Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-05
WILSON CABINET BACK
TO FORMER vOCAnONS
Daniels. Burleson and Wilson the
Only Original Members Of
Executive Family.
by Associated rress to Every Evening.


Washington. March 4.--Most OF the
Cabinet officers who retired today will
resume the work they gave UP to be-
come members of Woodrow Wilson 8
official family. One or two of them.
however, have not yot made definite
plans for the future.
LAWYERS predominated In the out
going cabinet. numbering SIX. There
also were two publishers and one COL
lage professor.
Bainbridge Colby. who retires after
one years service as secretary of state.
will return TO tho practice of law IN New
York city. bat before he settles down to
that work he may visit Scotland.
Newton D. Baker will turn from the
direction of the War Department TO
| tho practice OF law in his home town
| of Cleveland. He has had five years
service secretary Of war and also
has served az chairman OF the Federal
| Power Commission and the Council OF
| National Defense.
A Mitchell Palmer. retiring attorney
general. VIII resume his law practice with
| offices In his home city OF Stroudsburg.
Pa. and also in Washington. He will re-
| tain his homo In Pennsylvania. but will
| reside in Washington considerable
portion Of each year and will have "a
his law partners three lawyers who
| have been closely associated with him
| i'm his public work. Frank Davis. Jr
| formerly assistant attorney general /.
| Robert r. Scott and Seiforde Nj. Steli-
! wagen,
Josephus Daniels one OF tho four VII
! son cabinet officers who remained on the
| lob the full eight wears, WIZ leave to-
morrow for Raleigh. North Carolina. 10
/ resume his duties as editor and pub
fisher Of the Raleigh News and Observer
! The. former naval aecretary will arrive
/ home Sunday morning and says his
/ first act will bc g. 40 10 church ana
| repent OF AL my sins tie announces ms
| his motto charity 70 all and malice
1 toward none
/ David f. Houston. former Gecretat
OF the Treasury. has not made definite
/ ,lans for the future, but has aeveTa
oflcrs under consideration lie was q
/ university professor b-sfure cnterinl
the Cabiret III 1913 as Secretary OF
\ Agriculture but has not decided
I whether he viii return 70 educationa
work or enter tho commercial field
lie has been head OF the treasury f"i
/, year and also "A member Of the Federt
I Reserve Board. chairman Of the Boar
for Vocational Education and mem
| hcr ii the Council of National Defense
Jtrn Barton Payne who has beer
| Secretary ~ the Interior for "A year
plans TO make his home in Washlngt on
hut Will devote Some of hts time TO th'
Chicago park project in which he wa'
d moving spirit before he was called Il
Washington early IN III" war as gen
eral counsel for the shipping Roar
Emergency Fleet Corporation. He als'
has been a member Of the Fedora
Power Commission and Director Gen
eral Of Railroads.
Albert sydney Brrlcson viii SO bacl
1o Austin Texas 10 practice law an'
to look after his private interests ther,
,fter eight years as Postmaster Gen
eral
Edwin T. Meredith. Who succeeded
Mr. Houston as Secretary az Agrtcul
ture year ago. VIII return 70 De
Moines t. look after his farm masa
zine and ether interests lie also ha
been a member Of the Federal Pow {.
Commission.
Joshua X Alexander. after w
years service as Secretary Of Com
merce. viii go 10 hts old home at Cal
Titan Missouri. 10 resume the practic
of law and, as he says. 10 do litu
farming on the side.
William r. Wilson. another OF u
original Wilson Cabinet officers has ac
ceptcd an appointment 70 the Inter
national Joint Con mission. which has 4
DO with disputes arising between n,
II S and Canada The salary il
81 300 a year