The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Got
Job Easily
Appointment of Friend
Takes Load From Hard
ings Mind.
By LABERRT ST. CLAIR.

Well. there is one thing, anyhow,
that Warren, G. Harding does not
have to worry about.
The President-elect has satisfied
Ned Mclean, editor OF the Washing
ton Post and the Cincinnati En-
quirer. so well that Ned will not
be asking for any further honors
at the hands of the new President.
Mclean has been made chairman
of the citizens committee that is TO
handle arrangements for the inaug-
uration. Furthermore, he is active
ly at work on the job.
Back of all of which lies a story
that is interesting. 1t was told me
by one who was in Harding's camp
back in the days when the camp
did not consist of much except Hard
ing and a few others.
During those dark days, HARDING
found the shedding for publicity out
in his home State of Ohio mighty
rough. Most of the papers were
talking Jimmie Cox and none OF
them that amounted to anything was
talking Harding. There was much
grief in the Harding camp over the
scarcity of news about it's favorite
candidate.
Then, one day, McLean's Cincin-
natl Enquirer, a mighty fine old
sheet, came through with some
space. And, after that. it kept com
ing through with first-page stuff
right along. 1t practically carried
the Harding campaign in Ohio.
Came then the election of Harding
and the President-elect did not for
get his friend. Mclean. When word
came to Harding that Mclean would
like to be chairman of the inaugural
committee he got the job right of
the bat.
The way that Mclean is working
on the job is to his credit. He has
called in number of his friends
and got his committees working
and already money is flowing into
the treasury for the big job of meet
ing expenses. Mclean is very
happy in his work, it Is said.
Look for Mclean to be busy So
cially during the Harding admins
tration, too. His family and the
Hardings long have been warm
friends.
The bitter truth about that pic
ture of Calvin Coolidge milking a
vermont cow, which was released
last summer along with some other
pictures of Coolidge doing some
hefty farm work. is out at last.
Coolidge really was not milking
the COW at all. He was just posing
for the, pictures and as soon as they
were snapped he let go of the COW
and she went her way to the pas
ture and he went his way to Boston.
The photographer and the gov
ernor were wandering around the
governors farm, up near Plymouth,
w. when the picture man sighted
COW and suggested that he be
permitted to snap the governor in
the attitude of milking. To all of
which the governor agreed.
obtaining a bucket, the governor
approached the COW in a friendly
manner and made q grab for her
But she was not the kind of a COW
that may be approached and milk ed
just any old place. She was &C.
customed to being milked indoors.
so Wien the governor began waving
the pail in a manner suggesting
that milking time had arrived, the
COW rushed for the barn.
Naturally, 1t was impossible to
milk the cow in a barn and take a
picture of the operation on account
OF the lights, SO the governor and
the Photographer took up the chase
and sought to head on and calm
the COW betors she entered the COW
shed. BY some hokus,pokus not
explained, this feat was accom-
plfshed. The COW decided that the
men meant WELL so she remained
quiet for minute while the gov
ernor pretended to milk her. Then
she skedaddled. ~