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Show New Executive and a New Staff in Control l t, 1 1 li i . 1 rs A y' J h . A a. I - v' 1 v v1 . fV; v a - Aff -hv: vrn- rl Rf"EjH V I t' r President Hardinc 'T'll tJAzJ' v A'Jh. - 1 ,-;.a H-? A y ':,, ,- - , - . I iw,- t I Xii'AAnAL. i-rd-:f,vM The Tnitei States now has a new executive and a new executive staff. The new executive, Warren G. Hard-j ing, was sworn in on Friday of last week, as the retiring, Mr. Wilson, became a private citizen. The executive execu-tive staff, officially called the President's Presi-dent's cabinet. Both executive and staff have already begun to function. Warren G. Harding was inaugurate! inaugur-ate! as the twenty-ninth President ; of the republic at noon Friday, the 4th of March. Accompanying tjie formality, the whole vast executive' machinery 6t the government passed, from Democratic to Republican control. con-trol. As litte display mil ceremony as possible marked the occasion, and while of pomp and eifcumsiar.ee ther' was none, of dignity and' seriousness and impressiveness there was1 much. Xo elaborate inaugural parade, no official of-ficial Inaugural ball, no reviewing of long lines of troops his time. Only the serious business of starling a nw administration of nation affairs, the actual first step toward the attain-; ment of a state of national normal-' cy. ; The Bible on which the President took his oath was the s;i.nv as that1 used by President Washington in 17-S9 17-S9 and was furnished by S'. John's! Lodge. F. and A. M.. of Xew York.: It is 174 years old. The Bible has been in tl'e ws'-:-ion of St. John's Lodge for r.bnu' 1 years, and was printed in Emrlnml early in the eighth century. Tt is the King James version. Pimple as the ceremonies werf. they marked one of the greatest political po-litical turnovers in the history of the American government. Xot only were Air. Harding and his running mate. Calvin Coolidge. elected President j and Vice President by the great st popular majority in our history, but I the Republican majorities in the S,-n-ate and House, which resulted from the Congress eleetious iu the autumn of 10 IS. have been augmented to a point of overwhelming preponderance. preponder-ance. Not only has the new President to face the enormous task of laying out a program 'which will meet the pressing pres-sing needs of the country at home and place its relations with foreign! nations on a basis, but lie must at once undertake the tremendous task of selecting for oleee in the 'lew eu-e'.iiiistration eu-e'.iiiistration thousands of men who will carry out these new peVCies. Appointments to every branch of t lie government service must be made. Not the least important will br the naming of 47 ambassadors and ministers min-isters to foreign coun'ries. It is commonly traders' e,i:t , (,f course, that government jo'.s ar- divided di-vided into four e:i"ral ehis -s -i'i 'se tilled by the President with senatorial senator-ial approval; those liUe-' by :ho President Pres-ident or one of the exteaiive offu-i-cials without senat orial :. ': va.' those within the civil sen-i'v re.' those carried on the rolls Iv ;;. of -'"erial titnass for te wor't o v !'! !: 'ey are ttss-igpe,! l)u, v,i;a(ir regard re-gard for the civil serviee. e--mple. eertain ir'-ocps of .:.: and special experts and tdarvene, and laborers. In all th'uv .-re iu the government service, aeeor.rne; to tYe last otTa ial register, a e-r . . ; , ; , a v 770. 0n0 men and wotiien. Tile jobs which Mr. Hard;-. - v i": have to fill, niira-er'ivsi ahe'-t -J". --a are tl'e most impertant in t-e ..v r-i tue'H serviee. They :cc!a!e a:pe:---T'-Il!s ;o .,, jtiti. ft S Conn of the '"nit e 1 ;'- : . - hers of the oalvnef: the r- -; ' , ..' t:ie Interstate tn.-v . r, , r eonin!isiens and lei--r;;:: te ; : to various fere;i:-. e.uin :- a- ' like. While President has - eee:a tal task ah-ad o" him. o meitibers of Itis i.Jdne id..t d.-ties awaiting their attention. Not many : people, perhaps bother to acquaint . 'n't aiselves with the scope of the work of t'ae ten different depart-a'eius, depart-a'eius, which are separate and independent inde-pendent governmental agencies, some thirty-live in number. Aside from the weekly or semi-weekly meet ii":s they have with t're President, the oil'f rent eahinet otlicers have a niul-ti"'iee,'- of duties, details ot which v esses . ; relationship and a eomplex- jity not, perhaps., to be fully eompre? i'.-e'nded from such a brief survey as i is herein p.racMabU'. With attention to the routina along al-ong this stnnneirv of departmental , ! tasks-is .,iv.m: p;:i i;tmi-:t OF STATK. in e'e r. ' of tiu- Soere'ary of P'ate. Mr "t- ''. .'') i r;ks tirst in Jjjn r'.k-inii. r'.k-inii. eendiaeis. a eal t h' direction e'' Prsd'ent. tli' ti'i.tot iat ions of whatever charader tioiwocn the I'n!- j ;ea States attl a'l foreil-n countries: e- iiit '. :as in fot-e'.-ii (oulttries a "i-s , d h'heae ;,. o";cers ;ind cor.-! ''. '" ; - ."ts; i .-.e 's pa.ssports: eah-ii-'-- t't ia.'A:- ai"1 uesolutioras of C-a e: -s ata ptaieki i ms aniendt'-ieti's o :'-e t'; ,r e .. t ;on tl'ed.ittni of cor- r.. ,,..',.,.,.., Presidrnt . hh f ev.ean :. of !.e ,yif. Ti'IT -'r':'.' tii'r.MtTdldXT. in - ' re "'r. .Mi lion. Secretary of . .. te ,,f the nathoial fMiatlees; 'd e- s i : rev e -.j... . ich as p. ri 'T ' . k s d-d -ts.. ft, tits of pnhlic .' ' r ' s ; :1 , ,,,-, , n, ,. -,vi it t k(- a-teai- ad 'ill'' - ' o I'lie'red tn; i a i ill? ' '. '': ie; : 1 d :ti:. ; it: cha :are (d . ..' "d and pnldie h.-;t!th s;, !''d : - at. a::. a. armament, equip inent and employment of the vessals cf war flying the flag of the United States; this includes all the war vessels ves-sels of the American navy, the aircraft, air-craft, auxiliaries, etc; enlisted and ollicer personnel; in charge of the U. S. marine corps and its activities. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, under un-der Mtorney General Daugher'y, re-pr.'sonts re-pr.'sonts the United States Government Govern-ment in all legal matters; gives advice ad-vice and opinions when required by the President or the executive departments; de-partments; conducts prosecutions against violators of the federal criminal crim-inal and civil laws; maintains the bureau of investigation for the col-hv:tion col-hv:tion of information regarding law violation; supervises federal prisons. i'OSTOF PICE DEPARTMENT, tin der Mr. Hayes, the Postmaster Gener al, supervises the federal postal serviee; ser-viee; in complete charge of the receipt re-ceipt and delivery of the mails; -negotiates the mail treaties by which foreign mail delivery is accomplish-' ml; contracts for transportation of the mails: investigates mail train and pospiflie and other robberies relating relat-ing to t he mails; sell3 stamps, money orders ami att nds to all matters of postal finance. inrcrnTMKVr of the intepior. its -lor the Secretary of the Interior, -nator Fait, is chraged with the su-' net-vision of public business relating te, pat-nts f(ir inventions, pension jai'd bounty lands, the public lands : a ml surveys, the Indians, education. At- geological survey, the reclama-ition reclama-ition service, the bureau of mines, the national parks, the Capitol building -ad grounds and the distribution of ! : ov.-rntnent appropriations for agri-' agri-' cultural and mechanical colleges., i n'TARTMF.VT OF AOIMCULr-' AOIMCULr-' J Td 1 1 Id . under Seeretay Wallace, is j hatred with promoting agriculture! tin its broadi'st sense in all parts of , tiie United States a.nd the territorial possessions; includes the United Stat es Weather bureau and its complete forcasting service: administers the national forests; in charge of the pure food and drugs law through the Bureau of Chemistry; studies the reports re-ports improved methods for agriculture agricul-ture activity and marketing. DEPARTMENT OK COMMERCE, un-aVr un-aVr the Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Hoover, promol'vi the commerce of the I'uited States W is mining( manufacturing, man-ufacturing, shipninr. Ilshery and the transport at ion 4n to rests, maintains the lighthouse serviee. takes tl e census, cen-sus, prepares und distribute.'; statistical statis-tical information relating to foreign nnd domestic commerce, supervises the fisheries industry, inspects steam boats nnd proscribes aids for the protection of life at sea, maintains the standard of weights and measure ments. DEPARTMENT OF LAP.OR. under Secretary l:ivis. Fosters and promoter promot-er the welfare of wage earners in til" Fnited States, seeks to improve im-prove their working rnndiiinnK. hntdq The power to act as mediator in labor la-bor disputes, collects and publishes statistics relating to the conditon of labor and its products, supervises the immirration of aliens, directs the admnistration of the n.i I uralizaton laws, makes sturlie" and repcrts for the Improvmnrt of cTvM life nnd welfare of rhildren. From apparently relf; 1;P sources t here has come the wird t h i week that President Harding T'hins an ac-tnnl ac-tnnl combination of the 'ar and Na-vv Na-vv d epn rt ments, and th t h p enm-Mnatinn enm-Mnatinn o" the two dep:i rt men t undo un-do rnne h'ad will t;ik" ohice -.'.on s ;he details ci'ii be oitllned end tho in t err id a t ionsh ip logically defined. de-fined. Mr. 'Weeks, as S'-cret;rv of War. and Mr. Denhy. as Se'Tetnv ff thp Navy, are said to hi ve ;icceptid their cabinet ; pnoi ! 'en ' s with t h 1 understandiiu of Pre -i dent Harding's Hard-ing's expect t ion s. The com lunation luna-tion of the twn departments would le known as the j ),.pf. : nf Nation Na-tion a I pe fens", wli iel) would ronsist of three bra nches --w i t h Secretary of National Defense iti general charge land an under secretary heading each I of t he branches. |