The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-10
BROWN LIKELY
TO GUST TESS
AS C. 0. P. HEAD
Hoover Reported Planning
Shakeup as Result of
Election Losses.
BY RAY TUCKER
Tines STAFF Correspondent

Times StaR Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Presi-
dent Hoover will meet the disaster
which befell his administration and
the G. o. P. on Tuesday as an en-
gineer rather thana politician, ac-
cording to reports in political cir
cleS today.
Instead of sitting back quietly and
hoping for the best in the immedi-
ate future and in 1882, as Calvin
Coolidge was won't to do, it is under
stood Hoover will inaugurate a
sweeping reorganization in several
executive departments and political
offices. Strange faces may appear
at the capital, it is said, including
possibly one or two new cabinet
members and a new national chair
man to replace : Senator FesS of
Ohio, whose regime has been
fraught with misfortune.
Though Hoover'S main achieve
ments have been in the field of for
eign affairs, there are unconfrmed
reports that Secretary StimSon may
decide to retire to private life and
his New York law practice. Post
Ster-General Brown of Ohio is
mentioned as Fess's successor. If
Hoover seeks a denomination
Browns political astuteness would
serve him well between now and the
next convention.
Decide on Curtis
Hoover also may be forced to
decide whether he wants Vice
President Curtis as his next running
mate. The latter's friends are
speaking Of him as candidate for
the senate seat which Henry j.
Allen lost to Democrat on last
Tuesday.
Curtis is reported to be dissatis-
fed with loneliness of his present
post, and to feel the urge for more
active participation in politics and
governmental affairs. He I'M
doubtedly will consult Hoover before
reaching a decision.
StimSon's various indiscretions
as departmental chief may not
move him out so much as the tao
tics he resOrted to in his personal at
tack against Governor Franklin d
Roosevelt Of New York in the recent
campaign. Roosevelts impressive
victory by more than 000Alarger
than AL Smith ever received-indi-
Gated the people of New York re-
sented and repudiated the admins
tration's foremost spokesman.
Brown won no more honors in
the election result than Tess, it is
admitted, and he may not climb
much higher on the political ladder,
But, as postmaster general in
charge of political plums, he is in a
peculiarly strategic position to cor
raj Hoover delegates for the 1882
convention.
Silent on Dry Issue
Contrary to reports, it is predict
ed Hoover will make no definite
move in any direction On prohibit
ton. AS before, he will keep aloof
from the controversy over this sub
ject, feeling that it crosses too many
party lines to permit presidential
interference.
If anything, the White House will
be glad to see the Wickersham COM
mission submit specific report one
way or the other, and thereby toss
the burning brand into the house
and senate.
The administration will continue
its present efforts at enforcement,
and it even may ask for more
money than has been appropriated
in the past. But the broad policy
of the new enforcement regime will
be, as Colonel Amos A. Woodcock
already has made clear, to make the
burden of booze hunting as light as
possible.
Still unwilling to accept Tuesdays
outcome as a rebuke to the Presi-
dent, his political aids think he
can stage a comeback if he tries to
be the type of executive and en-
gineer the people thought him when
they gave him the largest plurality
in history. They have suggested that
his major mistake was to attempt
to solve difficulties as politician
rather than as a broad-gauged and
far-visioned chief executive.
With the next congress in the con-
troll of his enemies, they point out
he must again direct his appeal to
the people. They believe he has a
f1ffU-fiftv choncp Of clInpacc dper1ife
the business depression, the drought,
unsettled conditions here and abroad
and the reverse at the polls.