New-York tribune., 1918-02-11
Nc4doo

Greece, China, Japan and the rest of the
Allies, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury,
the Farm Loan Board and other miscelane-
Gus activities and responsibilities now get
the morning of Mr.. McAdoo's day. The rail
ways get the afternoon and the big end of
the day. There remains the night.
Mr.. McAdoo's day begins at a. m, at
which time he goes to bed--but with a nice
little memorandum pad and pencil under a
reading light conveniently placed at the
mead OF the bed. The pad and the pencil are
the worry absorbers. At, say, q. n1., Mr. Nc
Adoo having been asleep for an hour, his
subconscious self awaken5 his conscious
self and whispers an idea. Thereupon the
composite Mr.. McAdoo switches on the
light, makes a memorandum of the idea and
goes back to sleep. At a. m, same thing.
Ditto, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. At 9, thoroughly re-
freshcd after eight hours Of Sleep which he
insists on having if he has to. fight for it,
Mr.. McAdoo arises Then he allows about half
an hour for toilet and breakfast, consults
documents and data for about half an hour,
and after a brisk walk from his residence
arrives at the Treasury at 10. Wednesdays
and Fridays Cabinet meeting mornings
Whatever time is left from the Cabinet
meetings on these mornings is given to
Treasury busness-also all of Thursday
mornng-and Treasury business means
everything that is not railway business that
relates to Mr.. McAdoo's official functions
lie tries to reserve these mornings for intra-
Office business. Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday mornings outside Treasury bust
ness relations get their innings. Here's
sample "outside" morning:
A Little Business
On The Outside
1o-Representatives Kitchin and Page. with
the tale of woe of the short-ine railways.
who are "hollering" as hard to get into the
government fold as the big roads "hollered"
to keep out.
lo:l5-Commissoner Donald, of the Ship
ping Board, with shipbuilding financial
tangle.
lo:20-Sir Richard Crawford, of the Brit
ish Embassy; M. Tardieu, for France. and
Count V. Macch di Cellere,. Italian Ambas-
sador, to discuss quicker lunches for the
Allies.
lo:4o-Senator Bankhead on something.
lV:4o-Senator Hoke Smith, on something
lo:oo-Edwin G. Gay, from the Shippine
BOARD to talk about harbor safety plans.
Ex-senator Stone. Purpose not disclosed
IL to IA flock of department business.
to 2-Quick dash for home and lunch
and then to the railway office in the Inter
state Commerce Building.
2 to S:ao-sessions with railway staff.
Short talks and quick decisions.
$3.50 to Especial problems. annoint-
ments on railway business, general nnblic
newspaper men, correspondence, etc.
to Skinner.
to 1-Executive sessions with larce
bundles of papers and data, brought or sent
from the two Offices. These are the hours Of
STUDY and thought, without even secretary
or stenographer to disturb or divert.
MI McAdoo's allowance for recres+;or
dlnners' parties, theatres, ETC., is nil. When
the good old summer time comes he hopes
to steal little period for tennis. Judo;na
from the number of memoranda written %.
the urgings Of the subconscious self. M
McAdoo's assistants think he does even mora
real head work when asleep than whan
awake. According to them, he has rd;son
beaten. Edison argues that sleep is not
necessary Mr.. McAdoo says: "Whv NOT
sleep and work, too?"
Railway trains run all night-so does the
Director General of Railways.