The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-25
WOODROW WILSON FOUNDATION TO STEAL A MARCH UPON HISTORY
Planned to Best Honor the Man Who Has Just Left the
 White House by Perpetuating His Ideal of Demo cracy and Human Rights

the mind against the multitude who spell out its daily tragedy"
 As MT. Drinkwater finished speak ing, man in the audience asked:
 '1s it the ideal that this award would be national or international As many international figures would like to< contribute, it seems to me that that should be considered. know that MT. Drinkwater would like to contribute. know that Gen. Shuts would like to contribute. There is a gentleman here from New Zealand and another from South Africa who would like to contribute-'
 The suggestion was received with interest, but Franklin Roosevelt spoke the mind of the meting when he said he believed that the movement was primarily an American movement by men and women of all parties to recognize a great Arnerican.'' Amer ican pride would demand the honor of conception and promotion, but in doing so Americans would be proud and happy to have the support of thinking men and women in every other part of the world.
 It was not difficult to start the men to it's support. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy in MT. Wilson's Cabiiet, accept ed the post of National Chairman. Cleveland H. Dodge became Chair man of the temporary Executive Committee. Col. Edward M House, President Wilson's Ambassador with out folio; Henry Morgenthau, his Aobb saftor d to +bs T1rKey %s FraR ar,d whose brilliant editorials had not spared the Wilson Administration when the World believed the Admin istration was wrong; Bernard NJ Ba- ruch, a member of. the President's S publisher of the New York Times; Edwin F. Gay, President of the New York Evening Post; Frank Polk, for mer Under Secretary of State: Her bert s. Houston, President of the League to Enforce Peace: Josephus Daniels, Irwin s. Cobb, Augustus Thomas All these and others came to initiate the organization and elabi- crate the idea to be presented to all of America
 A separate place of distinction must be reserved for the women who as sociated themselves with the move Foundation was conceived. The plan for an institution which would give lasting expression to Woodrow Will sons ideals originated at a meeting and Mrs Charles L. Tiffany, and on a Christmas Eve they and 20 other women met to discuss the next step. A committee was appointed composed of Mrs. Tiffany, Mrs. SimonSon, Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. Mrs H. Otto Wittpenn and Miss Caroline Ruutz- Rees, and the result of their efforts was the winter day meeting which brought the Foundation into being. Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes. Mrs. Harri- man. Miss Virginia Pot Mrs. Si- monson, Mrs. Wittpenn and Mrs. Tiff fary are the representatives of American women on the Executive Committee.
 The movement to establish the Foundation will not be drive. Neither will it be a campaign There will be an organization to present the idea to the country, but a drive or a campaign, it was decided. was unnec- essary to a plan which in it's essence simply affords Americans an oppor- tunity to pay tribute in lasting form to the democratic ideals of another American who served his country and the world. and who achieved greatly and suffered greatly.
 So the matter | stands. but the movement does not, for it is steadily becoming Nationwide in character. National headquarters have been opened at No. 150 Nassau street, New York. When the time comes, the Foundation will have representatives in every State, and from every sec tion and from every hemlet, it is confidently believed, will come spon- taneous offerings from Americans who, like those who came to the first meeting, wish to steal a march on history