The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-03-04
HARDING &c SSHAKE
10000 PLUMS FROM
THE PLUM TREE
Many Appointments Fall
to Lot of the New
President
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wAsIuNGTON. March tip
wards of 10000 appointments O." pub
Ii, offices carrying salaries 1ggrcr't
Ing more thar yluo. 600. 00o 20 wear are
10 be- made Dos Precedent Harding
Some OF those were made today
many other. viii be- announced dur
ing the next few months while still
others will b, mad" M the terms ut
present democratic office holders oN-
piro.
The first fruits from he Sinking
~ the official plum tree w'r" cab
met officers whose salaries arc Fl2.-
600 u wear each. Others to come in
sIudc nearly a dozen ambassadors
whose salaries are $1,000 each.
MANY ministers at SIC 0oO Zach as
sistaut secretaries, federal Judges at
turn'ys and m%arshalls, customs cole
leotorS. members of various govern
msut boards and commissions and
uu-tmHsters Dos the thousands.
In contrast To- Tho huge patronage
roll of Mir. Harding ar" h appuiutiNc
ueruuisitcs OF Vice President Cool
idge. who's immediate appointments
comprise only his secretary. clerk.
page hoy and q private telegraph
operator. Their salaries total 500"
o year. The vicr-prosidcnt himself
receives $4,000.
As is the usual custom. ambaSsa-
doris and ministers now serving are
expected to present their destinations
to President Harding Immediately 80
he may have a free hand IN creating
his ~ diplomatic corps. There are
- ambassadors and ministers hut
some OF these who have risen from
h ranks in the Diplomatic service
may bee ctaincd and practically all
at those now In service viii c|uutiuu,
va office until THEN successors are
named qualify.
Among amhassadurships regarded
az certain to be pllcd by Mr. Hard
ing are those To- Great britain.
France. Italy. spain. Japan. Belgium.
Brazil. chile. Argentine and Peru.
Many ucw ministers also ar" To be-
appointed and when fun relations are
rc-estublished with Germany. Austria.
Mexico, Turkey and bulgaria appoint
ments also will be made To those
countries.
Among ministers now holding of
flee who have cumV up from the
ranks iu diplomatic scrvio, are VIII
liam Phillips. Ht the HREuc. Hugh
Gibson. At Warsaw Richard crane,
at Prague, Joseph O. Grew, M
Copenhagen. Peter Augustus JAY. AZ
salvador. Hoffman Philip. a. Bog
alta. Culun'hiu, and Arthur Iililly
blanchard, Al port-Au-Priurc Haiti.
Among appointments iu immodiat"
or early prospect are seven members
of tho shipping hoard ut ytg. 900 each.
two members Of the Interstate COM
myrDr yuuIWiEsiuU at $4,000 each.
- members ~ the federal reserve
board $4,000 each; three members
OF tho tarifr commission NJ $500
each. two members of 90, federal
trade commission at SlO.U"u each.
some ut the nine memhDrs uf the
railroad labor board az $1,000. and
four members uf the federal farm
loan board at $4,000 each
-Four uf tn, nine supreme rnur
Justices also may hD appointed hy
President Hardiup Chief Justice
White and Associate Justices No.
KpuuH. Holmes and Day now ave ,liE.
ihl'. by both age and length u; SEP,
vice. tp voluntary retirement Th'
SALARY OF the chief Justice l- $4,000
aud that uf the associate Iusfrvs
$4,000.
rostmustors compromise the bull
Of presidential patronage There ar,
nearly 10000 postmastrrships rn.
manning 800 the Presidential clans. al
though President Wilson placed MANY
h. the oIvll s'ryic, An have fuul
v,ar terms and 30 is estimated tina.
rr,fd-ut Harding Will appoint some
thing like 5000 during the next yea.
~ tho republican majority In th'
senate Jotds'n confirmation Co s'Nott
thousand postmaster Hs we'll Is uth'.
officials. including members u' th'
shipping Luurl curing Iu-t -'-
sion of congress.