Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-26 | Page 1 | Ohio Jurist to be Offered Position

Ohio Dum JUm T TO TOBE I 8 BE OFFERED Off POSITION ro President Harding De Decides ides t to Appoint vo Former mer Pr President President i dent to Bench I WASHINGTON May President President Harding has nas to appoint William William William Wil Wil- liam Howard Taft to the high office of chief justice of the United States as successor to the late Edward Douglass White it was learned here today on tie the highest authority The nomination of Taft may go to the senate within a week or ten days It was learned that the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House within the last few days had asked Washington friends of the former former former for for- mer president to ascertain whether he heI I would accept the appointment The reply has come come com back that he would I