Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-23
HAROING NEAR SOL l TION IF
 BIC PROBLEMS
 FACING NATION
World Peace Plan, Based On Moral Influence, Said to
 Have His Approval
CABINET IS MYSTERY
Announcement of Appoint ments Not Expected Before
 the First of Next Year

MARION, Ohio, Dec. Although many important decisions remain to be made. it became known tonight that President Elect Harding's series of conferences here have brought him much nearer the solotion Of the big problems of his administration
 world peace plan, based on the united moral influence of the great powers. is taking more or less con crete form in his mind as he gathers advice Cn the subject from every viewpoint.
 Available material for the cabinet has been sorted painstakingly, and although no appointme nts have been offered. the field of possibilities has been narrowed sharply. Definite an nouncement of selections for two CT thre of the most important portfolios may be made early in the new year On the problem of reorganizing the elaborate executive machinery at Washington the plans of the presi- dent-elect are less complete, but he at least had gathered much. informal tion and advice and has settled upon central scheme of procedure. He proceeded to build his cabinet from the very beginning about the idea of a readjusted Jurisdiction among the respective executive departments. These are the outstanding accom- plishments CT the deliberations about Harding's council board here, but the discussions also have devel- oped many policies of lesser promin- ence. He is keeping an ear to the ground for information on the labor situation and on financial conditions. He has inquired into the question of agricultural relief and has sought for the real story of the nations military and naval status.
 Not Vet Committe d. So far as the world peace plan is concerned, Harding still remains free from final committal to any definite and detailed program During his conference here. however, he has placed upon the table an outline of procedure which he formuated long before the campaign was over In an avowed spirit to give and take, he has filled in feature here and there and has erased others at the sugges- ton of his conferees. Much still is to be done. but the president-elect views the progress already made as insmng success.
 Roughly. the plan as it now shapes up is understood to contemplate a diplomatic exchange with Great Brit ain, France Italy and Japan soon after the new administration begins on March f. asking that they con slider the possibilities of an agree ment between them and the United States to exert united moral force for world peace IL is net expected that the proposal will suggest in any respect a political alliance. though il may reiterate the faith of the United States in a world court in which all nations might voluntarily become litigants
 What the next step might be must depend on the willingness of the four great powers to cooperate. Harding has very expectation that they will be ready to second such a move, and if they do. diplomatic conference at Washington is among the possibil- ities
 At such a conference would be de termined such questions as the avail ability of The Hague tribunal and league in weaving the texture of the new covenant
 Cabinet Still in Doubt.
 From the first, the question of the more important cabinet selections has been bound mp with the world peace program and Harding has weighed the qualifications of possible