Evening star., 1923-05-15
PRESIDENT TO MAKE.
z TALKS IN WEST
St. Louis to Hear First
Speech-To Deal With In
portant Subjects.

At least twelve set speeches VIII De
made by President Harding on his
way to the Pacific coast next month,
and according to authoritative Whlte
House information these messages
will be of great Importance. They
will serve more or less as reports to
American public on the stewardship
with which the President has been IN
trusted for more than two years and
also to outline the future policies OF his
administration.
He will make his initial address IN
St Louis and it is understood that on
this occasion he will give what be
described as a preface of what is TO
follow in his other speeches.
These views are expected to follow
along the lines laid down by the
Executive in his New York address
last month with the addition or new
arguments in support of the proposal.
AS the first step toward preparation
he has begun to select the topics he
desires to discuss and to assign them
to the various cities chosen for prlncl-
pal addresses In doing this the
President is understood to be follow
ing a policy of speaking upon topic
of special interest to the community OF
which the particular city is the center
Twelve Speeches Planned.
The itinerary as now arranged pro-
videS for speeches in about twelve cities,
the first in St. Louis and the last prob
ably in San Diego, Calf. Although Mr..
Harding has indicated that he regards
these addresses as somewhat secondary
to the real purpose of the trip-hlS visit
to Alaska-he, nevertheless, proposes to
prepare them with care.
dent, according to some of his advisers.
will speak upon the transportation
problem. In this address it is conSid
cred likely Mr. Harding will outline, at
least in a preliminary way, the recon-
mendations with respect to railroad leg
islation which he will make to Congress
next December. He also will discuss
water transportation, phase of the
transportation question which was dis
cussed by him today with Representa-
tive Newton of Missouri, a republican
member of the House rivers and har-
borS committee. fl
The next address will be made at
Hutchinson, Kan, and from present
indications will be devoted to the
general agricultural question the
President outlining what his admin
iStration has done for the farmers,
with particular mention of thu Ford
ney-McCumber tariff and credits legis
lation.
I,
Salt Lake City, Boise. Idaho, and Hell
ena. Mont, likewise will be upon sub
Sects of particular interest to those
communities. AS for Seattle. some
of those who have talked recently
with the President understand that
his new policy for Alaska. as based
on observations made during the more
than two weeks he will spend there.
This is contingent, however, on
whether he returns to that city after
his Alaskan trip or lands at Port
land. Ore. In the latter case. the
Alaskan address will be made at
Portland.
Discuss Arms Farley.
One of the addresses contemplated
by the executive will deal with the
results of the arms conference, and
he IS said to feel that the logical
place for such speech would be a
Pacific coast city, the west coast be-
ing particularly interested in the
four-poWer treaty as we'll as many of
the other conventions which resulted
from the conference.
The President was formally invited
to Utah yesterday by Gov. Maybe,
who, with Senator King. called at
the White House. Another caller, w.
II. Goodin of Lovelock, New, invited
him to visit Reno. He was understood
TO have explained that his itinerary
as now arranged would not permit
such a stop on the outward trip. but
that he might be able to visit some
Nevada point on a side trip from
Yosemite National Park, where he
hopes to spend two or three days.
Steps preparatory to the Alaskan
portion of the trip already are being
taken by some of the branches of the
government having jurisdiction there.
Commissioner Tigert of the bureau of
education will leave in a few days
for Alaska to make some arrange
ments with respect to school exhib-
its.