Arizona republican., 1921-06-16

responsible for the conduct of his de- partment. President Harding does not interfere except as he sees to it that departmental affairs are kept within the broad lines of admins trative policy agreed upon. That Sec -retary Hughes reaches his decision in affairs of state precisely as a trusted head of a department in a great corporation reaches his Is fair ly obvious. But. as is the case with departmental heads in great cor porations, having determined upon a course of action he submits that de- cision to his chief. if any departure from routine procedure is involved He does not however bother him with every petty query that arises in the days course
 Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has been the head of a great banking business. He is reputed to be the second richest man m the United States. In his capacity as a business men he has been the boss of the business. When he came here it was with the understanding that he was to be the boss of his department. No one has interfered with him except once. Mir. Mellon had selected a man to handle a certain line Of work He knew the man, knew hrs capacity, and neither knew nor cared about his politics.
 Disresarded Politics
 But that man won't do." he was told at a cabinet meeting. "He Is a Democrat"
 He is the man I want" said Mir. Mellon, very kindly. Mellon has earned the reputation of being the most diffident man in the cabinet among the reporters. He does not
 care for publicity. But to be diffi-
 dent and to be tin.id are two very
 widely different things. Mellon kept his man. There was no row about 1t The two men in the cabinet-Attorney General Daugherty and Postmaster General Hays-who are presumed tc be the guiding political stars of that body, suggested the advisability oi endeavoring to pick out good men who were Republicans as well. But there was no undue stress on this point. It was recognized that Mel lon had the right to handle his de- partment as he saw fit. Others kept their hands off.
 l Some time ago the word wen' around that "Hocver is raising cain Another word was used, but you gel the idea. The lesser lights discov. cred that Hoover was not playing pol itics at all, but was trying so to re, camp the public service that it woult 1 function properly. As business man the entanglement of red tap' gave him deep seated pain. At th' ] head of his own business he would have maintained department jus so long as that department was O value. He proposed a similar cours l in the government bureaus, even I | some of the fine, old crusted right | of chiefs and clerks were broker l down. Oddly enough, from the poin l of view of the politician, no one Il l authority seemed to worry abou Hoover. The one thing demanded O | him was that he make good
 Sock to Retain Power
 This is, of course. political ad ministration. Every American admin istration is and must be under ou | form of government. But the ide' | of the Harding group seems 10 p that the only way to make certail | of keeping the Republican party II mower is to render the best servic
 nossible. Postmaster General Hay is trying to gain the loyalty and co l operation of postmasters and clerks 1 instead of trying to displace then
 with loyal Republicans Attorne, General Daugherty Is looking int 1 the legal dossiers of candidates TO appointment rather than into thei \ gang activities on erection day :.
 Above all, every cabinet tub is seat
 ed solidIy on its own bottom Strict 1 ly within the general lines of policy l as determined by the president am | his cabinet, each man kills his owl