New-York tribune., 1918-12-17
Naming Hearst
lis Denounced
By Republicans
New York Club Passes
Resolutions Protesting at
Appointment by Mayor
Silk Men Also Act
Hylan Refuses to Make
Known Names of Men
Who Declined Places

Hostility to the continued presence
of William Randolph Hearst upon the
Mayors committee to welcome return
ing soldiers continued to grow yester-
day, and found it's most important eX-
preston last night when the Repub-
lican Club unanimously adopted reso-
lutions objecting to the publishers SER
vice on the committee and also on the
body appointed to erect memorial to
our dead in France
By a tremendous majority the men,
bers of the Stock Exchange yesterday
adopted similar resolutions, and like
action was also taken by silk mer-
chants, 264 of whom signed the protest
yesterday
Hearst's Words Cited
The Republican Club resolution fol-
Whereas, Mayor Hylan has an
nounced his appointment of William
Randolph Hearst as a member of the
reception committee to our boys re-
turning from the great war in Europe
and also as chairman of a committee
TO erect a monument or suitable memo
rial to the memory Of those who have
given their lives and will not return,
and persists in retaining Mr.. Hearst
upon such committees, notwiths tand-
ing protests on the part of organiza-
tions, prominent citizens and a large
portion of the press of the city and,
Whereas, the loyalty of Mr.. Hearst
to his country in it's time of dire trou-
BILE is discredted by his own utter
ances, and by the disclosures of the
&c ko 1pit Stot 10
and his position as chairman of the
above mentioned committee is dis
grace to the loyal city of New York
and an insult to it's citizens, and par
ticularly to the men who have given
their lives, and those who have braved
death and shed their blood in devotion
TO their country.
"Now, therefore, be it resolved that
the president of this club be authorized
to appoint committee of nine mem
bers, of which the president shall be
ex-otflcio chairman, to confer and take
action with other organizations in this
eral meeting of citizens to publicly
protest against the continuance of Nh
Hearst upon the above committees and
against his appointment upon any COM
mittee which has to do with eny re-
ception to the living or doing honor to
the dead soldiers or sailors OF our
country"
Mayor Remains Silent
The resolution was the joint pro-
ducton of Taylor More. treasurer of
the club, and John A. Dutton, a men,
Der.
Mayor Hylan yesterday refused to
make public list of the welcoming
committee, minus those who have re-
signed in order to avoid serving with
Hearst.
Estimates of tha number of resigna-
tions from the Mayors committee
that the "official'' welcoming body
would consist only of Mr.. Hearst and
his employees when it finally went down
tho bay to meet the men who made
victory over Germany possible. Others
thought that those who had resigned
or had been satisfied to make the mega
tive protest of on-appearance at COM
mttee meetings, probably would not
total more than half of the body orig
lnally named by Mayor Hylan.
Hylan Seeks '"The Silence
Repeated effort to obtain personal
interview with Mayor Hylan by re-
porters seeking the facts were uni
formly unsuccessful. Neither the
Mayor nor his secretary, Grover
Whalen, would meet questioners. Even
those who have forwarded designations
from the committee, as we'll as the
numerous organizations that have
adopted resolutions OF protest, have
been ignored by the Mayor.
in the Mayor % oce, or os obtanag Stain 9
much as a glimpse of the Mayors
secretary, a reporter for The Tribune
sent this communication in to Mayor
Hylan through the agency of the
policeman in the outer Office:
"Will you please let me have the
following information concerning
the Mayors Committee to Welcome
Homecoming Soldiers:
ga revised list of the members of
the committee since the resigna-
tion of those who refused to serve
with William Randolph Hearst
"Has any action been taken in re-
sponse to the protests of individuals
and organizations against the nam
ing of Mr.. Hearst to act on that
committee?
"Have replies been sent to these
individuals and organizations by the
Mayor?
"Will you please give your per-
sonal views concerning the con-
tinued membership of Mr.. Hearst
on this committee, in view of his
attitude both before and after the
entry Of the United States into the
war?
"Has M: Hearst resigned from the
committee 2"
Mayor Is "Too Busy"
The note was delivered shortly after
9 o'clock in the afternoon. The mes
senger announced that the Mayor was
temporarily in conference and that
Mr.. Whalen was out for q few minutes.
SO the reporter left the QUESTIONABLE
and returned an hour later.
"The notes still on his desk and
can't get you an answer now," said
the attendant.
Returning an hour and half later
the inquirer was given similar
answer. Verbal requests for an ap-
pointment with the Mayor or his sec
retary, for the information by mail
or by messenger, from either of those
two officials, resulted in the same
answer.
Mayor Hylan, it was explained, had
no time to discuss the proposed plans
Tor welcoming the soldiers, Mr..
Hearst's relation to the committee. the
protests against the editor. or any
phase of the situation.
The resolutions of protest circulated
at the Stock Exchange were intro
duced on the floor of that organization
Friday. OF approximately 325 brokers
who appeared there that day, 29S affixed
their signatures to the protest In
n in