6. Ought the President to give up all connection with his party on assuming office and be a non-partisan, representing all the people? 7. Explain why the President has so much greater power in war time than in time of peace. 8. Do you think that a President, in choosing members of his cabinet, should be guided by any of the following motives and, if so, how much weight should he give to them: (_a_) to have all parts of the country represented in the cabinet; (_b_) to obtain men of long political experience; (_c_) to reward those who have supported him; (_d_) to strengthen himself for re-election; (_e_) to give representation to both the radical and conservative elements? 9. Since the Attorney-General is always a lawyer, the Secretary of Agriculture usually a farmer, and the Secretary of Labor usually a member of a labor union, why should not the Secretary of War be a soldier and the Secretary of the Navy a sailor? 10. Look up in the _Congressional Directory_ and tell what department has jurisdiction over the following matters: consular service, pensions, the mint, animal industry, child labor law enforcement, education, forestry, the census, Indian affairs, lighthouses, rural free delivery, relations with the Philippine Islands, inspection of drugs, payment of interest on Liberty Bonds, naturalization, passports, dredging of harbors. Topics for Debate 1. The President should be ineligible for re-election. 2. The following new departments should be created and given representation in the cabinet: (_a_) Public Health; (_b_) Education; (_c_) Public Welfare. 3. Members of the cabinet should be permitted to speak, but not to vote, in Congress. ----- Footnote 65: In some of the New England states there are places of twenty, thirty, or even forty thousand people which are still governed as towns. (See p. 175.) Footnote 66: See the chart facing this page. Footnote 67: According to the census of 1920 these twelve cities are as follows: New York, 5,612,151; Chicago, 2,701,212; Philadelphia, 1,823,158; Detroit, 993,737; Cleveland, 796,836; St. Louis, 772,897; Boston, 747,923; Baltimore, 733,826; Pittsburgh, 588,193; Los Angeles, 575,410; San Francisco, 508,410; Buffalo, 505,875. Footnote 68: