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W G HARDING PRESIDENT Inauguration of New Chief Executive of United States Marked by Simplicity WASHINGTON D C Marcl Warren G Harding was inaugurated as the twentyeighth president of the United States today in record time timeThe The inautytral ceremonies were the shortest In history and but few inaugurals have been more simple simpleIt It fore a standing crowd of thousands which completely filled the broad plaza and eddied for blocks around the capitol itself the new president accepted the supreme gift of the republic in a short inaugural address an address in which he did not attempt to outline in other than general terms the program of international and domestic prob ¬ lems to IK followed by his administration Pledg ¬ ing his faith anew to American institutions Pres ¬ ident Harding reiterated a plea for a return to normalcy f r industrial peace for friehtlslllp with the world and spoke again a promise lo work for an association of nations to bring about peace and approximate disarmament Itut he coupled his renewed declarations witli a fresh pronounce ¬ ment against entangling alliances alliancesAmerica America President Harding said can enter into no political commitments nor assume any economic obligations which will subject our deci ¬ sions to any other than our own authority
