THE CABINET: Treasury Stapled

Treasury Staffed

During his first two months in office Secretary of the Treasury Woodin went through the banking crisis, the gold embargo and the inflation excitement with the help of able Republicans left behind by Herbert Hoover. At his right hand was Arthur Atwood Ballantine as Undersecretary and at his left James Henderson Douglas as Assistant Secretary. Francis Gloyd Await acted temporarily as Comptroller of the Currency. David Burnet continues as Commissioner of Internal Revenue and Walter Orr Woods as Treasurer of the U. S. Governor Eugene Meyer of the Federal Reserve...

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