The Winslow mail., 1923-05-18
PLANS FOR PRESIDENTS WEST.
ERN AND ALASKA TRIP VIR-
TUALLY COMPLETE.
HE STARTS ABOUT JUNE 10
First Speech, in West Virginia, Prob
ably Will Deal With Labor-WorId
Court, Railroads, Agriculture, to Be
Among His Subjects.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

loCAL WALL AldhS Ou Ills 1UI
journey through the country, which is
to have Alaska as it's terminal point,
will be made in West Virginia. This
speech doubtless will be weighted with
interest because it Is believed that it
will deal with labor.
One Of the subjects to which the
President will direct attention prob
ably in several Of his speeches has
been outlined as "a consideration Of
remedies for labor troubles, particu-
Iarly with reference to the necessity
Of safeguarding the public against
strikes in the transportation indus
try and in the coal Mines" The West
Virginia speech therefore should be il
Eliminating.
A few days after the Shrine con-
vention closes it's sessions and the gen
Hemen whose habit it Is to travel the
hot sands have gone back home, the
President expects to start on his jour
ney. The day will be June 10 or there
abouts. Tentatively the itinerary Of
the President has been arranged.
From West Virginia the President
will go to Cincinnati, where, if he
does not change his mind in the mean
time, 1t is expected he will speak for
the first time publicly and definitely
on the administrators position in ref
erence to American membership in the
world court.
Speeches on OUTGOING Trip.
From Cincinnati he will go to Louis
vile, then to st. Louis, and from there
to Kansas City, speaking in each
place. One city in Oklahoma yet to
be decided upon Is to be visited and
Its inhabitants addressed by the Pres
ldent. There is a little doubt as to
the next movement, but the chances
are that the party will move back from
Oklahoma to Memphis, and from there
may proceed to New Orleans
Two main speeches are to be made
In Texas, and others will be deliv-
cred in Arizona and New Mexico while
on the way to Los Angeles. There will
be one speech in Los Angeles, another
in San Francisco, another in Port
land, Ore, and a final speech on the
ut-going journey in Seattle, from
which port the President will sail to
Alaska.
On the way back Seattle will be the
point Of departure by railroad for the
East. The places In which addresses
are to be delivered on the return jour
ney have not yet been fixed, except
that it Is virtually certain that Min
neapolis will be visited, and that Chi
cagoans certainly are to hear the
President.
What's the President going to talk
about? Leaving the world court out
of consideration, the railroad prob
lem will be the chief subject of dis
cussion. 1t is said President Harding
does not believe with a good many
members Of his party that the Esch-
Cummins transportation act should be
repealed. Unquestionably it is his in
tention to suggest means that he
thinks will strengthen this law
1t is believed by some persons here
that he will advocate change in the
law governing the railroad labor
board, his wish being, it is said, to
move the board from Chicago and to
make of it a sort of labor bureau work
Ing within the domain Of the Inter
state Commerce commission.
May Make Defense of Tariff.
1t Is said the President will make
a defense Of the tariff law enacted by
the last congress. 1t is said also his
view is now that the tariff commits
sions determination that the tariff has
nothing to do with the advancing cost
Of sugar gives him additional reason
for the arguments which he will ad-
vance in favor of a customs act which
the Democrats daily are attacking.
The immigration question will be
discussed thoroughly. 1t is said in
Washington that the main speeches on
this subject will be delivered in those
cities which have the densest foreign
population, and from which has come
the majority of the demands that en-
trance into the country Of the foreign
born shall be made easier. This i'm
migration matter is q CrOuDllng one Tor
the administration.
In the Middle West the President
will talk at considerable length on ag-
ricultHre, recognized Of course by both
political parties today as one of the
outstanding questions of the hour. In
the Middle West there has been oppo-
sition to several of the administra-
TONS legislative endeavors, and SEEM
ingly there has been feeling there that
all that it is possible to do has not
been done for the agricultural inter
ests. A great many Of his party men
believe the crucial test of the success
Of the Presidents journey from a
party standpoint will be made in the
Middle West.
Washington Wants Conventions.
Within the last twenty years Wash
hgton, the capital of the country, has
passed from a state of an overgrOWn
put placid country village into the es-
:ate of metropolitan size and activity,
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