Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-09
Baptist Leader Asks "ShaN Dr.. Townsend Be Held
As Guilty Without PrOOf?' Says God Forbid?'
(By S, N. vAss)

! vile, would escape censure altogether
unless they know what part he has
| taken to get the president into such a
| fix as to lose the support and respect
of those who have heretofore loyolly
supported him. Just think of any hu-
man being calling upon others to re-
gard man and his innocent son as
guilty before conviction by the court.
The writer of that editorial is dis
honest man, for he speaks as if there
were ey witnesses to this murder al
thouh he knows he misrepresentS the
facts. expect DR.. Williams will sick
his dogs on me, although | never had a
case in court in my life, not even been
| calledc into court except about minor
traffic regulations. But his will is
| now law in National Baptist Matters.
When the constitution was revised he
| went before the committee and stated
| that the Board of Directors was too I'M
| wieldy for the Convention to wait I'M
till they could be called together. He
| therefore asked for smaller body yes
ted with the same authority as the
Board of Directors itself, and instead
of allowing the directors to name this
Executive Committee he asked that it
be composed of certain of the officials,
himself of course, the secretary, treas
urer, auditor and attorney. This was
done, and since that time DR.. Williams
has himself become the Convention, for
all he had to do was to use his great
influence as president to see that no
one should be elected to either Of these
offices that would not let him have
his way. He later on at Milwaukee
ruled that this Executive Committee
was not restricted to dealing with mat
tiers of their own initiative. Acting
upon this Interpretation DR.. Williams
would not allow me TO file what / regar
ded very Seriuos charges against DR..
Isaac before the Board of Directors,
but he had me come before himself, the
treasurer, the auditor, and the attorney,
together with Drs. Boone and Roster
who were not members of the Commit
tee, and they finally reported to the
Board of Directors that DR.. Isaac pre-
sented satisfactory documentary evil
dence. The fact was that all the char
ges | made were based upon the audi
tors reports and our annual minutes.
The charges / made were not investl-
gated at all, nor were they turned over
to the Board of Directors and filed with
the secretary. could do nothing but
submit to all this, but nothing is ever
settled that is not settled right. At
tthe hearing DR.. Williams interferred
with my statement of the charge at
least a half dozen times to defend Dr.
Isaac. DR.. Williams has actually taken
over our Convention as completely as
ever our first publishing house was ia
ken over. And will we never learn I'M
till it is too late We are in incorpo-
ration serves only to deliver us into
the hands of one man.
And in the face of these charges and
ing the Sunday School Publishing Board
Williams Joins with DR.. Isaac in charg-
open defiance of the Convention, DR..
with rebellion against the will and ms
tructions of the Convention, yes, con-
spiracy and rebellion will be charged.
And yet that evil genius in Nashville,
who caused our president to make this
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