The Washington herald., 1920-12-17
Vice President-elect Dis
cusses Feasibility of
New Plan.
DOES NOTFAvOR
LIVING IN u. S. HOME
Declares Scheme Inappro.
pirate, Urging Ecoho-
mics by Government.
Nv SAMUEL w. BELL.


Calvin Coolidge. Vice President elect.
to Marion today apparently added
little to the development of the Re-
publican attitude toward the inter-
national situation, nor did 1t con-
tribute materially to the accomplish
ment Of President-elect Harding'sI
Job of determining a future foreign
policy. Dismissing the league of
nations and kindred perplexing is
cues with hardly more than perfume
tory consideration, the President and
Vice President-elect chatted for two
or three hours about matters closer
home, for instance. Cabinet possibili-
ties and the feasibility of having the
Vice President participate in the
Cabinet meetings of the coming Re-
publican administration. On the
latter point, it is understood, a def
mite agreement was reached. Ad-
herring to his first campaign pledge,
Senator Harding will ask the Vice
President to sit with the Cabinet.
and Coolidge will accept. AS for
Cabinet possibilities neither Senator
Harding nor Gov. Coolidge would
discuss the suggestions which had
been proposed. the President-elect
offering a reiterstion of his former
statement that mo Cabinet post has
been proffered to anyone"
Quite aside from it's relationship
to my own status" said Gov
ernor Coolidge, II have been graft
fled at Senator Harding's declaration
ttat he intends to make the Vice
President a more significant part in
the administration.
Acting In Harmony.
To whatever extent 1t may be
possible for me to be helpful, il will
be great pleasure to aid him, and
l will be very sure that my part
can be played in all sincerity and
all singleness of aim, because the
developments of the campaign and
our interview of today have made
me certain that We will approach
the problems of the next four years
with harmonious purposes. / have
found that he is deeply impressed
with the gravity of the tasks before
his administration, determined to
secure real unity of national ef-
fort that shall displace all possibili-
ties of factional and partisan diff
ference, and eager to make the re-
cent overwhelming majority of the
nations vote the pledge of a new
era OF good feeling and national
unanimity"
The Vice President elect indicated
plainly that the clamor of official
g n ~ ~ m
He is not inclined to regard with
particular favor the recent pro-
posal that a residence be provided
for him in the National Capital.
Several homes have been offered
u.s." he said. speaking of the situa-
tion in Washington, "but ] have not
attempted to determine ANYTHING:
indeed, / have not been in Wash
ington since the early DAYS of the
campaign. However, ] am not in
favor of the suggestion that has
been made for providing a large
establishment for the Vice Presi-
Dental residence. 1t seems to me
that such things would be inappro-
pirate at time when we are all
giving our thought to enforcing
economies in both government ex-
pense and private living"
Bryan Visit Today.
The visit here tomorrow of Will
lam Jennings Bryan, who comes
also to address Presbyterian gath
ering in Marion. Is looked forward
to with considerable interest. BRYAN
Is the originator of the recent sug-
gcstion made by Col. George Har-
vey that as a substitute for the
league of nations the powers
agree to submit the question of Of
fensive war to referendum before
engaging in hostilities. Bryan's
suggestion was embodied in a res
orvation to the treaty offered in
the Senate by Senator Owen. of
Oklahoma, and voted down. 1t
failed to excite much interest until
recently put forward by Col. Har-
vey and elected the comment from
Senator Harding that it looked like
"a big. idea"
Copyright, 1890, Public Ledger CO..
Gov Coolidge's train was four
hours late and on his arrival he
held a brief conference and was
then taken by Senator Harding to
the Marion Club for a reception.
A delegation of thirty-five head
ed by a band arrived this afternoon
from Hendersonville, N. c., to in
vite Harding there for a vacation.
limitations today, however. seemed
to favor Miami, Fla. though no de-
ctsion has been announced.
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