Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1920 — NOT TO RESIGN, SAYS POLK [ARTICLE]

NOT TO RESIGN, SAYS POLK

Undersecretary of State Denies Rumor He Is to Quit. Washington, Jan. 2—Undersecretary Polk denied published reports that he was about to resign. “I have no intention of resigning,” laid Mr. Palk emphatically. The report that Mr. Palk might o‘r would resign has been circulated many times. Before he went to Europe as ffialrman of peace delegation it was rumored that he would resign, principally on account of ill lealth. He went to Europe, however, iftet having been elevated to the position of undersecretary. He returned to America apparently in good health, ind it was a surprise to his friends to lee the rumor again revived.