Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-05 | Page 7 | Lovett Will Return to U. P. as Chairman

LOVETT WILL RETURN TO U, P. AS CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Robert S. Lovett has resigned ao director of the railroad administration's division of capital expenditures and will return January 1 to his former duties ao chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific. Mr. Lovett had been considered for the position of director-general to succeed Mr. McAdoo and it Is understood under-stood his resignation docs not eliminate elim-inate him entirely as a possible appointee. ap-pointee. In announcing the resignation Mr. McAdoo, referring to Mr. Lovett, saids "He has served with signal ability and such signal devotion to the Interests In-terests of tho country during the trying try-ing period during the past year that no commendation, . however strongly expressed, could lo justice to him."