From -1914 to 1921 he served i as
assistant chief of the bureau Of
supplies and accounts and was (tit
ed for “exceptionally meritorious
service in a duty of great respon
sibility." His job was to buy the
.supplies for a navy' at war, pnd
to get them as quickly and cheap
ly as possible.
From 1921 to 1930 he served as
general inspector of the west ctoast I
supply corps, with headquarters
at San Francisco. Then he was
placed in charge of the naval
supply depot at Brooklyn.
President Roosevelt, as Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, became well
acquainted with the Iowa-born
admiral during the war. The ex
tent of his admiration is gauged
by the fact that the work relief
post outlined for Peoples—that of
recommending suitable projects to
the President—is going to be one
of the biggest things in the ad
ministration.
No dour wearer, of brass but
tons is this square-faced officer
turning 60. despite his insistent
silence. He is jocular and there
is a sort of unobtrusive hearti
ness In his manner. But, be' /id.
it all. is the long training of a
service man who waits for his su
perior officer—in this instance his
commander-in-chief—to speak.
HOOVER MAKES i
STATEMENT ON
GOLD DECISION
Uiges Gold Payments by
U. S., Also Stabiliza- i
lion of Dollar
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 21.—Im-;
mediate resumption of gold pay
ments by the United States and
stabilization of the dollar in its
present value is advocated by for-,
mcr President Herbert Hoover in1
a statement commenting on the;
Supreme Court's gold case decis
ion.
