The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-17

touring the months Oh JauudIy dHu
February at least forty conferences
on the matter were attended by the
executive department. And we may.
add here that the pronouncement Of
the administrative committee through
the department Of education was the
determining factor as to their atti-
tude on the Demonstrating bill of
sufficient number of Senators and
Representatives to forecast a defeat
were it presented to either house"
Thus one naturally is forced to the
conclusion that DR.. Tess, with his eye
on the Senate, yielded to Catholic
opportunities and threats, and be-
came the cause of the death Of bill
that would have meant so much to
the future of the nation. That he
was rewarded is proved by his cleo
tion to the Senate, replacing Senator
Atlee Pomerene. -.
1t is, perhaps, bit early to predict
the fate of the bill in the 68th Con-
gress, as the committees which exist
ed in the Sixty-seventh do not hold
over to the Sixty-eighth, necessarily.
The Senate is a continuing body, the
House is not. All committees there
have to be reconstructed, but, accord
ing to custom, the old members of
the committee will hold over.
Therefore, in the House, due to the
retirement Of Judge Towner, who has
been made Governor of Porto Rico,
and the election of DR.. Tess to the
Senate, the craftsmanship of the
House Education Committee devolves
upon Representative Frederick w.
Dallinger, of Massachusetts.
Dallinger is Chairman
Dallinger's past record in Congress
is not such as to recommend him as
strong friend of measures desired
by Professionals.
Following is the makeup of the
House committee of the 9Th con-
gress, all of whom are Protestants,
10 6enoting that the member indi-
Gated will not be in the 68th Con-
gress which convenes in December:
Republicans:
simeon D. Tess, Ohio; sHorace
M. Towner, Iowa; Frederick W. Dial.
linger, Massachusetts,; Albert h. YES
tai, Indiana; Edward J. King, Indi-
ana; Daniel A. Reed, New York; John
M. Robinson, Kentucky; Adolphus P.
Nels,n, Wisconsin,; *Clarence z.
Coughlin, Pennsylvania; Samuel A
Shelton, Missouri.
Democrats:
William B. Bankhead, Alabama:
Charles H. Brand, Georgia; ]. M.
Hooker, Virginia; Bill G. Lowrey,
Mississippi; Henry St. George Tuck
er, Virginia.
In the Senate, the committee in the
9th Congress, which remains the
same in the 6Sth, the membership of
which is almost entirely Protestant,
follows:
Republicans:
William E. Borah, Idaho; Thomas
Sterling, South Dakota; Lawrence c.
Phipps, Colorado; Francis E. Warren.
Wyoming; Samuel M. Shortridge,
California; Smith W. Brookheart,
Iowa, James Couzens, Michigan.
Democrats:
Andrieus A. Jones, New Mexico;
Kenneth Mcclellan, Tennessee; David
I. Walsh (Catholic), Massachusetts,;
T. H. Caraway, Arkansas.
Think Committees Favorable
Therefore, it is firmly believed, if
the bill ever comes to a showdown in
the committees it will be favorably
reported to each body. On the floors,
its fate is in doubt.
The lack of a comprehensive cam
paign of education on the part of
those favoring the bill, and the exist
ence and functioning of an efficient
one by the Catholice, will defeat the
bill again, unless Protestants unite in
one campaign and put the matter
through to successful conclusion.
The National Education Associa-
ed the leadership of the fight for the
bill during the last Congress, but it
fell down woefully. 1t published a
few pamphlets and folders filled with
dry statistical facts, unattractive and
heavy to read. These were sent to its
mailing list but did not reach the gem
eral public. No information regard
ing the status of the campaign could
be gained from its headquarters.
1t should not be entrusted fifth the
leadership again. Some aggressive
agency, equal in power, resources and
ambition to the National Catholic We'll
fare Council, should assume the fight
and employ every known avenue of
publicity to acquaint the people Of
America with the true facts in the
case as we'll as discovering new chan
nels of getting the matter before the
public. Unless this is done, the bill
again will go down in defeat. There
is but one answer to this dilemma
and that is:
The Knighs of the Ku Klux Khan.
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