New Britain herald., 1929-02-27
DONOVAN IS OUT;
 MITCHELL WILL BE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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under obligation to offer him q pos in his administration. He had work ed for MT. Hoover in the last cam paign out of friendship for the re publican candidate and because hs believed in the issues Mr. Hoover favored. it was explained. With the selection of an attorney general decided upon. MT. Hoover was said to be in a position to com plete his cabinet within a very shor' time. Although Mir. Mitchell is z democrat. he was represented a. ha ing voted for Charles Evan, Hughes in 1916; for President Cool idge and for Mir. Hoover.
 The attorney generalship at one time was expected to go to Donovan who was represented today as being annoyed by the opposition raised against him for this post by certain dry forces and others.
 He was said to feel he was being looked upon by these forces not as an individual whose capacity fol organization and administration were to be taken into account. Mir Donovan is returning as soon as possible to Santa Fe, New Mexico to wind up his activities as chair. man of the Boulder dam commits sion and as commissioner on the Rio Grande commission. On the 4th Of March he will retire to the prac. tice of law and sever his connec' tions with the government.
 Good Is Now Mentioned
 With the elimination of Donovan for the war secretaryship, the name of James M. Good. of Iowa. was brought forward as possible choice Mir. Good was Mir. Hoover's western campaign manager.
 MT. Mitchell was born in Winona Minn., 55 years ago. His father was justice of the Minnesota supreme court for twenty years. He began the practice of law in St. Paul ir 1901. He was regional counsel for the United States railroad admin. stration in 1919 and chairman Q; the citizens charter committee of St Paul in 1922. He assumed the of- flee of solicitor general in June. 1925
 The record Of the newly designat- ed attorney general shows him to have been active in Minnesota na- tional guard affairs over period of years. He is listed as a Presbyter- ian.
 Mitchell a Democrat
 With respect to the appointment of Mir. Mitchell. friends of the soli. citor general said that while he had been a democrat, as had his fatha, before him, he had supported Presi- ent Coolidge and Charles Evans Hughes for president. as well as MT. Hoover.
 The president-elect had rather large number of callers today, in. cluding Dante Pierce. Iowa publish! CT, whose name frequently has beer heard in the speculations about th' post of secretary of agriculture. c Bascom Slemp. republican national committeeman for Virginia has beer invited to call late in the day imme. diately on his return here from Florida.
 Inaugural Points Hoover, in his inaugural address is expected to discuss the principa issues in the campaign in which he won to the White House.
 Among these was law enforce. ment. involving the prohibition and other statutes. the subject upor which he touched in a number oi his speeches from the date of his notification until he made his last purely political pronouncement al St. Louis four days before his cleo. tion.
 His opinion as thus expressed was that the purpose of the eighteenth amendment was to protect the American homes: that he wished il to succeed and that sacred obliga- ton was imposed upon the presi. dcnt to secure its honest enforce. ment and to eliminate the abuses which have grown around 1t.
 With a view to bringing about bet. ter conditions and endorsements ir his administration. MT. Hoover now is engaged in the task of selecting g commission of outstanding men which will go into the whole sub- ject and make such recommends. tons as he believes will materially improve existing conditions. Farm relief was another of the outstanding issues and the president. elect is expected to so into this al some length, but to give more ex- banded exposition of his views ir his message 10 the special session of the new congress which he plans to call for mid-April.
 Tariff was another subject upon which MT. Hoover laid much stress and which also is to be considered during the spring and summer ses. sion of congress. He is known te favor revision of duties in many schedules. including those applying 10 a number of agricultural products is well as some industrial products but is opposed to any general re- writing of the 1922 act.
 Immigration Problem
 On the subject of immigration the view of the president elect as stated du ing the campaign is that limitation is a fundamental part oi he protective system because it pre- .rnts flood of labor from abroad hich would break down American
 age levels.
 In his very last speech in his
 test fer the pr .sidency he declared
 sto ood against any Ancrcase Of the
 esent quotas and for the principle
 the 1890 census with only such
 flnges as would prevent separation
 families but would not increase
 t1I numbers