Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-28
HUGHES SELECTED
CABINET PREMIER
Other Names for Places Now
Uppermost in Hard
mas Mind.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.


Charles Evans Hughes will be the
next Secretary of State,
Gov. Lowden is out of the running
for Secretary of the Treasury and
will be given a foreign post of i'm
portance.
Charles Grosvenor Dawes or George
NJ. Reynolds, both of Chicago. are
uppermost in the mind of President
elect Harding for secretaryship of the
Treasury.
Herbert Hoover will be either Sec
retary of Labor or Secretary OF In
terror with the chances in favor Of
his being asked to take the former.
Harry n. Daugherty will have to
decide the question Of who Is to be
Attorney General. for he can have
the place if he wants it.
Henry c. Wallace has been asked
to become Secretary of Agriculture
and has accepted.
Will Hays will be asked to become
Postmaster General
The other Notwithstanding Of
the Navy, Secretary of War, Secre-
tary of Commerce-are not yet de-
cided upon, and if Mr.. Hoover is ask
ed to become Secretary Of the lnte-
rior this would upset calculations on
the secretaryship of labor.
Wozd From sinner Circle,
The foregoing series of statements
have been given the writer by several
Of the men who can be considered as
members Of the inner circle in the next
administration. They are authority
moreover for the assertion that Gen.
Pershing will no, be asked to be Sec
retary of War and they insist with equal
positiveness that the published stories
concerning Senator PenroSa's unwin-
ingness to let Senator Knox resign his
:sexf n the Senate -heczasse 1t Eonld lead
lender for control Of the Pennsytvania
political situation are entirely without
fUdndation.
Mr. Penrose is represented as being
willing to do anything that Senator
Harding may want done to select
promise to pick able executives. Mr..
Penrose is not worried about the
Pennsylvania situation. And another
significant fact is that to date Mr..
Harding has not asked Senator Knox
to come to Marion. and has not indi-
Gated to Mr.. Knox that he wants him
to become Secretary of State.
Not to Choose "Favorites."
1t is known that Mr.. Harding has
been thinking seriously of Mr.. Knox
for the Secretaryship of State. and in
his heart there is no man he would
rather select. But the next cabinet
will not be q group of personal favor
ties. Mr.. Harding has felt it his duty
to map out a general policy Tor his
administration, and then try to get
men to fit that policy.
The conferences of the last few
weeks at Marion have convinced Mr..
Harding that he cannot AFFORD to take
any extremist, and he fears that Mr.
Enox's announced position on foreign
questions is such that it would be
embarrassing for Mr.. Knox TO reverse
himself or trim his views to suit the
Harding policy. Moreover. Mr.. Harding
does not want to antagoniZe any groups
in the party by selecting one who has
been so completely identified with the
"irreconcilable'' group in the Senate. The
nnlitical viewpoint. has been urged
npon Mr.. Harding. though at first he
was inclined to pay no attention to II
at all.
Must Get Topliner.
TO select a cabinet that would meet
the expectations of the country. Sena-
tor Harding has realized that he must
oet a topliner-a man whose abilities
have been weII aQVertlSeu. dnu IN
whose Judgment and integrity the
whole country has confidence.
Ir was natural that having elimi-
mated Mr. Root on account of ad
vancei age, he should turn to the man
Who had made a brilliant record as
coyernor Of New York. and who had
aist;nsuished himself in the Supreme
Court of the United States. and who
hed furthermore. come within few
aIectoral votes OF being elected Presi-
dsnt of the United States himself.
Messrs. Borah and Johnson sup
,nrted Mr.. Hughes for the presidency
IN 1916 and can hardly go back of that
fact Mr.. Hughes is known through
nut the world as a distinguished ju-
rist and Mr.. Harding is said to be-
1--we that the announcement of Mr.,
Huehes' appointment would create
Influence everywhere that the for
.;gn nolicy of the United States was
~, rhe hands of a man of extraordi-
nary capacity and fairness.
Eyery report received by the writer
f-on, the men who are in the conf
aence of Senator Harding. and who
are in Washington and New York con-
Sarr;nr on his behalf with the celeb
-ities in question, indicates that the
hayt cabinet will be 4 much better one
ran earlier gossip would indicate, and
hat while Warren Harding has been
taE;nr his time sitting the various
asn;rants and candidates. he has by no
neans fallen victim to the purely po-
i;tical temptations which are still
athwart his path.
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