Evening star., 1932-11-10
ROOSEVELT TO ACT
ON CABINET SOON
Tentative List Drafted by
Associates-Woman May
Be Appointed.
Nv the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, November 10.-Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt is likely to break an
other political precedent. his associates
said last night. by announcing the
makeup of his cabinet much earlier
than is customary.
Dozens of names have been sug-
gested by those who guided his cam
paign to triumph, and even before the
President-elect leaves for vacation at
Warm Springs, Ga, it is considered
probable he will begin to weigh these
possibilities.
1t was disclosed at Democratic ma
tional headquarters that many of his
advisors are counseling that he make
public some Of the names as soon as
possible.
List Of Possibilities.
A tentative list of strong cabinet
possibilities drawn up by various asso-
ciates of the President t-elect follows:
Secretary of State, Owen D. Young,
Newton D. Baker, Breckenridge Long
and Norman Davis.
Secretary of the Treasury: Melvin A.
Traylor. Senator Carter Glass, Alfred
E. Smith and Bernard Baruch.
Secretary OF Labor: Miss Frances
Perkins, William Green and Mrs. John
c. Greenway.
Attorney General: Arthur Mullen.
Felix Frankfurter and Senator Thomas
j. Walsh.
Secretary of the Interior: George
Dern.
Secretary of Agriculture: Senator
George W. Norris, Robert Marks and
Harry F. Byrd
Secretary of War: Newton D. Baker.
Postmaster General: James A. Farley.
Secretary of Commerce: Alfred E.
Smith and Frederick A. Gardner.
Secretary of the Navy: Senator John
s. Cohen, Clark Howell. sr.: Albert G.
Ritchie and Josephus Daniels.
Other names being advanced are
those of Richard Washburn Child, for
rner Ambassador to Turkey, who headed
the Republicans-forR Roosevelt League;
Bruce Kremer, Montana national COM
mitteeman, who was active in the pre-
convention campaign; Robert Jackson,
New Hampshire national committee
man, who headed the Roosevelt Garner
Speakers Bureau: John w. Davis. 1924
Democratic presidential nominee ana
an active campaigner this year. Joseph
p. Kennedy. Boston and New YORK
financier. and Sumner Wells, career
diplomat
There is also speculation as to
whether any of the Republican insur-
gents who supported Roosevelt will be
considered. Among them are Senators
Cutting, La Toilette and johnson.
Woman May Be in Cabinet.
In the present situation, two facts
seemed certain-that Roosevelt for the
first time in history will place q Mom-
an in his cabinet and that Louis Howe
urhn
paign, will have places in the official
family"
There is little doubt in Democratic
circles that Farley will be made Post
master General and that Howe will go
to Washington as one of RooSeveltS
confidential secretaries.
OF the men being suggested for Sec
retarv Of State, Baker was Secretary OF
War in the Wilson cabinet; Davis is a
former Undersecretary of State and was
an Armament Conference delegate;
Young. distinguished industrialist. was
at one time urged for the Democratic
presidential nomination. and Long is
former Assistant Secretary of State.
TIE Secretary of the Treasury posi-
bilities incluce two financiers, Traylor
end Baruch: the 1928 Democratic
standard bearer, and the Virginia Sen
ator. who was father" of the Federal
Reserve act.
Miss Perkins, suggested for Secretary
of Labor Is New York State labor COM
missioner; Green is president OF the
American Federation of Labor, and Mrs.
GreenWay a successful business woman,
Is the widow of a copper king and
close friend of the Roosevelts.
The three suggestions for Attorney
General are all lawyers. Mullen was
Roosevelt's floor leader at Chicago;
Walsh is a Montana Senator and
Frankfurter has held many govern
mental posts, as we'll as being head OF
the Harvard Law School faculty.
Dern Likely Choice.
The name suggested for Secretary of
the Interior is that Of the Governor OF
Utah, who Is considered at headquarters
to be likely choice.
Norris, Republican Progressive Sena-
tor from Nebraska; Byrd, former Gov
ernor of Virginia, and Marks. an au-
thority on farm co-operatives, all are
widely acquainted with agricultural
problems.
Gardner, one of the men suggested
for Secretary of Commerce, is st.
Louis manufacturer.
Among those being advanced for the
naval post, Howell, publisher of the At
1anta (Ga) Constitution, was one OF
the most active Roosevelt supporters in
the South. Ritchie has great popular
ity among naval people because of his
long residence at Annapolis. Senator
Cohen of Georgia, vice chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, and
president and editor of the Atlanta
Journal, was a naval officer at one
time. Daniels was Secretary of the
Navy when Roosevelt himself was an
assistant secretary.