Show DiPLOMATIC P POST Sl MAY LID TO CLARK Former Senator Dixon Appointed Assistant to Dr Wilbur WASHINGTON March 9 AP- AP The first important change of departmental de departmental officials under the Hoover administration tion was made today in the interior department with the appointment of Joseph M. M Dixon of cf Montana former senator and governor as first assistant secretary and the transfer of E. E C. C Finney from that post to the office of solicitor Decisions in scores o of cases case still are to be made by by the president with time the to be filled those I cot of state solicitor general of the United Unit Unit- ed States of the veterans veterans' bureau director ot of the budget bureau bureau bu- bu reau governor general of the Philippines Phil Phil- and amid third secretary to the president who Is to be liaison officer of- of fleer between the government and the independent agencies ot of the government J J. J Clark Jr o of Salt Lake City now is undersecretary ot of state but there have been reports that he will bE given a diplomatic post Jost Continued on page 9 DIPLOMATIC POST MAY GO TO CLARK Continued from page 1 and William R n. Castle now an anas assistant as- as secretary named to succeed him In naming Mr lr Finney as the chief law officer of the department the president accepted the resignation of Ernest O. O Patterson solicitor for several years whose opinion to Dr Hubert Work as interiOr sec sec- secretary that renewal of the Sinclair contract for royalty oil In the Salt Creek Cleek fields ot of Wyoming was mandatory mandatory man man- came under fire in the sen- sen ate Another change ot of departmental officers announced was the appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment of David S. S Ingalls of Cleveland Cleveland Cleve- Cleve land known as the lying flying legislator legisla- legisla tor to be assistant secretary of the navy for aviation to succeed Edward P P. Warner Varner of Boston who Is returning to business WESTERNER CHOSEN In selecting a a. first assistant to Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur as interior secretary President Hoover sought a a. westerner thoroughly conversant with conditions inthe Rocky moUn tams states which are vitally affected affected af- af by the administration of the Interior d department and he believes he has found In Mr Dixon an experienced experienced ex- ex executive as well as one with wide knowledge of the needs of the west Mr Dixon who Is 60 years old Is Isa isa a native of North Carolina but hay hils spent practically all of hl hid ute life In Montana He served as a member ot of the house from 1901 1801 until 1907 when he was elected to the senate senat serving one full term until 1913 In 1912 he bolted to the ill BUll Moose 1 party becoming chairman ot of the Roosevelt organization for his state Returning to the Republican fold after this movement died out Mr Dixon was elected In 1921 serving tour four years He ran for the senate last y year ar against Senator Burton K Wheeler Democrat and was defeated by a a. narrow margin FINNEY FROM KANSAS Solicitor Finney Finne whose home is in Kansas entered the general generall land nd office at Washington thirty five years ago after some years at th the practice of law In his home state Fifteen yearS later he was pro pro- to assIstant to the se secretary and chief law officer of the reclamation reclamation mation service and In 1914 he he hew w way made a a. member of the board of-ap- of peals of the serving ire In that capacity until 1921 when President Harding appointed him first assistant secretary under Albert Al- Al AIb b bert rt Bacon Fall as secretary While Mr Finney was acting secretary during part of the perl period d dover over which extended the ne negotiations oUa- oUa between Fall and Edward L L. Doheny and Harry F. F Sinclair for forthe forthe the California and Teapot Dome Dom naval oil reserves Senator V Walsh of Montana prosecutor of the oil scandals stated that the record was abundantly clear that Mr Finney was In no wise Ise responsible for those leases and was a a. diligent I and faithful public p servant The now solicitor of the interior frequently appeared b before tore the senate committee investigating investigating in- in the oil leases and also was a a. witness In tile the various civil and criminal cases growIng out of the now celebrated leases which the United States supreme court annulled d returning the reserves bank to the federal government Frank T. T Hines who was a caller at the White House today is being r retained for the present as director of the veterans veterans' bureau bure u and he may be reappointed although that has hall not yet been determined |