The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-01-11

The Food Administrator Of Toxas IS
man who "a Of interest " every In
diyldnnl In the State. Every man,
woman and child Is anxious to know
what manner OF o man Is the man
who Is instrumental In securing for
them the necessities OF life, and at
prices within reach OF the average
wage Garner.
The Federal Food Administrator for
Texas Is y. A. peden. n" md A.
both stand for names. But .he alrna.
turc never reads any more or any less
than Just r. a. pcden" Il Is brief
name and brlof signature, :. 10 a
signature easily pronorncoablo frank.
open and above board; and Just rs
nance oflen suggest personality. 30
tho name Of The Federal Food Admin.
lstraior OF Texas suggests irankness.
oponnoss OF mind, honesty Of convlc.
tlon and integrity OF mind aud pur'
pose.
An interesting thing about admin
lstrator Peden Is that he never sought
= public office; that he has always
been content TO b. ono Of the atablllz.
lng buslneaH influences Of tho city OF
Houston. wherein he has lived and
nrnspered; and that when Herbert
Hoover summoned him TO Washington
IN September OF 1917 II was more Of
surprise 10 the IRON and steel man
when he waa offered the job of hand.
linz the fDodstuifs NJ Texas than Il
was to his friends. who are statewide
and nationwide.
The administrator was heaitant
about accepting, saying frankly that
HIS HE work had born in handling
inorganic materials rather than or.
ganlc materials; but Herbert Hoover
Insisted. and realizing that hls coun-
Try needed him quite rs deeply as his
own business. Mr. pcdcn decided to
pat aside hls personal work for tho
duration OF tho war and to dedicate
himself 10 the big and nevcrending
task Of not only making Texas m eco
nomlc unit In winning tho war. but q
spiritual unit aa well In the natter OF
RESPONSE and aacriiIce and inseltlsh-
ness
Tie aamlllrtltor IA no, tho same
type Of a man ps u. NJ. House House
h silent and emIgmatic. Ped.n 10
enthusiastic and unwilling to be CON.
pick or intricate or involved. no
thinks quickly. gnlna point on the
second: has a fine knnck OF starting
out completely bewlldered as TO the
subject OF conference. and then 80
quickly assimilaiof and then separates
what he wants from thu mass that he
10 usually tho best Informed man on
The subject present when he leaves
tho hall
Yet he would discrcdlt this idea
lie Ia always dlacrcdltlng IDEAS Al.
ways rcsorling to reticcnce and dc.
alru TO asslst ratlsr thar antagonizc.
He tries TO 500 everything from every
anglo: he may render o Judgment but
II someone comes along with now
viewpoint he adapfg himaelf 10 the
broader view. Yet he docs not va'll-
late ile has a purpose and q goal In
ovorythlns he sets out TO do, and there
may be- diverscnrles and tangonls, but
he goia to his goal
Personally, he Is a most llkeable
mnr. lils voice Is pleasant and con.
genial anl hls grlie one OF the pleas.
attest In the world To be suddenly
placed In a poaldon where he must
put aside personalities and deal In big
problems that must be- regarded large
~ IN tho abstract, Ia nc inyllable task
for him: he likes 10 be near men. not
apart from men; and n his work calls
for actions which place tho nation
above that Of the Individual. he would
not hesitate a second tho course 10
pursue. yet Il n trying and difilcult-
.et he can do Il and DO II wen.
For tho period Of three months IN
which no has boon engaged as Federal
Food Administrator. 10 many prob
loms have come mp TO his deak roqulr-
INK Immediate confederation and de-
clslons that would IN no Wag disturb
normal hunlno1n Operations that Il
Aaa been necessary for hlfA 10 literal.
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