Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-07

Selection of Miss Frances Perkins
mrs. Paul Wilson, for Secretary Of
Labor in the Roosevelt administration is
widely commended by the country. The
appointee, first woman ever named for
an American cabinet post, takes the po-
sition after valuable experience in labor
work in New York,
She will keep her smooth-gliding
course like racer of the ocean lanes,
declares the Columbia IS. c. state,
with the tribute that she is probably
the most brilliantly equipped OF the
Presidents council" and that she is a
wizard in the complex and widely rami-
fed mysteries of human labor" That
paper adds: In the new cabinet,
Frances Perkins will have her own par
ticular orbit. She will be understood,
appreciated, rightly adjudged. she VIII
carry into its councils power and knoWI-
edge, expert mastery OF her neIo OF
work, and a limitless womanly sym
pathy with those that toll and are
heavy laden. that have been SO long
and so unrewarded. unhonoreo ana
unsung, have borne the neat ana Dur
dens of the days" >,
Miss Perkins will bring to the post, "
according to the Scranton Times, not
ONLY splendid executive ability but
trained mind. She is an ardent aovo-
cate of unemployment insurance. ex-
tension of Federal employment service
and its correlation with State services.
She knows how to get results and VIII,
we predict, make her department use
full agency for the Government. Ihe
Jersey City Journal AYERS that her
mind is clear and her heart in the rlgnt
Mace for the job-with the people,
and the oakland Tribune feels that she
will bring some high qualifications into
the Department of Labor" The Char-
Iotte observer remarks that 1T is not
accident that the first woman CABINET
member heads the Department OF LABOR;
it simply emphasizes how greatly nave
become human problems. l..
Labor needs a friend at court IA
these times" AYERS the Oklahoma SNy
Times, land will have one in MISS rel-
kins. Her life work and ner uanins
have made her familiar with an phase s.
If the sociological and economic PROB
ian,s of the workers. She has achieve
ments for their benefit to her creolt
and her record in New York Is the
finest recommendation she could nave
for the position to which she has peen
annointed. She is not primarily
Spokesman for organized labor, but lor
the vast multitudes who toll and tne
other millions who seek work IN VAIN.
"The appointee Is sociologlst'
states the San Antonio Express, with
deem understanding of the working
mans problems, and in New YORK sne
has won employer cooperation" AS a
result of her New York experience, the
port Huron Times Herald points out
that 'Mr. Roosevelt knows vel! her
preyious work, her character and her
The San Francisco Chronicle feels
that although there are factions among
woman and among labor leaders OPP
nosed to Miss Perkins. the choice Will
he received with general favor" Her
Intelligence in public service Is en-
phasized by the Birmingham Age Her
aid. the Miami Daily News, the Phlia-
delphia Evening Bulletin and the
Lowell Evening Leader. The Roanoke
Times comments: Miss Perkins Is ex-
ceptionally well qualified for the place
by past training, experience and mcllna-
lions. In fact, in many ways nerS 10
the most logical and fitting appoint
ment in the entire Roosevelt CABINET.
Formerly a member Of the New YORK
State Industrial Commission, she mas
been commissioner Of labor under Cows.
Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roose-
welt. Her advice on labor problems mas
frequently been sought by congressional
committees at Washington and she
takes Office with the genuine respect
and confidence of all who are familiar
with her splendid record at Albany.
It is only fair to organized labor to
point out that its opposition to Miss