New-York tribune., 1921-02-26

sks ao~n n stipoistio'ns as Mr.. Hoover has ..
the Presidcnt~elect was asked
don't like the form Of m. o,.s-
t,oh' was the reply. 81 wouldn't cal,
Inem stipulations. wouldn't want
aim rs Secretary >of Commerce If be
wasn't going to do things. That was
WY ! asked him to accent the nost
mr; nooFer, very properly and CRAFTY.
!psty 10 me, has inquired as TO Admin
lstrstlon policies. | asked him to give
as ms views, Also, there is going TO
o reorganization of the machinery
o. all the executive departments. ana
Mr.. Hoover has ideas about the Dens ~ ~
ment of Commerce that were htchIv
Weloome to me. We arc in perfect ac
"ofa about what the department. ought
to be made" -
IN reply TO question about an ar
s.els published in a magazine setting
iorth Henry Wallaces plans for direct
ing the Department of Agriculture in
Two Harding Administration. the prcai-
dent-elect said:
Unless there should be some unlocked
1or dlsarrangement, have strong gus-
Cabinet" Nv III '''o
Mr.. Wallace, publisher of a farm
paper IN Des Moines, Iowa. advised with
Mr.. Harding in the writing Of the
speech delivered at the Minnesota State
Pa1r last September, in which the then
republican candidate set forth the
party plan for improving the condi-
oons confronting the American farmer.
DENLY Arrives for Conference
Mr.. Denby, the Presidcnt-clcct's
cnoico tor Secretary of the Navy, ar
rived IN St. Augustine this afternoon
al
sonviilc
Il haven't word to saw about anv
co1ninnnication / may or may not have
hao with MIR. Harding" was Mr.. Dcnby's
non-commlttal reply to the first oues
tlonS asked him. Then be added "r
was taken wholly by surprise. Nv en-
gagencnt to meet Mr.. Harding is for
tomorrow morning, and there may be
ne"s immediately following that ses-
If Mr.. Harding finally appoints
James j. Davis to be Secretary of
LABOR he VIII not appoint him because
nc belongs to union, but rather be
cause he is credited with understand
ing the American workman. While Mr.
DaFls' IS home is in Pennsylvania he also
maintains a residence at Moose Heart,
H. where the Loyal Order of Moose,
OF which he is head, has a home.
Mr. Davis was born in Wales. and is
the son of tinplate puddler. His fam
ny, with other men skilled in the tim
plate industry, then in it's infancy in
the United States, came to America
and settled in Elwood, Ind, where Dan
iel G. Reid made his fortune. Thou
sands of Welsh and English workmen
were brought over about that time
when tinplate making was lusty in
fant among American industries.
Unites Workmen Into Order
Young Davis became a tinplate pud-
oler at fourteen, and when he became
cf age was elected City Clerk. He had
natural talent as p mixer" and
moved quickly to the front in the poll
tics of the little town of F,lwood Next
he was elected County Recorder, aud
is said to have fine record. 1t was
that he conceived the idea of Welding
the workmen Of the country into
frsternal order that would unite them
like the members of other fraterual
orders which do not seek recruits as
e rule from the ranks of workingmen.
Al any rate, his idea resulted in the
reorganization Of the Loyal Order Of
Moose, which now is said TO have s
membership of 100000, most of whom,
thanks to Brother Davis, voted for
Harding.
II Mr.. Harding appoints Mr.. Davis
instead of one Of the labor leaders he
has under consideration it will be be-
csuse he has decided that the appoint
ment OF uniol% labor leader would be
unAmerican in the sense that an ap-
rointee could not be expected to have
What Mr.. Harding probably considers
d proper consideration for the unor-
tanized workmen of the nation.
Throughout the campaign he insisted
that as he wanted to represent all the
American people he could not make ap-
reals TO class, whether the class stood
high or low.