The Washington times., 1922-10-08
Cabinet To GET
JON FIRING LINE
AT. EARLY DATE
Hoover, Davis, Wallace and
sOthers to Take Part in
J, y. G. O. P. Campaign.
OTHERS WILL LEND A HAND
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
Already Smelling Woods in
I7+,s Doubtful States.
BY WINDER R. HARRIS,

( ~, Doubtful States.
BY WINDER r. HARRIS.
Upiversal Service staff Correspondent.
Big guns of President Hard
tng's Cabinet soon will be BOOM
ing in the Congressional cam
paign. =.
Plans are about complete, it
was learned at the joint speakers
bureau of the Republican Nation
sL. Senatorial and Congressional
, committees, for sending the ex-
ecutiye artillery to the firing
linesin the States where the hard
est fighting is expected and
where victories are most desired.
Cabinet Men to Speak.
SECRETARY. Of Commerce Hoover.
Eecratary OF Labor Davis and Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace will
shoulder the burden of most Of the
I field operations, with Assistant. Sec
retary Of the Navy Roosevelt also
rendering .yeoman service in the
thickest of the fray.
It Secretary of the Navy DENLY and
sEecretary of War Weeks occasional
N will lend a hand to the offensive.
Officials Of the speakers bureau
would like to have DENLY fire verbal
shots every day up to the time bal
loting begins. Next to Secretary Of
State Hughes he Is regarded as the
best "talker" in the Cabinet. Naval
activities in the Near East, however.
will keep the Secretary close to his
desk and prevent any extended tours
being mapped out for him.
Attorney General Daugherty and
Secretary of Interior Fall will make
Q few speeches, but will not be
booked, through the party organiza-
ton. TheiS plan Is to accept inde-
pendent Invitations to address gath.
erings which are not strictly polit'
ical. Being good Republica rs,
though. they could not refrain from
reminding their audiences OF the
virtues Of the G.. o. p. Administra-
ton and Congress-.
4. Judging from the itineraries
arranged for the Cabinet members.
the Republican campaign managers
regard the Middle West as the
principal fighting ground. 1mpor'
tant Eastern States are not being
overlooked, however. and five west.
ern States now represented In tBe
Senate byNDemocrats will be invaded
Secretary Wallace will blaze the
trail for the Cabinet campaigners.
He will leave. on Monday. october
,,16. for a tour Of Ohio. MiShigan' NJ
iinois. Indiana, Kansas and Nebra ska.
Secretary Hoover's itinerary. still
somewhat tentative, covers pretty
much the same territory, and In 'ad-
dition, Hoover will go into Kentucky
and West Virginia.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt al.
ready is in Indiana. Tuesday he VIII
move into Ohio. then to Michigan
Wednesday and back to Ohio Thurs
day and Friday. On Saturday ne
will be in West Virginia.
Davis to Tour West.
Secretary Davis is tentatively
booked for a trip to the west coast.
He has not definitely confirmed the
dates as yet, but 1t is planned to send
him into Montana, Washington,
Oregon. California, Utah. Nevada.
Wyoming. New Mexico and ARIZONA.
Plans for speaking campaigns In
the East and New England have not
begun to take shape because Of the
delay in getting the tickets in the
field in those States. The New York
nominees were not named until a
few days ago and In Rhode Island
the ticket has just been filled.
The Republicans admittedly have
n hard fight on their hands in New
York: also in Rhode Island. They
would not be surprised by defeat
for Senator Frelinghuysen by former
Governor Edwards, in New Jersey.
Connecticut and Massachusetts, they
regard as safe, although the Demo-
Gratis take issue with this view, par
ticularly in Connecticut.
Senator Lodge asked the speakers
bureau for about all the Republican
, orators in the country to help him
J out in Massachusetts,, and wanted
to tie them op long time ago. He
will not get many, however. The
bureau prefers to use them IN other
States, where they fear greater
danger.
Ohio, Michigan. Indiana. Nebraska,
and West Virginia. where Senatorial
elections will take place, will be the
scenes Of the most intensive fight.
ing. Almost any veteran campaigner
on either side will admit privately
that every one Of these five States
properly may be regarded as doubt
full.
Montana, Utah. Nevada. Wyom-
ing and New Mexico, which now
have Democrats in the Senate. are
regarded as Republican fighting
ground. The Republicans claim
California Is certain to go for Sen