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Show "ves (JnldfoRle and Kellher and Ue others In the party knew that the president had barred him .nit. and Mr Norton replied that no one knw but tl"v two Mr. Ilairison s-al.l he thought it unnecessary for the others to know anything about it and thereupon there-upon left Mr. Norton asserted l he president himself h;i no previous kn-wl-d0 that .Mr. Harrison was to be one of his callers today. The engagement had been made "in the houtlne way some teu days axo through the Secretary's Sec-retary's office. Mr. Harrison was quoted on Mav LI as haying said of the buck dating of the Wlckersham summary; "This confession of th attorney general amounts to the conclusion that tho president and attorney general gen-eral had agreed to furnish to con-I con-I gress misleading Information to supply sup-ply an official document as of one dftto which was really prepared many weeks later." Representative Harrison tonight mado the following statement: ' It la unfortunate for the president that he cannot stand criticism; it Is unfortunato for the country that he cannot r.tand the truth. My newspaper news-paper statement at which he takes of-fenec of-fenec was merely an eTpoeltlon of tho scandalous fact that the president presi-dent had pent to the senate of the United States an official document In tho Balllnger-Plnehot controversy of which tho date had been wllfully falsifled by being predated. My resolution res-olution of Inquiry, drow out this information in-formation by a written confession by the attorney general. It Is of no concern con-cern to ni" that I am riot welcome at the White House but It is concern to Amerlcun citizens that n statement of tho truth about the president may mako It Impossible for a representative representa-tive to discharge his dalles. "I went to the White House today not as a matter of pleasure, but In the expectation of a public duty. I went by appointment made by tho president's office made or. May 31. to present a delegation f distinguished Hebrews on an Important public mission mis-sion Aftfr a delay of fortv mlnuU-s at the very door of the president's office, 1 was told tht tbo president would not receive me. "It Is not surprising that he did not caro to face any one who was Instrumental In-strumental in bringing to light the desperate attempt to bolster the administration ad-ministration case In the Balllnger-Plnehot Balllnger-Plnehot matter by manipulating public pub-lic documents. If everyone who Is Justly criticized the Taft administration adminis-tration Is to be barred from the N hite House, it will become a lonely place. Representative Qnldfogle stated tonight to-night as did Representative Kellher today, that had he known Mr. Harrison Harri-son was not to be received at tb-? White House ho alfo would have re fused to go lu. HARRISON'S STATEMENT Says It's Unfortunate That President Cannot Stand Criticism WASHINGTON Juno 9. President Taft todav declined to receive Representative Repre-sentative Frauds Burton Harrison, Democrat, of New -York, who called at the White Mouse in company with two other Representatives to introduce intro-duce a number of Jewish rabbin who took up with the president the question ques-tion of tho expulsion of Jews from Russia He received the delegation and chatted with its various members for fifteen minutes or iu"re. Representative Represen-tative Goldfogle of New York, acted as spokesman for the party, and so adroitly had the situation been hand led bv Secretary Nortou that not one of the callers knew of the Incident until Representative Harrison returned re-turned to the capltol and there stated that he had been rebuffed by the president, Mr Taft based hla refusal to see Mr. Harrison on statements attributed attribut-ed by newspapers to the representative representa-tive In connectiou with his resolution resolu-tion In the house calling upon Ator-nev Ator-nev General Wlcker6ham for full Information In-formation as to the connection of his office with the Rallinger-Plnchot episode. epi-sode. Mr. Harrison, according to the White House version of the matter, charged the president and the attorney attor-ney general with having willfully attempted at-tempted to mlfik-ad congress in the back-dating of the attorney general's summary of the Olavis charges. Mr. Harrison was first quoted as having said that he could assign no reason for tho president's action today to-day He had made the engagement with the president some ten days ago and had received no Intimation that his presence at the White House was uuderslrable. Secretary Norton was at first unwilling un-willing to discuss the Incident Later, wheu he .was Informed of tho statements state-ments of Mr, Harrison, be told the story. He said the president had no purpose of publicly humiliating tho congressman, as had been charged, and that nothing would have been said regarding the affair if Mr. Harrison Har-rison himself had not made the matter mat-ter public. Mr. Norton said It was his understanding under-standing that Mr. Harrison expressly desired that nothing -hould be said. Mr. Norton said that during the congressional receiving hour be noticed no-ticed Representatives Harrison and GoldfogUi of New York, and Representative Repre-sentative Kellhir of Massachusetts, with the party of rabbis at the head of the line awaiting admission to the president s oltice. He spoke to all the members of the party and a few moments later Informed the presl-d'-nt of their presence. Mr Taft said that he would be glad to receive everv member of the delegation but Mr. 'Harrison. He declared that because be-cause of the statement made by Mr. Harrison he did not desire to speak with him. Secretary Norton thereupon Invited Mr. Harrison Into his office faying he had some affairs to dlncuss with him. Meantime he bad the party shown Into the president's office at the appointed ap-pointed hour and f.ked Mr Goldfogle Gold-fogle to Introduce the callers in Mr. Marrlson'6 absence. It was the first time Mr Norton had ever met Mr. Harrison, and when the two were alone, the secretary said he was extremely sorry that the first meeting should be the occasion occa-sion of a disagreeable duty. Ho told Mr. Harrison the president would not see him. Mr. Harrison, according to Mr Norton, said he thought he knew why it was tbe statement he bad made regarding the connection of th-president th-president and the attorney general with the BalllnRer-Pincbot hearing' Mr. Norton said he had not seen the ; slatement and consequently was J somewhat In the dark. Ho asked Mr. I Harrison to send him a copy of what 1 he had Fald Mr. Hsrrto" asked If Repiesenta- |