, 1922-05-10

effect They were provided with banners carrying
all sorts Of inscriptions making demands upon the
president and headed in a parade led By Kate OHare
TO the white House.
They were not denied admission to the White
House, as falsely stated BY a number of Democratic
papers and also by a news and feature syndicate own
ing a string of newspapers in the middle west This
string Of newspapers loses no opportunity to misrep-
resent and viiify the administration and the Repub-
Ecan party. Il is constantly carrying propaganda for
radical and socialistie movements End for all of Henry
Ford's projects. Al the time of this incident. its
Washington publication made a personal attack upon
President Harding that for seurrilrty and vileaess was
in excess of any thing ever seen in the nations capital
The children and their leaders were stopped at the
entrance to the White House grounds and told they
could not take their banners into the grounds. be-
cause it was n violation of a standing rule. This
rule applies TO all organizations of every description,
and no exception was made in this case Kate oHare
launched a vehement protest against the rule being
enforced, but finally the banners were left with the
guards to be kept until the childrn came out Of the
White House.
secretary to the president, and their spokesman stated
their mission. They vera told Ire president was not
men imprisoned, as that duty was vested in the office
Of the attorney general The children and the lead
es who accompanied them were treated with all eour-
tesy and respect at the White House
From the White House they marched to the Depart
ment of Justice where they were received by Attorney
General Daugherty, who had arranged to give them
special audience. Here, too. they were shown every
courtesy and respect. After they had pleaded their
cause, the attorney general stated he would give his
personal attention 10 any case brought to him for
review. but pointed out it was obviously impossible
for the Department Of Justice to promise wholesale
pardons without investigating any Of the cases or to
commit itself in any individual case until that case
had been reviewed.
The following Sunday Kate OHa-e marshaned the
children into another parade leading them to the
church where President Harding attends services.
There she demanded entrance and permission to stage
q demonstration. II was denied, but the church Off
cials said the children were very welcome to attend
services regularly held in the chapel of the church
for children of the congregation. Out of this incident
grew the second false story that was circulated to the
effect that President Harding's church refused to
admit the children of poor people.
AS to Senator Caraway's charges that these chill
dron are poor and cannot afford to hire an attorney,
ment that the children have a fund of several thousand
dollars back Of them to finance their fight and that
they VIII be KEEP. in Washington until they have sue
ceeded in seeing the president and obtaining a pardon
for the men now in prison. The children are being
comfortably housed and are being fed three good
'~leals a day. There is no evidence other than the
shabby manner in which they are dressed land this is
done for the effect upon the public) that they are
without ample funds.
It is a certainty that any first class, reputable
attorney could have been employed to present their
case for only a fraction of what it has already cost
the hackers of the movement to assemble the chill
house and feed them.
The incident is only a part of a nationwide cam
paign by the radical and socialistic elements of the
country to foment trouble and inflame the minds of
the people. In this they are being given active SUD-
port by a large portion of the Democratic press. a
number of Democratic leaders and the string. or
league, of newspapers referred to.