Arizona republican., 1920-12-12
HARDING INVITES. MASTER MINDS IF
 BOTH PARTIES TO DISCUSS LEAGUE
Bryan, Root And Hoover Among First Who Will Confer With Harding On Foreign Policies
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MARION, Ohio. Dec. 11.-As he con- tinued his consultations today on an association of nations, President-elect Harding let it be known that he ex- pected to seek opinions of more than a hundred men and women before in- auguration day and that his confer ence. during the coming week would include some of the most notable fig ures in both political parties.
 W. J. Bryan, Elihu Root and Herbert Hoover are among those he will con- suit virtually at the outset of his ef- fort to find a middle ground on which divergent schools of national thought may unite. He said tonight he wanted no element of the recent league fight left out and was equally anxious to hear any new plan of international concert which might seem practicable.
 Mir. Hoover is to be here tomorrow, MT Root Monday and MT. Bryan Fri day. From each Mir. Harding expects to gather much of an informative na- ture, as well as much advice on the practical problems of diplomacy. MT. Hoover was a member of the Yer i sailles peace delegation and the other two have beeh conspicuous figures in ! internatiofal affairs as secretaries of state.
 1 The appointment with Mir. Bryan. like those with Mir. Hoover and Mir. Root was made at Senator Harding's request. Since the league of nations discussion began there has been much talk about the Bryan arbitration 1 treaties as a possible basis for inter- national amity of a broader scope and it is understood that for one thing the president elect is anxious to hear first hand about negotiations from which these pacts resulted. Mir. Bryan's ad- vice is expected to be interesting in view of his active effort to secure rat ifieation of the Versailles treaty with Republican reservations.
 Afr Roots experience as secretary Of state has been Duttressed by several ] weeks of consultation with leading statesmen of Europe formulating a world court under the Versailles league. Provision for some such court has been favored by Mir. Harding as part of an international peace covenant and the work done is expected to bt one of the principal subjects of his talk with Mir Root
 Meets Hoover Today
 The meeting tomorrow between Sen ator Harding and MT. Hoover will bt their second since MT. Harding wa. nominated MT. Hoover was one O. the first to be consulted by the senator after the Chicago convention and it i.
  understood that the league issue wa: discussed. The conference tomorrow will be a two-hour talk to go ovel again some of the ground covered. Several others. including Governor Coolidge. the vice president elect, ar, 1 on MT. Harding's calling list for nex l week. Some of the names were with, held, the president-e explainins ] that engagements are being added daily in his effort to bring all element: of opinion into his conferences. si Most of the day Mir Hoover spen ) in consultation with Colonel Georgi ] Harvey, New York, who was one o 2 his most conspicuous advisers on for Q eign politics during the campaign. 7 Colonel Harvey came to Marion yes 2 terday and it was said much of tn < talk today was devoted to the question F of conducting the coming consuIta . tlons in the most efficient way. Tn P i colonel will remain over Sunday.
 Tonight Senator Harding again de
 nted any places in his cabinet ha n been formally offered. saying that n i tender had been made to anyone.