The list of candidates for Harry Woodring's temporary job as Secretary of War was lopped from the top last week when President Roosevelt appointed Indiana's Paul Vories McNutt to be U. S. High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. In Washington, the New York News's Columnists John O'Donnell & Doris Fleeson reported the following exchange between two Indianians who had been grooming their handsome ex-Governor for the White House.
First Hoosier: "Oh. well, there isn't much difference between an $18,000 job in Manila and a $15,000 job in the Cabinet."
Second Hoosier:...
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