Evening star., 1928-12-07
BUSINESS CABINET
seen BY CONGRESS
Expectation Prevails About
Appointment of 0utstand-
g ing Men of Wealth.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Although members of Congress are as
uniformed as the general public about
the men who will sit in the next cab
met. it is significant that an expectation
prevails about the appointment of per-
sons of outstanding ability.
Briefly Congress is not expecting a
cabinet of politicians but rather of sue
cesSful business men. The experiment
which President Harding tried in call
ing Andrew Mellon to the public service
has been accepted as proof that a
wealthy man is frequently an inde-
pendent-minded and useful public
servant Too many men have come TO
the cabinet without sufficient means to
be free III mind as they wrestled with
Government problems. And the mar
who doesn't have to worry about buSl-
ness connection in later life when he
leaves the public service IS often most
jealous in protecting the Government
interest.
The consensus now is that the Hoover
cabinet will recognize three clements
the political world the business COM
munity and the religious issue OF the
last campaign. Geographical considera-
tions will play a part, but not con-
trolling one.
On the political side recognition is ex-
pected to be given to former Repre-
sentative James w. Good OF Iowa, VINO
managed the e-convention campaign.
He was formerly chairman of the House
appropriations committee and is an out
standing and capable individual who
would deserve consideration even If he
had not been in the Hoover campaign.
Donovan Elevation Seen.
Col. William Donovan, Assistant At
a. nT fh,A inct
Of the Hoover campaigners. He has
been in active charge of the Department
of Justice under Attorney General
Sargent. His appointment is considered
a foregone conclusion because Mr.
Sargent has no desire to remain and
because Mr.. Donovan'S selection would
be an answer to the cries of intolerance
raised in the last campaign.
The appointment of a Catholic to the
cabinet has been foreshadowed for
some time, and while in no sense of the
word is Mr.. Donovan'S selection based
upon religious discussion, 1t is neverthe-
less a coincidence that the man who
started out as one of the early Hoover
workers happens also to be familiar with
the working of big department of the
Government and to have had a large
part in shaping its policies under the
Coolidge administration.
Every President feels privileged to ap-
point some of his personal friends. He
does not select them because they are
his friends and can trust them, but be-
cause he knows the personal equation.
Thus Mr.. Coolidge picked Attorney Gem
eral Sargent, and before him Harlan
Stone and lately Secretary Whiting OF
the Commerce Department
It happens that Julius RoSenwald OF
Chicago, one of the most prominent
business men in America the head of
the successful mail-order house, Sears,
Roebuck & Co., has been one Of the
strongest supporters Herbert Hoover
ever had He came to know Mr.. Hoover
in wartime Washington, and the
friendship has been a close one ever
since. Mr.. RoSenWald'S faith in Mr..
Hoover has been such that he entered
into the last campaign actively in his
behalf. Many Secretaries of the Interior
have come from Illinois and the Middle
West, hence the discussion has pointed
toward the possible selection of Mr..
Rosenwald for that post, though he
would fit, of course, into the Commerce
Department or any other portfolio.
Rosenwald Beloved.
There is the fact that Mr.. Rosenwald
Is perhaps one of the most beloved
among the Jews of the Nation, his
philanthropies having been very ex-
tensive all his life But it would not
be merely as compliment to the Jews
that Mr.. Hoover, however anxious to
erase any feeling of intolerance, would
consider Mr. Rosenwald. 1t is the
fact that the Chicago philahthropiSt is
well known to the farmers of the coun-
try as a sincere and capable man, and
the President-elect Is desirouS as much
as possible of convincing the farmers
that his cabinet will have, men who
will be sympathetic with the farmers
problems
Another man Of exceptional ability
being considered by MIR. Hoover, .ac-
cording to information available, here. is
Charles Evans Hughes. He wants him
for secretary of state. The latter left
the portfolio because he wanted to
provide for his future income. He has
been remarkably successful and 1t is
believed he would like some day to go
back to the Supreme Court of the
United States, especially if Mr.. Taft
should retire.
Mr.. Hughes is probably disinclined
to go back to the cabinet. as he has
lately been made a justice Of the World
Court but it remains to be seen whether
Herbert Hoover can persuade him to
take hold again of the Department of
State.
There Is question whether Mr..
Hoover can prevail on these men to
accept. 1t is not certain that Mr..
Rcsenwald would care to sever his ties
In Chicago and come to Washington