Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-26 | Page 9 | Baker Rejects Plan for Unknown Dead

BAKER REJECTS PLAN FOR UNKNOWN DEAD DEA Believes All Unidentified Should Remain in France WASHINGTON Nov 26 y of oC War Baker in a statement today announced announced an an- formal rejection of ot the recen recent t proposal of ot the Victory Hall association tion that an unidentified body of ot a an anI n American soldier be Interred In th the theo I proposed o o victory hall to be erected i In e ke dt New York Baker has w written to th the e I association rejecting the plan I Baker Balcer also has decided to refuse the proposal of Rodman Wanamaker Wanamake r that the bodies of all American soldier dead in the tile battle fields of 1 ranee be buried burled in Central park in New York lork Were these requests and others lik like e It to be granted said Baker In ins hi his s statement today on the victory hall sd plan the unknown a and unidentified d dead of the tho American expeditionary forces wound would finis finally ly be scattered here and there separated from the companIonship compan compan- p. p of ot others who fell in the same cause cause Baker favors allowing the unknown American soldiers to remain In the cemeteries of ot France