The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-24


 state. He has been much in the pub lie eye as an ardent advocate of in- tervention in Mexico.
 Will H. Hays, who will hold down the portfolio of postmaster general is one of the boy wonders of Ameri- can politics. Born in the state of h. 1 diana, where every native son is either literary light, or political star, Hays having chosen the law as his professional was inevitable that he should. enter politics. He was elected Republican precinct com mitteeman in his home district before he had reached the age of twenty one. From then on he had a rapid rise, taking more and more important positions in the councils of the Re- publican party, until in the last cleo tion as chairman of the Republican national committee, he led his party to triumphant victory. His chief du ties as postmaster general will be to continue giving his valuable political | advice to the incoming administra. tiou. He will no doubt profit from the unfortune experience of his pre- decessor, MT. Burleson, and leave the running of the postoffice depart ment to experienced subordinates. As was fitting the post of sec retary of the treasury fell to bank. CT, the Hon. L. Mellon, of Pennsyl- vania. He has had experience with the management of street railways in his home state, and his chief activi- ties of late years has been as direc- tor of various corporations.
 Like the present secretary of agri- culture, the new secretary is the publisher of farm paper. Natural ly he would be resident of the great corn belt, Henry Cantwell Wallace of Iowa seems a fitting choice to be chief adviser to the farmers of the country for the next four years, and maybe longer if 1924 is a good year. He has been identified with practical and theoreti- cal farming for many years but has had little actual experience in poll tics. From the point of training, ex- perience, and qualifications, the ap- pointment would seem to be above criticism.
 Herbert c. Hoover, is a household name in America since the days of food conservation in 1917, and needs no Introduction. His rise to public fame commenced with the European war in 1914, when he undertook the work of feeding the helpless and starving people of Belgium when the latter country had been overrun by the Germans. He is a mining engi- neer of the first class, and is prob ably the one man in this country to- day who has a proper perspective on the troubles and trials of world bus mess. AS secretary of commerce in the Harding cabinet he will bring to his new duties mental and physical equipment pre-eminently suited for ] the place, one of the most important in the cabinet in view of the present demoralization in foreign trade cir cles.
 Of James J. Davis, little is known. MT. Davis, the secretary of labor, is reported to be retired steel work CT and banker. Like the new sec retary of the navy his appointment | comes as surprise even to the sup. posedly well informed. MT. Davis is reputed to be a retired steel worker and banker, but his whole disposition must be retiring, as he is the only esty has kept him out of Who's Who in America.
 As to professions in the new cab 1 inet, the lawyers lead, five of the ministers having been admitted to the bar and being practicing at- torneys, Hughes, Daugherty, Denby,
 
 apparently are still In bad repute, for they have no representative in the Harding list of advisers. There is lit- tie joy iu the list for aspiring maids, all of the members are married. Most of the appointees are college men, There are three bankers, one publisher and one engineer in the list The Times predicts that the appointments will meet with general satisfaction.
 On the whole it may be stated shat the personnel of the cabinet does not give too much comfort to Republi- cans like Senators Johnson of Cali fornia, and Borah of Idaho, whose uncompromising opposition to any form of an association or league of