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Show cony mm SGGIUST NEWS Secretar y of State Shuts .Out N. Y. Call Men From Daily Interview WASHINGTON, Sept. .'ft. Secrotarj ''olby announced today that Paul H.nn- na, correspondent of the New Vorl. Call, u Socialist 'newspaper, and I-au-Irence Todd, associated with Mr Hun- na in the Federated PresS bureau. would not be permitted in the future I to attend the dally conferences whiih the secretary holds With the news-I news-I p.ipt r con esjiondents The announcement was made at the 'regular morning conference with the I correspondents and after the secretary had read .i letter written by Mr. Manilla Man-illa to 1'Yed A. Emery, head of the information in-formation bureau of the stato depart- Jmcnt. Mr Hanna charged in the let - Iter that Mr. Colby was using the con-ferencea con-ferencea with the newspaper men as a means ol inspiring the press with views Of his own and thai he also had PU wrong Interpretations Pin the news Sir, Emery was asked in the letter lo ob-llaln ob-llaln from Mr Colby u statement in defense oi the charges so that it might i he published along with the original accusations, J The secretary of state, told tho correspondents cor-respondents thai his whole object In I holding conferences with them was to aid i hini in obtaining accurate infor- Million and to cooperate in furnishing international news to the Amerloan 'public. Ho asked the correspondents whether they thought Mr. Efanna'i jchargos justified ami il. C. McMillan, I a correspondent of the New York Evening Eve-ning Post, expressed tho opinion that thei were, bul he added ihai he did ! not mean to impugn the secretary's Integrity In-tegrity nor to appear In the light of supporting the charges. |