Evening star., 1933-03-03
Bank Situation
Studied Eve
of Oath.
SEVERAL HINTED
FOR JUSTICE JOB
Courtesy Call Made
This Morning on
Mrs. Walsh.

President-elect Franklin D.
Roosevelt faced two immediate
problems on the eve of his inau-
guration today as he received
Democratic leaders at his suite in
the Mayf1ower Hotel. One OF
these problems had to do with the
banking situation and the other
with the selection of an Attorney
General to fill the vacancy In his
cabinet caused by the tragic
death of the late Senator Thomas
J. Walsh of Montana.
Notwithstanding many rumors
that Mr.. Roosevelt would issue a
statement dealing with the bank
ing situation sometime today or
that he would join with President
Hoover in a statement calculated
to reassure the public, there was
no indication at his headquarters
that he would do so.
Call on Mrs. Walsh.
The President-elect planned to call
at pm. on President Hoover at the
White House. This, it was said by
those close to Mr.. Roosevelt, would
be merely a formal call. the courtesy
call which the President-elect pays to
the President.
Shortly after noon today the PreSt-
dent-elect and Mrs. Roosevelt went to
the apartment of the late Senator
Walsh to pay call of coincidence upon
Mrs. Walsh, widow Of the late Sen
ator, to whom Senator Walsh had been
married only week.
The President-elect, who arrived in
Washington last night, accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and other members OF
his party, was apparently in good
health and entirely ready to tackle the
strenuous job which confronts him as
soon as he shall have taken the oath
of Office tomorrow.
That Mr.. Roosevelt will appoint q
successor to Senator Walsh as Attorney
General in time to send a completed
list of his cabinet to the Senate at its
special session tomorrow was predicted
by one of his closest advisors.
May Be Temporary.
This appointment, it was said, may be
of a temporary character. The name
most prominently used in this connec-
ton was that of Homer Cummings OF
Connecticut, former Democratic ma
tional chairman and a strong Roose-
welt supporter. Mr.. Cummings, it had
been announced would be appointed
Governor General of the Philippines.
He was, however, a candidate for the
office Of Attorney General before Sen
ator Walsh was finally selected. Others
who have been mentioned as possible
selections for Attorney General are
Arthur Mullen of Omaha, Democratic
national committeeman for Nebraska;
Felix Frankfurter of Boston, former
Gov. Philip La Toilette of Wisconsin,
and Huston Thompson of Colorado.
Progressive Republicans and Demo-
Gratis who followed Mr.. Roosevelt in
the last campaign are intent upon
having a progressive selected for the
office of Attorney General. It was re-
ported today that Senator Norris OF
Nebraska, who jumped his party ticket
and supported Roosevelt for President,
would call upon Mr.. Roosevelt later
today and discuss with him the selec-
ton of an Attorney General. Senator
Norris, it is understood, will suggest
that Philip La Toilette be the ap-
pointee or that Frank P. Walsh OF
Missouri and New York or Donald
Richberg of Chicago be placed IN that
position.
Garner Early Caller.
Earlier in the Winter, it was learned
today. Mr.. Roosevelt had Gov. La
Toilette in mind for appointment as
Attorney General, provided Senator
Walsh did not accept the cabinet post
offered him. That was before the
cabinet had been completed, however.
and the present makeup might cause
Mr.. Roosevelt not to fall back now
upon La Toilette. The former Cover
nor of Wisconsin is at present In
Italy.
Speaker John N. Garner of the House,
Vice President-elect, was an early caller
at the Roosevelt suite today. He was
followed soon afterward by Senator
Cordell Hull of Tennessee, who Is to
serve as Secretary of State In the
Roosevelt cabinet, and Prof. Raymond
Moley, who is to be an Assistant Sec.
retary of State. Senator Swanson OF
Virginia, Secretary of Navy-deslgnate,
and Senator Buckley OF OHIO also calleo
upon Mr. Roosevelt.
James M. Farley, Democratic national
chairman and Postmaster General In
the new cabinet, was at the hotel with
Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.. Farley had an office
of his own on an upper floor, where ne
was in conference with many prom.-
nent Democratic leaders In the city to-
day for the inaugural celebration.
Completes His Address.
The President-elect has virtually
completed his inaugural address: He
planned to give it final revision today.
1t will be comparatively brief unless he
changes his present plans. The sug-
gestion was made that he may announce
during his inaugural address the date
of his call OF the new session OF Con-
gress. Because of conditions In the
country the new Congress may be as
sembled within short time, although
Mr.. Roosevelt had originally planned to
allow a month to elapse before he sum-
moned Congress to Washington.
The President-elect arrived at Union
Station at $50 o'clock last night. A
crowd Of about 1,500 persons stood
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