Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03
HOOVER CABINET
MAINLY WESTERN
Pittsburgh. However, Has
TWo-NegIect of South
Surprising.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President-elect Hoover ranged far and
wide in picking the 10 men Who are 10
form his cabinet. Massachusetts has its
representative along with California
end riissOuri. but the largest repre-
sentation is from the Middle and North
SsteTn states.
Pennsylvania is the only Common
wealth which will have two men in ths
Hoover official family and, strangely
enough, both are followers from the
Coolidge cabinet and both are from the
same city, Pittsburgh. They are An
drew w. Mellon, Secretary of the Treas
ury, and James j. Davis, Secretary Of
| Labor
In making his selections, however the
| PreSldent-elect is believed TO have had
little actual regard for geographical
lines. Certainly he surprised a number
OF political observers when he failed to
/ select man from the traditionally
Democratic South. which he split wide
open in the November election, being
the first Republican since reconstruc-
tlon days TO carry a single one of the
old Confederate States.
! Recognition went to his home State
OF California through his selection of a
/ personal friend. DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur.
president of Stanford University, as
/ Secretary of the Interior. DR.. Wilbur
has obtained leave of absence from
/ Stanford for only two years, indicating
that he will serve only that length OF
time. although. of course, the leave
could be extended.
/ Active in Campaign.
/ Two Of those who are TO be in the
cabinet were active in Mr. Hoover's be-
half during both the pre- convention and
ths general campaigns. They are James
| w. Good Of Iowa. to be Secretary of
/ War. and Walter F. Brown of Ohio, 10
De Postmaster General.
Having selected two men from his
own personal political forces. the Presi-
1 dent-elect promptly turned to the camp
/ OF one-time formidable foe for the
| presidential nomination. former Gov.
Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois, and Sc
lected Arthur NJ. Hyde, former Gov
ernor OF Missouri, for the post Of Sec
rotary of Agriculture.
When it came to the naming of Henry
L. Stimson of New York as Secretary
OF State. it is understood that the Presi-
dent-elect gave great weight to the
counsel of Eiihu Root and Charles Ev-
the seme position. There has been
general report, however. that Mr. Slim
son was not first choice.
The consensus seems to be that ti1a
/ fact that william D. Mitchell, who is
! to be Attorney General. halls from Min
! nesota had little weight in his selection.
/ His appointment was urged by pronli-
nent members of the bar. as we'll as
! some of Mr.. Hoover's closest advisers
Two Former Democrats.
| In going to Massachusetts for a Sec
letary of the Navy, the next President.
| in naming Charles Francis Adams.
picked out former Democrat, as he did
in the case of Mr.. Mitchell. Mr. Adams
has voted the Republican ticket since
1920, while Mr.. Mitchell cast his frs;
Republican vote in 1916.
Some friends of Mr. Hoover asser,
that the selection of Robert p Lamont
a Chicago engineer, as Secretary of
Commerce. announcement of which was
made only today. was personal one.
The President-elect wanted an out
standing engineer with wide business
experience. and the Illinois man was
regarded as filling the bill.
Henry L. Stimson, who is returning
here from Manila, where he has been
Governor General Of the Philippines,
will be the only one Of the cabinet
| officers not present at the Inauguration.