Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-04-08
HARDING CABINET
HIGHLY PRAISED
Woman's Club Speaker Com
mends Presidents Choice
Definite Mexican Policy Certain-Dr
Raiguel Names Hughes. Fall and
Hoover as dominating Members.


Why President Harding chose certain
men for his cabinet, what their atti-
tude is on the various questions CON
nected with their respective departments
and some of the policies which they pro-
pose to carry out, in solving the prob
lens which are confronting the country
today were explained in cogent lecture
on Internal Affairs in the United States
Igiven Wednesday night in Odd Fellows
J temple by DIR. George L. Raigue lee
turer on current history at the College
for Women at New Brunswick, y. j.
The occasion was the annual guest night
of the Brattlcboro Womans club. While
/, the audience was not large it was none
the less enthusiastic.
i Previous to the address there was a
brief business session and two selections
were rendered by male quartet consist
ing of Walter \. Gilbert. Walter s.
= Stcarns Frederic G. Adams and Arthur
i. Clapp. After the program a buffet
luncheon was served and many were
given the opportunity to meet DIR. Rag-
uel.
The speaker was introduced by Mrs.
| {. l.. Stckney. president of the club. In
his opening remarks DIR. Raguel declared
, hat we were in Il revolution, that March
marked the end of one epoch and the
beginning of another. that Woodrow Will
son had passed into history and that he
, would stand out in history az one of
|
of President Warren G. Harding and
, of the appointments he had made, saying
! that he had excmplifcd America and not
a the Republican party alone and that he
{ had chosen a cabinet which we could ap-
plaud.
Dr. Raigucl said that in choosing Mr..
+ Hughes as secretary of state the presi-
dent had picked n man of judicial bal
q ance and spoke briefly of other reasons
why he was chosen for the post. Senator
Fall wns appointed, he said. because we
must hive definite policy toward Mex
leo. MIR: Wilson had no Mexican policy
and the beginning of the trouble between
Bryan and Wilson was over the recogni-
, ton of Villa and Carranza. Mr.. Fall
1 has Mexican policy. said the speaker,
and that is why he is in the cabinet and
he is strengthened by Mr. Fletcher, as
under secretary of state. The policy is
o to be announcement to the Mexican peo-
pie. the attitude is to be one of SYM
pathy: some credits must be cxended so
they can get on their feet again we must
t. win the people and must be careful of the
:. extension of credits; tho border line
IL must be- rectifed In this connection he
referred to the condition in southern Cal
ifornia.
ne The third dominant figure in the cnbi
~. net was declared to be Mr.. Hoover. On
- Raiguel said we need the constructive
h. ability of a Hoover at this time. In
o. speaking of Attorney General Daugherty
: DR.. Raiguel said that President Harding
. stated that Mr.. Daugherty had put the
~ rungs in the ladder so that he could go
y up step by step to the presidency, and
i added that if he is brilliant enough to
y make n president should not criticize
II him: that he cannot do worse than some
of the attorneys general.
v He then spoke of Secretary Weeks of
y the war department. in comparison to
: General Wood for that post. and de-
! clared that the people of the United
=, secretary of war at the present time
= the world cannot disarm until the
y Inited States disarms, and General
d Wood could not help having a military
Z bias after all of his military training.
=. The same situation prevailed in the
J, navy department and Mr.. DENLY was
!. chosen to head that department because
, y he was an enlisted man in the Spanish
J, American war and sergeant of marines
- in the great war. We have seen too
" much politics played in the navy. DR..
= Raiguel said. and it is time to get it
g vcrSy and commended Admiral Sims for
=, his stand.
~ Secretary of the Treasury Mellon of
=, Pittsburgh was appointed for one reason
:. :. it was necessary for the United States
II to have in this position a business man
y and fnancicr and yet not all of Wall
T. street. Mr.. Davis of the labor depart
|: mcnt. DR. Raigucl said. is anti-Gompcrs
u and with Mr.. Davis at the head of the
labor department we are going to hive
Il definite labor policy.
He then spoke of President Harding :
policy as being an international policy.
"a that he believed in the Monroe Doctrine.
" that the people of the United States have
not deserted any of the allies In touch
ing upon the relations between the United
IS States and japan DR.. Raigucl declared
10 that Senator Johnson has 'unmasked
Ran1nlnI
* Hearst. and that is enough to damn any
he man
Y. The difference between the policies of
the Republican and Democratic parties
was touched upon briefly. rs were the
l. Philippines. Hawaii. Japan, Panama.
- Colombia the possibility of a canal
through the Nicaraguan lakes. the queS.
NJ tons Of MeSopotamia zap, Greece aud
other foreign problems He also spoke
of the league of nations. referring par
n ticularly to article 10 and of the three
a interpretations which can be applied to
!, it and pointing out why. in his opn-
u ion, it was incompatible with American
OF ideals
,g At the close of his lecture DR.. Raigucl
ts gave opportunity for questions, which he
nc the welcome he had received on his first
ne visit to Vermont. In the course of his
go address he stated that he was to sail
~ Nav for South America.
ne In the business meeting which pre-
as ceded the program the club voted So for
-, the chldrcns travelling library and il
w was stated that books and magazine.
l. suitable Tor children under l6 years of
ngc might be left ut the library as soon
ne ms possible to be forwarded to Yer
We gcnnes and Brandon. The club alsC
ct voted to appropriate $40 toward the pur
as chase price OF a gram of radium to be
ho used by Nine. Cnrie in experiments. An
Nv appropriation also was made for the pur