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Show How Will We Pay McAdoo7 ' Washington. How wilt Director aoneral of Railroads McAdoo be paid when ho relinquishes his place on tho pny roll of the government ns secretory secre-tory of tho treasury on Tuesday December De-cember 17. Tho law says that no ono mny receive two salaries from the government. gov-ernment. That Is why ho received no salary as director general of tho railroads rail-roads and bus had only his cabinet sal nry. Tho law also says no ono may serve tho government without compensation. That Is whj thcro have been dollar-a-year men in Washington, Regional directors di-rectors under tho director general receive re-ceive salaries- of $40,000 a jrear, fixed by the director general, In.tho absence of any specific appropriation appro-priation by congress, It Is understood that the president's broad powers under un-der tho railroad act will allow htm to fix a salary. Whether that salary wll bo a dollar or $50,000 a year is entirely in the discretion of the president. |
