, 1922-05-11

as it stands for constructive principles and not merely
for opposition"
Later on in his speech. according to the news col
umns of the Minneapolis Journal, Mr.. Holt said: The
opposition won the campaign in 1920. but Senator
Lodge and his ~conferees committed the worst act of
any set of public men in the history of the republic"
An advertisement inserted in the New York Times.
Sunday, January Is, by the Woodrow Wilson Foun-
dation fund. explaining its purposes, said: "The ap-
peal is issued to all who believe in those liberal Dem
ocratic principles that Woodrow Wilson so conspieu-
ously championed and who wish to perpetuate the in
fluenee Of Americas great war leader"
Inasmueh as the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund
is not incorporated, has nc: taken out a charter or
filed any other papers defining its purposes, the only
definition of its plans which may be classified as "offi-
cial" are those which are furnished by its officers.
On January Is Franklin d. Roosevelt, chairman of
the national committee in charge of the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation, issued a public appeal to ''the
friends of Mr.. Wilson and those who believe in his
principles" Mr.. Roosevelt was assistant secretary of
the navy under Mr.. Daniels, and was a candidate for
vice president on the Democratic ticket in 1920. In
this appeal he said:
"Since 1918 liberal thought of mankind has moved
faster than in any similar period. One man, an Amer
lean president. is now recognized by all but the will
fully blind reactionaries as having been the leader in
this forward movement, and everywhere in our own
land, as well as in other nations, signs are manifest
that his ideals viii not down. It is in accordance with
this that the Woodrow Wilson Foundation has been
formed so that we can in some slight measure render
a tribute to Woodrow Wilson and at the same time
through this practical and useful means create an
instrument to stimulate service in the cause of justice
democracy.
On March 3, 1922. James W. Gerard, state chair
man for New York, of the Woodrow Wilson Founda-
ton, appealed to the workers throughout the state to
speed up. In this appeal Mr.. Gerard said:
1T must be remembered that this campaign is not
a drive in the usual sense of the term. What
We hoped to achieve through this campaign we have
every reason to believe is happening. We are cement
ing the people of the country to the ideals of Wood
row Wilson, and we are mastering hundreds of thou
sands of people in this foundation which will have a
far-reaehing effect upon the country. Through the
foundation subscriptions we are approaching the re-
surge in sentiment that has set in for the ideals of
Woodrow Wilson. The campaign is serving. there
fore, a great missionary purpose and you as one of
the chairmen are contributing in a great degree
toward this end"
On April 10, 1922, Franklin D. Roosevelt. national
chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, made
public in New York 4 telegram received from Wood
row Wilson in response to one sent him by the officers
of the foundation. The telegram reads as follows:
The message from you and other members of the
executive COMMITTEES of the foundation has given me
the deepest pleasure and qualification. 1 have the
assured faith that the ideals with which we entered
the war are still held and earnestly believed in by the
whole body of our people and that we are upon the
eve of a notable reassertion of the principle for which
we sacrificed so much. In this revival a very great
part will undoubtedly be due to the splendid men who
have organized and developed the foundation"