Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28
"SurpriSe Appointments" to
Agriculture and Commerce
Posts Expected to Form
Part of Official Family.
SELECTION OF ]. w. GOOD
WAS NOT ANTICIPATED
Stimson, Adams, Mitchell, Brown,
Mellon and Wilbur Regarded as
Certain of Being Given Nomina.
tions, With Cramer and Klein
Mentioned.

President-elect Hoover has completed
his cabinet with the retention of James
j. Davis as Secretary of Labor and the
selection for Agriculture and Commerce
of two men who are described as sur
prise appointments.
The other men regarded by Mr..
Hoover's friends as cabinet certainties
are:
Henry L. Stimson of New York to be
Secretary of State.
Andrew w. Mellon OF Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Treasury.
James w. Good of Iowa, Secretary
of War
William D. Mitchell of Minnesota, At
torney General.
General.
Charles Francis Adams of Massachu-
sets, Secretary of the Navy
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur of California,
Secretary of the Interior.
Cramer and Klein Mentioned.
Although those associated with Mr.
Hoover insist that the men selected for
the Commerce and Agriculture Depart
ments will be complete surprise, the
speculation today centered upon Stuart
Cramer, prominent cotton manufac-
turer of North Carolina. and Julius
Klein. director of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce Of the Depart
ment of Commerce. who has been in
timately associated with Mr. Hoover for
number of years.
The fact that Dante Pierce. farm
journal editor of Iowa. saw much of Mr..
Hoover at Palo Alto and who was much
in conference with him at his S street
home yesterday has prompted some to
look upon him as a strong possibility
for the secretaryship of Agriculture.
Samuel Bixby Of California, who has
been a cattle raiser in the West and
who has been prominently identified
with national cattle associations. as well
as agriculture, also has been mentioned
as possibility for appointment to this
department.
Mr.. Hoover proposes to give an ad-
vance COPY of his candidates to the
press Saturday afternoon to be held in
confidence until the time when the
names are sent to the Senate for con-
flrmation.
Goods Selection Surprise.
It is understood that George Akerson,
former Minnesota newspaper corre-
spondent in Washington, who has been
Mr. Hoover's personal secretary for sew
eral years, and Laurence Richey. iden-
titled with MIR. Hoover in personal
capacity for more than 10 years, will
be two of the three secretaries TO serve
MIR. Hoover while he is President
The third secretary probably will be
selected after Mr.. Hoover becomes
President.
The placing of the name of former
Representative Good definitely in the
cabinet came as considerable of a sur
prise to those who are not in Mr.
Hoover's confidence. Mr.. Good. a recent
caller at the Hoover home said alter
wards regarding the possibility Of his
entering the cabinet he entertained no
such ideas and that he preferred to con-
tinue his legal practice.
The impression is that Mr. Hoover's
principal reason for selecting Mr. Good
was not only to reward one who had
done effective work in bringing about
his nomination and election, but to have
in his cabinet a man who will be able
TO give the White House a strong and
effective contact with Congress.
Several Call on Hoover.
J. Weston Allen, former attorney gen.
eFal of Massachusetts,, was a caller at
the Hoover home today, but it was said
afterward that there was no reason to
attach political significance to his call
Samuel H. Thompson of Illinois
president of the American Farm Bureau
Federation. and Chester Gray OF this
city, legislative agent of the fedora
tion, conferred briefly with Mr.. Hoover
this morning. Secretary of Agriculture
Jar6ine and Mrs Jardine were to be
luncheon guests at the Hoover home
and during the afternoon Mr.. Hoover
has engagements to see F. Trubee Dayi-
son, Assistant Secretary of War: Will
liam P. McCrscken. Assistant Secretary
of Commerce in charge of aeronautics
and Senator Hale of Maine.
Col. Noble B. judah of Illinois, Am
bassador to Cuba. is scheduled to cal
at the Hoover residence tomorrow Ed
gar Ricard OF New York intimate frient
II Mr.. Hoover and for years business as
sociate, is to arrive al the Hoover hom
tomorrow, probably for a stay over tn
inaugural period. Allan Hoover. young
est son Of the President-clect is on hi
way To Washington from California
where he is student at the Lelant
Stanford University. He is expected t,
remain for week or 10 DAYS
Mr.. Hoover also is giving sdditiona
attention to other appointments. viii
liam j. Donovan. assistant to the At
torney General, having fatty refuse,
the post Of Governor General OF tn
Philippines the President-elect now ha
to find man for that place.
Eugene A. Gilmore. vice governor. VIII
has been acting since the departur
from Manila Of Henry L. Stimson, ha
been highly recommended for the Office
Mr. Hoover also has been urged to APP
point Brig. Gen. Frank r. Mccoy. VIII
headed the American mission to Mica
ragua. but it is understood that ne
disinclined to name a military man {
this Office
154 Ganpsters Sentenced.