The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-14

thought Of Mr.. Hoover for the cabinet
is quoted as having said he regarded the
talk as a Joke. The fart Is the possible
appointment Of Air. Hoover to the cab
met has stirred up some interesting DIS
c%usSioff on Capitol hill. Threats and talk
of splitting the party are of course heard
Some of the senators have begun refer
ring again to Mr.. HooVcrs long residence
i'm England. while others have revived
the controversy about the liking OF the
price of wheat. which Mr.. Hoover insists
he did not do. but which was the work of
a special commission. appointed by the
President. Nevertheless. in the scramble
for cabinet positions. the friends Of those
who want Positions in the cabinet and
want to eliminate AIls Hoover because of
the suggestion that he viii be the only
western man chosen, are beginning to
unite against Mr.. Hoover.
The understanding here is that Senator
Harding is thinking OF Mr.. Hoover for
secretary of the interior particularly
because Mr.. Hoover is a western man
and is Il successful engineer who could
deal with the great problems of the in
terror department. Mr.. Hoover may or.
may not be selected but his presence
i'm Marion is annoying to bis opponents
in the senate who really fear he will
be appointed. Until these opponents be-
gan to take it seriously. the impression
was not well defined. that Mr.. Hoover
al w - ~ 8LAAf - AAt
Mr.. Hoover is the strongest evidence
thus far that President-Eloct Harding
has him strongly in mind for the cabinet.
1t isn't quite the view of Herbert Hoover
on the league of nations or European
conditions which is influencing Mr.. Hard
ing. The close friends of the president
elect say he wants Mr.. Hoover because
he believes the country has confidence in
the former food administrator and eX-
poets him to choose men of IIooyer's ex-
%ecutive ability.
Some significant things have been hap
pening here too on the league of nations
question. which. when pieced together
with the occurrences at Marion. reveal
Mr.. Harding as anxious to have America
center her plans for an international
association around the court which Elihu
Root helped to create. Mr.. Harding has
wanted TO know whether the court would
be sufficient and the purpose of the con-
ference at Marion between Mr.. Harding
and Mr.. Root and the meeting between
Senator Fall and Mr.. Root is to find out
whether the court can be made to stand
| independently Of the league of nations.
Mr.. Hughes was asked his ideas on the
same thing. The PreSident-cfect wants
advice that will help him harmonic the
dScordant elements in his party. He
knows how far Senators Borah and
johnson are committed on the subject OF
an international court. They signed the
round robin i'm March 1919. which
pledged America. to an international as.
ISOLATION of some kind and Mr.. Hard
iug's idea AZ reflected here is that if the
international court can bring about tina
cooperation of nations Messrs. Borah and
Johnson will have to approve it. Al
present the court is the creature of tn,
league and the Judges are chosen through
the council and assembly Of the league.
MIR. Harding is struggling to find a mid.
die ground for compromise but in his ef.
forts to do 50. ne has already shown sucl
firmnesS as 10 make the i~rreconciIabl,
group in Washington rather uneasy.
That's the latest development in the ma.
tional capital and it * fraught with tn,
deepest significance for the future.
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