Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-03
CABINET HAS
EFFORT UNITY

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in establishing prompt and orderly
routine for the dispatch of business, in
getting tho desks cleared and in at
tending with business like promptncss
to things that come up the cabinet
makes an impression which leaves
nothing TO be desired. There arc more
business men in this cabinet than in
any previous one for nearly a genera
ton, Mellon. Weeks. Davis, Wallace.
Fall and DENLY, have all had strik-
ingly successful careers as business
men. Hays has not had business car
ecr. but his is essentially an energetic
and organizing personality. and of the
others gives moro clearly tho picture
of a live wire business man. Hughes
of course is wholly "A lawyer, but no is
much more the business man type Of
lawyer than other secretaries of state
like Bryan, Colby, and John Hay. In
. the effort TO make a record for cfficicn-
cy in Il business way tho cabinet MEM
bcrs are handicapped by the difficulty
of getting good assistance. As respects
appointments and patronage, the pub
lie is probably cynical Recalling what
has happened in tho beginning of pre-
vious administrations the public pro-
badly pictures the waiting rooms OF the
cabinet members as illed with party
workers looking for their rewards.
less than on previous occasions. Gov
crnmcnt jobs arc not attractive as they
used to be. Tho changing value of the
dollar has bccn recognized by business
but not by Jhc government Business
now rewards its workers 30 much bet
ter than the government that a govern
mcnt job is less sought after than in
tho old days.
y ncwspapcrman who goes from cab
! met Office 10 cabinet office and whom
/ in his talks with cabinet mombcrs can
not help overhcarinS much that is go-
\ ing on over the telephone. and other
/ wise. gets distinctly tho Impression
that tho cabinet is less embarrassed
/ in satisfying the smaller party work
/ crs than in getting able men to leave
/ their private business and go TO work
{ for the government at smaller salaries.
I Tho job seeker bore them mildly. but
/ tho wish to get able assistants burns
/ in their mind. You would think IL
would be easy to get successful bust
ness men who have achieved a com
| petenco to come TO Washington for tho
/ sake OF distinction and service in the
/ spirit In which the dollar "A year men
came during tho war. Many Of the
cabinet members thought II would be
/ easy and some OF them still entertain
tho hope OF achieving It, even after a
( month OF disappointment.
ono small detail that makes life In
/ Washington in spite OF it's many at
/ fractions less tempting to mon who
have won success and assured positions
elsewhere. is tho fact OF the rigldiy
| arranged social hierarchy OF Wash
inGton. The wives OF heads OF bureaus
OF tho sort to which these men arc
Invited must takc positions or dis
tasteful infcriority. Questions of So
cial precedence and the whole mechau-
ism OF what is called society cut a
I In .Hl,g
other American cities. Too much i'm
portanco is attached to It, and too
much or tho vitality of hard worked
mon is consumed in the formal dinner
giving and other functions to which
local custom attaches so much sane
tity.
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