Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-06
War and Agriculture Posts
Filled by InduCtance Cere'
monies This Morning.
SEVEN OF HO0VER'S
APPOINTEES IN OFFICE
Floral Tributes and Attendance Of
Friends and Notables Mark
Two Occasions.

Standing beside the United States
flag, with background of floral trib-
ltes from friends, James w. Good of
Iowa was formally indicted into Office
as Secretary of War at the War De-
oartment this morning at $50 o'clock.
Shortly afterward, Arthur NJ Hyde.
former Governor of Missouri, took oath
as Secretary of Agriculture and seven
Of the eight new men chosen by Pres
ident Hoover for his cabinet were ready
20 take over the reins, the only absentee
being Henry l.. Stimson, the incoming
of State
The oath of Office was administered
to the new War Secretary by John B.
veteran assistant chief clerk
Of the department, who acted in SIM
lar capacity for former Secretaries Taft,
Wright, Dickinson, Stimson Garrison
and Baker, and most of the principal
Army officers since the Spanish War.
Dwight F. Davis, retiring Secretary of
War, stood beside Secretary Good dur
ing the ceremony and Mrs. Good and
some personal friends were nearby.
Among others in attendance were
Assistant Secretaries Robbins and Day.
idson, Gen. Summerall, Chief of Staff;
Cole, Dowell, Ramsey
er and Thurston of the Iowa delegation
and friends from Iowa.
Many Witness Hyde Oath.
Secretary Hyde received the oath, adj
ninistered by r. M. Reese, chief clerk
Of the Department Of Agriculture. This
too, was witnessed by large
gathering. The retiring Secretary, VIII
liam H. Jardine, was the first to grasp
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God bless you, Arthur"
Mrs. Hyde and daughter were among
those present at the ceremony. Follow
ing his induction into Office, Mr.. Hyde
made this statement:
at undertake this task with full reali-
cation of its difficulties but determined
to do my level best to effectIate the
agriculture policies of President Hoover.
I believe in those policies. They are
sound and constructive. They will
achieve larger measure of prosperity
for the farmers of America.
II shall strive to cooperate with ail
those whose public duty or private in
terest are elements in the problem Of
the farm. / hope also to have their
assistance. We are starting from today
Past differences of opinion have no
place in the present situation and should
not be permitted to hinder or delay the
accomplishment of all that may con-
Structively be done in aid of American
agriculture"
Five Take Cabinet Oaths.
Five of the Hoover cabinet were
sworn in late yesterday, Charles Francis
Adams of Massachusetts,, Secretary of
the Navy, heading the induction list.
taking the oath of Office at 2:45 o'clock.
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the Coolidge administration were on
hand to extend good wishes to the in
coming advisers of Mr.. Hoover.
Under the glare of arc lights, the
center of a rim of cameras, Mr.. Adams
was sworn in at the Navy Department
by Alexander j. Doyle, private secre-
tary to former Secretary Curtis d. Will
bur. Good-naturedly the new cabinet
officer submitted to the commands OF
the cameramen, both still and motion
picture and "talkie" records of the cere-
mony being taken. Former Secretary
Wilbur was an interested spectator at
the ceremony.
When a photographer said: "Mr. Sec
rotary. please face the camera more.
Mr.. Wilbur laughingly said: Who is
MIR. Secretary"
While the pictures were being taken,
high ranking officers of the Navy waited
in an adjoining room, ready to greet
their chief.
Walter F. Brown took the oath at the
Post Office Department late in the after
noon as Postmaster General. A. T.
Davis. chief clerk of the department.
administered the oath of Office, and
Harry S. New. retiring Postmaster Gen.
aral participated in the ceremony.
AT the Interior Department, DR.. Ray
LYMAN Wilbur was sworn in to sue
coed Roy o. West. by w. Bertrand
Acker. the departments chief clerk The
retiring Navy Secretary did not parti-
cipate in the swearing-in of his brother
10 a post in the Hoover cabinet. saying
that the new Interior Department Sec
cetary must fight his own battles"
New Attorney General.
Attorney General William D. Mitchell
was sworn in after he had spent most
Of the day before the Supreme Court
IA his capacity as solicitor general of
he United States.
The retiring Attorney General. John
G. Sargent. was present to hand over
the reins OF Office, and at the conclu-
sion OF the ceremonies Mr.. Sargent
was presented with a grandfather's
clock from his principal assistants and
bureau chiefs. Mr.. Mitchell made the
speech of presentation, and the retiring
official accepted with a short speech.
The new Attorney General was sworn
IN by Charles B. Sornberger, appoint
nent clerk. and assistant chief clerk Of
The department.
The ceremony was attended by Off
,ialS of the department, Edgar G. Sny-
Ter, United States marshal; Mrs.
Mitchell and others. Mr.. Sargent left
asst night for his home in Ludlow, VT.
Secretary OF Commerce Robert Pat
.erson Lamont took the oath of Office
shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon. succeeding William F. Whiting
If Holyoke, Mass. Present at the cerc-
Monies, in addition to the assistant
secretaries and other officials, were Mr..
two daughters, Miss Gertrude
lamont mad Mrs. Chauncey Belknap.
The oath was administered by Edward
Iibbey, chief clerk of the department
Mr. Whiting left last night for his home
n Massachusetts,.
The new Secretary Of State, Henry L.,
5timSon, is now en- route to the United
States from the Philippines and will
each Washington the latter part of the
MONTH In the meanwhile, Secretary
frank B. Kellogg will remain In the
)ost.
As Secretary Mellon of the Treasury
department. and James j. Davis of tn
labor Department-hold-o frorr
he Coolidge dministration-tooko atli
f Office when they entered the cabin
hey did not take oaths at the bsginni,
4 the Hoover regime yesterday.
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