The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-16
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Harvey, Hays, Lasker and Adams Ready to Take Up Presidents Battle to Succeed SeIf-BroWn
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WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-BERAIaD Washington, D, C., April 15 l

It is understood that four men have let the President know that they would undertake the management of his campaign for reelection were the President to deem their services essential or even desirable The four are George Harvey, ambassador to the Court of St. James; Will H. Hays, general manager of the moving pie ture industry; Albert D. Lasker, chairman of the United States ship ping board, and John T. Adams, chair man of the republican national com mittee
 Of the four. two, it is said, are in- sistent. They are Harvey and Adams. It is reported that Harvey is so anx ious to get into the thick of things again that he would be willing to re- sign his amba ssadorial commission in favor ef Il. r Fletcher, ambqs sador to Belgium.
 The President has gwen consider ation to various possible managers. but has made no decision. He is said to be inclined to favor Walter F. Brown sOhio, former progressive" follower of Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Hiram Johnson, who, in 1920, returned to the "reactionary" fold. Would Be King Maker.
 According to current gossip in po litical circles here, Harvey has as- piration to be known as king maker. It Is said that he feels cer- tain that he brought about the nomi- nation of Harding in his Blackstone hotel room In Chicago. and that his subsequent advice and editorial con tributions brought about the over whelming defeat of the democratic candidate. He believes, It is reported, that he could in paragraph elimi- nate certain handicaps under which the administration presently labors, and so prepare the way that future opposition would be futile.
 1t is known that the President ap preciates the editorial merits of Harvey, and the fact that the ambas- ssldor did contribute to his nomtna- toh as a comparative dark horse in 1920. It was for the latter eontrlbu, ton that the President appointed Harvey to London. At the same time the President is said not to be un aware of certain alleged draw backs" There are the goggles ard the knee brooches; the ambassadors pfOneneSS to uellVer speeches out ol which controversies easily develop, his allged adulation of British roy atty; his intense bitterness and un- comfortable temper. Nevertheless, the President hasn't vetoed Harveys inn piled application, and the two will talk the situation over when Hard ing returns during the summer from Alaska.
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 Newspaper men, some days ago, asked the President if he had select ed Mir Lasker of the shipping board to manage his campaign. The Pres ident had just previously displayed irritation because the people will re- gard him as a candidate rather than President. So, with some petulance, it appeared, he answered in the nega- tive. Then he praised MT. Lasker. de- claring him "as clean as a hounds tooth" and giving him credit for his achievements as head of the shipping board
 The Presidents 1920 campaign was managed by Will H. Hays. The Pres ident regards Hays as one of the out
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