DAUGHERTY, Ohio.
Postmaster-General?WILL H. HAYS.
Indiana.
Secretary of the Navy?GEORGE M.
FOSS, Illinois (not certain).
Secretary of the Interior?ALBERT
B. FALL, New Mexico.
Secretary of Agriculture?II. C. WALLACE,
Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce?HERBERT
HOOVER. California.
Secretary of Labor?Undetermined.
I.owdrn May SerTe Later.
The selection of a Secretary of Treasury
has given Mr. Harding much
trouble. It is the only office which
former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois
would have accepted, and Mr.
Weeks of Massachusetts would have
liked the place also. For various reasons
Mr. Harding could not give the
place to either of them, and Mr. Weeks
has accepted the position of Secretary of
War.
It is not to be assumed that the relations
between the President-elect and
Mr. Lowden have been in any way
Strained by the decision. Mr. Lowden
was not anxious to take any place in
the Cabinet, and his family is anxious he
fhould havo a period of rest. Ho will
not be given an immediate ambassadorial
position, bet may be relied upon to
accept a leading diplomatic assignment
later In the Harding Adminlstrtlon, and
such a position will be offered him.
Andrew J. Mellon Is a prominent
banker and an authority on financial
affairs. His place in the Cabinet Is believed
to have been definitely fixed and
his appointment In acceptable to Senators
Penrose and Knox of Pennsylvania.
In determining to offer a Cabinet place
to Mr. Hoover. Mr. Harding has decided
to handle a delicate political situation
vigorously. It is recognized that the appointment
of Mr. Hoover will awaken
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Senator Johnson of California and Senator
Borah of Idaho.
Mr Harding: had hoped to induce Gov.
