The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-13
HARDING TELLS FRIENDS HE IS PRIMARILY GOOD
 MIXER AND PEACEMAER

] WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. - Along in the Autumn of 1920, when it be- came apparent that only sudden death could prevent Warren G. Hard ing from becoming the twenty-ninth President of the United States, he was rendered a dinner by a group of newspaper correspondents at the old Marion Club, then the center of political and social activities in his home town.
 In the course of that dinner Mir. Harding was continuously referred to and addressed as "Mr President" And while he himself never had any serious doubts as to his election, he nevertheless appeared somewhat em- barrassed by his new title.
 He made little speech that night that was never reported, but one that will long be remembered by those present. It could hardly be dignified by the term "speech"-it was rather an intimate chat among fellow newspapermen.
 You know said MT. Harding, as he traced patterns on the tablecloth with his fork, q don't kid myself that am going to make the best President the United States ever had I'd like to think so, but my I common sense tells me I probably won't.
 However, do honestly believe there is one thing ] excel in. That is in bringing men together, main taining peace and restoring peace when once it's been shattered. I've been called, among other things in a somewhat varied life, good har- monizer I believe I am.
 q can bring divergent minds to gether-minds that perhaps are somewhat better than my own. If I have forte, it Is that. And it seems to me that is what we need in this country today-we'ye had too much pickering and quarreling among persons in the public eye"
 That was in 192O-a month before election.
 The two years that have gone by since that dinner seem to have borne out the truth of MT. Harding's s estimate of his own powers. MT! Hardings administration is nearly two years old, and there has been just one change in the Cabinet that he took with him into the White House
 Of the ten men that comprised his first Cabinet only one has gone l-Win H. Hays, the Postmaster-Gen- eral, and Hays left not because of any personal or political difficulties with his chief, but because he had a chance to make a young fortune in the movies.
 MT. Harding has had differences with various individuals in his Cab inet-many of 'em-but they have all been of such a nature as to preclude bitterness or open breaks. It is said of him that he is most amiable when he is having an argu- ment with one of his official family.
 Mr. Wilson used to have differ ences with the new members of his Cabinet that led to resignations and dismissals and scars. Mir Harding has had arguments over policies with nearly every one of his official fam fly, but through them all the thread of suitability and friendliness has been kept unbroken. He calls half of his official family by their first names.
 Not only in his official family, but in his party generally, MT. Harding has managed to keep away from ser ious breaks. At any rate, no Re publicans have been tread out of the party" whatever may be their views on existing questions and how ever divergent they may be from those entertained by the White House.
 It is MT. Hardipg's philosophy that the Republican tent is big enough for all to get under" Right now there are under the tent such con- trasts as Lynn J. Fraxier, the ex- Non-Partisan League Governor of North Dakota, and Eliha Root; Col