Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-07
Members of
| Old Cabinet
Plan Works
Tx Of Retiring Advis-
ors to President to
Resume Practice of
Law.

Washington, March. Most o
|IR cabinet officers who retired
'Fterday will resume the work
ey gave up to become members
III Woodrow Wilson'S official fam
one or two of them, however
IL not vet made definite plans
the future.
II .awyers predominated IN the
a1tgoing cabinet, numbering 80,
sere also were two publishers anu
q college professor.
3ainbridge Colby who reeires
Ter one years service as secre-
lSy Of state, will form a law part
H ship with former President
s8lson with offices in Washington
Ia New York"
ia Baker Turns Lawyer.
GNswton ID. Baker will turn from
IL direction of the war depart
Int to the practice of law in his
Aane town of Cleveland. He has
Ia five years service as secretary
II war and also has served as
lairman of the federal power
snmission and the council OF ma
ssnal defense.
llA. Mitchell Palmer, retiring at
sfney general will resume ms
IN practice with offices in his
i1ne city of Stroudsburg, Pa, and
III in washington. He will re-
IN his home in Pennsylvania, but
I'D reside in Washington con-
cradle portion of each year, and
Ii have as his law partners three
vyers who have been closely as
.iated with him in his public
Erik Frank Davis, Jr., formerly
assistant attorney general; Rob-
n. Scott. and Seiforde M. Stell-
4gen.
Daniels an Editor.
Josephus Daniels, one of the four
Alison cabinet officers who re-
Aimed on the job the full eight
iArs, will leave tomorrow for Ra-
gn, N. c., to resume his duties
Z editor and publisher of the Ra-
gh News and Observer. The
$mer naval secretary will arrive
sme Sunday morning and say his
I'D act will be to go to church
Ia repent of all my sins" He
Inounces as his motto charity to
and malice toward none"
David r. Houston, former secre-
IN Of the treasury, has not made
@inite plans for the future, but
u several offers under consider
jon. He was university pro-
sor before entering the cabinet
s1913 as secretary of agriculture,
Il has not decided whether he
u return to educational work or
Yer the commercial field. He |
n been head of the treasury for
year, and also a member of the
leral reserve board, chairman of
Il board for vocational education
h a member of the council Of
kional defense.
BurIeson Also Lawyer.
John Barton Payne, who has |
en secretary of the interior for
kear, plans to make his home in
ashington. but will devote some |
his time to the Chicago park |
bject in which he was a moving
|rit before he was called to |
ashington early in the war as
neral counsel for the shipping |
ard emergency fleet corporation.
also has been member of the |
ieral power commission and di- |
,tor general of railroads.
Albert sydney Burleson will go |
ok to Austin, Texas, to practice
v and to look after his private
Ierests there after eight years as
etmaster general.
Meredith to Edit.
Edwin Il. Meredith, who sue
eded Mr.. Houston as secretary OF |
riculture a year ago, will return
Des Moines to look after his
I'M magazine and other interests.
also has been a member of the
leral power commission.
Joshua w. Alexander, after two
ars' service as secretary of COM
'rce, win go to his old home at
llltan, Missouri, to resume the
actice OF law and, as he says, to
D a little farming on the side"
William B. Wilson, another of
} original Wilson cabinet Off
., has accepted appointment to
. international joint commis-
N. which has to do with dis
tes arising between the United /
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