Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1929, Page 10

10 CABINET SELEGTON HODVER PROBLEN Embarrassing Situation Seen as Many in Offices Want to Stay. If ever a problem of cabinet selec- tion presented embarrassments, it is the lot of President-elect Hoover to be confronted with a multitude thereof. Having served in the cabinets of President Harding and President Cool- ., Mr. Hoover knows the capacity of his colleagues. And now he finds himself obliged to pass judgment on them. Some want to stay, others have business plans. To ask the one or two to remamn and not retain the others is a difficulty. To assume that a Cool- tdge cabinet member is unsuited to the Hoover admmnistration is to repudiate the main platform of the last cam- paign, in which Coolidge policles were defended and the promise was made to carry forward the Coolidge programs. President Coolidge himself sees no reason why any member of his adminis- tration should feel that he must be retained in the new administration. A hint to this effect went out to the ambassadors and ministers, some of whom were not thinking of resigning when the custom calls for resigrations from everybody. All Expected to Resign. Every member of the Coolidge cabinet will present his resignation and it wiil be up to Mr. Hoover to decide whether he will continue them in office. If Secretary Mellon is retained, it will not be necessary to send his nomination to the Senate. It was not sent in after Mr. Harding died, nor when Mr. Cool- idge was inaugurated in March, 1925. There are two ways out of the dilemma for Mr. Hoover. One is to make an entirely new cabinet and the other is to retain all these who wish to stay and then to fill vacancies as they occur during th next year. There is some talk that one or two of the cabinet members would like the privilege of serving a few months in the new ad- ministration so as to have the privilege of service under Mr. Hoover. It also would indicate that Mr. Hoover accepted them and that when they left it was of their own volition. Few Changes Seen. For these reasons it is being inferred that there wiil be few changes from the Coolidge cabinet, except in those in- stances where defintie plans have long ago been made by cabinet officers to retire after March 4 no matter who was nominated at the Republican national convention. The general assumption that Secre- tary Mellon will remain in the Treasury is the only one, however, that is based on anything that can be traced to the President-elect himself. ~When Mr. Hoover was still a candidate he told a caller that he wanted a man of Mr. Mellon's type in the Treasury if he were available. All Washington knows he is available end would like to continue. Much of the business support given Mr. Hoover in the campaign came from men who believed in Secretary Mellon as the fiscal adviser of the Government. The opposition to Mr. Mellon’s ap- wmtment from some of the radical esterners is & natural development, but Mr. Hoover is not going to start his administration by alienating the con- servatives. As for the other groups, it is believed the Hoover cabinet, when finally con- stituted, will recognize the progressive greups in the party. It is quite possible that the transition from the Coolidge to the Hoover cabinet may take a year or so. D. L. (Copyright, 1929 A square yard of tropic soil inclosed in a double-roofed glass box is being carefully watched at Harpenden, Eng- land. In the soil are small co plants growing under electric lights. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. €., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, '1929. PARALYSIS “ALIBI” FAILS TO GAIN MERCY Driver Fined $35 After Car Crash, Despite Plea He Is Unable to Drive Machine. The contention that he was partially paralyzed in an accident in Baltimcre August 10, and has been unable to drive a car since, failed as an alibi for Paul Donaldson Beach, 1300 block of I street, charged with reckless driving. Judge Isaac R. Hitt fined Beach $35, when two witnesses identified him as the man who ran past a red light and struck their car at Sixteenth and K streets Decem- ber 30. Beach was arrested on complaint of R. L. Christians, driver of the car which was struck. ‘When Beach produced James Corbett as a witness to testify he had been driv- ing the car on the date of the accident, and would take all the blame, Assistant Corporation Counsel Chester H. Grey, who prosecuted the case, assailed Cor- bett's attitude on the ground that he was t“pm‘ty to a Damon-Pythias agree- ment.” PURSE THIEF CHEATED. First Robbery Attempt Futile, Sec ond Yields Little. A young colored man last night singled out two women on the street to rob of their purses. His attempt to rob Cordelia Jones, 1806 Twentieth street, on R street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, proved unsuc- cessful. A few minutes later, he met Eliza- beth Diamond, 1621 T street, on Six- teenth between P and Q streets, and succeeded in_ snatching her purse. The robber probably was disappointed when he found the purse contained less than a dollar. NEW KIND OF DINOSAUR. PEKING, January 11 (#)—Sir Sven Anders Hedin, Swedish explorer, on his arrival here today from Central Asia announced that he had discovered a new species of dinosaur. He had spent several months in scientific investiga- tions and recently established five meteorological stations in Central Asia. Sucars IN T Home Every member of the family naturally requires sugar each day —it provides energy—it’s nourishing—it’s healthful Buy your sugar in the modern, sanitary way. 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