New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
PaciGst Sent
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proved his application and made the
appointment, to day said:
ne State Departments was without
the slightest hint that Atkinson held
pacitist leanings. Mis- application was
made IN the usual way; his references
~ Senator j. Hamilton Lewis, OF llli-
nois; Professor Albert Bushnell Hart,
of Harvard. and William Barry. Chi
factory His qualifications showed
he had an adequate command of French
and knows thc German and Italian
languages. cquipping HIM splcndidly for
a clerhshlp IN Il foreign legation He
was selected because Of an urgent call
for thirteen clerks for the Bcrnc lcga-
ton. and while subject to draft his
qualifications were such that we pro
cured th" consent of the local draft
board in Chicago to use him until he
actually was called into the military
ScrNicc.'
War department. files included let
ter from Allnson. upon which his dis
mlNsal Was based. He stated he VAS
opposed to the draft and predicted de
fcaC Of ur forces abroad. He requested
4 noncomoativc position.
\ Native of Chicago
Alllnson's application for service
abroad showed that he was born in
Chicago February &. 1898. His parents
were said to be natives of the United
states. He stated his qualifications
Tor The post to include the knowledge
OF languages and the fact that he grad
r2ted from he University OF Chicago
and studied at Harvard College, taking
~ 4 !,
and government, English letters, lam
guages and international law
ills occupation at the time was ac-
counting officer for the United States
tuel Administrator of Illinois, and
later he became secretary of the con-
servation department of the Illinois
fuel administration. Allinson served as
private secretary for time to DR..
Stanton Cort, of Hyde Park, London.
tic was q teacher ut a private camp
tor boys IN Michigan, and also served
as as counsellor at the South Pond Cabin
Camp, at titzWillam, N. ii. The APP
nlicaton also shows that he assisted
Professor Hart in editing book on
titled "Spcakcrs' Handbook of the
War As additional reference Anin
son gave the name Of Professor Man
ley Q. hudson, of the University of
Missouri.
The messages which passed between
the state Department and the draft
board of Allinson's district concerning
ms service with the department show
that the Chlcagoan sought deferred
classification in the draft by reason OF
ms appointment to Bcrnc These mes
sages, furnished The Tribune TODAY
by the state Department, follow:
dated Chicago. February ~. 1913 10
the "ilou. Brccknridgc Long, Third As
slstant Secretary of State, Washing
ton.
"Appertainine to your telegram Of
lnc "th to Brent Dow AllnSon. which
he has filed with US. Loca! board has
classified Allnson for sclcctivc ser
wee in Class ! A. Case is before us ON
appeal. This board feels the decision
OF local board IS correct unless his APP
ponntmcnt by the State Department, as
Indicated III your telegram of the eth,
appears ia warrant placing him in a
deferred class. Please wire how essen
tial you feel Allinson to be to the State
Department.
~ Sgncd)
"DISTRlCT BOARD. DIVISION
|. NORTHERN DISTRICT, IL
LIMOS"
The State Department replied:
Your telegram re Allinson. cpart
mcnt of State does not desire to inter
1erc with the decisions of the draft
boards. Mr.. Allinson can be service
able to the department, but the gen
cral operations Of the draft law arc
more important than the services of
any individual.
III. after You have arrived at YOUR
decision and have definitely placed him
iii the draft. YOU can consent to his
services IN the department until such
a time as he may be called for mil
l'ary duty, the Department of State
VIII 1ecl JuStlilcd in employing him.
"BRECkINRIDGE LONG,
"Third Assistant Secretary of State.v
"Cnlcago, Feb. l3, 1918.
10 Hon. Breckenridge Long. Third
Assistant Secretary of State, Washing
ton
Your wire regarding Allinson. Our
board has placed Allison III Class A.
Understand he is liable to be called for
service at an carly date V,c have no
objection to Department Of State ut
lllzlng Atkinson if it sees fit under the
circumstances.
(SigncU "T. W. ROBINSON.
"Chairman Distric. Board"
1t is known that the War Dcpari-
mcnt had no knowledge of Alinson's
applying for service with the State
Department. In fact, when Secretary
Baker was shown to-day Il message
from The Tribune referring to Allin-
sons "opcn letter to Baker" the War
Secretary declared that he had no
knowledge Of such a letter nor could
he recall the contents of any letter
Allinson write appealing for service
outside the military establishment of
the nation.
Dcfcd the Draft
Brent Dow Allinson first attained
distinction in pacitist circles when he
addressed an open letter to Secretary
of War Baker. in which he detied the
draft law and asked for some non
fighting position in the service Of the
government. The letter appeared in
"War?' a pacifst publication printed in
T.anSdownc, Penn. last December. rhc
main points of his letter were:
That the German people were con-
vinced that they were being attacked
and that the American forces were
doomed to defeat in advance, no mat
ter how gallant the young fighters
who were sent abroad.
That this war was not conflict
between right and wrong.
That national defence was not an
issue in this conflict and that he,
with others was opposed TO aiding
IL 1T for that reason.
That he "was not for the war and
milSt NOT I.< mart N II +b,