The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-11
More Accomplished in
-Four Weeks Under Mr..
Harding Than Wilson
Regime Did in Year
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
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Washington. AprU l5.---Tar tir. |
:uont1 oc ;hc administration % PreSI-
dent Harding has passed SO rapidly that
ip most vr the cabinet officers Z has
seemed like = week.
Viewing tho work of the rev -egime
ps,SSionately and with recognition
Of the fact that Rome WASN'T huilt IL a
day, ever the most aru"ut partisan Will
.,tw!t that n start has been made on
more problems in the last four weeks
than Was possible n TIC last year OF ths
p-"ccd!n; administration.
This doesn't necessarily imply crit!-
ISM Of ~" otnci;.lS who tried hard to
make progress IN tn face .; inevitable
friction between = Republican conGr"Sa
AMI = D";nVcrat.c executive. But 4
proves that whe1 all branches Of the
government at" OF ono political COM
p,eX!pn. decisions can De- made and
things accomplished
President Harding was looked upon
before his election as a man OF more 9:
less leiSu-e!y ways. He hasn't proN"'i
80 in ntdc". II" has work i night and
day. He has gone a. his JOB with 4
-sr:OuS and earnest r.!0l. Knowing full
we'll that ne must satisfy Al impatient
electorate. Mr.. Harding himself feels
That lie has made h"adway on lrany III.
n"r'ap5 matters hut II he we're 70 SPEAK
what Is IN his heart, H. wouil t...l th''
luericau public thIt he Individual wco
invented patronage and tho distribution
vf pubic Offices tnr political activity
was rally more OF 4 s.-prnt than the
er!, genius of ancient EIcn.
MI. Harding PsTtsrsd.
Mr.. Harding Is pest"rci day and night
by the Obligations oC politics. Il Isn't
- t.s,g
usmbers OF the senate and house mus,
," kept happy and they are IN turn
Hvchsrcd by hungry constituents. Some
,IsA Of Mr.. Hard;ng's feeling was given
Junn Hcndrick Bangs the other day
whor ne dropped in at tho white llnus-'
10 pay hts respects. Long lines OF pee
i!e had just passed through the cSHcG.
tive Offices shaking hands. Mr.. Bangs
sad to the president afterwards:
"It must be tiresomG 20 shake hards
with 50 many people"
Not az ALL" rep.Eed tAa president
1t IS 4 relief and relaxation. All day
long most OF my visitors come 10 n'e
aSH;ng for SorrethinG-eithcr office CT
action on public matters Everybody
IS asking FOR something. But these peo.
pie who coma u shake hands are not
asking for anyth!nr. They come only
With cheerful faces and good wishes.
so It's = relief 70 sc: their smiles"
md 50 has been the experience also
* cabinet Offices. Some Of them
!r.v.u't been abiC 20 -Gt very FAR be-
cause OF The amour. O. tI;nc they must
g;yC 10 conferences o. patronage. one
o. two OF the cabinet officers vino
haven't been ~ Washington before are
amazed at the demands OF members or
congress. They have been told L IS 10:
w;Se 20 ignore congress- SO they ?!eld
their lin" with good na,ured tolerance.
II the "ut.re membership Of congress
we're guilty o. unrice seeking. the '-"N-
.rnneut woulLn't Xst anything done.
But Il IS true OF a relatively small group
.yAo MANAGE TO keep the heads of the
departments and their SubordirateS vor-
led al the time. Il used (" be the
same way under the Wilson admiRtS;ra-
;iou. and one could almost hear the sigh
o. relief that went up out OF the White
House when congress adjourned and
,n.;nherS went home TO mend political
:euccS.
Things Accomplished
There can be no catalogue OF achieve
uleat AS yet. nor can any list be more
tnan cursory one. Yet here arc som"
~ the things that have been done since
he Harding ""ministratioa took office.
Pr"s!den: Harding has tackled the
-si.road problem and means TO put tho
full Influence OF tho executive behind
settlement oc the factor IN thc business
situation which !S most disturbing to-
day. II means reduction IN wages
and operating expenses, but also drop
In fCcigh: rates.
The president has managed 20 tone
down the demand III senate for tho pas
~ - nd has
through Secretary OF State hughes set
forth the general PRINCIPLES OF Arper!-
can foc'':gn poiic!.
Mr. Harding has not Yet formulated
definite program Oh caN revision or
tariff legislation. bat h. has created !,
favorable atuoSphrrc among the lead
r-S--an atmosphere that probably will
.csld to aGr",m"rt rather than diScord.
The cabi0@s has functioncd a. unit
SecVcta-y hurhcS has EraS3"i tho prob
ems Of th,. state department. with r.
mar kable Sp""L He acts and .hInEs
quickly. Notes d. not l.r unans1rrrd
Very ione. MA -" language o: tho
notes is 10; r,uad,tbou. or ambiguous.
hu; plain Ni'"k"n and un"Qut: ocal.
What Hoover Has Done.
Secretary Uo"I"= has laid n" S-n"uG-
work Tor cooperation between American
BUSINESS Iuen and th".r rovcrnm"uc.
particularly ~ rr~pe'; OF foreign trade
IL. has ,uur,cy"~ ;a:t:.,t"'. \ movement
- s;lyc IN" Golrrntn"u: money on is
'eirGrAph and catir messages and has
fak"u steps toward .r.orIsn*tinr n,
communications services - the United
States
Secretary penty of the navy depart
mon. has visited ;he Atlantic tlecc and
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