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Show AUT t I 'l III V . - i. , w, ' WASHINGTON, Aug 31 George Creel, former head of the Bureau of Public Information, has been ' called down" again for giving out misinformation misinfor-mation In his recent book reciting L'ncle1 Bam'S efforts and accomplishments ln the war, Creel gave credit to former Secretary of Treasury MeAdoo for j having first conceived the Idea of gov-, eminent Insurance foi soldiers andj sailors This claim caught the eye of former for-mer Secretary of Commerce Wllllaml C Redfield. Redfleld's n .1 sideburns bristled as he read. He buzzed for his I stenographs and dictated a sizzling letter to Creel. That Idea, he said, was born in the Department of Commerce, and not In the treasury building If Creel would look at the official bulletin, for Mich and such a date in May, 1017. he would find thai the suggestion was first inado by Edwin F Sweet, assls-tant assls-tant secretary of commerce, and not by MeAdoo. Please shoot an order to, the publisher at once and make correction cor-rection in the next If there should chance to be any next edition of the book. Creel looked, saw and submitted. The next edition If there Is a next will credit Sweet and not MeAdoo I with the Insurance idea. The American Protective Tariff league has Just Issued campaign buttons but-tons which read; Harding and Coolldge. 1020. Smile ' The sentiment seems proper, and everybody can join The itepuidicans and protectionists, confident of a G j ( I . P victory, can smile with Harding and Coolldge. Democrats and Free Traders, equally equal-ly confident that, with the assistance of the Tariff league, Harding and Coolldge will be defeated, can fcmlle at them So let's make it unanimous All together to-gether now, everybody. SMILE! |