Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-05
HOOVERS CABINET
READY FOR WORK
All Here But StimSon--Wihe-
" Different Careers
Are Represented. |


will begin to function Immediately. Sec
rotary of State Stimson is the only
member not in Washington.
| Sketches OF the lives Of the new cab
met members follow:
HENRY l.. STIMSON-
In Henry Lewis Stimson President
| Hoover has chosen for Secretary OF
State a former partner in law Of Elihu
! Root and one who Is expected TO follow
| closely the high principles OF states
manship laid down by that dean Of
diplomacy.
! Cabinet service is not new to Col,
! Stimson. He served as Secretary OF
| War under President Taft for three
years. His military title is not honor
airy. Volunteering his services when
! the United States entered the World
War, he was appointed major i'll the
judge advocates Office and later was
promoted to lieutenant colonel and
transferred to the 305th Field Artillery.
Advanced again to colonel. he COM
manded the 31st Field Artillery In
France.
Col. StimSon assumes Office well for
titled with knowledge regarding the
Nations foreign affairs. He is eminent
! ly qualified to deal with that most
pressing of Americas problems of state,
the Nicaragua situation, because he has
valuable first-hand information about
it, The agreement which resulted in
cessation of strife between the DiaZ and
Sacasa factions and the holding of a
peaceful Marine supervised election
bears his name as author. He effected
the compromise while in Nicaragua as
the personal representative Of the
President.
Nicaragua Assignment.
Gratifed over Col. Stimsons able
handling of the difficult Nicaragua as
signment, President Coolidge promptly
turned to him when the governor gen.
eralship of the Philippines became va
cant through the death of Gen. Wood
Col Stimson had been a close friend of
Gen. Wood and had become deeply in
terested In the So-called philippine
problem" during visit to the islands
as guest Of the general
The new head Of the State Depart
ment first gained newspaper prominence
while serving as United States Attorney
for the southern district of New York.
He prosecuted successfully the powerful
sugar trust" assessing fines totalling
$500, 900 against five railroads involved
Morse to prison for Misrepresentation of
funds OF a bank Of which he was vice
president. and had James Gordon Ben
nett fined $4,000 for misuse of the
mails.
His rise to the heights of legal fame
won for him the unsolicited nomination
as governor of New York. but he was
defeated by the Democratic candidate,
John A. Dix. Continuing his activity in
the sugar cases, President Taft was at
tracted to him and when Jacob M.
Dickinson resigned as Secretary of War
the President offered the portfolio to
the New York lawyer.
Friend Of Roosevelt
Col. Stimson was q friend Of the late
Theodore Roosevelt who Is said to have
obtained for him the nomination for
governor of New York.
| He was born In New York City Sep
| TENDER 81, 1867 the son of Lewis A..
and Candacc Wheeler Stimson. He
comes Of Puritan forbears. He was
! educated at Phillips Andover Academy
| and Yale and Harvard Universities He
graduated from Yale in 1888 and from
| the Harvard Law School two years
later. He was admitted to the bar in
| 1891.
He first entered the law business as
clerk at SIS q week in the office OF
Root & Clark. Two years later. he
was made a member OF the firm. He be-
came famous as a trial lawyer" but
seldom makes speeches ''out of court"
The new Secretary Of State is lover
of outdoor sports and derives special
enjoyment from horseback riding and
hunting. During his term as War Sec
rotary he became familiar with Wash
fyn Irid he nd cd
will spend much Of his leisure there in
the future.
ANDREW w. MELLON
Andrew william Mellon enters his
third cabinet term virtually on the eve
of his seventy-fourth birthday ami
versary. He will pass that milestone on
the oath OF this month.
The white haired, taciturn master Of
| finance himself was mentioned as q
presidential possibility during the past
| campaign, but he refused to permit con-
sideration OF his name as a candidate.
| There had been no doubt about Mr.,
Melons retention Of the Treasury post
from the moment OF Mr.. Hoover's cleo
| ton.
While Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Mellon
cannot be termed intimate friends, each
| during their long service together in the
cabinet. Both have many traits in COM
mon. and this fact has served TO draw
| them together into sort of mutual
business partnership for the Nations
good.
Like President Hoover, Mr.. Mellon Is
an indefatigable worker. Often he
precedes his employees to Office, and fire.
quently is among the last to leave for
| home IN the evening. He Is q man Of
| few words. and rarely, II ever, makes
speech. When he has something to say,
however, he says 1t In such way that
| there can be no misunderstanding.
! Congress found that out when 1t wanted
to give former service men cash
bonus Secretary Mellon, viewing the
proposal wholly from the standpoint OF
Government economist. minced no
words in stating his opposition, and he
! is credited with finally killing the meas
ure, in the face of bitter criticism. He
| was convinced that the bonus would
undermine the Governments economic
structure, and that he would be faith
| less to his trust were he to sacrifice
| what ne considered principles OF sound
Government TO sentiment.
One Of Worlds Wealthiest.
Secretary Mellon is one Of Americas
| and the world's-richeSt men, but
with it ALL he abhors show and pre-
| tense. He even dispenses with a watch
| chain. so distasteful to him is jewelry.
| How wealthy he is nobody knows, not
even Mr.. Mellon himself, 1t Is said. A
story is told of how he forgot once that
! he owned a certain business block III the
| heart of Pittsburgh until somebody
| came to him with an offer to buy the
property.
The Treasury secretary comes Of 8
family whose name long has been
identified with powerful industrial and
banking enterprises in Pittsburgh. He
was president Of the Mellon National
Bank and officer or director in numer-
Gus other financial or manufacturing
concerns before he severed all business