Evening star., 1925-07-08
POST FOR MONDELL
IN CABINET H|NTED
Resignation From War FL
nance Body Is Held
Significant.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.

s = M NJ E r w H I T E II o L f,
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass. July 8.-An.
nouncement late yesterday by Frank
w. Mondell. after lunching with the
President, that he. had rendered his
resignation as n member of the War
Finance Corporation to practice law
in Washington was the principal
topic of conversation here last night
Gossip has 1t that President Cool
idge would like to have Mr.. Mondell
in his cabinet. and there are some
who are inclined to think that this
is likely and that it had something
to do with the latter's resignation. It
Is known, also, that Mr. MondeIl
would very readily accept q cabinet
place and that his friends frequently
have suggested his appointment as
Secretary of the Interior IL Secretary
Work retires. The President makes
no secret of the fact that he is per-
sonally fond of Mr.. Mondell and that
he has a high opinion of his ability.
Work Inclined to Stay.
Some of the Presidents close friends
have said that it would please him If
DIR. Work would retire, but apparent
ly Secretary Work is not of a retiring
disposition. II Work should get out
his going would be the last of the
cabinet members who figured in the
Teapot Dome oil scandal. but since
the Teapot Dome lease had been ex-
ecuted before Work was named Sec
retary OF the Interior he sees no par
ticular reason why he should drop
out of the cabinet and revive the oil
scandal for the present.
Mondell's defeat for the Senate, to
compete for which he left the House,
was due in no small measure to his
defense of the Teapot Dome lease.
Mr.. Mondell's visit to White Court
indicates the thought President Cool
1dge is giving during his vacation"
to agricultural questions which, ac-
cording to Washington reports, prom
1se to become an important issue be-
fore the next session of Congress-
Mr.. Mondell was a director of the
War Finance Corporation to act as
an expert on farm matters
Agrees With MuIvane.
Mr.. Mondell. it is understood. agrees
with the view of David w. Mulvane.
Republican leader of Kansas, that eco
nomic conditions in the Middle West
are improving, and that in conse-
quence thereof the farmers are en-
thustastic about Coolidge. He would
not. however, discuss the Mulvane as
sertion that the farmers want the
President to have another term.
1t is understood upon good author.
ity that another farm program to have
administration support next Winter
is in the making, but it will not be
ttnged by the radicalism of some of
the Western members. It. rather, will
follow such conservative precedent as
was established in the report of the
Presidents agricultural commission.
President Coolidge. it is understood,
realizes that the state of mind of the
farmer as well as his future economic
condition depends upon the harvest
and the prices which will prevail when
he sells his products. Therefore, there
is real concern here as we'll as in
Washington over the crop outlook. On
the other hand, the opinion is ex-
pressed in some we'll informed quar-
ters that the worst of the farm crisis
has passed.
Administration officials are conf.
dent that the income of the farmers
this year will be larger than 1t was
IA 1924, which is expected to be re-
fiected in a further expansion of busi-
ness.
1t was learned today that President
Coolidge has no intention at this time
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