The Sentinel=record., 1918-11-23

l Of secretary of the treasury and dl- rector general of railroads, There
 was no,hins official tonight on which | to base a statement of who might 1e under consideration for secretary of the treasury.
 On previous occasion when a sue 1 cessor to MT McAdoO was discussed Jonn Ske ton Williams, comptroller of 1 tho currency, ana w. P C. Harding, | governor of the federal reserve board, have mos. generally been mtntioned Paul Warburg formerly a member of the reserve board and a prominent | New York banker, and Russel C. Lef- imgwell, assistant secretary of the treasury, also arc reckoned among the possibilities.
 President Wilson is not required to choose the director general Of rail- roads from among the cabinet mem- ber3 and it is possible that the place may go to some one associated with MT. McAdoO in the railroad admins l tration. If the place should go to some mem her Of the cabinet. Secretary Bak- CT. of the war departmeE, Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Lane
 of the interior department arc likely 1 to be considered.
 There was probability that the di- rectorship might have gone to MT
 Baker at the time the president de ! cided to give it to Mir McAoo. It
 was thought that government opera |
 tion of the railroads as war meas 1 ure was closely connected with the
 military program. but the presiden. l chose MT McAdoo because of his
 knowledse of transportation problems. Postmaster General BurIeson, al- ready is operating lhe telegraph. tele~ phone and cable lines under govern mental control; Secretary Lane is in- timately versed in trans portation prob Ilems. particular railroads, and iog lyears was a member of the inter state lcommercc commission and at one time chairman.
 | Walker D. Hines, assistant director general of railroads. formerly a New Yorl. lawyer, and chairman of tho lhoard of the Sante F'e. has been in Itimately connected with the develop ment of the government operation. aut is among those discussed in Wash ington tonight as q possible success or to Mir McAdoo as director general Mir McAdoo made the announcement lof his retirement al one of his weekly conferences with 2 score of newspapel men tonight in his private office al
 the treasury. The men for an hou'
 had been discussing wirh him que5-
 tions coneerniBy future policies of tho
 treasury and railroad administration
 and were about to arise 10 leave wher Mir. AcAdoo seated at his desk, re-
 marked casually:
 Now. gentlemen, I have inst on'
 little thing to say which may be Q interest. l am retiring from publit : life"
 This came so utterly uneXpecte1l!
 that none of the men uttered a worC lor comment and the little maj and paper-bestrewn office which hai served as the secretarys workroom fo , more than five years. was still unti Mr McAdoo, in his usual tone, eN lpained further:
 Copies of the espondence Witl the president will explain the reasoi
 why l have been compelled to take thi . action and there is not any other rea5 on why did it."
 Just a few minutes before the pres conference Mr McAdoo had called Il
 his treasury advisors and broken tn news to them tTtm 1st surprise wa
 expressed by his workers Ther had oLly been one rumor recently o ithe possibility of Mir. McAd6os resig naticn and that was to the effect tba
 he might be appointed secretary O :, war while Secretary Baker went {
 Europe as the prsident's emlssary.
 That report was specifically denie lat tho time and it was said that Nh
 lMeAdoo had no immediate intentio
 iof quitting either as secretary of in
 treasury or as dire-tor general c
 railroads
 Mr. MoAdoo receives sl2.0G0 yea : as secretary of the treasury, the uni u form salary of cabinet members, an
 lnOtill5 dS uifGctOf general ul ldll
 roads. His family expenses arc kno' Ito have been heavy in the last fe' years. although since the war he ha D taken almost no part in the little cap
 itaI society thlt remained.
 : Repeatedly the secretary has refer red to small salaries of government ol
 ltictals. though he did IGt refer to hi Town case.
 In fixine the salaries of his assis e tants in the rai!road administration |
 allowea heads of drisHns S25,0e0 o year and even the minor assistan;
 received s120Q0 CT si..690,
 Y Secretary McAdC~u is tho foTt Y memcer Of the cabinet to resign. Wi
 liam Jennings Bryan. the president 7 secretary of state. at .hs beginning ( ' his administration was he frs. aii Y Lindley A Garrison. secrsarg Of WI , was the second Jamr. C. Melies .o CCONTINTED ON PAGE TWO)