Evening star., 1952-12-02
The Eisenhower Cabinet

he Eisenhower Cabinet
President-elect Eisenhower has now COM
pleted cabinet that appears fitted by individ-
ual background to provide sound and practical
quality for his administration. He has chosen
eight men of diverse careers but with the COM
mon characteristic of achieving success and
prestige in private life while displaying an in
terest in national affairs and in the role which
government must play today.
Politics and office holding have not been a
primary concern of any of them, except possibly
Governor Mckay of Oregon who has been chosen
as Secretary of Interior. At the same time all
except Martin P. Durkin, named to Labor,
have been openly identified this year as sup
porters of the Republican cause and the political
PHILOSOPHERS which General Eisenhower ex-
pressed in offering himself for the presidency.
Each of them has had experience in or with gov
ernment but, more Importantly, each of them
brings to the cabinet qualities which won success
and respect as private citizens.
It is not cabinet that could be described
broadly as "big business" group in an invidious
sense despite the business and industrial back
ground OF several of the members Selected
mostly from what is generally considered the
more liberal wing of the Republican Party, it is
cabinet more likely to steer middle the
road course than one of reaction or social tink-
ering.
Except for the South, all sections of the
country are: representative East, Midwest,
Southwest and Far West. The South, of course,
has one high place in the administration in the
appointment of Mrs Hobby of Texas as Federal
Security Administrator.
In order of departmental ranking, the new
cabinet will be seated as follows:
Secretary of State-John Foster Dulles Mr..
Dulles has been student of international affairs
throughout his adult life. He has been Repub-
lican adviser to three Democratic Secretaries of
State and has been key figure in the formula
ton and implementation of many of our postwar
foreign policies He has close acquaintance
with the operating functions of the Department
Of State. with the personnel and with the world
problems which he will be facing
Secretary of Treasury-George M Humphrey.
lawyer by profession and an induStrialist by
occupation Mr. Humphrey will have an impor-
tant role in shaping fiscal policies that are vital
to the health Of the national economy. It is a
concern that was mentioned often in the Eisen-
hover campaign and one on which the two men
presumably have established an area of agree
ment. Mr.. Humphrey will replace a banker, MIR.
Snyder
Secretary of Defense-Charles E. Wilson, Mr.
Wilson, as president of General Motors Corpora
ton, has proved his competence in the fields of
production and industrial relations. The de-
mandS OF modern defense mobilization call for
these skills, perhaps above any others. Mr. VIII
son already has plunged into the task of learning
his new job from fine teacher, Secretary Lovett
He promises to be strong and vigorous member
of the new administration
Attorney General-Herbert Brownen, jr Mr.
Brownell is lawyer by profession and poll
tic1aN nv aVOc0 tiOn trafo dohfl
in each. He will take over the Justice Depart
ment in time to carry on the revitalizing of that
agency which has been initiated by Attorney
General McGranery, and at a time when its
responsibilities for the internal security of the
Nation are great. Mr.. Brownell has shown an
incisiveness of mind as both lawyer and poti-
clan which should make him valuable aide to
the new President
Postmaster General-Arthur E. Summerfeld
Mr.. Summerfield will succeed career man in
the postal service, Jesse NJ Donaldson The
new appointee has a business background, sup
plemented most recently by service as Republican
national chairman. He was an active supporter
of Wendell Willkie, Senator vandenberg and
Governor Dewey in earlier campaigns
Secretary of Interior-Douglas Mckay Gov
ernor McKay's appointment is in keeping with
the tradition that this post should go to West
CIucI nc lldS UceIl I'LL dUVOCdGe OI uOOQ COnCrOl
and irrigation measures, of conservation and
reclamation, all of which are important concerns
in that cabinet office.
Secretary of Agriculture-Ezra Taft Benson.
leader in the Mormon Church, Mr.. Benson has
become specialist in agricultural economies He
supported Senator Taft distant relative, for
the presidential nomination but supported Gen.
eral Eisenhower in the campaign. He combines
both scholarly and practical knowledge of the
field in which he will be working.
Secretary of Commerce-sinclair Weeks. Mr..
Weeks has been banker manufacturer and poll
tician. He is former Senator from Massachu-
setts and is chairman of the Republican National
Finance Committee He was pre-Chicago Eisen-
hover booster and had been frequently mentioned
for cabinet appointment. His choice constitutes
political reward but his background in non
political affairs qualities him for the Commerce
post. He Is of the late Secretary of War
John w. Weeks
Secretary of Labor-Martin P. Durkin Pres-
dent of the Plumbers Union of the AFI-the
same union as that of AFL President George