The Washington herald., 1921-03-04

PUTS IN BUSY DAY
ON. INAUGURAL EVE
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today. before I assume office be-
cause i thought 1t would place US
on a better footing to meet as
members of the craft, for I am q
newspaper man myself. you know.
--0f one thing i want to assure
you and that Is that you win re-
ceive from the executive Of the next
four years every courtesy becoming
that great once and that you will
be made to feel as welcome at the
White House as should want to
feel II 1 were in your place"
: Among the earlier callers on the
PFesident-elect was James J. Da-
WIS.,. of Pittsburgh. whose appoint
meht as Secretary of Labor the
.President-elect had announced q
few hours previously as his train
left Baltimore.
Completes Cabinet.
This announcement completed the
Cabinet slate. Mr. Davis was for
merly a union steel worker but Is
now a banker in Pittsburgh. though
he is probably known most widely
as the head Of the Loyal Order Of
Moose to the development Of which
he has devoted much time for q
number of years. The new labor
secretary was closeted with Mr.
Harding for q half hour and then
left to get In touch with Secretary
Wilson to arrange the transfer of
thevportfolio on Saturday.
Another appointment announced
by Mr.. Harding just before he
reached Washington was that of
George Christian to be secretary to
the president. Mr.. Christian has
been Mr.. Harding's private secre-
tary in the Senate and is a Marion
neighbor whom the President-elect
has. known from the cradle.
The next callers were a group OF
four Republican leaders who will be
prominent in the councils Of the new
administration. They are John W.
Weeks, who Is to be Secretary Of
War; Harry NJ. Daugherty. the new
Attorney General: Senator Knox.
Chairman of the Inaugural Commit
tee and Senator Lodge, the majority
leader of the Senate. 1t was stated
afterward that details Of the inau-
gural plans were discussed chiefly
at this meeting. administration pol
iicies being touched upon only Incl
.dentally when the President elect
Informed Senators Knox and Lodge
that he desired to consult with mem
bers Of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee on international questions AZ
the earliest opportunity.
o.. Visited By Friends.
Among the callers who followed
~
tfonal Committeeman for Kentucky,
whose friends thought they had
landed him in the Cabinet, but who
is slated for another big job. Joe
Healing, OF Indiana, who wants to
be chairman Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee; Fred W. Upham,
OF Chicago, treasurer of the National
Committee; Hamilton Keayne and
William Hayward, OF New York;
Frank Hitchcock, Gen. Nelson A.
Miles and Frank wiborg. Of Gin
cinnati. a%t0M
Mr.. Harding is going to have Just
the kind of an inauguration he has
wanted from the start. No fuss
and feathers" which he dislikes in
tensely. He perceived the atmos--
phere Of simplicity before he was
half way to the hotel from the
station. Though the streets were
a1utter with American nags there
we're lacking the great parade
stands and the Inauguration crowds
of other days.
There were several thousand peo-
pie on hand at Union Station when
his train came in half an hour ahead
Of time and they gave him a rous-
ing welcome. With Mrs. Harding
on his arm and followed by his ia
ther. DR.. George T. Harding, his
brother. DR.. George T. Harding, jr.;
his sister. Miss Abigail Harding. and
Mrs. Grant Longshore, a niece of
Mrs. Harding, the President elect
walked through an aisle of cheering
onlookers, bowing to right and left.
. The Official party of welcome at
the railway station was headed by
Vice President-elect and Mrs. Cool
idge and the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia.