Evening star., 1924-04-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WTLE

nignally failed ~ i've M n, bis name,
for he sbeaHded his sJi,ttsG tins Of
HtteeH minutes ~ tASs1y an hour.
" was late in the nvEhirP when The
ioduarlpus Muntn bAfA fstfb sntl the
i,hu.ht.is. toIioWihe & strenuous DAY,
W"To Hisepp sctrAs ~ tHew we're
charmed into premature slBrnber by
inc orHtDrs hlpgusnse t;Bt hF ar0Us-
ga thrn. IN the midst ~ y glowing
description ri the f. rs mission.
when he suddenly nEeIaitnsd. 'fJaagF- :
ters' whks up'" Aaby ala ;}econd
prize went " sfaee frightened
woman speaker MIN hAd bsrri warned
not 70 Indulge in the hId Wittlcism
which dcnpminstes the T.. 4. -, meet
ing us 'Darnrd Annual Epnpus." She
gresa az "Dagshtefs of the Annual
Revolution"
william Randolph Heart haa just won
a libel action against the London Daily
Mail In connection with a speech de-
!ivered in Washington In April. 1929, by
President Harding The Daily Mail re-
ported that Mr. Harding, in referring to
publisher who argued one way at the
White House about taxation and took
an opposite view in his papers, had Nr.
Hearst in mind The British court gave
Hearst a verdict on production of the
following letter from the late President ::
White House. Washington.
June !, 1923.
MY dear Mr.. Hearst:
~ am in receipt Of your recent note, in
which you tell me of the attack made
upon you as the inconsistent editor and
pub iSher who argued one policy, with
reference to taxation, in personal in
terview with me. and advocated very
contrary one in his publications. l am
g'ad to say to you that you were not in
any way in my mind at the time the
remark was made AS a matter Of sim
pie justice / may say to you that you
and have never had any discussion RS
lating to the tax question, except as We
quite informally discussed the practical
bility of the sales tax to meet the pro-
posed government expenditure involved
in the adjusted compensation of the
United States service men in the word
war. While We are often in disagree
ment. ] must do you the justice to say
that you have always discussed public
problems with me in the utmost of
frankness and sincerity, You probably
are aware Of the incident in which !
made the reference above referred to. l
was speaking of sincerity of policy as an
essential thing in the ethics of Influential,
journalism. The reference to the in
sincere editor was only Incidental, and
was given as an illustration of the in
consistency which the Executive some
times encounters.
with a very cordial expression Of re-
gard. and my best wishes, / am,
Very truly yours,
WARREN G. HARDING"
X 4: X X
Raymond r. Baker of Nevada, former
director of the mint, has come out for a
new Democratic presidential ticket He
says, I'm for any man at the head Of
the ticket who can present a doctors
certificate Of weak heart, and for Joe
Tumulty for Vice President"
1t is easy to explain the unfounded re-
port that President Coolidge had ap-
pointed Robert Lansing an American
commissioner to adjust claims with
Mexico. Lansing is an Amherst man,
and Amherst is "ueber allies in Wash
ington just now. The former Secretary
of State was graduated from Coolidge's
alma mater in 1885, nine years before
the President got his own A B. there.
Amherst made Lansing an LII D. in
1915.
Copyright, 1924