Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-28
PRESIDENTIAL
BOOMS BOB UP
IN CONFERENCE
Hughes Prospects Keep Ad-
ministration Press Bureau
Busy.
NEW HARDING BOOSTER
BY RICHARD LINTHICUM.

WASHINGTON, Dec ZS.-Nitdout ref
erence to the merits or the demetitS OF
the tour-power treaty, the conflicting in
te.pretat4ons placed upon it By 'resldeut
Harding on the one han1 and Secre,a-y
Hughes and the other American dele
gates on the other serve to recall some
outstanding facts in She history of the
. conference aud he making of the treaty
/ which are If present interest and may be
fraugEt with great political significance.
When Secretary of State Hughes an
: nOunceQ the concrete American proposal
for naval limitations in battles lips there
was q chorus Of approval throughout the
country including much eulOgistic com
meIt on Secretary Hughes statesman
ship Within a day or two this assumed
the proportions OF a presidential boom
for Mr. Hughes. experimenting this was
an undercurrent Of exp. essiOn from per
sons OF prominence gathered in Washing
ton mainly from the West, to the effe
that President Harding was 'one-tel
President"
Then the Administration publicity bu-
reau, which appears to be large enough
to take rank as a department with n
Cabinet portfolio, got busy. An inside
story" appeared in the leading Washing
ton Administration organ given the dra-
matte setting Of the pres Dental state
room on the Maylower, in which the
/ President had locked himself after Civ
ing orders that he was not to be dis
turhed and therein had worked out the
call for the armament conference, later
calling Ia one BY one the best minds
who accompanied him and showed them
waat lac had written with frequent cor
rectons ana determinations, which they
read with "amazencnr." 1t was the in
vitation 20 the nations to attend the
arms conference.
NEW AND BUTLER GIVE
OFT STATEMENTS.
ia addition TO the work Of the writer's
of the inside story. Senator Now of In
diana, one OF tho political straJesists Of
the Administration, and Representative
Butler Of Pennsylvania. gave out state
meuts saying Mr.. Harding and not Sec
rotary Hughes was responsible.
A press association which, Of course
was let III en- the inside story said:
1T was carried into execution by the
American Big -Four, which Secretary
Hughes heads but TIE big idea on which
the plan is built, according to the inside
story came from President Harding
( Naturally the Hughes boom for Presi-
dent received sudden check, but only
temporarily. when it again proceeded
under reduced speed.
The next publication calculated to
aues,hetIze the Hughes boom appeared
in another Administration organ under
the beudliue, Harding is Strat"gist Of
Arms Farley with Secretary Hughes
reloEatpd 10 the position If "tacticlan.'
The -nlat!ye status II President Hard
ing ana Secretary Hughes Is thus de
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lxTKNCT INTERESTING
TO SAY THr LEAST.
In whatsoever way these stories may
have Indicated or reflected tile political
attitudes az the TWO men with relation
/. zach other This extract from the
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