The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19

... '5st fow weeks indicate a widen
iu. in the gulf between President
u.wng aud Secretary Of the In
t.r.rr Fall, with many surface indi-
,.trs tnat the latter, who entered
,Er cabinet as an intimate and pow
rreI adviser. may shortly offer his
,..ynaIUn. In a year Mr.. FAN has
fWpr from his pedestal as an ad-
,I..r OF tho president, cor. to picture
tHc situation more accurately, the
urss.Hgnt has grown away from him
and U.s become attached to tho point
~ y.r.. and the counsel OF Secretary
IusIps and Secretary Hoover. To-day
Se.r,t ny Fan is mere member OF
President Harding began his ad-
rrirIsfration a year ago disposed to
listen 90 the urgings and the warn
ingg OF the type Of men he had grown
mn With politically, the so-called "old
s'rooIH or "old line" politician.
while he has not ignored the prac-
t.3I politician, he Is too much OF a
politician to fan out with the men
who sUlI dominate politics in their
states. set he has veered slightly in
his course. Where the views OF the
ola school and the new school have
come into conflict the president has
frequently gone along with the lat
ter.
Changed Mental Attitude.
Secretary Fail has suffered from
the changed mental attitude OF the
president, and this, rather than an
overt act on the part OF the presi-
dent has 81 is said, convinced Secre-
tary Fall that his usefulness as an
official I'm the Harding administra-
ton may be near an end.
The eclipse of Secretary Fall be-
gan rather carly in the administra- %
ton. when he attempted to dictate"
the Mexican policy and came i'm
medatcly into conflict with Secre-
tary hughes. 1t had been generally
supposed by many that the same re-
lauons which existed between Mr..
Harding as senator and Mr.. Fall,
while the latter was "a member of
that body, and both were cronies,
would be carried into their new re-
lati0ns and that in many interna-
tional questions, especially IN our re-
lations with Mexico, the president
would look TO Mr.. Fan as he had
while O. membcr'of the senate.
The relations between these two
men while members Of the senate
were most intimate. In fact, SEN
ator Harding appeared to accept the
conclusions of Senator Fail on Mcxi-
can matters as eX Cathcdrl. when
Mr., Harding came to make up his
cabinet Senator Fan was long con-
sIdered for the post OF secretary of
state So, with his background and
the close personal and official pre-
presidential relations, Mr.. Fall en-
tered tho cabinet with every reason
10 believe that the old-time ipflu-
ence would be increased as a mem
her Of President Harding's official
family. The first distinct setback
he received was when he found that
In the Mexican matters the president
not only did not ask his advice but,
It Is reported, declined to follow
suggestions when advanced. The
state, who had far different ideas as
TO what should be done in our re-
lat!ons with Mexico. Secretary Fall
u Is reported, has never been con-
suited by the president about Mexico
and on one occasion the secretary OF
state, II is said, made It plain that
his Mexican policy was totally al
variance with that of Secretary Fall
Balks at Falls Advice.
The president has also failed tc
follow Secretary Falls advice In
matters which concerned the depart
ment OF the interior Mr.. Fall started
make the interior department. the
al-inclusive field for the .de4lop,
ment OF natural resources. He had
conceived ideas as to what shoult
be done as TO the forest reserves
especially in Alaska. Another prof.
Get in which he and his department
heads were deeply interested was the
colorado river irrigation project
congress had authorized the appoint.
Mehl ut q commission to work out q
pan for the development of thii
river for irrigation and power pos
slDlliues. The project, IL approved
Dy the commission, as outlined by IT.
projectors. will be the largest irri
CATION project ever undertaken b,
lhe government.
Exports for the interior depart
ment charged with such engineering
projects had prepared the preliml
nary plans and worked with mem
oeLs or congress, so they were pre-
patea to conduct hearings and e
ugHniiely into the problem after con
sI.ss had authorized a commission
iu' su'h study. Secretary Fall strong
y uIE'a that his department expert
.n1u!d De appointed to head the com
mission, Here was a case where III
Vas Vas NOT Injecting his views into an
N,ner iield, such as for instance, fl
eleAlcan matters. To the surprise o
secretary Fall the president place,
r Tno responsibility upon Secretary o
commerce Hoover. When the de
.lslon was made the president at
"pted 10 soften Il by saving tina
e mad appointed Secretary Hoove
40 he7a the commission because o
~ a. o"slaeering abilities. But b
uol4s so he imposed a task upon
sso,lot member outside OF his lin
VI uu'F and has lessened the dutie
another. The appointment ha
,n uu,n accepted by engineers I'm IN
m'l'r power division as a reflectio
ge Spoh ITEM and upon the departmen
rr Attacks on Fall.
,h He third question that affecte
Iie influence Of Secretary Fall wa
tosm ''s move TO have the forest servic
c,1,.h rH'h Eom the department OF agri
uI,.Ie and placed under the depart
cb.l %! me Interior and the polic
resomE'a IN the matter of the fores
LJ,Iy' vL, of Alaska. This controvers,
,,A ..,A has been in fierce progress 10
T,F n, weeks, Is now a burning on,
m'7 become so because OF aiIeRe
servri,1b1hda ser,i, conducted by the fores
~, bt,lee against Secretary FAN. aide
S g..ieFd Pinchot. The latter ha
90 laIStl that Secretarv EalI ,,,ant