Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-21

On August I. 1920. Mr.. Taft sent two
letters to Mr.. Short, one being n conf
dental note which said
L am enclosing this with a moro formal
statement because I do not wish to
resign as means of preventing action
by the executive committee which the
members Of that committee may think
IL wise to prepare to take, but II they
conclude to take any action looking to the
support or one party rather than the
other III the campaign, I wish to resign
my position as president Of the league.
II feel that Harding is going to he cleo
ted ana that the only chance for the
league with the Lodge reservations Is
through him and his SUCCESS
The more formal letter which &C
coinpanled the private nots said in
part:
The one hone Of securing the
league with the Lodge reservations is
through the republican candidate. His
statement has not been thoroughly
satisfactory to me- but | still think
that circumstances will require him to
conform to his vote. twice recorded in
favor OF tho league witt! the Lodge
reservations and nc had said nothing
In his acceptance speech which will
prevent him coming to his solution of
the difficulty which will confront him
III an attempt to negotiate n peace. a
new association or league such as he
suggests in his acceptance speech"
LEAGUE SOUGHT SUBSCRIPTIONS
That the League to Enforce Peace
solicited $1,000 subscriptions from
number of wealthy men and women is
indicated in n letter from Secretary
of July ., 1919. The letter asks Mr..
Wickersham to solicit such subscrip-
tons from Mrs. O. H. L. Belmont, T.
James W. Gerard, William Fl. Nichols.
John d. Rockefeller. Jr, all of New
York. the late Senator Murray Crane
Crane reach the late Theodore NJ VAIL
OF Dalton, Mass, and through Senator
More of the organizations financial con-
dition is indicated in n telegram from
Herbert 5. Houston. to Edward A. FL
!ene. sent on February q, 1919 when Mr..
Filene was attending the meeting of the
Mountain congress for the League of Ma
tons at Salt Lake city. Utah. The tele-
gram which refers to the money raisers
as The troupe" follows:
'Schiff, Cleveland Dodge. Morrow and
giving luncheon to-day at Bankers
club and hope to raise considerable funds
Chase of Boston sending St6400. Hin re-
ports fifty thousand of the sixty thousand
dollars in definite nIedgas IN Chiooun
Hone Won are yotti,g .burdant funas
In ,ves, Ros, rar,rd. 90 al, ,o,,,,.a
of the troune"
confdontial le+tar fror, NJ cho,.. 90
ey-president Tof. on July G 1910 cows
that Senator Hitchcock democratic load
in the fight for tho Ieayue of Na.ior,
was present NJ a conferenco ,r,,h co,,,'
mol Gomners nresidon, of IN. ,ro,ri-
can Federation of Labor uba, r,,rs
were made IA have labor unions honohord
senators with Meas for ratificat,on ~ tho
treat and league covenant. Tho latter
saws In mart.
"you viii no interested to knon, tho
results of a conference had in Wash
inpton last Iyednesday with Nv Gov
NOR. With rofarenco IN hr,nginy to bo,r
tba s,u rou,ar NJ oraon,,.d ,ohor -, tha
senate SENATOR Hitcbcock was r,ro.ant
ard fn,lv concurred in What was agraod
,,,o,,
EynIaining how 1at,ere wo,,ld ha sent
bv NJ. cnmnors m "a ooO Ioca, un;ops sug.
gsst,,a tbo,, u,,,,o ,n s.n,tors u,,,,n,
.a,if,oo,io, 90 tha ,rao+y NJ cbort.s ,ot1
tor add..
"Theso ftbo ,at+ars, ar. poin,, ont inn
ued,ot.Iv and tho worl, viii cost about
e, ,oo Witch 7 undertako N nav fror,
funds NJ tho league. -. I have he.n urp-
ING Oliver wilson raster ~ tho Ma
fiona, Grarqo to taxa similar action with
H. -, -, -, 80 AZ,
Boyd this morning .ells me that he has
from this of,,ca 7 ASSUME tina, ho win
expect us to nav tha hin for that also
"You will he nlaased 70 krav that our
income for the month was substant,sI,v
identical with the outeo so that we are
holding our own and bava n hank ba,anca
at the end OF the month Of ss7 Oss OF
In letter to MIR. Taft under date OF
December 10 1919. Mr.. short asks the
former president to endorse the work of
the foreign press service" which ne de-
scribes as an organization OF former Ms
sistants of George Creel in the Bureau
of Political Information during the war
''as an additional guaranty of Its pur-
pose and character" The letter says,
IT can say that Martin Egan Of J, p
Morgan & Co., after thorough going
inquiry is advising Mr. Thomas Lamont
to lend his name and influence to It,"
The letter states that the foreign press
service spent sl7,53274 from February to
December. 1919, the money being provided
for the most part by charitably dis
posed people who are interested In see
ing the work go on. II is purposed now
to raise fund of $4,000 to finance the
service during the second year of ITS
work"