Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-29
PRESIDENT OBTAINS
men OF BIC CALDER
Best Brains OF American Business
Life to Help Solve Important
Problems.
DRAFTED INTO PUBLIC SERVICE
administration Not Seeking to Run
Private" War, but. on tho Con-
trary. Is Throwing Every Energy
to End Giant Struggle
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W.i&iilNc;TON. April cS-.Among tn.
mos; violent charges made asains:
President Wilson by his Republicans
critics is that he is undertaking -
carry go - private" war: that he ha.
not gone outside his own official family
FOR counsel. and tina; he has made no
nsN Of the masterly business and in
dustrial talen, of America
This accusation has been pronounced
and repeated III every debate tina; has
taken place in Congress since the
war began, but with more vehemence
during the consideration OF the over.
man bill. perhaps. than In any Other
discussion of war policies ana plans
that has marked the year that hu.
passed.
Little effort has been made uy
Democratic supporters Of the Prcsi-
dent to answer such charges 1t n,sy.
have been that the Presidents friends
regarded such arguments as unworthy
OF notice or il may have been that
nobody took the trouble TO g., no
real truth about the situation
As matter OF recorded fact. this
administration has Trough; 10 its Side
th" very best brains in American busi-
ness life, and is to-day RELYING up"n
II Sroun Of dynamic personalities
wholly removed from politics FOR la
l"rs oi the most vital consequence to
The nation. These men were drafted
p'to ;he public service without any re-
=i.d whatever for their past political
et!t.at.ons. II is matter of no i'm
portnnce 10 the President whether this
ma" or that is p Democrat IL the in4n
~ question IS needed
!: is furtrc' fac, that most OF the
men who have Been called to Wash'.g.
ton Tor exceptional war service are
personalities o: what is COMMONLY
known as big business" This is true
to such an extent that if II had oc-
Cured wiki any other than war
admtnistratio the country would have
proneri. suspected that the President
had surrendered to Wall Street or gon.
oE'I L. tho trusts or had bargaiu.I
4 WAY his political independence. .AnI
a any cthe: time than this there would
have been storm OF protest from every
quarter OF the country against the
presence OF such Influences in Wash
iuston.
VOTED LEADERS FAKE:
u SHIPPING PROBLII
The recent appointment Of Charic.
I Schwsb TO be director general 4
the Emergency Tieet Corpora tiom aud
the sppointmeu; Of John u. Ryan to
head tn" aircraft production board are
fair examples % the Presidents policy
o! enlisting the services OF men who
get results. Nor are these appoint
IN -,
aHed rule: they are simply in l.eep!a;
With the rule which has been followed
from the beginning. Take the matte"
% shipping and j., VIII he found that
the following men Of national note
have been broush, into the government
service anr: VIII he associated In one
ctrac!tr o. another with MIR. Schwab.
Edward y. Hurley, chairman OF tn,
Shipping tio"rd. aud ii leading manu-.
:actuscr OF the Middle West.
Homer l.. Ferguson. president % III.
Newport News *hipbui!ding Company.
and expert adviser Of the Shipping
Board.
l.. y. :. Franklin, presidan, Of -.
lnternn tional Mercantile Marine. ana
head OF the ,rarspor; service
II. H. Raymond. president OF INC
clyde Steamship Company ard IN
charge OF the port ot New York
Ir"ins I. Bush. president OF tn.
fush Terminal Company Of New YORK.
and in charge OF terminal facilities az
New York.
Each OF these men have TO do with
some particular phase OF the shipping
problem. and each OF them is a rec
oxnized expert in his line and an OBJ
viouS asset 10 the government in the
present situation.
DEPARTMENT