Celebrezze. of Cleveland. is the first American of Italian ancestry to achieve the rank of Cabinet officer to a U.S. President. The popular mayor of Cleveland was named head of the U.S. Department of Health. Education. and Welfare last week. Celebrezze. son of a railroad track laborer. may be the first son of an Italian immigrant to reach Cabinet status. But he Is not the first Cabinet officer to trace his family line to Italy. The man who served in President Theodore Roosevelts Cabinet first as Secretary of the Navy and later as Attorney General was a descendent of a noble Italian family.
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