25 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
1
President eyed broad merchant marine policy and a unified shipping board. Plans suggest placing consular agencies under Commerce to cut costs and boost foreign trade while recruiting capable staff with better pay, arguing for national commerce leadership via a new board.
Debs arrives alone from Atlanta, driven to the Department of Justice. He meets Attorney General Daugherty for three hours to discuss grave questions affecting his liberty. Separate coverage notes President Harding and Senator Willis discussing Ohio patronage, the emergency tariff bill, and the Colombian treaty.
In a rare quiet episode the new Attorney General arranged a secret, unguarded meeting with Eugene V Debs in Washington. Debs came from Atlanta unparoled as a gentleman on his honor and left for Union Station to return to prison.
Officials reveal little of Debs meeting during his India Pullman prison transfer. The Attorney General disclosed the fact after a long interview with Debs, a encounter viewed as pivotal for his vast socialist following and potential impact on future political currents.
Senator Ball of Delaware outlined views on District representation in Congress and the push for larger schools and playgrounds, tougher criminal laws, and utility consolidation. He opposes elected District commissioners, favors appointment by the President, and supports federal aid for National Capital improvement while cautioning about constitutional hurdles to President voting rights and statehood.
Cardinal James Gibbons archbishop of Baltimore dies at 11:38 AM after a quiet illness. His funeral plans call for lying in state at the cathedral from Easter through Monday and Tuesday with a high requiem Mass on Thursday and burial in a crypt niche. The service will draw a vast assembly of church leaders including cardinals O’Connell and Regin, archbishops, bishops, and monsignors from across the United States.
Frederic William Wise reports Robert Lansing s long awaited account of his rift with President Wilson titled The Peace Negotiations The narrative portrays Lansing defending his stance during the Paris peace talks and details alleged Wilson provocations and the personal friction that led to their break in 1919 1920 with chapters recounting meetings in Paris and the dispute over the league of nations and legal counsel in the peace process
London March 24 A big daylight hold up in Regents Park shook morning crowds. A salary clerk from the Ministry of Pension with £2000 in a bag was with a motor van driver when three armed men halted them and ordered surrender. The robbers drove off with the van, leaving the driver at the wheel.
Berlin dispatches report police restoring order in Hamburg after battles with communist factions that occupied shipyards. Ringleaders arrested in Saxony, claims of confessions tied to plots to blow up facilities. Martial law not declared, railways patrol lines tightened, and banks targeted amid widespread upheaval across Prussian Saxony and Hamburg.
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