The Washington times., 1929-02-22
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By GEORGE e. DURNO
International News gervice

The rumor factory set up in the
snowbanks outside 1900 S St., CON"
tinued to grind merrily today de-
spite the flat statement that Presi'
dent.elect Hoover is not going to
let the public in on the personnel
Of his cabinet until March 4.
Out of the mass Of reports, hot
tips and speculations, however, one
new name emerged as a cabinet
possibility which possesses the .ele.
ments of likelihood. That was
Clarence Wooley, of Connecticut
president of the American Radiator
Company, to be Secretary Of Com
merce.
Having personally built up the
Department of Commerce to its
present efficiency, Hoover is scru-
tinizinS the list of candidates to
fill his shoes with a microscope,
SO to speak, and proponents of
Wooley say he fills the bill in
every respect.
Called at All Crises
During the eight years Hoover
served as Secretary of Commerce,
few economic crises developed
when Wooley was not called in.
He and the President-elect have
seen eye-to-eye on matters of pro-
gram and policy and each has a
profound respect for the ability of
the other.
Wooley visited Hoover about ten
days ago at Miami Beach, taking
with him the informal report of
the Committee on Recent Economic
Changes, a body appointed a year
ago by Hoover and charged with
delving into every conceivable phase
of the economic situation.
Serving with Wooley on the COM
mittee were such men as Owen D.
Young, of General Electric Com.
pany, A. w. Shaw, of Chicago; Ed:
ward Eyre Hunt, Of the Depart
ment of Commerce; William Green,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor; W. w. Atterbury,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad: Dan
iel Willard, of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and Henry NJ. Rob-
inson, the Los Angeles banker.
Inaugural Speach Basis
This report, embodying much OF
Wooley's personal handiwork, is
serving as the Informative basis
upon which the President.elect is
building his inaugural address, deal
ing as it does with the very vitaIs
OF the economic situation and its
trends. One lieutenant of the com.
ing chief executive referred to it as
the magma charta of the Hoover
administration"
With these facts as a background.
Wooley went into the lead in the
pre-inaugural speculation over the
Commerce portfolio.
Another of the ten posts enter.
ing the spotlight today was the
Secretaryship OF Labor. Henry NJ.
Robinson. Of Los Angeles, banker
and close friend of Hoover, is in
Washington and yesterday went
over the field with the President
elect. About a month ago, Hoover
requested Robinson to canvass the
list OF candidates for Secretary of
Labor and report back on their re.
spective qualifications.
DOak Is Virginian
The name most mentioned as the
successor Of James J. Davis is
William M. Doak, of Virginia. vice
president of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen, who headed the
labor division of the Hoover cam.
paign organization. Doak, as a
native of Virginia, answers the de-
mand for cabinet recognition OF az
least one of the four Southern
States that went Republican last
fall. He is understood to be accept
able to William Green, head Of the
A. F. of L.. and, Of course, his
work in the campaign places
Hoover under certain obligations to
him.
Hoover faced a quiet holiday in.
sofar as visitors at the S Street lone
were concerned. So many members
of Congress were busy making
Washington's Birthday addresses
that there were few gentlemen Of
the legislative field available to call
in. This group of holiday orators
included Speaker Nicholas Long
worth, of the House, who had been
scheduled originally as a luncheon
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