Evening star., 1920-11-22
HARDING DESIRES
WOMAN IN CABINET
Mrs. Harriet T. Upton May Be
Secretary of Education if
) Position Is Created.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

President-elect Harding has deter
mined to appoint woman to his cab
met. This will be in recognition of
the fact that the American electorate
has been practically doubled since the
enfranchisement of women and that
woman's viewpoint should be repre-
sented in the executive councils Of the
government. In order to appoint q
woman, however, Mr.. Harding will
ASK Congress to create new cAbi-
net portfoliO-Secretary OF Educa-
tton he mower to add cabinet port
foiios rests entirely with Congress
ana does not require constitutional
amendment. p. Z
In all probability Mrs. Harriet Tay-
br Upton Of Ohio will be asked to
head the new department, though IT
cannot be said that final selection
has been made, as a number Of names
are under consideration.
Some of the members Of the party
which accompanied Mr.. Harding to
ioint Isabel, Tex. have returned, and
just now the President-elect has sew
era, intimate friends making inyes-
LEGATIONS concerning the cabinet slate
conferences are going on among
is being made to satify not merely the
sentiment of the original Harding
men who brought about HardinR's
nomination but the Lowden leaders.
who threw their votes to Harding at
Chaicago. The progressives. in the
party are demanding representation,
President-elect Harding is eager to
have the cabinet selected before New
Years. SO announcement may be made
ana the various members of the cabi-
net may begin at once to familiarize
themselves unofhGally with their
jobs.
Present Cabinet Slate.
Piecing together the views of sew
eral close friends Of Senator Har1d-
ing. who talked the situation over
with him at Point Isabel. and have
since conferred with prominent re-
publican leaders. the cabinet slate
Secretary Of state-Philander G
Knox. if his health permits: David
Jayne Hill, former ambassador to
Germany. or Charles Evans Hughes,
if he could be persuaded to accept
it, which is doubted.
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois. No
others are likely to displace him, as
Senator Harding feels grateful to Mr..
Lowden for what he did at Chicago.
and regards him as one of the ablest
administrators in the country.
Secretary Of Wa-Gen. John
Secretary of the Navy-Former
Senator John w. Weeks Of Massa-
chusetts.
Attorney General-Harry M. Daugh-
erty Of Ohio, pre-convention manager
for Senator Harding. If he declines
former Senator. Sutherland Of Utah
may be selected.
Secretary Of Interior-Senator AL
bert b. Fall OF New Mexico. He is
understood to have made arrange
ments for the appointment Of a sue
cessor to the Senate in the event
that he is asked to take a portfolio
in>the Harding cabinet. He was one
of Mr.. Harding's intimate friends in
the Senate and a personal adviser
during the campaign.
!, Secretary Of Agriculture-Henry c.
Wallace Of DeS Moines, head of farm
publications and the chief counsel to
Mr.. Harding on agricultural matters
during the campaign.
Nolan of California or Representative
John F. Burke Of Pennsylvania
Postmaster General-Senator Harry
New Of Indiana or Will Hays Of In
diana.
Secretary Of Commerce = Walter
being backed by Jake Hammond Of
Oklahoma, one Of the members of the
Harding group, who is largely cred.
tied with the success OF Harding in
Oklahoma this year: A. Tobias Hert
of Kentucky, who was one Of the
original Lowden men and helped at
the psychological moment at Chicago
to nominate Harding: Theodore
Roosevelt. jr., who is being urged as
a splendid representative Of the pro-
gressive elements in the republican
party.
Merely Tentative Seleetions.
Now. every cabinet slate is like
railroad time table-subject to change
without notice. The alternates mem
toned in the foregoing list may be
replaced by others, depending upon
the lineup of states and other fac
tors. For instance, Senator New is a
close friend of Senator Harding and
headed the speakers bureau during
the campaign. He is said to be ap-
prehensive about denomination for
the Senate, as Beveridge is believed
to be getting ready to oppose him in
the primaries. Therefore, diplomatic
are preceding with an
eye to appointing New to the post
master generalship provided the Gov
ernor of Indiana will appoint viii
I; .,.e 20 the Senate.
(, ~. ..u ion of whether Mr..