New-York tribune., 1920-01-21
Norman Could
Na1a!;l!e |! Woods
MaliFalas|s| q 4 ass|s|Ier;Here 3
Repr4ssai1ltsatiiS in Cengrre,sss
FralR % Seneca Falls sNIll,
;R'1as {:ens,yal's Campaign!
From thes Imperial Hotel

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Representative Norman J. Gould. Of
Seneca Falls, a, promiRen member ..
!he NewaH'ork 1etekStioh In the House
IS the :'newly. appntnted Eastern cam
campaign .comMits1e, with headouar-
ters atgthes I&6psrial Hotel, sinithis city.
GenetAE Wood last night at, the Har-
ward oNh sau$hdRi4ed .eths announce
ment by Colonel 4rSocter. chairman OF
tee. that etAe New York ;Ccnpres srian
had becn -chossn.s ,sNfr. Gould went to
Washington yasterday, to confer with
Senator Moses.-of New Hampsifirs, the
south erfHs p an&k4r ssf0rS,t the. Wood -peo-
quarters +>on: Monday, He wihstaks up
the work 81 rAliyii11iS political factors
for' Gsaarai Wood, which was halted
by thes+ +shaden tresignati4n;ofs John y.
ConnectitIft.s Who General wood .said
last ni9ht.kh t"vSfnntsrily 5 retiradn
from aesisss charge Of. the work i'm tn e
The .sappsistweat + III. 4 oonsressman' r.. L.,
Gould gives ,theS ssaNsood. Inesi .EAx A.
tersSir, New York; in, C ChiSAeo, sSanSer
eral WSSa. himself, insF the Southwest t
under charge Of James j. McGraW.' OF
Oklahoma, aAtigt Washington in charge
Of SenAt orr MeS6s. EFts.% NJ - ~
Frederick Moore, publicity director
for General Who'd. said that "a local
committee .of rtwenty&twelve men and
eight womsn-w wddld soon be completed:
Herhert,L. -Sa attarlee, former Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury Is to be
chairman. Two Of Ms associates will
be Robert c. Morris .and former Police
Com iOwopt %hy,,, W., A.
In answer to question with refer
ence to his re:igning from the army
campaign .by,shts supporters who; tde-
sire the general. to; Be tnominated at
said: ~ ---, ...'' :,
II have no thought:of resigninR. My
business to-day is to discharge my mil.
itary duties acceptsbly. Those duties
are ,,y heavy enough to take all my time.~t \
Asked concerning the report from
boston that he said that the vessels
or the American navy were death
traps. the general said:
"only one of the newspapers in Bos-
ton misquoted me. The others got me
straight: l was addressing the Ameri-
can Legion on the army and navy, and
took occasion to say we esneeded first
rate. navy; that great Slips full ofsun-
trained men do not constitute a navy;
that shlpsSfull of unframed men are
often death trap. indulged in no
criticism of the army or the navy"
There is the best of authority for
saying that General Wood feels that
while his position as a general in the
army precludes his actively engaging
IN politics. 1T does not preclude or in
terfere with the proprieEy, Of the Re-
pubilcans of the country swhoi. are 50
mi pd %r E,,,~ 4
nomination for Presidentv, "''~. - \
Asked about his opinion bn the league |
of. nations, the general said: : - 81
y note that Senator Borah says that
he has asked me to make my attitude
on the league Of nations clear and also
that Senator Poindexter has written
me letter concerning a joint debate.
have not RECEIVED their letters, but
shall reply toxthem as soon as I re-
tufn to Chicago. The law does not re-
qulre my personal presence in Joint
debate in South Dakota. can be rep
resented by another"
Asked aHput the luncheon last Sat
urday IN this city given by Otto Kahn.
General Wood sad
1T was small affair and attended
oy y,men .swhom | have known many
Years. Present were Paul D. Cravoth
who has just returned from Eurone.
Henry l.. Stimson, former Secretary Of
War; Tax Commissioner George Henry
rayne, George W. Perkins, Frank A.
Nunsey and William Loeb. l haven't
any trends that l am iafraid to meet
IN the open or about whom l desire
any secrecy"
When asked about lawless. radical.
ism;; General Wood repeated s6AstanGt
TALLY what he has said of late in his
addresses. '' MS
I'VE should deport the alien Red,
ana handle the American born Red in
the courts" 00 All
General Wood said that he did not
1eei competent to discuss the Albany
IS s'tnatlon' as he did not know the facts
,ke1efrlng to seditious. aliens again
ne said that it was folly tb2 havn s" one"
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