Evening star., 1921-03-24
HARDING HAS BUSY
DAY WITH CALLERS
Will Receive Central Confer.
ence of Rabbis in April.
May Visit Alaska.

The central conference OF American
rabbis will be received in the east
room of the White House by Presi-
dent and Mrs Harding the afternoon
of April a. Announcement to this
effect was made at the executive
Offices today to a delegation COM
posed of Rabbi Abram Simon of the
Eighth Street Temple. Simon Wolf,
Lee Baumgarten, president OF the
Eighth Street Temple congregation;
Alexander Wolf and Harry Franc,
who called to notify the President of
the coming conference.
The conference will meet in the
Elsbth Street Temple April 1915.
P.sJ. McNamSra. vice president and
national legislative representative of
men and Enginemen, and w. L. Nc
Menimen, deputy president of the
Brothe rhood of Railroad Trainmen.
paid their respects TO the President
at the executive offices today. They
also made known that their respective
organizations would be pleased to see
q railroad employe appointed to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
They had no candidate to offer.
May tl01t Alaska.
Confidants of President Harding who
have called at the White House dur
ing the past few days intimate that
they have reason to believe that the
President has practically decided to
visit Alaska this summer. 1t is their
opinion that the President will take
this long trip late in June il Congress
has adjourned by then.
Aside from deSire Of long ct a nd n o.
to visit Alaska. Mr.. Harding since
his inauguration is known to have
expressed a wish to visit that section
as means of obtaining first hand
Of actual conditions and
better to acquaint himself for future
to that territory. 1t is considered
likely that. among other high of
ficials. he will be accompanied on this
expedition by Secretary Of Interior
Fall
Further discussion Of the tariff
question as it particularly affects the
south was again entered into today
by President Harding and John Kirby
of Texas, president of the Southern
Tariff Association.
Justice Day of the United States
Supreme Court called at the White
Mrs. Harding to attend a special
of the Ohio State Society to
be held here late next month.
Gets Disarmament Plea.
Senators Mccormick of Illinois and
Moses of New Hampshire saw Presi-
dent Harding in the interest of the
of George Carter, clerk
Of the joint congressional committee
on. printing, for appointment as pub
lie printer.
A petition for international dis
was placed before the
yesterday by a delegation
the Society of Friends
of Philadelphia. The resolution sets
forth that the time is ripe for dis
and the United States
should take the lead in the move
ment. The resolution deplored the
tendency in some quarters of the
United States to continue building
up the Vaccinations of war"
The president. while making no
promises. said the petition would re-
ceive the most sympathetic consid-
More than 500 girls from nine pre-
paratory and high schools in the
eastern states visited the White House
executive Offices yesterday and shook
hands with President Harding. The
various delegations are spending their
Easter vacations in Washington.
The girls are from Adelphi College,
a preparatory school at Hastings on
the Hudson, and high schools at
Brooklyn. Pittsfield. Mass: New Haven,
Conn: Kearney, N. j.: Philadelphia,
and West Pittston, Pa.