Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-07
HARDING TO MEET
congress LEADERS
Will Discuss Policies at White
House Dinner Tonight-cab-
met Convenes Tomorrow
CONFERENCES ARE HELD
By the Associated Press


Washington. March 7.-Lcgisativ"
policies of the new administration Will
be discussed by President Harding with
Republican congressional leaders at Il
dinner tonight at the White House.
Tomorrow the President will preside at
the first meeting of his cabinet. The
call went out today and the hour was
fixed at II n. M.
The senator's invited to the White
House dinner are Lodge. the Republi-
can leader Curtis. Of Kansas. Repub'
hcan whip: Pcnrose and Knox. OF
PENNSYLVANIA. Warren, of Wyoming
Cummins. of Iowa Wadsworth. of New
York: pOindpXtcr, Of Washington, ana
johnson. Of California.
Representative Moudcll, Of Wyoming,
the Republican House leader. heads the
list of representatives who VIII Dc
nresent. The others are FordneN. Nt
Michigan! Mann, of Illinois: Long
worth. of Ohio; Kelley. of Michigan
ANTHONY. Of Kansas; Slemp. of Nir,
ginia Campbell. of Kansas; Porter, OF
Pennsylvania Fcss. of Ohio, Towner'
of Iowa, and Winslow, of Massachu-
sets.
To Discuss Panama Tanglc
II is said the cabinet session tom0r
row will be Of general character ana
that the President will take M in par
ticulnr the question of relations with
Costa Rca and Panama and the pro
gram for the special session nt on
gress Information and ndvlr" received
at the dinner tonight is expected to he
laid before the cabinet by Mr.. Harding
and n definite decision on date FOR
calling Congress into session may fol
low. Vice President Coolidge has been
asked to attend.
No definite schedule Of cabinet meet
ings has yet been agreed upon. In inc
Wilson administration they were heId
ordinarily on Tuesday. but the imNr"s-
sion is that Mr.. Harding may desire Z"
have n round table discussion with his
advisers more often than ono" week.
The question of the special session OF
Congress was discussed by tho Ir"Sl-
dent today with Senator Underwood, OF
Alabama. the Democratic leader OF the
Sensatc, who is understood I" have
urged that a date some tim" in the first
half of April be selected After his talk
with Mr.. Harding the Alabama senator
Indicated that date probably would
be announced tomorrow.
A delay of month or So in calling
the extra session was urged upon MIR.
Harding by Senator Robinson, Demo
crat, of Arkansas. Afterward MIR. Rob
inson Indicated he expected no date
earlier than April ~ to be selected.
Holds Series of Conferences
A wide range Of minor subjects was
taken up by the President during the
day in a series Of short conferences.
Senator's Hale and F"rnnld, of Maine.
both Republicans, presented to him W.
w. Thomas. Of Portland. Me-, former
MINISTER TO Sweden, and asked that
Mr.. Thomas be reappOintcd t0 that
post.
Senator Kellogg. Republican, of Min
nesota, had short talk with MIR.
Harding and although h" would not
comment aftcrward. the understanding
was that he presented information re-
garding the Barbados Miami cable in
cident with which h" has kept in touch
as chairman Of Senate subcommittee.
President Harding began his seCOnC
workday in the White House by beat
ing his entire force of secretaries anG
clerks to the executive Offices He ar
rived shortly after $50 Il. IN. fu
half hour before work usually begins,
and for some time was the only ofiCia
present in that end of the White House
Mr.. Hardings first caller today was
Senator pUmrrcnr. Democrat. of Ohio
who said he had only dropped in to pay
his RESPECTS t. his former Colenguc IL
the Senate and ~ the other Ohionns who
came into the White House with him.
The President also conferred agair
today with Elmer Dover of Washing
ton, former secretary OF tho Republican
National Committee and now promi.
nently mantiou,d for Us chairman L
succeed Postmaster General Hays.
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