The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1929, Page 10

By RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, March U1.—One can- not produce an accurate story of how | Mr. Hoover choose his cabinet, but it | is at least possible to tell how the | newspaper correspondents selected it. At the outset it was just a hit or miss game of guess. Misses far out- numbered hits, but finally, within a week before March 4, the reporters covering the president-elect had guessed nearly an entire cabinet, among which were several names of | which one could be quite certain. For the guesses often eventually brought | private confirmation from someone who knew. Speculation about the cabinet began in a sinall way even during the paign. On the Hoover train co spondents sought confirmation of an idea that Mellon would remain secretary of the treasury. Gec Akerson, Hoover's assistant, explai! that if Hoover were to promise Mcl- Jon further tenure on the job that he | would be violating the corrupt prac- | tices act or something, but he man- | aged at the same time to convey the | impression that Mr. Mellon's tion was a distinct likelihood, upon the correspondents put Mr. Mcl- lon into the cabinet as No. 1. * * * ‘The day after election all editors began to wire their representatives for cabinet dope and the great game | was on. At that time there was a | general idea that Borah would be secretary of state. Correspondents just talked themselves into that idea by insisting that only in that we could Hoover repay his great cam- | paign debt to Borah and assuming | that Borah would demand it ‘The general assurance that William J. Donovan would be attorney gen- eral was strengthened after Dono- van's post-election visit to Palo Alto. He was known as one of Hoover's | closest. friends, as Hoover's campaign | legal adviser, as the inspiration of | many campaign maneuvers and as | the man who had been the real} attorney general ever since Coolidge conferred that title on John G. Sar- | gent. Furthermore, most of the news- | papermen liked Donovan very well. So all insisted in dispatches that he was the one best bet for attorney | general. Nothing Hoover or Donovan | said ever corroborated this theory. j Among the new8 writers who ac- | companied Hoover to South America | there was more speculation, of cours though neither Hoover nor Ake! talked cabinet to them. Henry P.| Fletcher, ambassador to Italy, who | was accompanying Hoover, began to | be suggested for secretary of he knew Latin America and was liked by both Latin-Americans and Hoover. | Such ideas are bound to arise. Your correspondent had it for a while him- celf. During this period and during | Hoover's stay at Miami the Washing- | ton correspondents left behind in the | capital were speculating high, wide | and handsome, with many strange end bizarre results. With Hoover | away they had no one to talk to but | members of Congress and _ visiting | Politicians. The fellows with Hoover were better off, as they could talk with those who had just talked with Hoover. The president-elect himself had promised at the beginning that he wouldn't say anything about his tabinet—and he didn't. Dwight Morrow had a strong run | \n_the nawspapers for secretary of : WASHINGTON \. LETTE | Wall st *jJized labor. R, © because of his diplomatic sue- n-American country and ep even suggested this— Hoover might like to appoint an ex- Morgan partner to head the dey ment so often credited with being operated on principles laid down by eet But when Morrow emer Hoover's Florida place ¢ was going back to Mexico ably would be there March 4, the way in which he s to realize that all wet. There was, opportunity for stories expla Hoover didn't want to ta away from Mexico City. : * ged from | M. Stimsen, who ‘ame from m some of timson had arly so that he could from the Philippines. In end of Hoover's told some spapermen that the report was true When a Mr. Doak visited Hoover one day in January the reporters found that he had been born in the outh and \ connected with organ- everyone jumped to “story.” especially after a poli- n close to Hoover told one cor- pondent that Doak really would be ecretary of labor, Incidentally, Doak would have been given that job if so many other organized labor leaders hadn't protested at the last moment. * 4 the angely enough, ¢ 5 Francis Ada the new secretary of the navy, went unnoticed when he visited Hoover in Miami—no one had ever heard of him and he wasn't consid- ered a possibility. ‘Then one night a Boston sports writer, down to cover the Sharkey-Stribling fight, went out and picked up information which caused him to wire bis newspaper that a guy named Charles Francis Adams, but “not THE Charles Fran- cis Adams,” would be secretary of the navy. It later developed that THE Charles Francis Adams was a Polish gentleman who had adopted the name and had become prominent in Boston sport circles. Walter F. Brown had been figured for a cabinet job because of his part in the campaign, but that he would be postmaster-general came almost simultaneously from Ohio friends and the postmaster-gen- eral's office in Washington. The boys were sure Jimmy Good would be secretary of war when Don- ovan came from Hoover's home and remarked: “I read in the papers where James Good was going to be secretary of war.” As a matter of fact, nothing of the sort had appeared in print previon and correspond- ‘an better than ever. * * y Lyman Wilbur in that he interior. it Friends of California fi would be secretary Then Wilbu Q absence from Leland Stanford Uni- versity and everyone was sure of it. The tip that Solicitor General Mitchell would become attorney gen- eral came from a close friend of Hoover By this time the corre- sponde: were fairly sure of eight and w a few days of inaugura- tion Akerson admitted that they were right on those eight. But the names of the new secretary of commerce and agriculture, Robert Patterson Lamont and Governor Arthur M. Hyde, were surprises—as Akerson promised. “Tell me what happened in the sun parlor,” Faith commanded in what she thought was a very stern voice. ‘They were seated in a big wing chair, Cherry curled in Faith's lap. “Don't rush me,” Cherry begged, with a pitiful smile. “I've got to give you the events leading up to the tragedy, so you'll understand.” “I think I understand, all right.” Faith retorted grimly. “You've been the fool with Alan Beards- Jey, and tonight you went too far. Nils caught you kissing his rival, and goodness knows what happened. I thought, there'd be nothing short of murder, and then after you’ve gone, out they come, chummy as two mem- bers of the same club—smiling! All right. Go on. Tell it in your own way. But you don’t deserve a bit of sympathy—’ “A lot you know about it!” Cherry interrupted fiercely. “If you'd been married to @ conceited, lord-and- master sort of brute like Nils Jon- son—’ eee you adore,” Faith reminded “That's just the trouble,” Cherry conceded dolefully. “I'm mad about it it that I can't “1 want a little excitement, too. You might as well try to quarrel with a— with a redwood tree as with Nils Jon- son!” “So you worked up a fine imita- tion of a mash on Alan Beardsley, just to create a little excitement home,” Faith deduced. “Oh, Cherry! What a little fool you are. Didn't it occur to you that poor Mr. Beardsley might be seriously hurt?” “He's old cnough to look after him- self, and besides, he shouldn't play around with a married woman if he doesn’t want to get hurt,” Cherry re- torted virtuously. “And I am crazy about him. It’s been pretty swell having a handsome, distinguished man like Alan Beardsley turning handsprings for joy if I'd just give him a smile or a kiss now and then. But he was getting to be rather a nuisance, writing me every day while he was gone. So I made up my mind that this evening I'd get rid of Alan and give Nils a glorious jolt, both at the same time. I figured that if Nils got over the idea that he could be so |. | give me is sarcasm. darn sure of me he'd be a much grander lover. Of course I wasn't going to let him hurt poor Alan—” “I can see you flinging yourself be- tween them,” Faith laughed. “It was a perfect movie melodrama situation, but I gather it didn’t quite come off. ‘What happened?” “You know, Faith! I'm afraid your Sweet disposition is curdling,” Cherry informed her coldly. “I thought I'd get help and sympathy, and all you And I really am in the middle of a most awful mess. If you don’t want to have me on your hands again, you'd better help me.” she added menacingly. NEXT: A scheme that failed. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) ere MONDAY, MARCH 11, 192y Loou!. Wer TERE (T'S ALL BLack= 00 You THINK Tar's A GTORM ? SB ANING SAID GOODBYE TO REQYONE, BELIEVE Z'M ON AY FRECKLES AND p SNe meces BLOOM AND THE ee fa Sovawe || NO wiNTER!! 77 NEATAER IS BALI /TREMSEWES t ; COMFORTABLE ON BaARD THE FAST PLANE TAST CARRIES TRAE NER MOUNTAIN AND DESERT aco) SAN PEDRO AND THEN BANAT = oD FLOWERS ARE IN G Wy ly 4, Why Uy, a vee > cag 2 - wveree MOWM’N POP THERE GOES THEY YOU JUST ANGWER IT TELEPHONE ,MOm.] YOURSELE! HONESTLY PoP. WONT $OU YOURE GETTING SO YOU | EXPECT ME TO WAIT ON YOU HELLO, HELLO = NHO? OW HELLO! Gosh IT's GOOD To HEAR YOUR VOICE | WILL I? OH BABYS ANY TIME YOU SAY. 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