Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
PROBLEMS AWAIT
ST|MS0N ARRIVAL
New Secretary of State Will
Confer With President
Hoover Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover and his new Secre-
tary Of State will have their first meet
ing tomorrow with the arrival Of Henry
L. Stimson after his long trip from Ma
Mia by way of San Francisco and New
York. Mr.. Stimson had been invited
to the White House today, but after his
arrival in New York he found that he
would be unable to come to the Capital
until tomorrow afternoon.
The Chief Executive and Mr.. Stimson
have a host of subjects to discuss and
in order that they may facilitate the
work ahead the new official will be a
White House guest for the remainder
of the week.
The Root formula for American ad-
herence to the World Court, the Mexl-
can situation. and European repara-
tons are some of the questions facing
Mr.. Stimson. but perhaps the foremost
is the reorganization of the diplomatic
corps and the selection of new high Off
Gals of the State Department.
Kellogg Plans European Trip.
Frank 3. Kellogg, who has remained
in his post at the urgent request Of
President Hoover, will be officially re-
lieved of duty when Mr.. Stirnson takes
the oath Of Office, but he will remain
here until Friday, on which date he sails
for Europe, where he will spend several
weeks on vacation tour.
The new and retiring Secretaries will
meet daily so that Mr. Stimson can be
acquainted with intimate details of the
problems pending before the depart
ment and the actions that have been
taken in such current affairs as the
Mexican rebellion and the preparations
for the preliminary arms conference to
be held at Geneva next month.
Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassador to Bel
GUM, who Is chairman of the American
delegation to this conference, also is
a White House guest and he and the
new Secretary will have opportunity for
extensive conversations concerning the
meeting and the attitude of the United
States with respect to the several pro-
posals that will come up for considera-
ton at Geneva
Repeated statements at the White
House that consideration of diplomatic
appointments and American adhesion
to the World Court on the basis of the
Root formula would await Mt. Stimson' s
arrival has led to the opinion in some
quarters that Secretary Stimson is to
have a free rein in handling State De-
partment matters.
Hoover May Guide Department.
However, there long has been a feel
ing among some of Mr.. Hoover's friends
and many political observers here that
the Chief Executive would closely SUI
pervise the operations of the depart
ment even If he did not in fact act
as his own Secretary, as did Woodrow
Wilson.
The President has had little oppor-
tunitv for extensive communication with
Mr.. Stimson since selecting the former
Secretary of War as the chief officer
In his cabinet. Mr. Stimson then was
governor general of the Philippines and
for several weeks he has been travelling
across the Pacific and the continent
en- route to the Capital via San Fran
cisco and New York to take over his
duties.
The Chief Executive and Mr.. Stimson
have known each other for long time.
but the story of the appointment which
has been going the round of official and
semi-official Washington Is that the
governor generals name was proposed
and urged by Elihu Root and Charles
Evans Hughes. former Secretaries of
State. and by Chief Justice Taft. under
whom as President Mr.. Stinson served
as Secretary of War.