San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

commission. The chairman
disturbed about these vacan-
cies for a long time. l asked
DR.. Grayson to tell the Presi-
dent that I thought the va
cancies should be filled and
that Il would be desirable for him TO
annoipt a man who would be recog-
nized as regular Republican.
I remarked that the commission
should be obviously bipartisan. II haa
been said that it was essential to get
someone not too much identified WIN
the protected industries. i sald tna'
tb;. seemed to me not to be the MAN
question: that it would be difficult to
oct , good businessman and a Repup-
lican who had not been tied to some
thing, that the chief consideration
was to get an able and honest man
and then to trust him and his col
leagues and that this was essential 10
keep the commission out fpolltlcs.
II would not do to assume that a
man could not take broad or talr
view because of his particular busi-
ness relations. ~
WILSON PARTISAN
Apparently it was difficult for the
President, except during the war, to
give his consent to the appointment OIL
a straightout Republican even to oi-
partisan board. As a rule, he seiected
men who belonged to the Progressive
wing. some of whom had gone OH
with Roosevelt, deserving the Republic
can party. =.
He seemed to feel that 1t would De
difficult for a straight Republican 10
take n fair and unbiased view. L re-
garded this as unfortunate from many
POINTS Of view. ] knew that the regu-
lar Republicans would not consider 1t
fair play, and that when they came
"a mower they might retaliate.
Such course would necessarily
mean the breakdown of any bi-parti-
san regulatory board, or board OF IN,
ouiy. And it would necessarily leaa
to Republican resentment ana OPPOSE
ton.
DIR. Grayson told me that the Pres'-
don't had asked for Lansing's resicnn-
tion. was surprised not that Lam
sing was asked to resign but that ne
should have been asked to resign at
that time. From what ] had heard,
the question was raised in my nina
wby he had not been asked to 90
sooner.
I recalled that the President had
said to me originally that he would
not appoint Lansing because he had no
imagination and would not oppose him
to his face in any serious matter.
1t was apparent after Lansing
came back from Paris, that he was
not in sympathy with the President
on vital points in the treaty. he did
not succeed in Disgusting his differ
ences. It came to me in various ways
that he was against the shnntung set
Element and against Article X, and
that he thought it would have been
better merely to provide that tn
members Of the League should re
spect one another's territorial integ'
rity and neutrality. 1t was believed
that Lodge and also certain diplo
mats, knew his views. It had come
out in the hearing before the com
mittee Of the Senate when the Presi'
dent was in the West, that LANSING
had not been in sympathy with the
President.
COLBY'S APPOINTMENT.
I asked DR.. Grayson il he knew
who would succeed Lansing. Ill
said that the President was yer!
much worried, in fact that he wal
worrying himself sick over the mat
ter. / asked him why.
He replied that the President wal
no longer in position to write hi
notes and papers as he formerly was
and that he wanted somebody who