Evening star., 1921-02-17
HARDING CONFERS|
WITH DAUGHERTY
Takes Up Problems Which
Must Be Solved Before
Inauguration.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, February
1'.-FOrmer Gov. Frank o. Lowden
of Illinois has definitely declined
to he considered for Secretary OF
the Navy and will not be appointed
to any post In the initial makeup
of the next administration.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. February IL
problems of various kinds that
must be solved before Inauguration
day were talked over by President
elect Harding today with Harry NJ
Daugherty of Ohio. who managed his
campaign for the nomination last
spring and who is expected to sit in
his cabinet as Attorney General.
The final makeup of the cabinet it,.
self occupied first place in their cor :
sultatlons. Mr.. Daugherty laying b.
lore MS chief budget Of information
ana advice gathered during a tw o.
week trip to New York. Washingj. on
ana other eastern cities. The gnly
cabinet posts not yet virtually az.
signed are the secretarpships Of the
navy. Commerce and Labor, but. each
OF them involves considerations; maxi
ing choice difficult. -
o"ueintoou that Mr. SDaugh-
erty also outlined to Mr.. Harding
what he thought should be Ihe gen.
erai principles of the inaug uraf adj.
dress and the Initial poliateSaG1asf1i
new administratien. -
Considerably data on thehe subjects,
trip. - -D -
Push sIemp for Cabinet.
. MT. Daugherty is one of Mr.. Hard
ing's Oldest political frfends. ana dur.
ing the campaign was III consultation
with him more often than any other
political adviser. i n accompanied
the nominee virtually on all his cam
pa.sn arips ana wast one of his COM
panions on the houskboat cruise down
the Florida coast.
Representative q. Bascom Slemp Of
virginia and T. H. Huston and Newell
Sanders Of tennessee are two Of
en1se most prominently mentioned for
th.t appointments In the petitiops
M ahat are comAng to the President
eject Some of the requests have
mentioned the Commerce secretarv
snip as hitting award for the south
because OF the present movement for
EXPANSION OF southern industry.
There also has been talk of Charles
d. Hilkes of New York and several
others All four of those now in the
front OF consideration for the Labor
secretaryship, are union men. James
y. LAWS Is FORMER steelworker and
now a banker. James Duncan has
been an official of the Granite Cutters.
Union and of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. T. v. O'Conner is a
leader Of the 'longshoremen's union.
and Representative John I. Nolan is
an iron molder by trade.
O'COnner Pays Visit,
Particular interest in the labor an.
pointment' was aroused by a visit Of
Mr. O'Conner to the President elect
and an announcement later that thew
would hold another conference here
next week.
Among long list of callers on Mr.
Harding yesterday were T. Coleman
du Pont of Delaware: Arthur Woods.
former police commissioner Of New
York: w. c. Teagle of the STANDARD
Oil Company. and delegation Of
southern white men and negroes. in
cluding DR.. r. r. Motion of Tuskeeee
Institute, who Came to ask co-opera-
tion in the movement for interracial
harmony. With DR.. Motion were Dr
ashbi Jones of Atlanta. DR.. w. W
Alexander and J. J. Eagan. both Of
Atlanta: T. J. Woofter Of the Phe,na
Stokes Fund. and Warren Logan of
Tuskegee. Vi