The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-20
|HARD|NGS OFF
ONLONG TRIP
f., To ALASKA
Presidents Speeches Expected
to Have Bearing on 1924
Campaign.
tCpntinued from First Page)

Of speeches, inspect two of Amer
lca's most important possessions,
and visit at least two foreign cOun-
!ries-Canada and Panama.
From almost every conceivable
aspect his 15,O00-mile jaunt is the
most ambitious trip a President of
he United States has ever engaged
lpon.
The trip has been divided into
hree distinct phases:
/. A speaking trip across the
country, in which he will answer
critics Of his Administration upon
every major subject in Government,
and report to the people on the
state Of the Union.
2. A survey of Alaska, which is
the first step in q concerted effort
to open up this vast territory to
economic and commercial develop
ment.
3. A visit to Porto Rico, designed
to allaY some of the anti-American
political turmoil there which al
ready has caused the withdrawal Of
one governor, and which is con
tinuing under his successor.
Interest In Speeches.
Important as the final phases of
the trip may be, It IL upon the
cross.country speaking trip that the
eyes Of all political leaders are
turned today, for in the speeches
which Mr.. Harding will scatter. be-
tween st. Louis tomorrow night to
San Diego on August 4. he will ex-
plain, defend, and challenge critics
of his administration on every is
sue from the world court to pro-
hibition.
A wide difference of opinion
exists among political leaders OF
both parties 40 to the effect OF the
Presidents Journey. There are
both Republicans and Democratic
leaders who say that the question
Of Mr.. Harding's nomination for a
second term hinges to a great de-
gree upon his cross-continent trip
| the first he has ever made. There
are others who, while admitting
the political potentialities of the
| journey, proclaim denomination
10 assured whatever be the West's
reaction to the Presidential utter
ance.
Mr.. Harding hinself Ii strictly
silent on this aspect OF his trip.
Never, by word or sign, has he
indicated he approved or disapproved
! OF the denomination accorded him
weeks ago in Florida by Attorney
General Harry M. Daugherty, his
political manager. He has con.
consistently deprecated all talk OF
politics in connection with the
present journey. even threatening
/ to call It off at one time because
of it's political aspect.
The itinerary, nevertheless, has
been laid out so as to carry the
President through most Of the
States in which opposition to Ad-
ministration policies has been most
pronounced. and in which the Re-
publican party met severe reverses
in the November election.
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Missouri. Kansas, Colorado, wy
oming, Utah, Montana, Washington
and Oregon are the States in which
the Presidents principal speeches
will be delivered. and in each OF
these States Democratic Senators or
governors either succeeded incum-
bent Republicans last November or
were reelected. Republican candi'
dates were defeated in these States
because Of what was generally term
ed unrest" which had its princi-
pal root in the low state Of the
agricultural and livestock indus
tries.
To Travel In Party.
The Presidential party itself is
one of the largest ever leaving the
capital. A special train of ten cars
will house the party, consisting OF
approximately seventy persons.
from Washington to the Pacific
coast.
The President, three members OF
his Cabinet, Hoover. Wallace and
Work; Speaker Gillett. their wives;
secretaries, newspaper correspon'
dents. secret service men and pho
tographers make up the party, some
members of which, however, will
not join until the coast is reached.
st. Louis, the first regular stop
will be reached early tomorrow aft
ernoon, and after speaking there at
night in the Coliseum on the in
ternational court, the President will
leave for Kansas City, where he
speaks Tuesday night on transporta.
ton.
The special train which carried
President Harding away from Wash
tngton today was equipped with
every modern device of voice ampli.
fication and radio broadcasting 80
| that thousands of persons will be
able to hear the "rear-end" speeches
| which are delivered en- route to the
Pacific coast.
Electrical experts who installed
the devices estimated that at least
$4,000 persons would be in hearing
distance or the President whenever
he speaks from the train, not in.
GLIDING the thousands who will be
able to pick up the speeches by
| radio throughout the United States
The amplifiers on the President s
train are designed to magnify the
| voice 10000 times, and are so ar.
ranged that the use of q transmit.
ter Will De unnecessary, the pickup
microphones being so sensitive that
they Will receive sufficient sound
although the speaker 10 eight or ten
feet away.
Arrangements have also been made
to install these amplifiers and radio
OUTFITS In all auditoriums when the
President speaks and for out-of.
door meetings, also. Special opera.
tors VIII De stationed throughout
the audience to regulate the power
or the ampltfiers to the needs of
the hearers. The oud-speaking tele-
phones are similar to those used nv
the President In delivering his in.
! augural address, when ~ ia asti.
VNAfAd that hn 1890. ;