Olney's Stand Upheld

Washington, Dee. _0. - Attorney-Gene.ui Harmon has;; o tlio state i.'o-pan men e ;ui elabóralo brief pn -pared by Assistant Attorney-General Whitn-' ;?t ihe request oL Seeretary OLney. Tli brief is in support of Seeretary 01ney'3 contention that the recogtiítion oí toreign governments is exclusively an !.t. vitive function. It is presumcil !he brief is to be used as the basis of a special message to congress on the Cunupstion, whjch the president will inibmtt to congress aTter the holidays. li was intimated at the time the president'a annual message went to con3 that a special message on the Cuban question might follow at an early d:iy. It is possible the president may have started out thus early to fortify himself for a veto or a publie statet-.'nt