Evening star., 1944-07-30

AIIoIk III LUIGI IIIlEoI
Will Help Him in Race
Dy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 29.-Represen-
tative Hamilton Fish declared to-
night he was not surprised that
Wendell willkie had injected him.
self" into Mr.. Fish's campaign for
reelection and implied that it
might be more help than hindrance
to him.
Mr.. Willkie today expressed his
willingness to represent Playwright
Maxwell Anderson in the event Mr..
Fish brought libel action against
Mr.. Anderson as a result of an
anti-Fish campaign advertisement
reprinted today in the Nyack, N. Y,
Journal-News.
II am not surprised that Mr..
Willkie has injected himself into
the campaign in this district" Mr..
Fish said at Newburgh. HE came
out against me two years ago in a
lengthy statement which only in
creased my majority up to 10 per
cent of the vote against candidates
In the primary election"
$250,000 Suit Filed.
Mr.. Anderson had challenged Mr..
Fish to sue him for reprinting the
advertisement which was the basis
for a $250,000 libel action Mr.. Fish
already has filed against Robert F.
Cutler. Mr.. Cutters name appeared
in the original advertisement as
executive secretary of the Govern
ment Committee of the 29th Con-
gressional District.
Mr.. Willkie telegraphed Mr.. An
derson:
In response to your request, I
shall count it a public service to
represent you in any libel action
which Hamilton Fish may bring
against you growing out of his
congressional campaign. For your
fight to prevent his reelection to
Congress is certainly a public serv-
ice.
1T Is a great service to all Amer
leans to help terminate the political
career OF Ham Fish. And this
1sftrue not only because of his rails
ing the racial issue, but fundamen-
tally because his narrow, national
istic views and associations are the
inevitable producers of anti-Semi-
tism and dozen other perils to
democracy. Race antagonism is but
one OF the symptoms-narrow ma
tionalism is the fundamental cause.
Will Confer With Lawyer.
This is the time for all men to
be straightforward and unambigu-
GUS on this basic ISSUE
Mr. Fish, in his reply, said he
would confer Monday with his law
yer, Henry Hirschberg, former dis
trict attorney of Orange County, in
regard to accommodating Mr.. Max
we'll Anderson and his cosigners by
suing them for libel
LAS Republican, he added, II
am supporting Loyalty the endorsed
Republican Dewey-Bricker ticket,
but I have not heard of any public
endorsement of that ticket by
Wendell Willkie."
Asked in New York if his tele-
gram to Mr.. Anderson meant he
would support the Republican presi-
Dental nominee. Mr.. Willkie would
only confirm that he had sent the
telegram.
Gov. Dewey, at Pawling, had no
comment.
Cutler Quits Committee.
The disputed advertisement, termed
libelous by Mr.. Fish. originally ap-
peared In the Rampo Valley indie
pendent at Suffern, N. Y, bearing
Mr.. Cutters name. MIR. Cutler said
later that the committee had used
this name without his knowledge or
consent, and that he was withdraw
ing from the committee.
Mr. Anderson then announces 1t
would be reprinted today and
added: Il shall sign the advertise
n1ent personally and hereby chal-
lenge Mr.. Fish to sue me or the
committee"
The advertisement appeared to-
day over the signatures of Mr.. An
derson as chairman of the commit
tee, and 10 other persons including
Cartoonist Milton Caniff; Marjorie
j. Tompkins, daughter of the late
New York Supreme Court Justice
Arthur S. Tompkins; Henry Varum
Poor, artist and sculptor; Composer
Kurt WE'LL and Mrs. Felicia Gizycka,
daughter of Mrs. Eleanor Patterson.
publisher of the Washington ID. c.
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