Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-26
ROBINS SAYS MOORE
IS PENROSE CANDIDATE
Chairman Of 1000 AssaiIs Con-
gressman's Labor Record
and Patriotism
AGAIN BRINGS UP FEE CASE

The patriotism of Congressman
Moorcs family is not an issue In the
mayoralty campaign, according tC
Thomas Robins, chairman of the com
mittee OF one thousand.
It is the patriotism of Congressman
Moore, who is a candidate for Office,
that is questioned, says Mr.. Robins.
Mr. Robins, in replying to Congress
man Moore's statement defending his
patriotism, brands the congressman as
the "Penrose candidate, takes a shot
at his labor record and assails him for
breaking the pledges of the Republican
city convention in 1904 by attempting
office.
The chairman Of the committee OF
1000 announced that he would make
no reply to the eight questions of Muir
doch Kendrick, manager of the Moore
campaign.
Robins's Reply
The reply Of Mr.. Robins to Congress
man Moore follows:
The Patterson campaign committee
was formed after Judge Patterson de-
Clared his candidacy and is not a
slate making committee. Congressman
Moore, Penrose candidate for Mayor, Of
fers as convincing proof of his pa
triotism the fact that one of his four
sons went to France with the American
army. | have the utmost honor and
respect for every soldier who served
his country during the late war, whether
he became a soldier by volunteer action
or by the draft, but Mr.. Moore's son is
not the candidate for Mayor and his
patriotism is not in question.
"ln my speech yesterday quoted
literally from the Congressional Record
giving the notations and exact words
used by Mr. Moore during his campaign
to prevent America from taking her
part in saving the liberty Of the world.
Mr.. Moore does not refute the quotation.
The record shows that Mr.. Moore
lost no occasion to throw cold water
upon the patriotism of the country and
do everything within his power to head
of the inevitable. Moreover, his ac-
tivities reached their climax at the time
when diplomatic relations with Ger
many had been severed, when this
country was on the very eve of war.
and when the German spy system and
pro- German propaganda were working
at their maximum efficiency.
As to Roosevelt
"Mr. Moore tries to make it appear
that he was confidant of the late
Theodore Roosevelt, and enjoyed both
his esteem and appreciation, and, by in
direction, that he would have received
Colonel Roosevelt's support in this con-
test. Colonel Roosevelt was an Amer
ican to the core of his heart, and that
need be the only answer to this impli-
cation on the part of Mr.. Moore.
This Is, however, precisely in line
with the sort of camoufiage he is en-
ploying in defending his anti labor po-
sition when he speaks of his friend
Samuel Gompers. As a matter of fact,
John A. Phillips, one of the best known
labor leaders in the state, has In his
possession a letter written to him by
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, giving Mr.
Moore's anti labor record and espe-
cially emphasizing the fact that Mr..
Moore voted against the Clayton anti
trust bill, which measure gave labor
bill of rights.
Mr.. Moore's record in Congress was
certainly not that Of patriot. His
claims to patriotism are based solely
upon his own assertions IN this cam