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nt) ee eee 7* <a June aod July, 1944, ire. - 9 ef he Wey Washington, D, é. » the mother of Tyler Kent, sent a resus ~~ of her son's case to the delagates of both the Republican and Demo- -~+ - — AvcE. P. Kent (of 2112 Wyoming Ave., r 4 i ‘ eretic Conventions. Upton Close, radio commentator, gave the Kent | Case nationwide publicity on several occasions. Newspapers featured it. : Nillions of Americans became sensitized to the presence in the Nev Deal ,. closet of a Kent Case skpleton ranking in ortance with the Pearl Ear-| bor skeleton. Then, on September 2, 1344, State Department issued a \ _ Lengthy defense of its surrender of oung Kent to British authorities. ~" sive, Kenot's reply to Secre Huli (a copy of which was sent to every member of Congress) began as follows: "Nay I be permitted to say that _ the Jong Teloase by the State Department on Septexber 2 relative to Tyler Kent le entirely unansvered the point on which the American people de- . mad an investigation; i,e., the existence or non-existence of secret ‘pre-war agresnente ne President of the United States vithout - ‘the advice and consent the Senate’". . .Wery fev people besides his mother are interested ‘in Tyler Kent per se, But one hundred end thirty Oda miliion American are Vitally concerned to know whether or not it is true that in time of pence, ene year before the Lend Lease Bill and _ Other measures were put before the Senate, they ha¢ been planned ‘detwoon the American President and the British Navy head'." On September 5, 19%4 ex: Ambassador Joseph P. Xo also went to bat for the Now Deal. Kennedy admitted, hovevor, that copies of 1500 cablegram: had been found in Tyler Eett's room, but did not acknowledge the nature of the cablo- »- Wows of.the Kennedy statement reached Kent in prison and the ritish Authorities pormitted hin to vire his mother on September 14, 1g}4; " Kennedy's statemont false.” . 4 20O latest chapter in this fantastic case occurred Septembor 26, “74 i. oo that Gate the Washington, D. C. TIMES-HERALD headlined: f “British Froe Ramay, ler Kent's Friend." With adequate pros- sute from back-home constituents upon Congresemn, the Kont Case scons sure to boil ‘over as soon as Congress reconvenss. Why should an American citizen whose forebears fought in every American war be imprisoned sbroad in outright denial of his diplomatic rights, when ewon his Parliamentary . ear . Bef ne A eee .- oK t _ K F400 G68 DeSh reileas tte of, wea * + 4 Copyrighted 16ld, by GERALD Le K. @MITH, POST OFFICE BOX 459, DETROIT 31,MICH. - "7" patra eepien are available at the following rateas a . ee <0 <<) ‘Fif.00 oe Rs cote Per thousand $100.00 - +