Milford chronicle., 1954-03-26
A. N. Spaniel, Honored
BY French Govt.
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This highly deserved distinction
has been awarded to you by the
French Government as token Of
appreciation for your active
friendship towards my country
and Of gratitude for the outstand-
ing contribution you have brought,
with such courage and inspiration,
to a better understanding of French
problems in the United States'
In presenting the award to Mr..
Spaniel, Mr.. Jean de Lagarde, the
Consul General Of France in New
York, said, My country is ex-
ceedingly appreciative of your
wholehearted efforts toward
better understanding between the
people of France and the United
States. This is good for the whole
free world because the hope for
peace must begin with an under
standing between nations who
have mutual obiectives, as is the
case with France and the United
States"
Mr.. Roger Seydoux, Minister
Plenipotentiary Of the French En-
bassy In Washington. said, "The
French people consider you true
and good friend because you have
done so much to interpret the aims
Of your great country to us as
well as to explain the many French
problems to the people of the Uni
ted States" Mr.. Seydoux added,
You have done this with a great
understanding with clarity, and
in the absence of self-interest.
Thereby, you have made a splen-
did contribution to both countries.
and / am happy to be here as the
representative Of the French En-
bassy in Washington. to do you
honor"
It was then that Mr.. de Largarde
awarded the Cross of officer of
the Legion of Honor to Mr.. Spaniel
In accepting the award Mr.
Spaniel responded, II am deeply
touched by this token of friendship
on the part of the French people
cannot forget that when / was
a child France opened her gates to
me and to my family and accepted
US not merely as checkable emf
grants but as members Of the hu-
man family. Neither has my fam
lily forgotten what we learned so
well in our own great country,
namely, that the Republic of the
United States was literally bap-
tized with French blood under the
great Lafayette.
I'm my time" Mr.. Spaniel said,
Il have seen the enormous sacri-
fees of the great French and
American people In the cause of
human freedom; and If history
teaches anything, It persuades
above all things, that a strong
France is necessary to a united
Europe as a bastiOn against ag-
gression; and that without a strong
France there can be no strong
Europe and therefore no peace in
this world"
The ceremony was held at
luncheon in the home Of DR.. Rob
ert Wallis, II East 67th Street,
himself a distinguished Officer in
INV "A DAA@AA NdIfrAJA. OL AANMANs
Mr.. Spaniel founded the Inter-
national Latex Corporation in 1892
in Rochester, New York. The Com
pany's main manufacturing plants
are located in Dover, Delaware,
and in ArnpriOr. Ontario, Canada
A branch factory is now under
construction in Newman, Georgia.
A chemical engineer by profess
sion, Mr.. Spaniel has to his credit
a broad variety OF inventions on
which he 'hOlds a large number of
patents in the United States and
in the principal foreign countries
Of. the world. He is President of the
Spaniel Foundation, Inc, a nom
profit foundation in the cancer re-
search field.
Mr.. Spaniel is also President of
PlayteX Park Research Institute.
another non profit foundation
which is said to be the largest
singly supported child health fOun-
datiOn in America.
For the past IL years Mr.. Span
el has made his home in Prince
ton, N. j..