The Washington times., 1938-11-16
JACKSON BOOM
FOR 40 seen IN.
CABINET SHIFT.
Hopkins Due to Take
Roper's Post, Report
BY GEORGE DURNO


GNSO Politicians and indus
trialiStS Joined today in casting
an appraising eye on announce.
ment that Homer S. Cummings
would retire as President Roose-
velt's Attorney General early in
January.
The politically-minded foresaw
appointment of Solicitor General
Robert H. Jackson to the Cabinet
post and subsequently a possible
build-up of the New Yorker as a
New Deal presidential candidate
in 1910.
AWAIT TRUST ACTION
Businessmen, also anticipating
that Jackson would become Mr..
RooSevelt's next legal officer, won
dered whether the Department of
Justice was headed for mole
vigorous prosecution of trusts.
Jackson, before becoming Solici-
tor General, was Assistant Attor-
ney General in charge of the anti
trust division. That place is now
filled by Thurman Arnold, aggres-
sively antitrust.
Both politicians and business
men further pondered President
Roosevelt's statement that no
other Cabinet designations were in
Sight-aS yet. 1t has been rumored
perSistently that Secretary Of Com
merce Daniel C. Roper was on the
verge of retirement, with WPA
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins
slated to succeed him.
THE HOPKINS BOOM
Should Hopkins be named to
the Cabinet, there would be imme-
diate speculation that he, too, as
a White House favorite, was being
groomed for 1910. On the other
hand, friends of Hopkins point out
that he is in Just as important a
position already.
They concede that while he gets
more publicity as WPA admins
traitor, the publicity as Secretary
of Commerce might be less critical.
Jackson and Hopkins are highly
regarded by the President. A year
ago Mr.. Roosevelt tentatively
pushed Jackson as possible
Democratic gubernatorial candi-
date in New York State. Leaders
advised, however, that jackson
was not we'll enough known in his
own State, and then came the
Republican threat of Thomas E.
Dewey to inspire the fourth-term
candidacy Of Gov. Herbert H.
Lehman.
CLOSE TO PRESIDENT
Hopkins is also a New Yorker,
and by virtue of his direction OF
WPA is known from coast to
coast. He is probably the Presl'
dents closest friend in the New
Deal official family. On the
strength of Republican gains in
the recent election, it was re-
garded almost certain there
would be a Congressional investi-
cation of WPA in the next session.
President Roosevelt is beginning
today to consider the matter Of
appointments to the many i'm
portant vacancies he has to fill.
He called in Attorney General
Cummings to run over a huge
batch of endorsements for four
teen United States District judge
ships and four places on the
United States Court of Appeals.
BULKLEY TO CALL
Senator Robert Buckley, de-
featec for reelection in Ohio, was
expected to call at the White
House today. Advance rumor had
it that he would get a judgeship.
Most important of all the nu-
merous appointments the Presi-
dent must make is that to the
United States Supreme Court to
fill the place Of the late Justice
Cardozo.
Prominently mentioned have
been Felix Frankfurter, of the
Harvard Law School, and Gov
Frank Murphy, of Michigan.
Other ripe plums include the
following vacancies: Ambassador
to Russia, minister to Canada,
minister to Persia, membership on
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission, membership on the Ten
nessee Valley Authority and mem
bership on the BituminouS Coal
Commission. There is also a
Federal Power Commission va
cancy and an appointment due to