Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-05
NEW TASKS PRESS
PRESIDENT HOOVER
Enforcement Personnel and
Reorganization Matters
Claim Attention.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Herbert Hoover is finding that there
is always plenty to occupy Presidents
time.
Although he crowded into the first
month of his administration maxi
mum of activity settled upon significant
courses of governmental policy and
came to definite decisions of numerous
public questions, new tasks press upon
him daily to supplement important
projects that he brought with him to
the White House and has yet to initiate.
The extraordinary session of Congress
Is less than two weeks away and in that
time he must finish revising the mes
sage, which will set forth his views on
farm relief and tariff changes, the two
subjects which the session was called
to consider. The next few weeks also
are expected to see the President decide
definitly on tn personnel of the commits
sion which he will appoint to study law
enforcement and court conditions.
Moreover, reorganization of the gov
eminent, including his proposal that
many functions of prohibition enforce
ment now administered by the Treasury
be transferred to the Department of
Justice, has still to be begun. And an
iouncements are expected In the near
future on diplomatic appointments and
the filling of several posts OF high
responsibility in the foreign service.
Carefully Revising Message.
Mr.. Hoover has completed the first
draft of his message to Congress and is
carefully revising it. The President is
not hurrying the task. In fact, it has
been announced that it will not be
complete in printed form for distribu-
ton to the newspapers until just day
or so before Congress meets.
AS with the message to Congress, the
Chief Executive Is taking his own time
in selecting the personnel of the law
enforcement commission. He has es-
tablished very definite standards Of
qualification and has been described as
literally securing the country in his
search for Zen who meet the Specifica-
tons.
The members of the commission must
be men of outstanding ability and ex-
perience in the legal and judicial field,
Mr.. Hoover has determined: and since
the study will include thorough in
vestigation of the enforcement of the
prohibition laws, he has decided that
no professional vets or dryS will be
appointed.
APPOINTMENTS Ok NCWtuHs
To assist him in affecting reorgani-
yation of governmental activities, Mr..
Hoover has appointed Representative
Walter Newton Of Minnesota as his adj
ministrative assistant, and he will CO.
operate with the heads of the depart
ments in carrying this project forward
The problem of transferring prohibition
enforcement duties from the Treasury
to the Justice Department Is involved
by the question whether this can be ac-
complished by executive order or re-
Quires legislation. On this point Mr..
Hoover is expected to request an opin-
ion from Attorney General Mitchell be-
fore taking action.
Since Secretary StimSon took up his
duties at the State Department, Mr..
Hoover has held frequent conferences
with him, presumably dealing with the
subject of appointments to diplomatic
posts. In common with all presidential
appointees, the members of the diplo-
matte corps rendered their designations
at the close of the Coolidge administra-
ton, but until the arrival of Secretary
Stimson, nearly month later, Mr..
Hoover postponed consideration Of any
changes in the foreign service.
The desire Of Ambassador Houghton
at London to withdraw and the death
of Ambassador Herrick at Paris have
left two of the most important posts to
be filed. Changes are in prospect, too,
in South America, where Mr.. Hoover
is anxious to build the diplomatic serv-
ice up to the highest possible point Of
efficiency.