Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-06 | Page 40 | White House Force Hopes to Hold Positions

WHITE HOUSE FORGE HOPES TO HOLD POSITIONS Expectation Based on Fact That Present Executive Made Few Changes WASHINGTON'. Fen. .V- -Clerks, messengers and engineers in the execii live offices of the White House feel pern re In their Jobs even with the swift ; approach of March J. Their tolitl is thirty-five, twenty-two of whom are clerk, nine me3jngers and four engineera. When C Jeorge Christian, President -ee-t Harding's secretary, visited the White House in December, he inspected the offit-es und j great was the conversational stir upon j his departure. lle' going to rut down the force in line with the policy of economy." said one. "All the Iemocrats will he fired aure." volunteered nnothrr. THREE CHANGES. But later the excitement died down and old tinier in the offices pointed out the fact that few changea In the eracnnel are made Jont because a new preaideni or new administration cornea in. For instance, when Frealdent Wilson Wil-son firat aaaumed control of the White House there were only three changes. Of courne a new serretary came in and as Taft'4 stenographer alao )ft. 4'harlea tSwem whb appointed. Warren Johnnon. the third new man, filled a vacancy that hud exiHled for some time. SWEM'S FUTURE. It is reported abo'jl th officee thai Swem win leave the White Houe with Wilson to aalMt him in his arititigi. The president has always aliown great favor for Pwein and his need fur a stenographer ste-nographer upon his return to civil life and the propoaed wrltinga la apparent. Other than Secretary Tumulty and Swem, none of the employes hae definitely defi-nitely Ftated their postinuuguration plana have to do wl;h a new poi-j tion. I ONLY TWO WOMEN. It is .an interesting fact that only two of the thirty-two employe ar women. With the full enfrs nchie-uient nchie-uient of women it is poeaible thev will deniiind fuller representation in the preHidt'nt's offic?s. Miss Maude Rogers antl . Micm MatKHret Hiord-n are (tie only clerks of their sex officially appointed ap-pointed to the offices now. ' If they want more feminine company, they haven't yet admitted it.