West Virginia, and Edward
u: Mclean, the Washington publisher
His secretary. George B. Christian,
1r, and his family physician, DR.. c.
Ice men and newspaper men also wera
on the special train.
The secret service detail, assigned
to Mr.. Harding as soon as he was
elected to the presidency, was In
charge of Miles McCahill. formerly OF
the White House staff at Washington
James Sloan. former secret service
man. who has acted as the senator's
unofficial bodyguard durih the cam
paign. will be retained in That capac.
ity. in cooperation with the guard
detailed officially by secret service
headquarters.
Declines President's Offer.
President Wilson's offer of battle.
ship to carry Presdent-elect Hardin.
to Panama on his vacation voyage wsr
declined by Mr.. Harding
The Presdent-elect wir.;,: 20 1ash.
ington that although he was thankfy. ior
Mr.. Wilson's courtesy he already had
perfected his plans for the trip and hao
engaged passage south from a gulf pori
on passenger steamer.
The sailing plans Of the Harding party
have been the subject of considerable
negotiation between Harding headquar-
tiers and steamship companies, and al
though the first impression of officials
here was that use OF battleship would
offer a welcome solution, the senator
himself decided he would prefer to keer
the booking agreement already made
He sent this telegram to Secretary Dan-
iels, who had transmitted the Presi-
dents offer:
Il most gratefully acknowledge your
gracious telegram in which you convey
the Presidents thoughtful courtesy IL
directing a warship to be placed at m,
disposal for a contemplated trip 10
Panama along with the use of the MAY
flower for connection al Hampton roads
Please assure the President of my CRATE
full appreciation of his consideration, but
l cannot accept because ] am travelling
by railroad to a vacation point in Texas
and have booked to embark from a gull
port for Panama.
Il thank you also for your courtesy. .
Will Call in Advisers.
President-elect Harding already has
begun fulfillment of his campaign
promise to consult the nations lead
ing minds with regard to a new asso-
citation of nations.
A list of those to be consulted first
has been drawn up. and invitations
are going forward to several to come
to Marion at the conclusion of the
vacation trip. Both republicans and
democrats are to present their views
in individual and personal talks with
Mr.. Harding during the winter
months. but he does not contemplate,
for the present at least, any general
assemblage of his advisers for round
table discussions.
Although the President -elect has
never named. publicly, any of those
he will include in his consultations.
speculation of a wholly unauthoritative
character has revolved persistently
about a number of conspicuous fig.
ures who might answer to the de-
scription Mr.. Harding has laid down.
So far as the Senate itself is con-
cerned. this undercurrent of gossiu
has carried frequently the names OF
such republican senators as Lodge
of Massachusetts,, chairman of tn for
eign relations committee: Knox OF
Pennsylvania. a former Secretary OF
State and treaty irreconcilable,
Johnson of California another ir-
reconcilable leader, and Lenroot Of
Wisconsin. leader Of the reserya-
tionists. On the democratic side there
have been mentioned among other
of senators: Underwood of Ala tar';'
the party leader; Hitchcock of Ne
braska. who led he fight for uurs
served ratification; Simmons OF Nor
Carolina. and Robinson OF Arkans"
Taft ans u,c~r- Mentioned.
Among those outsihe the SEM
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