Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-30
HARDING SEEKS
INFORMATION ON
NAVAL BUILDING
President Elect Discusses a
Wide Range of Subjects;
Win Confer With Hays
and Knox Today.

Marion, Ohio, Dec. ga wide
variety of subjects. including the
coal situation, packer control ana
the naval building program, were
talked over by President-elect
Harding today in dozen confer
ences, which kept him busy from
early morning until late at night.
! The coal production problem was
presented to him by Daniel h.
Wentz of Philadelphia, president of
the National Coal association, who
furnished detailed information
about the present rate of produc-
| ton and the outlook for the com
ing year. Mr. Harding asked many
questions on the subject, but it was
not Indicated what attitude he took
| regarding government regulation
of the industry. Mr.. Wentz was
accompanied by Fred Upham OF
! Chicago, prominent coal man
who is treasurer ofsthe republican
national committee.
Naval Construction.
On the subject of naval construc-
! ton, the president-elect sought IN
! formation from Representative
fPatrick A. Kelly of Michigan
chairman of the house subcommit-
tee which handles naval appropria-
lions. Means of cutting down eX-
/ penditures without gripping ma
tional defense were discussed at
length, Mr.. Kelly suggesting thai
| while the present building pro-
gram was being completed, an in
ternational agreement might be
perfected for limitation of anna
ments. He also urged that the naval
reserve plan be perfected as an
| inexpensive guarantee of sufficlenl
naval personnel.
A committee from Chicago
headed by S. b. Stafford, presi-
dent of the Chicago Livestock ex-
change, took up with Mr.. Harding
the question of government reguia.
ton of the livestock industry and
presented a plea that during the
I next four years the business should
not be harassed unduly by legaI
restrictions. They asked that q
secretary Of agriculture be selected
in harmony with that policy, bu'
tsaid afterwards that they had no.
put forward any particular candi'
date.
with Mr.. Stafford were Everett
C. Brown, president of the Nation
al Livestock Exchange, and ha!
Wood, chairman of the organiZ2
tion's legislative committee
All the members or the deiega
I ton expressed confidence that tn
president-elect would inaugurate
policy to reassure the trade ant
stabilize markets.
4 Another caller was Victor i
Lawson, publisher of the Chicag'
Daily News, who said his confer
ence concerned various domesti'
fnroblems. Charles b. Warren o
Detroit former republican nationa
committeema for Michigan, ais
called to see the president-elect am
had luncheon at the HardinI
home. ......
The day brought no outward de
velopments regarding cabinet Sc
! Iections but the impression wa
given by those close to Mr.. Hard
: ing that at least one or two mem
bers of his official family would b.
definitely chosen in the near III
ture. 1t has been generally eN
pected that the first to be settle'
upon will be a secretary of stat
land secretary of the treasury AM
that other appointments VIII b
announced from time to time later
Tomorrow the president-elect
TO talk to Will II. Hays, promi
nently mentioned for postmaster
general or secretary of the interio
and with Senator Philander {
Knox of pennsylvania, who wit
. Charles E. Hughes. has been i