The uncertainty of who was to succeed Albert D. Lasker as Chairman of the United States Shipping Board was dispelled by an appointment. Chairman Lasker and Walter C. Teagle, President of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, visited President Harding to make a suggestion. The President called in Mr. Edward P. Farley for an extended conference. Mr. and Mrs. Harding had Mr. and Mrs. Lasker and Mr. and Mrs. Farley to luncheon—and the business of appointing Mr Farley head of the Shipping Board was done.
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