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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1921
Page
6
In his inaugural address President Harding asserts the United States will avoid any permanent military alliance or global supergovernment while pursuing peace, reconstruction, and a restored economy. He emphasizes national sovereignty, restraint, and a gradual return to normalcy amid postwar readjustment.
A historical compilation lines reveal a debate on liberty and civilization tied to representative government, divine inspiration of the founders, non-entanglement yet willingness to join world councils, and calls for disarmament, economic reform, and industrial peace. It emphasizes resisting world government, promoting free trade with fair tariffs, and pursuing national welfare through production, self reliance, and responsible leadership.
President Harding and Mrs. Harding reached the White House at 2 44 PM and greeted Marion Ohio guests invited to luncheon. The president stepped from a motor and assisted Mrs Harding entering the mansion before thanking the cavalry escort commander as photographers watched.
On March 4 in Washington Vice President Marshall bid farewell as the Senate adjourned. He then called the new Senate to order, and Vice President Coolidge led with a brief address and a prayer by Senate Chaplain Rev. J. J. Muir, invoking President Wilson as the audience listened.
President Harding and Mrs. Harding gave open house at the White House after a luncheon for invited guests. Attendees included the President's father Dr. George T. Harding and his brother Dr. George T. Harding Jr. of Columbus, Ohio, sister Mrs. Heber Votan, niece Mrs. Frank Longstore of Marion, and Marion physician Dr. C. E. Dawyer. Afterward Marion guests were shown through the executive mansion.
The speaker calls for an America where employment safeguards, home life, and childhood are wholesome. He denounces ill considered remedies, urges sober methods, and envisions a service oriented government, united under moral duty. He invokes God, the Golden Rule, and shared responsibility of 100,690,000 citizens to build a just prosperous republic.
The sixty sixth Congress closed quietly with final gavels at 11:50 in the House and 12:30 in the Senate. The Senate clock was moved backward and the House forward to align with the inaugural program.
Vice-President Coolidge calls the new Senate to order for a session marked by little legislation. The army and immigration bills failed, pocket vetoed by Wilson, while the naval measure stalled in the Senate. Wilson signed a few last measures before adjourning, with plans for an early April extra session to craft substitutes and reassert immigration limits. Swearing in 32 new Senators opens the new body, as Norbeck of South Dakota misses his response.
Washington notes Vice President Coolidge’s inaugural text praising the Senate as the citadel of liberty. He emphasizes Congress power, Senate review, and protection of minority rights, urging harmony, deliberation, and fidelity to constitutional law.
Washington broadcast notes secretary of state Charles Evans Hughes faces urgent issues from the Columbian treaty and Mexican recognition to German reparations and League of Nations questions. With disputes over Yap, Mesopotamian oil, Japanese mandates, alien land laws, and naval competition, U S policy and diplomacy are at a critical juncture.
The News editorializes on Warren G. Harding's inauguration, noting solemnity and national respect for government. It emphasizes the presidency's authority, the electoral mandate, and hopes for a tranquil term and prosperous nation under the new leader.
During President Harding's address at the inaugural, he paused to commend wounded soldiers and promise future care. A woman fainted near the stand. Mrs. Harding directed a Secret Service man to assist her and watched first aid being given before returning to the speech.
Vice President Marshall bids farewell to the Senate in a moral, humorous valediction that blends devotion to American ideals with a call for steadfast republican principles. He recalls humble origins, declares faith in the Declaration and Constitution, and warns against shifting landmarks while urging orderly reform and national unity.
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