Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-22
Ambassador to Mexico Is
Thought to Be Hoover's
Choice for Cabinet Post.
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO
SEEN AS KEY TO PLACE
Borah Understood to Have Been
offered Position, but Declined
1t, Preferring Senate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Dwight W. Morrow, Ambassador to
Mexico, is to be appointed Secretary of
State in the Hoover cabinet, provided
affairs can be so arranged that Mr..
Morrow's work as Ambassador to Mexi-
co may be completed SO that he can be
transferred to Washington.
II Mr.. Morrow feels that he must
continue on in Mexico, or it is so de-
termined by Mr.. Hoover, then the choice
for Secretary of State may be Ambassa-
dor Henry P. Fletcher, now the diplo-
matte representative of the United
States in Italy. Mr.. Fletcher halls
from Pennsylvania.
So does Secretary Mellon, whom it is
believed Mr. Hoover plans to continue
IN his present Office of Secretary of the
treasury. The question arises whether
Mr.. Hoover will be inclined to fill the
two cabinet positions regarded as most
important with men from the same
State.
Hoover Wants Qualified Man.
The President-elect is reported to be
desirous of selecting as his Secretary of
state man widely regarded and well
qualified for the post. Mr.. Morrow has
been signally successful in representing
the United States in Mexico, where a
dif1cult situation had arisen. AS for
mer partner of j. P. Morgan e. Co.. Mr..
Morrow has had wide business expert
ence.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho.
chairman of the Senate foreign rela-
tions committee, 1t is believed, could
have had the Office of Secretary of
State. But Senator Borah's desire to
remain in the Senate was made clear
to Mr.. Hoover during the recent stay
of the President-elect in Washington.
The Idaho Senator, who was one of
the most effective of the campaigners
for Mr.. Hoover's election to the presi-
dency, will continue on in the Senate,
where as chairman of the foreign re-
lations committee, he wieldS an impor-
tant influence on foreign affairs of this
country. Senator Borah also is keenly
interested in working out the farm
problem which Is to be considered durs
ing the Hoover administration.
There has been a gradual elimination
of other possibilities for the Office of
Secretary of State. Charles Evans
Hughes of New York, former Secretary
of State, is not and has not been avail
able for appointment to the Office be-
cause Mr.. Hughes does not desire to
return to the cabinet
Henry w. Roland of Massachusetts
who at one time was suggested as a
possible appointee for Secretary of
State, is declared, on highest authority,
to be out of the running.
Morrow VacatiOning at Nassau.
Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton,
representing this country in Great
Britain, former member of Congress
from New York and former Ambassador
to Germany, also has been mentioned
for the place.
While he is a man of recognized abil-
ity, opinion prevails he is not to get the
Office of Secretary of State.
Mr.. Morrow is now on vacation at
Nassau and is to visit Mr.. Hoover dur
ing the latter stay in Florida.
Mr.. Fletcher long has been in the dip
lomatic service. He has served, too, as
Undersecretary of State, and is well ac-
quainted with the administrative work
of the State Department. He was Mr.
Hoovers companion on the President
elects good will" trip to South Amer
lea.