Uintah Basin Record | 1933-02-24 | Page 1 | Dern Placed in War Post

DEAN PLACED IN W AR H POST Appointment To This Post Is Conil Considered Con- Con 1 B By Some As Wrong il Place For Man Ian Well Vell Fitted F For Interior Portfolio West est Is Glad I I I i i According to the latest I I tion and from a source that ma mabe may I be considered authentic switches i Geo H. H D Dern rn from secretary o oI of I I the interior to secretary of war i While this places Mr Dern in a higher cabinet rank the change I would be very unpopular In the thea I a west vest as governor Ex-governor Dern is conI con- con I sic ered espe especially fitted for the thc interior having been I closely allied with western conditions conditions condi condi- I for many years If this change Is made It will be a great I 1 to western people I This switch will mean that Harold Harold Harold Har Har- old L. L Ickes of Chicago will be secretary of the interior It is claimed that Iskes is a public ownership man and partially for that reason is favored by the radical radical radical radi radi- cal element While we believe that Ex gov governor governor governor I Dern will be a a. a first class classman classman classman man in any cabinet position to which he may be appointed he is better fitted for the post of sec see secretary secretary of the interior