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Show REITERATES STORY THAT WILSON SENT NOTE OF PRAISE TO REED Though Missouri Senator Exhibited Copy of Letter Let-ter on White House Stationery, Former President Presi-dent Denies He Had Ever Written Anything of the Kind ST LOUIS. April 18. Leo M-ri-weafiier. attorney and (supporter of Senator James A. Reed, today rolterat-jd rolterat-jd hitj statement that he had seen a copy of a letter by former President VHon praising Heed's attitude on the federal reserve bill, which the former , c6CUtlve Monday nlht denied after he had read MerlWRther'j) recent i ttmant in the Globe-Democrat. Merlwcather s lid h also li.nl s.m letter from William G. McAdOO, ; .son-in-law of Wilson, written when MoAdoo was secretary of tho treasury, , nmmcndlng Reed's work on the fed-. fed-. ral reserve bill. SEEN IN OFFICE X Merlweatber's statement follows "When the league of nations fight was on in 1919 and while thorc waa I much criticism of Senator Reed in I public print because of his ODPO ll in o th..- leagu- pact, 1 asked Kcd what be had to say in reply to the charge i hat ho was always knocking the pr Sl- dent. I X "Tlie senator mentioned several Im- J portant measures In which he had co-' co-' i.peratcd with tho president, one of : i he measures being the federal reserve I ! act- lie called his secretary, Don Hunt, I and told him to 'show Me'rlweather theao letters." 'In substantiation of Sfn:uo,- Reed's ' i laim that he had received the ap-pior.otlon ap-pior.otlon of the president for his work ..ii the federal resere bill. Hunt pro- duccd from the senator's files, first ' t letter from Secretary of the Treasury Treas-ury MoAdoo In which McAdoo very I warmly commended and thanked I Senator Reed for his work in perfect- ing the federal reserve bill Hunt i hen produced another letter of the -ame general purport written on White House stationery and signed by Woodi ow V llson. "I made tho same statement in a speech bcior.- 10.000 people at the rnltsueni during t h ii-acun of nations iiKht and it was never challeng d fri n any source." SHOWN' SIDE BY SIDE I Senator Reed's statement and the . letter containing the denial of vieri-wenther's vieri-wenther's remarks were printed in J parallel columns of the Globe-Democrat here today on the first pane tinder tin-der a banner head reading: "Woodrow Wilson Curtly Repudiates Senator Reed ae Latter Exhibits Ex-president's Letter of Praise ' A sub-head read: J "Drops Bomb in Contest for Senate ' In his letter the former president denied he had ever written su h a letter. "I havo no recollection of ever having hav-ing written any such letter " his letter "I did have a difference with the president, entirely good natured, over the federal reserve bill," Sen Reed's statement, given out Mondial night. Senator Reed explained that he had Insisted that hearings be given on the l.dtral reserve bill, while Wilson, than president, wished the bill p i j without the hearing. "As a result ot tho hearings the bill was amended hundreds of times," the senator's stal -ment said. It was after the hearing, accord- lng to Senator Reed s statement that he received the letter of praise from the former president. WILSON FEiAYSj REED The letters from the former prcsl-dent prcsl-dent and senator follow. The former prewtdent's letter to the editor of the t;lnbe Democrat, under the date of April 15, 1922. at Washington Wash-ington says: I note In your Issue of April 12 tbut one Las Merlwe;th'i is quoted as saying that he hud seen ;i letter from me to Senator Reed, warmly thanking him for the great service the senator rendered In perfecting and i losing the federal reserve gill I havo no recollection of ever having wrlttun iiny such letter. On the contrary con-trary I clearly remember that Mr. Reed, as a member of the committee on bunking and currency. Interposed every possible objection to th "m-Ijletion "m-Ijletion and adoption of the bill His objections, Indeed, were so many, so varied and so Inconsistent with one another that I recall speaking to him about them In conversation. Having spoken of reading a certain parody on 8 well known novel, I told him that his ourae in the committee reminded me of tho conduct of the hero in that parody who, when rejected by the heroine rushed from the houso. mounted several horses and rodo off in every' direction. "Statements such as the one quoted from Mr Merlweather appear to be Intended to create the impression that Mr. Reed and I have held the same principles and advocated ihe same policies, ind that he is entitled to and may be assumed to havo my endorsement en-dorsement as a candidate for re-elcc-1 tlon to the senate This la far from being the case. To those who havo closely observed Mr Reed's career in Washington he has shown himself Incapable In-capable of sustained allegiance to any person or anj cause has repeat ed ly forfeited any claim to my confidence con-fidence that he may ever Havt; been supposed to have, and I shall never willingly Consent to any further association as-sociation with him "I b g that you will do me the courtesy to publish thU letter "Verj trulv vours ' WOODROW WII.SON" RI'KD'S STATEMENT A letter and statement given to a Washington rpresentatlve of the Globe-Democrat by Senator Reed, is printed as follows: I di.l h.iv. a difference with tho president entirely good natured, over the federal reserve bank bill. The kernel of that controversy was that the president Insisted that the bill, which had originated in and been passed by the house, should be reported report-ed out of tho senate eommltto and passed pas-sed very speedily without giving an opportunity for hearings I insisted that hearings should bo granted rnd they were granted As a result of the hearings, the bill was amended hun-drt'.I.M hun-drt'.I.M of times "It was after these hearings and with the reference to them that the president wrote mo the following letter let-ter I hand you a facsimile of the letter." HERE'S COPY OK IETTEK Senator Reed here produced a printed print-ed circular ending witii a photographic copy of the president's lettei which read : THE WHITE HOUSE "Washington, Oct. 23, 1913. "My Dear Senator. "I hesitate to ask you -o break 'n upon what nnw h. on of the bus. em weeks you have had by requesting vou to come to the White House in order that I may sn what Is perfectly Irn-posslbA Irn-posslbA for me to say In a letter I want to thank you very warmly and nr. rely for your statement made throuKh a New York newspaper. 1 have felt all along the sincere honesty and Independence of ludgment you were exercising in this whole matter and ou may be sure that there ba.s never been In my mind any criticism exrept an occasional difference of Judgment I think that things are now shaping themselves admirably and r am quite willing to admit that the processes upon which you hae insisted in-sisted havo contributed f.. that result I feel that I can count on you from this time out to play a leading part in orlnglng this whole matter to a sat; :-factory :-factory issue, nnd I want ou to know hat satisfaction It give ,nf to feel that I ,an do this Cordially and faithfully yours "WOODROW W 1LS. ,x Pray call upon me at any time that you would like to confer "ny feutu"-' ( the matter. n o |