The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-07
Secretary Melons
Difficult Task
AS Head of the Treasury Department He Has Inherited
a Huge SPRAYING Mess of War Finance to
Be Strengthened Out.

get TIA" supplies qur~N Th.S los
. Q. "f diSmi%S!ng all considerations ct
~, and fncuSsing every effort ON
.. lcratlnnS Of speed WAS very dilT o
for civilian minds to lear. hut Il
M,. If th essence of carrying "n Wa.
sur, .-ssiul..
ms l. = st thing that should h.
rcmrmnrr,H d" ever there l. "ri'i"lsn III
1T ,1-Scrr, \d"n for nc pluuI
ing. h.IdInr., r. with which h" iva
Things. | haI, IT,. IN" 81 tn" thr''
~ TO-. creates, - u IN" country
1t man who. gen. -. ." king ne"
lily dISappr"v"S -. ito say ina
Tor Wartime rurpU>, WAS TN
ideal secretary Of the
Tn" secretary of the II. NJ W.
needed in wartime Was :. ma"
Of action. intent upon Uuich 1885,. -,
rardlcSS of cost. The ndn v. o. -
was one who should feel C"nhd
the United States could never & '''''
when it became n matter of D. I.'"
ing money through tho sal" Of b'..-
when prudent pcopl" said Let us -
= billion dollars IN Victory bonds. at
when McAdun said "N". let us make y
three billions" and by his daShint
energy succeeded in floating them ina
Was III" ideal characteristics ~ war
time secretary Of the treasury
Melons Heritage.
J,r, The necessary result at iuiS war
time hast" and these impr"Ni~"d "hl =
rrncy situations on = huE" scale Ia
been 10 leave Mr.. Mellon Il h'riiaE" 81 Il
huge. SprawlinG mos. NOT h''",'
the treasury, as Mr.. Mellon comes I" u
= lob more than five times the magnitude
that any other secretary OF inc treasury
ever had. In addition 70 ina" "'''9
sariI> much of tn" personnel lhat ne
finds under him il new
Many If tho business men VII" "am'
In h,Ip in the treasury dcplrtmrnt "h.'t
the war Wa ON left as soon as th'
armiStirc came. Many 0i the nrrmtH'"'
heads TT the bureaus and d"par tHlen''
who are rNrCllcnt men ana VINO HI"
their work thoroughly and mihut''E vi
Eanizcd unavnidahly had IN" SP'en"N
systems which they had pu'lt UP l"'""i
into confusion Ivy the SIZE ana COM,
rlrXjt> of the additional TASK" thF"H'
upvr them aS an incident "t III" WAT
All in all. Mr. Mellon hAS come I" "
task probably never "N'cll'd I'll "'''
entity by the duty of any hnan'c ih'n
lister uC auv country NJ any ''n'. !"
.,,.,,kin., mis- task. Mr.. Mellon inspires
as much confidence as Mr.. huIh'N ""''
-, trucking his tack Tho difference in
IT, II,.,,l,c's TEMPERAMENT. the fast that
his urnhlcmS arc NOR" IN tho ruhH'
rys and the fast that hH is more fro
,n,ntlv seen by tho public, cause the
confidence in Mr.. Hughes I" be more
widespread.
I'm, to those who have tho ccAS!"n
ia observe Mr.. Mellon. tn" commence
N him Is no loss. Mr.. Melton j. an "\-
r.ssi,cly modes, mnn He gives inc
iu,prcsSion Of Il rather shy country
bunker. who always takes inc QuclcH'
and mos, unuS, "ntatt0uS ta'h from MS
home to the Office. and VIII" has ShTuhk.
lust ~ much a, n:,turT'l courtesy "ou'"
permit him. from letting himself get IN
ln}y,ri in anything that would diStrt't
Nam from his task.
|; iS characteristic - Mr.. Melon ,n"'
in going twice a week from ms "h'''
in tn, treasury to the cabinet meetings
in ih,, White House nc avoids the pun,
lirity of Pennsylvania avcnu" AMI
chooses to walk quietly out 81 IN" treas
urv basement. cross 4 COMPARATIVELY
unfrcuucutrd street. enter the hlt'
House at one end and most unoSt"h'h-
tjou.; path from his length Of tho " hit"
House TO reach the room Nh"rc 'h'
cabinet meetings arH held.
In surrounding himself with assist
ants, Mr. Mellon has made IN" 'Mpr'S-
sion Of trying Ia S"t mon .lkc h'mS"I'
men Of proved ability and 90 nm
oStcntar :ouS personality. Ai"EHthr:'
thnSn persons In Washington VINO
rcsliz, the magniiud" and seriousness
Of our financial Problems ar" "h"crrd
with confidence" fully as much by Mr..
M"lion's ,.uurS" as by NJ. Hughes.
Copyright. 1921. by y. y. Evening f">t'