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ROselUater Is Fair
Publicity Head
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he would call meeting of the Pub.
licity Committee to act on the appoint
ment. He also was asked II his com.
mittee had ever held a meeting. Both
queries he referred to the Mayor,
John II. Mason. also member of
the Executive Committee. apparently
had the impression an executive COM
mittee meeting was held yesterday.
Owing to pressure Of business he was
unable to attend the meeting, he said.
Surprise to Committeeman
Mr.. Mason. president Of the Com.
mercial Trust Company, said Mr.. Rose.
waters qualifications had been looked
up and that he was fitted for the pub
]icity dictatorship because Of his ex-
perience with other expositiOns and with
legislative matters.
+. \. Van Nnlkenburg, n member of
the Publicity Committee. remembered
that he received letter some time ago
either from Mr.. lioscwatcr or from
some one writing in Mr.. Rosewater's s
behalf.
Mr.. Van valkenburg said he filed
plications for the directorship and that
he expected the matter would be taken
up at meeting of the Publicity Com.
mittee.
''To my knowledge there has been no
meeting of the Publicity Committee" "
he said. "At least l have never re-.
ccived notice Of one. The appoint
ment was a complete surprise to me.
I knew nothing about 1t until the can.
ned copy announced 1t last night"
Seeks National Recognition
n, Rosow.tor said b,s wor. "a n
,,ot no.;nnnI ran,,n;,in, Co, ,ha fo;r
..I ~, fooi,na NV. ,,.or ond n,or,
- l,o,'. a .ho .a,,,ano+,r" 49,. hotnro ;,,n,r
IN % swim, " ha remarked oftcr com :
fn,r;n ,,i,n >IaY,r Nnnro ot re-. IJoI,
''1HE m',m a,o '" ,,.;,i s : nooo;n,n a. w y, NJ
u.o.oI ""' .:Wan "i I'll coz on, NOT ,at ;.
.p;. - - 20. '; srSon
H.; ing S,aro or 'a sar;os rein bo satJ tbo saIary
Iraa.,o, t, ,,as s,,hi.ct for thn Fec, '
uuestn T:.. Mns suv oi,o " t .nu
i've We .op..ee Wnnn, 10 Stal 49, n'vm" .ho ,r,,.
.t: NJ it"seW Ss y; sn,;Hv 'b, h,,I. '"i s tIa hios.
mar Is streaKea WIN gray. ioaay ne
wore dark green clotn hat. q sott c9'
lar with hark tour'ih'hahd tie anu
dark oyercoat.
Mr.: kOsewater discio"cd that ne sug
gestcd himself Tor the FuDncity director
ship six months aso. While his ram
lily were at Atlantic CITY he came to tni'
city and tolkcu with Mayor M0cre. III
saw the Mayor again three weeks ago
Mr.. Nosewater said his family Is u
Omaha. where his scn and daughter ar
attending schoo'. II" hiht'h ne VII
establish residence and bring his fam
lily here. Mr.. t"scwater was aske'
about his plans.
THE first thing to do,' he began
''is t" get the people aroused to tn
Importance OF the Scslul- centennial
It must be remembered that this expo
sitiOn will be the first important on
since the st. Louis Fair In 1904 Sine
1904 there has been wonderful ad
vance in many lines. The autoinobil
has dcvclnIed remarkably, The wire
less and the submarine are other de
: yclopIncnts of this era of invention.
! ~ am NOT pushinr sites or anythin
like that" he replied to another 9ucs
; tinn. 'My job Is to bring this to tn
attention of the Nation.
"Will ! 20 to Europe TO advanr
plauS for the expOsition: No, that
nor likely. My lob is to get nation.
. recognition for the fair. Once that
4, obtained It will be up to the l'rrsihrr
i and the Secretary of Stat" +" extend in
: vitations to the other nations"
@ Mr.. l.osewatcr said h" will be-
q Washington Monday to arrange for na
Z tional publicity. 1t is not pr"hnb
5 thot he will be- ut the White IIous
audience. President Harding has grant
; ed to Mayor Moore and other fa
a