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Show HARDING AWAITING BRITISH OKEH ON . HARVEY Will Send in Nomination When London Says Colonel Colo-nel I Acceptable WASHINGTON. March IS. Eugene Meyer Jr. of New Tork, who waa managing man-aging director of the war finance cor-I cor-I po ratio a under Prreidont Harding, haa been nominated by I'realdent Harding Har-ding In bo a director, of the corporation corpora-tion fur a term of four yeara. Elliott Wadaworth of Boaton. Maaa.. waa nominated to bo aaalatant aec rotary ro-tary of the treaaury. He will be In I charge of foreign loana. I 1. Mayhew WainWrlght, a New Tork lawyer, la underatood to have been ae-kreted ae-kreted aa aaeietant aecrelary of war. Walawrlght waa a colonel In the Twenty-aeventh dlvlaion in France, aerving In the Judge advocate a dlvlaion. lYraident Harding la awaiting aaaur-ance aaaur-ance from the Brltiah government that Colonel Ueorge Harvey will be acceptable accept-able aa American amhokooodor to T-rm- don before aending Harvey'e nomination nomina-tion to the aenate. It waa learned today. to-day. - These assurance have- not been received re-ceived and It li practically certain therefore that Harvey's nomination will not go to ths senate today. In making ambassadorial appointments appoint-ments It Is customary to make formal Inquiries of the government to which ths ambassador Is to go aa to hia acceptability. ac-ceptability. The repllea ro theae In-qulrlea In-qulrlea are favorable, except In extreme cusra. Harding hns aasumed that Harvey Will be acceptable. I'realdent Harding hns. narrowed hla Uat of possible uppolnlees to the chairmanship of tha shipping board to James A. Farrell, president of the United Htates Hteel corporation, and R. A. C. Bmlth of Now York, an official of the Ward line. Krank C. Munson. president of the Munon Kieamahlp line, said today after a conference with the prealuent at the White House. The senate confirmed Kllot W. Wadaworth of Massachusetts aa assistant as-sistant secretary of the treasury. |