LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 013 982 902 5 HOLLINGER pH8J MILL RUN F3-1543 "^ x^^ \\'^i\ THE ADMINISTRATION OF A NEW ERA ■HESIDKXT IIARDIXCS IXAft.l HAL ADDHKS.S. with a liRll ACCOrXT of the PAST CARKKHS „,„/ ( HARA( TKRISTICS -;/ THE PRESIDEXT. VICE- I'RESIDEXT, and THE MEMHERS „/ thr ( AlilXET. /„ «/»«, COI- LECTIVE WISDOM THE I'OST-WAR PROBLEMS ,,/ THE I XITEl) STATES HA\E HKEX (OMNHTTEl) EOR SOU TIOX i I TOCETIIER WITH II.U STRATIOXS SHO\VI\(. THE ( AlUXET GUOl P. PRKSH)EXT. \I( E-PRESH)EXT. a„.l ME>n?ERS o{ thr CARIXET PI lil.ISHEl ) in (.EO, II. ELLIS CO HdSTON, MASS. 1922 ■i '■'■ A _M' ■%^^" i K^ This IJr..i-liuri' li:,. Im.mi )reparc(l by the Gen. II. Kll ■o. (Inc.) with the .,^MshM; ..f lVrr> Wallnii. F.m|.. of (li \\»\Um .VdvertlMUf. :un\ l!...l„i,. M:„-. Bv GEO. H. KLLIS Bos,,.i,, Ma J'JN -5 1822 ©C1.A(U5 1!)81 FORKUOUJ) The a,l III hi 1st rati,,,, of iVcrni (.. Ilanliii,/. the twentji-nhith Pirsi- ilriil „f the L'liitcil States, marks the heijinninij of a Xeir Era. At the einl of the U'orlil IVar. Europe faeed a erisis irhirh .'Ai(aiERTV, Attorxev-Generai, . I'ietiire of the Attonteii-Ceiieral Eduix Denuy, Secretarv (IK Xavv I'ieture of the Seerelari/ of Xarii Hexry Caxtweli. AVaei.ace. Secretary of Agrkultxre Picture (f the Sccrctari/ of Aijriculture James John Davis. Secretary of Lahor Picture of the Secretary of Labor Hehuert Hoover. Secretary of Commerce . Picture of the Secretary of Commerce . . . . Hubert Work, Postmaster-General 41 Picture (f the Po.ttina.tter-Oeueral +-.' John \Vi\gate AVeeks. Secretary of War 44 Picture of the Secretarii of War 4.) Albert Baccjx Fall. Secretary of the Interior I'icture of the Secretarii of the Interior IN AUG URAL ADD 1{ ESS PRESIDENT WARREN C HARDING Mjj CointtrijiiH'ii: — When one snr\ey.s tlie world ahout him after the great storni. noting the marks of destruction and yet rejoicing in the ruggedness of the things which withstood it, if he is an American he breathes the clarified atmosjjhere with a strange mingling of regret and new lioi)e. We have seen a world ])assion spend its fury, but we contem- plate our Republic unshaken, and hold our civihzation secure. Lib- erty — liberty within the law — and civilization are inseparable, and though both were threatened we find them now secure; and there comes to Americans the profound assurance that our representative goNcrnmcnt is the highest expression and surest guaranty of both. Standing in this presence, mindful of the solemnity of this occasion, feeling the emotions which no one may know until he senses the great weight of responsibility for himself, I nnist utter my belief in the divine inspiration of the founding fathers. Surely there must have ^;., been God's intent in the making of this New World rei)ublic. Ours lii^' is an organic law which had but one ambiguity, and we saw that '^^^ etlaced in a baptism of sacrifice and blood, with union maintained, " "^ the Nation supreme, and its concord ins|)iring. We have seen the world rivet its ho]jeful gaze on the great truths on which the founders wrought. We have seen civil, Jiuman, and religious liberty verified |.h^^ and glorified. In the beginning tlie Old World scort'ed at our experi- ll^ nient; to-day our foundations of ])olitical and social belief stand N^ unshaken, a precious inheritance to ourselves, an inspiring example ^t^' of freedom and civilization to all mankind. Let us express renewed v!^ and strengthened devotion, in grateful reverence for the immortal \^^^ beginning, and utter our confidence in the supreme fulfilment. '\P]^^- The recorded progress of our Republic, materially and spiritually, \ -t^ ill itself i)rovcs the wisdnin of the inherited |)olicy of non-involvement ': : in Ol ami peoples who resort to it must prove the righteousness of liicir cause or stand as outlaws before the bar of ei\ili/.ation. We are ready to associate ourselves with the nations of the world, great and small, for conference, for couu-cl; to seek the expressed views of world 0])inion; to recommend a w a>- to approximate disarma- ment and relieve the crushing burdens of military and na\al eslalili-li- mcnts. We elect to particijiate in suggesting jilans for mediation, conciliation, and arbitration, and would gladly join in that expresseil conscience of jjrogress, which seeks to clarify and write the laws of international relationshi|), and establish a world court for the dis- position of such justiciable questions as nations are agreed to submil thereto. In e.\j)ressing aspirations, in seeking practical i>lans, in translating humanity's new concept of righteousness and justice and its hatred of war into recommended action we are ready most heartily to unite, but every commitment must be made in the exercise of our national sovereignty. Since freedom inii)elkHl, and independence inspired, and nationality exalted, a world supergoxernment is contiaiy to everything we cheri.sh and can have no sanction I)y our Republic. This is not selfishness, it is sanclity. It is not aloofness, it is security. It is not sus])icion of others, it is ])atriolic adherence to the things which made us what we are. To-day, better than ever before, we know the aspirations of lnnnan- kind, and share them. We hav<- come to a new realization of tivnotlKMiiii- -"'"l-will aii.l |)ri.- iiiotinii accord on hoth contiiuMits. Mankind needs a world-wide l>enedictioii of understanding. It is needed ainoni; individuals, among peoples, among governments, and it will inaugurate an era of good-feeling to mark the hirth of a new iirdcr. In such understanding men will strive confidently for the promotion of their better relationshijjs and nations will promote the intimacy, and none may receive except as he gives. We have not strengthened ours in accordance with our resources or our genius, notahlv on our own continent, where a galaxy of republics reflect the glory of New Worl.l democracy, l.ut in the new order of Hnanre and trade we mean lo promote enlarged activities and seek expanded confidence. Pcrliai)s we can make no more helpful c(mtriliutiou hy example than prove a republic's capacity to emerge from the wreckage of war. While I he world's embittered travail did not leave us devastated Jan(K nor dc-olalcil cities, left no gajjing wounds, no breast with hate, it did invuKf u- in the delirium of exi)enditure, in expanded currency and credits, in unbalanced industry, in unspeakable waste and dis- turbed relationshijjs. While it uncovered our portion of hateful selfishness at home, it also revealed the heart of America as sound and fearless, and beating in confidence unfailing. Amid it all we have riveted the gaze of all civilization to the unsel- tishness and the righteousness of rei)resentative democracy, where oiu- freedom never has made offensive warfare, never has sought territorial aggrandizement through force, never has turned to the arbitrament of arms until ri'ason has been exhausted. When the governments of the earth -hall have established a freedom like our own and shall have vin.t i.mcd the pnr-uit of peace as we have prac- tised it, I believe the last sorrow and the final sacrifice of international warfare will have been written. Let me speak to the maimed and \\oun.y would have no soil for their menacing dcvelopmeiil, and rc\ olulioii woulil be without the passion which engenders it. A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, bliml us to the tasks of to-day. War never left such an afternialh. Then- has been staggering loss of fife and measureless wastage of mati'rial.-. Nations are still groping for return to stable ways. Discouraging indebtedness confronts us like all the war-loni ii.itioii-. and these obligations must be provided for. No (■i\ ilizal ion can survive repudiation. We can reduce the aimonnal expeiidiluics. and we will. We can strike at war taxation, and we nnist. We must face the grim necessity, with lull knowledge that the task is to be solved, and w.- must procee.l with a full realization that no statute enacted by man can lepeal the inexorable laws of nature. Our most dangerous tendency is lo ex- pect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. We contemplate the immediate task of putting our public household in order. We need a rigid and yet sane economy, combined with fiscal justice, and it must be attended by individual prudence and thrift, which are so essential to this trying hour and reassuring for the liiturc. The business world reflects the disturbance of war's reaction Herein flows the lifeblood of material existence. The economii- mechanism is intricate and its ])arts interdei)endent. and has suffered the shocks and jars incident to abnormal demands, credit inflations, and price ujjheavals. The normal balances have been impaired, the channels of distribution have been clogged, the relations of labor ane solved. No altered system will work a miracle. Any wikl experi- ment will only add to the confusion. Our host assurance lies in effi- cient administration of our ])roven .system. The forward course of the business cycle is unmistakable. Peoples are turning from destruction to production. Industry has sen.sed the changed order and our own people are turning to resume their normal, onward way. The call is for i)roductive America to go on. I know that Congress and the .Vdniinistration will favor every wise Government jjolicy to aid the resuin|)ti(>n and encourage continued progress. I speak for adniinislrative efficiency, for lightened tax burdens, i\>r sound connncrcial i>ractices, for adeciuale credit facilities, for sympa- thetic concern for all agricultural ])roblems, for the omission of un- necessary interference of Government with business, for an end to Government's exi)eriment in business, and for more efficient business in tJovernment administration. With all of this must attend a mind- fulness of the human side of all activities, so that social, industrial, and economic justice will be sipiared with tiie iiuri)oses of a righteous peoi)le. With the nation-wide induilion of womanhood into our political life, we may count u])on her intuitions, her refinements, her intelli- gence, and her infiuence to exalt the social order. We count upon her exercise of the full i>rivileges and the iierformance of the duties of • itizenship to speed the attainment of the highest state. I wish for an America no less alert in guarding against dangers from within tlian it is watchful against enemies from without. Our fundamental law recogm'zes no class, no group, no section; there nuist be none in legislation or administration. The supreme ins])iration IS the connnon weal. Humanity hungers for international peace, and we crave it with all mankind. My most reverent prayer for .Vmerica is for industrial peace, with its rewards, widely and ge'nei-ally distril)uted. amid the inspirations of equal ojiportunity. No one justly may deny the equality of opportunity which made us what we are. We iiave mistaken unin-e])aredness to embrace it to be a chal- lenge of the reality, and due concern for making all citizens fit for participation will gi\(> added strength of citizenshij) and magnify our achievement. If revolution iiisi-ts upon overturning cstablisli<.,l ,,r.li- welfare. Service is the sii])reni(' coiiimitincnt of life. I would rejoice to acclaim the era of tlie Golden Rule and erown it with the autoeraey of service. I pledge an administration wherein all the agencies of (lovernment are called to serve, and ever promote an miderstanding of Government purely as an expression of the i)opular will. One cannot stand in tliis ])resenee and he umnindful of the tre- mendous resi)onsit)ility. The world upheaval has added heavily to our tasks. But with the realization comes the surge of high resolve, and there is reassurance in belief in the God-given destiny of our Repuljlic. If I felt that there is to be .sole responsibility in the Executive for the America of to-morrow I should shrink from the burden. But here are a hundred millions, with eonnnou concern and shared responsibility, answerable to God and country. The Re])ublic summons them to their duty, and I invite co-operation. I accept my part with single-mindedness of purpose and humilitx of spirit, and implore the favor and guidance of God in His Heaven. With these I am unafraid, and confidently face the future. I have taken the solemn oath of office on that i)assage of Holy Writ wherein it is a.sked: "What doth the Lord re(|uire of thee but to do ju.stly, and to love mercy, and to walk hnnilily with thy God?" This I plight to God and country. P A a E r H I R T E E X I'HKSIDKX'I ItAHI)I\(. T II K V K K SID K X T A WEI. I. KNOWN n.,v.li.| has said, "A chaiiir ivinaik will often illiishalr tiu- .inalily ..I' a man's cliaraclor." In the >tir>s ,,r .innnislanco as w..|| as in liie oalm, c.nteniplativ.- Mltcranr.-s u,- ,,|I.mi Inin [\w Hashlit;lit upon our iiuicr sclxcs. and su in srrkin- a kcv tiial will unlock tho diaracter of Wancn (. llanlin.i; wc nr,.! s,.,.k nu rurtii.T than tlu- littlo ciivk' ui n.'Us|,ap.M men aniont; v\hiini nmsl ,,f his hTc work has lii;en done. "Reinenil)ci- Ihiac aic luci sides h, i-wvv (ineslion,"' he once said lu the staff un iiis pap,T. -(i.-l liotii. He truthfnl. (iet the facts. Mistakes arc inevilal.le. I,nt slriv f,,r accnracv. I would ratii.T have one slor.v exaelly ri-hl llian one hun.lre.'l iialf wroUK," an.l Ihencunliiniin,-. lie «,-nl <>n losay: "He decent: l.efair; he generous. U.M.st don't knoaper so conducted that it can go into .my home without destroying the innocence of any child." Il.'re speaks the sterling representative of the great class that has done so much for everything that is worth while in the world. Warren (,. H.irdiiig. Hie twenty-ninth President of the United States, lamc of a family whi service in the Civil War. In the early eighties Ihe immedialc fauiily ..f rresident Il.ardiiig moved to Marion, and it you had visited this town during the cam- paign you might have seen Dr. George T. Harding, the elderly father of the i)resent President, ])ractising his j)rofession through the wide countryside, and a glance at the doctor's honest face would show you from whom the plain virtues of the President were in- i' A a /■; /•• / /■ T /•; /•; .v T HE P R E S I 1) E \ T lK'rit('(l. 'J'he doctor's office is .sini])ly I'lirnislied. Tlieic's liiioleiiiii on the floor, a rocking-chair in the \vin(h)\v, more or h>ss litter over his desk, and on the walls a picture of Betsy Ross, J>incoln, and the doctor's President son. A slate and ])encil hang near the door in case a patient desires to leave a message during the doctor's ah- sence. In speaking of automobiles, the doctor was wont to say: "I had two — one ran into a wire fence trying to dodge a load of hay. and the other had a meaner disposition than any balky hoi-se I have ever known. No, I like to walk or ride behind a horse," and so tlic doctor's horse and buggv have long been a familiar siylit about Marion. In the doctor's modest home at Hloomiii- Cn.ve, November "i, lS(i.5, was b(,rn Warren V.. Ilar.ling. llu' seventh Presidential nominee to be born in the State of Oliio, I'ntil his fourteenth year AVarren Harding lived and woiked on his father's farm and attended the country school. Every |)hase of farm life became to him an open book, and when he later became printer and jour- nalist he had that ruggedness which comes from clo.se contact with the invigorating heart of old nature. He graduated from tlie Ohio Central College in 188''>, having paid his way through the institution by such strenuous jobs as digging potatoes, cutting corn, harvest ini: hay, making roads, painting barns, teaching school, and learned j)rinting in a country newspajjer office. Two years after his graduation his father moved to Marion, Ohio, and bought for his son an interest in the :\Iarion Dalli/ Star, the ]iai)er still owned and edited bv Presi- dent Harding. In 188!) Harding ])ecame a state Senator, iuiving early l)ecome interested in politics. He was in turn elected a member of the seventy-fifth and seventy-sixth Ohio General As.semblies from the Thirteenth District from 1899 to 190,S; he served the State as Lieutenant-Governor in 1904 05; and in 1914 he was elected to the United States Senate by a majority of more than a Imndred thousand. For years he was an alile lieutenant in the ])olitical regime of Senator Foraker and imbibed his knowledge of polities aiul needs of the country from the same .sources and under the same inspiration as did our late President William McKinley. While a stanch upholder of party government, he is a hrni be- liever in popular government, but has always been on domestic issues a constructive conservative, believing in the utmost freedom of discussion and free speech, save where free speech becomes treason- able and di.scussion takes on the guise of the instigation of violence. "I like to think that we in the United States of America have come nearer to establishing a dependable i)oi)ular government than any other ])eople in the world," he said in a pre-convention address before the Home Market Club of Boston, when he and Vice-President Coolidge sjioke from the same platform. "Let us cling to the things which made us what we are. Yet America has just begun. It is only morning in our national life. I believe there is a destiny for this Rei)ublic; that we are called to the inheritance and are going on to its fulfilment. Lei us have our faces to the front. I,et us T II K ^" I (• K P R i: S I 1) K X T cling fast to tlio iiilRTitaiico wlii.li is ours, nevor IVariii?^ tlie cuoiiiy from without, Init watching the enemies from witliin, and move on to the fulfilment of a splendid destiny." His record in the Senate is in strict accordance with these truly American views. He voted three times for the National Suffrage .Vmendment: worked in harmony with Senator Henry Cahot Lodge in fighting for reservations that would safeguard America in the League of Nations; and has supported his party throughout his Senatorial career, believing that the Reinihlican party has stood for the best things in America and as a jiarty man it should have his support. ReaHzing that his etHcicncy as a Senator would partially depend u|)on his knowledge of foreign affairs, he has been aljroad a number of times, studying systems of government and economic problems, tariff, standard of wages for labor, ami modes of life in various com- munities. On becoming a I'nited States Senator, he visited the Hawaiian Islands in order to get first-hand information in regard to the jjroduction and distribution of sugar. He has spoken in nearly every State in the Union and has achieved a rei)utation for open-mindedness in arriving at a conclusion, and the utmost stead- fastness in carrying his decisions to their ultimate conclusion. He served as chairman of one National Convention and was singled out as the Presidential candidate of another in 1920. Cool, with a con- siderate heart, he has a rare faculty for remembering statistics and business facts, and has the sound common sense of the cominon people. He has epitomized in his first cam])aign speech his political ^.reed — a lietter one than which it would be difficult to find: — "To safeguard America first. "To stal)ilize America first. "To prosper America first. "To exalt America first. "To live for and revere America first." T II K ^■ ICE- V R E S I D E X T THE ancestral home of Calvin Coolidge lies high up in the wilds of the (ireen Mountains, where the call of the bob-white resounds through the woodland, and no clangor of locomo- tives breaks the silence of the dream-wrajiped hills. Trout dart hither and thither in the forest streams, and deer graze in the clear- ings. There are ])robably some of the four hundred inhabitants of Plymouth Notch who didn't know until days after that he was nominated for the Vice-Presidency, or that Calvin Coolidge had been elected the Governor of Massachusetts. To these he is still "Cal" —not a great man, but, like his neighbors, honest, dependable, and a son of the soil. In jjolitical life, Calvin Coolidge has the name of being a silent man. Tiiey say at Plymouth Notch that he used up all his language in driving oxen when lie was a boy. /' A a E s E I /•: v / /■; /•; v T H E \ I (' K I' H K S I 1) K X T ••I |,l.,u.-lu',l \UM liilltop in tl..- |M>lurv «itli a pair of (A.m,.- >ai.l Calvin Coolidso. iiointiiio t., a part ..f llir I w.,-limi.liv.l-a.iv farm. "It took a lot of language to do it." •'I was horn in tlu- little red lionse across llic road.' lie a.ld.-d "I kept the store to wliich the honse is atla.lu'd," sai.i his father -An.i he use.l to sh.ie imrs.-s -hud -.-in ail n.un.l f..r a .lollar." interposed the grands., n. To ai)preeiate Calvin Coolidge lie ninst he se.'ii on In- nali\.' -oil. amid the surroundings which have made him what li<' i-. Into hi- fihre have gone the firmness of his native mountain-. lh<' g.-nll.-nes- of the young mother who ivingstone Lost and Fonnd, and Stories of the Uihie. The date and the pla.-e of Calvin Coolidgv'- hirlh have plea-ani an.l ot"tlie hirth of In.lepen.hnee in Am.ri.a. I?e wa- horn in Plymouth, Vermont, the l^th of .Inly. hS7'.'. lie greu np on hi- grandfather's farm, attended the country -.ho.il, an.l enter.'d .Vniher-I College in IKOl. lie then rea.l law in a .-onnlry ..Hi,-.', an.l h.-an th,- j)raetiee of his ja-ofession in Xorlhaniplon. Ma-a.hn-.-ll-. wIi.mv he won the respect and trust ..f hi- f.-llou -l.,u n-m.'n a- Ih,' lo.al hlaeksmith recently expr.'-.'.l it "hcan-.' when h.' -ay- h.'"ll .1.. a thin-, he does it." Vari.ais puhli.- .,tH.-e- .ame 1., him. an.i h.' n.-v.a- lost an .•l.-.lion. II.' has l,...'i, Iwi.e a .an.li.lat.' for niay.r .,f N.irth- ampt..n. Iwi.-e f..r th.' Stat.' l,.'gi-lal ur.'. lonr lim.-- for llu' Stat,' Senate, three times tor l-ieulenant-(iovernor ..f Ma-sa.hn-.'tt-, an.l twice for (lovernor of the Commonwealth. Vice-I'resident Coolidge attracted worl.l-u i.l.' atl<'nti..n dnriuL: the ix.lice strike in 15..stou in the fall ..f 1!)1!). -i'ln' p..li,-.'ni.'n .,1 the city joined the American Federation .>f l-ah.>r .•.,ntrary l.i tiu' rules .if the ne])artment. and su.hlenlv l.'fl th.ir po-t-, l.'avin- I?ost.)n exposed to th.-fts. assault, an.l ri..l-. In a leu h.>nr-. hu-in.'- I>laces were hroken int.. an.l th.uisan.l- ..f .l..llar-" w..rlh ..f m.'r- chandise stolen. The life ami free.h.m .,f I h.' .ily ils.'lf wa- inip.riU.'.l. Then it was that Coolidge summone.l Ih.' Slal.' Ir.i.ips; th.' .ily was placeil under their control; rioting .ea-.-.l; p.'a.-.' ua- r.'-l.n-.-.h an.l eventually a new ])olice force was organized. "There is no right to strike against the puhlie safety hy aiiyl....iy. anywhere, at any time!" said Coolidge. Messages |)oured in fmni all ])arts of America and Eurojie voicing approval .)f Cooli.U.'- action. His duty done, a Xaliou's trust liaving heen ])laeed in him, this silent aijostle ..f "adecpiate hrevity." this calm, sfpiar.'-jaw.'.l. s|)iritually endowed man. again h.'.ame a- -il.Mit as th.' m.innlain- that adorn his native State. His name a symhol of law and or.ler. \ i.'e-l'r.'si.lent C....li.lg.- h,-.- many of the characteristics of the Rail-splitler of Kentu.ky: Ih. •hum- hie surroundings of his hirth. the struggle for an educati.)n, hi- studs of law in a country office, a practice estahlish.'.i in a -mall .'onnnunilx . /' .1 /■; K 1 a II T E !■: .v CAIAI.X ((»(»1.II)(,K T H E \ I C K P R K S I 1) K X '1' use of wor.is— all have parallds in the life of Linculii. X,,l Irasl nf his virtues must he reckoned his poise under all conditions. Re- cently a IJoston editor told a story that has a very Lincoln-like flavor. During; a ])olitical caiii])ai,nn, long before Calvin Coolidge was elected (ioN-ernor of Massachusetts, he one evenint; dropped into the office of the Herald and settled himself \\ilii a newspaper in the most comfortable chair which the office alVordcd. The office mouse a])|)eared and in the course of its ])eregrinations scami)ered across Coolidgc's feet. For several minutes the reader did not stir — then, dropping the newspaper on his lap, he observed with a drawl, "That seemed to be a mouse." He then resumed his reading and did not mo\'e for another ten minutes. Nor is what at times has ap])eared to be his nncanny aloofness understood nntil the observer has gone back to the square-jawed, sili-nt farnier-folk of W-rniont from whom he spnuig. Vice-President Coolidgc's mode of living is as sim|)le in essence as it was when — a barefoot boy — he trod the ])aths of his native town. After his nomination to the Vice-Presidency he went to ^'ermont, where he chopped wood and harvested hay on his father's farm. His home is in a two-family frame house in Nortliam|)ton, Massa- chusetts, where the rent was recently raised from ^'■H to $.'{'•2 a month. His Boston home while (io\ernor was a hotel a])aitnient. He has never owned an automobile, and he has occui)ied the same law office in Northampton since he began to practise. Vice-President Coolidge has said many telling things. His epi- grams are often quoted, and his little book, "Have Faith in Massa- chusetts," is familiar to thousands of readers. "Let us keej) faith in each other and keep faith in ourselves," advises Calvin Coolidge. Some recent remarks of Mce-President Coolidge are; — "Do the day's work. "E.xpect to be called a stand-jjatter. hut don't be a stand-])atter. "Expect to be called a demagogue, but don't be a demagogue. "Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as .science. "Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multii)li( ation lalile. "We need more of the office desk and less of the show-window in politics. "Let men in public life substitute the midniuht oil for the lime- light. "Men do not make laws; they do but iliscover them." I-: T ((• /•; .V T y T II E C A B I N E T CHARLES EVANS HUGHKS Secrclarr/ of Sfute A lawyer, devotod to the highest ideals of his i)rotVssion; a i^uv- ernor who, in the exercise of his duties as chief magistrate of New- York, conscientiously and fearlessly served the best interests of the people; an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, endowed with unerring perception, sound judgment, and an excep- tional mastery of the j)rinciples of law; a man of magnetic person- ality, with a ready smile and keen eyes which seem to search one's very soul, — such is Charles Evans Hughes as he has established himself in the esteem of the American people and as he is known to his friends. He has become Secretary of State during one of the most momentous periods in the history of the world, and what he does in the great office to which he has been called will be closely watched not only in America but all over the civilized world. Eor never in the hi.story of this country has the glare of jMtilcss scrutiny been focussed on any one as it will be upon Charles Evans TInghcs. While he was Governor of New York State an oxccutiNc in tlir Executive Department was a.sked by a visitor wliat the (; of the law in all its myriad ramifications. When one learns he began tiie study of (ircck at the ag<' of eight, was a student of theology at the age of ten, and at fourteen had entered Ct)lgate University, one does not question the unusual mind of Mr. Hughes. In his home library there are fewer law books than works on |)liiloso|)hy and history. On the shelves of his bookcases may be seen Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philo.sophy, The Descent of Man, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Landor's Imaginary Conversations, the works of Thomas Carlyle, of Kant, Darwin, Huxley, Haeckel, and Locke. If he were asked what he does for relaxation, he would confess that Conan Doyle is one of his favorite authors and that a thrilling mystery or detective story is one of the best .sedatives for a tired brain he knows. His athletic, slalwarl form is indicative of physical exercise. Indeed, for many sunniiers he spent his vacation climbing the Alps. He is an ardent golf en- thusiast and also very fond of music. .V thumbnail biography of Mr. Hughes reads about as follows: — He is the son of a Baptist minister, and was born at (dens Falls, New York, April 11. IHdi. After two years at Colgate Unixcrsity he went to Brown and graduated in 1881. Three years later he IkmI com])leted a course at the Columbia La\v School and was admitted to the bar. He commenced the i)ractice of law in New York City, where he at once rose to prominence as a |)ublic figure. He began CHARLES E\ ANS IH (IHK 1 II K ( A |{ I \ K r lu> lau .aiv.T as a rh'ik in Hi.- ulli.-,- oC ( lianilKMhiiM, Caller & ilcrn M..WC1-. an.l mamc.i in ISSS Miss AnIcincI I.- Carlci-. a .iaii-jit.'i- of tlir s.'ninr nuMiil.cr of lliis firm. ..f which lie hinisrlf Jat.T IxTanie a nieniL.T. Fnini ISltl lo ISihi lie was professor at the Law Si-hool al ('(.rnell I'liiversilv. He first canie into proniineiic.- in l!l(l.". a- e,,iin>el for the StexVii. (ias Cornniission. where he nol ,,nlv dis- .loMMJ ,erlain tiaws in .oine ,,f the fraiK-iiises an.l pro\e,| Ihal manv othei- had expir.-,!, hnl was also alil.- lo liriim ah,, ill le-i-lalion whi,-li .vniove.l nnnieroiis eviU in Ihe loeal -as sili,ali,,n an,l .ait the uas rate to eighty .■.■nis a tlioiisaii.l feet. lie then I.eeanie .onnsel of Ihe Armstrong liisiiraiiee ('onil)any. refnsiiiu the noniina- li.in for Mayor of Ihe eil\ . in onler lo earry on for the coininiltee an iiiNCstiualion of the laryc insurance coni])anies doini;' hiisiness in Ihe Slate. Ifis niasterfnl liandlin- of this investigation reveale.l iiiiieh inisinananvnicnt and <-orriiption and i)rouKiil ahont an amend- ment t,. 111.' State InsnraiK'c Laws, whi.-li resulted in many important ivforilis in Ihe iiisiiranee l.ilsiness. His siK.-ess in Ihis uork led lo his I iiialioii ill liMMi lor (iov'eriior .,f Neu V,,rk l.v Ih.- K.piil.lieaii parly, an.l he was .■I.vI.mI in spit.- ..f th.' ..pp.,siti.>n .,f many fa. lions whos.' enmity h.' lia.l ar..iis,.l Kv th.- fearl.-ss an.l al.le .-..iLlnel ..f ihe investiuat l..ns I., whi.-li lu- was .all.Ml. Wh.Mi ..ppose.l liv a niajorilv in Ihe Le-islatiire on a Kill t<, .■slaMish I'liMi,- S.'rvi.-.- ('..nimissi,,ns. (iovernor Flii-hes app..d.Ml t., th.- p,.,ple. an.l s., uival was Ih.. pnhli.- s..ntim.-nt an.use.l that the hill was pas.s.'d. Despite lik.- oppositi..ii li<- sii,-,-,M.le,l in havin- anti-^amhlinfi- laws ..na.l.'.l an.l l.r..n-lil al.oni oIIi.t ivloriiis Shortly h.'hMv the .■xpirali.m ..f his s,..-,,n,l l.-rin as <..,v,'r ■. h.- was ajMK.int.'.l l.y Pr.-si.lenI Tafl I.. Ih.- h.-n.-h <.f the Siipivm.' C.inrt of the Unit.-.l Stales, wlier.' h.' s.rxc.l until l!)l(i, when he was n..mi- nat.'.l r..r l{.'|)nl.li.an .aii.li.lal.' lor I'lvsideiit. and resjoiied to eon- dii.t his .ainpaiun. S.. .los,- uas Ihe ele.'tiuu that the result was ii..t known f..r s.-v.-ral .lavs an.l was finally decided hy the Calif..niia v..te Inrniiin Ih.' s.al.s in fav..r of W.hkIh.w Wils..ii. After the .■le.tioii Mr. linuh.s h.-.-anu- a nieml.er of the law firm ..f Hn-hes. I{..nn.ls, S.hnrnian & Dwi-lil. anil in 1!)1S was appointc.l a special .issiMaiil lo Ih.- Attorney -(Jeneral in the aircraft in(|iiiry. His api).>inlm<-iil l.i Ih.- Secretary of Stale ..file.- in Mr. Har.lin;:"s .-al.inel is .-..iisi.l.-r.-.l .UK- ..f Ih.- latt.-r's l,.-s| appoint inenls. Ilis linia.l svmi.athv an.l .-..iis.i.-nl i.iiis ,-.,ndii.t of ..tii.e ha v.- l,.-,-n shown l.v s,rnpnl..ns fairn.-ss an.l hi-li .-.m.-ept i..n ..f piil.li.- .Intv. |{y nianv h.- has I..-,-,, r.-.-ar.l.-.l as a ...hi man of inysfry, l.nt that h.- is iiit.-nscly hnmaii is sh..wn l.y this st..iy ..f an incident which ...-enrred dnrini; his term as (iovernor. A par.L.n lia.l hecn sought for two yontif; murderers. There was no doiiht as to the ^nilt of the two jnen, hut hoth were very youni; and c.nsi.lerahlc cti'.>rt was heinu ma.le to have th.-ir sentenees commute.l. .V man wh.ise sense .)f justice was uiitempcrcd with mercy wonl.l h;i\c waste.l little time in reiuleriiifi his decision, hut dav after .lav went hv and still (iov- .-nior Ilnuh.-s .l.'l.ate.l the .pu-stion. whil.'- tin- wrinkl.- ..f anxiety /•; /■ II • /•: .\' /■ )■ - /' // /; a: /•: T HE (' A 15 I X K T across his forehead deepened iKT ..uii inoiu'v to promote tli.^in l.ocansc he was al.lr to >.-.■ lli.ii- (.ossilnlilu's. illustrates the far-sighted vision of the man. ll is tins vision r,w^>U->\ with his reuiarkahle administrative ability tlial aecoiiiils lor his Hnaneial sncvess. Capital never saw any .ommeiviai possil.ililies hi ,-arl.orniidiini until he l.'d th<- way. Mellon has an intense interest in tiieir w.^ifaiv, and often has inter- vened in their l.ehalf wh.-n eapital has sought to oppress tlu^ni. ll is eharaeteristi.- of him that, thoni^h he is a " phiianl hropist of ll,.- Hrst water." few know of his nnmeroiis I.enefaetio.is. wlii.li iik'IihI.- millions -iven to activities, tiiat he iiuKht devote himself to war work. The Mellon National liank l.ou-ht more Lil.erly and .Vllie.l l.onds than any other hank in the eountiy. Wiicii appealed to for aid in the War Savings eampaif>n, Mr. Mellon luriicd over a wlioh' hank l.uil.liii^ for u.se in the work. On one o<-.ani/ati..ii was $^20,()(»0,()(l(l shv of its .inota. oiu- of th.- .lire.tors sai.l: "I)..iri worry ,il I that. M'elh.n will take it." An.l Mellon .li.l. The attenti..!! not only of this .-..untry hut of almost the entire world is .lirected up.>n the new .Vilministrati.tn, and many are woii- .lerino if there is anv oik- capahle .>f undertaking the financial |)rol.- l.-nis whi.-h .•.mfn.nl' it. Tli..se win. know An.lr.-w W. M,-ll..ii, ii..w- .v.T will sav: "Don't w..rrv al.oul that. M.-ll..n will ilo il." .Ku.l it is a pretlv safe -ness that Melh.n will! a /•; 7' ir /■; v r y T H E (" A l{ I \ K I' li AUKV M. DAliiUKlMV Attnni,ii-(,n„r(,l It has iH-en sai.l llial "if Ilan-y M. DaiiKluTty lia.l lu-.-n I wins, on,- of him would lia\t' hceii a ])oHli(ian aii it is, he has been chh-ed to tackle l.otii jol.s l.y lii.ns.-M-l 'I'he two outstanding events in his career — the huuhiin of llic I'lcsidential nomination for Mr. Harding, and his a|)pointnicnl a- Attorney- (leneral of the T'nited States — seem to indicate tlial lie has made a success of both. He iK'ver mixes law and j)olitics. Iiowcxcr. Only recently when an important legal matter came up for his considera- tion, he shut himself away fnmi the inevitable line of |)oliticians and job-seekers awaiting him and worked on the case until two o'clock in the morning. The next ilay. after he had attended to the matt.^r in .-onrt. he went b.ack to his office and resunUMl liis rol.' as Daugherty Mr. Daugherty was born al Wasjiington Courthouse, Fayette County, Ohio, in IHtld. As a l)<)y he did errands, worked as a gar- dener, and clerked in a slorc. tiiat he might obtain the necessary funds to go to college. In ISSl he graduated from the T'niversity of Michi- gan with the degree of LL.H. He conuneiiced his ])ractice at Wash- ington Courthouse, as an associate of a local lawver, and fiiiallv went to Columbus, where he opened a law ofhce with'E. 1$. Kincaid. Hi> political career commenced in his home town, and for thirty years he has been a i)rominent figure in the tenip.'stuons Hghling of the Ohio political ar.Mia. "In those early days al Waslii„gl.,n (onrliu.ns,-." w arc told, "a political fight was a political hghl, and Dangli.Mly w;,s early in a position of leadership. One of the stories liial is told, wiiidi max or uiav not be true, is that one time things got so warm lliat a group ot yomig lawyers used to sit in their offices with guns on tin-ir desks, ur ars. He .served as chairman of the State Republican Executive Connuit- tee in l!)l'-2 and has twice been elected chairman of the State Kepui>- lican Central Committee of Ohio. .Vs cam|)aign nuinager for Hard- ing at the Chicago Convention, however, he has establisiied his rep- utation as "President-maker." His friends say that h.- had Mr. Harding in mind for President six years ago when he used his influ- ence to have him el.'clet /•; y If /•; v r IIARR^ .M. DAUGHERTY T 11 K (• A 15 I \ !•: T .siimlo-liMiuUMl, Ik- laiMl.Ml Ihc noininaliuii r,.i- Mr. Hanliii-. Wlien the deadlock came and a -roup oi' men. weary and r.'d-eyd rroni loss of sleej). were eloseled in eonf.'rene,- in a li,,LMnir.v room, Mr. Dau-berty ealmly l.ronul.l his earelnlly laid plans lo a h.-a.l, an,l whik> the Convent i,.n was iiel,l n]., and worn telei^raph .'dilors on tlie hi^ newsi)a]iers throuuhoul (lie country \vatcheat,'st aml.ition, whk'h he places above ('al)inet appointments and jxilitical conciuests, is to see her restored to health. EinVIX DKXHY Sccrt'Uiri/ of Xiiri/ "Ivl, you're too old. ^'ou're too hea\y and yt)u've guL a wife. What's more, you'll lie a pri\ate and that means work and lots of it. 1 ad\ise yon not to enlist." So s|>oke the recruiting officer to Kdwin Denhy of Detroit, when the latter sought to enter the United States Marine Corps the week after this country declared war on (icrmany. But the re])ly did not shake Mr. Denhy 's determination to .serve his country in its hour of need. Moreover, as he explained to the officer, he was not looking for a connnission or a soft berth. He had been in the habit of doing what he believed to be his duty. He would do it now, and he did! Tiiough a marrietl man, over weight and many years o\ er age, he succeeded in obtaining waivers from Washington, and in April, Private Edwin Denby, I'liited States Marine Corps, saluted the Stars and Stri|)es and with raisi'd hand took the oath of allegiance with the other "rookies." .V few pas- sers-by stopped to view the ceremony with idle curiosity, but in the background a sweet-faced little woman in blue and gray watched every detail with eager interest, a brave smile on her li|)s, but with tears in her eyes. .\t her side, little Edwin, -Jr., thrilled by tlie glory of it all, threw back his shoulders and jimudly de.lared that he might go with ])a])a sonic day. Edwin Denby did not remain a jjrivate long. Soon after his arrival at Paris Island he became a corjioral and two months later was promoted to the rank of sergeant, making a splendid record as a drill-master to the sixty thousand recruits who passed through Paris Island on their way to Erance. Early in 1918 he was made a second lieutenant, an Major D.-nby received /' ,1 a /■: '/■ tr /•; .v t v si .v e EDWIN DFAin T UK (AKIN K I' l,i> ,liMlMi-c and irllinic.l Im.iiic I.> ■■.■Mini.- Ilir rule ni mmImI,-. mi.l.ll.- M-r.l ImMn.-s and |,r..lV>>i..nal innn. Tlic ris<> in.ni ll.r Inunl.lc |)..siti..n ..I' d.-.k Iniiid ..n llic ..Id Irainin^- sl,i|. Y.,M-niitr, hack in tlic 'M)\. I., a scat in I'lVsid.-nl llanlinK's Cabinet, lias Ix-cn a lon^. sl.nv .linil.. l.nl I lie way lia> l.cni marked li\' many interesting' events. Mi: i)enhy was horn in Kvansville. Indiana, Fehniary IS. 1S7(I. ami is the son of Charles Denhy. the old-time ••dem..eratie Loss" of Indiana. When he was hut fifteen he went to Pekin- with his father, who liad been appointed hy President ClevelaiKJ as Minister tn China. There he accepted a ])osition with the Chinese lmp America in 185)4. He then entered the law department of the I Di- versity of Michigan, graduated in 18!)(i, and was admitted In l\u- har the same year. When the S])anish-American War hetian, he left his law practice to enter the service. He was a memher of the Michiuan naval reserves, and was mustered in as an ap])renlicc seam.in of the liunhoat Yosemitc. It was not an easv task for a man ot his size and hnild to "swah" decks, but he kept' at the job nntil he mastered it. He finally became a third-class onnncr's mate, and rendered distinguished service durini; the war. On one .iciasion he succeeded Mr. Denhy's ..nv.'r has b.'.Mi d.'.-i.lclly vari.-d. In V.ny> lie ua- elected to flic .Michigan Legislature, and two years lat.r lie repre- sented Detroit in the National House of Rei)resentalives. Diirinu his two terms at Congress he stood firmly with the "Old (iiuinl stand- patters" of his ])arty. .Vs a business man he has met \\ilhlar;;t- succe.ss. Realizing; the immense o|)port\uiilies ])resentcd by the automobile industrv, he establishe.l the Denby Motor Truck Com- pany, and was one of the original sto<-kholders of the Hupj) Motor ( 'ar Cori)oration. He has also had important bankinti, connections, hav- ing served as a director of the National Hank of Commcrc.', and as vice-|)resident of the bankers' Trust Company. After his return from the ser\ice in the late war he accepted an a])p(piiit nicnt as l)robation officer of tin- Detroit numicipal courts. Then came the a])i)oinlnicnt to ,i sc.it in the Cabinet as Secretary of tli.- Navy, - the crow nin- success uf his career, aiid a position for wliidi his years <.f servi.-c fur his c.nnlrv have a.Imirablv fitted him. IIF.NHV ( ANTWKM- W.M>LACK Srrrvhtrn nf Aiiriciiiliirr If it ha.l not been for the intervent i..n .if Kate and -.,mc .pii.-^ witted and resourceful nci.iihbors. th<> pivs.'ut Cnitcd States Seer tary of .Vjiricnlture would be some other than Henr\ Cantwt Wallace. One Sunday, more than fifty years aj^o, when Mr. Wallac was onlv a vear old, his mother started with him across the Mi sissippi 'River lo attend th<- father's clinrch service at Davenpor I<.wa. Then' had b,.cii a bno-y trail across the i.-c .Inrin- the wintc /' I (, /-■ / // / /,' / 1 (* .V /; HENRY ( AXTWHLL WALLACE T HE C A H I X E T l.ut ;. thaw Ita.l c.nunriu-ed, an.l tli(.ui;h the ire still appcarcl satV. it had Ijfcomo treacherously thin and weak. Mrs. Wallace and her hai)y had proceeded hut a short distance when there was an ominous crunching- sound beneath them and a moment later they were .strug- gling in the icy water. Some neighl)ors who hajipened to reach the river .soon after the accident occurred formed a living chain and dragged the two safely to shore, little dreaming that they had rescued a future Cabinet memberl Mr. Wallaceisatyi)icalout-of-d..c.rinaii. ..f n>i.ii>t build aii.l ruddy complexion. He comes of a race of fanners. His ancestors were tillers of the .soil three hundred years ago on their native heath in Ayrshire, Scotland. Later the family moved to Northern Ireland. Mr. Wallace \s grandfather left the latter country some time previous to 1830 and came to America. The father of the ])resent Secretary of Agriculture was a minister who became known to thousands of people in Iowa as "Uncle Henry." His first pastorate was at Rock Island. Illinois, where Henry Cant well Wallace was liorn, ]\Iay 11, 18(ifi. In addition to his pastoral work at Rock Island, "Uncle Henry" handled an extra ])ulpit at I)aven])ort, Iowa, across the ^lississi])])! River. Finally, threatened with tuberculosis, he was obliged to give up the ministry, and devote his attention to the farms which he had ac- quired in Adair County. Iowa. The family moved to Winterset. where the children could attend good jjublic .schools. During his s])are moments, young Henry jjicked up the printing trade in the office of a coimtry newspaper, s])ending his summers on the farm. When he was nineteen he entered the State Agricultural College at Ames, but two years later he gave uj) the course, temporarily, to take charge of one-.of his father's farms, the tenant having thrown U)) his lease and left the ])lace with no one to handle it. It was five years before he went back to finish his course at the Agricultural College. In the meantime another student at Ames had given ui) the course, not temporarily, but permanently. Miss May IJrod- head, a "hec co-ed," as the girls of the Home Economics Depart- ment were called, "exclianged the exacting grind of books and classes for the free and easy life on a pioneer Iowa farm." During those first two years which Mr. W^allace spent at Ames, the two had at- tended the various social functions together, and during the summer of 1887 much weiglity correspondence was exchanged between them. In the fall of that year occurred one of those marriages which, as an Ames girl recently said, "are made only in heaven and at a co-ed .school." Mrs. Wallace has .shared with her husband his love of farm life and has been a valuable jjartner in all of his undertakings. Although she is the mother of six children, she has taken an active interest in outdoor life. Several prominent guests, including Ex- Pre.sidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, have en- joyed the hospitality of what many Des Moines people are in the habit of speaking of as the Wallaces' "ideal American home." Earlv in 1805 the well-known agricultural ])aper Wallarc.i' Farmer was started, with "Uncle Henry" at the head and Henry and his brother John as assistants. It conunenced as a semi-monthly /' .1 C E T H I R T y ~ T // R E E 1' H K CABIN K 1' publication, but was uiadi- a weekly the lollnw iuti year, and ulicn ■'Unde Henry" died in l!tl(!. it had be<-..Tne un.' uf tlie lea.lint; agricultural papers in the United States. It is now edited by Henry A. Wallace, the oldest son of the Secret a r\. The Wallace family has always taken a proniiniiit pail in all work which aimed to promote the farm interests of the Stale. Fui- seventeen years Mr. Wallace has been Secretary "f llie Corn Belt Meat Pnnlucers' Association, which is said to be the most acti\e guardian of livestock feeders" interests in the Middle West. In addition to his work as editor of the farm i)aper, Mr. Wallace has always kept in active touch with farm life and farm |)roblems. During the war when there was a milk shortage at the hospital at Camp Dodge, the two Wallace farms north of Des Moines were devoted almost entirely to dairying and were able to supply liigli- class milk for the base hospital. During the war Henry ('.was at the head of the Y. M. C. A. work in Iowa, while his brother .b.hn 1'. was the Red Cross leader for the state. :Mr. Wallace is admirably fitted for his .hities as Secretary of .Vgriculture. Few men po.s.sess a broader or more i)ractical knowledge of agricultural problems. Moreover, he understands the heart of the .Vmerican farmer and realizes his true importance to the future jjrosperitv not onlv of this countrv but of the world, an importance which has b.-en expressed in the following poem: - \i{Mi:i{ Wlioil all llir s„i]f;s ol' l;,l,or llavr l„vri .smiK Fult of tlif rlang <.f steel, tlie llirol. of ste; Tlie clatter of liimiiners wliere is filing Tlie fiiie-spim britlge across tlie roarinj; st Wlien all the chants of labor have been saiil Deep-throatetl chants from mighty boson Mine is the chant of chants, the Song of l{n lam the M^i-ler. fort fi-cl the Worhl' The toilers of the factories and mine-. Tlie workers of the rivers and the sea>. The heavy-muscled hewers of the pines. The idlers, 'mid their unearned luxuries — At last must look to me — aye, one and all ! Without me, armies fail and flags are furlei Without nic, King.loms die and Empires full - I am the MmsIit. lor I C.-.l Ihc \V,,il,l'. icneath the l.hi/.ini: - Withstrainiuf; l.arl owing the .sec-.l .iiid i The corn and uhea r II I I! T V r II K (■ A i{ I \ likrM .In.l.l,, I I.T.I III.' W, .lAMKS .lOIIN DAMS Srrniarii ,,f Labor Vvum a caivlivr lilr in llu' pict invM|iic vlllai;v ..I' Tn-d.-ar, \Val.'>. Pittsl.m-h stoel mill. <.u aiul iipwanl until hr has Hnally ira.l a seat in the Cal.inrt I Such is \\h- caivcr ..f James .lohn Davis, -a .•arecremi(.l.l<-v,- him ..n until he emerged from the ranks of the mill-workers, anil heeame City Clerk of Elwood. Not Ion-- afterwards, lie was eleete.l Hec.rder of Madison County, liohlinj; that office until li»()(i. Al.out this tim.- he l>ecame interested in the Loyal Onler ..f Moos,., ami wh.'ii a lod<;e was organized at Crawfords\ille. Indiana, h,' li,Mami' .ictiM-ly /.alioii wilh III,' \\\'j}\ i.li'als which this order pcssessed, ,-oiild n,)t fail to lie a siii-,-,-ss, he iiii,l,'rl,),)k t,) re,iriianize it. He went to I'itts- hurgh in ]!)(»7 and announced that the order was to he rehal.ilitat,',!. The rittsl.urgh lodge was instituted the following year. When Mr. Davis joined the Loyal Order of :\Ioose there were only two hundred forty-se\-en menili,'rs in the entire organization. T'uder his leader- .shij)" it now has a m,nili,'rship of more than six luuidred thousand. For a nnmlM-r ,,1 v,'.irs Mr. Davis ha.l -Ireamed ,,r estal.lishiug a vocational s,|„„,| ulu-iv lh,> wi.h.ws an,l ..rphans ,,f th,- ni,'ml.ers ,)f the LhIu-' ,-,.u1,I \n- ,ar,Ml f,,r. In t!)l^^ his plans l„.gan to ma- terialize. Lan.l was pnnlias,.,! ,,n th,- w.-s| hank u\ Ih,- F,,x River, thirty-fiv,- mil,-s w,-s| ,,f Clii,-a-,i, an,l Ih,- litll,- ,-,,inmnnity of ■•M.ioseharf was ,-,,mm,-n,-,-,l. 'h.-.l.-.v Ih,- pla,-,- r,-s,-ml,K-s a thriving littl,- villa-.' with its al tra.-l iv,- ,■ -n-l,- iMiihli.ms an,l its num,-r,,iis s,„-ial ami in.hislrial a,-livil i,-s. |„ a,|,lili,Hi I,, Ih,- ,l,.i- /■ // //,'/■ I / / I /■: JAMES JOHN ])AVI^ T II K (' A 15 I \ K T mit..rk-s and ivsi.lrii.rs IIk-r. is a spl.Mi.li,! hiol,-.,-!,,,.,! iMiiMin-. als,, a lu-iiitiii- plant, an iu.liislrial sliop. and a farm. Tl.c l-iiildinus an- all heated hv a (•.■iitral plant. The v..ini- p.M.,,!.. have tii.-ir haschall and ti-aek teams, and tii.Mr (.rehestra and hank. .Vt present there an- al...nt a thonsand ,,rphans at M.M.scJiart \vh<. are i.cin- -ivn a <-hance to make their way in tile world, as a resnlt ol' the dream and the determination of the nnm who had few a.lvanla-.'s in his own vonth and \v as ohli-ed to start as a lal.orer in a I'ennsvlvania iron mill. Duriut; the war Mr. Davis visited the Enroi)ean halllelields as a chairman of the Moose War Relief Committee. On one of his tri|)s across he was hooketl on the Tnseania, which went to the l>ot- toni ott' the coast of Ireland, hnt, owiiii:- to a delay in the arrival of some of his as.sociates in New York, he took the riiiladelphia, whieii sailed a few days later. Mr. Davis is well known in I'iltshnrfih as a patron of niusie, and it was through his efforts that the Welsh people of that city were able to conduct the great international "Eisteddfofl" at Exposition Music Hall there a few years ago. The |)resent Secretary of Labor still carries a union card and is a meml)er of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. His work in the Pemisylvania steel mills has gi\en him a sym])athetic outlook on the labor situation. Combined with this he has a knowl- edge of commercial and industrial ([uestions which he has gained through his experiences in the business world, as a banker and as the head of the Loyal Order of Moo.se. Neither a radical labor unionist nor a representative of capital, he is well qualified to foster and promote the welfare of the wage-earners of the United States and to lie a mediator in any labor disj)utes which ma,v arise. HKRHEKT HOOVER Sernian/ nf Cowmrnr bike a chapter from '"Monte Cristo," an e]jisode from "King .Vrtiiur." or the exploits ol a hero in one of .Vlexander Dumas' novels, is the spectacular career of H<-rbert Hoover. Ambition, love of adventure, and a liroad human sympaliiy wliicii has ever sought to right the wrong and stamp out injuslicc, liave led him from the humble Quaker home in Iowa through belaud Stanford I'niversity, where he faced the difficult ])roblem of gaining an education and earning his way :it the same time; into the mines of Califoiiiia. where he labored with shovel and |)ick; then to an abandoned mine in Australia and an established rei)utation as a mining engineer; into China, where he and his young bride faced the horrors of the Hoxer uprising; to London and a jjartnershi]) in an engineering firm with eonunissions in nearly every corner of the world; from the brilliant setting of European courts to the sinister gloom of darkened London, the terrors of the submarine zone, and the tragedy of dev- astated Belgium; carrying relief and comfort into the dark corners /' .1 C E T II I It T y S K VEX IIKHI5ERT IIOOVKIl T UK (AMI X K T of the cai-tli wluTovcr siirt'eriiis and iiiisrr.v al. ahv .Inrin- Ih.- Iw,, (,.rriM.' v.^.-ir^ which h.i.i pa.vM-.i:" Surely h.^ .■onl.i sav them now I Mr.-^. Kdl..t;.« tells of the time when the ^anl Io.mI snppiv in Unissels led the local Uelgian Committee I., onler Ihe .anleen I.. tnrn awav the children who were re.store.l t.. a cerlain wei-hl Ihroiit;!, th<' one nourishing meal a dav which Ih.-v had Ke,-n recivinu, and tak.- only tho.se emaciate.! litll.' ou.'s wh,, were near -larvalion. of starviu- l.ahi.'s and their -riet ..vr Ihe inevital.le lal<' of IIm.m- whom theywer.M,rdered I,, tnrn away, sought the help of Mr. lloovr. who was then in the city. They hrout^ht to him the hollow- Ihe tears came to his eves, and then he went out and accomplished Ihe impossihl,.' The children who had I.e.Mi •' rest,, red to normal" wen- kepi and the new ones came! .\n.l so we find him dnrim; the nexl I'cu v,-ars carrviu- or semlin- relN't I., Ihe sulleriu- wh.M-cver tlu- •■all nuuhl c.> .' to Ma.-edonia and the Near East, to Finland an.l ( V,e,ho-Slov,akia, I.. .Vuslria an,l Huuiiary, — eontinuiuj;' his work afN'r Ihe aiiiiislice was signed, ort;anizin«- the American Eelicf ('omnussi,,n and slartin- Ihe ma- chin.'ry that sent .irmies ,,f experts inio I lies,, various countries to make a surxcv ot Ihe needs, set the railroads |o runniu«. and jiivini; n.'w sailin- orders I,, Heels of lo,„hships. ••The human dynamo," he is , ailed l,y Ihos,- « ho hav seen him directino- the,s<- num.'rous operations. || is Ihis snp.^rh .MH-r-v .■omiiined with his remarkal.l.' c.xe.nlivc al.ililv ,ind his intense k.vc of .Vmerica and all sl„. stands lor that will nndsc this man a pot.Mit lact,.r in Ihe .a.-tivities .,f the n.-w {■.al.inet. iHHKirr W()i{K ■■\)n [Ur liest vou can, the thin- thai li.-s n.'aresl y,,u, an.l fimsh il," is the a.lvi.-e which Ilul.ert Work, wh.. su.-.-eed.-.l Will II. Hays -IS I'.,stmaster-(;eneral, often liear.l fn.m his father, wh.. was ..n.' .)f 111. IS., unusual farmers wh.. worked with his liaiuls yet used his I, rains in •■y.^ry .l.'tail of farm w<.rk. When the hoy" •>«"iiiie impali.'iil, his falli.a-. a man of yerv few wor.ls. w.ml.l .-all auain to nnn.l his l.^xl |.,r su.-.vss, and add:— ••It ni.ai will simply .h. as he.st th.'v .•an, Ih.' j..l. l.<>f..r.. them, ami hnish il, wh..th.M- Ih.'V lik.. it or n..l, the future will take .-are ..f its.-lf." 'I'his curt stiitement from his farmer father explains li..w I'.isl- master-General Work has "one on step by stej) from the small lliimis on the farm to a seat in the Cabinet ..f the Nation. lie was l..,rn on his lather's farm near Mari..n i'vuirv. ■'.•nnsvlvania, .Inlv :!, lS(i(l. an.l was ...In.al.Ml at tli.' In.liana ( F.^misyl vania'l Stal.^ N..rinal S.^li.,,,!. /' .1 r; /•; /■ o n r y o .v /•; ■^=^2^ c^N^x; m T HE (' A B I X E T at the Iniversity <.f Mi. He Itegan the jjractiee of medieine at Fort Morfjan, Colorado, in 1887, and six years later moved to Piiehlo, where he was a jjraetisinii physician for twenty-five years. In the medical jM-ofession, which has been his life-work, lu' ha^ received the highest honors, being the youngest man ever elected president of the Colorado State Medical Society. He served as a member of the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners, organized and for ten years was a member of the Colorado State Board of Health, and for four years was its president. In 191"2 he was elected |)resident of the American Medico-Psychologica! Society an a.;,.. \\r i> n.,\v a q: ' nicn-liaul at K.lcn. S\n(m.|x\ at.'r Connlv. \Vv in-, an.l Hi,- small I '1.- I.U.I -,,IH.-c. pavin- SD!) |„.r var. i. luralcl in lln- M.Hv. lii>|r| C.h.ncl Work wa. niarri..! to l.anra M. .Vrl,nrkl,> ,,f Ma.lis„n. =J\\ In.liana. in 1SS7. Tlirrr arr t\v,, .,,n. and a purpose W has in th.> man- a-em.'ul of the Post-Otfiee Department. - ,1| ■■ -Welfare," " .said he, "to turn it an.nn.l a.uain. I suppose is in- I ^ I t.nd.'.l xpres.s the \w\w that you may 'fare well." I hope that you ^'q iu.ii in this .irganizatiou, and tlio.se you re])reseut, may tare well in '^'-^ th.' |).>slal service, and it is my dis])ositiou and it will he my effort to .lo .verything I can to see that th.' p..stal empl.iyees shall fare w.'ll as we i^.i along- together. ■'.V moruiug paper attempted a little jok.' .m m> name. It con- tained an article in which it .said that the "hnmam/ini;" of the p.)st- office had been turned to "workizing" the post-.ilti.-.'. .Vpparentlx they thought, as a jileasantry, that it was rather catchy. It is Tiot a joke." "Humanizing" and "workizing" are the ahility to work and the op|)ortunity to work, — the verv fmulameutals of existence. Th.Mv .-an he no .-ilizenrv nsina thV w.ir.l in its hiuhest sense— cx.-.-pt f<,r Ih.ise wh.. w.irk. JOHN wl\c;atk wkkks Secret a ri/ of War He is a liig man, pliysically as well as m.Mil.illy. He m.'asnr.'s six feet, .me inch in height, weighs over two hnn.hv.l an.l fifty ponn.ls. and has a phy.sical strength and vigor which are t.) he envied. It is said that when he was a cadet at the Annap.)lis Naval Academy he could i)ut up a ll'-2-pound dumhhcll with his right hand, then kneel on one leg and lift an 87-pound dumhhell with his left hand and slowly put it over his head. He was also ahle to heave into the air 1!)!) pounds, lower it to his shoulders, and then raise it again, arm high. His most spectacular feat, however, and one which attracteil con- siderable attention in Washington, was when, as chairman of the House Committee on Post-offices and Post R.ia.ls in the Sixty-first Congress he brought in a bill invohing a i.d appr.i|)riati.)ns of r A a E /■ R T y r <> r i; ^^ r?^ JOHN WIXCATE WEEKS m. ^ THE CABINET i m |l t\V(j liuiidml million dollars and defended it ajiainst alteration in the House. It is recorded that this bill received the unusual conii)li- ment of passage by the Senate without amendment. Mr. Weeks was born on a farm in Lancaster, New Hampshire. April 11, 1860. Among his early recollections is the memory of maple-sugar time when he used to help carry sa]) for the boiling and "sugaring off." When he was only sixteen he became a teacher in the district school. One year later there was an opening at Annap- olis for a New Hampshire student and he was admitted, graduating in 1881. For two years he was midshipman on the U.S.S. Richmond, and was then mustered out of the service, for in those days there were not enough ships to provide commissions for all of the Academ\- graduates. Only ten in Mr. Weeks's class of se\-enty recei\ed com- missions. He then went to Florida, picked up surveying, and for several years held the ofEce of land commissioner of the Florida Southern Railway. He finally went to Boston where he became a partner in the firm now known as Hornblower & Weeks, with branches in nearly every large citj' in the country. He also served as Vice- President of the First National Bank of Boston. For six years Mr. Weeks served as connnander in the Massachusetts Naval Brigade with the rank of Captain, and during the Sj)anisli-Anierican AVar, as Lieutenant-Commander, he had charge of an auxiliary emergency fleet for the protection of the Massachusetts coast. Mr. Weeks"s political career began in 1!)()(> when he served as Alderman of Newton, which is a part of Metropolitan lloston. Three years later he became Mayor of Newton. His ri-c was ra|)id. In 190.3 he served as chairman of the Republican Convention, and in 1913, after four terms of service in the lower house of Congress, he became United States Senator from ^lassachusetts. He had a notable career as a Congressman, serving on many imjjortant com- mittees, including Banking and Currency, Expenditures in the State Department, Committee on Agriculture, and the Conference Com- mittee in connection with the Aldrich-Vreeland currency bill. He also framed and had charge of the forestr\- bill and introduced the bill for the protection of migratory and insectivorous birds. Mr. Weeks is a prominent club man, having membershij) in the University, Middlesex, Brae Burn Country, Newton, Reijublican, and Metrojiolitan clubs, as well as the Chevy Chase and the Army and Navy clubs at Washington. His chief hobbies are said to be farms and finance. The beautiful country house on the summit of Mount Prospect at Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he and his wife and two children have spent many summers, is his special pride. Of actual diversions he .seems to have few, if any. He tells of a man who went all the way to Lancaster one summer to find out about his "lighter side." "He dug around for a long time," said Mr. Weeks, "and discovered that I arose early and went to bed early, and that as a boy I walked many miles to school, just like every country boy, and that eventually I taught school, but I guess that was about all he could find. I felt sorrv for him, but I couldn't help him a bit myself." /; r }• - .s / .V ^^yp,. W, o^V/ m TH !•: (• A H I X K r 1^1 I II is sai.l ni liini tlinl -liis ,-,,nvi,-t iuns, sin.vivly ..iitcrhniUMl ami 'p!^1-; .■,,uraK.'.,usly ,.x|,n.>s...l. a,v n..t R-a.'tionary, l,ut truly pn.mvssivo. ^ ami his stati'Miiaiisliip is all the Ijroader anil more iu,-s])iring hocause ^ practical and posscxsiu- the dominant ciuality of common sense." I - Mr. Weeks is a hemic lo\ cr and the type of man to whom private J^ life holds great atlradioii. Iiut he has entered upon a public career, -^ and, true to his instincts and his training as an Anna])olis man, he ^"S; will " never (Ics.Tl Ih.^ ship, n..r haul down the fla- under f^re." ,^3 ALBERT lUCOX FALL ^1 I Scrrctari/ of ihr Interior %^-^ He C..U1CS Irom the land ,.i' iin.a.l '• mesas" and majestic niounlain ranges, where the innncnse stretches of country seem actually to impart a lircadth of mental vision. Among his (|tialiHcatious lor lh<' position of Sccrclarv of the Interior is his knowledge of \;u'ious affairs within the country,— a knowledge which may l.e l>stinatc schoolhoy, "He knows how to ro])e a steer. - "He knows how to ad.lress a jurv. ••Hekn,,wsh(,« I,, run a drill in' a mine. "H.> knows how l,,c,>mmand s,,l,liers." MorcoNcr he has leai'iied llicse Ihings from actual experience. .Mli.'rl Bacon Fall was l„„n al Frankfort, Kentucky, in 18()1, hut lie wi'iil \\'cs| at an caiK' a^i'. making his home for a time in Texas an.l later in New .Mexi.o. H.' was .■ducated in the country schools an.l has also laughl Ihcm. During this jwriod he utilize.l his spare moments in reading law, and in 1M8!) he conuuenced his |)ractice as a lawyer, s])ecializing later in Mexican law. He has worked as farmer, ranchman, and miner in the great Southwest. During the Sl)anish-American War he served as cajdain of Company H, First 'J'erritorial ^'olunteer Infantry. Mr. Fall has served as Associate Jiislice of the Su|)reme Court of New Mexico, has twice been Attorney-General of the State, and was also a member of the State's constitutional convention. He served several time.s as a member of the New ^Mexico Legislature, and in 1!)1'2 was sent to the United States Senate. He was re-elected in li)l.S for the term ending 191f) and was again re-elected in November. 1!)1K, for the l.^nn endinu 1!)'2.). His victorv in the last election was sachlcn.'d l,v the loss of a s.,u and a .hlught.-r, l.olh vi.-tims of inHucn/.a. Near Three Rivers, New Mexico, is the large ranch where Mr. Fall has been engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is able to speak and write the Spanish language Huentlv and has an intimate knowl- edge of the Mexi<-an people an.l Ihal mysterions lan.l ,.f "manana." p .1 a E /•■ o i< r Y - E I a // /• LIBRABV OF CONGRESS llllli] 013 982 902 5 W HOLLINGER pH 8J MILL RUN F3-1543 LlBRABV OF CONGBESS 013 HOLLINGER pH8.5 MILL RUN F3-1543