Cabinet named, Black is ready for Presidency
Portland man files formal application of ‘Equal Rights’
Portland, Oregon (UP) – (Jan. 15)
He’s the only member of the “Equal Rights” Party, but Henry Black, a Portland paint contractor, is perfectly willing to be its nominee for President of the United States.
He has filed declarations in California and Washington and is also willing to represent Republican and Democratic parties if they would care to nominate him (he is a registered Republican, he admits).
There’s no shadow-boxing with Henry Black. He has already appointed his Cabinet. Here it is:
SECRETARY OF WAR
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT)
SECRETARY OF STATE
Col. Robert R. McCormick, Chicago publisher
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Beardsley Ruml, pay-as-you-go tax planner
POSTMASTER GENERAL
Sewall L. Avery, president of Montgomery Ward & Company
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Rep. Martin Dies (D-RX)
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Vice President Henry Wallace
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
Wendell L. Willkie
SECRETARY OF LABOR
John L. Lewis