The Washington times., 1933-02-18
SENATOR SOON
| To MAKE HIS
DECISION
Henry Wallace, Mentioned
As Agriculture Head,
Is Visitor Today

~
NEW YORK, Feb. 18 Q.N.SD
With his narrow escape from an
aSSaSsins bullet in Miami in the
background, President-elect Frank
lin D. Roosevelt in the cozy at
moSphere of his New York home
got down to the business of final
selection of his cabinet today.
The visit of Henry Wallace
Iowa farm publisher, at noon was
considered significant, as he has
been mentioned prominently for
the post of Secretary Of Agri
culture.
Arthur Mullen, Democratic Ma
tional committeeman from Ne
braska, who was the Roosevelt
floor leader at the Democratic
Convention in Chicago, conferred
earlier with Mr.. Roosevelt.
Wallace G. O. p. Rebel
Mullen, staunch supporter of
Wallace for the cabinet position,
admitted after his visit with the
President-elect that he had dis
cuSSed cabinet and patronage
matters.
Wallace is the son of Henry
Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture
in the administration of President
Harding. The son turned from
the Republican party to support
Alfred E. Smith and Roosevelt
in succession during their presi-
Dental campaigns.
House Arrives, Stays Out
Another scheduled visitor was
Thomas Gregory, of Texas, for
mer Attorney General in the
Cabinet Of the late President
Woodrow Wilson.
II was reported Gregory would
discuss a Texas patronage row
with the PreSident-elect.
Col. Edward M. House, adviser
to President Wilson, accompanied
Gregory to the door of the Roose-
Velt home. The Colonel did not
enter the house.
It appeared, with Inauguration
only two weeks off, that the Pres
ident-elect has been able to fill
but half of his Cabinet with any
degree of certainty.
Those considered fairly definite
are:
Secretary of State-Senator
Cordell Hull (DO of Tennessee.
Attorney General - Senator
Thomas j. Walsh CD of Mon
tana.
Secretary of Labor - Miss
Frances Perkins, Labor Commis-
sioner of New York State.
Secretary of Commerce-Wil-
liam Woodin, of New York,
president of the American Car
and Foundry Co.
Glass Considering
Senator Carter Glass CD of
Virginia is considering an offer
to be Secretary of the Treasury
and Senator Bronson Cutting, in
surgent Republican of New Mex
leo, is doing likewise with the In
terror portfolio.
The chief hitch which has
arisen revolves around Glass ap-
pointment. There is reason to
believe that Mr.. Roosevelt has
decided to undertake a program
for initiation of currency and re-
monitization of silver after
March 4 and to that end made
his offer to Glass conditional
on the point that the Virginian
support such program.
Glass has declared repeatedly
against initiation, but may &C.
cept it. He told the President
elect yesterday he would give
him a final answer by Monday
Swanson Boom
This prolonged period of nego-
tiation which has been going on
between Mr.. Roosevelt and Sen
ator Glass is bringing growing
resentment on Capitol Hill in
Washington, if reports from
there may be believed.
Certain Senators have been rep
resented as saying the new admin
istration may be embarrassed if
Glass finally declines, because the
Roosevelt forces then would have
to cast around in two weeks for a
man who would accept the post
after another has been consider
ing it for month.
Friends of Senator Claude A.
Swanson CD.) Of Virginia mean
while are starting a boom for the
Glass colleague for Secretary of
the Navy-apparently c.l the basis
Of some word Swanson has had
from Glass. Two men could not
very well be appointed to the Cab