New-York tribune., 1919-01-13
Trinity Rector Says Mayor
Knew Publisher Would
Be Offensive as Welcomer
Chastity Mockery, His View
Appeals to Loyal Citizens.
to Show Disapproval at
Garden Meeting Friday

as CHAIRMAN OF the committee 10 wei
come Homecoming troops was made
despite the fact that the. Mayor
knew the selection would be "deeply
offensive to a great part of our citizen
ship" the Rev. William T. Manning,
rector OF Trinity Church and leader
of the Independent Citizens Com
mittee, yesterday issued statement
appealing to the families of sailors,
soldiers and marines to attend the
mass meeting of welcome at Madison
Square Garden next Friday night.
DR.. Manning, after saying that the
appointment Of welcoming committee
was highly appropriate and gratifying,
being hailed with universal approval,
had the following to say of Mr..
Hearst's selections:
"But to the amazement Of our loyal
people it was learned that the Mayor
Hearst a member of this committee and
that he had appointed Mr.. Hearst
chairman of the subcommittee on mill
tary affairs.
Calls Hearst Offensive
"Mr. John F. Hylan has a right to
have W. r. Hearst for his personal
Mayor Hylar, acting in his official
capacity, had no right to appoint on
the committee of welcome to home
coming troops one whose presence on
that committee he knew would be
deeply offensive to a great part OF our
citizenship and to great numbers Of
the soldiers and sailors themselves.
"In this matter there should have
heen nothing but harmony and, good
will i Efae, t..sc44 a..
mayor Hyland knew that his: OPP
pointrnent of Mr. Heast would produce
hopeless dicord. Mayor Hylan should
have known that TO the families of our
men and to many of the men them
J selves it would be a CHASTITY mockery
| TO see standing on the dock to extend
welcome to our troops man who de-
| Tended the. sinking of the Lusltanla,
who has been shown to have been in
close and frequent touch with German
agents, whose record, both before and
during the war, is notorious one,
and who through his papers did all
that he could to prevent from gong
into the fight for righteousness the
brave men whom he now is appointed
! to welcome home.
OFXeS Dig OutpOuAiu&
"Most Of US feel that we can have
nothing to do with committee so
constituted.
ave must not fail, however, to give
our men the welcome which they have
SO nobly earned To provide for such
welcome is the purpose of the In
dependent Citizens Committee Of Wei
come. All citizens Of New York. both
men and women, who are in sympathy
4 with this effort are asked to send in
their names for enrolment In this
committee 1t is to include loyal citi
zens of all stocks, all faiths and all
political views and people desiring to
join are requested to send their names
to Ais Madison Avenue.
con Friday, January H., at eight
f o'clock, great meeting is to be held
in Madison Square Garden. Let the
families and friends of our soldiers
and sailors be there in overwhelming
numbers to express their feeling in
this matter. Nothing is too good for
the men who have been risking their
lives to defend US. They are the finest
lot Of fellows the sun ever shone on.
And they are OUR OWN
Expects Strong Rebuke
81 believe that the wives, fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters, sweetl1earts
and frieuds of our men in the service
will make the meeting Ion January II
demonstration New York will not
soon forget
/ b. l.. Allen is receiving contributions
to help defray the expenses of the
T. Columbia Trust Company, 60 Broad
way. Among the prominent men and
women VINO have joined the committee
are:
John Jay Chapman, Mrs. Frederick
Kernochan, Bartlett Arkell, Lee de
Forest. James D. Ellsworth, Bradley
A. Fiske, Mrs. Francis b. Thurber, ir.
William II. Gardiner, ,DeForest Hicks
Edwin 0. Hotter, Lyle Il. Mahan,
Charles y. Manierre, Charles Larned
Robinson. Robert G. Sands, Mrs.
Arthur lseiin, Mrs. F. f. Bradner. Mrs.
John Marshall Gallagher, Mrs. Hamil-
ton r. Fairfax. Richard Fletcher, Miss
Katherine l.. Kistner, Miss Alice
Amundsen, Miss Mabel B. Barteau
Miss CorMne~ Ca mpbeA. Miss Ethel, v
Nixon, Miss Madge Mcnamara, Miss
Helen Moss, Miss Charlotte Lindgrove
Miss Emily McWeeny, Miss Eloise f.
Simmons. Miss Ncttie l.. Stevenson
Miss Annette Kicrnan and Miss Helen
Donnclly.
Where to- Get Tickets
Miss Irene Turner. Miss Helen A
Skeehan. Miss Mildred E. Smith, Mis-:
Margaret T. Graham Miss Coralis
Choate. Miss Salic " Stanton Mis-:
Isabelle F. Browne. Miss Elizabeth
Stevens. Miss Florence Dinkelspiel
Miss Della McMichael. Miss Linda M
Maghola, Miss Minnie Il. l.. Begcwn
Miss Mae Trowbridgc, Commodore
Edgar +. Luckenbach, Mrs. Olive
Cromwell Field, Mrs. Laura B. Prisk
Richard H. Gatling. Clarence Smodle,
. Thompson. DR.. George +. Van de Waite!
and Henry G. Quinby
Tickets for the mass meeting NAV BIZ
obtained at the Offices of the Ameri
Defence Society. "A East Twenty thir,
Street or AIS Madison Avenue. telc
phones Gramercy 1853 or Murray Hill
b95; National Security League, 10 Wes,
Forty fourth STREET, telephone Murra,
Hill 9145. or Putnam's Book Store.
West Forty fifth Street, Vanderbilt $50
Two More Decline to Serve
refusing to serve on any ypta committe' ihsS
with which Hearst is identified, yester
day announced their intention to with
draw from the body named by Mayo,
Hylan. They arc Harry Percy David
OF dlo st. Nicholas Avenue, and Will
iam a. Jones, jr. an attorney, with of
hces at 233 Broadway. Mr.. Jones,,
cttcr, to Grover Whalen, secretary t.
the Mayor. reads:
II have yours Of recent date adv;s
ng me that my name has been sur.
I -e2tCd for nnnoint,ncpt, ~, . s....t.