Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-12-13
Membership Qualifications Con-
fined to Those of A. p. A.
Tendencies.
Not Opposed to Catholic Share
of the Pnblic School
Expense,
STRICTLY UN.AMERICANSO SOCIETY

The attention of the Kentucky
Irish Americai has been called to an
advertising circular sent out by NJ.
Goldberg & Sons, clothing dealers,
Of sos West Market and 614 East
Market street, which contains the
statement that Max Goldberg, of the
firm, Is a member of the Junior Or
der of United American Mechanics,
and it is therefore taken for granted
that the above gentleman, belonging
to an order that proscribes all for
eign born citizens, is not desirous of
soliciting the business of the latter.
The Junior Order, which has
proven itself to be an A. p. A. or
ganization in the strictest sense of
the term, has for one of its qualifi-
cations for membership the follow
ing:
"a white male citizen of the
United States BORN WITHIN ITS
THEN TERRITORY OR DOMAIN,
OR UNDER THE PROTECTION OF
IT'S FLAG"
This eliminates from membership
any foreign-born citizen, even after
he became a naturalized citizen and
served his adopted country in any
way, and also even If he rendered
service by enlisting and fighting in
its cause.
In another declaration the Junior
Order states 1--WE recognize the
landing upon our shores of the ig-
norant, the vicious and the lawless
of the old world as a constant men
ace to our institutions, and believe
that It should be viewed with alarm
by the loyal and patriotic citizens of
the country" If the above principle
of this order we're in vogue at the
time of the Revolutionary and civil
wars the United States would have
been lacking In many heroic defend
ers, as these two struggles furnished
heroes who were foreign born and
would have probably been barred
from locating in the new world, not
because of their vicious and lawless
characters, but primarily because of
their religious belief, which is the
underlying note in the above declara-
tion.
Another leading principle is the
following: "To uphold the American
public school system, to prevent in
reference Herewith, and to encour-
age the reading of the Holy Bible
therein" By interference is meant
the Catholics having any voice in the
or conduct of the
schools, although there is no denying
the fact that one dollar out OF every
FIVE paid to support the public
schools is paid by Catholics, and on
the other hand by supporting the
parochial schools they save one-1fth
of the public school expense. In
other words the Catholics contribute
directly and Indirectly two-fifths Of
the support of the public schools.
This sacrifice is made that their
children may secure an early relig-
ious training, and many Protestant
ministers and laymen are heartily
endorsing the soundness of this prin-
ciple. In addition, the compulsory
reading of the Protestant Bible In
the public schools is manifestly un-
fair to both Catholics and Jews, as
was attested in forcible sermon re-
Gently by DR.. w. w. Landrum, pas
tor of the Broadway Baptist church
In this city.
The Junior Order further states
that they are strictly opposed to
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the union of the Church and
State" but no one heard of a protest
from them when President Wilson
appointed Rev. DIR. William Hayne
Leavell, an ordained Protestant
minister, as United States Minister
to Guatemala. nor was there any
from the Catholics, who are broad
minded and intelligent enough to-
overlook such an occurrence as the
appointment of a Protestant minis
ter to a Catholic country, but what
a howl there would have been If a
Catholic priest were chosen as an
Ambassador to some foreign power.
In conclusion, the Junior Order OF
United American Mechanics Is an
un-American society, composed
mostly of dupes who are led by the
nose for political purposes, and is
proven everywhere to be the pro-
moters of religious prejudice by the
exploitation of fallen priests and
other such characters. their methods
being underhanded and desplcable.
and have no place In the twentieth
century.