The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-29
HOOVER TO HAVE
POST in CABINET,
WRITER ASSERTS.
Lawrence Says Hughes 10 Be
Next State Secretary, With
.sLoWden SidetraCked 10
/. FOREIGN Post.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Sneeial Cores po ndent Of The News
20 C~ir,itarl


- Seimitar.)
WASHINGTON. Dec 29,7-Charles
Evans Hughes will be the next sec
rotary of state.
.;Gov. Lowdon is out of the running
FOR secretary of the treasury. ana
win be given a foreign post OF im-
portanCe
Charles Grosvenor, Dawes, or
George Nj. Reynolds; 5both iof Chicago,
are uppermost, lin. the. mind .'of
President elect, Harding for othe sec
retaryship of the treasury;
Herbert Hoover VIII lie either sec
rotary Of labor or secretary of the
interior, with chances in favor OF
his being. asked to take the former,
Harry NJ Daugherty viii have to-
decide the question of who is 10 be
attorney general, for he can have
the place II he wants it.
Henry Wallace has been asked 70
become secretary Of agriculture,
and has accepted.
win Hays will be asked to re-
come postmaster general.
The other ortfolios---secretary of
The navy, secretary of war. secre
tary of commdrce---are mt yet de-
cided upon and if Hoover is asked
TO become secretary Of the interior
this would upset calculations on the
secretaryship ct labor.
The foregoing series Of statements
have been given to the writer oy
several of thN men who gan be CON
.sidered as members of the inner CIR
de IN the next administration. Tiny
are authority. moreover. for the as
sertion that Gen. .Pershlng Will moi
~ asl,eNto be SECRETARY Of war. ana
they insist with equal positiveneSS
X. tnr published stories concerning
Senator Penroses unwilllngncss to
let Senator Knox resign Ills seat III
the senate because II would lead |"
the entry of Gov. Sproul as a cor
tender for control Of the PennSyl-
vania political situation are entireN
without foundation.
Penrose Reported Amenda ble'
Penrose is represented rs being
willing to do anything that Senator
Harding may want done to select
cabinet that will fulfill the cam
paign promise to pick able eNeCu-
lives, Penrose Isn't worried about
the Pennsylvania situation. Another
sirn!ficans fact Is that 20 date MI.
Harding has not asked Senator KNOX
10 come to Marion md has not In
dlcated to Knox that he wants him
to become secretary of state.
Ii is known that Mr.. Harding has
been thinking seriously Of Knox Tor
the seCretaryship Of state. and i'll his
heart there is no man he wonIu
rather select. But the next cabinet
will not be a group Of personal "a
vorites Mr.. Harding has felt II MS
duty TO map out general policy Tor
his administration and then try 10
get men to fit that policy.
Objection to Extremist,
The conferences Of the last few
weeks at Marion have convinced MI
Harding that he, can not afford ~
take any extremiGt and lie fears that
Knox's announced position on for
e;gn affairs rs such that II would be
embarrassing for Knox to reverse
himself or trim his views 10 suit the
Harding policy. Moreover HurdinE
doesn't want to antagoni2c any
groups in the party by selecting one
who has been 50 completely identi-
fled with the "irreroncllaHlG'' grGur
in the senate. The unwi4d'm az
such course from a pnlltiSal Nlcwe
point has been urged ul1nn Mr
Harding, though at first he was IN
clined ~ pay no attention 70 il at all
To select cabinet that would
meet the expectations Of he raun,
ry. senator Harding has realized
that he must get tGp-luer q man
whose abilities have been well adver~
iised and in whose judgment and
integrity the whole country has con
fidGnce, II was natural that. having
eliminated Elihu Root on account Of
advanced age, he should turn to the
man who had made a brilliant recA
ord as governor Of New York and
who had distinguished himself on
the supreme court bench Of the
United States and who had. fur
thcrmore, come within a few cleo.
toral votes of Being elected president
OF the United States himself
Expects Widespread Approval
Senators Borah and Johnston sup
ported Hughes for the presidency in
1916 and can hardly 20 back of that
fact pdughes is known throughout
the world as a distinguished Jurist
and Ar. Harding is said to believe