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Show GOVERNMENT BY UNDERSTAND- ING M Government by understanding has su- M perseded government by dictation, as the H Washington correspondent of the Jour- H nal points out. fl Mr. Harding, while lacking nothing in H personal ,forcefUness, is inclined by na- m ture to consult with other men who are H entitled to a share in the determination m of public issues. He has no desire to be m ait tjntocrat. He does not seek to take M selfisli advantage by reason of the great H privileges vested in him. M One evening this week he invited M twelvve of the Senate leaders to dine H with him at the White House. A helpful H dicu!ion of the present legislative situ- H ation resulted, and apparently without m annoyance' on either side. The Se.v.lors m ' had tlieir ujimons and Mr. Harding had m hi, but at the close of the gathering a M workable programme had been acreed M uj)on, both the lawmakers and the Exe- m tutive having yielded somewhat of their H original contentions. Hj A fey days hence there ig to be a sim- M ihu dinner for House leaders at the Exe- M cutive Mansion. There will be a similar S threshing out of individual predilections H t'ljd. th?re ought to be similar harmoni- H ous conclusion. Thus far the President H has walked tactfully and avoided any B j'ightful charge of undue aggressiveness. m He has shown that ho intends to Jnain- B tain the best traditions of his office; he H is as far as possible from giving the im- pression of weak-kneed acquiescence in plans he does not approve. But, being a reasonable human being, he does not propose to concentrate every possible ounce of authority in the Presidential of-f of-f fee and impose his will on the legislative legisla-tive branch of the Government in defiance defi-ance of the . historic interdepartmental balance that the Constitution provides. Providence Journal. IH Rt |