The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-30
CABINET POSTS
WEARY SOME Of
+. HARDING s AIDS
aumors Continue That Mellon
and Duagherty Are Ready to
- Quit Public Life. 81.
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES.
International NeWs service.

The first six months of the Hard.
ng Administration having. gone by
without the occurrence OF anything
;tartling, the tea table and cloak
DOM gossips of the National Capt.
saI are predicting some radical
;hanges in the make up Of Official
Washington for the next six.
IT Is the gossip OF Washington
hat before the new Administration
celebrates its first anniversary, there
will be at least two, maybe three
ind possibly more, Cabinet changes.
rhe rumors have recently become 50
;ircumstantial that they have found
heir way into some metropolitan
,,apers and have resulted in the ex-
3ected denials. The reports, how
aver, persist. ~ ~ ~ 49,.
The names chiefly, concerned in
,hese rumored changes, are Secre-
AIRY of the Treasury Andrew w.
Mellon and Attorney-General Harry
VI. Daugherty. -.'- Il, g.. =,
According to the stories that cir
culate among the tea tables OF Wash
lngton, Secretary Mellon has tired
Of public life after his brief first
taste Of It, and is DESTROYS of get
ting back to the placid serenity Of
directing a score of big corporations
and banks with which he is con-
nected. r' p NV FL:
This is Secretary Melons first
taste of public life and political con-
tact and II is admitted by his few
Intimates that he has found 1t little
o his liking. Being naturally OF a
shy and retiring disposition, the Sec.
rotary of the Treasury is said to
have formed a pronounced dislike
to the rough give.and-take Of Wash.
lngton political life, and. II would not
surprise his intimates should he en-
brace the first opportunity to get
back into private life.
Mellon Disheartened.
Secretary Mellon has found rough
shedding In Washington with his tax
program, and this Is said to have
increased his dislike for his job. One
of his first official acts was the
presentation to Congress Of an esti-
mate Of how much money 1t would
take to run the Federal Government
for the next fiscal year. based on
the amount OF expenditures which
he saw would be necessary in the
existing state Of things.
Congress, with an eye to reelection
next year and realizing the potency
Of an economy argument with the
average NOIeT, blhbHtu
numerically. President Harding
was called in as a mediator in the
resultant dispute and. realizing the
party's need, the Chief Executive
supported the Congressional side.
with the result that Melons figures
were discarded.
Many Of the Secretary's tax recon-
mendations suffered the same fate
at the hands Of House Republicans
in charge Of framing the new rev.
enue bill The Republicans OF the
Senate Finance Committee likewise
disregarded and cast aside a number
Of his recommendations.
The net result Of these experiences
Is said to have increased the Secre-
tary's dislike for a post which he
was reluctant to accept in the first
place. = o. ~: AZ.
Weeks Wants Post.
II Mellon does resign, II is gen.
Secretaryso of War John w. Weeks
will be shifted over to the Treasury
Department, where he has long de.
sired to be. It Is understood that
Weeks accepted the War portfolio
with the understanding that he would
be given the Treasury berth at the
first opportunity.
The case OF Attorney. General
Daugherty IL not like that of Mellon.
The Acknowledgement has been the
Grand Master Of Patronage since
March last, and the demands made
upon him have been tremendous.
Aspirants for every kind Of a Fed
era job-from Waterman to Ambas-
sador-have had to see Daugherty,"
and as all have not been taken care
Of 1t has led to some hard feelings
in many quarters.
Personal reasons also are said to
figure largely in the Attorney Gen
erals reported desire to retire from
his post. His own health Is none
too good, and Mrs. Daugherty is an
invalid, necessitating his spending
much time travelling back and forth
between Washington and Ohio.
No confirmation Of the rumors re-
garding either Mellon or Daugherty
Is obtainable, but the gossiping per.
sists around the Capitol.
Should Daugherty leave the Cab
met, >the belief prevails that Presi-
dent Harding would name as his
successor either former Senator
George Sutherland of Utah, or James
NJ. Beck of New York. at present
Solicitor General in the Department.
---