The Pulaskian., 1915-12-03

treasury placards were put into all the elevators of the building announcing that it would be mpos sible for the secretary to receive visitors until after o'clock each day, because. and this fact set forth in print. the early hours of the day must be given entirely to the governments treas ury business.
 Politicians Are Displeased
 The effect of this placard on senators and rep resentatives notable They looked at it and it is to be feared that some few of them who were their way to the secretarys office swore under their breath and perhaps had something to say about the impertinence of new secretary who would keep at bay the legislative chieftains until his own good time for seeing them.
 However most of the politicians and most of the legislators have accepted Mr. McAdoo's die tum and it is just about as easy to talk to a man in the afternoon as it is in the morning things going along smoothly and the secretary now has full opportunity to think on merchant marine, federal reserve and other matters of high national moment before the luncheon hour.
 The intimate acquaintance between Woodrow Wilson and his son-in-law secretary of the treas ury began when MT. Wilson entered political life in New Jersey. It has been said that MT. Wilson looked on the tunnel operations of MT. McAdoo with deep, scholarly and very likely practical interest, but close personal relationships were established between the two until Woodrow Will son became governor of New Jersey.
 He Watched Wilson.
 Now it may be that William Gibbs McAdoo was interested in Woodrow Wilson's career edu- cator but if so he never has dwelt upon the fact in public The truth is probably that MT. McAdoo. taking an interest in New Jersey politics because of his own experience in getting the legislation necessary to connect up his tunnels with that state. made him look with curiosity and perhaps concern on the course which the educator was to follow as governor of the state across the North river" At any rate, MT. McAdoo approved of MT
 
 the two men became close friends The one is now in the cabinet of the other and is also his son-nlaw
 Mir. McAdoo is something of writer and he is much more than fairly forceful public speaker He cannot turn out the chseled and polished phrases that come out of his father-in-laws work shop but he does pretty good job occasionally. Here is what he said once about dealings with newspaper men.
 ."To be frank truthful and honest with the news papers is obviously the part of wisdom. There are only two things reporter is afraid of-a scoop and con game Don't be responsible for either
 Concerning corporations and their dealings with the public MT McAdoo once said: Public Opn ion Esq., must become member, and respected one of every corporation board of directors in this country
 Native of Georgia.
 William Gibbs McAdoo has been twice married. His first wife died some years ago. There are six children living the fruits of the first marriage. Something over year ago MT. McAdoo married the youngest daughter of Woodrow Wilson. child was born recently to this union and thereby the president of the United States became for the second time grandfather, for an elder daughter Mrs Sayre. had presented him with Granocnho some little time earlier
 The secretary of the treasury is a southern man. having been born in Georgia in 1863. His boyhood home lay in the track of General Sherm mans army His early years were spent in poverty, tact which the secretary does not seem to deplore m the least for he said recently in speech that he believes that character is produced and devei oped to the highest degree by hardship. suffering and poverty"