Evening star., 1926-10-31
TRADE BOARD POST
:. IS HARD TO FILL
Time for Selection Rapidly
Approaching and Many
Names Are Submitted.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Coolidge il represented as
rapidly nearing a decision in the mat
Ter of selecting :, successor to Huston
thompson. who resigned several
weeks ago as member of the Federal
Trade Commission. No intimation is
given at the White House. however
AS to when this appointment will be
made
The opinion of one of the Presi
dents intimates IS that his choice for
this important post has anrrOWed
down TO two men. each of whom is
lawyer. He is said to have indicated
recently. while discussing this appoint
ment. that for several reasons he
deemed ii advisable to select some one
with legal training for this vacancy.
His position in this respect possibly
could be attributed to the expressed
desire on the part of Attorney General
Sargent that lawyer be appointed
The Attorney General is represented
AS having expressed himself to this
affect to the President following the
attitude Of the Federal Trade Com
mission in refusing TO turn over Its
records of certain cases upon the re-
quest of the Department Of Justice.
Many Names Suggested.
Judging from the difficulties that
vacancy. the Preside mt no doubt will
draw a sigh of relief when it has
been finally disposed Of and has been
passed along to the Senate for con-
frmdtion. More than ii score OF
names have been presented to him for
consideration in making a choice. and
TO make his task all the harder no
less than 10 Senators have present.
ed one or more of these names.
To comply with the law the Presi-
dent is required to appoint a Demo
crat, lnaSmuCh as Commissioners.
Thompson. whose place is to be filled
was Of that party.
When the President saw the
stampede among Democrats all over
the country to land this Federal
pium immediately after Mr. Thomp-
son announced his intention to resign.
ne let 1t be known that he wanted to
give this patronage to the South. and
no one outside that section need
apply
BY taking this step. the President
tuoueht he would at least simplify
matters. but, according to his assn
GATES. by thus limiting the field from
which to choose lie succeeded none
!Oo well in leSsening his burden
i-VerH state in the South and each
senator i'll the South came forth with
candidates. Failure on the part .o'
senators and party leaders in more
ban one of the States in the South
10 compose their differences and come
10 an agreement only contributed to
the perplexities confronting the Presi
dent. More recently. probably be-
cause of these differences between
some OF the senators and State lead.
ers, the President has let it he under
stood that he had narrowed his choice
down to what has been described as
the Far South. This was taken to
ehminate Maryland. Virginia, North
carolina and possibly South Carolina.
Names Presented.
One OF the first names presented to
the President was that of w. C. New.
And of Lenoir. y. c. Senators Sim
mons and Overman of that state
urged his appointment. Shortly after
ward G. &. Ferguson of Greensboro.
~ e., was proposed, thereby causing
some little embarrassment to the
North Carolina Senators. Former
Senator Dial of South Carolina was
suggested to the President, as was
former Senator Shields of Tennessee.
The latter recently conferred with
the president, but he denied afterWard
that the matter OF this appointment
was discussed or that he was a candi.
date for the place.
Former Representative Morrison of
indiana. now special counsel of the
commission. and w. w. Warwick, for
mer Democratic controller of the
Treasury, have been listed among
the candidates. Alfred T. Dennis of
Maryland. now vice chairman of the
Tariff Commission and an economist
or note, has been mentioned.
However, we'll informed persons say
tcat 1t now SINNERS down 70 not over
Two names and that one Of these is
e. A. McCulloch of the Supreme Court
or Arkansas. He is understood 20
have been recommended by Senator
robinson of Arkansas. minority lead
er or the Senate. who was personally
requested by the President to make a
recommendation. Senator Robinson
mas o"clined to. confirm the specula.
tion regarding Judge McCuloch.