Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-25
Resolutions FOR
UNFOLDING PRIEST
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and with the members of the society
which is administrated by him, MAX
ing an offer to the government to give
their convent for the use of wounded
men coming from the battlefield of
Europe, bearing all the expense which
is connected with the care and board
of these wounded, going even so far
as to employ an expert nurse, Sister
of the Order. This offer has been ac-
cepted by the proper party.
FIFTH: We declare that our pas
tor purchased many tickets for the
benefit of the Red Cross, at the exhi-
bition given by the people of the Rar-
itan Copper Works, in the Majestic
theatre, participating personally with
some of the mem bers OF his church
SIXTH: We declare now that the
sermon Of May 9Th, objected to by his
criticiSerS, and enemies, and by the
Perth Anboy EVENING NEWS, was
really word for word the following
My dear people, L have been urged
connected with threats, to induce yol
to join the so-caIled LOYALTY
LEAGUE. In this regard I very clear
ly will tell you my standpoint. In
these days you have been asked to
help the LIBERTY LOAN, and as the
war costs money the expectation that
you should do your duty is reasonable
because the war costs money and eA-
penses must be shared, and L ann sure
that in this line you have done your
duty to every possible means, likewise,
you will be asked, in two weeks, to
contribute to your utmost possibility
for helping the RED CROSS DRIVE
and as the war brings wounded men
by the hundred thousands they must
be taken care of, therefore, I expect
you, and am sure you will do your ut
most, but, when you have done your
duty regarding the LIBERTY LOAN
and will do your duty regarding the
RED CROSS Fund, l cannot be in
tArced, even by threats. to urge you to
join the LOYALTY LEAGUE as long
as it is organized so that the hun
dreds and hundreds Of dollars, con-
trihuted by hundreds of my people,
should be used as waScs for one or two
men that would pose as leaders in Pa
trio tisn, paid by your money; especi-
ally do l object to the payment of
one hundred and fifty dollars
($150.0d) monthly wages. to a man
beng out of work and used as Secre-
tary for the LOYALTY LEAGUE; the
same man is employed as agent for
selling lots of the president Of the
LOYALTY LEAGUE. Patriotism de
mands that we work unsslfishly and
not make money out of this Patriot
ism. Also, object because the pres
ident of the LOYALTY LEAGUE,
himself, called it a humbug and a.
bluff When he called ON me, he told
me, Father, now is the time of bluffs
and hunbugs We must also make some
bluff and humbug." 1 refused to he
connected with any one making such
statements" These are the words Of
Father Gross sermon and although
it was given that way for the reporter
for the EVENING NEWS. in the
presence of witnesses. as we'll as to
Mr.. Clevenger Editor, Father Gross
has been misquoted in the paper.
Possibly the EVENING NEWS had
in mind an incident of few years ago
when a brutal attack on the Catholic
church was published in the EVEN
ING NEWS and when Father Gross
demanded and received an apology for
the same.
We wish to have this statement of
ours printed in prominent place in
the Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS
as refutatiOn Of the series of attacks
upon our pastor.
We trust that the Perth Amhoy
EVENING NEWS will do us the JUS
tiee of publishing this statement in
full otherwise we will be driven to
another expedient to lay tho case of
our pastor before the people Of Perth
Amboy.
we believe that Father Cross case
may be trusted to the integrity and
justice of the proper Federal Author
tiles and we deprecats the editorials
of the NEWS which but serve to ex-
cite prejudice against our pastor and
expose him to the insults of few ig-
norant men. If Father Gross heard
with a broken heart that his adopted
country came into war conditions
with his Mother Country he never fail
ed to do his duty as an American
citizen. We do not blame our pastor
IL he does not see it necessary to join
the LOYALTY LEAGUE, as he has
already shown his loyalty by becom-