Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-05-11
w. A. Julian AS U. S. Treasurer

"Fr1endly, human, dynamlc-a
man who gets things done" Thus
acquaintance describe William
Alexander Julian, first Ohian to be
given an important post under the
Roosevelt administration. Appoint
ed Treasurer of the United States
by the President, he is expected to
be a potent figure in official life be-
cause he will bring to Washington
an interest in government and an
experience in business that have
caused him to be regarded highly
as a counsellor and an executive.
Born on Kentucky farm, he
moved to Ohio as youth, learned
banking by starting in a clerkship,
became a successful Cincinnati shoe
manufa cturer and entered politics
because he has an ardent enthus-
iasm for making democracy work
to the advantage of the average
man and woman Giving democracy
spelled with a small d, his time and
7 restless energy in his zeal to extend
the benefits of good government to
cratic party as his instrumnt
Treasurer of the Democratic state
central committee for years, he
has been intensely active in organ
ization work in the state and in the
recent presidential campaign he was
! impressed into service by the ma
! tional committee at New York head
! quarters.
i Declining proffers of ambassadoria
appointments and insisting he want
ed no public office, he finally was
prevailed upon by President Roose.
welt and Postmaster General James
A. Farley to accept the treasurershiT
of the nation. And soon his name
the government. If, through i'm
/ prOvement in economic conditions
it becomes possible for every Amer
lean to possess a fair share Of thai
paper money his greatest wish vii
be realized because for years {
proper distribution of wealth has
been the central idea of his philoso
ply Of government.
Julian's sympathetic concern fol
underpriyileged folk has been mani
tested in many ways through his
activities in social service Fol
more than twenty years he has serv.
ed as president of the Cincinnati
Associated Charities, giving it his
financial support and expanding its
work of relieving distress. Found
ing a bureau for the handicapped
he provided an organization for as
sisting persons mentally or physi
cally i'll. AS a pioneer advocate OF
old age pensions he urged adoption
of a pension system for needy citi-
zens past IS years of age, after di
recting a survey as chairman of the
Ohio Health and Old Age Insurance
Commission.
Long before workmen's compen.
sation was written into Ohio law
Julian preached the desirability o.
that enlightened industrial reform
And in his Cincinnati shoe factory
he introduced advanced ideas fol
the comfort and convenience oil
workers.
Seeking to correct the maladjust
ments that have been emphasized
by present economic conditions, he
has urged upon federal officials
plans to establish industrial workers
on small tracts of land near cities
to assure them means of sustain
ing their families in periods of un-
employment
He has been Democratic national
committeeman from Ohio for seven
years and was reelected to that
position at the Chicago conven tion
last June. Intense in his partisan
ship, he inspires Democrats with
unity and militancy to win elections
but insists that once in office their
first obligation is that of service to
all people regardless of political af-
filiations Or considerations.
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