Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-01
OFFICIALS ARE
EAGER TO QUIT
FEDERAL POSTS
Administration Officials Desire
to RecOup Financial
Losses.
READY FOR RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Contrary TO
the impression existing in many quar-
tiers the retiring members Of the Demo
cratic administration will retreat from
Washington after March / not with
beaten and tagging footsteps" but with
heads up and eager to recoup financially
from the losses incurred N years OF
public service.
Not many Cabinet members IN Wash
tngton manage to live on their salaries.
and there IS q positive air of relief
around some Of the departments at the
prospect Of getting back into money
making channels again. They also view
with no little satisfaction the easy chair
criticism OF the Government instead os
the office-chsir defense Of IL.
Practically all the members OF Pres1-
dsnt Wilson's Cabinet have completed
their plans for after March +, it was
learned today.
WILSON NOT To
LEAD PROCESSION.
President Wilson viii not lead the
parade from Washington az Presidents
have in former years He will remain in
Washington and devote his time to his
to~ical and economic writings.
definite plans other than to seek some
quiet spot and rest
For eight years" he once said, Il have
been IN the Cave Of che Winds. need a
rest"
Secretary Of State cambridge Colby,
the youngest member Of the Presidents
official family. win return'tO New York
and resume mis- law practice.
Secretary of War Newton d. Baker
viii return to Cleveland and again take
mp the practice Of law.
Secretary Of Navy JOsephus Daniels
viii go to his home in Raleigh, n. c.,
and there sit in the editors easy chair
Of the Raleigh News and Observer, which
he owns
Secretary OF Treasury David F. Hous
ton wants to go back TO the farm, but
he Is considering some alluring ofrers
from financial institutions in New York
and Chicago. Houston also has received
an offer TO associate himself with the
Rockefeller Foundation, which he is
considering.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
plans to return to his home in Strouds-
burg, Pa, where he has business IN
terests.
Secretary Of Agriculture Edwin T.
Meredith VIII go back to Des Moines,
Iowa. to direct his agricultural papers
and advertising business.
BURLESOS WILL
RETURN TO TEXAS.
Postmaster General 4. s. Burleson will
return to Texas where ne has agricul-
tural and other business interests. His
friends expect to see him a candidate
for Governor in 1922.
Secretary OF Interior John Barton
Payne plans to return to Chicago and his
law practice, along with other interests
there.
Secretary OF Commerce J. ". Alex
ander plans to retire to his farming in
terests around Gallatin, Mo.
Secretary Of Labor W. B. Wilson has
rot completed his future plans, It was
said at his office
In addition to these, hosts OF officials
o. lesser rank have already made plans
or are making business connections with
q view TO retirement March T.
IN the Congressional retirements prob
ably the most notable is that Champ
Clark He viii go home to Bowling
Green, Mo. and probably devote his fu-
ture to lecturing and writing
OF the lame duck" brigade in the
SenSte, many are hopeful-hopeful that
President Wilson viii take care Of them
before March 4 or that President Hard.
ing will after March T.