Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-10

1880
! elected to the Senate, serving one full
term until 1918. In 1912 he bolted to
the Bull Moose party, becoming chair
man of the Roosevelt organization for
his State.
Returning to the Republican fold
after this movement had died out, Mr.
Dixon was elected governor in 1921,
serving four years. He ran for the
Senate last year against Senator Burton
K Wheeler, Democrat, and was de-
feated by narrow margin.
Solicitor Finney, whose home is in
Kansas. entered the General Land Office
at Washington 35 years ago after some
years at the practice of law in his
home State. Fifteen years later he was
promoted to assistant to the Secretary
and chief law officer of the Reclamation
Service and in 1914 was made a men,
Der of the Board of Appeals of the de-
partment, serving in that capacity un-
til 1921, when President Harding APP
pointed him first assistant secretary
under Albert Bacon Fall as Secretary.
finncy Defended by Walsh.
While Mr.. Finney was acting secre-
tary during part of the period over
which extended the negotiations be-
tween Fall and Edward L. Doheny and
Harry F. Sinclair for the California and
Teapot Dome naval oil reserves, Sem
ator Walsh of Montana, prosecutor of
the oil scandals, stated that the record
was abundantly clear that Mr.. Finney
was in no wise responsible for those
leases and was diligent and faithful
public servant.
The new solicitor of the Interior
Department frequently appeared before
the Senate committee investigating the
oil leases and also was a witness in the
various civil and criminal cases grow
ing out of the now celebrated leases
which the United States Supreme
Court annuled. returning the reserves
to the Federal Government.
Ingalls,. the newly appointed Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Aviation. was
a World War ace at 10. He Is now %.
Warner, whom he succeeds. was APP
pointed by President Coolidge when the
Office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Aviation was created upon recon-
mendation of the Morrow board. He
plans to take a vacation and then es-
tablish headquarters some place in the
East as an aeronautical consultant.
Warmers successor won the name OF
Ohio'S Flying Legislator" through his
frequent trips between his Cleveland
home and the State capital at Column
bus for sessions of the State Legislature,
in which he is representative.
ingalls, Wrote Air Code.
One of the youngest men to be ap-
pointed to place in the junior cabinet,
ingalls, has shown his ability to COM
bine his experience as pilot and an
administrator into the writing Of an air
code for Ohio, regulating all intrastate
flying.
AS the Nays only ace in the World
War. ingalls, won both American and
British decorations. At the close of the
war he entered law school at Yale Uni
versity and entered law practice in
Cleveland after his graduation.
Warner, only five years older than
Ingalls, has been recognized as one OF
the worlds leading authorities in aero
dynainics, one of the fundamental
sciences Of aeronautics.
He was assisting in the building of
wind tunnel for the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, shortly after he
| had been graduated from that institu-
| ton. when officials of the national adj
visory committee for aeronautics were
attracted by his unusual grasp of aero
nautics' fundamental science.
| In 1919 he was made chief Of aero
| dynamic research in the Langley Field
| laboratories of the committee and in
tests made in the laboratory, which
has since become world famous for It's
research
He was sent abroad in 1920 to study
aeronautics In Europe for the Govern
ment and upon his return was appoint
! ed secretary of the national advisory
committees aerodynamic section. &C.
cepting a full-time position as professor
! Of aeronautical engineering in Massa-
| chusetts Institute of Technology.
President Coolidge appointed him tc
! a place in the Junior cabinet in 1926
| after the Morrow board recommended
the establishment of assistant secre-
taryships for Commerce, War and Navy
to deal exclusively with aeronautica
| problems.
Warner plans to leave Washington
within a week for a vacation with Mrs
Warner at some quiet resort" His
! successor here yesterday, arranged tc
| return to Cleveland last night and take
up his duties here formally late this
| week.
Other Appointments Pending.
Decisions in scores Of appointments
still are to be made by the President
with the most important posts to be
filled those Of Under Secretary Of State
Solicitor General OF the United States
! director of the Veterans Bureau. d.
rector Of the Budget Bureau, Governor
| General of the Philippines and thirc
secretary to the President, who is to bt
liaison officer between the White HOUSE
and the independent agencies OF tht
Government.
J. Reuben Clark, ir., of Salt LAX,
City now Is Undersecretary of State
but there have been reports that he vii
be given diplomatic post and William
r. Castle, jr.. now an assistant secre-
tarv, named to succeed him.
Several candidates. chief among then
Federal District Judge Charles Dawson
of Kentucky and John G. Buchanan O
Pittsburgh. have been put forward fol
the Office Of Solicitor General, but 1t ha!
been indicated that the President will
be in no hurry to I'll that post and vii
choose carefully the man who is to sue
coed his new Attorney General, william
D. Mitchell.
Great care also is to be exercised IL
the selection of the assistant to the At
torney General to succeed William
Donovan, who resigned and then re
fused to accept appointment as Gov
ernor General Of the Philippines. al
though repeatedly urged by Presiden
Hoover to take that post.
Frank T. Hines, a caller at the Whit
House yesterday. is being retained TO
the present as director of the Veterans
Bureau and he may be reappointed al
though that has not yet been deter
mined.
Lord Retained Temporarily.
Brig. Gen. H M Lord also is bein
retained temporarily as director of tn
Budget Bureau, but since he wants t
give up this work, it is likely that
successor will be chosen in the near fu
ture. A Governor General of the Phil
ippines and the Third Assistant Secre