Arizona republican., 1921-10-02
WASHINGTON RUMORS' DE CABINET SPLIT ARE MERE F|CT ION.
STORIES FAIL TO PAN
 OUT; HARDING ADVISORS STRONG MEN AND EACH FIGHTS FOR IDEAS BUT NO FRICTION

CT, winner take all. But there is no reason to believe that Wallace has ever seriously contemplated the thought of resigning- Nor has Secre- tary Denby, although they plan to submerge his navy in new depart ment of national defense.
 How Other Secretaries Stand
 No one has ever suggested that Weeks Of war will resign, because he is to be the new secretary or national defense and resignation in the face of such an honor would be folly And Secretary Fall of the interior is to have his department expanded and reorganized and lacked up under the reorganization bill. It looks as though he will be able to have so much fun with the newly decorated department that he could not think of resigning.
 Postmaster General Hays does not think Of quitting the job. But Attor- ney General Daugherty seems to be shining mark for the resignation writers. Hardly a week goes by that some one does not allege his deter imitation to bow himself out.
 The truth is that MT. Daugherty did not want to become attorney general. He had managed MT. Harding's fight 1 for the nomination out of love and affection, and worked himself down to a transparent but vivacious wrath during the campaign. Then he want l ed to go back home and get to work. l He is not a rich man, and cabinet membering in Washington is as ex- pensive as keeping an imported car. He had spent a good deal of money l in furthering the Harding matter and l he has never had any liking for a hemstitched and tied-b back office job But he accepted the position in re-
 sponse to the presidents desires The two men have been warm friends for 1 years and MT. Harding wanted 1 Daugherty at his elbow.
 interested in Secret Service
 My own impression is that Daugh- erty came to Washington I.lanning te stay for little while and then gel
 out. But he became engrossed in his fjob. He has always seen, as a law yer, that the United States secret service has not been functioning pre- cise1y as it ought. Under the direc- ton of William J. Burns. who has ar international reputation as real de Itective, Mir Daugherty hopes it vii be what it ought to be. He has in terested himself in strengthenins tht
 structure of the department of jus. tice. Because he has always beer in politics people have assumed tha
 he would make of his department political machine. They seem to hav' forgotten that he is primarily law
 yer and that his success IS attorne. general will depend very largely upol
 | the high legal quality of his aids
 It is not impossible that Daugh } lerty might resign one of these days after. he has made the department c , 1 justice a vigorous legal arm of tn
 government, under the forthcomin ) reoreanization bill. It isn't probabl,
 perhaps, but not impossible. But 5 will be as well if the stories of tn 1. | forthcoming resignations of cabinf e members be taken with a heavy pine 2 of salt until the resigners personal e confirm them.
 t Never Any Serious Friction f It is probably true that for variou q reasons various members have { r various times contemplated with hoT e and affection the prospect of return r ing to private life. But it may | . stated on the best of authority ths e there has never at any time been an e serious friction in the cabinet, nor hs . any member suffered any persons e pique.
 n "The cabinet is made up of stror V men who know their own minds,' sa n one of them on one occasion. The
 do not give up a pet project excel
 after battle. But there is not or of them who does not understand tn .a teamwork is an essential to success ' Each man fights for his pet until is thoroughly licked. Then he turl : in and fights for whatever plan m; - be decided upon. There isn't a sou tempered man at the table"