The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-28
DOMESTIC MATTERS
 WILL BE FOREMOST
 IN COMING TALKS
President Elect Begins Weeks Conferences With RepreSnt- ative Good-To Resign
 Seat In Senate Soon
By Associated Press

Marion, O., December 27.-Senator Harding, President elect, today inter- rupted his discussion of foreign policy
 prominent citizens to talk matters of domestic concern around which most
 of the discussion during the present
 week will center.
 He commenced his talks on domes-
 tic subjects today with Congressman
 James W Good of Iowa, chairman of
 the House appropriations committee,
 He also talked Max Rabinoff, con
 ductor of the Chicago Opera company,
 on Russian trade.
 Today also brought forth the first
 definite announcement that Senator
 Harding will resign his seat in the
 Senate immediately upon the inaugura
 ton of Governor-ele t Davis and the
 governor elects announcement that
 he will immediately appoint Senator elect Frank B. Willis to the vacancy. This was announced by MT. Davis after a conference with MT. Harding. Tomorrow will witness further dis cussion of domestic questions with Senator McCumber of North Dakota ra hiking member of the Senate finance committed. and Oscar Strauss, former secretary of commerce and labor. DISCUSSES BUDGET SYSTEM
 The conference today with Repre- sentative Good was said to have chief ly concerned appropriations and a proposed budget system.f Tn a state ment issued after the conference Chairman Good said he had pointed out to Senator Harding the importance, as it seemed to him. of having budget legislation passed by the present Con
 gress so the fiscal opera tions of the new administration might be inau- gurated on the budget plan.
 My suggestion" he said, was tha; tite best possible budget be secured al
 once and that later it might be
 modified, if necessary.
 "It is, of course highly desirable , that the policy of the new admins tratioa be formulated as soon as pos sible so that Congress may conform its programme to that policy. The present Congress is making appropria tions
 which will run well into the Harding administration, but which of neces- sity represents the policy of the pres ent, rather than the incoming ad- ministration
 Appropriations, of course, are made l for the purpose of carrying out a i particular line of policy and it is there l fore desirable that the policy should
 be known to the appropriating author. | ities as early as possible.''
 NOT AT LIBERTY TO TALK MT. Good also said he had discusses 1 cabinet matters with the President 1 elect, but was not at liberty to in dicate what they were.
 1 Announcement of the plan for Sena 1 tor Harding to resign immediately 1 from the Senate upon the inauguration i of Governor r-elect Davis and Mir. Davis
 announced intention to immediatel, 1 appoint MT. Willis. disposes of Cover ! nor Cox's offer made a few weeks gc 1 to appoint MT Willis if the senator 1 desired to resign
 | MT. Rabinoff's conference with Sena tor Harding today was said to concern 1 opening of trade relations with Rus,
 sia through the great Russian GOOD.
 erative societies without giving for
 nal recognition to the Russian soviet ! government. He said that opening o1 i trade relations with the United States i is absolutely necessary if Russia is te | be rehabilitated and to save itself | much less to make it's proper contribu. ton to the reconstruction of Europe I