New-York tribune., 1920-05-05
Wood to Meet
His Managers
Here To-day
The Disagreement Between
Colonel William Proctor
and Frank III. Hitchcock
Subject of Conference
Goes to w. Virginia Next
General Situation Is Said
To Be Satisfactory to
Candidates Supporters

General Wood is due in town this
afternoon, his chief errand being, Gs
told in The Tribune, thu umpiring Of
Proctor, chairman of the Leonard Wood
National Campaign Committee, and
Frank II. Hitchcock, general manager
Of the same committee, who was ap-
pointed to that post by General Wood
himself on March s., but whose func-
tioning as general manager from the
beginning has not been without en-
barrassment, due to lack of coordina-
ton Of effort and direction Of the
campaign work.
Present at the conference will be
General Wood, Mr.. Hitchcock, Norman
]. Gould and Colonel Thomas w.
Miller, Eastern manager and assistant
Eastern manager, with headquarters in
this city; United States Senator George
II. Moses, of New Hampshire, the
Southern manager; Frank Knox, pub
Usher of the Manchester. N. H.,
"Union"; William Loeb, former secre-
ary to Colonel Roosevelt, and per.
haps one or two others The Eastern
managers did not know yesterday
whether Colonel Proctor would &C.
company General Wood East.
1877 Plurality in Jersey
Neither the place nor the time Of
day has been agreed upon, the con-
ferces leaving the details to the con-
venience of General Wood
Messrs. Gould and Miller received
many kilograms and letters yesterday
offering congratulations over the
Wood victory in Maryland, in which
both of them took a hand, along with
Senator Moses.
The complete unofficial returns from
New Jersey We're received by the Wood
men last night. General Wood carried
the state with plurality Of 1,217 over
Senator Johnson, without making a
campaign speech there. This showing,
with the cIean.cut victory in Maryland,
put the Wood managers in a happy
frame Of mind and they said that
prospects were good for harmonious
conference Of the leaders with General
Wood to-day, to be followed by vigor-
Gus cleaning-up work from now until
the end of the Chicago convention.
The campaigning in the East, all
things considered, has been salts
factory to the Wood people New Eng
land is practically solid for Wood. The
Wood men are more and more sanguine
over the prospect of getting nine
tenths of the delegates from the En-
pire state by the time the real test
of strength comes in the convention.
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland
are for Wood
Pennsylvania Situation
The situation in Pennsylvania. where
Senator penrose has announced for
Senator Knox, is not unsatisfactory to
the Wood men. as, in the absence Of
Senator Penrose in Florida during the
late winter and spring, they did a
thorough JOB Of missionary work for
General Wood as the second choice Of
the state.
General Wood, after his two-day con-
ference in New York, will 60 to West
Virginia and devote two days to
speechmaking The Wood campaign
there is being directed by John Darst,
who for twelve years has been State
Auditor Of West Virginia. Mr.. Darst
says the delegates from that state will
be FOR Wood
Through Whitney Warren, architect,
who is seeking to interest the voters of
itallan lineage IN this country in the
comiyg election, General Leonard Wood
yesterday sent letter to the Italian
American newspapers saying that day
Of clearer and better understanding be
tween the United States and Italy is
not far off, if the Americans of Italian
parcntage will rally to the support of
the Republican party, which. the gen
eral says, lis solemnly pledged TO sub
stltute action and accomplishment in
the place Of dreams and theories"
Let me say to the Italians in both
Italy and America" says General Wood
"do not be discouraged regarding the
league Of nations. As ! have repeat
edly said | believe we should adopt
the league with reservations that
thoroughly Americanize it, as set fo rth
in my letter to Senator Borah.
Il believe the spirit of American.
lzation is strong in the hearts Of the
Italians IN America, as it is with those
Americans Of Anglo-Saxon extract ton
Il have said before that we ar,
| going to govern this country by Ameri,
cans. am glad that so many thousand.
of these real Americans. as proved by
| the 100000 who fought in the Americar IT
army, are of sturdy Italian ancestry
and | am doubly glad that these thou.
sands of Italian patriots are to-da,
standing as a bulwark against the
spread of the Red propaganda il
America"