San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-09

|ORRY HARDING
'EsP|TE GOLF
II Not Fill Vacancies
\ During Recess of
\ Congress.
|0BLEM A HARD ONE
Land of Straw Hats,
! Bathing Suits and
| Sunshine.
|OBLEM A HARD ONE
Rv DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
hight by The San Antonio Light
eIbourne, Fla, March 9.-Presl-
\ Harding is having a good time
IL things should grow monotonous
ke has to do to make him glad
+ he is here is to read the front
of Florida newspapers where
btches from New York and New
and points, telling of storms and
birds, are displayed under two
I'm heads as of equal Importance
developments in the Ruhr. =,
this land of straw hats ana
Ing suits with the temperature
4 rising to 40 and so at midday,
4 drive even the slightest worries.
by the Pollyanna method. For
lutte detachment, President Hard
couldn't have selected a better
The little towns along Indian
A inlet. where the Harding house
| drifts along. are sparsely popu-
Grapefruit and orange groves
the only visible reminders OF IN
ty. It's the kind of an atmos--
y in which a man can do good
hour of uninterrupted thinking
day, and this is bound to be OF
Much value as the health giving
tiles of golf and houseboating.
Has Chance To Think.
Harding's opportunities for
ling out problems have been in
Ii weeks disturbed by something
b he considers the most perpleX-
hnd embarrassing phase of the
tlency, namely the making Of APP
ments to office. Picking men
Important tasks in the business
Ii is acknowledged TO be one of
keys to the financial success of
an enterprise, but selecting
for public office has that beat
land ways, in the opinion of Mr..
ling.
the first place, Congress usually
IS the salary that can be pad
expects the government TO get
live or ten thousand dollars II
men whose earning capacity is
or five times that much in the
hess world. Members Of Congress
selves are compelled TO live or
b a year and a good many Of
could be earning several times
sum in the practice Of law or
professions, and they realize
(acrifices that must be made by
who give up lucrative places to
public office.
Against Fancy Salaries.
L there is a prejudice "back
(" against "fancy salaries" So
president finds himself limited
5 choice either to. men who have
their fortunes and look upon
nmental service as a diversion
possibly an opportunity for the
interest of their families, or to
who wish to use the government
means of educating themselves
pecial kinds of business or pro-
|nal service later on i'll life.
Ter of these classes would cause
difficulty if they contained al
just the right men for the right
5, a thing that is not even easy
nd in the business world where
is not a factor. But more
the President is dragged into
another group and forced to
ibis pick. That group consists of
olitically active, or their friends,
of whom in the business world
Z not be apt to earn as much as
government will pay them.
demands of politics have been
cularly trying to Mr.. Harding,
defeat at the autumO elections
hny members of Congress made
itically necessary to take care of
ducks" Mr.. Harding was a
duck once himself and knows
it feels. He has been brought
the atmosphere of practical
cs and realizes that without
workers little can be hoped for
candidate. Nineteen twenty-fOur
far away and even if Mr.. Hard
Tere not to be the candidate, he
uch an enduring interest in the
enancc of party cohesion that
ould be found caring for the
ducks" just the same.
"Lame Ducks" Lacking.
b trouble is that however much
sympathy may be with these
ducks" they do not always have
3lity to fill the positions in
special training is required.
an administration has tried to
We the diplomatic service all
lives, but the Harding admins