The Key West citizen., 1952-11-21
Three Top Cabinet Spots
Filled By Experienced Men

Dwight D. Eisenhower has made
three top Cabinet appointments
John Foster Dulles as secretary Of
state, Charles E. Wilson of Detroit
as secretary of defense, and Gov.
Douglas Mckay of Oregon as Sec
retary of the interior.
They were the first announced
appointments Of the new Republi-
can administration which will take
office Jan. 20.
Dulles, long the Republican voice
in the State Department and ar
chitect of the japanese peace
treaty, wrote the Republican for
eign policy plank in the 1852 plat
form. During the Chicago conven-
ton he was believed acceptable as
secretary of state to both EiSen-
hover and his chief contestant for
the nomination-Sen. Robert A.
Taft of Ohio.
Wilson, president of General
Motors. was mentioned by Eisen-
hover last September in suggest
ing the need of business brains in
go billion dollar business
reference to the operation of the
federal government.
Mckay, So, began his career as
newsboy. Later he was an office
boy for the Union Pacific Railroad
and then an auto sales manager.
He began his political career
when he was elected mayor of
Salem, Ore, in 1893. After that, he
served as a state senator and be-
came governor in 1949. He is q
veteran of both world wars.
Eisenhower, in his Sept. 8 speech
concerning the need Of business
brains in government, said he pro-
posed to cut military expenses
without cutting military strength.
In that speech referring to VIII
son Eisenhower declared:
''Until we get business brains in
so billion dollar business-and l
mean business brains that will be
respected by Congress-we are not
going to save the money that we
can save without losing one gun,
one plane, one ship"
The 64-year-old Wilson has head
ed the vast automobile manufac-
turing concern since 1941.
A native of Minerva, Ohio, VIII
son was educated at the Carnegie
Institute of 7 e ology, and
worked as an electrical engineer
for the Westinghouse Manufactur-
ing Company from 1909 until 1919.
He later was successfully chief
engineer, manager and president
of the Delco Remy Co., before
joining General Motors as vice
president in 1929.
He is married and has three
sons and three daughters.
The cabinet appointments were
announced by press secretary
James C. Hagerty while Eisen-
hover was lunching with British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
Earlier in the day he conferred
with Dulles for two hours. When he
emerged from the conference Dull
les declined to talk with reporters.
The tall, 64-year old Dulles has
long been vigorous critic of Rus
sian policies and has been sub
jected to bitter attacks in the
Soviet press. Russian Foreign din
lister Andrei Y. Vishinsky has la
beled him a "warmonger. The
Soviet newspaper Prsvda has
called him a trader in death"
and an "atomite."
Dulles announced his support of
Eisenhower last July IL and cam
paigned hard for him.
In his campaign speeches he rap
ped repeatedly at what he termed
the Truman administrations poll
cy of Communist containment. In
stead, he said, 1--WE can usefully
erect strong local barriers" in
Western Europe.
/ Again he said that this nation
should create a top level bi-parti.
san council to lead the free world
| with "stable and consistent" for.
eign policy. He said the council
should formulate and maintain a
long-range foreign policy and its
members include the President,
vice president, secretaries Of state
and defense and ranking members
of the opposition political party.
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