The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-13

of his behests that shall render account to him what people I shall associate with
 and in what organizations I shall seek membership. Such is none of his busi- nessy and l will not dignify his effort to censor my private relations with an an- swer.
 Mir Wards eavesdropping and keyhole campaign for the presidency of the com mission I sincerely deplore. and if he has undertaken the job of censoring from without the fraternal organizations of Birmingham he will have some job in hanging around the Masonic Temple and the Knights of Columbus hall, Pythians, etc. How hath the mighty fallen! But enough of this, save to say that I hold membership in nothing i'll Birmingham which l am unwilling for anybody to know; but I will not be prescribed in the free exercise of my rights even by so great man as MT. Ward. Fellow citizens does MT. Wards elec- ton mean that we must thereafter submit our social and fraternal utilization to his espionage and censorship? If so, may we 1 bestir ourselves to ward off such kaiser 1 isn and Prussianization of our people. A. J. DICKINSON. l Birmingham, September 12, 1917. DIR. DOZIERS' LETTER pr. Dozier's letter is as follows: ] To the Editor of The Age-Herald: I l notice in this mornings Age Her aid, under the caption of George 1 Ward interrogates Dr. Dickinson as to 1 his connection with the T. As" MT. l Ward is quoted as giving as his req 1 sons for the assertion that pr. Dick | inson is 2 member of that order be ] cause he saw Dr. Dickinson and my 1 self together come out of 1S11h 1 Fourth avenue. the meeting place of 1 that organization, Sunday afternoon" | In this statement Mr. Ward is in error. pr. Dickinson and myself did not come out of the place mentioned
 together. If MT. Ward will consult Mir Isadore Shapiro and refresh his mem- 1 ory he will realize that the statement which he made is incorrect. About 4:S0 Sunday afternoon, when , crossing the street from the Hillman i hotel corner toward the city hall, I
 saw MT, Ward and Mr. Shapiro stand i ing in the window of Mir. Wards Of ! flee in the city hall. MT. Shapiro
 waved to me and asked me if I had
 anything to give away. I was carry ] ing in my hand several copies of a l sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. C.. w. MeDaniels, pastor of the First Bap- 1 list church of Richmond, Va. I replied ! to MT Shapiro that I did and if he
 would come down I would give htm | trance of the city hall and I gave i him copy of this sermon At that time I was by myself. And it was about an hour later that I met Dr. Dickinson and some other gentlemen
 in front of the city hall (and this
 meeting was purely accidentally. REGRETS USE OF NAME 1 regret very much that MT. Ward has
 seen fit to use my name as he has in
 his advertisements. Not that I object
 to having my name associated with the ! Rev. Dr. Dickinson and Dr. Barrett, for there are no men in Alabama whom I
 esteem more highly than I do these gen.
 tlemen. But the manner in which our names have been coupled together is
 most objectionable. As regards the T. A.
 society which Mr Ward makes mention 1 of, I have this to say that agree most
 heartily with the platform of that or
 ganization as published in their liter
 ature, which I here present: 1 PLATFORM. l Complete separation of church and 1 state
 "The public school.
 l "No appropriation of public funds | or lands for any sectarian purposes | whatsoever.
 Inspection of all public and pri- | yate institutions.
 Civic righteousness.
 The Bible in every public school. Restriction of immigration. { The election to office of patriots
 only-men imbued With true Ameri- 1 can ideals
 Free speech.
 Appointment of those men and l women only as public school teach
 CTS principals or on the school 1 board whose Americansm Is unques- l toned.
 Freedom of the press. | Respect for Old Glory as the high l est emblem of authority in the land"
 GIVES OUT CORRESPONDENCE One of my strongest reasons for op posing MT. Ward for the office to whicl
 he aspires is that he seems to oppos, the principles set forth vy the T. As, il ] the above platform.