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...Fletcher's, Not Gibson's Sirs...
...night U. S. Chief Delegate Hugh Gibson addressed the U. S. public by radio in reassuring terms. Next day a correspondent of great courage and some spleen, Frank H. Simonds of Manhattan's Evening Post, flatly accused not only Mr. Gibson but the chief delegates of other Great Powers of deliberately trying to mislead world public opinion...
...these women Senor de Madariaga promptly become Hero of the Hour. Promptly Sir John Simon and Chief U. S. Delegate Hugh Gibson went into action, tearing the gallant Spaniard's proposal to tatters, forcing the Conference Steering Committee to rule against him and to rule the miscellaneous women...
This victory was somewhat too complete. Within a few hours Mr. Gibson and Sir John were hot & bothered. They had to explain that of course they had not tried to exclude from the Conference the four Delegates who are female, Dr. Mary E. Woolley of the U. S., Miss M. Winifred Kydd of Canada, Mrs. Corbett Ashby of Britain and Mile Anne Szelagowska of Poland...
...unique and courageous act of President Hoover's close friend Hugh Gibson last week was to take his stand as chief of the only delegation at Geneva opposed to abolition of the battleship. All the other 56 nations without exception agreed that the battleship is a purely offensive weapon and should be abolished...