New Britain herald., 1921-03-07
HARDING TO CONSULT
 REPUBLICAN LEADERS
Invites Lodge, Mondell and Others to Dinner At White House Tonight to Talk
 pOver Administration Poli- cies. -. -a..

| Washington. March Putting 6to practice his policy of personal hsultation with leaders in congress. csident Harding will talk over nu.. krous policies of the administration White House dinner tonight at ShIch thu ranking republicans of the Snate and house will be present. ThC first cabinet meeting of the ad- 2 ration was called today for II riock tomorrow. Vice-President boiidgo was asked to attend.
 Those to Attend. s kThe senators invi&d for the White buse dinner are Lodge. of Mnssa- husetts. tho republican leader; Cur se. of Kansas, republican whip; Pen Bse, of Pennsyivania; Warren of Wy 5ming; Cummins of Iowa: Knox of |ennsyIvania: wadsworth of New Iprk: Poindexter of Washington and bhnsonf of California.
 Representative Mondeli, of Wyom-
 the republican house leader. IsiAds the list of representatives who kiii be present. The others arc nrdney of Michigan: Mann of Illin- N: Longworth of Ohio: Kelley Of IIchisan: Anthony of Kansas; Slemp ! virxinla: Campbell of Kansas; Por- rI or Pennsyfvania: F'esB of wOhio: enor of Iowa. ana winsiow of ssachusctts.
 Cabinet Meeting Topics.
 was said the cabinet session ald be of a general character and
 nne president would take up in
 lar the question of relations
 Iosta Rica and Panama and the brram for tho special session of kngreHs. Information and advice kcaiyed at the dinner tonight is ex- kcted to be laid before the cabinet k MT. Harding and a definite deci- kon on a date for calling congress 3to session may follow.
 krhe question of the special session congress was discussed by tho pres mt today with Senator Underwood Alabama, the democratic leader or q senate. who Is understood to have Kxed that n date some time In the half of April be selected. fter his talk with MT. Harding
 Alabama senator indicated that a te probably would be announced morrow.
 Confcrs With Hughes.
 gecrotnry Hughes of the state de- rtment went into conference early aav with President Harding at the hite House. It was understood that utilities between Panama and Costa ca was the principal subject dis- sred. ##
 poth preridcnt and secretary were their respective desks unusually rrp~this morning and 1t was only n
 After o'clock when the secre-
 x4Ft. u- e ofices. He went In at a side en- hnce and was cioseted with tho acutive for some time.
 other Visitors.
 MT. Harding's first caller today was rator Pomerene, democrat. ohio, ho said he had only dropped m .o V his respects to his former col- xue in the senate and to the other HIoans who came into tho Whiee usc with him. Frhe president also conferred aFain bay with Elmer Dover, of Washing former secretary of the repuph- national committee and now bminontiy mentioned for its chair m to succeed Postmaster General ys
 Cabinet Men on Job.
 kroat members of the cabinet were their ttsks at an unusually. carly hir today. some of them arriVins ,n nhaad of their office forces. Fecrctary Weeks was at his desk Tore Q o'clock. He was joined al- bfnlmmediateiy by Major Gen. N chief of stnff, with whom he
 Tn conference most of the morn
 No visitors were allowed to in- rupt the discussion. gccretary Denby had series or nferencea with the navy bureau