Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-06
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
THEN PEACE PACT
IS HARD|NG'S PLAN
Association <ations May Not
be Submittcd Until Regular
Session of Congress.
FIGHT FOR TREASURY
POSITION IN CABINET

Marion, JAN ti--It has become known
that the incoming Administration, in
harmonious agreement with Republican
senate leaders. has determined to dcier
action on the Association of Nations
proposed bv President-elcct Harding
uatll tho slate is clean Of domestic matters.
The clear indication is that the association
plaa will be sidetracked until the regular
session of Congress- next December.
On high authority il was stated that
there will he no great rush to submit
10 the Senate substitute Tor the YER
sailles Covenant, and Senate leaders have
demonstrated that they are not pressing
Mr. Harding for plan. Neither do those
close To the President-elcct expect any
serious disagreement among the he-
publicans when the plan Is submitted
This Includes such irreconcilables as Senh-
tors Rorah and Johnson. The deduction
may he drawn that the association plan
will h,s so general in terms that even the
most hitter opponents of an international
rr.,,t,lnat will find little in II over which
it,yc with justice disrupt the harmony
It thu procedure.
Gthrr Information obtained yesterday
indicates MIR. Harding retains the Idea
uf announcing two or three Cabinet
members before he goes South. The date
,,f his departure, rs yet unsettled, may
hc somewhat later than at first expected
hrcnus, of he pressure of work IN Marion
and the fact that the next Cabinet is not
altug ,ther settled
II became known yes crday that among
the labor leaders recommended 20 Mr.
ltrrding for Secretary ot Labor ~
Y D'C onnor of New York, head q
the International Longshoremen and
Marine Workers Just where MIR. q connorf
stands in Mr. Hardings consideration Is
NOT known hut II is understood he has
received some recommendations. lie sup
ported the Harding ticket and conferred
with Mr. Harding IN Marion during the
campaign. N
southern Republica1 leaders are now
concentrating n \ Tobias Hert, Ma
tional committeeman from Kentucky, as
their best bet for sectional representation
Ia tho official family, John Moorehead.
National committeeman from North
Carolina. who had considerable backing
Is now reported as supporting Mr. HeTt
ho i also receiving the Endorsement
h many Others IN the South.
t,ov Edwin Morrow OF Kentucky,
Who strongly urged MIR Hert.s APP
poinfmont in his conference with MIR
Harding. recommended especially for the
War portfolio. One thing that makes the
appointment of Charles c. Dawes Of
Chicago 10 the Treasury Department
seem still uncertain is that \ W Mellon
~ Plttsburg. President of the Mellon
National Bank. who is backed by Sens-
tors Knox and pcnrose Of Pennsylvania
for the Treasury, is expected in Marion
some time later on. The Mellon supporters
are waging a fight against National Com /
mitteefnan Hilles of New York on the /
basis that Charles l.. Hughes will get the /
state portfolio. 1t has been indicated that +
GOV. Prank O. Lowden Of Illinois will /
receive high consideration from Mr.. /
IIsriing, and il this means q cabinet post |
10th Nr. Dawes and George NJ Reynolds |
may be out of the running.
Mr. Harding is said BY his friends !
II he more concerned about domestic |
question and the financial situation than /
i generally believed Thevhole atmosphere
in Marion has recently zen q mestic
r,ther than International. Likewise, mulch
4 his campaign was based n the desire to
put our own house IN order before
attending To vorl affairS