Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-06
I'VE TOLD YOU So"
HARDING TO CONFER
WITH BEST MINDS"
Invites Some. Names Not Given,
to Talk Over Foreign Policies
on His Return.
nv Associated Press 70 Every Evening


Marion. Ohio, Nov. 6 -Prcaident-elect
Harding has already made list uf the
heat minds 10 be consulted first on foreign
policies, and invitations are going for
ward to aeveral To come To Marion at the
conclusion of the months vacation trip
which Is TO be started by the President
elect tomorrow morning Both Republi-
Means and Democrats are To present thei
views in individual and personal talks
with MIR Harding during the winter
montha. but he docs not contemplate. for
the present, at least, any general a.
semhlare Of his advisers. for round-tabln
discussion.
The names Of those already invited
have not been made public but II WAS
said in an announcement from the
President elects office last night that
''men and women who hasee been eminetr
in the discussion of our foreign relations"
made up the list. Additions will be made
during Mr.. Harding's vacation trip, IT was
added.
. Although Ehe President-eiect has never
named publicly any Of those he will
include in HIS consultations, speculation
of q wholly unauthorltative character
has revolved persistently about mum
Der of concpicuous figures who might
answer the description Mr. Harding has
aid down.
So far as the Senate itself is con
cerned. this undcrcurTent of gossip has
carried frequently the names OF such
Republican Senators rs Lodge, OF Mas
sachusetts, chairman Of the foreign
relations committee, Knox, of Penn
svlvania, former Secretary OF State
and a treaty irreconcilable; Johnson, of
California, another Irreconcllahle leader,
and Lenroot, Of Wisconsin, leader OF
the reservatlonists. On the Democratic
side there has been mention, among
others, of Senator'S Underwood of Ala
bama, the party leader; Hitchcock Of
Nebraska. who led the fight for ratlfi-
cation; Simmons, of North Carolina,
and Robinson, of Arkansas
Among those outside the Senate fire.
quent speculative mention has been
made Of former President Taft, leader
for international peace and supporter OF
the Versailles League, Herbert Hoover,
another league advocate; Elihu Root,
former secretary of State and a partici-
pant in the recent international court nc
gotiations; Charles Evans Hughes Re-
publican presidential nominee IN 1916;
Myron T. Herrick former ambassador to
France: Henry +. Dawson, head of the
American Red Cross; former Senator
George Sutherland of Utah, and many
other Republicans.
There is a much smaller list of Demo
csats outside the Senate whose names
gossip has associated with the meet
ing of minds Among them is Robert
Lansing, former secretary of State and
IA member of the Peace Commission,
often mentioned by Mr.. Harding In the
campaign as disagreeing with Mr. Viii
son on some features of the Versailles
covenant; Frank l.. Polk, the State De
partment's former under secretary; Chief
Justice White, and George Harvey, the
New York editor.
There has been even less speculation
with regard to what women would be
asked for advice IN the making of the
new plan for an international associa-
ton IL is expected however, that MIR.
Harding will choose those who have
been closely associated with public ac-
tivities throughout the treaty fight, SO
as TO be familiar with the sentiments
of their sisters regarding American mem
bership in the League, or any substitute
for it,