The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-02-27
ROOSEVELT PICKS
iowa man TO FILL
AGRlCULYUREPOS
James A. Farley Also Formally
Selected For Postmaster.
General Job
NINE SECRETARIES CHOSEN
Claude A. Swanson and Harold
lckes to Take Navy,
interior Posts
NINE SECRETARIES CHOSEN

Hyde Park. Feb. 27.-(R,-A son Of
the cornbelt and a youthful and
astute political leader from New York
will be at the cabinet table Of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace.
Of Iowa, a. secretary Of agriculture
and James A. Farley Is postmaster
general.
These two appointments. which had
been anticipated for several days.
were announced formally Sunday BY
President-elect Roosevelt.
In the quiet Of his Hyde Park BIRTH
place. Roosevelt turned his attention
Monday to the preparation OF the
inaugural address he will deliver from
the front steps of the capitol when
he takes the oath next Saturday.
The address viii be brief and de-
voted to the principles upon which
he viii make the new deal" he has
promised the country. Further details
will come with his message to q spe.
cial session Of the new congress which
Is expected to be called very early.
Two More Are Named
Roosevelt added two more names TO
his cabinet Monday-senator Claude
A. Swanson Of Virginia as secretary
Of the navy and Harold 1ckes of I'LL.
nois as secretary Of the interior.
He previously had announced ap-
pointment Of five other members OF
his cabinet. Cabinet members off,
cially announced thus far Are:
Secretary Of state: Cordell Hull Of
Tennessee.
Secretary Of the treasury: WILL
liam H. Woodin Of Pennsylvania and
New York.
Secretary Of war: George H. Dern
Of Utah.
Postmaster general: James A. Far
ley Of New York.
Secretary Of agriculture: Henry A.
Wallace Of Iowa.
Secretary Of the navy: Claude A.
Swanson OF Virginia.
Secretary Of the interior: Harold
Ickes Of Illinois.
This leaves three posts in the cabi-
net still to be officially announced al
though it Is generally believed that
the attorney general viii be Thomas
]. Walsh Of Montana, the secretary OF
commerce Daniel G. Roper Of South
Carolina and the secretary Of labor
Miss Frances Perkins Of New York.
Publishes Farm Periodical
Wallace. publisher Of q farm pc.
riodical, already is at work on the
farm problem. He has been In con-
sultation with Roosevelt and 1t Is ex.
pected he will return to New York
this week for another meeting.
Farm relief, apparently destined to
failure at this session Of congress.
viii be among the first things asked
Of congress BY the President-elect Of
the new congress. He u standing BY
the principles Of the domestic allot-
:nent plan advocated by Democrats
and farm leaders 1T this session.
Farley. the youngest member Of the
cabinet-l years old-will continue
as chairman Of the Democratic M.
tional committee and - chairman Of
the state committee.
Roosevelt has busy days ahead for
his last hours before entering the
white house. He win spend Monday
and Tuesday here and may not leave
for New York until Wednesday. Sur
by several members Of his
cabinet he will depart from New York
with the family by special train late
Thursday afternoon for the capital.
1T the Mayflower hotel
until his Inauguration.
Born on the family farm near
Orient in Adair county. Iowa. Oct. Z,
1883, Wallace attended Iowa State
college and received his degree In |
1910. Having experimented In agri-
culture since boyhood he turned to |
editorial work on "Wallace's Farmer"
succeeding his father a. editor when
the latter became secretary Of agri.
culture In 1921 and began extensive
studies and experiments In agricul.
tural economies and breeding.