Evening star., 1933-03-05
CABINET APPROVAL
DEF|ES PRECEDENT
Action by Senate Brings New
Administration in Full
Command.

BY the Associated Press.
Another preceaent -shattering move
nv President Roosevelt last nlenI
hro,rht his cabinet into full command
of the Government just few nours
After he himself had taken the oath.
Moving with bold stroke, tne .;,,s nv
Chief Executive sent his nominaIlo.aS
to the Senate, and they were con!ifinssa 1sa
At once. despite some discussion ol '1l9 ~
,,r,vate stock holdings of william n.
Woo,in and references to Harolo H.
1cTes, former Affiliations with the Ne
puTher Then Immediately after he left his
nlare in the court Of honor TeVleWns
tha inaugural parade, Mr.. RooseVel!
r.iIed his 10 ministers to his sloe anu
had then, sworn. Justice BENJAMIN n.
Cardozo of the Supreme Court aoil'ni-
istered the oaths.
"Nev Custom Inausurated.
"rh,s is a strictly family party" the
.,-.s;aent said as the solemn ceremony
hesan IT am glad all members are
,oresent and that the Senate connrmeo
i,o,, without question. This IS new
sHetorn which we have inaugurateo to-
u"i 4. each cabinet member vowed 70
.rnnort the Constitution ana MS chle1
;~ Seeking to uplift the Nation. ne was
handed his certificate by Mr.. Roosevelt
"is Mrs s Roosevelt left the tea on the
Aoor below to witness the ceremony, aI.o .na
others of the Roosevelt family anu .nt
immediate members OF tne otaiv
members families were IN tne S'a'e'
study of the White House.
Calls Farley This Morning.
A few minutes after he took once
oocretorv of the treasury Woodln caliea
T,dsrsl reserve bank officials and busi-
ness leaders to meet with him tnls
morning for a conference on the paiih-
"if sfore Confirmation was voted by the
senate. Senator Couzens OF Mlcnieah
challenged Woodin's quallncatlons; M
calling that the question OF sesul srsu Ms1S
ownership was raised aganis. g n ,.,ossd
w. Mellon, with whom C0uzens ,,H;ser MHseu
Ssoator said that If not illegal 1t woulo
Se decidedlv "unethical' for Woooln;
.,r,,e serving In the cabinet, to holo
.%arga amounts of stock In car anu
,o'nSrv institutions selling to rallroaoS
that come under Government 1urn-
diction."
Assured Holdings Were Dropped
senator's COPELAND and Wagner OF
Nsw York and Glass OF Virginia. Oe,ro- Ho
crAts. quickly assured the Wealtny ~ ~
troiter that Woodin had diVesteo 1itt ~.
sell Of all holdings required ny VAC
law. -. ~. old Mellon
- A'e. Al which no action ever was
tsSsr senator Reed, Republican. OF
1snnsvlvania. a close associate OF Me-
ion ci,t short the discussion WIZ tLe
n.ssrtion that there Is no eVloenSe
tSst Mr. Woodin has not scrupulouois
cnrnplied with the law" ,.,.,,
chairman Norris of the Juolclafy
raurnitee who had Joined IN
nninority report years ago recoIiH1tn rH ,,,t,o
;no decentralization Of Mellon anu M.e WE
aid the law was very severe ~ ,tior, e,o
nnint" asserted he had no oo!eUttHhA n,;thA
and the nomination went tnroush "''"
out any audible noes.
Hull First Confirmed.
rordell Hull of Tennessee was ule s
s.st w he confirmed as Secretary ol
Htote o and after the set-up over Woonni ~.
eM others but Ickes named 10 tne "
tar,or recruitment were approved WILL
osIt a word of comment; ,, mon
ouv ne, the name of Ickes, VINO man
~ Hiram Johnsons Repupnca.ai
sar.s.ive 49, campaign for the fIeA-
,t;.I nomination in 1920, was cameo
senator Lewis, Democrat, OF Aiin'0'''
said: Senators who
do not know the man pleSeiiVrTS Tr..;S
SECRETARY of the Interior py tne g r,, %
dsnt I viii not disguise tnat ior HT
ssi1 WAS anxious that any appoaA. |.
ment from Illinois wouio 60 .Svise
.Ia+ since the President has 1ouno
hin, | satisfactory, he is an able iaWyel,
and I IN noint of integrity a gentleman :
sanresentino sau a scrupulous standard.
Ickes Quickly Accepted.
without another word 1ckes' nom1-
nation was confirmed :, +,,s
The combinations were IN uiiS
Cordell Hull. Tennessee, State;
William H. Woodin, Ne" 1orh aiiu
PENNSYLVANIA, Treasury, Wv
George H. Dern. Utan, WAL N,,
Claude A. Swanson. VNgIlla' nass nt
James A. Farley, New YORK. Foe'-
'h1scS HoTn.r s. Cummings, Connecticut,
Attorney General.
Saroid I. Ickes, Illinois, Interior.
Henry A. Wallace, Iowa, Agriculture.
Daniel G. Roper, South Caronna'
frances Perkins, New York. Labor.
Held Not Customary.
When Democratic Leader Robinson.
in his capacity for the first time as
majority leader, moved confirmation OF
the cabinet, Senator McNary OF ore
ron. who will be Republican leader IN
fhe new Senate, recalled it was not
customary to confirm the cabinet on
the same day as the Inauguration ana
said while he had no objection one
Senator could force the nominations
first to committee.
Robinson quickly expressed the nope
no objection would be made, saying II
was essential that the ney admlnlstra-
ton be allowed to get to work mme,
diately in view of conditions. He said
the old cabinet could not function
over the week end. There was no OBJ
lection when he asked unanimous
consent for consideration OF the 10
nominees.