Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-01-24 | Page 2 | Colonel Roosevelt will Speak Today

COLONEL ROOSEVELT WILL SPEAK TODAY i ' Former President Ranks Himself Next to Pershingv as Military Leader. By International News Service. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. That tlie administration ad-ministration had erred in not sending him . to France was impressed tonight hy Colonel Colo-nel Roosevelt on Representative James A. Gallivan ot Massachusetts. Mr. Galli-van, Galli-van, though a Democrat, was invited to spend an hour with the colonel in order that the former president might thank him for what the Massachusetts representative represen-tative did last fall in trying to have him placed at the head of a division In France. . , ... "The colonel told me. said Mr. Gallivan Galli-van tonight ."that he was convinced thai, next to General Pershing, he could have been the most valuable leader over there with the American forces. He praised General Pershing highly." Colonel Roosevelt spent a quiet day at the longworth home. He denied lumseli to newspaper men and used his time m talking to old friends and lining up the political situation. Gifford Pinchcjt and the colonel lunched together and la:r the ex-president took a brisk walk in the snow-covered streets. Among his callers were Senator Calder of New York and Ambassador Jusserand. Colonel Roosevelt will make a speech before the National Press club tomorrow afternoon. He may make an additional statement tomorrow night, giving Mis views on the conduct of the war.