Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-29
AIMEE, MOTHER
CONTINUE war
THROUGH PRESS

LOS ANGELES, July %, P9-MrS.
Minnie Kennedy, her back to the wall,
today fought the attack to exile her
led by her daughter, Aimee Semple
Mcpherson, evangelist, and the COM
mittee OF Angelusv Temple, Kennedy
Mcpherson religious headquarters
Mother and daughter each made
public letters which had passed be-
tween them, one paragraph emanat-
ing contrition and sorrow, the next
hurting fresh charges and uJLering new
recriminationS.
The Temple committee, claiming to
represent ninety percent OF the church
members and branch leaders, issued
through it's attorneys, a lengthy. state
ment accusing Mrs. Kennedy vice
president of the Echo park Evangelist
cal association, owners OF AngeluS
Temple, OF villifying her daughter and
demanding her immediate retirement.
Th mothers reply to the committee
was brief and to the point: i don't
recognize this So-called committee"
and 1 will have nothing to do with
it, 1 am ready to meet my daughter,
but will not talk about our affairs
with outsiders"
And Gladwyn Nichols, who welded
the baton over the Angelus Temple
choir before he recently led o revolt
of 300 members to launch a new
church. added his oil to the fire by
publicly asking Mrs. McPherSon 10 olg
up the legally buried kidnapping case
and retry it before court formed Oh
her own temple followers.
One of the latest developments OF an
otherwise hectic day around the semi
circular tabernacle at Fo'- was
a telephone conversation between MIS-.
Mcpherson and her mother.
Said Mrs Mcpherson, according 10
the version she gave the newspaper
men, hush up and stop issuing state
mentS to the press"
To which, said the daughter, the mo-
ther replied, "Ill shut up IL you'll 40
the same, fire the temple committee
and settle our differences quietly be-
tween ourselves" The evangelist re-
fused. i.
Then they turned to the subject OF
letters. Mrs. Mcpherson denied that
she had given to reporters copy OF
letter addressed to the mother.
Mrs. Kennedy took the copy from
the hands of a newspaper man at her
elbow and read it into the phone.
Mrs. Mcpherson insisted that she
had not made it public and demanded
that Mrs. Kennedy refuse to give out
her reply.
Said Mrs. Kennedy: "I can't do that
dearie, when you show such BAD
faith"
The temple committees pronuncia-
mento put forth through its attor-
neys, accused Mrs. Kennedy OF being
a .'usurper of the powers and func-
tions" of Aimee. .Semple MCPHERSON.
Deadlock ended this afternoons con-
ference between Mrs. Mcpherson, her
mother, and Attorneys representing
both sides of the argument.
In an effort to stem the tidal wave
of publicity which has swept the
decks of AngeluS Temple and almost
extinguished at least one OF its lead
ing lights, gag rule was adopted at
the meeting which forbade further
statements by either side.
In a statement issued shortly al
forwards, Mrs. Mcpherson, who had
left the conference before its concluS-
ion, forecast an amicable settlement
and denied that she had quit In a
huff Mrs. Kennedy said the same ana
added that they had not proceeded as
far as discussing a detailed settle
ment of "our affairs"
1t was also learned that when At
torney Leslie Roth, said to represent
the committee of $50 church leaders,
tried to break into the conference, ne
was met at the door by a stern and
firm Mrs. Kennedy Whittebeck who
took "they shall not pass" attitude
and told him to go back from whence
he came, which he is said to have
done.
The conference lasted four hours.
The temple committee was repulsed
with the same dispatch by the guard
'on of the gate, Mrs. Kennedy WHITE
beck, when theq. unlimited guests tried
to edge into the scheduled peace
party
Mrs. Kennedy Whittebeck would
not recognize them, her daughter re-
ported.
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