Arizona republican., 1919-12-28
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
 OF UNITED AMERICANS
 DELEGATES STATEMENT

Fred O. Adams, who recently at tended the National Conference in New York of those interested in develop ing the United Americans into a na- ton wide, constructive organization, has just returned from the confer ence, and the need of an organization for developing an unqualified type of Amer1canism in this country, MT. Ad- ams made the following statement:
 The United Americans convention at the Old Colony club, New York, on December TO- was attended by rep resentatives from all sections of the country, a majority of the states hay ing sent committee men. The interest thus manifested was gratifying as many of the states had but a short time to arrange for representation.
 Committeeman Charles Patterson of St. Paul reported that Minnesota with organization work just begun had paid membership of a hundred and ten thousand
 No president was elected at this convention as it was considered ad- Sisable to give more time to the con- sideration of some man who was big and broad enough to be accepta ble to most of the loyal citizens of this country
 Seven vice-presidents were elected who are as follows: Charles W. Cor don. St. Paul; David Jayne Hill, New
 
 Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore; R. A. Long, Kansas City; John c. Lonsdale. St. Louis: Daniel Willard, Baltimore.
 Members of the executive board were elected as follows: w. P. Blood good, Milwaukee,; F. l.. Crone, New York; C. N Fay. Cambridge; Newton W. Gilbert, New York; Otto H. Kahn, New York John R. Raul, Birming- ham; Fred J. Roster, San Francisco; John H. Kirby, Texas R. A. Long, Kansas City, T. A. Marlow, Helena; A. H. Mulliken. Chicago; Charles Pat geles; Robert F. Smith, Portland. Oregon: Allen Walker. New York; H. Fl. Westinghouse, New York; Milo D. Campbell, Coldwater. Two mem bers. however, are yet to be elected.
 ''The need for an organization of scented to the delegates. The office of the attorney general of the United States is responsible for the state ment that there are 416 newspapers in the United States either openly or insidiously advocating the overthrow of the government. and also that $500 persons in this country gain their livli- hood through the circulation of revo lutionary doctrine. At the outse. it was agreed that an organization such as the United Amer jeans which did not proceed from right motives and upon doctrine economi- cally sound could not and should not succeed and it was determined that the activities of the United Americans must be measured by these standards The results of the investigations of the foremost economists in this coun- try, who are now engaged in research work, will be available to this organ ization.
 -Believing that the United Amer jeans should have a clearly defined purpose and one to which every loyal citizen can subscribe regardless of his affiliations or opinions on other mat ters, the convention adopted the fol- lowing
 The purpose of the United
 Americans shall be to preserve the
 Constitution of the United States,
 with the representative form of
 government and the right of indi- vidual possession which the Con-
 stitution provides; to stand firm for law and order; to foster among our people high standard of indi- vidual and corporate conduct. and to advance the prosperity and hap piness of all the people of the
 United States. Thus the constitution is the solid rock on which the United Americans intend to stand and it does not pro- pose to be led into far-off fields by the injection of unrelated or non-es- sential matters, which course would be fatal to an organization contemplating l comprchensivc membership. T he United Americans is constructive in its policicy and views tae present sit-