Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07
McADOO FOR PRESIDENT
BY FREDERICK ]. HASKIN

XXTASHIFGTON, D c., Nov. 1.-The Demo
wv cratic party will be asked by his friends
to nominate William Gibbs McAdOO for
president, and, if it accepts the invitation, the
people will be asked to elect him. on the basis
of his past performances as a public executive
Hi friends will attempt to impress on the pub
lie consciousness the things that McAdOO has
DONE and will claim that in these performances
he has proven himself the right man for the
big job.
There really ought to be more talk of pres
idential possibilities. The politicians and the
public men who have up their lightning rods
are getting a bit peeviSh because the public
interest is centered on such mere trifeS as coal
for the cellars of all of us, and establishing
machinery for the conduct of world affairs in
the future They want to know whoN is to be
the standard bearer next year. As far as the
Democrats are concerned, there seems to be
but a few names mentioned, and these only
occasionally. The first of these is McAdoo.
This man McAdoo started out by driving the
first of the tunnels under the Hudson river Ii
a mans Job, done like He went
from Tennessee up to New York and won his
way to this accomplishment He was why
on-the-open executive, He got things done.
Then he came down to WASHINGTON and be-
| came secretary of the treasury. There he made
many new and big measures a reality To be
sure, he worked in herculean times. But even
before the war he had done big things, There
was the farm loan board, for instance, which
has put out St5O,OOOOO0 in loans to farmers al
interest much lower than they were ever able to
| get before. 1t has made it possible for any
owner of farm land to get money on reason
| able terms. McAdOo, his friends say, is re-
| Sponsible for this, and the farmers should ap-
| preciate the fact. He should get the farmer
! vote.
! Then there is the federal reserve system
| of banking. 1t became a law and was first
! operated under the direction of Secretary Nc
| Adoo. 1t has solved the currency riddle of the
natiOn-aggravatiOn of a century. 1t handled
! the StupendOuS burden of financing the war
Give the credit to McAdoo
McAdoo was the man who first pushed the
shipping board idea in congress- although that
body flihuStered against his bill and delayed
the legislation for two years. Otherwise the
war might have been won more quickly
McAdoo was the daddy of war risk insurance
| as substitute for pensions, and the war risk
bureau, an agency of the t. eaSury der.rtmen Mt
has been mailing out checks by the million ever
since There are lots of people who tie into
the war risk bureau. 1t forms a link to service
men and their families
Then there were two StupendouS non-lnili-
tary Jobs at home, each ranking near the tor
among all of the Zig jObS--getting the money
to fight the war and hauling war supplies down
to Seaboard Either of ltheS, was a task for a
Superman. But say his admirers, McAdoC han
died both of them as side lines while con-
Quoting the war duties of a cabinet member
Mr. McAdoo toured the country when he was
establishing the farm loan board, meeting many
people. He toured it again when the federal
reserve banks were being established During
the war he went all around the map three sep
arate times. On all these trips he met many
people, important people. He has very wide
to be for him.
1t was as a Liberty Loan speaker that the
secretary was at his best He warmed up ON
this subject He gave the impression of being