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Show FADOO ARRIVES IN OGDEN AND IS GREETED DV A LARGE DELEGATION OF RAILROAD MEN 4 . Outspoken in Regard to the League of Peace and Raps Those Opposed to the Covenants Tells Why He Ordered Increase In-crease in Wages of the Men in Railroad Service. Whih- expressing his opinion that, iho League of Nations plan is the only hope of saving the world from another great war, W ;. RlcAdOO, former see-I see-I retary of the United States treasury I and former director-general of rail I roads, who was in igden for a short time this morning, declared In an interview in-terview with newspaper men that those who ar opposed to the league f are either "Ignorant or Republicans' ( Mr McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo noel I in Ogden this morning, after having been separated for a short time while fjf he has been in Oregon in the interest jjK'r of (he Victory lonn campaign'. He t came to Ogden from Portland over j the Oregon Short Line, arriving abotii i : 7 o'clock, and Mrs. McAdoo arrived i over the Southern Pacific line on train i j No. fi. They departed together over i the L'nion Pacific for the east on train i j No. 6.- During (he interview here, Mr. Mc- I Adoo asked the representatives of the t press about the industrial and econ- v t omic situation in this district, saying 1 j that road building and public im provement campaigns were vers i al l to the welfare of the nation. "The people are pretty generally alive to these facts," said Mr. McAdoo, "but in all sections there are some who seem to have become a funcus growth and do not wish to be stirred out of the rut they have lain in for years. There must be an awakening, however, how-ever, among all the per.pir- if ve are to enjoy the fruits of peace and avoiu another world war." When Mr McAdoo asked about the industrial situation in this district, he was told of the bond issue being voted on today by city and c ounty and school districts, and he said that he certalnh hoped Ihe citizens were awake enough (o vote the bonds in full, as such thincs are just what will put the nation na-tion hack on a substantial peace basis and make for permanent prosperity ind progress, "The administration in Washington knows that the people in this coun-:ry, coun-:ry, the masses throughout the United States, are heartily in favor of the eague of nations," said Mr. McAdoo. "The Republicans have made a big uss over it, and they have did it be cause they are Republicans, not because be-cause they are sincerely opposed to it on the grounds of well founded belief. be-lief. When you find anyone who is opposed to the league of nations you will find him either wilfully ignorant or a Republican." Mr. McAdoo was told that Senator Smoot had Joined Senator Cummins in announcing that he now favors the league. "They were never against it. in the first place, for the league phn is still essentially the same as when they voiced disapproval. 1 had heard that Senator Cummins had turned ov.-r. but this is the first knowledge that h3s come to me that Senator Smoot had seen the light. However, I am glad to know that tho two senators sena-tors have felt the lash of public opin ion and gotten into line. The league question is not a partisan matter aud should not be thought of in a partisan licht. It is a world question affecting the destiny of mankind and stands as the only means of preserving the peace of the worldj No Soldiers Antagonistic. I have met many soldiers in my travels about th country and I have asked them what they thought of the league of nations idea. And not ono has failed to express his hearty approval. ap-proval. The men who have- fought, in this war know too much about its horrors hor-rors to want a repetition. They don't want to be called back to the awful trenches to do the work again. They don't want to lose what they have sained." Mr. McAdoo asked how the local newspapers stand on the question of the leaguo of nations and was in-formed in-formed that the morning paper is bitter bit-ter acainst the administration and has found considerable fault with the league. The reply of Mr. McAdoo was, "It's reallj (oo bad for the community. Bui there is just one word that tells (he reason; and that word is 'Republi-I 'Republi-I can.' " 1 During the short time the train was waiting to leave, Mr. McAdoo was busy shaking hands with railroad employes. em-ployes. He grasped many a grimy hand and seemed glad to have an opportunity op-portunity to do so. After shaking hands with one small group of men clad in overalls, Mr. McAdoo turned to the press representative and commented, com-mented, 'It is Mich men who are the backbone of the nation. They are honest, sincere men aad are not swaj 1 led by petty politics." Just before the train carrying Mi McAdoo's spcial left Ogden, a large delegation of clerks from the Southern Pacific office visited the train. Mr. McAdoo left the train and walked among them and shook all of them heartily by the hand A zrcat many j of the clerks expressed appreciation for what he had done for them whii he was director of the government ad - j ministration of the railroads, and a great many of them asked him why he resigned his office. Explains Resignation "While I was In office." said Mr McAdoo, "I tried with every effort to better working conditions of the railroad rail-road employes. Generally speaking, 1 1 succeeded In raising tho wages of (nearly every class of railway workmen and succeeded in gaining an eight -hour day." "In order to raise the wages of the employes It became necessary to raise i the freight and passonger rates to ob- I tain money to satisfy the increased payroll. In doing this 1 attracted a1 great deal of criticism throughout the! country, but in every case 1 tried to; satisfy all concerned to the best ot my ability. "Everyone must buckle down to his job now and make the government railroad administration a success, in return for what it has done for you.; "I hope every one of you is for the1 League of Nations." In answer to a question as to whether whe-ther it would do away with the Monroe Mon-roe doctrine, Mr. McAdoo said- "We do not have to give up one bit of our sovereignty to havo the League of Nations No one of us wants to go through again the distressing difficulties difficul-ties that this country has gone through. I do not believe that there is a soldier in the country that has served in the war and knuws what war! really is, that is against the league, j What harm could the league of nations na-tions do if it were adopted? It would not destroy one particle of our sovereignty sov-ereignty but would do a great deal towards to-wards preventinc another world war. land would promote the interests of all mankind. No Salary Increase "J would have been very glad tn i have stayed on the job in Washington if I could have done it. While I was secretary of the treasury I received a j salary of $12,1)00 a year and when 1 was put in charge of the administration administra-tion of the railroads I received no further fur-ther increase in my salary. All the lime that J was trying to increase the) salary of all you people, I could not i increase my own one dollar. "When it became known throughout l the country that I had resigned from my government position, 1 received hundreds of one-dollar checks from i railroad employes throughout the I United States asking me to stay on the Job, but I could hardly have accepted ac-cepted any ot (helT money. If 1 had accepted their monej and had go en a dollar a year from every railroad employe in the United Stat. j would have amounted to over $2,000,000 " At this point, Mr. McAdoo's cdnver- i sation was interrupted by the signal ' of the train that it was ready to j leave He and Mrs. m Adoo Btood on; the rear platform of the car as it pulled out from the station and Were cheered by the workmen and employes (throughout the yards. Mr. McAdoo was accompanied by his secretary. Miss Brady. The private car of A. G. Safford, engineering assistant to Hale Hogan, regional director of the railroads, was on the same train. |