The Washington times., 1921-02-18
HUGHES TOSEE
HARD|NCTODAY
Future State Secretary and
President-EIect Hold Confer
ences at st. Augustine.
By GEORGE R. HOLMES.
International News Service.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Feb. 10
Charles E. Hughes will arrive In
st. Augustine late today for what
probably will be final conference
with President-elect Harding before
he becomes member Of his official
family two weeks hence.
\ WIDE FIELD OF DISCUSSION.
Justice Hughes has not seen the
President-elect since the latter's re-
turn from Panama early in December.
Since their meeting in Marion the
Harding Cabinet has assumed a denn-
lite form and there have been many
shifts in the international situation
as the new administration will have
to deal with 1t.
II is understood a wide range OF
subjects will be taken up in the dis
cussions between the President-elect
and his Secretary of State. 1t Is
probable that the foreign situation
will be thoroughly gone into, and in
addition Justice Hughes advice will
be sought concerning the inaugural
address and the new cabinet port
folios not yet tentatively filled.
The refusal of Gov. Frank o. Low
den, of Illipois to be considered for
any office in the Harding admins
tration has created still more uncer-
tainty in the naval. commerce, anu
labor posts. 1t has also Increased the
chances OF Southern representatives
in the cabinet, according TO those
about the President-elect
The political advisers OF Mr.. HARD
ing are insistently urging that Tor
purely political reasons he recognize
the breaking of the solid South by
awarding a cabinet post to south
ern man, but so far as can be learned
here, the President-elect has made no
decision yet
Various names have been suggested
to Mr.. Harding in this connection,
among them former Senator Newell
Sanders OF Tennessee, T. II. Huston
Of Tennessee, A. T. Hert of Kentucky,
Congressman c. Bascom Slemp Of Vir-
ginia, and John NJ. Moorehead OF North
Carolina
John Hays Hammond, who was sud
denly brought forward a few weeks
ago as a possible Secretary OF COM
merce, may be slipped into the naval
berth as a result of the Lowdcn with
drawal Hammond has wide knowl-
edge Of international affairs nn1 Is
himself an engineer anu inN'ntof VI
wide repute. II is believed that Ham
mond's appointment to this post would
be hailed with wide satisfaction by
tho navy itself.
Herbert Hoover has not been elm
mated" from consideration for Cab
met honors, II was said today by
Harding's advisers. He was said - he
stiIl "very much under considerat ton
for either the commerce or labor port
folios. although IL has been thought
that the latter place would GO 20 ,
trades union man.
All of President-elect Harding's sp-
pointment worries are not confined 70
the Cabinet. He will have to fill
eleven offices Immediately after the
Inauguration which he considers IN
many respects fully as important as
Cabinet posts. These consists OF an
entire new shipping Board OF seven
members and four vacancies on the
Interstate Commerce Commission. In
talks with callers Mr.. Harding In the
last few DAYS has emphasized tho
'mportp"re with which he regards
these appointments. particularly those
on tho Shipping Board.
Otto II. Kahn of New York, also ~
on the President elects appointment
list today.