Letter from Albert H. Lybyer to Edwin F. Gay, 22 January 1923

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1109 1. California St*
Urbane, Illinois
January 22, 1925
Mr. Idwin F. Gay
The New York Evening Post
Ne# York City, New York
re
» Gar:
II
He.
durinr]
regarding the
in your eatee
Minor Manaate
-hi eh ha-;i rec
of the Wilson
a conversation with Professor P* C. Coolidse at New
tb^Christmas holidays, he brought up a certain question
mission.  An editorial
12,entitled •The Asia
report of the Crane-Kin* o
g journal on August 31, 192;
r discussed the abstract of
t3»y ag^earad in Ray Stannar
he Crane-King Report
Baker1a publication
Jde in that editorial
In a letter which you
Bocu&ents.  A reference
tof^The minority report by Captain Yale.*        	
*ere  kind enough to publish in your issue of September l7 iCafctSin
Bonala 14. Brodie explained clearly that there was no Minority
report*•
Wo doubt the accusant referred to with insufficient knowledge
by tho writer of the editorial was a "Report on Syria*1, which
Captain Yale prepared at the request of Commissioners King and
Crane, sumixarlsinic his.opinions andf rec onaaendat ions en the situa
tion, and which he
hem at C
1919,  before they had begun tofirrite
an
» <•> *•»
T
al copy is in ay possession.
it was read Tar? carefully*
use of by Commissioners Kinr
it was prepared, na&ely|that
minds asftovwhat report they
the Peace Conference.
tinople on July
f/n report.  The
&t?,j
cril
in~
Marginal marks and notes show that
To^every appearance it-was m&aa full
and Crane in the direction for vnnich
cf*;enablin«|tneaf tc make up their own
should subiL it to President Wilson and
Profaaoor Coolidpe  supfrested t
this subordinate rapcrt 0 -§&pt&im
it has t>ecome known to  zob^
not agree   rith all of i
Yale
w
m
1 be w#ll if
 pro xx5h so. ;f nntiimrW as
persona  that  the two cgiux. issioners aid
bet ions.     I have been ir]
siwe fS*l President Kin? (Mr. Crane is at present travelling
the Hear East) arid ho has no objection to the publication of
tain Yale1 s document,  it there is a sufficient demand |for it.
in
President Kin# dcas not feel,
any initativs in the matter.    Ur,
however
e should take
erfe use of the Crane-Kin«
c. *»
is own initative, and the publication of the full
report in *The Edit02
Publisher
£fc T"
OH
le* of December 3 and 4 was wholly without
Report was
text of th
end "The 1   	
the knowledge of Heeipt*  King ana Crane until after the  type was
set.     Furthert..ere,  Dr.  Kln« does not  feel oallet ufl»a to discuss
or in any sense to defend the King-Crane Reports I
ficientaie said in the report itself.     I tfcink you
that euf-
tree that
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