The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-01-03
iIsT BILL DO n.

The slogan down at Washington
these days seems to- be "let Bll do
g.. u.s. We notice that when there j.
e job running around without any
tody To- look after it, the Hon. william
Gibbs McAdoo il immediately singled
out Tor the task.
For jhe last five years Mr. MvAd"5
mas been 90 the head ut ,n,le sam :
treasury department. aud during mas
time ho has had more work "a han
die than any other cabinet member,
one OF the his first intricate problems
was the organization uf the federal re-
serve banks, then came the idrlh
loan banks. the liberty loans. Nal saw
ngs certificates - In addition 60
these duties he mas also had To look
after the routine work of the treasury
department. But the president must
have caught him loafiug % day, be-
cause when Mr Wilson scanned the
crowd tor IN. purpose Of picking out
"a director general of railroads MS
owes lc..tuic focused uu Mr. MoAdoO
and h., wa. selected for the job. What
ever els, may Ice charged against Nh"
president. 1t cannot be alleged WITH
semblance OF fact tina, he is not
seeing ,hat hi, ].on-iu-iaw earns his
salary.
Mr. McAdoo is not without raiiroa !
experience as some people believe
short, after his admission 60 the par
al tn, use Of - he began ~raiiroadihg
at Knoxville. Tenn. iIis first at,empt
was not very encouraging, not due
To- an, fault 81 hi-, however, but the
road went into the hands NJ a re-
ceivcr and he was thrown out OF "
lob. shortly Thereafter he Was OF
fvrod employment ~ division 'ouhN'
Of a southern railroad. Reing law
yer aud out Of q Job, hc jumped N'
the chance. lie wls not satisfied -
attend 10 the legal details alone hut
proceeded to familiari4e himself Wit,
AN the details Of the business 80 toi.
a. lt was possible Tor him Co DO go i'
that part of the country aud with tn
facilities ~ hand az thai time.
AIR McAdoo moved Go Sew N"rN
In $50. and began the practice 81 .a".
shortly thereafter he began siddyl"i
Gotham's transportation problems lie
decided THAI tunnels under the Hudson
river we're needed. Despite adn"n'
lions that the idea was am old one Ne
Adoo belle, ed the plan Co bee feasible
il- managed Geo talb capitalists "''
~ SO million dollars ana built the n'"
famous Hudson river tunnel which
annually is used by 90 million per
Ills metroric rise Ia democratic pnll'
tics. eliminating IN his selection as d.
rr-rpr general at the railways, has
mad. it plain that his long distance
Vision was mot confined to transit
matters. g., was one Of the firsl oii-
Gems ro figure out that Woodrow WI
som was du. At the White iious" on
rb, morning of March g. 1913. h'
did mol wait uuil vrcr election ID"
nak, tb, announcement .'ut dad 10
90 % banquet ct the southern Suciais
as ,,uI, a. December l'lo. when o.
wasn't taken s%oriou-l, by regular pol'-
~. was NIc,-,hairman Of the
board ~ directors Of IA" democratic
national cimpa!sn aud directed inc
work NJ the organization when VIII
+ McCombs she chairman US
taken &c.
Amer the president i~naugutnlio"
Mr. McAdoo wns named To the treas
ury portfolio. Ills relationship 10 me
became moe intimate May
g. isit. when he married Eleanor
Randolph Wilson y%ouuge-t daushie'
OF he executive.