Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-16
President-Elect Asks
That Mothers Assist
In Shaping Character



De- guarantee of American srruuN o..
the American fulnlm.nt"
American mothers wei, asked h'
president, Elect Hafdlng tonight g. c.''
e. school officials and ,uth'f pub q
servants ful' measure .' cooperation
ia the educational religious and phys
zeal training OF children.
Speaking here before % state Wo'i'
Ing 81 the child conservation league
Mr.. Harding declared % th" duN ~
motherhood a. keen the oidtmr h.m
sniIt alive. in spite .! thr growing
tendency e. crirusi the instruction -
IA. child ALMOST wholly tu public .i
,,itutinns Ho made % particular p''.
tina, religious training bc Kept within
IN, province ~ 90, hyrih and Voiced
hope for revival 81 religious r,v.
.rence in the trying times ahead.
The prcsidcr, elect also asked That
the public welfare agencies " tho un
ton he kept democratic and ,Nprgss'd
disappr0yal ~ the practice u' the rch
An withdrawing their children from ih'
phlic schools and entering them IN ~.
vaic institutions Tie vafnrmo his
hons that grpa, good would D. accom-
rl!shed by the new public welfare de-
partment a. h. proposed hy his admin
lsiration and said hr had fond sent.
mcnt IN and out ~ congress strongly
supporting the plan.
Visitors Received.
Tho address VAS delivered a, the end
81 one of Mr. Hardings husiss, dIv'
since he began his consultations Of
ana association of nations and oilc'
puhlic problems. His callers included
RAYMOND Robins 81 Chicago. q former
leader Of the Progressive party. Senc'
tor A. y. Fall ~ New Mexico, and
George Fred Williams. former Amer
lean minister TO Greece. and the coz.
fersnces are understood 60 have COY.
cred many foreign and domestic Que'
tlCns.
Mr.. Fall. the first member q IN
senate 10 visit the president elect since
his return 10 Marion. csiiie from Nass.
lngton and II said g. have given NJ
Harding detailed adYice on numerous
spbjccts that have been talked over
among Republican leaders IN congress.
II was Indicated that cabinet scl"o.
tons was one of the topics discussed
and that much attention was also given
q the financial situation. Mr.. FNr Il
an advocate Of immediate aid 90 the
agricultural interests VI the country
and told the presidsnt.elcct that un.
less something was done within t'.s
neat three months serious dislocatiou
Of food markets would occur.
Confidence % an acceptable solution
81 the peace tangle was expressed hy
Senator Fail who said after the con.
ference that he believed the prsuder..
elects consultations here were progress
ms toward peace plan that would
Iermit America % regain wrrii Lad.
,fsh.p he said he positively h'ioN,d
a." lest soll'on would he new lnate
o,af,pnce nj Washington al va, =
furupesI lstions would h. ctyrr q
jsin.
senator Fail who has been mc1.
toned IN some quarters for "A cabinet
position. has hccn irreconcilahly oI,
posed 20 the treaty Of Versailles. hu,
said he knew Of no lrreconcilabls seua.
tors who wanted no world peace assn.
citation a. all.
Mr.. Robins talk with the president.
elect was directed toward economic
and social conditions. although tbs
financial and labor situation in tho
United States also was discussed Al.
Williams presented a carefully pre-.
pared association plan which he S,ia
was favOrably regarded rs a numloi
Of prominent Americans
During the day senator Harding also
talked with VIII A. Pcars of y :
Moines. Iowa, about the movement Tor
exchange Of scholarships between Uni
Versiti,s IN Mexico and the Uni'cd
States. Afierward Mr. Pears said the
plan had the p.e.dentelect's hearty
approval though h. did no; considc: II
matter for governmental action.
Tomorrow Governor Coolidge %, Mas.
gichusetis, the vic, pres.d.rt.elcci.
Will talk over administration police
with Mr. Harding. he will reach Ia.
rion early Ia the morning ~ sp,ud
the forenoon az the Harding residence