Secretary Gore

Secretary Gore

Howard M. Gore, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and Governor-elect of West Virginia, was officially appointed Secretary of Agriculture to succeed the late Henry Cantwell Wallace. The President made the appointment as a temporary measure. Secretary Gore's tenure of office will necessarily terminate on Mar. 4 next, when he becomes West Virginia's Governor.

Previous to his election to the latter post, a number of farmers and others had urged that he be given the appointment as Secretary of Agriculture. President Coolidge, desirous of taking his time in picking a permanent Secretary, filled the post temporarily with the man who was at hand and familiar with the Department's affairs.