New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-12
Hines n AIMED
h. :. Director
OF Railroads
Assistant to McAdoo Is
Appointed by President
Wilson in Cablegram

LOS ANGELES, Jan. Walker D.
Hines. assistant director general of
railroads, has been appointed director
general by President Wilson. to sue
ceed William G. McAdco.
Notice of the appointment, cabled to
the White House, reached Mr.. McAdoo
by telegraph at Winslow, Ariz., last
night, when the retiring director gen
eral passed through that town On his
way to Los Angeles, where the an
rounceMcnt was made to-day.
Mr.. McAdoo issued the following
statement:
"The President has authorized me to
announce the appointment of Walker
d. Hines as director general Of rail
roads. He will enter upon his duties
Of Office Immediately Mr.. Hines has
been my assistant at Washington since
the beginning OF government control,
and has thorough knowledge of or
ganiZation and administration Of the i.
railroads, under Federal control. as
we'll as If the fundamental problem
involved in the railroad situation. His
ability and experience admirably fit
hlm for the great trust and RESPONSE
bility with which the President has
lonored him.
aside from his obvious qualifca-
tons, Mr.. Hines is in full sympathy
with the policies which have guided
the railroad administration and with
road question. | am sure that Mr.
Hines will have the hearty support of
the fine army of railroad officers and
employees, and I can ask nothing better
for him than that they shall give him
ard the country the same loyal and
effective service they rendered during
my term as director general"
Before he resigned as chairman of
the board of directors of the Santa Fe
system a year ago to become Mr.. Nc
Adoo's chief of staff the new director
est railroad executives in the coun-
try. Born in a little Kentucky town
near Bowling Green, in 1870, he will
not be forty-nine years old until Feb
ruary 2.
Salary Exceeded McAdoos
AS assistant to McAdoo he got s25, 900
a year. more than twice as much as
his chief, who received only his Cabi-
net salary of $4,000, without extra
emolument for undertaking the rail-
road administration for the govern
ment. But his salary as director gen
cral probably will be determined by MIR.
cent returns from abroad. His appoint
ment by the President stands as made,
as under the law it does not require
confirmation by the Senate, and Wash
ington believes that when Mr.. Wilson
returns the pay of the new head of the
railroad administration will be fixed at
$4,000 year.
Mr.. Hines was court stenographer
when he was sixteen and assisted his
Then, after serving a brief period as
secretary to the chief attorney for. the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad. he
took law course at the University of
Virginia and was graduated as bache-
lor of laws. He returned to the service
Of the Louisville & Nashville, and
at thirty was made vce-president of
that system.
Came to New York in 1906
He went to New York in 1906 and
soon became chief counsel of the Santa
Fe. In September, 1915, he was made
chairman of the board of that system,
position he retained until drafted by
the government for the railroad ad-
ministration.
Prior to taking over of the railroads
by the government. Mr.. Hines was out
spoken in his opposition to various
policies pursued at Washington with
reference to the transportation systems
OF the country He directed the fight
Of the railroad interests against The
Adamson act in 1916 and 1917: in ad-
dresses, articles and pamphlets he
fought political hookworm," q dis
ease from which ne declared various
government agencies suffered; attacked
railroad labor organizations as "arro-
gants,'" and did not hesitate to criti
else Mr.. Wilson as responsible in great
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