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Show I. R. MEMORIAL TREE REMOVED BY ALABAMANS Held Unfitting to Honor Roosevelt Near Jeff Davis Spot MONTGOMERY. Ala., Nov B. The Hoosoveit memorial treo which has been the subject of a eontroversy since planted on the Alabama capltol lawn by Montgomery ""Boy Scouts la-nt Frldav mysteriously disappeared Thursday nlKht and today officials are Without Identity of the miscreants. A note discovered where the tree bad stood by h- night watchman rud: "Montgomery, Ala. Oct this, Alabama Ala-bama 1 "To all concerned: REASON GI 1:N "The Daughters of the Confederacy arc our mothers i war mother i and thin Is the South. There are no Irees in honor of Southern gentlemen in. the) eapitol yard at Washington and our war mothers do not want this one , here." Thu controversy resulting from the objortion of the Daughters of the Confederacy to the tree remaining in j Itho eapitol lawn was broupht to a olimax Thursday by the White Hons-association Hons-association president naming 0 com-rnlit,..' com-rnlit,..' in cooperatS with other con- Bsdorate organisations' committees Jn. their efforts to have the memorial re- moved TOO OLQSIG TO JIEFF The association is a band of women i oruunlzed for the purpose of pre- serving the original White House of the confederacy, whore Jefferson Jh Is resided when the eapitol was located ir. Monlnoioerj The uiIimm orgaii-Izatlorm orgaii-Izatlorm euntcuded it wu-i Improper for the memorial to Koosevell to n'und on the eapitol grounds with earshot of the plae hre lavis bo-1 came president of tho confedorucy. I |