South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-22
CONFERS WITH
SENATORS ON
SERVICE BILL
Colonel Processes More Inter-
est in Chamberlain'S Case
Than in Sen. Stones
Attack on Himself.
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International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22-"Tell
the truth and speed up the war;"
That was the motto Col. Theodore
Roosevelt former president came
% Washington today TO endeavor TO
engrave upon the governmental var
and legislative machine The colonel
was in fine fettle. He smelied the
battle from afar. And il took him
only a few minutes after ne landed
here in the midst Of the heaviest
suOwstorm since Washington turned
over the administration TO William
Howard Taft, TO get into the game.
Not Angered oy Attack.
Roosevelt was "a long way from
being angry over the bitter attack
made upon him by Sen. stone on
the floor Of the senate yesterday He
made this very plain. His chief con-
Germ today was the attack made by
Pres't Wilson last night on Sen.
Chamberlain. chairman of the sen
ate military affairs committee i'm
hich the president founded a lit
tie ananias club of his own with the
Oregon senator as one Of the charter
members.
Col. Roosevelt said that he plan
ned a lengthy conference with Sen.
Chamberlaiu and with his closest
political adviser. Sen. Hiram John
son Of California. after which he in
timated that he will have some more
To- say
Conferences Today.
Conferences with Cham berlafr
and johnson and with Reps. Jim
MY" GaIliVan OF Boston and Len
root OF wisconsin comprised the
Roosevelt program for TO-DAY while
tonight his son-in-Iaw. Rep. Longs
Worth of ohio, viii give a dinner to
Gim at which many leading republi-
cams viii lee present
II ann infinitely more interested in
what the president said about Sen.
Chamberlain than i'm what Sen.
stone said about me-" explained
col Roosevelt THE first person
see today Will be Sen Chamberlain
and the next viii be sen. Johnson.
Until l have talked with both Of
these I don't care To make any com
ment.
Explain. his Purpose"
My purpose in coming To Wash
iugtou is To- do all I can To help
speed up the war work so as to
make our cooperation i'm il as eff
gcicnt as possible at the earlies.
possible moment and i'm the second
place 90 give all the support 7 can 20
the bi' championed by Sen Cham
berlain and Rep. Kahn for introduc-
ing at once as our permanent policy
the system OF universal obligatory
military training for all of our
young men.
"Our most pressing immediate
need H. the speeding up of the war
and this means that We must back
up every official measure for that
purpose wholly without regard for
party. and every man insofar as he
efficiently does his duty and 20
means just as much that without
regard for party that we as Amer
lean patriots. shall set our faces like
nint against ineficiency and delay
and shall hold those officials re-
.ponsihle 10 strict account
Proposes "A Motto.
"One duty is as important as the
other. for the two go hand in hani.
10 d. the mark OF pro-Germauism
and the mark Of the future traitor
To America either 20 oppose what is
done 90 make our part i'm the war
more speedy and efficient or 20 de-
rend i0efCieucv. luke warmuess
and delay and Co assal those who
Expose such ineriicency luke warm
Gess and delay.
The national motto at This umc