The sun., 1919-10-31
UNTERMYER DRAFT
DENIAL Is LAME
Colby Accuses Democratic Can
didate of Seeking to
Hide Facts.
SEES DEFEAT IN CHARGE
Speaker Deprecates Juggling
Of Facts to Further Per-
Nsonal Ambition.

Bainbridge Colby, speaking as law
yer. discussed last night the denial Of
Irwin Untermyer. the thirty-three year
old son of Samuel Untermyer, that he
sought to get deferred classification In
the draft on the ground that he was
engaged In agricultural pursuits.
Speaking at a meeting In behalf of
Justice Joseph Il. Newburger apd
Justice Richard II. Smith In the public
school at Audubon avenue and 177th
street. MS. Colby characterized the de-
NAL as marrow" from q legal view.
He referred to the fact that the EVE
MING SUN offered to print the answers
given In his QUESTIONABLE, II he would
give permission for its inspection. Mr..
JIntermyer's reply was that he would
stand pat"
Mr. Colby said:
"The charge keeps recurring in the
public, press and elsewhere that candi-
date Dntermyer sought to dodge mill
tary service during the war. l have
said nothing on this subject until now.
when the charge was first made Inter
myer made a sort of denial of It. The
denial was criticised as unsatisfactory
and 1 thought that II would be followed
nv a more explicit denial. But ! am
mistaken. Apparently. this lame denial
is the best he can make.
Several OF the great newspapers In
New York have endeavored to hell
candidate Untermyer to clear his name
of this charge. They have offered &c
publish the records In the matter Of
his appeal from the Draft Boards &C.
ton in his case. but Unternyer doesn't
want the records published. They arc
private and confidential. and the Gov.
eminent will not exhibit them without
the consent Of the person involved
Untermyer will not give his consent.
Keeps Facts Buried.
HE wishes the people to take hi
word for II. Don't uncover the records
says he. Let the facts stay buried. TIL
people cannot get at the facts. say
| Untermyer, In effect, without my con
sent, 90 the facts may be ignored. III
will put his own version on the facts
and then, To use the words of his cam
paign manager. Untermyer says:
will stand pat upon my statement
Now let us look at his statement
| find in an evening newspaper publishes
a week ago under the headline 'Recor
Hidden by Untermyer his so-called de
NAL He says he did not seek to evad
his draft duty. As lawyer Mr.. ur
| termyer KNOWS tildt tiat 10 Hitsciy
conclusion, and as the matter no.
stands 1t 10 merely his own conclusion
The question which the people are II
terested In is whether in the paper
filed with the local draft board and
his subsequent appeal to the distri
board he sought a deferred Classics
ton because he owned a farm in Wa
rem county.
ITO put It little more plainly. d
the candidate. a lawyer practising
New York. urge his ownership OF
small farm In Warren county, as sho'
ing that he was engaged in agricultur
pursuits, vital to the life of the natioi
The fact that the original classlfcat'
was not disturbed by the district boa
indicates that whatever the basis OF a
peal it was not allowed. The questi'
for Mr.. Untermyer is what he asked 4
district board to do. not what tn
finally did.
His denial is what lawyers call
marrow denial in other words. hi
denial Let me illustrate: Suppose
were charged that Mr.. Untermyer h
done something on Monday and Tue