HARDING HOPEFUL SOMETHING WILL BE DONE ABOUT DISARMAMENT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 31, 1921, the White House indicated that "tentative negotiations on disarmament" were underway. According to the "highest authority," Colonel George Harvey*, Ambassador to Great Britain, was in conference with Supreme Council members on the issue.
The New York Tribune reports that President Warren G. Harding and his advisers remain hopeful that something will "be done about disarmament."
*George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) was born in Peacham, Vermont & became managing editor of the New York World, 1891-94. GBMH purchased Harper's Weekly in 1901.
GH was a top adviser to Woodrow Wilson but later broke with the President's progressive political stands. He served as US Ambassador to Great Britain under Harding.
SOURCE
"Harding Has Begun Action On Plan for Disarmament," by Carter Field, The New York Tribune, June 1, 1921.
