Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-23
Congressman Accepts Dele
tionS of Criticism of State
Department on Nicaragua.
DEMAND FOR STRONG
NAVY VOICED AT SESSION
Nine Nominations Made in States
Rivalry for Vice Presi-
dents General.

Admission that officials of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution had
censored speech prepared by Repre-
sentative Hamilton Fish, jr., OF New
York for delivery before the Continental
Congress tomorrow because it con-
tanned sharp criticism OF the State De-
partment policy with reference to the
killing OF American citizens In Mica
ragua, was made today by Mrs. Lowell
Fletcher Hobart, president general, and
other prominent members Of the So
ciety.
Representative Fish was absent from
Washington today, but it was said at
his Office here that the D. A. r, not
wishing to be put in the light of sane
tioning criticism of the administration,
had requested him to delete certain
parts Of his speech which were con-
strued as an attack on the State De-
partment. Mr.. Fish expressed an entire
Willingness to do so, it was said, par
ticularly as he is TO deliver the unde-
leted address for the "talkies" on Sat-
urday
This is the first time the remarks OF
guest speakers have been censored.
1t became known today. In Mr..
F1shs case it Is all the more unusual
for the chairman of the special House
group investigating Communist activi-
ties is fayorite in the ranks of the
D. A. r.
Indications Are Construed.
The action of the Program Commit
tee. headed by Mrs. Gilbert Grosyenor.
to whom the Fish speech had been sub
mitted in advance. was construed by
some to indicate the national officers
of the organization are endeavoring to
make amends for reported disagree
ments over some of the policies of
President Hoover
The explanation given at Mr.. Fish's
Office was that he was informed that
the press of the country usually at
trlouted ID. A. r. Endorsement OF every
utterance made by a speaker before
the Continental Congress. In this case.
1t was said, the organization did not
want to be put on record as sanction
ing what the New York Representative
had to say about the State Department.
Not all of Mr.. Fish's reference to the
Nlcaraguan situation, however, was de-
leted by the D. A. r. blue pencil. His
secretary said a charge that Com
munists In this country are financing
the bandit expeditions of the rebel
Sandlno and are encouraging him TO
XIII American civilians as well as Ma
rmes, was permitted to remain In the
copy of the speech
Mrs. William Sherman Walker of
Seattle, chairman of the National De-
tense Committee and one of those who
requested Mr.. Fish to allow certain
changes in his speech, substantiated in
a statement the explanation given at
Mr.. F1sh'S Office that the D. A. r. did
not wish its position misinterpreted by
the reading public
To this request he most graciously
with the result that the
original introduction was recalled" Mrs.
Walker said. The Daughters of the
American Revolution are on record as
heartily approving the splendid work of
Mr. Fish and his committee in the re-
cent investigation of Communistic &C
tivitieS"
The instance served to create turmoil
among the national officers when the
censorship had become known. Mrs.
Hobart, the president general was called
from the platform to pour oil on the
troubled waters
The situation also furnished the chief
topic for cloak-room caucuses. It rivaled
interest taken in the spirited balloting
and the work of the election tellers in
counting, behind guarded doors, the
votes cast for the 10 candidates for vice
Within recent years the administra-
ton that happens to be in temporary
power at the convention has been able
to control remarks and discussions.
But as speakers are carefully chosen
far in advances of the sessions of the
from officials with whose views
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton are thoroughly in accord surprise
was expressed today over deletions in
Mr.. Fishs speech.
For Full Navy Strength.
An appeal to the Nation to lose no
time in building up the Navy to the
full strength permitted under the Lon
don naval treaty was made in the re-
port of the National Defense Committee
submitted by its chairman, Mrs Will
liam Sherman Walker.
The report also aSsailed "the con-
centrated effort of pacifsm TO eliminate
training from the schools and
colleges" called attention to the in
adequate mobile strength of the Army
and recited the Nationwide campaign
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