Evening star., 1936-09-19
ALIEN ISSUE DRIVE
ON ROOSEVELT HIT
BY WHITE HOUSE
"PIanned Attack" by "Cer-
tain Notorious Publisher"
AssaiIed by Early.
ARTICLES HELD FRAMED
FOR POLITICAL MALICE
Denies President Wants Aid or
Votes of Organizations Hos
tile Toward q. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In sharply worded statement, the
White House said today it had
learned Of a planned attempt led
by a certain notorious newspaper
owner" to give the impression that
President Roosevelt "passively accepts
the support of alien organizations
hostile to the American form of Gov.
eminent"
The statement, issued by Stephen
T. Early, a presidential secretary, di.
rectly denied that this was so. The
newspaper owner was not named.
The President had been back in the
White House less than two hours, after
returning from the Harvard University
tercentenary celebration to the bed
side OF Mrs. Roosevelt, who is recover
ing from an attack Of grippe, when
Early summoned newspaper men and
issued the statement.
Text of Statement.
The text Of the statement follows:
MY attention has been called to
a planned attempt, led by certain
notorious newspaper owner, to make
it appear that the President passive-
ly accepts the support of alien
organizations hostile to the Amer.
lean form Of Government.
Such articles are conceived in
malice and born of political spite.
They are deliberately framed to
give a false impression-in other
words to frame the American
people.
THE President does not want !
and does not welcome the vote or |
support of any individual or group
taking orders from alien sources. 4
This simple fact is. Of course. &
obvious.
THE American people will notI
permit their attention to be {
diverted from real issues to fake /
issues which no patriotic, honorable,
decent citizen would purposely in
ject into American affairs.s
Early signed the statement. Hs
declined to amplify it except to say
the articles about which he had been
informed had not, as yet, appeared
In print.
Defers Hyde Park Trip.
The President came here from
Cambridge, Mass, after abandoning
earlier plans to go Immediately to his
Hyde Park, N. Y, home, because of
Mrs. Roosevelt's illness.
The Presidents secretary said Mrs.
Roosevelt had shown a slight, but
continued improvement. He added
the Presidents departure for Hyde
Park depended entirely on her con.
dition and that it might be Monday
night before he could get away.
The President had no engagements
for the day except a brief morning
conference in the White House with
Secretary Morgenthau. He planned
to stay away from his office and
complete the naming of the Maritime
Commission, which will administer
the new direct ship subsidy law.
Early said announcement of the
personnel of the agency was being
held up pending the settlement of
questions arising from Army regula-
tions.
This was taken to mean that an
Army officer would be among those
named.
Marvin H. Mcintyre, a secretary,
said the Chief Executive would leave
with Mrs. Roosevelt, when her condi-
tion warrants, and hoped to be with
the Presidents mother at her Dutchess
County home on her 83d birthday an
niversary.
Mrs. Roosevelt's fever was said to
have lessened and her general con.
dition is improved, but it was wncer-
tain whether she will be well enough
to go to Hyde Park tomorrow.
The presidential special travelled
nearly all night in a driving, cold
rain. 1t was halted for several hours
on a siding in Maryland to time its
arrival here shortly after breakfast.
The rain was nothing new for the
trip. Except for a few minutes, it
poured during the Presidents entire
eight-hour stay in Cambridge, Mass,
yesterday and marred an otherwise
colorful celebration Of his alma
matters 300th birthday anniversary.
TRUTH THEME AT HARVARD.
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