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Show Sec. Colby Writes There Are No Facts to Deter AGtion By House Committee WASHINGTON, May 22. Secretary Colby wrote Chairman Porter of the house foreign affairs committee, today to-day that there "were no facts" in connection con-nection with foreign relations which should deter the committee from any action on pending resolutions dealing with Irish freedom "which is dictated by good judgment," and which the committee might feel "conscientiously Impelled to take." The secretary added, however, "that if seems hardly proper" for him to attempt at-tempt to guide action of the committee commit-tee 'by an expression of opinion of legislation leg-islation which is at this stage." No Action On Resolution. The committee took no action on the resolutions before it proposing American Ameri-can diplomatic recognition of the-Irish republic, adjourning until Monday. Secretary Colby's letter was in response re-sponse to a request from Chairman Porter that ho appear today to discuss the resolutions. The sessions were ex-eputivc, ex-eputivc, but committeemen and Representative Repre-sentative Flood of Virginia, ranking Democratic member, had moved to continue in session until the Irish measures mea-sures were disposed of after the chairman chair-man had read Mr. Colby's communjea1 tion under protest. The adjournment motion, said, Co have been carried by the Republican majority over Democratic Demo-cratic opposition, ended the session. ! Text of Letter. Secretary 'Colby's letter, as made public later by the Irish bureau of information in-formation here, said in part: "It seems hardly proper for me to attempt at-tempt to guide the action of your committee com-mittee by an expression of opinion of legislation which is at this stage, "I am certain that I should not' venture ven-ture to do so or to influence you, eitfcsr t?i my reply to your letter or by personal appearance before your committee, com-mittee, were I in a position this morning morn-ing to accept your invitation to the meeting of your committee. The department de-partment is in receipt of important dispatches which require my instant attention and I am regretfully obliged to ask the indulgence of your committee commit-tee m not attending its session, which it would give me much pleasure to do. "I may say this, however, in my reply re-ply to your inquiry of a day or two ago that there are no facts in connection with our foreign relations which should deter your committee from any action ac-tion which is dictated by good judgment judg-ment and which it may feel conscientiously conscien-tiously impelled to take." |