Arizona republican., 1921-01-22
HARDING PLANS COMP LITE REST FOR TWO WEEKS;
 TO BURY CARES
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 ON BOARD PRESIDENT ELECT HARDNG's TRAIN. Jan. 21-Presi- dent-elect Harding put his cares out of mind tonight as he neared Florida and told his companions on his vacation jaunt that he proposed to forget entire ly. for the next two weeks, the import ant decisions that are ahead of him.
 Would Isolate Self
 Except for a short time during the afternoon, when he worked on cor respondence that had been crowded out in the final preparations for leav- ing Marion, he rested and deported himself as an ordinary tourist during his days trip sotthward across Ken lucky and Tennessee. His private car, attached to a regular passenger train, attracted unusual attention at only one or two stations along the way.
 Arriving at St. Augustine shortly De- fore noon tomorrow, Mir. Harding ex- pects to get into his vacation clothes at once and after a game of golf to go aboard the house boat selected as his nome during the fishing expedition that will occupy his first two weeks in the south. Tn his talks with correspon- dents and other members of his party today. he re- emphasized his desire to cut himself off during this period from all thought of the subjects he has hac under consideration at his Marion con- | ferences.
 Mir. Harding's spirits rose appreciab- | ly at the prospect of his respite and al
 though he looked more careworn thaI when he passed through Kentucky anC | Tennessee in October on a campaign | trip, he greeted with a smile the group! ' t. raf a~fre stops to shake his hand. At Oaldale 1 Tenn. where there was a delay of T.
 minutes to change engines, he got ou and entertained a grinning audience O. railway switchmen by walking raj with the spryness of @ 15-year- Expect Final Cabinet Decision l Despite his efforts to get away trofi ] his worries. however, speculation abou
 the cabinet situation increased rathe
 than diminished among those abou
 him on his trip south. At the sam
 time. indications multiplied that tn
 whole problem still is in state of flu
 and that final decisions on every one
 the 10 cabinet places must be reache
 during MT. Harding's stay in Florida. , It was said authoritatively that sue tenders of cabinet places as the presi [ dent -elect has made are conditions and that many clements of the situa tion remain to be harmonized befoT there can be actual selections. The lai est suggestions heard among thos close to Mir. Harding is that Charles } Hughes, generally regarded as a lead I ing possibility for secretary of stat [ might be offered the attorney general I ship instead and that the state portfol might be given to Elihu Root, who: T friends are understood to be bringir '. strong pressure to bear in his behal Tn the same quarters. it has bee . proposed that Charles c. Dawes, Oh y cago. urged prominently for seeretal % of the treasury, be given the position
 governor of the federal reserve boar ' leaving the treasury post for A. q Mellon of Pittsburg. So far as n ' Harding himself is concerned, nov z ever. he is maintaining silence and . putting the whole question over for d. .' cision after he returns to St. Augu i tine from his fishing trip.