Evening star., 1952-11-22
Further Choices
For New Cabinet
Due Next Week
Eisenhower to Stoy
Close to Home Until
Monday Morning
By Robert K. Welsh
By Robert K. Walsh
Star Staff Correspondent

ened the pace of his cabinet-mak-
ing, but seemed likely to come up
with additional appointments
early next week.
With a quorum" of the new
cabinet already designated-State,
Choice Of Three More Aides Wins Fovor-
obe Reception. Poee A-3
Eisenhowers Attend Reunion of His West
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Treasury, Defense and Interior,
and Attorney General-Gen.
Eisenhower did not plan to go to
his Office today.
Returning early today from a
brief reunion in Washington last
night with some of his West Point
classmates of 1915. he planned to
stay close to his Morningside drive
residence until Monday morning
Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll of New
Jersey visited Gen. Eisenhower at
the generals residence this morn
ing and they conferred for IS
minutes. The nature of their dis
cuSSion was not announced.
Returns to Work Monday.
Press Secretary James C. Hag-
erty announced that the PreSi-
dent-elect would be at headquar-
ters again Monday in the Commo-
dore Hotel. This at least stopped
speculation that he might use the
week end to head toward Korea
But the prospect of another
rigorous round of conferences
Monday kept the speculative pot
boiling in another way. The gen.
eral may disclose the names he
will send to the Senate soon after
January 20 for the remaining cab
met posts. The schedule of Mon
day visitors will not be announced
until late tomorrow.
Selection of Herbert Brownell,
jr.. of New York as Attorney Gen.
eral. George M. Humphrey of
Cleveland as Secretary of the
Treasury and Harold E. Stassen
as director of the Mutual Security
Agency caused surprise in some
instances. but brought expressions
of satisfaction from many persons
who visited Eisenhower headquar-
terS.
RumOred for Labor Post.
Mr.. Stassen, former Minnesota
Governor, now president of the
University of Pennsylvania, and
an unsuccessful contender for the
G. o. P. presidential nomination
this year, had been unofficially
heralded as the prospective Sec
retary of Labor.
The Importance of that still
awaited appointment was intensi-
fled earlier yesterday by a con-
ference between Gen. Eisenhower
and George Meany. AFL secretary
treasurer. Mr.. Meany declared he
had not been offered the appoint
ment. He refused to say whether
the matter was discussed. The
visit occurred only a few hours
before the death of William Green
AFL president
Mr.. Brownell, a former Repub-
lican national chairman and a
political associate of Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York, was gen.
orally expected to get the Justice
Department assignment.
He, as we'll as another cabinet
designee, John Foster Dulles, who
will be Secretary of State, lost no
time yesterday in putting some
policy wheels in motion.
Dulles Asks for Probe.
MI. Dulles. declaring that he
did not want any "taint of suspi-
Cion about the new State Depart
ment," asked that his life record
be investigated by the best men
that FBI Director j.. Edgar
Hoover could assign, and that Mr.
Hoover report the results to Gen.
Eisenhower.
Mr.. Hoover, few hours later,
heard that Gen. Eisenhower and
Mr.. BroWnell want him to con-
tinue as FBI director. Mr..
Brownell said he has requested
MI. Hoover to remain.
The future Attorney General
added that Il am looking forward
to expanded cooperation between
his bureau and all the other law
enforcement agencies of the office
of the Attorney General"
AS with the announcements
Thursday of the selections of Mr.
Dulles to the State Department
Charles E. Wilson, General Mo-
tors president, as Secretary OF
Defense, and Gov. Douglas Nc
Kay of Oregon as Secretary OF
Interior. the further announce
ments yesterday overShadoweo
other important developments and
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