The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-19
BY GEORGE X. HOLMES,
International News Service.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. Feb. 49,
The perplexing job of'trying to plug
up the few remaining vacancies in
his Cabinet was laid aside tempor-
arily today by President-elect Hard
ing while he took up two phases Of
his Presidential duties which will!
command attention by the time the
new Congress assemblies early in
April.
CONFERs WITH HUGHES.
One Of these concerned international
affairs primarily. and was taken up
with Charles Evans Hughes. who IL
to be the new Secretary of State. The
other concerned purely domestic af-
fairs. particularly taxation aud tariff
legislation. and for ,his Representa-
tive James w. Fordney OF Michigan.
chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, was called into con-
, sultation.
~ While the President -elect has caro-
fully refrained from com .nenting on
International affairs or the new ad-
ministration's plan in regard thereto.
there is reason to believe that in the
almost four months since the election
Mr.. Harding has formulated certain
definite ideas concerning International
relations which he will carry with
him into the White House two weeks
hence
In recent talks with callers the
President-elect has spoken generally
Of "a pian." but he has not indicated
what 1t embraces other than that re-
duction of armament is an important
part of 1t. 1t Is to talk over these
plans, among other things, that JUS
ttce Hughes was summoned to Marion.
TAKES UP TARIFF BILL.
Mr.. Harding the status of the emer-
gency tariff bill which he fathered
during the present session and which
Is now in conference. This bill is
practically certain of a Presidential
veto IL passed and Chairman Ford
ney is underst ood to have held out
little hope of mastering sufficient
strength to override the White House
objections. Many parts of the pres
ent bill, however, will be salvaged
for use in the permanent tariff bill
which is to be offered early in the
new session.
President-elect Harding has been
able to make but little headway in
juggling his cabinet material to Ill the
three places which are still admitted
~ NdCdut uoNtTnOT Io~uth
to be considered for the naval port
folio created a particularly hard task.
There are candidates enough men
toned to MI 1t a dozen times, but
none OF them have appealed sufficient
ly to the President-elect to warrant
appointment.
sATTERLEE NOW MENTIONED.
A new, candidate for the navy
berth, however. cropped up today in
the form Of Herbert l.. Satterlee, of
New York. Satterlee was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy under Roose-
Welt and is now president of the
Navy League of New York. He is
best known as brother-in-law of
J. Pierpont Morgan and is, OF course,
Independently wealthy and avail
able" Satterlee Is under considara-
ton" like John Hays Hammond and
a number OF others whose names
have been widely printed.
There are perhaps more candidates
for the Secretaryship OF Labor than
any other berth in the Harding Cab
met. Labor organizations have We'd
with each other in putting forth
candidates, all trades unionists. so
far Mr.. Harding ha saccepted all
suggestions without giving an indI-
cation OF a preference. James Dun
can. of the Granite Cutters Union,
who comes from Massachusetts. has
received particularly strong en-
dorsements, not only from labor in
tcrests which are not wholly SYM
pathetic with the Gompers regime,
hut also from number of Sem
ators. including Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania.
Aside from his conferences with
Hughes and Fordney today, Mr..
Harding also was to see Dr. Manuel
Angulo, spokesman for the Cuban
Liberty Party In this country