The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-10

! through his papers until almost
daybreak
The world conference on disarm.
! ament probably will go down in his
| tory as the greatest achievement oil
his administration. +"
But Harding's fight for an, Amer
| lean ship subsidy, for the establish
| ment of a world court OF justice, for
the preservation Of the 18th or pro
hibition amendment, for the AMIGA
BILE settlement of industrial differ
Their his name has become only 9
ences on the railroads and In the
mines will be remem bered long az.
ter his name has become only q
memory.
First Year Hard
Harding's first year in the presI.
Dental chair started under almos,
crushing handicaps. Industry was
crushed, unemployment was grow
ing, international relations were
hopelessly involved.
At the close Of Harding's frs
year, the administration pointed to
these accomplishments: -
| Technical state of war with Ger
many ana Austria was brought &c
an END.
Immigration, which had added tc
the unemployment burden, was re:
stricted by congressional enactment
A budget system wasI established
1 and a survey of governmental de
partments with view of saving ex-
| pence.
The Veterans Bureau was estab
lished, bringing under one head the
scattered activities connected with
the welfare OF former service men.
| Tho cfond nP fha TIn3fnA fak
| government on mandates conferred
by the Versailles treaty was clar1-
fed. u
A federal highway act appropriat
ed $75,000,000 for federal CO opera
ton with states in building better
roads. ..
Saving of sS6,0O0,O 900 was affected
in the naval appropriation bill AIT
$15, 100000 in army expenditures.
A commission was created for
handling the refunding of allied
debts to the United States.
Packers bill was passed for regu
lation of traffic in livestock, eggs
and dairy products, while anothe,
Dill was passed prohibiting grain
gambling.
But President Harding's one great
/ SASS S&A6Ah6 0NAAONC4HOnt III HIS UESl
year was the calling of the worIO
disarmament conference at Wash
fngton in November, 1921.
This conference, most unbiased
observers believe, removed the
threat of war in the Far East and
definitely did away with the Anglo
! Japanese treaty, by SEINE regarded
as q menace to the United States.
| The conferecne drafted treaties
providing for.
CO. OPERATION between the
United States, Great Britain, France
and japan in maintaining peace in
the Far East. (Four- Power Pacific
RECOGNITION of the open doc,
IN China by all nations interested in
the Far East. *
RETENTION by the United State.
OF cable and radio rights in zap, d
racine island important as com
munfcation center.
Harding was a man of more thar
usual height-he was well over si,
feet tall. His head was large, set or
a. pair Of massive shoulders. His
hair was iron gray and thin on top
His eyes were light blue, his face
lion like. His frame was sinewy.
Friends called him "his own great.
est taskmaker." He worked hard
and long throughout his life. At the
White House he started the day al
a. M. and rarely finished work be.
fore midnight.
oolfInu His Sport
HIS favorite sports were fishfns
and ,golfing-ehiehy the latter. Al
president he was known as the esst.
dressed man In Washington.
Harding from boyhood to pres,
deney, was famed as a conciliatol
and had great ability In drawing 70.
gethsF rival factions. He tried t.
emulate Mckinley in this respect.
His three great heroes were Alex.
ander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln
and Napoleon. He devoured everJ
book he could find about Napoleon
and In Europe visited all the place,
connected with Napoleon's life.
From his mother he inherited 4
deep religious nature. He was /
trustee Of the Trinity Baptist Church
at Marion. *
He was called the greatest hand
shaker who ever tenanted the Whit,
House. Almost any visitor in Wash
ington could get to clasp the presl,
dents hand, despite the huge volume
OF work under which the executiv,
| ldUOT6Q.
Mrs. Harding was a quiet woman
who took too little interest in Wash
ington social life. Her influence wa!
giant factor in bringing her hus
band to success.
ITO be successful a man must BIZ
well fed and well groomed,% sh,
used to say and she devoted her life
to making Harding both of these.
or Harding an editor whom he
employed to operate the Marion Stal
said: . y -
Nv. @. IL the squarest, fairest mar
In the world. And he's a cracker
Jack reporter" ~.
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