Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-23
M'ADoo RESIGNS
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member of the reserve board, and a prominent New York banker, and Rus 1 sell c. Leffngwell, assistant secretary i of the treasury. also are reckoned i among the possibilities. President Wilson is not required to choose the new director general of
 railroads from among the cabinet
 members, and it is possible that the place may go to someone associated
 with MT. McAdoo in the railroad ad- 1 ministration. If the place should go
 to some member of the cabinet, Sec
 retary Baker of the war department, 1 Postmaster General Burleson and Sec
 retary Lane of the interior depart
 ment are likely to be considered. 1 There was a probability that the di- rectorship might have gone to Mir.
 Baker at the time the president de- i eided to give it to Mr. McAdo. It was thought that government operation of i the railroads as a war measure was closely connected with the military ! program, but the president chose MT.
 McAdool because of his knowledge of transportation problems.
 1 Postmaster General Burleson already
 is operating the telegraph, telephone
 and cable lines under government con- trol. Secretary Lane is intimately versed in transportation problems, particularly railroads, and for years
 was member of the interstate com
 merce commission and at one time | chairman.
 ] Walker D. Hines assistant director
 general of railroads, formerly a New
 York lawyer and chairman of the board of the Santa Fe, has been inti- mately connected with the develop ment of government operation, and is among those discussed in Washington
 tonight as possible successor to MT. McAdoo as director general.
 MT. McAdoo received 900 a year
 as secretary of the easury, the uni form salary of cabinet members, and
 nothing as director general of rail-
 railroads. His family expenses are
 known to have been heavy in the last
 few years, although since the war he Il has taken almost no part in the little capital society that remained. Re
 peatedly the secretary has referred to small salaries of government officials, l, though he did not refer to his own , case. In fixing the salaries of his as- , sistants in the railroad administration ; he allowed heads of divisions s25,000 , a year and even the minor assistants . received $12,000 or $15,000
 The rise of MT. MCAdoo to a place of . influence in the administration, which
 many have declared was second only to the president was very fast. As a , southern lawyer who had been inter ested in transportation schemes in , southern cities he went to New York / and accomplished the then almost un- : believable feat of successfully tunnel , ing the Hudson river for electric , trains. One of tho st men to sug gest the scheire-if not actually the F first-was adjudged a lunatic and he
 lived to see the project an accomplish
 ment His name has been forgotten in
 the success of the achievement. When. MT. Wilson, then governor of
 New Jersey, became a presidential } probability MT. McAdoo virtually was unknown to him. But McAdoo took a
 leading part in his campaign as vice ; chairman of the democratic national ) committee and much of the time as
 acting chairman and also as chairman of the finance committee. The presi- dent-eleet chose him for secretary oi the treasury.
 l At the outset of the presidents first
 term it was a pastime of observers of 5 public affairs to refer to "the strong men of the cabinet" generally speak ing of two or three. It is no reflection on MT. MeAdoo to say that his name l was not then so early included, but ii soon became so It was no secret that the president depended upon his ad vice and judgment more and more or affairs which ranged outside the
 treasury. He soon began taking a
 prominent part in shaping the admin : istration's legislative policies and he
 invariably had the backing of the