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to be respected, something at any rate that
it was no use trying to change. This was
the case for 12 or 15 years or more.

By keeping the League strictly and
sternly non-political we drew into it, or rather
we earned the good will and kind words of
such different people as Forde of the Irish World,
Devoy of the Irish American, Cardinal Logue and
Horace Plunkett. Horace Plunketts kind words of
appreciation were worth any money to the League,
though few people recognized this, for with his support
and the unanimity of every one else it became
impossible for the Irish Government to send out the
"hard word" to the Intermediate & Nat'l Boards