Arizona republican., 1921-02-17
HARDING DECIDES ON SEVEN OF TEN
 CABINET MEMBERS
CRepubIIcan A. p. Leased wirel

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. 15.- Having virtually determined seven of his cabinet appointments. President elect Harding and his chief political advisers are finally sitting over the available material for the portfolios of navy, commerce and labor
 For the navy post, F. o. I.owden of Illinois still is considered possibility, with several others holding an even chance should be finally decide not to enter the cabinet. Half a dozen names are in the hat for the secretaryship of commerce. with the odds seeming to favor a southern Republican.
 The availables for the labor depart ment are understood to have narrowed to J. J. Davis of Pennsylvania, James Duncan of Massachusetts, T. V. O'Con- ner of New York and Representative J. l. Nolan of California,
 Of the three vacant places the navy secretaryship is proving the most troublesome. In his original cabinet slate, MT. Harding is understood to have allotted this post to John w. Weeks of Massachusetts, but various considerations later led to his trans fer to the war portfolio. It now is re- garded as certain MT. Lowden can have the navy appointment if he wants it and there are many indications of
 
 cept. In the event of failure, the whole field of candidates for the position will have to be re-opened, though 1t Is be- lieved to be very unlikely MT Weeks will be among these considered.
 The growing agitation for southern representation in the cabinet may land a secretary of the navy from the South, but the general impression here is that it will be more likely to be felt in the choice for the secretary of commerce. The movement has taken the form of bid for sectional representation rath- CT than for the allotment of any par ticular place.
 Representative C. B. Slemp of Vir- ginia and T. H. Huston and Newell Sanders of Tennessee are among those most prominently mentioned in the petitions coming to the president elect l From outside the South have come many petitions for the appointment of John Hays Hammond of New York | Or Herbert Hoover of California, to the commerce post. There also has been talk of Charles D. Hilles of New York and others. All four of those in the front of consideration for the labor SecretaryShip are union men. MT Davis is a former steel worker. MT Duncan has been an official of the Granite Cutters union and of the 1 1 O'Conner is a leader of the Longshore- mems union. and MT. Nolan is an iron molder by trade.
 Interest in the labor appointment was aroused today by a visit of MT l O'Conner to the president elect and ar announcement that they would hold another conference next week. In q statement MT. O'Conner said labor conditions had been talked over an6 { at-s would see a square deal from the White House for American workers. 1 Mr. Harding also held another long 1 conference today with Will H. Hays 1 chairman of the Republican nationa committee and understood to be slated for postmaster general. Tonight the president elect was in consultation with Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio, his prospective attorney general
 Many prospective appointments out side the cabinet are being considered and it developed today that one selec- tion seriously thought of is that o Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for governor general of the Philippines. This DO sition is vacant and a selection is ex- pected soon after inauguration. Amone callers today were T. Coleman Dl Pont of Delaware, W. c. Teagle of the iStandard Oil company and a delega tion of Southern white men and Ne groes who came to ask for o-opera ton in the movement for inter-racia CO operation.
 Tonight the president elect and Mrs | Harding held a reception in the rotun da of their hotel
 A committee of the German Citizen! league. headed by George Sydvste Viereck, who during the war served at Ieditor of the "Fatherland," presented
 to MT. Harding today a memorandum
 setting forth certain views on issue
 confronting the next administTa atio