The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-29
| McADOO PROVES HIMSELF
TO Be HUMAN DYNAMO
Continued From Page rur,ep

the st. iv,ary'5 one great a>act. Nil.
McAdoo is thin and angular. SO thin
. that he wears doubIc-brcIsJcd coats
| 10 take away thr @hadoMy outlines
! 81 MS restless body. He Is active
and CHick. ana in passing il may be
sad that h. Ursi won tn" ada ira
zion 1T the Presidents daughter. who
become his second wife, by his grace
a. a dancer. His superb physical
condition is due III part to the fact
! that he neither drinks nor smokes.
As MI. McAdoo's place in the Ad-
nlini,tratfon is now constituted lie is
mos, generally thought OF as secrc-
tary OF the treasury and director gen
eral OF railroads. AS a matter OF
| fact. he is now giving far more time.
| thought and endeavor to the latter
post than he is to the former. For
he has not been Idle during his five
years in Washington and has devised
an organization in the Treasury
. building, second to none in the in
dustrial world today.
With the outbreak of the war, Mr..
McAdoo obtained permission to name
two new assistant secretaries. With
the naming of these men, he reshap-
ed the organization of his depart
ment and laid out the work on
broad program. Fixed duties belong
| to each assistant and due to the sec
retary'S marvellous ability as an or
ganizer. the entire department has
| become model of efficiency. Every
clerk and secretary in the depart
ment has been trained to act on his
own responsibility and encouraged
| to keep work away from the desk OF
| the man higher up. Not only did
such a policy make for decision, eff
ficiency and fast work, but from the
very fact that department chiefs and
| clerks were daily forced to make de-
| cisions of Importance, these same UNI
der lieutenants have been developed
| into strong executives, quite capable
| of carrying on the work for which
| they are held responsible.
Mr.. McAdoo stepped into the job
| of Director-General of Railroads
when the railroads were trying to
| handle more business than they ever
| had tried to- handle before. Their
| motive power had not been increased
| to meet the stress of the war bust
ness and their system for handling
| freight had been demoraliZed by
priority orders. Almost on the day
| he took hold, winter bowled into the
| congested railroad sections with
storms that We're record breakers.
The morale of the railroad eXecu-
tives and employees had been shot to
pieces; because for weeks it had been
known that Government action was
| likely, and the rumors gave birth to
| the belief that few men could be sure
of their jobs, that salary cuts were on
| the way and that the employees work
ing for the Government would have
slight reason to hope for wage in
creases. Many a man would have
quailed before such an undertaking,
but not the tireless Mr.. McAdoo.
He didn't stop long to make inves-
LEGATIONS. In fact he scarcely waited
long enough to read the morning pa
pers before he had Alfred H. Smith,
of the New York Central railroad,
delegated to direct the operation of
lines east of Chicago and north of
the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Smith.
too, was known as a man who did
things. The selection was fOrtu
nate one, but it should not be for
gotten that it would have been just
as easy to choose poor man for the
job.
1t is TOO early TO say Wnether the
problem of the railroads is to be Mr..
McAdoo's browning achievement I'M
der the Wilson administration or
not. 1t might seem that, given the
wealth of the nation and the powers
of the nation. he could not fail to
WELD them in. such, manner as>>t to
sore a success. but it is also true
Hat tn eobstacies to face in handling
The railroads are tremendous, and
the new ones are heading Mr.. Nc
Adoo's way every day. 1t is almost
needless to add. however, that every
obstacle will know it has a fight on
it's hands when it tackles the six feet
of bone and sinew, grit and determi-
nation that makes up the human
dynamo" known as the secretary of
the treasury and director general OF
railroads, William Gibbs McAdoo.
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