With the coming of fall 1921, the friends of Barnegat Lighthouse had convinced the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, and the U.S. President, Warren G. Harding, to join the fight to prevent the lighthouse from falling into the sea. Unfortunately, the politicians had given themselves a way out by turning the final decision over to a government bureaucrat, George R. Putnam, head of the Lighthouse board.
The New Jersey Courier of Sept. 29 brought its readers up to date on the situation.
“Making his second trip to Barnegat Light this summer, Commissioner George R.
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