Word: washington
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...promotion of Patrick Jay Hurley from the sub-Cabinet to the Cabinet, to replace Iowa's James William Good, deceased. His appointment by President Hoover approximated cabinet recognition for the no longer Solid-South, First Oklahoman to sit in a cabinet, Secretary Hurley is a Roman Catholic. Washington, familiar with him for less than a year, predicted two things of his incumbency at the War Department: 1) Though the youngest of the Cabinet (46), he will not be a mere Yes-Man. He brims with ideas of his own, will keep his chief busier considering suggestions than issuing orders...
...occasion, near the front, Major Hurley failed to salute General Pershing. The A. E. F. commander ordered him back, berated him. Six years later Mr. Hurley, civilian, burst jovially in upon General Pershing in his Washington office, defied being made to salute again. Gen eral Pershing was amused...
...lawyer-businessman Secretary Hurley has made money. He pulled the wildcatting Gililland Oil Co. out of bankruptcy, sold it to Standard Oil for a $3,500,000 profit. He is part owner of the Hurley-Wright Building (U. S. Railroad Administration) in Washington, of apartment houses in Tulsa...
...Washington there was joy aplenty at the prospect of Mr. Morrow in the Senate. Particularly pleased was President Hoover, whose enthusiasm had really brought the Morrow appointment to pass. If a President ever needed in the Senate a friend of the personality and capabilities credited to Mr. Morrow, that President is Herbert Hoover...
Most logical successor would be Senator Charles Linza McNary of Oregon, young (55), in popularity the best middleman between Regulars and Insurgents. Last week Senator McNary moved up to Assistant Republican Leader when Senator Wesley Livsey Jones of Washington resigned to succeed Wyoming's late great Warren as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Shrewd. Senator McNary will not openly contest the leadership with Senator Watson...