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For six months the vice governorship of the Philippines has been a black-starred appointment on the White House job calendar. President Hoover first selected Nicholas Roosevelt, New York Times editorial writer. Filipino Politicos went into a frenzy of protest against him, on the ground that he had written hostile things about them. Rather than cause friction Mr. Roosevelt gracefully declined the appointment, took instead the post of U. S. Minister to Hungary (TIME, Oct. 6). Other candidates were studied, discarded. Last week President Hoover turned to Texas and found his man— tall,...
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