Evening star., 1939-07-08
Swanson
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the short distance from the Capitol
to the Union Station.
AS the body leaves the Senate
chamber, the guns at the Washing
ton Navy Yard will start firing a
salute. And as the train leaves the
city, where Mr.. Swanson served in
the House, Senate and cabinet for
Al years, taps will be sounded and a
volley fired.
Secretary SWanson's death posed
for the President the problem of
making another midstream change
of directors of the administration S
vast reinforcement of defense forces
Already this year the Chief Ex-
ecutive has had to select new pro-
fessional commanders of the Army
and Navy.
If, as some administration officials
expect, he promotes Mr.. Edison to
the cabinet to fill the new vacancy,
Mr.. Roosevelt must name also a new
Assistant Secretary.
Further, rumors have persisted
that Secretary of War Woodring
might soon be shifted to a diplo-
matte or other post. However, with
out taking formal notice of the pub
iished speculation, Secretary Wood
ring has told friends that he expects
to head the War Department until
194l.
Major Overturn in Command.
The death of the 77-year-old Sec
retary Swanson, almost coinciding
with the retirement of Admiral
Leahy, involves a major overturn of
the Navy high command.
In Ill health for the last three
years, Mr.. Swanson had to lean
heavily on Mr.. Edison and Admiral
Leahy, and the Assistant Secretary
himself was i'll and absent from his
post for two months this spring.
In naval circles, it was said that
many officials would like to see the
veteran Admiral Leahy put in the
cabinet as official head of the serv-
ice he directed in actuality at fire.
quent intervals. He was appointed
Governor Of Puerto Rico recently
and expects to sail for San Juan
before September /.
Gov. Lloyd c. Stark of Missouri,
put forward by friends as avail
able for the cabinet place, is a
graduate of the Naval Academy.
Representative Cannon, Democrat,
Of Missouri told reporters, however,
he believed Mr.. Stark would not
want to resign the governorship.
Another name figuring in the
speculation is that of Rear Admiral
Harry E. Yarnell, now about to re-
tire after having guided the course
OF American naval policy in China
throughout the course of the Sino-
Japanese war.
Expressions OF Sympathy.
News of the death of Secretary
Swanson brought expressions of
sympathy from friends over the
globe. Typical was the message to
Mrs. Swanson from Ambassador
Josephus Daniels at Mexico City,
voicing deep and tender sympathy
IN your great sorrow"
For more than a quarter of a
century, Claude. Franklin Roosevelt
and I have been co-workers in
building up the Navy" Mr.. Daniels
said. Your distinguished husband
lived to see under his direction it's
greatest peacetime expansion as he
had been the legislative leader in
the great wartime expansion of the
Wilson administration"
Mr.. Daniels was Secretary of the
Navy in the Wilson cabinet; Presi-
dent Roosevelt was Assistant Sec
retary, and Mr.. Swanson, in the
Senate, headed the Naval Affairs
Committee.
Congress to Be Represented.
Committees were appointed from
both House and Senate to attend
the naval heads funeral.
From the House will come 16 men,
bers, including the entire Virginia
delegation named by Representative
Rayburn, Democrat, of Texas,
Speaker pro tenn.
Others are Chairman Vinson of
the House Naval Affairs Committee
and Representatives Schuetz, Demo-
crat, of Illinois; Sutphin, Democrat,
of New Jersey; Shannon, Democrat,
of Missouri; Church, Republican, of
Illinois; Mas, Republican, of Mime
sofa, and Mott, Republican, of Ore
gon, all members of the Naval
Affairs Committee.
Vice President Garner named both
Senators Glass and Byrd of Virginia
to the Senate Committee on Ar
rangements for the services.
Others named were Majority
Leader Barkley, Minority Leader
McNary, Senators Pittman, Demo-