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Show DENICS ASSAILINQ MR. HUGHES. Percy Mackaye Writes He Never Saw "Authors' Letter" With His Name Appended Percy Mackaye. playwright, whose oiiine appeared ns one of the signers af the so called "ntilhnrs' letter," published pub-lished In the newspapers last week, knew nothing about the matter until ifler publication, according to a statement state-ment given out yesterday nt Itepttb-llcan Itepttb-llcan mitlonal headipiartern '1 he letter let-ter attacked Charles 12 Hughes' criticism criti-cism of President VIIon ns "non-constructive" "non-constructive" nnd propounded ten ipiesttons for Mr. Hughes to answer. In a letter to Mr. Hughes Mr. Mackaye said : "My attention tins Just been called to nil open letter addressed to you, printed In the New York Herald of August 'J, signed by n number of professional pro-fessional writers, among whom my name Is Included. I heg to send you (Ids word, to say that I did tint sign the letter and never snvv or beard of the letter until It was shown to me In print." It wits staled nt Republican head-pinners head-pinners that neither Mr. Hughes nor any of his staff had seen the letter except as It appeared In the newspapers. |