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Show PRQBtRS HOPE TO VISIT ERIN Committee Believes Refusal of Britain May Yet Be Withdrawn WASHINGTON, lec. 9. Hope that the decision of the British government not ;o permit the special committee of Americans to visit British terruorj to obtain Information about conditions in Ireland l not final, Is expressed in a letter sent today to the t'.ritlrh cm- basny by the commission of the com-mittse com-mittse of one hundred lnvesagntir.it tiie lriF'n question, If your letter were t0 represent 'he final 'opinion of ih. British government," govern-ment," the commission wrote, '"certain '"cer-tain regrettable i onclusions would iseem to follow. It would seem to imply autocratic Interference on the part of the government with the free com-I com-I muntcntlon r friendly people.V The commission's Letter was in reply to one acn( yesterday by the British i eml-fii-- refusing nn application from the commission for a visa of the passports pass-ports Issued by the stat-- department to the six members of the special com i mittee appointed by the commission i 'In seeking lo send our committee to I'.reat Britain," says the commission leader, we have but followed the sus;-: sus;-: ?es.tion originally given us by repre-sentattves repre-sentattves of various groups promin- ni in lo;!i Knglish an' lr'..rh life We had expected that this step would me, i with vo.ii npprcval ). view of the fact that In his letter Of October . 2 3. Sir A:e;i in. ;. s:ae. that the British government has more to pain than anyone In Insuring thst th truth la made Known to the whole world "It was and 1" our firm conviction that such a committee as had Intended In-tended to send might inttKe plain to the peo)i is tioth r Bnglan'd und Ireli i I the compelling reasons for America Interest. The Atnerteitii oeopie are 1 unit d by ties of blood 'o ith i oun-trie oun-trie The Irish question deeply en- grosses our people's intcrei!. It Is lil-lerally lil-lerally a domestic issue within the I'niie,) States, if the present traffic conditions continue they will menace World friendship and ultimate;- world I peace " oo In Germany there are 1C.000 men in the American army if occupation |