The New York herald., 1920-01-06
CURB CITIZEN REDS,
SAYS Mr.. WOODS At
ROOSEVELT SERVICE
Carnegie Hall Thronged at An
niverSary Memorial for
Great American.


formerly Police Commissioner and now
head of the National Anericanism Com
mission of the American Legion, that
American born Bolshevists should be dealt
with as summarily as those from foreign
soil. brought salvos of applause last night
from an audience that filled Carnegie Hall
to commemorate the first anniversary OF
the death OF Theodore Roosevelt. The
meeting was held Jointly under the au-
spices of the Roosevelt Memorial Associa-
tion and the Womens Roosevelt Memorial
Association.
The praises OF the great American were
sounded by Mr.. Woods and by DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler. president Of CO.
lumbia University. Prominent clergymen
of three communions added their prayers.
The Right Rev. Dr. Charles Sumner Burch,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New
York, made an opening prayer. followed
by a reading from the Psams by Rabbi
Samuel Schulman, of Temple Beth El.
The closing prayer and benediction were
made by the Right Rev. Patrick j. Hayes.
Archbishop of New York.
Drive Not Aimed at Aliens.
Mr.. Woods who was introduced as the
best Police Commissioner New York had
since Colonel Roosevelt held that impor-
tant and difficult situation" said in part
Some foreign born people have been
found trying to accomplish things which
strike at the root of the foundations of all
we believe in. We shall proceed against
those people with all the strength OF
the law and the vigor Of the American
government. But we are not proceeding
against them because OF their foreign
birth. and to make that clear to them,
to make that perfectly clear to them, We
must proceed with equal vigor against
those engaging in equal practices of
American birth.
How can we vitality pay honor to the
memory of a friend that has gone along?
1t is is good to hold meetings. 1t is good
to raise memorials. Bishop Burch in his
earnest, sincere prayer, asked that the
life of Roosevelt should be carried on by
those of US who survive him. 1t seems
TO me that that is the only truly vital
form of memorial we have facing us now
AS we are trying to recover from the
staggering blow that the great war dealt
at civilization, We are trying now to- get
together to solve the problems that face
us. No one can tell what Roosevelt
would have done about particular prob
lens, but any one who knew him can tell
the principles that would have guided
him in attacking those problems. and that,
my friends, it seems to me. is what we
can all do. We can be guided in our et-
fort to solve those problems by the same
sound principles that would have guided
him.
.'He would first of all have got the facts.
He was Unsuitable in his efforts to get
at the facts about situation, to inform
himself People thought he was impulsive.
They thought he was impulsive only be-
cause when he was ready TO act he acted
strongly Having got the facts, he was
ready TO proceed to whatever action the
facts called for. irrespective OF any other
consideration. He was not held back by
anything except, as l see 1t, he was guided
in his actions upon his facts by three DOM
mating considerations-by his love of man.
Kind by his insistence that every problem
should be worked out for the greatest good
of the greatest number. and especially by
his love of that part of mankind that had
the poorest deal In life so far.
'T happened to have been to the same
college as Colonel Roosevelt and We
used to hear. we don't so much now. or
the fast set at aHrvard. / suppose there
is fast set most everywhere, even in
New York. and the fast set may be
more picturesque than the slower NOV
ing set. But the fast set is not the
representative set and in the same way.
the foreigner whom we read OF as
having been taken into custody for
reasonable practices. for plotting
against the country, can no more be
considered as representatives of the
foreign born, who are here in the
country than a few stupid. misguided.
light headed students can be repre-
sented as typical of a great university.
All OF Us Foreign Born.
MY friends, we are all of us foreign
born, II you go back far enough. Why
shall we take II upon ourselves to arrogate
any peculiar prerogative or TO arrogate
TO ourselves any monomy of patriotism?
This country is a splendid, great. patriotic
country Roosevelt believed In II with all
the strength OF his splendid. great pulsing
heart lie believed in America. in the
past I'm the present and in the future of
America He believed i'm the people that
live In America He believed that the
American ideal. that the American llfe Is
true enough. is sound enough. is compelling
enough. inviting enough TO capture the
people OF the world as they come to this
country looking here for the chance TO
realize the hopes of their lives. They have
come. We have invitei them. They are
here, so to speak, uron our invitation.
Roosevelt showed them the truest sort OF
hospitality. the kind OF hospitality that
gave welcome. the kind OF hospitality that
gave help, the kind OF hospitality that
treated them on tho same level with
others The line OF distinction was not
n vertical line between those born In one
place and those born in another 1t was
horizontal line between those who work
for the good OF the country and those that
work against the good of the country"
Women as Speakers.
william Boyco Thompson, president Of
tho Roosevelt Memorial Association,
opened tho meeting. and made way for
Mrs. John Henry Hammond. president OF
the women's organization The first
speaker was Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker.
OF Texas. president OF the Chautauqua
womnn's club and formerly president OF
he General Federation OF Women's clubs
She spoke on Roosevelt. the Father and
Citizen" Those two characteristics OF him.
she said will live forever in the minds OF
people who knew him
Mr.. Douglas Robinson, sister OF Colonel
Roosevelt. related the veneration in which
he was regarded by Frederic Mistral, poet.
~ Provence. France. and told OF n letter
which Nr Roosevelt wrote TO the poet
in 1906.
Mr. Roosevelta last message. which was
read at the American Defence Society
meeting in the n ppodrome last year. only
a few hours before he died. was read
again By Henry 6. Quinby, trustee OF the