Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-18 | Page 10 | K. C. Plea Denied by Roosevelt

KC KC I. I CI PLEA PINEA DENIED I BY ROOSEVELT I NEW NEW YORK Nov 18 W up A resI- resI dent Roosevelt has denied the appeal ap ap- peal 1 of the tho Knights KnIght of f. f Columbus Columbu for for tor an investigation of of religious persecution in Mexico with the result that the Catholic order pl planned nned today to carry its cause to the public In Iri a letter Jetter to Martin H. H Carmody supreme knight of the thc order the president said I III decline to permit this government government gov gov- emment to undertake a policy of interference In the domestic concerns con con- cerns of foreign governments government and thereby jeopardize the maintenance of Cf peaceful conditions Mr Roosevelt reiterating his ab- ab nf nt r l intolerance m md mft made d ft it his clear clear his refusal was not notto not noi to b bo be interpreted as an act of in in- difference Carmody In making public the letter Jetter said the Catholic order had hac asked only for investigation of ot the rights denied American citizens citizens citi clU- citi- citi zens Jens and arid of the cruel oppression by that government of or its own people ought by the Borah resolution The presidents president's reply he stated expresses his unalterable opposition lion tion to the Borah resolution which called for congressional determination tion Ion of ot the situation and declares declares de clares dares it to be his policy not to un un- un- un any personal determination of cf f the facts As citizens and as an organization tion Han Carmody c concluded we shall continue to use all proper means to bring to the attention of the American people these deplorable blo ble conditions with the hope and confidence that an aroused public will will eventually pronounce pronounce pro pro- flounce a condemnation of them that go unheeded