Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

accorded the Crown Prince of Sweden
when he visited the White House ear.
lier in the year.
For the purpose of making a
thorough study of the political, eco
nomic and social conditions in the
Philippine Islands the President ap-
pointed Col. Carmi A. Thompson of
Ohio as his personal representative to
visit this insular possession. The lat
ter's report of his investigation was
recently made public and submitted
to Congress for its information.
Various efforts We're made during
the recent congressional campaigns
prior to the November elections to get
the President to take an active part In
behalf of Republican candidates for
the Senate and House, but he stead
lastly refused to take any part other
than to write a letter to the Repub-
lican State chairman of Massachusetts,
in which he expressed the hope that
the people of his own State would re-
turn his personal friend, Senator But
Ter, to the Senate and re-elect Gov.
Fuller.
Despite the Presidents appeal Sem
ator Butler was overwhelmingly de-
feated by David I. Walsh, his Demo
cratic opponent. President Coolidge
November elections by saying that al.
though the Republican majorities in
the Senate and House We're reduced,
he looked upon the general outcome of
the election as a Republican victory
and an Endorsement of his administra-
ton.
The President had the satisfaction
of going through the entire year with
out any changes in the personnel OF
his cabinet. He was called upon, how
ever, to make a number of highly i'm
portant appointments, prominent
among them being three assistant
secretaries in charge of the air ac-
tivities of the War, Navy and Com
merce Departments; these were F..
Trubee Dawson of New York, Assis-
tant Secretary of War: Edward P.
Warner of Massachusetts. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, and William
2. MacCracken of Illinois, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce.
T. V. O'Connor was reappointed
chairman of the United States Ship
ping Board, and Jefferson Meyers OF
Oregon, and Roland X. Smith of
Louisiana were appointed members
of the board Floyd r. Harrison was
appointed to the War Finance Corpora
ton; Henry H. Classic of Maryland.
reappointed to the Tariff Commission
and Edgar B. Brossard of Utah and
Sherman j. Lowell of New York, APP
pointed to this commission; Lewis J.
Petujohn Of Kansas was appointed
to the Federal Farm Loan Board:
Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania and
Richard V. Taylor of Alabama were
appointed to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, the latter not having vet
been confirmed. Carl T.. Schueneman
Of Minnesota was appointed Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury; George r.
Farnum of Massachusetts, Assistant
Attorney General; Abram Il. Myers of
Iowa and Charles w. Hunt, Iowa, to
the Federal Trade Commission
The following were appointed to
the newly created Board of Mediation:
Samuel e. Winslow of Massachusetts,
chairman; Edwin p. Morrow of Ken
lucky, Carl Williams of Oklahoma.
Wallace G. Hanger of the District of
Columbia, and Hywell Davies of Cali
fornia.
Charles S. Hamlin of Massachu.
sets, was reappointed a member of
the Federal Reserve Board for term
of ten years.
Changes i'm District.
Appointments made during the year
affecting the District of Co
lumbia were those of Proctor l..
Dougherty to succeed Frederick A.
Fenning and Sidney f. Taliaferro to
succeed Cuno H. Rudolph as District
Commissioner; Peyton Gordon, re-
United States attorney for
the District; Edgar c. Snyder, re-
appointed United States Marshal, and
James A. Cobb, Charles V. Meehan
and George c. Aukam, Judges of the
Municipal Court. Judge Aukam has
since died and his successor has not
been selected.
The following were appointed to the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, created by Congress dur
ing the year; Frederick. l.. Olmsted
of Massachusetts, Frederic A. Delano
of the District of Columbia, J. c.
Nichols of Missouri and Milton B.
Medary, jr., of Pennsylvania.
The only changes in the personnel
of the employees of the White House
were the appointments of Miss Ellen
Riley of Boston, Mass, to succeed
Mrs. l. A. Jaffray of this city as
and Talbert Bowling to
succeed the late Major Arthur Brooks
as valet to the President.