New-York tribune., 1919-02-06
Unwilling TO Serve Win.
Freedom of Action Is Il.
possible, They Decla,s
Many Others Rcsis,
All Give Hearst lnaucn,s
as Reason for Quitting.
New Developments TO-DAY

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who is out of town, the Comnitte. - -
Permanent Memorial of the Brool,,.
Victory Celebration Committee :.
signed yesterday in body. They :,
plained in joint letter to Borou,.
President Riegelmann that thev ~
unwilling to remain as members J,
any committee where freedom of 50.
ton is impossible
The withdrawal of the ten memho,.
from the total of eleven on the memo.
ral committee automatically drow
threc of the most influential citi,en,
from the executive COMMITTEES ..
which they served when Nathan .
Jonas was chairman. The three ma,
are Frederic b. Pratt, associated wi,
the Standard Oil Company and head
Of the Pratt Institute, chairman Of n,
committee; Alfred 7. White. one d,
brooklyn's wealthiesl citizens, and
James H. Post, president of the Amer.
ican Sugar Refining Company.
Other Prominent Men Who Quit
Other members whose names wo,.
signed to The letter include A. Apgus.
Healy, banker and president of ,hc
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Scicn.
ces; Frank l.. Babbott, banker: viii.
lam Hamlin Chi!ds. financier and
philanthropist; A. c. Bedford, chair.
man of the board of directors of the
Standard c.. Company of New jersey;
Fl. K. rwitchcll, president of the Chem.
ical National Bank. Manhattan; An.
drew d. Baird, president Of the Will.
lamsburg Savings Bank, and Edward
{. Blum. of Abraham G. Straus.
Edward NJ. Bassett, former member
of the House of Representatives and
Public Service Commissioner was The
absentee member. 1t was said that his
resignation viii follow.
Borough President Riegelmanu had
the designations of about twenty-fm
members OF the special and genera
committee sent him during the DAY.
but he was absent from the Boroust
Hall, attending the wedding of rels.
tive. 1t was said at his Office that tts
names will be made public to- day.
The Committees Letter
The letter from the permanent me-
moriai committee to the Borough
President says:
Some weeks ago Nathan S Jonss,
then chairman of the Brooklyn Victory
Celebration Committee, appointed vs.,
with your approval, as members Of the
committee on permanent memorial I'd
the soldiers, sailors and marines, whtI
have so nobly represented this bor
ngly accented this appointment as az
opportunity for us to take part in suit
ably honoring these men, of whom al
our citizens are so proud.
eve regret deeply that we are nsF
constrained TO resign as members o.
the permanent memorial committee, tf:
general committee and from the var
Gus official positions and sub-commii
tees thereof. to which we were appoint
ed, feeling unwilling to remain as men.
bers of any committee where freedom
of action IS impossible.
Enough funds have already besl
contributed to insure proper welcons
by Brooklyn TO our returning soldiers
sailors and marines, and we feel there
fore that no embarrassment need Dc
caused i'll the welcome home celebfs
ton by our designations.
"To our minds. the provision Of
permanent memorial is quite distIn'
from the welcome home celebratl'a
and IS a subject requiring prolongtt
study aud very careful conslderatiel'
which can be best attained if put u
charge Of special committee indt
pendent o. the general committee ap'
clothed with full powers"
Objects to Hearst Kite"
The designations Of other memcsn
made public yesterday contained
protest from Theodore Thonet, a
grand regent of the Royal Arcaaum
New York State. Mr.. Thonet addressea
the Borough President as My Des'
Brother Riegelmann,' and, after nes
ticning his APPOINTMENT, he added tas'
"since YOU are tying the organiEau''
to The Hearst kite. must decline
serve in that capacity" =.
Herbert +. Gunnison. publisher
The Brooklyn Eagle quit the exess
tive committee yesterday, bein. ~
ninth member TO resign. It was earpss
Immediately after Mr.. Gunnison's ~
ignation that two honorary vice-plss,5
dents had joined those who deciias.
to serve under the political dom'ns
tion of the Hearst papers and Nav
Hylan. They are Dr. Lewis 5. PIleps,'
department commander of the ofa.s
Army of the Republic in New lo,1 'l'
and Major William Francis Csmpps.~s
prominent Brooklyn physicians nSs
has just returned from service sSss'
seas. -,
Bishop Frederick Burgess Of ~
Episcopal Diocese of Long Island S's
mended Mr.. Jonas on his refusal
surrender to political pressure .,r
letter written prior to the acceptsn0
of his resignation
Some Others VINO Resigneo
Other designations received du,"ss
the day were from Mrs. Howanro
Hadden, of PAS Henry Street ~ -
Seaver, of the firm of Seaver bro,n..is .H.,s
Herbert +. Muller. Frank Day i.'S
and r. Navarro. All were menioes
the general committee. ....ls
1t was reported that those se.nss .ose.
interested in building a useiui lns'r ays
rial structure in honor of the 49, .r.
ing troops were to form an ine'fsss
dent committee, exclusive o, ,sss ~
Riegelmann committee which WIN Nj n,
m charge the welcome celebrauon, hs
Jonas had previously stated 'nss i
would be interested IN a proles tbt
coming from united demand o. srs
people, and to-day's devciopmenssss e',n'ss,hc.
expected to settle the matter Mas
or not such q group will orgsll'Le nss