Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-25
M'ADOO JUST LIKE
FELLOW MEN HERE
Reception Committee Gets a
Human Interest Glimpse Of
Secretary, Who Loves
Nebraska Air.

Secretary of Treasury w. G. Nc
Adoo, accompanied by w. P. G. Hard
ing, governor of the federal reserve
board; Sherman Allen, assistant sec
retary of the same board; NJ. B.
Clagett, secretary to Mr.. McAdoo,
and a retinue of f\undersecfetaries,
federal secret service men, Wallets, ETC.,
arrived in Omaha on an early train
from Kansas City yesterday.
Mr.. McAdoo comes to Omaha as
the premier bondsalesman of all
time He is head negotiator for the
$7,0Q0,0O0,000 Liberty bonds loan and
he comes west to tell the people OF
the great grain belt why they should
invest some of their money in the
war bonds.
Wants to Stretch Legs.
Say, amt you fellows going to
give me chance to stretch these
long legs of mine? Pm as stiff as a
board" That was his salutation in
broad Tennessee brogue to COM
mittee consisting of Mayor Dahlman,
T. c. Byrne, director of the Omaha
branch of the federal reserve bank;
Randall X. Brown, president of the
Commercial club, and Luther Drake,
president of the Omaha Clearing
house. The committee had called at
the secretary's special car, the Ad-
vance, to escort the party to the
Fontenelle hotel. where the principal
bankers of Omaha were gathered to
give an honorary breakfast to Mr..
McAdoo
why can't you let a fellow get
some OF this fine western air into his
lungs?" he continued. as, the commit
tee attempted to hustle him along to
the waiting automobiles. Il haven't
seen the equal of this since was in
Omaha last"
But Mr.. McAdoo's appeal was NOT
needed. He was taken to the auto
with the members of the committee
surrounding him.
Wants to Ride With Jim.
Hold on" he exclaimed. Il don't
want to ride with you fellows. Put
the newspaper men and Jim Dahlman
IN with me. | can ride with a bunch
of bankers and business men any
time, but | can't get bunch of good
newspaper men very often"
What do you newspaper men want
to know" asked the secretary. Want
to know about the bonds?"
mo, tell us how the western people
are responding to your talks about
the bonds
Fine. Never saw Anything like it
The east once thought it had a mo-
nopoly Of the patriotism of this coun-
try. It's getting its eyes opened. The
western people are responding with
their boys, their money and their en-
thusiasn. Understand, I'm not say
ing the west is any more patriotic
than the east is, but it's not one whit
behind the east. After all, the east
and the west have met in America
and this is one country. It's all pa
trlotic.
Bonds Will Go Fast.
MY reception has been fine every.
where. 1t couldn't be beat. | an
delighted, enthusiastic, and | know
these Liberty bonds are going like
hot, cracking bread before hungry
Georgia negro.
Just before leaving the station the
secretary's party was lined up before
a battery of photographers and
shot"
Don't Think He is Homely.
'I thank my stars every day, Jim,
McAdoo said to Mayor Dahlman a:
the car was enroute to the Fonte'
nellie for breakfast, "that l am not a:
homely as these photographers make
me out to be. Ny wife says I am {
good looking man and says she nevel
saw a photographer yet that coulc
put me on paper just right.
Say, Jim, when ! was here las
you remember we ran away from thu
crowd and went to a movie? Yes, ant
there's the very picture house W,
went to. Wonder if we can't run ava,
from these fellows this afternoon
some time and spend an hour in tha
movie show. l see Douglas Fair
banks is going to be there and l al
ways admire Doug. Can you ar
range IT.
Omaha Can Have Anything.
when | was out here last you fel
lows dragged local branch of til
Reserve bank out OF me; wonder wha
you will get out of me this time
Anyway, you CAN have anything
have got. The Omaha branch of tn
Federal Reserve bank is one OF til
most prosperous of all the banks an
we expect it to do great things. D
you know, | think one of the bes
pieces of legislation ever enacted il
this country was the Federal Reserv
bank matter"
At the bankers breakfast at tn
Fontenelle, Secretary McAdoo had
heart-to-heart talk with the loc;
bankers concerning the big bond is
sue. In the interim between tn
breakfast and the luncheon at til
Commercial club the party was take
on an automobile drive over tn
boulevards.