The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-12

tho supcr.cabinei there IL first,
Newton n. Baker. the quiet. effi-
Gent little lawyer. Who used 20 be
I tho reform city solicitor and mayor
OF Cleveland. and who now has
tho Job OF bonainE the biggest
armies America hAa ever created.
lie largely devised the Hel~c,iye
conscriptlon bill and has been
charged with carrying u out
JoNcphns Daniels. the North Car.
olina newspaper editor. hammered
time and again because he inter
I frrrd with the graft Of biz bust
ness. In immediate charge OF the
E American navy. IN responsible not
only for hunting down German u
I boats. hu, also for conveying our
+ transports and supply ships 20
T Frame. In addition. his orierE
are Law TO our high seas fleet and
/ TO our navy yards. Tho close OF
I tho war will find our navy second
only TO Englands
William Gibbs NcAdoo ia ono OF
I the unprecedented BY reason 81 tho
/ fac, that he doiea out the millions
I to our allies Up 90 date he has
thus given ont over g. 600 900. 600.
Z OF course. this money ~ being
spent right I'm America for supplies,
and McAdoo "a the man behind
tho dough bag. ~ insisting that Il
( be spent as economically g. posi-
I bio. 10 the loans viii not have 10
/ be repeated too often
r. ~ Hurley II chairman OF the
+ United States shipping board. the
greatest maritime organization
ever known This board has not
I only taken over all German ships
/ interncd here AZ tho beginning OF
tho var. but has commsndecred
many now under construction for
I foreign buyers. In addition. II Is
giving out contracts for an i'm
mense amount OF new shipping
I iiurley'a Job IL to build that IA
nous bridge OF ships across tho Al
lantic
Herbert G. Hoover'a activities
concern every farmer and every
( perpon who eats. He has the
I power very largely 10 fix tho price
I 81 food
Tho other man whose work AZ
I fecis every American is Professor
/ Harry A. Garfield. son OF the mar.
| tyred president. formerly a college
/ head As coal director. all he has
| to DO is 10 fix prices and sec that
/ every section gets It's fair supply.
Roberts s. Jovctt. in ordinary
times great railroad admnlstra.
/ tor, f. tho priority boss. He has
the power not only 10 toll the rail
roads which freights shall be
shipped first. but also TO tell
/ great factory whether II shall
| fabricato certain things for the
war department. tho navy depart.
ment. some particular one OF tho
allies. or some private consumer.
Vance Mccormick. PENNSYLVANIA
newspaper owner and chairman Of
the democratic national commit.
tee. has Just been made head OF
tho exports administrative board
Doesn't sound very important. but
he has the important task OF help
Ing to starve Germany by seeing
that our foods and supplies DO not
leak 10 Kaiserland via the sur.
rounding neutral countries.
Frank A. Scott. Cleveland manu-.
facturer. head OF tho war indus.
tries board. co.ordinntes all the ac-
tlvltics supplying the war and navy
departments. His particular Job Is
TO speed mp the production of rifles.
machine guns. field and heavy ar.
tlllery and shells
Bernari NJ Baruch. I'm ordinary
times Wall street operator. is tho
greatest purchasing agent In tho
world today All the allied nations
come to him to make their war
purchases thru the body OF which
he Is tho head
NEW YORK. Oct. 12-Tho Now
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