New-York tribune., 1921-02-17
.Iowelell Still
Seems Choice
For Navy Post
Three Untitled Portfolios
Give Mr.. Harding Some
thing to Worry Over While
He Lingers in Florida
0'Connor Sees Senator
frystalIized Opinion Is Gem
eral Wood viii Be Sent
TO Govern Philippines

sr AUGUSTINE. Fla, Feb. Is. -
u.,;ng virtually determined seven of
...gs ten Cabinet appointments, Presi-
I, S.rt.elect Harding and his chief po-
tS;csl advisers finally are sitting over
Z IL available material for the port
t,lios Of Navy, Commerce and Labor.
Fsor the Navy post, Franz 0. Lowden,
!. Illinois. is still considered possi-
A;iity. with several others holding an
,,an chance should he finally decide
=. ~ enter the Cabinet. Half dozen
r.n,es are in the hat for the Secre-
,s..resbiy Of Commerce, with the odds
,ssning to favor a Southern Republi-
s..n The list OF availables for head
s y the Labor Department. is understood
! i Rave narrowed to four men; James
I j Davis, of Pennsylvania; James Dun
!, e,n Of Massachusetts,; I. v O'Connor,
II New York, and Representative John
81 Nolan. of California.
If the three vacant places the Navy
: cseretarvship is proving the most
.ronbIesome to FILL IN his original
csbjpet slate, Mr.. Harding is under
! s,oof 10 have allotted this post to John
: Weeks, of Massachusetts, but va
,i'ue considerations later led to his
5 .ransfer to the War portfolio, 1t now
5 ). regarded as certain that MIR. Lowden
,,p have the Navy appointment If he
,-ants it. and there are many indlca-
,;ous of strong pressure to induce him
7 T. accept. In the event of failure, the
s5oie field OF candidates for the posi-
,,o5 will have to be opened again,
,Eopqb it is believed to be very un-
prelV that Mr.. Weeks will be among
.bose considered. ~
Tbe growing wave of agitation for
s,rtbsrn representation in the Cabi-
rsf NAV land Secretary of the Navy
srom south of the Mason and Dixon
ras Init the general impression is that
i wiU be more likely to be felt in the
eho;ee of the Secretary of Commerce.
The movement is one of the strongest
Influences now being brought TO bear
m Mr. Hardng's headquarters here,
md has taken the form of a bid for
sac+ional representation rather than
f6r the allotment Of any particular
rlaee in the next Presidents family of
counsellors,
REPRESENTATIVE C. Bascom Slemp, of
Virginia, and 7. H. Huston and Newell
Sanders, of Tennessee, are among those
NOS. prominently mentioned for Cabi-
net appointments in the petitions that
are coming to the President-elect.
Somc Of the requests have mentioned
die Csmmeyce Secretaryship as a fit-
ting award for the South, because of
tas present movement for expansion of
Soetaera industry.
All four of those now in the front
oF tl,o
tareship are union men. Mr.. Davis is q
been sn official of the Granite Cutters
Uniaa and Of the American Federation
3i Labor Mr. 0'Connor is leader of
the Lcngshoremen's Union and Mr..
Nolan is an iron molder by trade.
Particular interest in the labor ap-
p5.1-ment was aroused to-day by a
tlalt Of Mr.. 0'Connor to the President
q ce-, and an announcement later that
taey would hold another conference
here next week. In q statement Mr..
= Ut9nnor SAID lsbor conditions gener-
Z ally had been talked over with Mr..
Harding and predicted that the next
loul years would see a square deal
from the White House for American
! workers. Neither the President-elect
nol his visitor would comment on the
possibility Of Mr., 0'Connor's appoint
ment to the Cabinet
Mr., Harding also held another long
81 conference to-day with VIII H. Hays,
Of Indiana, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, and understood to
oe slated for Postmaster General. To-
u hght the President-elect was in con-
Saailtat!on with Harry NJ. Daugherty, of
uaio, his prospective Attorney General,
( Yho came here with Edward B. Nc
/ Lean OF Washington, head of the in
euearal committee, and Jesse w.
sni'h, OF Ohio, the committees secre-
,sFy The entire party will stay over
( Tomorrow.
Among long list of callers on Mr..
Iparaing to-day were T. Coleman du
IonI, o. Delaware; Arthur Woods, for