The Washington times., 1929-02-20
watson, TILS0N
| CONFER WITH
HOOVER
BY GEORGE e. DURNO
international News Service

1WtEEmMENW tF
! The Nation had two Presidents
kunctioning in washington today.
In the White House, Of course.
was President Coolidge, rounding
out his term. Up at 1900 s Street
was President-elect Hoover, just re-
turned from a month at Miami
! Beach. and. from ali appearances,
prepared to function just as I'M
tenaively for the IL days inter-
tvening before his inauguration as
he win after.
An engagement was made today
for Mr.. Hoover to call on President
Coolidge at the White House at
p. m.
Hoover was back in the Capital
20 handle personally all of the re-
naining matters that can have any
possible effect on his coming ad-
| ministration. His first engagement
of the day showed that. At break.
fast this morning the President
elect conferred at length with SEN
ator James e. watson of Indiana,
slated to be the Republican leader
of the upper house for the next
four years. "a
Watson, as majority leader, must
guide many things through the
Senate for Hoover.
Wants Aid for Cabinet
The Indiana Senator has no per-
sonal candidates for the Hoover
Cabinet, but it was understood
Hoover wants his cooperation in
getting confirnlations of the APP
pointments that will be made. Also,
Hoover wants q report on the
legislative situation existing at
present. 1t would be possible for
the dying Congress to enact several
bills which might crop up later as
embarrassments to the new Ad-
n1fnistration. particularly those en-
dangering the balance of the budget.
Last night a similar legislative
report was obtained from Represen-
tatiye John @. riisOn, OF Connecti-
cut, Republican leader of the House,
who spent nearly an hour at the
s Street home just before dinner.
The dinner guest of the evening was
James w. Good, politician extra
ordinary, who managed the pre-
convention campaign for Hoover,
and who since has kept his ear to-
the ground for any developments IN
which the ''Chief" might be in.
terested.
Senator Gillett tR) OF Massacnu-
sets, was the only other scheduled
caller of the morning Some time
during the day, the President-elec
planned to drop in at the White
House and pay his respects to
President Coolidge.
Hoover returned to washington,
ut seemed from all available indica-
tions, with somewhat of a tangle on
his hands in so far as selection of
an Attorney General was concerned.
The dopesters of the Capital have
eliminated Col. William J. Donovan,
of New York, as a probability for
the justice portfolio and switched
him TO some other post. possibly
the Secretary of War.
Offered to BOrah
Reports were current the At
4orney. Generalship had been offered
to Senator William E. Borah R.) Of
Idaho, with doubts as to whether
the latter; would accept.
Similarly, speculation continued
rife today over the man who would
fill the job as Secretary OF Com
merce. There has been considerable
pressure to have Hoover retain Sec
retary Whiting. It was thought
Whiting would be kept on. If at all,
only ais a gesture toward Coolidge,
and that brought forward argument
over whether the President wanted
particularly to see his Massachusetts
friend stay in the Cabinet, and if so
how deeply obligated the President
elect might feel to Mr. Coolidge.