Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-04-07
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

ny EDWAhD y. CLAIM.
WashlngtOn.-Secretary of the Navy
Edwin DENLY Is paying his second visi
10 Guantanamo, Cuba. 1t Is. however
rhe first visit which he has paid a.
secretary of the navy. The first time
he was there he was gunnsE's mat
IN board a .gnnbOat, the Yosemite.
The understanding in Washington is
hat the present cabinet j. TO be .
travelling cabinet. when travelling il
necessary for the ''good OF the serv'
ice" Most of the cabinet officers haye
said that they want to felloW the lines
Of the activities Of their departments
in the field and te learn at first hand
where ii is necessary TO apply RENE
dies,
Secretary DENLY, on his former trips
on battleships or cruisers, swung his
hammock and slept with the enlisted
men. He Rlso messed with the enlist
ed ones, and the word is that he not in
frequently took hand at scrubbing
decks.
Now things are different. The flag
OF the secretary Of the navy dies from
the peak, and the secretary himself
has a cabin '.all by his lonesome" but
he, like the captain OF war vessel,
frequently will invite the officers from
captain down to share his table. il.
cane be taken for granted that as, for
the enlisted men on board, including
the marines, the secretary will have. "a
kindly eye upon them, or an eye which
win be quick to note signs of anything
which may cali for Improvement.
Il is the intention Of Secretary, OH
War Weeks to visit the. various army
posts of the country. The war secre-
taFy has "sea legs" but he soon will
learn TO keep step with the land lub.
bers. AS matter OF fact, the midship, |
men at the Naval academy, where the
secretary of war was educated, are
given infantry drill constantly, and so i
in way their early training in part |
can be classed with ttatqof the cadets
at West Point a |
Get Il First Hand. -. .s4
Will II. Hays, before he has been sln
office very long, will board q train car,
rying the malls. Moreover. he. VIII
visit some of the greater post Offices
of the country and, being q. country
boy himself, he probably will extend
his tour of Investigation, inquiry or
INSTALLATION" even into the lanes
along which drive the rural route car |
riers.
The secretary Of the interior always
has had more or less travelling to do.
Alaska comes within the purview.. OF.
his department. and all the secretaries
since Stewards time have paid at least
one visit to the Northwestern posses.
sion. 1t can be taken for granted that
before long Secretary Fall VIII start
for tfie Alaska land.
There is some reason for the secres
tary to go TO Alaska just about this !?
time. 1t is understood that congress
is going to express q marked interest
in the government-built, government,
owned and goyernment-operRted rail-
road In Alaska. This venture. on the
part of the. government was intended
10 prove the entire feasibility and the
certain success Of government railroad
operation and ownership. Se
Recently in congress, when the Alas.
Kan railroad item came up for consida
eration, there were several attacks. on
he whole project II was said in.sef-
'ect that, while the road was -renarkas. .
,ly we'll built, the line Of Its route was
BADLY chosen and that It neyer can, be.
! paying ventura
Whether or not these things are trBe.
# course, remains to be seens but II IL.
,nown that the secretary of the. I'M
erior feels responsibility In the case
or the building Of the. road, and tho se-.
ection of the routes and of the poS::1
we're placed within the. Department. of
which he is the new chieftain. .t.o ,
Hoover VIII Trssel.l :, - !
Commerce suggests travel. Herbert
Ioover is secretary of commerce and I
% has expressed a wish thAt the scope '
( the activities. OF his offl6e shall be a
luch extended. Mr. Hoover always !
as been believer In the. plan of look +
lg on the scene Of actual labor In bis 7 il
'ork abroad, and his work In the food o
he undertook to- direct q
othing at all until he had found out
y actual personal investigation How'll,
Is directing best might count The a
robably win be something of tfav.: Q
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The secretary OF the treasury. the a
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