The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-11
HINES a a ftiI3 fEt3
Assistant Director Cen n
der McAdoo is Elev{
Chief of Depaa
ment.
WILSON CABLES :. NEWs
Appointments Announced Today by
Former Treasurer Who Re-
GENTLY Resigned
Position.
WILSON CABLES SiEws

|IUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
Los AGFLES. Calf, Jan. 11.-Wil-
liam G. McAdoo, today announced
that President Wilson has cabled the
appointment OF Walker D. Hines as di-
rector general of railroads.
Hines appointment Is effective i'm
mediately. the presidents cable to Nc
Adoo said.
Hines was assistant director general
under McAdoo. He went to the rail-
way administration as chief council
and within two months was made as
sistanl director general.
Following his announcement Of the
appointment OF Hines as director gen.
eral' OF railroads, McAdoo issued the
following statement:
fMr. Hines has been my assistant
at Washington since the beginning Of
government control and has a thor
ough knowledge Of organization and
administration Of the railroads under
federal control as well as the funda-
mental problems involved In the rail
road situation His ahil and--s
perfences admirably fits him for che
great trust and responsibility with
which thespresident has honored him.
aside from his obvious qualifica-
tions, Mr.. Hines is In full sympathy
with the policies which have guided
the railway administration and with
the views of the president on the
railroad question. am sure that Mr..
Hines will have the hearty support
OF the fine army of railroad officers
and employees and l can ask nothing
better for him than that they shall
give him and the country the same
loyal and effective services they rem
dered during my time as director gen
era1"
Kentucky Railroad Man.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11-Appoint-
ment of Walker D. Hines to the di-
rector generalship of railroads occa-
stoned no surprise in official circles
here. Born at Bowling Green, KY,
in 1870 he was keeping books at
IL years. At fourteen he was ste
nographer, and two years later chief
for the circuit court at
Bowling Green, Ky. After this serv-
ice he attended Ogden college, later
going to Trinidad, Colo, as legal
and was appointed as secretary to
In0 SAiCl dltolhCy III lIC 1llC
& Nashville railroad.
Following that in quick succession,
he was made assistant attorney, and
then. In 1901, became first vice presi-
dent of the Louisville & Nashville !
He was thirty-one years old and
the youngest railroad execu-
tives at that time. Hines left the
Louisville & Nashville in 1904 to en-
gage in general law practice in New
York. His next big railroad connec-
ton was with the Santa Fe, in 1907,
wren he was made general counsel.
The following year he was made
chairman of the Santa Fe executive
board and remained as such until |
1915, when he was elected chairman |
Of the board of directors of that !
road.
Hines was the first man called to
Washington by McAdoo when the !
railroads were taken over December
27, 1917. His first job here was as /
sistant to the director general. After |
sixty days he was made assistant di- |
rector general and as such has been
in active participation Of the rail !
roads management.
Among railroad administration Of t
LlCIclS 10 lVSdtoCd dS iibCidi =
minded. Some even believe him rad
cal. 1t is pointed out that Hines l
was one of the staunchest advocates
IF increased pay for the employees. !
His record in staff meetings of the (
,ailroad administration reveals that |
n nearly every case he has been
against rather than for the railroad
program.
calarv ac<nSSisfanf director
was $4,000 year. AS di-
'ector general he has power to fix
lis own pay, but 1t was understood 1
re will continue at his present sal
lry.
Officials here believe that Hines
oon will fill the positions of director
# operations. from which Carl R (.
tray resigned January 1. and that :
# director of the division of capital |
which was made va
ant by the resignation of Judge Rob
.rt s. Lovett. 1t was believed that ,
mere will be no Immediate assign +,
nent as assistant director general /,