Image 7 of Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.), July 24, 1929
author: Anonymous
source date: 1929
availability: public_domain

TAFT ADVISED APPOINTMENTS Hoover Selection of Cab inet Members In fluenced S __ W BY JAMES L WEST WASHINGTON July 24flV Advice of elder statesmen of the republican party and of several Justices of the United States su preme court now is generally cred ited with having influenced the se lection by President Hoover of two ofythe foremost members of his tAinet Henry L Stimson of New York secretary of state and Wil liam D Mitchell of Minnesota at torney general Taft Advises The two selections dovetailed in a peculiar manner Recent disclo sures have pretty well established that William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States pro vided counsel in each case One version pointed him out as the originator of the suggestion that Mr Mitchell be named to succeed John Garibaldi Sargent As the story goes Mr HooveT was concerning himself with this selection when Chief Justice Taft a friend of long standing dropped in at the Hoover house on S street The chief Justice added his own word on behalf of Stimson who was the secretary of war when Taft was president and who had been urged by both Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes The