Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-09
Borah and Houghton Are
Mentioned for Secretary
of State Position.
WOMEN BELIEVED DUE
FOR OTHER RECOGNITION
Southern Sector and West ConSid-
cred Deserving of Posts Of
Highest Rank.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Herbert Hoover, President-elect, will
pick his own cabinet and submit it to
the Senate soon after he is inaugurated
next March. In the meantime many
cabinets will be selected for him. AL
ready discussion of this or that man for
this or that cabinet post has begun.
Mr.. Hoover has served himself for
many years in the cabinet and with
many members of the Coolidge cabinet.
How many of them will he invite to re-
tain their present jobs? If he invites
several of them to, remain, will the
others feel keenly the discrimination
against them? Does Mr.. Hoover prefer
q cabinet which will work with him or
a cabinet which will work for him' In
the end Mr.. Hoover alone will decloe'
Tn all TIE conversations about the
orohahle Hoover cabinet, the SuggeSVlon
;s heard that one member OF the pres
ent cabinet, at least Will pe aSkeu ~
retain his Office. That is Secretary Mei.
Ion of the Treasury. Mr.. Mehon !laS ,s
Nationwide reputation as fenIal Taa.t naSty
r,,cceccfnI head of the Treasury Depart
S,ooy,t He has been eminently success
full.
Secretary Likes Job
There is a general impression that
AR Mellon likes his work ana nkes
tI1a oficial life IN Washington: IL Is
s,,coested that Mr.. Hoover might Plck
Mr. Mellon as an outstanding mempei
of the cabinet, a great SpeclansI, at1o 4l.o
if he invited no other members oL ~ 1
nresent cabinet to remain, tnere nlie.S -
be little or no feeling OF resenClleaaas 80 u.-
the part of the other caninet OUNCES 60
THE next President win have TO oe-
eide also whether he will give recos4.
1;tion in the makeup of his caplnee
to the states of the South, 1our o.
which will give their electoral VoCes
- hin, when the electoral college per
forms its functions. Outstanding ne
nmblicans in the Southland, douDtleSO
win be considered for CABINET po-
sition. :. +o retain
erin On the south and build up
pamIhlican party in the Soutn, II =
reasonable to expect that recogniClon
,,1iIl he given that section OF the coun-
+rv THE South must be made 10 un-
6erstand that it can expect as mucn
from Republican administrator as
II can from a Democratic.
Virginian Is Mentioned.
,,o,rv Anderson of Richmond, Va,
one of the States to go Repuoncan N
ths national election, an attorney, anu
.I.'t sL,s toru,ard in the past as a candidate
for the vice presidential nommatlon, 10
mentioned in this connection. Inere
ara those who believe that Bascom
Slen,n also of Virginia, former memDer
of the House and former secretary 70
the president, might be considered.
THE women of the country played q
great part in the campaign Just passsu' a
They would like recognitlon III Ille S;@
lection of the cabinet But IL Is oun,
c,1It tn see lust where a woman would
At ;nto the cabinet at this time. II III
the future a new department OF eouca-
tion and welfare were established, tnere
would be more chance for sucn an ap-
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt,. AS
sistant Attorney General, mas peen
mentioned, it is true, as possible sue
cessor to Attorney General Sargent; 0ut ~
William ]. Donovan of Buffalo, N. 4, at
nresent assistant to the Attorney Cen
eraI is believed to have the call on tnat
Office. He has been a most capable Oh
SciaI. He is thoroughly familiar WIN
the working of the department, and ne
was an early supporter OF the nomlna-
ton of Mr.. Hoover for President: Mrs.
Willebrandt is more likely. it is be-
lieved, to receive appointment as reu-
eraI judge, if she desires 10 go Oh LIE
bench.
Secretary Of State.
When attention is turned to the State
Department, two men are much IN the
public eye for the job. The nrst Is
senator William E. Borah Of Idaho ano
the second is AlanSon B. Houghton OF
New York, recently defeated Tor SEN
ator. Mr. Houghton was formerly AM
bassador to Germany and is now Am
bassador to Great Britain. Senator
Borah probably could have the job II
he wanted it. Doubt is expressed tnal
he desires to leave the Senate, where
he is a commanding figure and chalr-
man of the Senate foreign relations
committee, to enter the cabinet, even
as Secretary OF State.
The other cabinet job to which nj
might be chosen, if he desired, is tha
of Attorney General. Senator Borai
has played a major part in the cam
paign just closed. He has been ont
of the most effective speakers on thu
stump, If not the most, for the Hoover
Curtis ticket. Mr.. Houghton is regarded
as a thoroughly capable officer, witt
wide knowledge OF foreign afalrS
He did much for the candidacy of Mr.
Hoover in the campaign just closed
particularly with his speeches in st
Louis and other parts of the West.
Spoke for National Ticket.
He left his own campaign in New
York for the Senate to give his. bes
services to the national ticket. There
are, to be sure, many persons whC
~ 1nrlnC EHRFoV
Hughes of New York go back into tht
Office of Secretary of State. Mr.
Hughes did yoeman service in the cam
paign, too. But Mr. Hughes volun
tarily took himself out of the State De
partment some time ago, after distin
guished service there He abSolutel!
declined to have his name considered
for the Republican presidential nomi
nation, and the opinion is that he viii
not again enter public life Secretar,
Kellogg has already announced his in
tention Of retiring from public Office a
the close of the present administration
Unless Mr.. Hoover intends to invit
practically all the members of the cabi
net to retain their Offices, it is not con
sidered likely that the present Secre
taries of the Navy and of War will b
continued Secretary Wilbur of tn
Navy, formerly chief justice of the Su
preme Court of California, may
given appointment as Federal judge
Secretary Dwight Davis, who succeede
the late John w. Weeks as Secretar
n