Evening star., 1923-04-01

to Hoover, Harding had to more
of some Of the most powerful repub-
licans in the Senate. Mellon, when
Harding appointed him Secretary of
the Treasury, was wholly unknown
to- Harding personally. The appoint
ment was made as the fruit of a
search for the best possible man. And
today there is not a man In Wash
fails to take pleasure in proclaiming
that Mellon IS very great Secre-
tary OF the Treasury. Another ap-
pointment as to which Harding went
completely outside the circle Of his
personal acquaintance was that of
Denby as Secretary OF the Navy.
DENLY was not known to Harding
personally. and Harding chose him
largely because John Weeks recon-
mended DENLY on account Of the fact
tat during the war DENLY, although
a mature man and an ex-congressman.
had Joined the Marine Corps and in
this simple capacity had done a not
able work in the like of building un
morale among the enlisted men. Still
another appointment as to which
Harding went outside his own per-
sonal or political circle was that Of
culture.
Henry Wallace as Secretary Of Agri-
Two Lines of Criticism.
One of the unhappy results Of +he
dissatisfaction with the management.
Of the War Veterans Bureau and os
the fling OF the administration is that
1t is on the defensive in this respect Is
that there is unwillingness on the
part or many men associated with
this work to say publicly certain
Things which they say privately with
great force. Because of the defects in
the management of the governments
relations to the veterans the veterans
have real grievances In the con-
fessed presence of these grievances it
is not possible for men in the admin
istration to say some things which
they actually feel. II you talk for
| half an hour with any of the officials
whose duties bring them into contact
with the vocational training for ex-
soldiers, with the providing of hospt-
tai facilities and the like, you discover
a deep conviction on their part that
in addition to the things which were
done badly and which give many OF
the veterans real and crying griev-
ance there are also some respects in
which harm is being done to some of
| the veterans by too easygoing a. pol
| icy on the part of the government
Too Much Spending Money.
For example. the following story
is told as 1t came to the writer. with
| out knowledge of such qualifications
| mate acquaintance with the facts of
| this particular case. A certain rich
| man has a SON in one of the large
universities. The father, having made
his own money, wishes to be careful
not to deprive his son of the value OF
his own experiences of thrift and care
| in the management Of money. In that
spirit this wealthy father gives his
son a. certain sum per month, and re-
lures within that limit. On an occa-
sion when the father inquired OF his
son as to whether his monthly stipend
was enough he was amused to dis
cover that the sons complaint lay In
the fact that two Of his FELLOWSHIP
dents had more money than he to
spend. The two fellow-students were
exAsoldiers who were being educated
by the government as a part of the
system of vocational education, and
who were actually being paid by the
government for their personal ex-
penses considerably more money than
the son OF the rich father. Among
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