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ding, Prv<ident-elect, stepped on the
dock and vaa cheered mostly.
Then something stirred the people
VINO remained aboard the snip. and
they cheered, too. cheered for Ae an
assuming man tAat taey had cen day
after day aboard min until ;aeg were
no longer curious about the aunber Of
his breakfast buckwhca. cakes or his
skill at Switchboard
wv ere all Of us contemplating .he
problems ahead, the very Great and
dilhcult problems rn4t confront our
nation, SAID Senator Harding i'm his
address At the Academy oi Music in
Newport News In all the HISTORY Of
mankind there IS nothing comparable
To what the world has gone thloagh in
the last i've years. Tie standard o.
clvll!zation tnat was our Inheritance
has been cnda, ~oeod We cauno. ssy
even ye1 that civilization is solvent.
No one KNOWS precisely what the NOR
row viii be, but | have an abiding
faith that the heart Of America is
right
Representative s. OTIS bland intro
Hdceo Senator Harding 10 thi, audi
ence of Nirginians, and i'm doing so
recalled me Wor0s OF Patrick Henry
that he wss no; "a Virginian but an
American, aai this gave -he Ohio SEN
"."' q happy opportunity 10 oNprcs. q
r.ope ,or tne complete Disappearance
from American life Of sectional uar-i-
SansAlp. After that Senator HARDING
revealed ONE Of tine orderly proces-.
SION oil though that have passed
through nis mind while he has boon
a.ilig 4Ad sleeping H. sea
Hmerlca.' he declared. "must hc =
nation OF shipbullocrs and shin on,r-
a'ors or the nigh seas Here in this
a'h'oap phete OF shiQbn.lGlrg | feel ihis
mos' Keen y. haze iuSt come from
i~0ara, where ve lave seen The trans
formation wrough' by NnAinc the
oceans. II represents one great Amer
lcan achievement
II should serve a. d constant re-
mln1er tnai w must make aur AM~r-
lea q maritime nation. There has noon
no truly great nation that has not been
great maritime nation want 10
Hccsaim l.s day whom America viii be
the mos emlneat OF maritme nations
Views Narship Construction
On the way 70 the csdcmy Of Mu .c
lhc Harding party mad been tal...l
through the wards of the Nevoor <ovs
.>mpoulldlng and Dry Dock Company.
"nete Senato~ Harding .aW grlmy
woiNmer swinging hoavy hedges as
they r'Netet together sections Of the
keel plate al the S45u00Oao battle-
mp iowa and The equally xqenslyc bat
t!e-crniser Constellation. which 1t IS
hoped wAcn completed Viii bc able r.
need ari ses 10 steam ,,ftcr enemy shiDs
a. Sac amazing rate Of i5 mites an
fo9r. l!o also saw Tive partially com
rletea iarylanf and altogether it was
Welcome sieh1 af'er viewing 1T
Panama the vo"fullr Inadequate 9c-
lenses Of the Canal Tore
Speaking Of 'nc-e potential additions
to the American nav Senator Hard
ing said
90" hope the good sense o. mankind
"lii BRING about Some Approximation
Of disarmament NOT to'al disArula-
ment- but want navy equal to the
task Of projecting our shipping and
equal 10 thc aspirations OF this coun.
try
yhen senator Harding spoke Of Pres:
dem Wilson. saying that he did mot
went TO critcise him. but that it va.
useless TO evadc the fact that he vae
not ~ harmon. VIII him in foreign
affairs.
u want ours TO b. an .aaortrare~
America, DECLARED tho Prosidoat- nloet.
ard the Virginia Democrat approved