The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Silent Coolidge, Witty Knox

monosyllabic as he pleases. but more
is expected of slight men,"
Lowry found ii hard to gather IT.
ferent anecdotes of Senator Hiram
Johnson. Everybody summed him up
in one sentence, Hes fighter!" sut
here are a few more points:
johnson has one outstanding en-
dearing quality. He doesn't value
money. Why. if we didn't watch him,
one of his associates told me, he would
start East with only six dollars In his
pocket Simply he looks upon morey
as a medium of exchange and not as
something to be boarded and sweated
over. His personal habits are of the
simplest. He spends his evenings at
home or at the movie shows. He is
perhaps the most inveterate movie fan
in the country to-day. He knows the
names of all the movie actors and
actresses and can tell you what pacts
they have played.
He tod me that he started going 10
the movies as a refuge. The picture
theatres being dark, he could spend an
hour or two without being seen ane
pestered. They offered a means of
escape from opportunities. But now
he goes to them because he likes them.
Also he is a domino player of renown
the best domino player in the world
Sacramento friend told me gravely :"
OF Secretary Mellon the author says,
HE will take care of our money. He
has had experience with his own. He
doesn't throw it away, neither does he
waste it by trying to save it at the
wrong time, as this story shows:
1T appears that one day the Cabi-
net had under discussion what should
be done with one of the great war in
dustries plants. The immediate prob
lem was whether twelve or fifteen
millions should he spent in putting it
in condition or whether it Should be
abandoned and salvaged. One after
another of the men around the table
gave his judgment and opinion. Mr.
Mellon sat quiet. Presently the
President at the head of the table.
turned toward him and said:
"'But we haven't heard from the
ecretary of the Treasury. What does
he think about this proposal?
should like to have his views
"Mr. Mellon was hesitant. Then he
spoke up in his low, quiet, dry voice.
The matter was not exactly In his de-
partment; he had not given the prob
lem any study; he was not familiar
with all the conditions and the full
situation; 1t was question of some
Importance; he did not wish to be
understood as giving his final opinion
unless he had opportunity to go into
the whole matter more fully, but he
thought he could indicate possibly
what his final Judgment might be, If
allowed to tell what he had done in
somewhat similar and personal case.
He owned war plant that stood him
about fifteen or sixteen millions, and
just the other day the question had
come up whether to spend that much
more money on it or to wipe it off. Il
told 'em to scrap it,, concluded Mr..
Mellon.
"'Well, SIR said the man who was
telling the story. the discussion in the
Cabinet ended right there. The Cabi-
net felt that If Mr.. Mellon could af-
ford to scrap his plant the United
etates Government could afford to fol-
low the same course. When the Sec
retary OF the Treasury does partici-
pate in a discussion he usually nails
it down."
Secretary Hughes likes his present
job. And his exterior shows TIE
change in his mood. If a gay Sec, e.