ROB:
I’m not sure why I’m even bothering, but you are misrepresenting the facts.
The Gerrer Rebbe did indeed say that, and he was the kindest of them all.
Other gedolim in E”Y did not at all “have the utmost respect for him” as you claim. They did, at times, write him nice titles in letters to him because Rabbi Kook had political power and the Klal needed his services.
Come on. What non-“D”L” Yeshiva ever even mentions Rabbi Kook’s name?
As to the Siddur Kiddushin, this is true, but this was for the young man who would much later become Rav Elyashiv.
As to Rav Elchonon, if you can find a legitimate bar plugta, then I suppose he would not be the final word. But there isn’t any.