Evening star., 1921-04-20
PRESIDENT AGAIN
/ ON PUBLIC LINKS
Drops Clubs and Hastens to
Desk-Meets Many ViS-
itors During Day.

80 New Ynrh and back yesterday.
President Harding arose today before
: O'Clock ana shortly after O'clock
was in The midS of Il fourson1e Of
golf on the puh!icecoursr IN Potomac
| Park. His partner was Und.rS"cr,-
'ary of Stale Fletcher. and their ap-
p"nents were senators FvrlinghuvSen
of N"w Jersey and Hale uf Maine.
They were unable To finish the uIns
hules because of ihr UrCrsSity for Tho
executive TO hurry back to the Whits
House and enter upon ms days pro-
gram.
This makes the second ;ry-out the
ireS:drmt has given IN. public course.
and according 10 his enthusiast, sA-
pressIons upon mis- return ne iilcs Tho
course, and in;lmat"d that he viii
frequently utilize II. l.adfir Roy. wI;a
his playmate. Wilson J4hsou. master
~ houHds OF the White House. w"re
interested spectators during the play
inS-in fact. they Were about The only
gallery the DISTINGUISHED players had.
Makes Speed Record.
President Harding ana his party ar
rived in Washington last night OH
their special tram from New York
shortly after 1880 O'Clock. 'ar tram
having made the run in the fast time
Of four and one-half hours
Because of his onc-day absence
from thu. White House the President
was today faced with rast accuaU-
iation Of routine business and an AD-
pnintmcnt list of great length.
senator Underwood Of Alabama and.
a delegation from Birmingham. Ala.
headed by Frank Glass. publisher of.
the Birmingham News. were the Il rsta
callers To sec The executive today,
They told him of the elaborate plausi
being made frr ID" celebration on Nav
q Of the fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of tho city of Birmingham
and formally invited him to be prefent1
on that occasion and to make an ad-,
dress. The President said he COULD
make no definite promise at this nme,I
but. although he would be unable t.
attend on that date, he believed he
would be able to arrange matters Sal
as TO visit Birmingham some tfm6
next fall.
Invited to Atlanta.
The Presidents second invitz71em "a
the day came from X. b. Troutnan, vfnd
president Of the Atlanta. Ga, Chamhas
of Commerce. who WAS accompanied tn1
the White House by senator Harris of
that state. He reminded the Executive
that the late Henry W. Grady, one oc
the south's leading figures at tho tirnsa
of his death. delivered d famous Lectures
in Boston during the late SOS on ""rhT
New South and that that lecture hass
never been answered He told tha
President that the anniversary Of Mr..
Gradys birth is to be celebrated next
Sunday in Atlanta and he invited him
to attend and to take this opportunity
TO deliver the answer to The New
South lecture
Senator Harris reinforced by the
presence of Senators Mckellar of Ten
nessee and Trammell of Florida urged
the President to appoint former Senator
Kirby. democrat, of Arkansas TO the
United States Tariff Commission.
President Harding today received a
Chapter of the Rainbow Division Vet
Grams. headed by Representative
Reece of Tennessee. the first veteran
of this division to be elected to Con-
gress. and Edwin ]. Stubs. presi-
dent of the chapter. Others in the
party were Elmer F. Nagle. vice presi-
dent: Walter ID. Roney. secretary
treasurer; J. Bentley Mulfors, pub
licity officer; Oscar J. Underwood. jr-.
chairman of the war risk committee:
resolutions committee: William HI.
Kay. John H. Hilton and Edward j.
Mahan.
President Stubbs. who lost his lefr
arm in battle. extended an invitation
to the President and Mrs. Harding to
attend the I;ainbow exposition or
circus. to be held on the Union sta
tion plaza from April % to May 4. 1t
is the intention of the chapter to use
the funds derived from this affair in
rendering aid and comfort to the dis
abled veterans of the Rainbow Di-
vision and others temporarily in need
of assistance in the District of Co.
lumbia.
Accepts New York Invitation.
The President has accepted an in
vitation to deliver an address in New
York city on May %, at the celebra-
ton of the 125th anniversary oe
the founding of the New York Com
mercial. one of the oldest newspapers
il the country.
During the same visit the Presi-
dent may review in Brooklyn the
o3d New York Infantry, formerly the
l66th United States Infantry. He has
promised a review of the regiment.
but the date has not been definitely
fixed.
c. II. Huston of Chattanooga,
Tenn, is understood to be under con-
sideration for nomination as assist
ant secretary of commerce. Presi-
ent Harding is expected to make y
choice for the place within u feW
days.