El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-14

THE Fl Paso Ministerial alliance wa
1 scored roundly Thursday nigh
by several persons who attended
meeting al Khaki club No. 1. called @
protest against the resolution adoptel
b. the ministers at their meetinl
last Monday denouncing by inferenc
the war Camp Community Service
Julius KraAauer. chairman Of thi
hoard Of directors Of the War CAM
Community Service asked for au
thority TO challenge the alliance q
show wherein any Of the entertain
ments Of the service were question
able. This authority was unanimous
lr granted on a motion made by Mrs
s. = Pencil and seconded by Sergt
C. 7. Furrer Of the guarter-naster
corps The challenge wiz be sent u
the form Of Qcestiouaire TO thi
next meeting Of the ministers
Throws Down Gauntlet.
The GOOD women Of this city who
are CeToting their time to the WorH
Of this CrEauiElliCn and who are moi
IN position 20 defend themseives
publicly. resent the recent attach
made by fhe ministers of The city,
said llr Krakauar IN his opening
Statement and they are here to-
ui-3r TO resent the charges OF a BODY
Of men whose calling iu lie should
prorpl them not to hit In the back or
ln the dark"
II want to say right here Mr..
hr1Enuer roullIucds "that these
men, to whom I now throw down
the gauntlet were mrited to
ni-ht TO answer our challenge
and TO eEniriu their reusuuE for
their resolution. and that Invita-
riou stands rood FOR all time 10
come. Had those men come here
they would have been given the
courtesy CT the floor. Not one u
here eT~enr one whom honor -
frl~Ed and rs uiam- lhnnE
God De- g. not Ike E0me Of the
rest Of them. I refer TO Or.
Hradlcy. This dagger Wa not
thrrst IN All the way. They did
not haTe the manhood to do that.
They made their uecurlfion rm-
hiEuous and left u 20 the ability
e a newspaPeE man to ferret QUE
IT'S me=uinE.
This controversy IS absolutely i'm
personal There isn't man lu rne
ministerial alliance who isn't my
friend and many have worked aside
me IN civic NOV e1uenL8 IL the past
So want 81 understood I am not
making any protest on personal
grounds If had personal grew
ance against them would adjust Il
Lyman g. Reed. executive secretary
Of the War camp Community Serv-
ice, was called on BY AR Krakauer TO
state Wnar EFFORT ne had made to
have the ministers present
Ministers sN1f On TriaI.s
Needless TO say, said Mr. Reed,
I'VE were very careful when we
started on this program. called
each minister by telephone and asked
hl1l 20 come tonight Several Z could
not reach The first one talked to
said he did not know whether he
could come OF not told him the
newspapers would want TO know
his reasons He said IL the news
papers wanted any information from
him they could get Il from him.
told nim the women resented the
charges made IN the ministerial al
lanee resolution IN regard 70 the
war Camp Community Service and
then he eot angry and said he was
Some Of the ministers said they
would come and others said they
were going out OF town con
rlaL was sending them out I sup
pose they had previously made plans
20 leave another minister / called
evidently had conferred with the
first one for ne. too, said he was not
on trial out OF ali CT the ministers
I called there was a possible attend
ance Of SIX. After the refusal Of the
ministers 10 come or expressions OF
uucerl ~ Wlerler they could come
I demanded q retracti1n and an
apulozy o. the first one. He said ne
would see what could be done 10 set
Things right"
kra.auer Defends Dancing.
speaklng again. AT. krakauer said
Aad no quarrel win the ministers
over what they said about lanIins.
-Ihey have been beaten On that
score before, said Ar hrakaueri
'auc they always VIII be as long as
there are human beings This ism
q dance han anyhow. That part Of lid
IS lauelahle. We only have one dance
a week here. But IS 70 the question
anle entertainments we want to
know what they are. We want evi-
dcnce- not such as would make
jury case, but Just plain. common
sense evidence. That resolution read
--Ee SOMEBODY was trying 20 hide
something. II wasn't worthy OF the
challenge ln a letter. although it
may meet WIKI no more response than
our invitation OF tonight
eve VIII continue 70 do for people
those Things watch NOBODY csc is
doing and which they cant DO for
themselves. There ought 20 be some
institution I'D every community that
VIII give people the things they want
and which were circumscribed by
those men VINO met the other morn
Airs S. ]. Fenneu then arose and
said she looked upon the ministers
as the reuresen natives Of the best in
teresls Of the community. = be-
IieVe, she said. "theT ought really 20
represent those interests and tell US
rs gentlemen what they meant by
those remarks concerning question
able amusenenls- I move they be
asked formally TO answer" The mo-
ton was seconded by Sergt. C. J. Iur-
ner- Rev. Dwight Bradley. pastor OF
the First Congregational church. the
only minister present suggested the
QUESTIONABLE be sent 10 the ministers
st their next meeting.
GetflnE the .Club spirif.1
lllss Mvriam Toles, girls work
director OF the War Camp Community
Service. was called on BY Mr. Kra-
Eauer Co tell OF some OF the "ques-
tlCnalle amusemelts. she said
there vas dancing one nicht a week
but that far more decorum was main
tanned than most dances required.