Show BURT IS CONSIDERED Panama Canal Commission Taken Up at Cabinet Meeting But No De Definite Definite i 11 nite te Announcement Made Washington March llarch 21 Questions ro re to tu the isthmian canal and the reorganization of or tho th caa cai commission occupied much of the attention of or the cabinet at meeting No definite announcement was made at It tie the conclusion lIon aba of the meeting regarding the Ci ca canul canal nul nal questions but a statement SUl on the general l subject of the decisions reached will be made madu prior to the president departure ou on his southwestern trip It Itis Itu is 1 stated staled t that t the tha name C of Horace ra G Cool ool Hurt Burt u former r president Sid of the Union nl Pacific railroad is 15 under und r consideration consi I for the position of executive head of or the commission lon but It Il has lies not lot bee bC i de do decided decided I elded yet whether he lie will accept the S S S place His Ii appointment would interfere In ijo 10 with witt the retention at the head had ot it the engineering work of the pres pros present ent nt chief engineer Wallace who assist assisted ed td by probably two other othor engineers will have hac control of ol the tue practical engineering of the canal construction It t is the I desire of or the th president and an of Secretary cr Taft TaCt to make Mr Burt the business head ad h adof of the th canal organization or and build up around him hInt such Much an organization as he would require r to accomplish the great work mapped manned out It has h ts not been de determined determined determined definitely whether the president d dent nt has authority to reduce the num number her ber of the thc commissioners but if it should be Iu decided that he has ha the number will willbe willI willbe be reduced e It l Is said to be not unlikely I ha hae fl r ml ota that William m mr Barclay r Parsons H J and AVO WV lIam llam H Burr two of the engineers now members of the commission will be re retained retained tamed as is assistants to Engineer Val Wal Wallace Vallace lace In other respects the commissions commis ions personnel will Aill not be changed entirely |