THE CABINET: Morgenthau's Week

If Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau had been in Washington last week he would have found himself, as the No. 2 member of the Cabinet, in the peculiar position of Acting Vice President of the U. S. (see above). Instead Mr. Morgenthau was leaving France on his way home from a European vacation.

To shut off gossip about currency stabilization, Secretary Morgenthau picked Spain for his holiday, planned to keep out of France, booked his passage back on the Italian liner Rex. In his absence President Roosevelt warned all U. S. citizens...

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