The New York herald., 1922-04-07
Public School System and
Other Liberties at Stake,
Is Assertion.
DOCTRINE ALSO ASSAILED
X. Of c. Man in Reply Asserts
Public Opinion Will Not
Heed Paid Bigots.'

ITO fight against the encroachment
Of Papal Rome in defense or Ameri-
can democracy" is the slogan of the
newly organized Evangelical Protes-
tant Society. with headquarters at 113
Fulton street, and of which e. c..
Miller, president of the Magnolia
Metals Company, 115 Bank street. is
chairman, 1t became known yester-
day.
Mr. Miller said the society was open
and above board ana In no way a
secret organization such as the old
A. p. A. or the Ku Klux Klan.
Mr. Miller asserted that there was
no fight against individual Catholics,
and In fact he invited all patriotic
men and women Of that faith as well
as Protestants OF all denominations
to join the organization. He said that
war would be waged against Papal
influence In local, State and Federal
Government affairs. He went on:
This is the biggest movement OF Its
kind since the days OF Martin Luther.
we dO not WtHl Ouh PtAIiAS ccASofo 40
stroyed and parochial schools put in
their place. We bear no antagonism
against the Catholic Church itself but
are In a finish fight to defend American
democracy from the alleged Divine
Right Of Rome.
champaign Much Needed"
"It Is the purpose OF the organizers
to fight the Roman evil by intensive
Evangelism and by pitiless publicity.
The movement is growing like rolling
SNOWFALL and men of the highest char
acter and standing in communities are
Joining. We have plenty of money to
carry on this much needed campaign.
bers are DIR. John Roach Straton
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church OF
this city: Bishop William Burt of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Buffalo
DIR. David James Burrell Marble Col
1egiate Church; the Rev. Edwin d
Bailey. Prospect Heights Presbyterian
Church. Brooklyn: the Rev. Oscar M
Voorhees,. national secretary Of Phi
Beta Kappa; John w. Ripley; the Rev
j A. Davis. Inland South American
Mission: DIR. Robert Stuart Macarthur
president of the Baptist World ALL
ance: former Judge Gilbert o. Nations.
editor OF the Protestant; DR.. Curtis Lee
Laws, editor of the Wdtchmdn and Err
aminer: Allen w. Johnston. author OF
The Roman Catholic Bible and the
Roman Catholic Church. and DR..
Frank NJ. Goodchild. of the Central
Baptist Church.
Charges Against Papacy.
A preamble sent out by mail defines
r. detail the purposes OF the society and
attacks among other things the activi-
ties OF the Knights of Columbus. 1t
says:
1T is well known that the Roman
Catholics have determined to make
America Catholic If possible to create
hostility between Great Britain and the
United States In order to prevent the
close cooperation of. Protestant coun-
tries: to undermine our public school
system in the interest Of parochial
schools where Romanism may be
taught to rewrite American history in
the interest OF the Papacy and thus to
poison the minds Of even Protestant
children; to secure strategic positions In
our Government for the increase OF
Roman power and the furtherance of
Roman designs; to effect the recogni-
tIon of the temporal power of the Roman
Catholic Church by an exchange OF Am
bassadors between the United States and
the Vatican: to hold the balance OF
power in this country through the ac-
tivity in politics of Tammany Hail.
the Knights OF Columbus, the Jesuits
and other subsidiary organizations, and
finally, undo the work of the great
reformation OF the sixteenth century"
The preamble also attacked doctrines
OF the church In detail. calling them
absurd.
In commenting on the criticism Of his
organization. John B. Kennedy of the
Knights OF Columbus said:
Catholics do not have to apologize
TO anybody for their religion. So long
as there is money available these bigots
will continue doing business In a new
phase OF an old evil. The knights OF
Columbus Is always being attacked by
certain elements for It's welfare work
among fellow citizens, but we are get
ting used 70 this kind of insidious
propaganda. The leaders In these move
ments are always well paid and this fact
speaks for itself.
"If tho ISLANDERS directed at the
Knights OF Columbus in general would
only single out an Individual member
then the law could be invoked against
such bigots For any citizen TO attack
another citizens religious belief at this
time can only be made socially unproflt-
pbla by public opinion"