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Why Men Who Circulate The
Menace Are Cautious-An Answer
To Roman Catholic Hoodlums

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y would hav. yOu b.sv. tha. they oOnouds from this that
|wsh 70 be caught handling IL
te because Thousands Of COps. Of u. Menace are diIt
that i circulation fraudulent and that exists without bOnAnd
Both conclusions are sadly in error.
numerous copies Of Menace distributed from week
week the difference in the figures the circulation report
In upper LIFT hand Of the paper which the actual
number o. subscriptions and the actual number
Firing Line and disposed Of as they see 1t each week and used for
sample copies T. the great Tes sscCaOn you hear 50 much
Doyed an sn that they are demanding that the paper S
Catholic people and that il has no bOnaads circulation
We admit tha. great number Of people who are in sympathy
way possible afraid that they engaged in
this work Not that there anything the Menace that they are
business and they know the spirit and disposition Of the Roman
Many them are In business and cannot afford 10 hav. their
Many them have property and AFFORD to have their
Many families support and dread the boycott
Roman Catholics derent TO Protestants
Pesans and noncb cs do not mind having their ideas their
that their opinions suffer from analysis and discussion
whereas when you as.a tn. position Of Catholic he
ing soHethn killing somebody It not the enemy that our
less when confronted with the assassnthe who would hide
hind tree to take life stick the torch residence while
win better understand few illustrations. As
an example here letter we received few days age unsigned OF
Buh ldahO have to say in regard to your motive Of do
ing things this destined die where and when unknown
Catholic
oReQa qats Words steps viii be regretted in a
This only open murder ii
bears the marks Of assassin for the writer cautiously
ceaed his identity thereby making impossible to proceed against
him legally for his unlawful threat
Inis1 week following typical spss
editor Menace-You keep your dirty rag ye
low of Chicago The Proestants here
minded and well educated pou their minds with such rot
people pretty your paper you
Ashamed distribute it in the daytime and must have ccu
lated around peoples pohes after they have retired for the
night We thrive on healthier literature up here Look out that you
people down there don't smoke you meas white verd
wretches--one Who Knows"
Zone Who Knows (and probably he dOes) shows less bravery
S A. % h H Menace . @ % nt h. S
all asleep But he too careful to conceal his identity
WeTsceye hundreds Of such letters the above but most Of
we could print at all, as they are too obscene.
wsget letter every week from Roman in Omaha the
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from any Of them would be hustled OF to the pensnay forth
NE X the % FST e THAT
WE HAVE FURNISHED THE POSTAL AUTHORITIES SEVERAL
saying Like priests like people, very true in the
of the anonymous towards who deluge the mails with ncenday
lion 70 ascertain the truth of this statement one only
read the average Catholic paper and especially the weekly
dto the Western Catholic Quincy Ill This probably the ves
bacard Catholic sheet published In America today and the meth
d he adopts to advertising and bluff patronage his
ancum would make the ordinary foOpad or feel like
"a Sunday school teacher.
FOeys long ripped his shirt over year
trying 70 naugurae crusade get the Menace shd Of the
mails and @ fever hasn't subsidized single instant since Many
Catholic editors have butng their
heads against the rock Of Gibraltar but would Judge
Foley an automatic bung and his head bone The Menace
his than active paying
tissr on his tst-AND WE DON'T PAY HIM CENT
The fact is his guh has become commonplace that the gmlet
headed Catholics down here in Aurora won't buy extra copies
more.
But back to the conspiracy.
As example take his Of June Goth Like
the Menace gets the head lines and the editorials M too)
ia this issue speaking of the Menace, says:
ave all know that il circulated by scoundrels and
by other ignorant filthy minded who give services
gratis.
That gratis business gets the permmon gives Foley
pain that he can't locate simply knocks him blind