The Washington times., 1931-04-23
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Frederick Ashley, Library of
. Congress Aide, Talks; Fish
; Talk Undergoes Revision
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The D. A. r. denied any at
tempt to protect the State De-
partment from attack by speakers
and this afternoon issued a state
ment explaining the society's
position on the Fish matter.
The statement was issued by
Mrs. William Sherman Walker,
chairman of the national defense
committee, who said:
"Mr. Hamilton Fish submit
ted to us the introduction to his
address before the Continental
Congress Of the d. A. r. Due
e. to the fact that the reading
public has too often interpreted
the utterances of our speakers
as being the expression Of policy
of the society, we requested Mr..
Fish to allow certain changes
= to be made to It.
GraciouSly Consented
ITO this request he most
graciouSly consented, with the
result that the original intrOduc-
: tion was recalled. The Daugh-
: ters Of the American Revolution
Is on record as heartily approx.
= ing the splendid work Of Hamil-
- ton Fish and his committee in
the recent investigation Of Com
p,,uuiS&ic activities -
It is understood that Repre-
sentative Fish in his now deleted
remarks planned to trace the re-
cent uprising in Nicaragua to
the Soviet government.
The trail would lead, it is under
stood, through the All-America
Anti-ImperialiSt League.
.. Fish charges that the Commu-
niStS sent money into Nicaragua
to foment hatred Of the United
States.
Planned Comparison
The recent killing Of nine
American citizens by bandits Is
attributed by Fish to this Com
munist propaganda, and Fish, it
Is believed, in his proposed speech
was trying to charge the State
Department with being blind to
the Communist ramificatiOnS Of
the incident.
The Representative planned to
compare Secretary Of State Stim-
sons policy in regard to the kill
ing of United States citizens in
Nicaragua with the policy Of
Theodore Roosevelt expressed in
the much-quoted "Perdicaris alive
or Raisulu dead" declaration.
Ballots Cast
Meanwhile delegates went to
the polls today to elect seven
vice president generals and one
honorary vice president general.
Voting was by secret ballot, and
it is not expected that the result
will be known until the night ses-
sion is called. A final report Of
the committee on credentials
showed that there are 1924 dele
gates with voting power.
Nine candidates for the office
of vice president general were
nominated at an enthusiastic SeS-
sion last night. OF these seven
will be elected to office.
There has been considerable
interest in the election, and there
has been much electioneering. AS
o consequence all the candidates
and their managers are confident
that they will be elected.
Tradition On The Job
If tradition holds true, Mrs.
James Bliss CrankShaw Of Indiana
is certain to be one Of the
seven winners. In the past a
number of candidates have been
injured either just before or dur
ing the congress, and they have
all been elected.
Mrs. Crankshaw was injured
during Tuesdays session when
she slipped and fell on the stairs,
breaking a small bone in her arm
She has been unable to attend
the sessions, but her managers
are making q valiant fight for
her election.
Mrs. James Thomas Roundtree
of Texas, State regent and one
of the candidates, entertained
all the candidates at breakfast at
the Willard this morning, shortly
before the balloting started.
Honored by France
Mrs. Roundtree was honored By
the French government yesterday
being given the decoration of the
Palms of the Academy for hel
part in the dedication Of a monu
ment to the explorer, La Sale
last year.
Mrs. Alexander Ennis Patton
Of Pennsylvania, was the only
candidate named for the office
of honorary vice president gen
eral.
While she is unopposed she
must poll two-thirds Of the tota
vote cast or she will not bC
elected to office under the law
Of the society.
The nine candidates for Offic'
are Mrs. Crankshaw, Mrs, Round
tree, Mrs. Charles e. Herrick, Mrs
CHARLES F. Bathrick, Mrs. William
Pouch, Mrs. william Henderson
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