Show o 11 Jr u L t HARDING FEARS PARTISAN TINGE or OF HIS JOURNEY President Afraid of Interpretation Interpretation Interpretation In In of Views by Writers Cuts SPeaking Speaking Speak Speak- ing Schedule in speak speak-I Half WASHINGTON May 12 B By I U U. President P.-President P. P President Harding himself himself him him- self a newspaperman is afraid afraid of the the newspapers That Is the reason he has ha's revamped re revamped revamped re- re vamped plans for his western trip and intends to make at least half of it by water Mr 11 Harding Is not afraid of having haling the newspapers carry a complete and faithful report of what ho he does where he goes and what he sa says s He wants' wants the country to know lenow about that and when he speaks on a public question question question ques ques- tion ho is glad to have his views given the widest publicity I lIe He Is afraid however of havIng having hav- hav Ing ng- ng the straight news of his trip interpreted by special writers and others so that the journey will take on a political significance significance cance which Mr 1 Harding is de determined determined determined de- de it shall not assume That ThatIs Is the reason he is going to cut cutin In half his speaking tour He will also by this means cut in half the number of public receptions re receptions receptions re- re he lle must undergo the number of crowds he must appear before the number of ot greetings I enthusiastic or otherwise he will receive i I FEARS GREETINGS The president knows that In addition addition ad ad- ad to straight news of his trip and speeches a great deal would be written about these other features whether features whether he was enthusiastically enthusiastically enthusiastically received whether he was more or less popular now than when he took toole office He fears that every time a well-known well Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican came down to the train to greet him that It would be made a political conference To Mr 1 Harding the forthcoming ing Journey Is not the western trip It Is Is the Alaskan trip It Is a business journey which he will take In his official capacity capacity capacity capac capac- ity and neither a pleasure jaunt nor a political campaign swing Mr Harding has repeated that tha over and over and he Is bent on on getting the Ithe country to understand that he a means It SPEECH ON ALASKA The speech he regards as as' as the biggest of the trip will be devoted to Alaskan affairs It will be delivered de delivered de- de livered lI on on n his return from the North country countr probably probably- at Seattle The rhe other speeches will be made for two reasons reasons because because a presIdent president president dent crossing the country canno cannot avoid speechmaking ng and because the trip affords a good opportunity ity for discussing with the people the administrations administration's policies ant and plans and for sensing public reactions re reactions reactions re- re actions to them |