The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Harding Ends Half of Term IN White House

the party in Indiana. The grievance
against the Senator was his alleged
refusal to aid in the campaign FOL
Albert j. Beveridge, who bested hin
in the primary.
Mr.. Harding also stuck to At
torney General Daugherty to the
limit while he was under fire ir
Congress in connection with
charges OF failure to prosecute wal
frauds, out OF which an unsuccess
full attempt was made to impeacE
Mr.. Daugherty. The Attorney Gen
eral now is a very sick man, and II
is persistently rumored tht he may
leave the Cabinet.
ALWAYS BACKED HUGHES.
Secretary Hughes frequently has
been severely assailed in the Sen.
ate because Of the trend foreign
relations have taken at times. The
President has backed him up and
all reports of friction and the prob
able resignation Of Mr.. Hughes
have been denounced,
There have been q number OF
more or less serious rows among
the Administration executives. Sec,
retaries Fall and Wallace had an
acrimonious squabble over Falls
effort to have the forestry service
transferred from the Department OF
Agriculture to the Interior Depart.
ment. Wallace was sustained.
Wallace and Secretary Hoover
also went to the mat when the
Commerce Department chief want,
ed to take over the bureau OF mar.
kets from the Agriculture Depart.
ment. Wallace again triumphed
Wallace and Hoover both disagreed
with Secretary of the Treasury Mel.
Ion on the recent farm credits dis.
pute. Wallace and Hoover won out.
ROW OVER BROWN PLAN.
The whole Cabinet has been row.
Ing more or less acrimniously over
the plah OF reorganization OF the
Government departments worked
out by Walter r.. Brown. the Presi-
dents personal representative on
the joint Congressional reorganiza-
ton commission. The principal
recommendation is for merger Of
the War and Navy Departments
into q Department Of National De
Tense. 1t also proposes the estab-
Hshment Of a new Department Of
Public Welfare to embrace the Vet
Grams bureau, pension bureau.
bureau OF education, Woman's
bureau, children's bureau and the
Public Health Service. Another pro.
vision is for the transfer Of the
prohibition enforcement bureau
from the Treasury to the Depart
ment Of Justice.
EFFICIENCY BEATS SPOILS.
A patronage fight between Score.
tary Of the Treasury Mellon and In.
ternal Revenue Commissioners Blair
on one side and Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Elmer Dover on the
other, resulted in Dover being forced
out. He was put In the Treasury
post for the purpose Of seeing that
deserving Republicans supplante6
some of the thousands Of Democratic
hold-Overs. Secretary Mellon, con
tending for efficiency, said no, and
he had his way
With the Presidents abiding faith
in E. Mont Reilly, he stood up against
continual attacks in Porto Rico fol
more than a year, but finally gave
up the ghost. Col. Charles r
Forbes resisted the attacks of the
soldier organizations and members OF
the Senate and House on Mis- admin
istration of the Veterans Bureau
BECAUSE he had President Harding
support. But he. too, finally step
ped down.
The President read the riot act
to leaders Of the fight on Brig. Gen
Sawyer's policies as chairman of the
Federal disqualification Board. Mr.
Harding fatty told DIR. Sawyer
critics that he had no intention Of
Diminishing his personal friend. The
differences then were Strengthened
out.
When Secretary Falls lease Of thu
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve Il
Harry +. Sinclair came under tho