The evening world., 1919-01-13
SOLDIERS FRIENDS
At MASS MEETING
TO OPPOSE HEARST
DR.. Manning Issues Statement
on Big Gathering Set
for Friday Night.

Efforts are TO be made 20 turn the
independent Citizens Committees
mass meeting in Madison Square
Garden on Friday into n meeting OF
protest against tho action OF Mayor
Hylan in making William II. Hearst
a member of the citizens committee
TO welcome the Homecoming soldiers.
This is made clear to-day by the
independent Citizens Committee
which issued a statement prepared |
by the Rev. DR.. William T. Manning
OF Trinity Church prefaced by the
! following:
Appealing TO the families and
! friends OF our soldiers, sailors and
marines 70 attend the mass meeting
OF welcome at Madison Square Gar
den on Jan. II. Dr. William 7. Man
ming Of Trinity Church. to-day Issued
a statement in which he charged
Mayor Hylan with knowing in ad-
vance that his appointment Of Will
liam Randolph Hearst on the com
mittee to welcome the returning SOL
diers would produce hopeless dis
cord"
Then followed the statement by DR..
Manning, which read:
The Mayor OF our city has APP
pointed a committee to welcome our
home coming troops. This action on
The part OF the Mayor was highly ap-
proprIate and most gratifying to all OF
us. The appointment OF such com
mittee was hailed with universal ap-
proval. Citizens Of every kind were
ready and eager to give their help and
felt that it would be a great honor TO
do so, but TO the amazcment OF our
loyal people it was learned that the
Mayor had made Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst a member OF this committee.
and that ne had appointed Mr.. Hearst
Chairman OF the Subcommittee on
Military Affairs.
John l.. Hylan has right to have
w. X. Hearst for his personal friend.
/ II this is satisfactory to him Mayor
j Hylan, acting in his official capacity.
had no right to appoint on the commit
tee OF welcome TO home coming troops
one whose presence on that committee
i he knew would be deeply offensive to a
great part OF our citizenship, and to
great numbers OF the soldiers and sail
ors themselves.
I'VE must not fail. however. TO give
our men the welcome which they have
= so nobly earned. To provide for such 8
welcome is the purpose OF the lnuepen
8 dent Citizens Committee Of Welcome
= All citizens OF New York, both men anC
women, who are in sympathy with thi
Il effort are asked to send In their name
g for enrolment In this committee. It. d
TO include loyal citizens OF all stocks
c an faiths and all political views. am
L people desiring to join ore requested u
send their names to NO. 40 Madison
Avenue.
= "On Friday. Jan. II. at o'clock,
great meeting is 10 be held in MadiSo
square Garden. Let the families an
y friends OF our soldiers and sailors b
l., there in overwhelming numbers to eN
press their feeling In this matter. Moth
is ing is too good for the men who hav
becn risking their lives to defend u!
They are the finest lot OF fellows IN
l. sun ever shone on. And they are on
!; own.
4 mothers, brothers. sisters. sweethearl
and friends of our men in the seryit
ct will make the meeting on Jan. II
IS. demonstration which New York Will M
ne soon forget"
nj The committee announces tbs
y" tickets for the meeting may be oil
IA tained at the Offices Of the America
- Defense Society, No. Al East %
~ street or No AIS Madison Avenue;