Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1920 — IS NOT WANTED IN ALABAMA [ARTICLE]

IS NOT WANTED IN ALABAMA

Montgomery, Ala., April 19. —Resolutions adopted by the Birmingham post, American Legion, requesting that he publicly proclaim Eammon de Valera, “provisional president of the Irish republic,” to be persona non grata in the state of Alabama, were presented to Governor Kilby tonight. Governor Kilby replied that, while it was not within his official province to issue such a proclamation, he was of the personal opinion that the “pilgrimage of de Valera and his Sinn Fein propaganda should have long ago received the attention of the state department.” “Were I directing official of that department," Governor Kilby said, “I would unhesitatingly order the deportation of de Valera without delay.”