The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-23
SECRETARY MI 'ADOO
QUITS HIS JOBS
MAN WITH MANY JOBS RETIRES
TO TAKE UP PRIVATE BUSI-
NESS AND REST

tune as a reason, William G. McAdoo
has resigned as secretary of the
treasury, director general of the rail
roads and his resignation has been
accepted by President Wilson. Me
Adoo said he had no idea who his
successor will be.
Letters between President Wilson
and Mr.. McAdoo, made public today
with the announcement of the resig-
nation, give Mr. McAdoo's reasons for
leaving the cabinet solely as a neces-
sity for replenishing his personal for
tune and express the presidents deep
regret at losing his son-in-law from
his official family.
McAdoo's Letter to President.
Mr.. McAdoo's letter of resignation,
dated November ID, follows:
"Dear Mr.. President: Now that an
armistice has been signed and peace
is assured, I feel at liberty to advise
you of my desire to return, as soon
as possible, to private life.
ri have been conscious for some
time of the necessity for this step,
but, of course, I could not consider it
while the country was at war.
"For almost six years / have work
ed incessantly under the pressure of
great responsibilities. Their exac-
tions have drawn heavily on my
strength. The inadequate compensa-
ton allowed by law to cabinet officers
(as you know I receive no compensa-
ton as director general of railways)
and the very burdensome cost of liv-
ing in Washington have so depleted
my personal resources that | am
obliged to reckon with the facts of
the situation.
Health Not Impaired.
IT do not wish to convey the i'm
preston that there is any actual i'm
pairment of my health, because such
is not the fact. AS result of long
overwork I need a reasonable period
of genuine rest to replenish my en-
ergy. But more than this, must, for
the sake of my family, get back to
private life, to retrieve my personal
fortune.
''I can not secure the required rest
nor the opportunity to look after by
long neglected private affairs unless
/ am relieved of my present RESPONSE
bilities.
ssI am anxious to have my retire
ment affected with the least possible
inconvenience to yourself and to the
public service, but it would, | think,
be wise to accept my resignation now
as secretary of the treasury to be-
come effective upon the appointment
and qualification of my successor so
that he may have the opportunity
and advantage of participating
promptly in the formulation of the
policies that should govern the fu
ture work of the treasury: | would
suggest that my resignation as di-
rector general of railroads BECOME eff
fective January 1, 1919, or upon the
appointment of my successor.
"I hope you will understand, my
dear Mr.. President, that I will per-
nit nothing but the most imperious
demands to force my withdrawal from
public life. Always I shall cherish
as the greatest honor of my career
the opportunity you have so gener-
ously given me to serve the country
under your leadership in these epochal
times. Affectionately yours,
"W. G.. M'ADOO."
President Accepts.
The presidents letter of acceptance
dated November 21 follows:
envy dear Mr.. Secretary: I was
not unprepared for your letter of the
18th because you had more than once,
of course, discussed with me the cir
cumstances which have long made it
serious personal sacrifice for you to
remain in office. / knew that only
your high and exacting sense of duty
had kept you here until the immedi-
ate tasks of the war should be over.
But I am none the less distressed. |
shall not allow our intimate personal
relations to deprive me of the pleasure
of saying that in my judgment the
country has never had an ADLER, a
more resourceful and yet prudent, a
more uniformly efficient secretary of
the treasury; and l say this remem-
bering all the able, devoted and. dis
tinguished men who preceded you.
have kept your letter number of
days, in order to suggest, if | could,
some other solution of your difficulty
than the one you have now felt
obliged to resort to. But l have not
been able to think of any. l can not
ask you to make further sacrifices,
serious as the loss to the government
will be in your retirement. | accept
your resignation, therefore, to take
effect upon the appointment of sue
cessor, because in justice to you
must.
Admires McAdOO's Skill.
81 also for the same reason accept
your resignation as director-g general
of railroads, to take effect, as you
suggest, on the first Of January, next,
or when your successor is appointed.
The whole world admires, am sure,
as l do, the skill and executive ca
pacity with which you handled the
great and complex problem of the
unified administration Of the railways
under the stress of war uses, and will
regret, as do, to see you leave that
post just as the crest of it's diff
Guilty is passed.
'F'or the distinguished, disinterest-
ed and altogether admirable service
you have rendered the country in
both posts, and especially for the way
in which you have guided the treas