The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
CALLS D. A. R.
MENACE TO
WORLD PEACE
Pastor Ignores Threats of
SANDER Suit to Con-
tinue Attack.
GIVES ELEVEN QUERIES
Demands Organization
Make Public Its Stand on
War Propaganda.

Bu United Press
BOSTON, Oct. 14.-The D. A. R.
was described as "one of the great
est organized mena'ces to world har-
mony and peace" by the Rev. DR..
William L. Stidger, pastor of the
Copley Methodist Episcopal church,
in his Sunday sermon.
Continuing his attack on the
D. A. R. despite the threat of the
organizations general counsel to sue
him for SANDER, Stidger suggested
that the society better could be
called the Daughters of the Amer
lean Reaction"
He reiterated his statement that
William B. Shearer, big navy propa-
gandiSt, had been permitted to flood
the country, through the D. A. r.,
with antl-Hoover and anti-navy re-
duction propaganda, and asked if
the D. A. R. secretly condoned and
countenanced Shearer."
Stidger challenged the D. A. r.
to answer the following questions:
Il. Is it true that men represent
ing the navy league are speaking
before local D. A. r. chapters?
%. Did men representing Shearer,
or propaganda sent out by Shearer,
go through D. A. R. chapters, either
nationally Or locally, as has been
said repeatedly in public print?
Asks Identity of Speakers
"3. Is it true that there is an 'ac-
cepted and recommended list of
public speakers for the D. A. r.? If
so, who are some of those speakers
and to what organization do they
belong? This is not an unreason-
able question.
q. Is it true that this list of 'ac-
ceptable speakers is made out in
Washington?
"5. Does there now exist, or has
there existed within the last FIVE
years, a blacklist of speakers COM
piled by the D. A. R. or any of its
officers, committees or subcommit-
tees, who are not acceptable, made
up of preachers, bishops and men
known to have pacifStic leanings?
Is. Is it true that Mrs. William F.
Anderson, wife of Bishop William F.
Anderson of Boston, was not ac-
corded the floor until she demanded
it at a recent meeting because she
saw her husbands name on such a
blacklist and, being a member Of
the organization, wanted to know
why?
Cites Propaganda Charge
"8. Is it true that, as the bulletin
Of Sept. /, published by the National
Council for Prevention of War says:
IN early August, Shearer deliv-
cred a radio attack on President
Hoover's policy under auspices of
the National Security League and,
more recently, through the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution,
| flooded the country with a state
ment branding President Hoover's
delay in building the cruisers as un-
warranted unsafe and unconstitu-
tional?'
"9. Is it true that the D. A. R.
was one of the admitted leaders In
last winters pro-navy fight, as this
same publication states in its Sept.
l, 1929, issue?"
"9. Is it true that last April just
before relinquishing the reins of
government, the president Of the D.
A. r. lined the society up in the
American Coalition" Fred r. Mar
vim, secretary as an article in the
Nation of Sept 25, written by Helen
Tufts Bailie says?
40. Is it true that the common
enemy, a pamphlet by Marvin, was
distributed officially throughout the
D. A. r. at time of crisis in our
diplomatic relations with Mexico,
and that there was a deliberate
and inexcuSable attempt to infame
the D. A. r. against Mexico, as Mrs.
Bailie says in this same article?
al. Is it true that the Quakers
were on the Infamous blacklist of
the D. A. r., and, if so, was Presi-
dent Hoovers name on that list,
and is it now, if that list still ex-
ists?"