The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-11
NEW BODY PREPARES
TO GREET HEROES.
Plans of Independent Reccp-
ton Committee Put on
Firm Footing.

Plans for reception TO returning SOL
dicrs. sailors and marines on January IL,
in which William Randolph Hearst and
the Hylan reception committee will have
no part. were put on firm footing yes
terday at Il meeting in the Murray Hill
Hotel, at which Charles Stewart Davi-
son presided. The event vii! be held at
Madison Square Garden and general
invitation will be extended.
All arrangements are under the drec-
ton Of the general committee OF the In
dependent citizens Committee. Richard
NJ. Hurd. in charge % arrangements, an
nounced that the following speakers
have been obtained:
James VI. Beck, recently returned from
Europe; DR. william r. Manning. rector
Of Trinity Church. Rabbi Joseph silver
man. and Charles 5. Fairchild. former
Secretary OF the United States Treasury.
Mr.. Hurd requested all citizens In SYM
patty with the movement send contribu-
tons to defray the cost of the meeting 70
r. l.. Allen, Vice-president OF the Column
bia Trust Company, 60 Broadway. as
sistant treasurer OF the committee.
Additional members for the reception
committee to take charge OF receiving
the service men at the Garden will
he appointed Those appointed yester-
day are Miss Mary Aldrich. Mrs. ANel
o. lhlseng, Mrs. Laurent Oppcnheim.
Mrs Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres, George
Il. Agnew. e. F.. Ahlstrom. steven K.
Ayes Mrs, Dom Barhcr, Miss kath-
crime Barnes. George W. Brush. Mrs.
Alexander =. e,'renowe.h. William II.
Gardiner. Albert Eugene Gallatin. Ncn-
ard NJ. Calling, Sara T, Leferts. Win
throp l.. Lewis, Benjamin II Lawrence.
Mrs. Frederick W. LOngfellow. Dr.
Samuely McCunc Lindsay. w. \. Mar
bic, John II Rhoades, James =. Town
send. David ,alentne and William Lee
Wood
To boom publicity for the event a
committee was named. including the fol-
Lowing Ellis Parker Butler Joe Mitchell
Chapple, William q. De Mile, Hamliu
Garland. Owen Conner. Emerson HouEh.
Wallace Irwin. Or Edward II. Griggs.
Alvin NJ Higgins, Harold McGrath,
Cleveland Moff"tt. Charming Pollock,
OTIS skinner. owen Mister. Edgar Sol
wyu. Richard \. purdy. Marion G.
Smsh and Edward Not: Wooloy.
\ large number % letters were re-
ceved ~ the meeting from persons who
declared their sympathy with the indie
pendent committee. one ~ them. from
the League f0- Political EduCatior.
signed by Robert Erskine Ely. director,
said
I'VE shall be very glad TO be Included
in any arrangements on tho part OF a
committee independent -" Mayor IIylan
and NJ Hearst u welcome Che returning
soldiers and sailors. our membership IL
. 600 and is Of representative character"
Tickets for admission to tLo mass
meeting can he obtained AZ the offices OF
tho American pefrnc" Society, ~ East
Twenty-thlrd street or 4l5 Madison ave-
nue.; National Security League. - West
Foriy-fourth street. and rutnam's BOOK
Store, = West Forty-htth street
Membership and otnc: committees
were appointed to complete the arrange
ments. Among the organizations repre-
scnt"d At yesterdays meeting were the
Colonial Danes 81 America. Harvard
club, Chicago club, colonial Yacht cub
National League fo' Woman's Service
Acronautical society OF America. Renub-
lIcan club. AmoriCI's Allies Cooperative
Committee. United American War Work
ers and National Society OF Patriotic
Women Of America.