The New York herald., 1921-09-12

but want you to know that we are in
terested in your welfare.
Il am not unmindful of the job you
did over there. l am not unmindfrl OF
the service you rendered to the country
under our former commander and ask
that you will render me the same
faithful service during the years that
I am in office. There Is still greater
service to be rendered in establishing
national lines of peace. and it is up to
you to help solve the problem that has
been thrust upon US by the enemy from
within. I want this to continue as an
America Of opportunity and service.
and as an America of grateful appre-
citation.
The President shook hands with
several hundred OF the former soldiers.
who were presented by Philip ]. Nc
Cook, a Justice of the New York Su-
preme Court and president of the Fifth
Division Association. While the vet
Grams were there Mayor Bader present
ed the President with key to the city,
| and Mr.. Harding told the Fifth Division
men that he wanted to share the free
| dom of the city with them.
| Many visitors called at the Prcsi-
1 dents hotel during the day. Among
| them was Gov. Harry Davis of Ohio.
| who had not seen Mr. Harding since his
! inauguration. Another was Miss Mar
! garet German of Washington. who won
| the beauty contest here recently. To-
| night the President and Mrs. Harding
| were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
| Moor. Other guests, in addition to the
| Presidents party. were Mr.. and Mrs.
! J. l.. Livernore OF New York and Mrs.
M. A. Martin. a niece OF Mrs. Moore.
The President will play golf to-mor-
row morning, and may then end his
vacation. No details Of his plans after
he leaves here have been announced. but
| 1t is understood that he will go to New
York to attend the theatre Tuesday
night and will then board the yacht
Mayhower for a cruise down the coast
| to Washington.
CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Sept. 1.-THE
| tendency to rely on the Federal Cow
ernnent for performance OF functions
rightfuliy belonging to local admins
trative units is deplored by President
Harding in n letter written in connec-
ton with the conference on town and
county administration to be held next
week at the University of North Caro-
| lima.
The President, in his letter, which
was made public to-day by Dr. Howard
w. Odum, director of the School OF
Public Welfare OF the University OF
North Carolina, says:
My attention has been called to the
regional conferences on local govern
ment which you are about TO hold for
broad consideration of the social, indus
trial and technical problems OF local
government.
1T is a pleasure to record my hearty
Endorsement of the efforts you are
making. and to emphasize the need
which I believe exists for an earnest
and continuing presentation OF these
subjects to the people throughout the
country. The problems are manifold
end difficult. accentuated by the COM
plexity of conditions which have arisen
during and following the war
There has been an inevitable ten
dency, because Of the Overwhelmingly
important work which confronted the
national Government, to rely unduly
upon II for performance of many func.
tions which can be discharged proper
!, ~ only by local administrative entities
This, together with the further facl
Of our couptry's rapid growth and
the consequent difficulty Of adeauatel,
planning local governmental machin-
cries. has resulted In a certain inefIi-
cheney Of tho minor administrative or
ganisms which greatly needs to be
| corrected
1T will be corrected whenever the
attention of the people IS fully aroused
ana the national genius for adminstra-
tion is effectively applied"