Evening star., 1921-08-06
PRESIDENT STARTS
| ON HIS TRIP HOME
AFTER VACATION
Spends Day at Poland
Springs on Links-Yacht
Starts Tonight.
EXECUTIVE VISIT
WIDOW OF SENATOR
He Makes Speech at Gorham
to Tubercular Sol
diers.
By the Associated Press.

u! the Associated Press
LANCASTER. " H.. August g
President and Mrs Harding said good
bye today to the vacation retreat here
at the top of Mount Prospect, where
they nave been the guests since Tues
Gay Of Secretary of War Weeks
Leaving this morning by automobile,
the party planned to nave lunch at
Poland Springs, Me, and in the even
ing to board the presidential yacht
Mayhower at Portland for their return
voyage to Washington.
The President probably will spend
most of the afternoon at Poland
Springs playing golf. During the late
AFTERNOON he is expected to 60 into
Portland and call Oh Mrs Mary Douglas
Hale, widow of Senator Hale and
mother OF Senator Frederick Hale who
has been member of the Mount Pros
pect vacation party.
The Mayf1ower will sail about 10
o'clock tonight
Friday Was Strenuous Day.
Leaving his vacation lodge near
Lancaster shortly before 8 O'Clock
yesterday mol":.', the President mo-
tored 1f0 mics. delivered four
speeches, held tw 0 public receptions.
played eighteen iotes OF golf and in
spected the Gor,lam Tubercular Sana-
turned to Lancaster at nightfall The
other places in which the chief eXecu-
tive spoke We're North Stratford.
Colebrook and Berlin. In each speech
he alluded to the nations efforts TO
receive a guarantee OF lasting peace
in the coming disarmament conference
and pledged himself 20 put this test
into the task.
The growing impression of Ameri
can leadership was an outstanding
element in every instance.
I'D like ours to be God-fearing
people" he said here. committed TO
the task of reforming the world and
teaching mankind that it is not good
to make warfare"
In Colebrook. North Stratford and
Berlin Mr.. Harding spoke to throngs
that crowded about his automobile
in a fashion recalling campaign days.
The speech at Gorham, the only one
of the four that had been pre-ar-
ranged, was delivered from the steps
of the tubercular Sanatorium. with the
fifty patients of the institution and
several hundred townspeople gath
cred before him.
Speech at Gorham.
While it always is a pleasure TO
visit your beautiful country, said the
President. we have driven this way
today particularly TO give me an OPP
portunity 10 express the interest of
the executive and of the government
in the welfare of the men who offered
everything they had in the service
of our country.
Il know l speak the heart OF Amer
lea when l say to the men impaired
in the world war that America rs
interested in thrEl in every way II
knows how to express itself. L do
not want this great republic OF ours
ever to slow UP one moment until
it has done everything it can to make
them whole again.
There was some criticism recently
of the interest of the administration
in passing by temporarily the con-
siteration of what was known as
the compensation bill. ! want to say
TO YOU that the chief reason was that
we all believed that we owed our
first consideration to the men impaired
in service.
1T is a wonderful thing, and it is
some compensation in itself. to have
served ones country and then come back
whole in mind and body. but it is far
different to come back impaired, and
that is why l am anxious that the coun-
try do everything il can to make you
whole again.
Praise for America
1T is a great thing to have given
ones life for country, but il is great
thing also to live for country. And no
matter what may be the discourage
ments, sometimes, our America is The
finest place in the world to live in. L
want an America where each is con-
cerned for the welfare of others.
IF i may tell you my own ideal for
this republic, Id like ours to be an
| America of mutual consideration, an
America of good will, an America OF
perfect understanding. an America of
abiding justice. nay, more, I'd like ours
to be a God-fearing people committed
| to the task of reforming the world and
teaching mankind that it is not good to
make warfare. l believe that it is going
to be the mission of America, and If L
can be your representative in promoting
| that ideal, l shall not have served in
vain"