The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-02-25
J0BLESS WILL SUPPORT FALL RIVER STRIKE AGAINST 2O CUT
Why the Church Is Always
Against the Working Class

present practically protestant catholic churches
of Socialist Soviet Rputhe country where the working class has
building magnificent structure of
socialist society without slavery exploitation and degradation
necessary explain political
function This has always been throughout history The church
today in all countries always reactonary always corrupt always
serving the rich political support against the pooaway for
the landlord, the manufacturer and the banker.
For instance, Bishop William T. Manning who chosen to lead
the drive the United States against the workers Soviet
Church The LAY head of this church is Pepont Morgan head
of the bank of Morgan and the acknowledged chief of
the structure of finance capital in the United States
The Federal Council the Churches Christ America"
carrying rabd campaign for mperast to destroy
Ivy representative
family Truman s. Morgan of the family of P Morgan, j. c.
of McCutcheon Co., John Wanamaker J mumonaire depart
Philip LeBouler president Co.; among
operating is the Reverend Harry Emerson Fosdic the
pastor and personal funkey of John D. Rockefeller
This only small glimpse the actual facts which show that
the American churches personally owned and controlled by the
American
only exploitation
their wealth These Millionaire bankers
are precisely the same group which played the dominant part in throw
ing the United States into the mperia world of 914S
This important because this carrying its
propaganda directly for the of doping the minds the
preparatory to launching worldwide the attempt to destroy
the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
1t be forgotten directly
personally they try
$Oooo chapel the University Chicago opened
Rockefeller Jr, went to Chicago dedicate God" The
Colorado Fuel Iron omnanv in AnrI 1911 when the N e
poyed by that
striking miners and burned their bodies at the tent colony at Id
low Colorado And explosion
ard Oil plant Elizabeth easily understood
the ministers Of the churches denounce Mr. Rockefeller the
murderer of the IL workers who died in that explosion.
All of
to about besides the big held by local churches
and most of the large church boards have trust funds The
Missionary Society Of the Protestant Episcopal Church has fund of
100000 The Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
its fund while the Presbyterian Foreign Board has about
sooo0oO The Home Board of the Presbyterian Church
amounts than $20OOo and the Methodist Home
uy amounts to more than 100000 All these funds supplied
the churches by the capitalist employers.
All of gentlemen the
fact that the handsome Church by
these trust hagnates bankers will
the present army Of sr ~ seven million , uo mau ~ t;
op report Church Pen
sion Fund the Episcopal Church. of which P Morgan member
of the Executive Committee and Bishop Manning the
it shown that this
the American Radiator Co., American Telegraph and Telephone Co..
General Motors the New York Central the and
other railroads U. Steel Corporation Co.,
Western Electric Co. Montgomery Ward Co. and other
total of Investments bonds of 2O7779o2 while the
whole of their investments industrial and bonds would
addition they interest
$SSS9.5o0610 in church buildings
surprising that the slick undres
are inclined see all political Questions with the eyes of their
masters Rev F. Anthony the Federal Council Of Churches
Kingdom of God" He declared
money is holy thing. Possessors o weal
and onsecrating periods
They through the medium organizations for missionary
and educational enterprises with the cooperation of legal adj
companies persons
and societies invested with fduciary
Kingdom (of Cod :"
Or as the chamber of Portsmouth
facurers Record of September 25, 1924
I'VE must all recognize that without religion founda-
ton Cor civilization all of business
Therefore, worker
why is that the religious institutions always
c Of the
why these gentlemen always servants
Of the exploers of Do remember
Baptist Church expelled people of
the working class from that church in the effort brighten
workers with hefre" for striking against the mlownes
the salaries of the preachers?
BIT all of these churches the If have spoken
about the protestant churches only illustration
catholic church VIGOROUSLY the
effective instrument of political the
explo of labor The Jewish plant
instrument of the capitalist for the doping decevng the
workers in the interest of the expoters.
1t wonder that when the workers.
luona class struggle overthrow the expoters ehes and swnder
the whole brood of capitalist bankers
little unkeys Of these expoiers lose all influence the workers
1t is not the policy of the Workers Republic
terfere with the freedom of hold
he desire But is there
workers and who have oerrown their
life of freedom, quite naturally dispense
with AMI all of the eeces
of the expoters The of the
churches helps bring the finally
scientific view of life inevitable healthy development