The Washington herald., 1921-02-11
To Drive Down and Up
Pennsylvania Avenue
Without Ceremony.
PLANS TO KEEP
ID. c. SPEED LAWS
Announces No Social
Functions on Inaugural
Day in White House.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. Feb. 10
President-elect Harding will ride 10
the Capitol in an automobile with
out an escort as fast as the speed
laws Of the District OF Columbia per
init and rHturn at once TO the white
House after a few appropriate re-
marks following his Inauguration a,
President Of the United states.
March 4, he said today discussing
his inaugural plans.
rhere will be no social functions
a. the White House on inauguration
Gay, Harding said.
4 am going TO have my father and
my brother and sisters there for
luncheon" Harding added. "Imay
even do a little work, and MAY be
viii appoint some OF the faithful 10
.ofhcethat day" he added facetiously.
Settles Down TO Work.
The President-eIect settled down in
an imprOvised ONCE at his hotel here
today for a three-weeks' grind. IL
will be broken only by a daily round
.of golf and 4 weekend trip or Ivu
away from St Augustine
Harding, it became known AL
thentically today, has made little
headway in selecting his Cabinet
Guesses made a week ago appeared
10 be as good as today. Likewise.
| little work has been done on his in
augural address. IL was learned.
Harding disclosed today that John
Hays Hammond, New York mining
engineer, has been urged for Sec
retary OF the Interior. but nothing
was said that would indicate ne is
to be appointed
Has Several VIsiforS-
The President-elect found several
visitors here to see him, Including
Senator Phipp, Colorado: John Bar
I rett former head OF the Pan-Ameri-
2 can BTrfou, who invited Harding 20
! attend the unveilinE Of the Bolivian
monumental New York next AprfI.
| DR.. John Wesley Hill. New York
! minister. and Mrs. William II. Eel
+ ton. Atlanta. He expected TO PLAY
/ golf after lunch
Senator Watson. Indiana one Of
/ the party wheel horses in the Sen
/ ate, arrived today. for a conference
with Harding.
VIII Aid in DisarminE.
I will do everything that is be-
| coming to bring about the co-opera-
tion Of the United States in auy
scheme for world disarmament"
President-eleCt Warren G. Hard
/ ing thus summarized his views or
| international disarmament in
statement here today.
Il am not prepared at this timr
to detail the steps 10 he taken. Lur
I uneQuivOCally indorsc nc idea
( Of bringing about limitation of
. srmaments or internaIIonaI dis
armament in which all nations
would play their parts" continued
the next President
II can be authoritstfveIv stated
that Harding as President would
Welcome an international dissrraa
/ mcnt congress at which tho United
States and all the great power
would be represented. and at which
practical scheme for disarmament
would be evolved.
Funds Are nj Hand.
hNtE Nut terms OF inc ma val an
prOpriatiOns act Of 1916 there rs
carried an appropriation Of $500, 900
to pay the salaries and expense
Of American representatives TO an,
| world congress on disarmament
that would be called. This fund rs
still available and would be ready
at hand whenever President elect
Harding would decide that the
other great powers are approach
able on this greatest Of all human
itarian enterprises.
President Wilson never utilized
the power or the funds made avail
able in 1916. because shortly after
that the United States became in
vOlved in the world war. When Il
ended with the armistice. Mr. viii
son was completely convinced OF the
ability Of the league OF nations to
end all wars. that he did not even
consider the world disarmament
scheme.
1t is safe to predict that the in
coming Republican administration
! will act to bring about interna
tional disarmament carly IN its