Evening star., 1921-06-21
lob SEEKERS GIVE
PRESIDENT A REST
Executive Today Occupied
With Affairs of State and
Routine Business.

With the exception of bi-weekly
conferences with his cabinet and the
Washington newspaper correspond
ents President Harding today had no
engagements ard the greater part OF
his time was devoted to the consid-
Grafton of important matters of state
and accumulated routine business
In other words. it was his first mo
patronage" or .'plumless day" day
and he gave every evidence of enjoy
ing the relief from the job-seeking
attack that has been almost con-
tinuous since he came into office.
With the selection OF the new
Shipping Board removed from his
| mind and with the matter Of the U;
| S. ambassador to Japan and several
other high diplomatic posts prac-
tically settled. the President has
for the past few days been free to
turn to other important matters that
have been calling for his early at
tention. Prominent among the lat
| ter are the transportation problem.
| farm and industrial loans. the Mexi-
can issues and several other foreign
policies. and general reconstruction.
He also is giving consideration to
the selection of a high-class man to
serve as director of operations Of the
Shipping Board and one to be director
Of the budget.
Regarded ns Urgent Cnse.
1t is realized at the White House
that the director of operations must
be picked without delay il the new
Shipping Board Is to lose no time in
perfecting it's organization and in Its
general rehabilitation work. Chair
man Lasker. the new head of the
board. conferred with the President
at the White House yesterday after
noon regarding this Office along with
important matters pertaining to the
reorganization of the board and its
program. Chairman Lasker and his
associates on the board have been
casting about for the strongest pos
sible man to direct operations. Some
expert of the $4,000 or $10o,0 type
is being sought.
The fields of industry throughout
the country are being combed, but the
salary the board can pay is by means
attractive and it is simply question
whether the patriotism of the man
being sought can be appealed to sufi-
ciently to cause him to make the
necessary sacrifice to come to the aid
Of his government
Charles Piez of Chicago. former vice
president of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation during the war. is in
Washington to furnish to the MEM
bers of the new board the benefits
of his experience and to give any
information he acquired during his
term. Other shipping experts are to
be called to Washington to confer
with the new board and to give sug-
gestions regarding the building up of
the American merchant marine.
President Sees Fritz Jaenieke.
President Harding today took a few
minutes before the cabinet meeting to
receive Fritz Jaenicke. for fourteen
years a writer on the staff Of a DAN
zig newspaper. He had worked his
way across the Atlantic in the hope
of taking back a word of good will
from this country to his native city.
The President told him that the
United States had but one wish, for
all peoples of Europe in distress as a
result of the war-that they should
"get back on their feet" once more
and be restored to conditions of se-
curity and prosperity. The President
asked this foreign visitor many
questions regarding conditions in
Danzig and in Germany.
Jaenicke sails for home tomorrow
with a good story for his paper.
rEru curp poApn DIAM