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Show POINT ARISES OVER SALARY FOR M'ADOO WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 Hr-w will DI-rer-tnr General of Railroads McAdoo be 1 paid when he relinquishes his lace on the pay roll of the government as secre- ! tary of the treasury a week from next Tuesday? The law says that no one may receive two salaries from the government. gov-ernment. That Is why he received no salary a- director genera! of the railroads and has had only hia cabinet salary. The law also says no one may srve The government without compensation" That is why There have been dollar-a -year men In Washington. H gional di- 1 rectors under the director general receive salaries of $40,000 a year, fixed by the director general. If Mr. McAdoo Is to continue as th government's railroad head even for a day after he leaves tho treasury he must receive some salary. In the absence of any specific appro- ; prlation by congress, It is understood that the president's broad powers under the railroad act will allow him to fix a pal-ary. pal-ary. Whether that salary will he a dol- , jar or $50,000 a year is entirely in the i discretion of the president. I J |