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in which the president takes Storer
to task for having apparently inter-,
fcred in the affairs OF the Catholic
church and warns him to be more
The pamphlet says the president
goes on to say that Storer was sur
prised at the presidents action and
that it was unintelligible except on
the theory that the president was re-
xolved to repudiate Storer's acts and
was now writing q letter for future
use. This turned out to be the case
End storer felt that the only thing
to do was to tender his resignation.
which he did. accompanying it with
q letter Of which Storer says he kept
40 copy. The resignation was re-
fused by the president who in q corr
dial letter to Storer said he would
explain more fully when he had an
opportunity to have a personal talk.
The president says that fortunately
ne, has the original OF the letter of
which storer says he kept no copy
and that Storer's statement Is false,
that the lettor was in response to one
written by the president concerning
the dismissal of man named Hurst.
ige storer's Letter 70 Hanna,
This letter which is reproduced in
full tells Storer that Secretary of
state Hay is indignant over the fact
that Senator Hanna has sent to Hay
letter which Hanna received from
Storer saying that Storer would not
have dismissed common servant in
The manner Hurst was dismissed.
The president told Storer that even
If the charges were true this would
ret justify Storer in writing to Han
ma about them, but that on the con-
trary they were not true and that
Hurst had been dismissed only af-
ter careful investigation by AM
tassador Mccormick and by a trust
cd agent of the state department
This letter concludes with the ex-
tract quoted from Storer's pamphlet
In his dealings at the vatican. The
president says Storer wrote letter
rendering his resignation because of
his conduct In the Hurst matter. In
this letter the president says StOrer
made no allusion to his call at the
vatican; that the letter Of his
tRoosevelt's) shows that Roosevelt
lad never heard of the visit to the
vatican and that his absolute silence
al the time shows that what he now
says on the subject Is pure after
thought Nj. Roosevelt reproduces
storer's letter of resignation IN which
Storer declares his conduct In writing
llama was inexcusable and asks
Roosevelt to hand to Hay an enclosed
rote Of personal apology if the presi-
ocnt thinks that will clear Storer in
the secretary's eyes. II Storer has
last the confidence. OF the state de-
Iartment, Storer declares that the
president must treat him as he would
any other public officer for the good
Of the service; only in leaving the
service Storer requests 1t be made to
APPEAR to be voluntary on Storer's
part, 1t was this letter, Mr.. Roose-
%elt says. he answered by saying he
''ould not accept Storer's resignation.
With peculiar perfidy." the presi-
dents letter concludes, "Mr. Storer
now seeks to turn this act Of cordial,
and l think I may add. generous
friendship on my part into an attack
upon me by treating my refusal to &C.
oept his resignation as an endorse
Iment Of his position in the matter OF
the vatican. to which there was abso-
lrtely no allusion whatever Of any
lind or sort In his resignation.
This. bare recital Of facts n IN
itself the severest condemnation oil
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