Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-09
KNOX FIRST ON LIST
FOR SECRETARY OF
STATE IS REPORT

been entirely healed. Harding has
forgiven Wood, but the alignment of
Hardjng's fri ends and supporters is
still against Wood. Senator Warren
OF Wyoming. father in-law Of Gen.
Pershing. is a close frieGd of Senator
Harding and helped get Wyoming and
other western states to vote for Hard
ing at the Chicago convention.
For the secretaryship of the Navy
former Senator John W. Weeks OF
Massachusetts seems to stand the best
chance thus far. Senator Harding
likes him and made him member OF
the campaign committee. weeks 10
looked upon as Il broad -gauged citi-
zen. whose early days in the Naval
Academy and subsequent interest in
the Navy when he was in the Senate
have equipped him to handle the JOB.
For the Department of Agriculture
the name of Henry Wallace. editor OF
farm publications and resident OF Des
Moines, Iowa. is at the top OF the list.
He has been close to Harding
throughout the campaign and has ad-
vised the senator on matters agrl-
cultural.
For Department of Labor, Repre-
sentative Nolan of California is being
considered but in the background is
the name of Representative John f.
Burke of Pennsylvania, who the
writer is informed. has an even better
chance for the PLACE than Nolan. the
difficulty is that if Knox becomes Sec
rotary of State it may not be possible
for Harding to select another Penn
Syivania man, too.
H0Over's Name Omitted.
For Postmaster General. Will Hays
is the most likely choice. The selec-
ton has been fully approved by Harry
Daugherty. Harding's right-hand man,
the one person from whom veto
might have come. Since Daugherty
raises no objection. Hays will get the
place. The work of Mr.. Hays as an
organizer is expected to fit him tc
carry on the executive tasks of the
Post Office Department.. and besides he
is wanted as a political adviser. This
has been the case in other admins
trations and Harding's will be no eX-
ception.
For Department of Commerce no
single name can be said to stand out
Former Gov. Stokes of New Jersey
is talked of in the event that the
portfolio doesn't go to New York, but
the feeling is that some New York
D. Lasker of Chicago. one of the
ablest men in the Harding campaign,
president of Lord & Thomas. and a
skillful organizer. is being urged by
many of the prominent men in the
republican party to be Secretary of
Commerce. but there again is the
difficulty of picking two men from
one stats-Lowden and Lasker. Dur
ing the summer months LaSker was a
frequent visitor at. Marion. Moreoeer,
he was virtually in charge of the
campaign of Senator Hiram johnson
at Chicago. and Senator Harding
would certainly be pleasing Senator
Johnson-if he picked Lasker
1t will be noted that Herbert Hoo
ver's name is omitted from the list of
probabilities. This may be a surprise
but the group who have talked things
over with Harding say that the an
tagonism developed among the farmers
Of the country through the food admin
istration ought not be saddled on the
Harding administration. They suggest
Hoover should be appointed to some
important foreign mission
That's the latest cabinet gossip. 1t is
where the, situation stands today, but
10 subject, OF course, to all sorts Of
changes. Some of tho names will be
found on the permanent list next March,
Others will be supplanted by new names
For the moment. It can be said that tho
cabinet will not contain many progress
sives. but will be almost entirely con-
sentative.
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