Evening star., 1923-03-15
PRESIDENT STARTS
ON SWING OVER U. S.
AFTER VACATION
Continued from First Page.)

have some other object than political
campaigning when they venture
forth on long speaking trips. and
the ostens sible reason for the Harding
excursion will be the long deferred
journey to Alaska. Like Mr.. Taft,
the present incumbent belieyes In
visiting all parts of the United States
and It's possessions and were II not
for the long ocean voyage the Presi-
dent would like to include the Phil
lippines and Hawaii. Just before he
was inaugurated Mr. Harding went
to Panama and he has on more than
one occasion since wished he could
visit Porto Rico and get first hand
Impressions OF some Of the problems
encountered in administering the ter
ritorial form of government.
Can Visit Many states.
In order to visit Alaska, where the
federal governments interests have
grown SO complex in the last two
years that Mr.. Harding has had to
iron out friction between his own
cabinet secretaries. the President will
naturally leave from Seattle. He can.
therefore. go out to the northwest
through Wisconsin, Minnesota. the
Dakotas, Montana and Washington
and return through Oregon, Call
fornia. Nevada. t'tah. Colorado. Kan
sas. Nebraska. Iowa and Missouri.
The middle western states such as
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois can be Wis
tied on either the outward journey
Or the return trip to Washington.
AS for New York and the New Eng
land states. the President can always
accept some of the numerous invita-
tions ne is constantly getting from
cities in that section and he need not
make frequent excursions out of
Warrington. Mr.. Harding does not
like to make extemporaneous speech
IS. though In the Senate debates he
frequently made them. but since his
accessin to the presidency he hae al
ways prepared public addresses in
advance. Mr.. Taft did likewise. SO
did Mr.. Roosevelt. though the latter
always sprinkled few extemporan
eous sentences in his speeches which
prepared copy.
May Avoid Politics.
Mr. Wilson rarely prepared speeches
in advance. he even spoke extempor-
aneously in the formal sessions Of the
Paris peace conference. He liked the
,
Harding takes the view that presi-
Dental speeches are not intended a.
a rule for the few who can hear q
chief executives voice but for the
millions who read those speeches anc
base their criticism on printed words
An advantage that President Harding
will enjoy on his speaking tour viii
be the non-partisan character of the
, ARRANGEMENTS as President he car
afford to eschew republican mass
meetings which he would attend II
, he were to speak after the nat,ona
marty conventions have been held
Instead he now can accept invitations
from chambers OF commerce and 9th
er civic institutions and take on the
, problems Of the federal government
and explain his own attitude toward
peclally to politics or his party's
achievements.
Likely to start in June.
The points to be made by the Presi.
dent In various sections OF the countr,
and the program he shall advocate 70,
the future will no doubt be CAREFUL!
gone over by the party leaders with
their chieftain before the trip starts be-
cause they all will appreciate the pub
liCtty Value OK tne series OA spceSucS
made at a time when the fires Of thu
partisanship spring OF 1924 have mo-
been kindled. To make such a coas
| to coast trip will require many week,
Of preparation. President Harding !,
, already training physically for the biz
tour Of the year. No date has been Sc
for the start. but II the internationa
situation does not grow 50 complicated
as to require the Presidents presence
in Washington in June or July that 1,
the time when 1t is most advantageoul
TO make a trip to Alaska and the toul
may be begun then.
While Mr.. Harding has no intention
| of calling a special session OF Congress:
in the immediate future, he may wan
to convene that body a month or so be
fore the regular date In December sc
az to get a flying start before the 192l
primary campaign begins to interfer,
with the Legislative program In tha'
event the presidential tour would prob
ably be finished before the middle .o
September.