Graham guardian., 1918-06-28

n TR ROOSEVELT has sent to the Senate ten thou
lNl sand words of denunciation of the President
49, of the United States, of Secretary Baker, of
Postmaster General Bureson, and of the Hearst
papers He has caused this datrbe to be printed in the
Congressional Record and distributed broadcast among
people at the very moment when the is reach
ing its most arduous and most critical stage.
l very sincerely believe that Mr. Roosevelt is max.
ing grave mistake in endeavoring to distract our
leaders, disturb the machinery of Government and
trust and dissenson among our people at this serious
time This is the time above all times for the sacrifice
of our personal aspirations and antagonisms
1t is the time for the exercise of our utmost COM
bned endeavor for the exerton OF our most vigorous
united action
1t is not time for discussion and dissension and
detracton
All loyal Americans, individuals and institutions
should join together regardless of personal or political
prejudices, and work harmoniously to help our Pres
dent and e.s people to win the war.
This the Hearst publications have earnestly and
consistently endeavored to do
From the very first day of the war the Hearst
newspapers have believed that victory would be won
by the united effort and energy of all people and
not by the pickering and fautnding of few of our
people.
The day before war was declared the Hearst
be conded to the Executive; that while deiberaton
and many counseors good in peace undivided
authority and responsibility were necessary in war.
The day after declared the Hearst papers
urged "an army of million men,, "the largest increase
that could possibly be made in the navy" and Gin
The leaders of both parties in Congress opposed
universal service, form of selective conscrip
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and collected more than
100000 signatures asking Congress to pass the
Selective Conscription Act.
AND EVERY MANS STRENGTH WHERE IT IS
MOST NEEDED, can the full power of the nation be
erted was the definite verbatim expression of this pc
tition.
l myself went personally to Washington to urge
my former associates in Congress to vote or selectve
rinfin md Anril r,,Ih hoI
signed article in the Washington Post advocating it.
After the fight for the selective draft was won,
the Hearst papers called for the conquest of the air
More than twenty editorials, Of them full pages
urged the appropriation of the $64O OOO,OOo for
planes and aviators which finally secu- ID.
Another urgent need was merchant ships. FOR
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE WAR the Hea't papers
fought with vigor and persistency for Government
S tsS sn bser But the bill @
and Oliver Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts friends of Mr.. Roosevelts-
But for this flibuster, might have had at least
year ago the ships required to defeat the submarine
The selective draft ships and aeroplanes having
been provided the Hearst newspapers next pettoned
Congress for temperance during the war to stop.he
Of foodstuffs for making whisky This legislation
accomplished in sixty days but the Hearst papers
had been making sustained fight against whisky for
five years
To aid the First Liberty Loan, sl4 columns of
news, editorials and cartoons published in the
Hearst papers alone.
Many thousands of posters on the Liberty Loan,
drawn by Hearst cartoonists, posted in all the
May "a, 1917, effective that R. ". Woolley di-
rector of publicity of the Treasury Department Wash
Bank in the United States-77oo in number-anI thew
Your work deserved unmeasured commendation,"
wrote the Governments Director of Publicity.
To aid recruiting to the navy, the marines and the
volunteer army, the Hearst newspapers created and
manned recruiting stations in the principal cities of the
In New York City MORE THAN HALF of the en-
'istments were made at New York American stations