Show life story of warree warre q gamaliel 11 1 1 ar 0 1 ka warren Gain aliel harding twenty menty linth president of do united states slates as born november 2 1805 on ills grandfathers farm faria just outside tile i hinge of blooming grove in morrow county ohio lie he was descended from two pioneer american families hardy bardy holland ditch D itch on oil the one side and lib acty joving scotch on tile the other ills father fut lier hr dr george T harding Is still a practicing physician lit in marlon marion 0 despite ills advanced age of seven ty nine years ills mother was phoebe elizabeth dickerson harding mr hviding was a self made roan man in the best sense of the phrase ile he worked on his and fathers farm and atter attended ded the he voiage village school until lie was fourteen years old and then he entered the ohio central college at iberia ile he worked his big way through that thai institution by cutting corn paint lit ins ills his neighbors barns and helping on the grading of the roadbed of the T 0 C railroad lie ile also played lit in the village bind band and aad was editor of the college paper when be graduated from the col degl legu warren went to work vork in the village printing office at the time he was n nineteen years old his father moved to marlon marion with the family and there aided warren financially in gaining gaan control of tle the marlon marion star of which lie he was publisher until after he the op office ece of president of the united states already be knew how to set type and to do all the other 1 duties of a printer and when the lino type was introduced lie he learned to operate that machine always he be car biej va M a pocket piece the printers rule ho h used in those days the star was his idol and ire was very proud of it and of the more than friendly relations relatione ione that existed between him nod and his big employees there was wae never a strike on the paper and about fourteen years ago lie he instituted a profit sharing plan whereby the employees received dividends that were paid them in the form of stock in the paper mr harding was identified also with the industries that sprang ftp ap in marlon as it grew from a town of to a city of more than lie ile was a director in a bank and in several manufacturing companies and was a trustee of trinity baptist church his rise in politics As editor and publisher of a lively republican paper it was vias inevitable that fiat sir hardtop harding should take an active interest in politics and ills attainments brought him to the front in the ile he was a member of the hie ohio senate from 1900 to 1001 and then served as lieutenant governor goer nor of the state in 1910 he was the republican nominee for governor but was defeated in dl he be was sent to the united states senate serving until 1920 1520 when lit be resigned to make tile the campaign tor for tile the presidency ln in the entson campaign that ear he be had been looked on as one of the possible nominees nees for tile the high office but ills defeat in the rles for election ot of delegates from ohio teemed to spoil ills chinea chi neg however the conservative meaders of the republican party pre railed in the gathering in the chicago coliseum seum and mr harding was nominated ills his campaign was based largely on opposition io ile american participation in the league of nations and was ivas so bucce saul that in the election of november 4 he received electoral votes to for james M cox the democratic nominee lie he was inaugurated augu rated march 4 1921 1021 with a degree of simplicity in the ceremonies that pleased the american people classed when in the senate as a conservative president harding did not depart markedly front from conservative lines when in the white house though ills his supporters always said lie he was us 19 progressive as the good of tile the country warranted and as conditions permit tM lie he like president roosevelt had a great cesal ceal miners strike on ills his hands bands and labored hard and with a measure of success to bring it to fl a peaceful and just end arms limitation conference the outstanding accomplishment of his administration was the great international conference for the limitation of armament held in washington opening on armistice day november 11 1921 at ills his instigation the conference was authorized by congress and otter aster feeling out the big powers and finding them agreeable lie he issued invitations to great britain france belgium italy japan china the netherlands and portugal each country sent some of its most eminent statesmen as delegates those of the united states being secretary of state hughes chairman of the conference senators lodge of massachusetts an and underwood of alabama ani and ex secre tary of state ellhu root the conference adjourned february 6 1922 after negotiating these treaties A covenant of limitation to naval armament between the united states great britain france japan and italy A treaty between the same powers as to the use of submarines and noxious gases in warfare A treaty between the united states great britain france and japi capi n u relating to their insular possessions possession and their insular dominions in the pacific with a declaration reserving america Ameri cai rights in mandated territory 4 k N U f WARREN G HARDING A treaty between the nine powers in the conference relating to principles and policies to be followed in matters concerning china A treaty between the nine powers relating to chinese customs tariff because france refused to consider the limitation of land armament at the present time that part of the conference fell through but what it did achieve was considered a great step toward the attainment of world petrice peace the treaties were ratified by the united states senate and the british parliament and the other nations followed suit though for a long time it was feared france would not accept the pacts however president harding lived to see them ratified by the french chamber and senate favored entering world court mr harding arding II had not been long in tile the white house before it appeared that he did not favor entire isolation of tile the united states from european affairs but believed this country would have to do its part in the restoration to of europe to pence peace and stability this feeling became more evident early in 1923 when he proposed that america should accept ml membership in the international court cour of jus title tire had been founded under tinder tile the ces of the league of nations the president was aa insistent artent as ever that tills this country all should donld keep out of the league but believed the court was or would be indelio independent adent ot of the lie greater organization against the advice ot of some me leaders of ills his party lie he tills this advice on several occasions and his pin plan formed the subject of some omo of ills his addresses on ills his last and fatal tri trip P through the west ile he did 11 d not think it would split ills his party and boldly continued to advocate it notwithstanding tills this it was assumed to be almost a certainty that president harding arding ll would be in t the I 1 e republican national convention of 1024 1924 sir mr hardings home heme life was I 1 ideal deal save gave that lie he had no children rie ile find and mrs ills harding who was miss florence kling of marion were devoted to each other and she was always ills his truo true helpmate ii el pm a te both in ohio and in washington in the national capital mrs harding arding ll quickly made herself loved by all with whom she came tn in contacts contact and during the western trip she was more eager even than tile the president to meet and mix mil with all kinds of people his hig western trip president hardings alaska trip was originally planned for the summer of 1922 ile he inherited the so called alaska problem alaska seemed to ile be on the down grade with decrease in population lation and mining output threatened extinction of the fishing industry and numerous other unfavorable symptoms the situation apparently called for tile the establishment of it a alte alaskin policy various plans were ere discussed including a transfer of control to the interior department from the score or more of go governing vernin 9 bureaus president hardings plans for 1022 came to naught but this year he determined to get first livid haid aror matlon mation ile he was accompanied by S secretary ec work of the interior department secretary wallace of the agricultural department and secretary hoover of the department of commerce all of whom are immediately concerned in the alaskan situation the president left washington at the end of june and journeyed leisurely to the pacific northwest by special train making speeches at st louis denver helena spokane and other cities incidentally he visited two of the national parks first he went to zion in utah the newest of our na dional parks which Is a many colored gorge cut by the rio virgin next he ha visited yellowstone in wyoming created in 1872 the first national park in history and largest and most famous of the nineteen parks of our system here lie he motored boated fished fed the bears and had a good time ills his plans also included a visit to yosemite upon his return trip but that was wa abandoned saw much of alaska the president celebrated the fourth of july in the united states and then started for alaska on the U S transport henderson ills his alaskan trip was wa extensive he went the length leali of the new government railroad and visited the capital juneau and the principal cities ile he also was shown the best of the majestic scenery on his return trip mr harding stopped orf oft at vancouver creating precedent in that lie he was the first american president to step on canadian soil the president arrived at seattle july 27 and reviewed from the bridge of the henderson a fleet of a dozen or so 80 battleships under command of admiral 11 II P jones each of which gave him the national salute of twenty one guns even then he was suffering from from the ailment that resulted in his death and soon after that the rest of his trip which was to include a return to the fast east via the panama canal was cancelled president II arding made a public address at seattle setting forth his views on the alaskan situation some of his points were these alaska for Al Ala there Is no need of government managed federally bald for hothouse development there must be no reckless sacrificing of resources alaska Is destined for statehood in a afew few years where there Is possibility of 0 betterment in federal machinery of administration improvement should and will be effected other conclusions presented by president harding were that generous appropriation on should be made for road building that the lie federal government should be more inore liberal in encouraging the technical scientific and demonstration work in agriculture that restrictions should be laid on the fisheries and on the forests that the development of the coal mines must awalt await time and economic conditions that the government should retain ownership and operation of the alaskan kan during the presidents illness th the e greatest concern concer was N as felt and expressed e X presse d in all foreign countries and their governments were Constant constantly lr advised of his condition |