The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-08
HOOVER WILL
PICK EXPERTS
FOR CABINET
Politicians to Get SCant
Comfort in Scramble
for Jobs.
MELLON WILL REMAIN
Harry New Also Likely to
Stay; BOrah in Line for.
State Portfolio. IN
BY RAY TUCKER
Times stan Correspondent

BY RAY TUCKER
Times stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8-Herbert
Hoover will assemble a cabinet Of
governmental experts rather than
distinguished politicians, in the
opinion of his friends and advisers
here.
The next President also may fur
nlsh some surprises in the way Of
reorganization and in the appoint
ment of a woman. He is said to
favor creation of a separate de-
partment for public welfare, and
naming of a woman, though I'M
precedented for a cabinet post,
would not be improbable.
He also favorS transfer of the
prohibition bureau from the treas
ury to the department of justice,
and Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
storniest figure of the campaign,
has been mentioned for the job.
The fact that Hoover won both
his nomination and election with
out the help of most old-line poll
ticians is believed to give him more
freedom in picking a group of tech
meal experts than most chief
executives have. Moreover, as an
adviser TO two Presidents, Hoover
knows the necessity of having able
men about him.
Mellon Can Stay
1t is said Hoover had made only
one cabinet commitment before he
left for the west, and this is said
to be promise that Secretary Mel
lon can stay on, thus setting a
precedent. AS his successor now
or later, Under Secretary Mills and
Dwight w. Morrow are mentioned.
Meanwhile, Mills, a New Yorker, is
spoken Of for the London embassy.
Senator Borah's unwonted activity
for party nominee has given rise
to rumorS that he may be made
secretary of state. 1t is not known
whether Hoover is considering such
critic of Coolidge's foreign policy,
or whether Borah is willing to for
sake the senate.
Alanson B. Houghton, former am
bassador to Germany, and later to
London, possesses the experience
Hoover naturally would went in his
foreign minister. Houghton's APP
parent defeat for the senate in New
York has brought him into the
limelight.
Donovan in Line
William j. Donovan, another New
York man, is said to be slated for
the attorney generalship. He vir-
tually has run the department I'M
der Sargent, and he is one of Hoo
ver's closest friends in Washington.
Furthermore, he is a Roman
Catholic, and his appointment would
be an excellent answer to charges
that the Republican campaign
profted from bigotry. There can
not be too many from one state in
the presidential family, but Penn
Sylvania now has two, and New
York Republicans will not be for
gotten.
Two sections of the country that
Hoover may recognize are the south
and his own state of California.
Among southerners mentioned are
Henry w. Anderson, Virginia:
Thomas B. Love, r. B. Creager and
T. P. Lee, Texas; ClaudiuS S. Hus-
ton, Tennessee, and Richard P.
Ernst Kentucky.
Three Juliuses are suggested for
Hoover's old place, the department
Of commerce. They ere Julius Klein,
former Californian and the out
standing figure in the department
now; Julius Barnes, Minnesota grain
operator, and Julius Rosenwald, IL
linois business man and philan-
thropist. Walter F. Brown of Ohio
is another possibility.
Merritt Is Mentioned
Ralph Merritt, joint owner with
Hoover Of a farm in California, is
spoken Of for secretary of agricul-
ture. Some think Jardine may be
continued. Others mentioned are
Ex-Governor Samuel NIcKelvie,
Nebraska; Dante Pierce, farm pub
Usher, and DR.. John Lee Coulter,
president of North Dakota agricul-
tural college.
Senator Moses Of New Hampshire.
eX-Representative James w. Good
of Iowa, and Representative Wal
ter Newton of Minnesota are talked
of for the postmaster generalship,
though some think Harry New of
Indiana may continue for a while.
James R. Garfield of Ohio, secre-
tary of the interior under Roose-
welt, may be recalled to his old job,
though Hoover's far-reaching reor-
ganization plans are said to con-
template selection of a mining en-
gineer and executive.
John L. Lewis is the only name
heard for secretary of labor, but he
is only a faint possibility, as are
Major General Edgar Jadwin and
Major General John ]. Pershing for
secretary Of war.