The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-25
MANY OFFICES
 WILL BE FILLED BY PRESIDENT
BY COL. WINFIELD JONES

has at his disposal approximately G. 600 federal appointments, with aggre- gate salaries of more than $l25.OO0,. 900. Most of these appointments are i'll the postal service, consisting of postmasters. The beginning of the turnover in federal offices started with the inauguration when the new cabinet officers were appointed Other appointments are being made daily.
 Next on the list will be the plums to be handed out in the state depart ment, consisting of the ambassadorial and ministerial appointments. The ambassadors are paid $17,500 each and the ministers, $10,0O0. All the ambassadors and ministers have sub. mltted their resignations to the presi- dent, according to custom. A few. who have been in the diplomatic ser vice for a long time and who have secured their present posts as a pro- motion for faithful service, will be re. tained, but the great majority of the foreign posts will be filled with new men,
 Many important and lucrative com missionerships are to be filled. Seven members of the shipping board, salary $12,O00; two members of the interstate commerce commission. sal. Hrv $12,000: three members of tbe tariff commission, salary $75OO: two members of the federal trade board salary $1O,000; four members of the railroad wage board, salary $1O,00O; four members of th federal farm loan board, salary $1OOO0 will be appoint ed.
 There are four justices of the U. s. supreme court. Chief Justice White and Associate Justices Day, Holmes and McKenna, who are elig 1ble on voluntary retirement. The chief justice is paid $15,0OO and the associate justices $14,O0O It is prob able these men will retire early in the Harding administratio and the president will select their successors,
 In every executive department of the Washington government there are many assistant secretaryships. assis tant attorney generalships, commis- 6ioners of various kinds, all drawing from $3,500 to $G,OOO salary.
 In addition to the salaried jobs there are. many unpaid commission ships at the disposal of the president, which are eagerly sought by men of wealth for the honor such positions carry, Among these are the fine arts commission, the national adyis- ory committee on aeronautics. na- tlonal geographic board, electric rail ways commission, the Hague arbitra, ton court, pan-American commission and others.
 There are Mexican and Canadian E1undary commission appointments which pay well and for which there are a large number of applicants, as the work on these boards is more 'iHoiISIItdl tUdu tAdCJlnR.
 Il number of new assistant at toTneys general of the department of justice will get 5000 salaries. In the treasury department are some choice prizes, including the commis- sioner of internal revenue who gets $lo,0OO per year. The prohibition en- forcement commissioner draws ST. 800.
 The public printer gets $6,00O and there are more than a score of men after this place.
 But the bulk of the federal ap continents are in the postoffice de partment. Practically every post master is now a Democrat despite claims made by MT. Burleson before he left office that many Republicans. |. had been retained as postmasters under the Wilson administration There are more than 45,0OO post masterships of the presidential class all having four-year terms. The last senate refused to confirm several thousand postmaster nominations sent in by former President Wilson, all Democrats, and practically every one of the nominees will be replaced early with Republicans by Postmaster General Hays, who believes, if any body does in the Republican party, that to the "victors belong the spells" It is estimated that Presi- dent Harding will appoint within the next twelve months at least 15,OOO new postmasters. Nearly all of these appointments will be made on the recommendation of members of congress, who are allowed this patronage in their districts. The nOctOffico anDOin+pnnto OTTO tbo ,>,,i,,