New Britain herald., 1921-02-11
FOUR CABINET JOBS
 PROBABLY DECIDED
State, Justice, Post Office and
 Agriculture Believed Filled

St. Augustine. Fla. Feb. 10.-Back at work today after n three weeks vacation, President-eIcct Harding wadCd into vast accumulation of correspondence and other miscellan- eous business that must be cleared away before he can give serious thought to final decisions on the per sonnel Of his cabinet and other major problems.
 Mir. Harding returned to St. Angus tine last night from his houseboat established offices in a St. Ausgustine hotel which will he his home until he leaves for Washington to be inaugur- ated
 Only the most urgent communica- tions have been forwarded to him dur ing his trip and the stack of unan- swered telCgrams and letters probably will occupy virtually all of his work ing time for the remainder of the week.
 While the president-elect was cruis- ing on the houseboat Victoria he also kept as far away from his problems as possible and 1t may be said author itatively that the most important de- cisions of the coming administration including the personnel of the cabinet are but little nearer consummatiOn than they were three weeks ago.
 Definite selections are yet to be made for practically all of the ten cabinet positions and in regard to most of them one guess seems as good as another.
 Sure of Jobs
 The cabinet appointments which MT. Harding's close friends believe to be virtually determined are confined to the portfolios of state, justice, post office and agriculture. Charles Evans Hughes of New York, for se- cretary of state; Harry NJ. Daugherty of Ohio for attorney general; Wills H. Hays of Indiana for postmaster gen. eral and Henry Wallace of Iowa for secretary of agriculture are selections which those in position to know now regard as practically. certain.
 Yet even in respect to these it is realized that there may be many a slip between the first of February ard the first of March.
 Secretary Of War
 For the secretaryship of war. sever al men still Aare mentioned in gossip to the president-elect. Prominent among them is John W. Weeks of husetts, whose name also is linked repeatedly with the navy and pOrtfOIlOS. F'rank V. lSO"OSn of Illinois ,is another mentioned as a for the secretaryship of the navy. and the friends of Andrew M. Mellon of Pennsylvania still are urg- Ing his qualifications to be secretary of tho treasury. For the latter post u is understood that Charles c. Dawes of Illinois. once conceded to have an inside track. no longed is l serious possibility.
 Senator A. B. Fall of New Mexico Ia believed to be under serious con- for secretary of interior and whether he goes into the place, it is understood to depend largely on his own inclination. For the same place John Hays Hammond of New York is being strongly recommended.
 Other Secretaryslips
 It is in regard to the secretaryships of labor and commerce that MT. Hard nE's mind is believed to be farthest for a decison. The records and quail acations of several men are said to oe under investigation in connection with tho labor portfolio. one of the attest to- receve prominent support being J. A. Davis of Pittsburgh, Pa. q steel worker and now a banker. The place at the head of the commerce department is expected to ,e the last of all to be filled and 1t