Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-14
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Attorney General Moody's Last
Cabinet Meeting.
WISHES FROM COLLEAGUES
Brilliant Career on the Supreme Bench
Predicted.
AS TO SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
President Will Not Oppose Will Of
Congress, but Will Use It in
Personal Correspondence.
AS TO sIMPLIFIED SPELLING

Attorney General Moody attended his last
cabinet meeting today, as he will take the
oath of office as an associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States next
Monday His fellow cabinet associates gave
him every expression of deep regret at los
ing him, and predicted a brilliant career
for him upon the bench of the greatest
court In lie land.
The determination of Mr. Moody to go
upon the bench on the 18th, instead of
waiting until the oath, brings about at the
same time three changes in cabinet posi-
tons. Secretary -.,etcalf now In the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, will be-
come Secretary of the Navy, succeeding
Charles j. Bonaparte, who will succeed Mr..
Moody as Attorney General The vacancy
in the Department of Commerce and Labor
will be filled by Oscar Straus of New York,
who has arranged his affairs so as to as
sumo charge without delay.
The remaining cabinet changes will not
take place until the 4th of March. AT that
time Secretary Shaw will go out of the
treasury and be succeeded by George B.
Cortelyou, now Postmaster General. George
Won L. Meyer, now ambassador to st. Pc
tersburg. will become Postmaster General
at the same time. James r. Garfield will
become Secretary of the Interior by the
retirement of Secretary Hitchcock.
Al the close of the cabinet session today
Attorney General Moody laughingly said
that he had been pressed hard for his
job by Mr.. Bonaparte that he considered
it advisable to give up his position without
delay.
So far as can be ascertained. the cabinet
changes next Monday will not result in
many changes in the various departments.
Attorney General Moody has made provi-
sion for his very efficient private secretary
John A. Kratz, by appointing him a
n q
of the United States In that position
which is promotion for Mr.. Kratz, the
latter will remain with the new attorney
Mr.. kratZ graduated from the law depart
ment of Georgetown University in 1904, and
in the last two years has become thorough
ly familiar with the legal machinery of
his department.
President for Simplifed Spelling.
While President Roosevelt will not op-
pose the desire of Congress to have gov
eminent documents of all kinds printed in
the old style way of spelling. he will con-
tinue to use the simplified form in all of
his personal and official correspondence and
in all typewriter matter given out at the
White House. At least. that is his pres
ent intention. Whether the cabinet officers
will follow his lead. or whether he will con-
tinue the Instructions heretofore given for
executive matter to be written in simpIi-
fled FORM is not known. but it is probable
they will.
Under the resolution passed by the House
yesterday. and as it will probably be ac-
cepted by the Senate, every document that
is printed by the government printing Of
flee from government funds must be put
up in the old form. This would include the
Presidents message to Congress and many
other documents emanating at the White
House. At the same time the President
and his cabinet officers. in all personal and
official letters that are not to be printed
cd
style.
The situation that will be created by the
action of Congress will be most interest
ing one.