Graham guardian., 1918-06-28
Mr. Hearst Answers Colonel Roosevelt;
Suggests Joint Debate at Proper Time

Secretary of the Navy Daniel. sent, unsolicited, q
dispatch saying:
Your cooperation in bringing the job and tho
together has rendered the naUy opportune and
important assistance.
Food control, the next great issue the pro.
gram, divided the country and Congress.
The Hearst papers, and l. personally urged ONE
MAN CONTROL, instead of a commission of three.
On July "a, 1917, in signed statement in my news.
papers, said:
The President desires one man instead Of
commission Of three to exercise the pouuer of food
control conferred by the food BILL The PRESIDENT is
The clause which require, the appointment ofa
commission of three instead Of single individual to
control promptly and Effectively the food supple:
for our country and our Allies is a mistake and
should be stricken from, the BILL
individual authority and responsibility make
for alocrity and efficiency in public ser1ice
After two months, Congress passed the bill putting
Mr.. Hoover in sole control of food.
The Presidents war message later his reply to the
Pope and recent Memorial Day proclamation were
greeted by the Hearst papers historic documents
that should be preserved"
They were published in colors calendared paper
and more than 100000 copies of each were distributed
free.
The Government departments Department of Edu-
cation, New York Public Library and the Y. M. G. A.
asked 900 copies of these art reprints
for their branches and these like all the Others
furnished free.
Marshal Jofre's visit to the United States
memorated in handsome volume, bound in vellum and
mounted in gold and enamel, containing the photo
graphs speeches and descriptive accounts of his VISIT
This volume officially accepted by the French Com
mission was presented to Field Marshal Joffre in the
presence of his staff in Paris by General Pershng in
behalf of the Hearst publications.
To promote the Second Liberty Loan the Hearst
newspapers devoted 1895 columns of news, editorials
and cartoons, and to aid the Third Liberty Loan the
Hearst newspapers devoted 1910 columns of news,
editorials and cartoons
The subscriptions of the Hearst publications and
employees to the Liberty Loans have been over half
million dollars; their contributions to the Red Cross
have been over fifty thousand. dollars.
In all these matters the Hearst newspapers, doing
right God gives to the right have tried to be
the most vgant agents of the public interests by their
ACTS well as by words
Of Mr. Roosevelt and others like him, who find
unpatriotc occupation in denouncing the Admnistra.
ton, and who interested in their personal
ambitions and political preudices than they in win
ming the war; would like to ask the plain question:
na1a you ao"e enS 10 e. ,1e"d%
to Justify you assuming virtue and 0oiue
to the Hearst papers, hch haUe consistently supported
euery tuay to help the Government lDin the Dar!
AS far as can Mr. Roosevelt has done nothing
but savagely and sensatonaly attack the President OF
the United States and his Cabinet during this critical
war period and has done this for partisan political pur
poses and what is worse, for pay. -
AS far as can see, of the main objects of Mr..
Roosevelts latest furious attack upon the Administration
to aid and advertise those magazines and news.
papers which pay him and support him and to reflect
upon those magazines and newspapers which do not hr
him or admire him.
AS far as | can see, no matter what the motive OF
these continued attacks be, whether it be parsan
and personal, we'll intended and merely misguided
the result can only be harmful to Government harm
full to the spirit of people, harmful to the morale OF
our armies, harmful to country and our countrys
cause. ,.. ..
this present crisis is over shall be glad to debate with
Mr. Roosevelt upon the public platform whether MS
critical efforts or my constructive efforts have accom-
plished the more toward helping America bring this
great war to q speedy and successful conclusion.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST