New-York tribune., 1919-01-06
400 MISREPRESENTATION
Citizens Protest Hylan's
Retention of Publisher

The executive committee of the New
York Independent Citizens Committee
of Welcome will meet at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. at d15 Madison Avenue to
/ form definite plans for giving suit
! able welcome to the returning war
riors. Suggestions from patriotic and
civic organizations have been invited
and will be considered at this meeting
Mrs. William Jay has been added to
the executive committee, which also in
cludes Charles Stewart Dawson, chair
man; Richard NJ. Hurd. Rabbi Silver
man, George Haven Putnam, Colonel
Lydecker, Mrs. John Blair. Miss Maude
Wetmore and the Rev William r. Man
ming.
The Independent Citizens Committee
of Welcome is receiving hundreds of
letters each day from fAomincnt man
and women commencing its plan to
welcome the soldiers without the as
sistancc or presence of William Ran
| dolph Hearst.
Letters of Acceptance
Some extracts from few of these
letters follow:
Irwin Kurtz, 1875 Broadway. New
York: Enclosed find copy of letter
which ] sent declining to serve on the
Mayors committee. shall be glad in
deed to have my name added to your
committee to serve in the real Amerj-
can welcome home to the returning
soldiers. sailors and marines
Howard Dufiield, 81 Madison Avenues:
i am writing you just to say how de
lighted ! am at the way in which you
are Inning up the patriotism of the
town against Hearst and to bid you
godspeed in the good work shall be
happy to serve on your committee"
{. f. Ahlstrom, president Whitlock
Printing Press Manufacturing Com
pany, 33 West Forty-second Street: "[
accepted a place on the Mayors com
m1ttee because didn't know Mr..
hearst was a member. immediately
on learning of this fact, cancelled
my. acceptance. If your committee to
welcome our boys on their return
home Will accept me as a member |
snail be greatly honored and will be
"N' SHtSu W serve.
Texas Club to Assist
Benjamin B. Lawrence, so Wall
Street New York: Put me down for
membership on the anti-Hearst recep-
uon committee for the soldiers"
Mrs. George Kirby Smith, president
of the Texas Club New York: 81 am
writing to say that the Texas Club Of
New York City would be glad to assist
you in your Independent welcome for
our soldiers and sailors We would
be delighted to assist in any way We
can"
Mrs. Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres. 55
West Fifty fifth Street, New York: 81
am in hearty support of the plan to
form An independent citizens commit
tee to provide a fitting welcome to our
returning soldiers. have the honor
to request that my name be placed
upon that committee the wife of the
late Colonel Charles G, Ayres. United
States army, and the mother of Colonel
Harry Fairfax Ayrcs, who is the sixth
generation in the army and now with
his regiment, the 60th Artillery. in
France waiting orders to return home"
Improved Order of Red Men. New
York: owe notice that YOU are plan
ming a welcome TO our boys who are
returning from their glorious victory
to help you in your plans. Our service
flag in Chicago displays 5000 service
stars, standing for Red Men serving
with the colors The New York com
mittee stands ready to aid you in cv9ry
way
The Vacation Association. through
Miss Robinson Smith: REST assured
that we shall be only too glad to assist
your committee in its plans to suitably
.I., II, Il
and marines
Irvington Prot ests Against Hearst
The names Of 400 residents Of Irving
ton on Hudson have been signed to a
petition. addressed to Mayor Hylan.
protesting against William Randolph
Hearst's membership on the committee
of welcome to returning soldiers. There
are 400 men, women and children in
TIE fashionable little community, and
it is believed by the committee in
charge of the protest that every adult
in the place will sign.
The petition follows: 1--WE, citizens
Of Irvington- on Hudson. desire to join
in the universal protest against w. r.
Hearst being on the committee to well
come our returning boys. Out of
population of 2.400. we have an honor
roll Of 1856 in service, and we believe
our country dishonored by the presence
OF any one on a committee of welcome
whose loyalty can be questioned"
At the top Of the petition is this ap-
peal for signatures:
Again prove your loyalty Sign the
petition addressed to tho Mayor Of New
York City protesting against ". r.
Hearst as a member Of the committee
&c welcome to our returning boys"
Chance for HyIan to Repent
AZ the bottom OF the document is
this explanation OF the motives prompt
ing the circulation of the petitions:
"Ths is not local matter The
whole country should protest. The
boys to be welcomed do not belong only
to New York. A man who defended the
sinking of the Lusitania has been ap-
pointed by the Mayor Of New York to
officially welcome our soldiers The
Mayor has made big mistake Tell
him so. Any man worthy of "A position
of trust should be great enough to
acknowledge his mistake. Give Mayor
ilylan chance to repent"
These are members of the committee /
which drew up the petition: Miss Isa-
bel X. Benjamin, chairman Henry
Howard Cannon. Charles A. Cass,
Charles Edison. Dr. and Mrs. Carroll
dunbar. Mrs. Henry Graves, ir.. Mrs.
Edwin r. Katie, Charles Henry
MatthiesSeu und Robnrt I Has pa.,aI