The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-14
DEFINES ATTITUDE
 TOWARD HYPHENS
Justice Hughes Says He Is
 "Undilutedly American
VISITORS NUMEROUS
Progressive Leaders and Roosevelt Supporters Among Callers-Suf- frage Leaders Unable to Obtain
 Kis Views on Their Proposals

New York, June 1S-Charles E. Hughes
 today defined his attitude toward German
 American support as one of ''undiluted
 Americanism.' In the first statement is-
 sued since his acceptance of the repub-
 lican nomination for President, he said:
 "I stated my position very clearly in
 my telegram to the convention. My at-
 titude is one of undiluted Americanism
 and anybody who supports me is sup
 porting an out-and-out American and an
 out-and-out American policy, absolutely
 nothing else.
 The nominees day, busy one, was de- CTS. His visitors were more numerous than yesterday.
 LINE IS FORMED
 There were so many of them at one time that line was formed and they filed past to shake hands and chat for a moment instead of waiting to be re- ceived alone. Several progressive leaders and republican supporters of Colonel Roosevelt were among them. Everett Colby of New Jersey, who placed John M. Parker in nomination for the vice presidency at the progressive
 convention, and Theodore Douglas Rob- inson nephew of Colonel Roosevelt, and a former progressive leader in New York, called during MT. Hughes ab sence at luncheon. They left word that they would return in a day or so to deliver ;,, ,air pIa of Strauss sent a telegram from Cleveland pledging support and followed in person later to congratulate the nominee and reiterate his pledge.
 Republican leaders who saw MT. Hughes included former Gov. B. B. Odell of New York, William H. Crocker, M. H. De Young of San Francisco, Dr. Nich- olas Murray Butler and Lloyd c. Griscon of New York. Dr. Butler, who placed Elihu Root in nomination at Chicago spent nearly an hour conferring wits
 MT Hughes Henry Clews. the New York banker, and Frank A. Vanderlip, presi- dent of the National City bank of New ] York, made brief visits.
 SUFFRAGISTS BALKED Suffrage leaders sought vainly to ob. 1 tain the nominee's views as to theil cause. Miss Lucy Burns and Mrs. Charles A. Beard tried unsuccessfully to see him. Mrs. Laura B. Prisk, chairman of the woman's republican committee of New l York, had a two-minute talk with hin l during which she said he would prob ably make known his views on suf frage in his formal speech of acceptance | The date of his formal notification ol nomination may be settled definitely with sinza few days as-sSword- was received tonight at headquarters that the. com mittee from the national committee might reach here tomorrow to confer with him | MT. Hughes present plan is to receive l the committee before he leaves here next Monday to attend a class reunion and the commencement exercises at Browr university, Providence. He will remain in Providence probably until Thursday and then return to New York. Soor thereafter he will decide on the location of his summer home.
 Governor Whitman. who took a lead ing part in the pre-convention fight fol Hughes, and placed him in nomination at Chicago, probably will visit him during the week if was said