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SPECULATE ON SUCCESSOR SUCCESSORTO TO SECRETARY SWANSON WASHINGTON D C July 8 Capital speculation generally placed Charles Edison at the head of the Navy Department today as the branches of government prepared to conduct a state funeral in honor of the late Secretary of the Navy Claude A Swanson The 48yearold assistant navy secretary son of Americas most famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison was credited with an inside track to the cabinet portfolio If he wants it
