The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-08
President-Elect Urged to Des-
ignate Secretaries of State
and Treasury Immediately.
Regrets Leaving the Sen
ate
National Political Correspondent Of Tn
lntelligenccr and y. y. Evening

Nv MARI sullivan

National Political Correspondent nt me
lmelligenccr and y. y. Evening
Post.
washington. Dee T.--Wh"n S"na tor
Harding left Washington on Tuesday
AFTERNOON he had spent almost exactly
forty hours In the capital ne 81" Il
good muny persons ana they tCta mn!
a good many things Harding himself
did more listening than talking. About
the only thing that he himself initiated
was :; movement looking Ia ~ earl!
action nS is reasonable on whnt Is CON
vcnieaIly called the League OF Nati". =
question, hut Is. in fact. the whole
problem Of our foreign relations. lie
brought this up with several members
OF the Senate Cnmmittc" on Foreign
Relations and with other senator's ana
urged action on their part in"Sin " IL
irving at common grounds Tor action
Senator Harding has been himself Il
member Of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittce and sat with Il during all thr
sessions that dealt with the i.ragn" o.
Nations He knows the various points
and lie tried Oh Monday and Tu' SdtH
10 make beginning toward iind:nE
common ground on which all these d!f-
ferng views can meet.
This Is about tho only affirmative
thing that Harding did. about the only
things. Among the suggestions laid be-
fore him by one or another OF those
who called were the following:
lie was urged to name his secretary
of state and his secretary OF tne
treasury Immediately without waiting
until he had made up his mind about
IN. cabinet as a whole. The idea OF
those who urged this course was lhat
the names Of these two officials wo1id
cary 4 certain amount OF weight win
the public. and would give business
men aud others interested basis upon
which to make their calculations LOT
the future. 1t was urged: also thdI
these two officials should nave RooS
deal Of time before the Attn OF March
in which to study their problems ana
prepare themselves for prompt action
after they take office.
To this suggestion Senator Harding
gave no sign Of assent or dissent.
He was urged to ask the committee
on finance of the senate 10 begin y"
hold meetings Immediately ior me ruI
pose Of preparing tentative program
fo- revising the taxes. About THIS Sug-
restlon Senator Harding did nothing
except to express wholeheaItcd con
ylction that the taxes should De re-
yiscu as early as practicaple
Incidental to this plan for revising
the taxes, Senator Harding was urged
10 give his endorsement TO a plan lot
refundlug the government oeot' a pan
which would extend all the Liberty
Bonds for sixty, years ana would G'sIaS
the reminding issue into three classes
Of bonds: one class free Of income taxes
IN large incomes, another free Of in
come taxes on medium incomes and
third free OF income taxes on sMsIl IN
comes, The purpose Of this division is,
~ cnursn 10 make the new Issue as at
tract!rc as possible to different groups
of investors.
Senator Harding was urged to assert
leadership of the Repuollcans IN me
IA.
Morci'h 4 He was urged 10 act as II
hn We're tn, party leader and to put his
shoulder behind a programme Of legis-
Iaijon for the present session. To this