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/ Hotel, Indianapolis. The Sun re-
porter was accompanied by Frank
Prince, manager of the Indiana
News Bureau, representing a mum
Der of Indiana newspapers. Both
Mr.. Prince and the Sun reporter
made copious notes during the
| progress of the interview.
The remark made by Mrs. Wheat
craft regarding her poison squad
came voluntarily from her without
prompting or suggestion Of any
kind. The reference TO whispering
women was in d measure suggested
by the Sun reporter. who drew a
comparison between the poison
squad and the widely published
story OF war days concerning the
whispering women of the Piave.
Mrs. Wheatcraft. as stated in the
Sun report. agreed thoroughly with
the parallel.
AT the conclusion OF the interview
Mr.. Prince went TO his office. where
he copied down his notes and his
recollection of the Questions asked
and answers given during the inter
view. The Sun reporter went to the
indianapolis Athletic Club and did
the same thing. Later both he and
Mr.. Prince met and compared their
typewriter copies. These were
found to be exactly similar"
Further Details
| Prince confirmed the statement OF
! Douglas. As a further confirmation
of the accuracy of the interview,
he pointed to a part of his own ac-
count OF that interview sent to the
Richmond Palladium which said:
Some might call it propaganda
unit, but to me it's my poison
! squad.
THUS spoke the much discussed
| lieutenant of Senator James T.. Wat
son and the commander-in-ch Of
his women fcrces-Mrs. Vivian
! Tracy Wheatcraft.
There is one thing that has
never been seen by anyone save
myself. one thing that they cannot
take from me, because it belongs
only TO me-my poison squad. In
my little black book are the names
Of FIVE women from each county
When | want TO start something
tip off my poison squad. Inside OF
twelve hours it's all over the State.
That's it. victory by gossip.
when reminded of the Whispering
Women of the Pave whose defeat
list propaganda crushed the Italian
war strategy ir 1917
Not a Stitch Skipped
Let Mrs. Wheatcraft lift the cur.
tain and show you the motive plar
of her well-oiled. highly efficient ma
chine which did not seem to skip
a stitch.
First of all. visited each Of the
thirteen congressional districts ano
selected a district chairwoman
With these thirteen women / picked
a county chairwoman for each OF
the ninety-two counties in the State
picked them and made 1t a point
to know that they were for my candi
date first. last and all the time.
Then. continued Mrs. Wheat
craft. the task was to organize the
precinct committeewomen OF whom
there are S.55l. BY now my or
ganization was beginning to take
shape and form.
From one end Of the State to the
other made speeches. Speeches OF
instruction and suggestion. Each
of these 1851 women chose ten ac
tive workers in her particular pre-
cinct. One woman would do /. the
telephoninS. another look after the
music, yet another look after. the
babies, so THAI active work would
not he interfered with
Our observa ton that such dill
gent efforts must have been remune
rated with handsome salary
brought the rejoinder. Very little
FVvo hundred dollars a month anc
expenses
How long were you actually
working in this primary
g For twelve MONTHS
Then you were on 1t while vice
chairman of the Republican party?
." Yes, but l resigned when the
candidates. were fled"