New-York tribune., 1920-10-11
Statement To-day Will Be
Based on Report of Par
ley Speech Offered by
Chicago Stenographer
Tu1narllty to Sign
Reply as Proxy
Republicans to Refuse to
Accept Any Substitute
for Official Version

From The Trtbune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct 1O.-President
Wilson will make no effort to obtain
from Paris an official report of the
eighth plenary session of the peace
conference to disprove the statement
of Senator Selden P. Spencer, of Mis-
souri,, that the President at that ses-
sion promised military aid to Ru-
mania and Serbia if their boundaries
were menaced, it was indicated to-day
Instead, the President will use re-
port of the conference session which
he has obtained from another source.
The White House on Saturday per-
mltted the impression to go out that
the President expected to receive a
copy of the official report from Paris
and that this would be used to back
that he had made the promise at
tributcd to him by Mr. Spencer and
borne out by reprint of the official
minutes in The Tribune on Friday
morning.
1t was announced to-day at the
White House, however. that the Presi-
dents statement, which will be issued
tomorrow, will be based upon steno-
graphic notes made at the peace con-
ference by Fred A. Carlson, of Chicago
Tumulty to Sign Statement
The statement to be issued to-mor-
ulty, but will have the official sane
tion oil President Wilson. Whether
the White House will claim Mr. Carl
sons version is the official text of the
Presidents speech will not be disclosed
until the complete document has been
re leased for publication.
1t is known, however, that the Re-
publican National Committee will not
accept anything short of the officially
aS.estel stenographic report, approved
by peace conference officials In this
connection. Clarence B. Miller, secrc-
tary of the Republican National Com
tee's ,nves tigation of the Presidents
remarks, said:
we Lave known from the beginning
that President Wilson did make assur,
ances such as described by Senator
Spencer.
"The Presidents denial can mean
only one thing-that anything is fair
end right and any means proper if it
be used to help put over on the Amer
lcan people Mr.. Wilson's particular
brand of League of Nations. 1t would
be most amazing were it not for the
fact that the American people are pre-
pared for most anything from the
President"
Carlson Offered Testimony
Carlson's transcript of the Presi
dents statement is understood to have
come into the possession of the White
House through a letter the Chicagoan
wrote to Charles L. Sven, the Presi-
dents private stenographer who, it de
veloped, did not stenographically report
what his chief outlined when address
ing Premier Bratiano, the Rumanian
delegate. Carlson's communication. it
is believed, contained the statement
that he was prepared to attest the
correctness of his stenographic notes.
carlson went to Paris as a member
OF the American Expeditionary Forces
and, after being mustered out, he was
appointed as a member OF the staff of
the American Peace Mission He was
subse sequcntly advanced to the post of
chief stenographer and given charge
of the shorthand work of the American
delegates. After completing his work
with the peace mission State Depart
mcnt records disclose that he served
for time in the American Embassy
at Paris