Evening star., 1926-06-03
HOOVER DECLINES
TEXTILE CARBON
Prefers to Remain Secretary
to Assuming Post Like
That Held by Hays.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Herbert Hoover has been asked to
become car of the textile industry
after the fashion OF Will Hays in the
motion pictura industry and Judge
Lands in base ball. But Mr. Hoover
prefers to remain as Secretary of
Commerce. Last year there was talk
ing Of making him car of the radio
industry. Several of the big indus
tries who feel that the Lands and
Hayes idea was a successful one
naturally look TO Washington for
some one of national prestige who
will appeal to their own members in
the ironing out Of internal difficulties.
Looking for Standardization.
What the textile industry wants ia
standardization in production, mar
keting and distributing methods To
prevent overstocks and ruinous COM
petition. Representative OF the Amer
lean Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
tion have just been meeting here dis
cussing with Mr.. Hoover plan for
the setting up of research and in
formation bureau for the cotton tex
tile industry. Mr.. Hoover expressed
his sympathy with the plan and will
give the advice of his department as
much as possible toward making 1t a
success. The Secretary pointed out
that his participation could be of an
advisory nature only because the in
stitution was to be private in charac-
ter.
Details Still Undecided.
Details of the plan have not been
decided upon and will not be until rep
resentatives Of the New England col
ton manufacturers meet in a joint CON
ference in New York on June 10. with
the group which has been in confer
ence here.
cent tendency among business men
of the country to consult the Depart
ment Of Commerce and particularly
the Secretary himself. Probably at
no time in recent years has one man
had as much influence with industry
as has Mr.. Hoover His views are
not always accepted. but the consen
sus is that he has endeavored to
bring about higher standards In the
business world and has sought 10
bring the Government into helpful
relationship with business. The De
partment Of Commerce is now one
of the largest departments in the
Government. It has some bureaus
and divisions which are whole depart
ments in themselves.
Department Vital List.
Mr.. Hoover is one of the few men
left in Government who were in i'm
portant executive positions during the
war. and he has maintained the same
broad view toward business organi-
zation and the doing of governmental
tasks which was characteristic here
,i1a
in full force.
Mr.. Hoover has demon nstrated that
the Department of Commerce can he
come a vital link between business
and Government. II has gone he
yond the dreams OF those who
sponsored the idea before Congress
less than generation ago. Although
the second last of the departments 10
be created. II has passed virtually all
of the others in point of contact with
the outside world. Last year 1t is
estimated that more than 2.000.0 900
inquiries from business men were
answered by the department. Whether
this is a natural evolution or is due
to the ability of the man temporarily
in charge of the department will
hardly he known until future Secre-
taries of Commerce essay the same
extensive role that the incumbent has
mapped out for himself as the friend
and advisor of business.
tCopyrlght. 1926