Show V Ii II HAT HAT IN RING JOHNSON IS SILENT SENATOR HAS liTTLE TO SAY ON HIS HS BOOr BOOM Important Statement Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Expected Expected At Dinner Wednesday 1 PRAISES S LEVIATHAN Uncommunicative On Im- Im Impressions Impressions Im Impressions Gained In Europe NEW q-Es q YORK JuI July 23 United Senator Hiram Johnson ot of CalifornIa boomed by his hia frIends for the Republican In 1924 returned froma from I a tour ot of o Europe Europe tod today tody y on Oil the Leviathan refusing to Indicate to I reporters or the crowd who gath- gath gath cred to greet erect him whether his hat was Wa In the ring Johnson enthusiasts to see two good omens in the Inci mel Incidents Incidents dents of ot the coining borne One aim as LS the fact that In the little fleet leet of craft that went down the bay bayto bayto bayto to meet hIm ilm was w the tug Menominee nce nee flee The other was the tact that while he ho did not shy his hat Into the ring a capricious wind vind shied It for him Into the bay The senator only laughed how how- how I Ier er when he was asked to corn com com comment ment on the omens omena and declared I will not be bo Int Interviewed cd on politics at this time Ume Later LaterI I may haa have hae a little to say nay TO TALK Friends of ot the s senator indIcated they expected an Important tate tate- fro Wednesday night when he addresses the testimonial being arranged In his honor Johnson was as as taken aboard the municipal steamer Ma- Ma Macomb comb Ala comb down the bay and landed at the Battery lie He was cheered there by a crowd of more than 2000 persons as he entered an automobile to take him to the Waldorf To rep reporters who pressed him for some gome Indication of ot how he feels about the Johnson for tor president movement ho he had e eer ever er the same answer though he ho phrased It tilt tilt- dit that that he was not going to be Interviewed on that subject today OUT our 01 OF 01 TOUCH I 01 have been In Europe four sand and a halt half months he said Id Dur ing that time I have been out ot of tuch with domestic politics polities I wilt will talk about domestic only after I have had bad a chance to catch up with what happened dur- dur durIng durIn Ing In my mv absence Senator Johnson Johnon said he hI planned to go to W Washington the latter Iatter put part of this v week eek and spend a few tew clearing up affairs which have llave come up during his absence I lie He expects to go to California 01 out September 1 1 The s senator who had become wedded to the Leviathan Le n on his trip borne home was gr greeted ded down do n the thet Lay tay ay early this morning by a 0 com corn committee of about 25 headed beaded by Waldo Valdo aad at George Henry Pa Po nc ne Most Mot of the greeters ere acre men who had ben allied Ith ith tIle Bull null Moose party men ho hue hae been warmly pro-Johnson pro for lor lora fora fora a long time As he left the Lh Senator Johnson herfor gazed steadily back at her for tor reveral minutes and then said One cannot leave lease a ship like thAt without some emotion He lie had found many passengers or board he said who had never th thought much of the American merchant marine maMne before Now he they were ere resolved resoled ed that the SIrs and Stripes would be suf- suf sut for tor them on the spas seas and some were that the Stars Continued on race Page Two TivO Lu w I SENATOR I s HAS LITTLE TO SAY I SAYI ON HIS BOOM BOO Continued from Page PaC One a aol ant 01 Stripes would be sufficient for tor them on land too About his impressions of condl- condl condl in J and what hat he be thinks about Americas America's attitude toward I affairs should be Sen- Sen Senator Senator Sen Senator ator Johnson was as a catlie the ea-the as bo ho was about his presidential I aspiration Europe and andI I Americas America's relation to Europe will willbe willbo bu be the subject of ot his address Wed Wed- Wednesday Wed nIght and his friends said ho was wa saving savins all his bis thunder for tor that addres and the tho addresses whIch are to follow In various parts ot of the tho country The rho senator smiled and answered ans In the negative when he lie was asked If ho be proposed to follow tollow tb the trail ot of President Hardings Harding's recent swing s through the tir west In the de- de delivery de delivery livery of ot his message to America foreign affairs affair I I have hav no plan he said I will mv my message e where I can and how I ran can 0 O CO O OX 0 S 'S Reporters who tried to smoke him out with some comment on the recent election to the senate of Magnus M Johnson of Minnesota L had little S success sS When hen some one told him the senator-elect senator had said that Johnson of ot California talks too little he hc replied there are arc a lot ot of who vho talk too much I In general terms of his trip abroad in which he visited ance Spain Italy Holland Belgium and England and talked to statesmen of many na- na na nations tit ns Russia Senator said he had had a glor- glor elor ions trip and that he ho had wan der dered generally close to 10 the th ground He said laid 1 he was not pessimistic answered shout world orld conditions but left a question as to whether hether he lee was optimistic The only event so far formally on Senator Johnsons Johnson's program ram for I forI hl his stay here in addition to his Cl address at the dinner In hIs hia honor Wednesday night is an Informal luncheon tomorrow at which he I and a score of Ma Ms friends ylli be guests of Mr Ur Payne at the club It was announced to- to to day today that Sensor Moses of New Nev Hampshire who also returned re- re recently re recently cutly from a visit to Europe has IM an invitation to speak at the atthe Wednesday night dinner |