ICKES, HAROLD LE CLAIR ). Born at Frankstown, Pa. on March 15, Mr. Ickes adopted law as his profession. For many years, he was active as a Progressive Re publican in Chicago. During the war, he was active with the Y.M.C.A. In 1932—breaking finally with the Republicanism of Coolidge and Hoover—he became Chairman of the League for Roosevelt and Garner. Appointed Secretary of the Interior in he has been prominent as an administrator of the New Deal, especially in the nationwide authorization of public works for the unemployed, and in relation to oil and public utilities.