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 in the Senate and in the House to correspond to and coöperate with the various Cabinet departments as follows: The committees on international affairs in the Senate and House to correspond to and coöperate with the Secretary of State in the Cabinet; the committees on naval affairs, with the Secretary of the Navy; the committees on military affairs, with the Secretary of War; the committees of way and means, with the Secretary of the Treasury; the committees on public lands, with the Secretary of the Interior; the committees on agriculture, with the Secretary of Agriculture; the committees on commerce, with the Secretary of Commerce; the committees on labor with the Secretary of Labor; the committees on judiciary, with the Department of Justice; the committees on postal affairs with the Postoffice Department.

It was contemplated that the President would select the best qualified men available for the Cabinet positions, and that the Senate and the House would appoint on the various committees the men who had the best training, knowledge and natural ability to be of service on those committees. Then, when an important matter arose which had to be dealt with, it was contemplated that the President would confer with the Cabinet member whose department covered that field