Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-11-23
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York lawyer and chairman of the
board of the Santa Fe, has been in
timately connected with the develop
ment of government operation, and is
among those discussed in Washington |
tonight as a possible successor to Mr..
McAdoo as director general
Springs News on Writers
Mr.. McAdoo made the announcement /
of his retirement at one of his weekly |
conferences with a score of newspaper !
men tonight in his private office at t
the treasury. The men for an hour |
had been discussing with him ques-
tons concerning future policies of the
treasury department and railroad ad- |
ministration and were about to rise to !
leave when Mr.. MsAdoo, seated at his |
desk, remarked casually:
Now, gentlemen, l have just one |
other little thing to say which may |
| be of interest. l am retiring from pub |
lie life
This came so Unexpectedly that none |
| of the men uttered a word of COM
ment, and the little map and paper
bestrewn office which has served as
/ the secretary's work room for more
! than five years, was still until Mr.. Nc
Adoo, in his usual tone, explained
| further:
COPIES of the correspondence with
the president will explain why l have
been compelled to take this action, and
there is not any other reason why l
did it."
Just few minutes before the press
conference, Mr. .McAdoo had called in
his treasury advisers and broke the
news to them. Utmost surprise was
expressed by his co-workers. There
had been only one rumor recently of
the effect that he might be appointed
secretary of war while Secretary Ba-
ker went to Europe as the presidents
emissary That report was denied at
the time, and it was said that Nc Nc
Adoo had no immediate intention of
quitting as secretary of the treasury or
as director general of railroads.
No Salary for Railroad Work
Mr.. McAdoo receives $4,000 a year
as secretary of the treasury, the uni
form salary of cabinet members, and
nothing as director general of rail-
roads. His family expenses are known
to have been heavy in the last few
years, although since the war he has
taken almost no part in the little CAPT
tai society that remained. Repeatedly
the secretary has referred to small sal
aries of government officials, though
he did not refer to his own case In
fixing the salaries of his assistants
in the railroad administration. he al
lowed heads of divisions $4,000 a
year, and even the minor assistants
received $4,000 and SIS, 900.
Secretary McAdoo is the fourth
member of the cabinet to resign. Will
lam Jennings Bryan. the presidents
secretary of state at the beginning of
his administration. was the first, and
, Lindley NJ. Garrison, secretary of war,
was the second.
James C. McReynolds, attorney gen.
eral. resigned to take an appointment
to the supreme court. Aside from
those three changes, the. president s
! cabinet stands the same as it did six
years ago. and his friends say he has
taken a great deal of pride in refer
ring to it as a team. At the opening
of his second term the president asked
all the members to remain.
! Rise Accounted Rapid
The rise of Mr.. 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
r interested in transportation schemes
in southern cities, he went to New
| York and accomplished the almost I'M
9 believable feat of tunneling the Hud-
= son river for electric trains. One OF
the first men to suggest the scheme
= if not actually the first-was adjudged
= a lunatic, and he lived to see the pro-
i iect an accomplishment. His name
has been forgotten in the success Of
r the achievement.
d When Mr.. Wilson, then governor Of
;, New Jersey, became a presidential
i probability, Mr.. McAdoo was virtually
& unknown to him. But Mr.. McAdo(
= took leading part in his campaign a!
vice chairman of the democratic ma
n tional committee, and much of the TIM
: as acting chairman, and also as chair
: man of the finance committee. TIL,
u president-elect chose him for secretar,
: of the treasury. At the outset tn
presidents many admirers have pro
nounced him the most capable sine
Alexander Hamilton. Of course, he ha
=, not been without his critics.
Il Il At the outset of the presidents sec
-, - ond term, it was pastime of observer
u of public affairs to refer to 1.-The stron
= men of the abinet," generally speakin
u "a Of two or three. 1t is no reflection O
IL Mr.. McAdoo to say that his name wa
not then so included, but it soon be
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- president depended on his advice an
% judgment more and more on affair
70 which ranged outside the treasury. H
, soon began taking a prominent part i
n shaping the administrations legisla
20 tive policies and he invariably had tn
backing of the president. Possibly tha
brought him into the field of demo
cratic presidential possibilities, whe
they were being discussed, but so ia
or as any one knows Mr.. McAdoo neve
90 has expressed himself on that subjec
in but has devoted his attention to serv
70 ing his chief.
1g Man of Small Fortune
j. 1t has been well known in Wash
Id ington that Mr.. McAdoo, a man Of com
ng paratively small personal fortune, ha
felt that sooner or later he must re
e. plenish his resources. Friends at va
I'd rious times have expressed some ar
prehension for his health, for he hs
been an indefatigable worker, an
es while the duties of secretary of tt
treasury in times of world war prof.
ably would have taxed the health an
energy of anyone, he did not hesitat
to take on the railroad administratic
and found time beside to take a prom
inent place in the presidents council
on other subjects. While on a recel
trip in the west he fell from a hor.
and broke rib, but his friends SO
that had no effect whatever on h
general health.
Since the European war broke out
the fall of 1914, Mr.. McAdoo's depar
ment has faced many big econom
+ problems. Lately the tremendous Lii
prtV loans and ooro1larv nr0bIaypc