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Show oo BEFflfsSS Harding Submits Names of Roosevelt, Fletcher and Ball WASHINGTON. Mar f. Nonilna-ns Nonilna-ns of 11. my P Fletcher of i'ennsyl-i i'ennsyl-i vnnlu, to be nndei -secretarv of State; Theodore Rooe'olt. of New York to be aaelatant lecretary of tiir. havy; an.i K l Ball, of Iowa, to be aMlStant sec-retary sec-retary of atrriculture, were -ni to the ?onaif today by Prealdenj Clardinr. Mr Ball was auieta'nl secretary of agrii iltuie under Mr Meredith. Other nomination . sent to the senate today were those of .Major General 'John A- I.ejeunc, re-appointed commandant com-mandant Of the marine corps, and Brigadier General GeorKe Barnait, Former commandattt of the corps, to IhaVe the permanent rank of major Kcneral. "The nomlnatione of Colonel Theo- Idore Roosevelt of New York as as-Klstnni as-Klstnni secretary of Hie navy and Kl-ward Kl-ward Ball, of Iowa, reappointed as-slstant as-slstant secretary of aericulture. were referred to the naval and agriculture eomnilltees and will be acted upon later. |