The Washington herald., 1921-03-02
WILSON AGREES
TO ACCOM- ANY
HARDINGFRIDAY
President Decides to Ride
With Successor for
Inaugural.
MEMBERS OF NEW
CABINET ON GROUND
Appointees Discuss Du-
ties With Officials Now
In Office.

was dennitely stated at the "hito
House yesterday following the Pres
ident's conference with his secre-
tary, Joseph P. Tumulty, on the in
auguration day plans.
With that much of a pageant
there will be a military escort
and with Washington already over
flowing with visitors for the event
the municipal authorities nave
found It necessary to prepare as IL
for regular inaugural parade.
Pennsylvania avenue will be ropsa
of and cleared of street cars and
vehicles of all kinds.
Receivers from Chill.
The National Capital has COM
pletely recovered from the chill sus-
tanned when Mr.. Harding decreed
that plans for a celebration on an
unprecedented elaborate scale
should be abandoned.
Despite the simplicity Of the cere-
monies that are to attend Mr.. Hard
ing's Induction into office. the cap
ital public. at first inclined to be
disappointed over the decision for a
ouiet inaugural, finds that Wash
inptop is nevertheless flling with
visitors from all parts Of the nation
and the world. that there really Is
going to be an occasion OF great
moment we'll worth attending ana
the city has warmed up to II In Old
time form
Voluntary Preparation.
ON one hand there is every evi-
dence of voluntary preparation 10
make the day notable. Historic
Pennsylyania avenue and all the
other principal avenues OF the city
hurst out today in patriotic array
On !. scale5 uanaokl 7as as-improxstSe- As
careful preparations by an organ,
ized inaugural committee wooio
have made II. From a social sioe
the occasion promises to be nearly
40 CAV as il would have been with
the great inaugural ball, Tor there
are TO be numberless receptions OF
iynnortance. and a charity Dali
which will take the place OF the
abandoned inaugural ball VIII oe a
great AFFAIR 70 bring the day 10 an
Appropriate social climax
Vica President-elect CooioGe
odded a little to the pre-inaugurai
thriIls during the afternoon when ne
visited the Senate, where he Will oe
IN. nresiding officer after noon FIJI
.day He did not go onto the moor
of the senate but visited the wee
president in his office and tneh
fraternized with the newspaper
in the Senate press
gallery. He asked to be excused
from interviews but made them
.Iittle speech on the aid public men
Get from representatives OF the
press.
Hays Arrives Here.
Postmaster General-elect Will II.
Hays arrived early in the morning,
establishing himself in his suite al
the Shoreham Hotel. In confer
ence with newspaper men he in
sisted that he was Mere as the
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, which holds a
meeting Thursday to take up the
question of Southern State repre-
sanitation in national conventions.
Mr.. Hays did indicate, however,
that he would resign as national
chairman very soon in event ne
should be selected as Postmaster
General in the Harding Cabinet
He announced that a meeting OF
the national committee would prob
ably be held within q few weeks
after the inaugural
Mr.. HAYS chuckled over the fact
that he had spent the entire day
last Friday with Postmaster Cen
eral Burleson at the Postoffice De-
nartment going over the ropes thai
4, will be his Job to. pull for the
next four years and was undiscov'
ered in the act by the newspapers
Proud Of Feat.
ct managed to have an all-day
conference with the Postmaster
General" said Mr.. Hays, ''and' moi
a newspaper printed a line about
IT. 1 have arranged with the Post
master General to take charge o
the department next Saturda!
afternoon.
..The President has some impor'
tant plans for the development o.
the postal service which will b
announced in the near future"
Among the members OF the Hard
ing Cabinet who have arrived in
Washington is former Senator John
w. Weeks, Of Massachusetts,, who i,
to be Secretary of War. Mr.. Week,
has been comforting quietly with
Secretary of War Baker for several
days discussing with him the rou.
tine of running the War Depart
ment and getting q line on the in
side of the 'bureau preparatory to
taking over the office next Satur'
day.
Lunch Together.
The present Secretary and his
successor have had luncheon to-
gether several times since Mr.
Weeks was assured that he would
take over the War oftice and then
exchanges on the subject OF oper'
ating the department have occurred
over the coffee cups.
My meetings with the new Sec
retary of War;" said Mr.. Baker yes
terday, have been very enjoyable
We have agreed that Mr.. Weeks
shall come in Saturday morning e
take over the Office. At that time
In will introduce the new Secretar,
to the army officers in the depart
ment and / shall take pleasure also
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