Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-29
HUGHES LIKELY To
Be STATE HEAD IN
HARDING CABINET
President Elect Reported Near q
Decision on Department
Chiefs.
HOOVER SLATED FOR
SECRETARY OF LABOR
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Marion. Ohio. Doc 20 4 rniscellarv Y
~ subjects occupied President-eieet Hard
ing TODAY ~ 4 nnisv succession If short
conferences arranged - permit his callers
- present topics IN which they we're
particularly Interested
Those on his engagement lis' Included
II y Stafford. president ~ the Chicago
Lave stock Exchange Representative
Patrick II Kelley If Michigan, Albert
Sidney Gregg of Cleveland representing
the American Civic Reform League Victor
r Lawson, publisher n the Chicago
Daily News. Charles W H0yti president
~ the advertising agencies corporation Of
New York and Harry r. Rickev national
director Of the Scripps Newspapers.
Marion. Ohio. Der 20 After weeks
~ consideration and consultation. Presi-
dent-elect Harding ls nearing a decision
on several of his most important Cabinet
appointments.
II NAV he said authoritativeiv that 50
far no such decision has been made and
that any suggestions which he may nave
dropped on the subject have been ~ 2
tentative and indefinite nature. 10 -
equally certain, however. that ~ ms
talks here with leaders in many walks
of life he has indicated clearly what
men are uppermost IN his mind, as ne
asks for advice on the make up Of his
official family
Those who have discussed the question
with him intimately believe that appoint
ments under very serious consideration
include the following
Charles F. Hughes, of New York, sec
retary Of State.
Charles G Dawes, Of Illinois, Secretary
Of the Treasury
John ". Weeks Of Massachusetts,
+ Secretary Of the Interior.
+ Henry Wallace Of Iowa, Secretary Of
Agriculture.
/ Herbert Hoover, Of California, secre-
j tarv of Labor
/ Harry NJ Daugherty Of OHIO, Attorney
General
How many Of these viii actually re-
+ ceivc the places for which they are now
most ncrmanently mentioned IS ques-
ton that even Mr. Harding himself IS
not vet prenared ~ answer Already
several shifts have been made IN ms
tentative appointment slate as he has
worked his way toward a balanced and
harmonious Cabinet and other shifts are
expected before the last decision IS made
1t is certain that for several of the
places mentioned the PresIdent-elect has
more than one man under consideration
and that the list Of possibilities given IS
far from complete In regard 70 most oi
+ the Cabinet pests decision may be de
ferred for several weeks, and the interven-
ing period Of deliberation may change the
whole face Of the problem
Mr. Hardlng'S sections FOR Secretary
Of State and Secretary of the Treasury
however. are expected 70 be known deh-
nitely within a few days At the same
time he may make public the names o
one or two others on whom he has def
nitely decided for membership in th'
! Cabinet
Aside from those mentioned. recenf
gossip about Harding headquarters ha!
brought 10 the fore the names of Severa
who hitherto had been in the background
of cabinet speculation Among them i
Joseph Dixon Of Montana. prominenti,
mentioned fer Secretary Of the Interior
Charles D. Hilles of New York, discussed
for Secretary Of Commerce or the Treasury
and A. L. Hert Of Kentucky. whose mann
has been associated with the portfolio o
war.