The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-07
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SECRETARY DENLY STARTS II
Made His First Trip to Guantanamo az
Gunner's Mate on the Yosemite
Now Makes His Second Trip, bus
This Time as Secretary. 's@S is@a~5
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

I WashlngtOn.-Secre OF the navy
Edwin DENLY is paying his second visit
to Guantanamo, Cuba. 1t is, however
the first visit which he has paid as
secretary of the navy. The first tins
he was there he was a gunner's mate
Oh board gunboat, the Yosemite.
The understanding in Washington Is
that the present cabinet is to be 8
travelling cabinet, when travelling Is
necessary for the "good of the serv'
ice." Most Of the cabinet officers have
said that they want to follow the lines
Of the activities Of their, departments
In the field, and to learn at first hanG
where 1t is necessary to apply rene
dies. '~.'. IL -
Secretary DENLY, on his former trips
on battleships or cruisers, swung his
hammock and slept with the enlisted
men,, He also messed with the enlist
ed ones, and the word is that he not in,
frequently took q hand at scrubbine
decks, 80 -.''':..@ =
. Now things are different. The flae
of the secretary of the navy flies from
the peak, and the secretary himself
has cabin ''all by his lonesome" but
he, like the captain of a war vessel
frequently will invite the officers from
captain down to share his table. II
can be taken for granted that as fol
the enlisted men on board, including
the marines, the secretary will have a
kindly eye upon them, or an eye which
will be quick to note signs of anything
which may call for Improvement.
It is the intention Of Secretary OF
War Weeks to visit the various army
posts Of the country. The war secre'
'tary has "sea legs" but he soon will
learn to keep step with the land lub'
jbers. AS matter of fact, the midship.
men at the Naval academy, where the
secretary Of war was educated, are
given infantry drill constantly, and 50
ina way their early training in part
can, be classed with that of the cadets
lat West Point. ..-..
: Is Gel, It First Hand. I:
!; will Fl. Hays, before he has been IN
Office very long, will board train ca r.
;rying: the mails. Moreover, he will
visit some Of the greater post Offices
Iof the country and, being a country
boy himself, he probably will extend
his tour Of Investigation, inquiry or
disqualification" even into the lanes
;along which drive the rural route car
;riers.
The secretary Of the interior always
has had more or less travelling to dO.
Alaska comes within the purview of
his department, and all the secretaries
since Stewards time have paid at least
one visit to the Northwestern possess
sion. 1t can be taken for granted that
before long Secretary Fall will start
for the Alaska land.
There Is some reason for the secre'
tary to 60 to Alaska just about this
time. 1t is understood that congress
is going to express a marked interest
In the government-built, government
owned and acknowledgement rail
road in Alaska. This venture on the
part of the government was intended
to prove the entire feasibility and the
certain success of government railroad
operation and ownership.
Recently in congress, when the Alas
kan railroad item came up for consid-
GRAFTON, there We're several attacks on
the whole project. 1t was said in ef-
feet that, while the road was remarka-
bly, well built, the line Of its route was
badly chosen and that it never can be
q paying venture. i
Whether or not these things are true,
of course, remains to be seen, but 1t Is
known that the secretary of the tn
terror feels O. responsibility in the case,
for the building of the road and the Sc
lection of the routes and Of the ports
were placed within the department Of
which ne is the new chieftain.
Hoover Will Travel. (
Commerce suggests travel. Herbert
Hoover is secretary of commerce and
he has expressed a wish that the scope
Of the activities of his Office shall be
much extended. Mr.. Hoover always
has been a believer in the plan Of look
ing ON the scene of actual labor. In his
work abroad, and his work In the food
he undertook to direct
ut all until he had found out
by actual personal investigation how
his directing best might count. He
probably will be something Of tray.
eler. .'- "" - SIS
The secretary Of the treasury, the
attorney general and the secretaries Of
agriculture and of labor will not have
to do as much travelling as the other
of the cabinet. OF course
every cabinet officer is in demand as a
public speaker, and as rule they are
Willing to comply with the demands
unless the travel interferes with their
public duties. Neither the secretary Of
the treasury nor the attorney general
thus faw has outlined any marked de-
parture from the lines followed by his
in office, and so far as the
secretary of the treasury is concerned
the present taxation problems and
other things are likely to keep him
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