Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-31
PLANS OF HARDING
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! Harry NJ Daugherty and VIII II. Hays
| the problem Of Cabinet appointments
/ No conclusions were revealed but there
/ were growing indications the two party
/ leaders had been summoned tO give &
! final opinion on two or three Of the mos
| important posts in the official family o.
! the next administration One Of the ap.
pointmcnts foreshadowed for the neal
/ future ia that Of Secretary Of State n place
/ for which Charles L. Hughes is under
| stood TO be under serious consideration
4 secretary Of the treasury seems likely
! TO be named at the same time aud specula-
tion for that position gives greatest
/ prominence to the names of Charles g.
/ Dawes and John w Weeks Most Of the
| other posts viii be filled later and those
close 10 the Fresidcnt-elct say nothing
like a complete Cabinet has vet been
seriously considered
Plans for the Inauguration also were
discussed by the Presdent-elect and Mrs.
Harding during the day with Mr. Hays,
Mr. Daughcrtv, Senator Knox and Of
fcials Of the Washington inaugural com
mittoc T. h Mclean, chairman Of the
committee, and less W Smith, lis sec
retary, laid before Mr. Harding many
suggestions for the ceremony, which II
was said would provide for an old time
inaugural celebration on q scale never
exceeded in the ration s history.
Senator Knox Ii chairman OF the con
gTcssioual committee participating N
arrangements for the Inauguration and II
was partially to confer on that subject he
came to Marion lie also WAS orc OF those
long ago selected hv Mr. Harding as a con
fcrec on the ASSOCIATION OF nations plan
ard the confidence reposed n his Iudg-
mcut hv the prosldcut-elcct has led 10
frequent mention OF his name as q possible
head Of the state Department during the
coming administration.
Other circumstances surrounding the
visit. however. clothed II with peculIar
significance. rumbilugs oi apprchensluns
have been heard more than once III the
camp Of the Senate lrreconciahlcs, rs
Mr. Taft, Mr. Hoover and other friends OF
the Versailles lcaguc succeeded one an
other at the Prcsident-clcct council
table or publicly expressed confidence
that the Versailles covenant would be the
foundation Of the new peace plan.
Fresh from conference with his col
leagues. Mr.. Knox IS understood to have
pictured % tie presldent-elect IN graphic
fashion. the possibilities OF factI0ual
fight. should the new administration ask
the Senate 10 accept any sort OF member
ship ii the league
aPcrsoually. said the Pennsylvania
senator after his long talk with Mr.
Harding. i never credited reports that he
would use the league machinery IS .
basis for tlc proposed association. | could
not imagine how he could nisconstulc the
mandate of the American people or back
track on speeches delivered during the
campaign.
After talking with him am more than
ever 60, fidc1t he will do no sch thing
! am assured hc has 10 set idea II mind
aud am convinced hc is gong to work
out something that will be entirely salts
factory uot o.ly Ia the Senate but TO the
people
In "a memorandum submitted 70 the
Prcsidcut-el,e senator Knox suggested
that . derI.~stloa u policy by the leading
natloss>. pledg them 70 consult and co.
operate # civilization and peace were
thre4tHcd ia the future, would be suf-
tclcnt bass for the new peace society
Tie proposed such declaration be ap-
pended 10 the Knox peace resolution
which be plans to rc-intraducc at the extra
session OF Congress after March
The purposes Of this resolution were set
forth At length IL the memorandum, which
said the measure would be terminate the
technical state Of war, request the Prvsl-
dent % negotiate treaty of amity and