Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-10-19

ceptance speech which will prevent
him coming to this solution Of the
difficulty which will confront him
in an attempt to negotiate peace,
new association OF league such as
he suggests in his acceptance
speech"
That the league to enforce peace
solicited $1,000 subscriptions from
a number of wealthy men and
women is indicated in u letter from
Secretary Short to Mr.. Wickersham
under date of July 2, 1919. The
letter asks Mr. Wickersham to So
licit such subscriptions from Mrs.
! o. II. z. Belmont, r. Coleman Du
POnt, Ebert II. Gary, James w.
Gerard, William II. Nichols, John
D. Rockefeller, Jr, all of New
York, the late Senator Murray
Crane, of Dalton, Mass, and
through Senator Crane reach the
late Theodore n. Vail.
Leagues Financial Status.
More of the organization finan-
| Cial condition is indicated in a tcle-
gram from Herbert S. Houston TO
! Edward A, Filene, sent on Feb
ruary II, 1919, when Mr.. Filene
was attending the meeting of the
mountain congress for the league
of nations at Salt Lake City, Utah.
The telegram which refers to the
money raisers as the troupe" fol-
! lows:
"Schiff, Cleveland Dodge, Nor
row and | giving luncheon Tuesday
at Bankers club and hope to raise
| considerable funds. Chase, of Bos-
ton, sending $1,000. Hill reports
$4,000 of the 100000 in definite
pledges in Chicago. Hope you are
getting abundant funds in west,
! Best regards 10 all members of the
| troupe"
Conference With GOmpers.
A confidential letter from Mr..
| Short to President Taft on July s.
1919, says that Senator Hitchcock,
democratic leader in the fight for
| the league of nations, was present
at a conference with Samuel Com
pers, president of the American
Federation of Labor when plans
were made to have labor unions
| lombard senators with pleas for
ratification of the treaty ard league
covenant. The letter says in part:
You will be interested to know
| the results of a conference | had
| in Washington last Wednesday with
Mr. Gompers with reference 20
bringing to bear the full power of
organized labor on the senate. Sen
ator Hitchcock was present, and
fully concurred in what was
agreed upon"
Explaining how letters would be
sent by Mr.. GOmpers to 10000
local unions suggesting they write
to senators urging ratification of
the treaty, Mr.. Shorts letter adds
Paid From League Funds.
These (the letters) are going
out Immediately and the work will
cost about $2,50O, which | under
take to pay from funds of the
league, ] have been urging
Oliver Wilson. master of the Ma
tional Grange, TO take similar
action with the local oranges. A
telegram from Mr. Boyd this morn
ing tells me that he has agreed
and wants the work to go out from
this office. | assume that he ex-
poets us to pay the bill for that al
so.
"You will be pleased to know
that our Income for the month was
substantially identical with the out
go, so that we are holding our own
| and have bank balance at the end
of the month of s37,0S9.01."
In letter to Mr.. Taft under date
of December 10. 1919. Mr.. Short
asks the former president to in
dorse the work of the foreign
press service" which he describes
as an organization of former asso-
ciates of George Creel in the bu-
reau OF public information during
the war 'as additional guaranty
of its purpose and character" The
| letter says, Il can say that Mr..
Martin Egan of J. P. Morgan and
company, after a thoroughgoing in
quiry, is advising Mr.. Thomas La
mont to lend his name and influ-
ence to it"
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