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The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-05-25
REV. MCNEIL DEFENDS REV. BRADBY
IN CHURCH Difficulties

The uncritdcal lay mind is dis
posed to say that something rs
wrong somewhere. forgetting that
the burden OF proof rests on the
accuser rather than on the accus-
ed. Mr.. Brady is under no neces-
sity of discussing his church mat
ters In the paper that attacks him.
His silence. however, is not a
confession OF guilt. He has not re-
piled because IL is contrary 10 his
nature. He does not know how TO
fight for himself. Like the Cali
lean peasant He save others.
himself he cannot save" His sil-
ence is reminiscent OF that noble
man in classic literature who re-
mained like the hiss OF serpent
1t is like the august silence OF the
Terrible Meek" dumb before q
Roman tribunal while an unintel-
ligent mob stirred by vested in
terests shouted. Away with him,
cruelty" The old Negro spiritual
is pertinent. Just see how they
done my Lord, and He never said
q mumbling word. Not a word;
Not word.
Nor has he or anyone authoriz-
ed me to reply. volunteer this
as a protest against the caricaturs
of man whose life has been given
to the building Of "city which
is to come. Just as the waters Of
the Potomac could not waste out
the blood spilled by Charles Sum-
ner in the American senate, just
so all of the waters OF vitupera-
tion cannot submerge the good
Eradby has done
III Laurence Mcneil
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New York GiUes Joe
Louis Big Welcome

has been turned over to Louis for
his exclusive use for the entire
month Seal Harris and Ace Clark.
both big fellows. have been added
to Louis list of spar mates while
and SOS call has been sent out by
Jack Blackburn, his trainer, for
more ring giants to spar with the
Detroit Bomber.
Joe turned q years OF age last
Monday and was given a gala re-
ception in Detroit More than 1000
people attended the party at Gray
stone ball room. .... Give leaders,
men high in the political field OF
the state of Michigan, former
school friends of Louis and folks
in all walks OF life were present to
pay tribute TO the most talked OF
fighter in boxing today. Sheriff
Henry Behrendt OF Wayne County
Michigan presented Louis with a
gold badge which Joe proudly
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Is dumb? Most OF them will OBJ
ject vigorously to any such impli-
cation. Second Baptist's officers
and members are neither 80 stupid
nor so simple as the local publi-
cation indicates. Indeed, II re-
mains to be seen whether a crime
has been committed. am SAN
guine that I'm the face of deliberate
attempts TO undermine their con-
fidence. the overwhelming major
ity believe in their minister.
have known Robert l.. Bradby
fifteen years. was ordained by
the request OF the Second Baptist
Church. I have lived with him
daily and shared his visions and
confidence. have heard for ali
these years the discreditable re-
ferences to his ministry and base
less charges against his integrity
In this crisis. want II publicly
known that Robert L. Brady is
my friend! He has touched my
life with healing hands and give
en- me insights and strength. Ny
confidence In the Brady leader
ship" Is undisturbed by any word
against II which I have heard or
read. Nor is my friendship yelled.
Brady has his faults. Who hasn't?
He is Incorporate In speach. He
sees but one side OF an argument.
Brady doesn't bend easily and
knows little OF Cancellation. But
Brady is no thief. I stake every
thing that ! am on that.
Bradby's weaknesses do not OBJ
scure his stature. He Is a big man.
threatens. In this hystcria De-
troit purblind clergymen and
laymen have never forgiven him
for heing Of larger mould Many
are claicd over the disaster which
Threatens In This hvse rio De-
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May 18th st. Augustins's Il IN
Episcopal Institution Tor the higher
education Of Negro yosth. one Of
. chain Of nine schools operated tn
Southern states under sponsorsnip
Of the American Church Institute
for Negroes. Formerly g. Angus
tines was q high and Industrial
schooi.bu advanced 10 full College
standing five years aso. The present
class to be graduated from the
full college course has twenty
seven candidates for the bachelors
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troit should remember what Brad

troit should remember what Brad
by has meant to its well-beins.
His executive gifts. his platform
ability. his idenity with commun-
ity enterprises and his inherent
capacity for leadership have made
him Detroit's first citizen.
Let us review this ministry He
has given TO Detroit "A religious
landmark. Second Baptist Church
is the work OF a lifetime. Destroy
Bradby II you will and you destroy
Second Baptist. Destroy Second
Baptist and its disintegration Will
rob Detroit OF living spiritual
force. lie has been the friend Of the
newcomers. He saw to II that hun
dreds were contacted. homes found
and guidance given to them. He
help southern Negroes to becom
orientated when old Detroiters
turned from them as II they were
stricken, smitten OF God and af-
flicted" He has been the friend of
laboring men and put hundreds In
to Jobs. II he were so mercenary
he could have reaped a harvest by
accepting gifts for getting en-
ployment. He took not one cent!
He has shepherded the under-privi-
legged who suffered from the vio-
lence OF an unjust society and the
pressure OF competitive urban life.
They received medical care. shell
ter, fuel. food and other neces-
saries. Their religion didn't mat
ter; they were human beings in
need. He has been the big brother
for countless struggling students
who have been able to complete
their education because Bradby
helped them In the community
every institution or force for civic
welfare ha been helped by him.
who VIII gaiusly hi loaderfhip 10
ihN SF ciW when ih, security
40 Oh llcc WIS iuipyrled?
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New York City-(Special from
Louis Training Quarters)-Joe
Louis money Is not absent in this
town.
Tom Rooster Hammond, well
known sportsman orr Detroit, had
sent on a certified check for
$1,000 to bet on Louis to win over
Primo Camera At the prevailing
odds when the pair clash In q 1s-
round battle at Yankee Stadium
June Is. John Roxborough, man
aKer of the Detroit ring star.
brought along the check when he
arrived from Detroit
Hammond says there 10 q lot
more where that came FROM" de-
ciarsd Louis's manager. "snd viii
wager twice that much ~ soon -
the odds are posted"
/ The Detroit sportsman has clean
Cd up' q small fortune betting on
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robbed and his daughter IL years
old was attacked. Her brother
caught the man that did ii. and,
instead OF turning him over to the
mob delivered him to the jail.
Mr. Morgan was Il good man.
The terrible thing that had hap
pcned had upset his mind as il
might upset anybody's. One of the
best doctors in town called on me
at the Jail. Mr. Morgan sent him
and he told me how sorry Mr..
Morgan was.
The man who was guilty was
in the cell with me. He knelt and
prayed hours on end
81 never knew what happened
TO him. But the mob didn't get him
"Mr. Morgan sent me SIS and Q
ticket to Milwaukee and cam,
north"
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CONTINUED from Page y

Brady Leadership" which ex-
tends the impression that Mr..
Brady is a parasite.
II is clearly the right OF a news
paper to publish information con-
corning institutions and individ-
uals. II is the function OF a con-
structive journal TO expose hypoc-
risy In social conduct, irrespec-
tive OF the consequences. To at
tempt the purging OF the commun-
ity life from unwholesome influ-
ences is a necessary and righteous
task. Such however, Is the nature
OF the mass mind which accepts
without reflection whatever II
reads In a newspaper that a journ-
al sincerely dedicated to the COM
mon good must be sure OF its facts
before IL disseminates rumors OF
culpability or establishes an opin-
ion as to innocence or guilt. No
worthy newspaper gives publicity
unless 1t has checked its facts.
Any other procedure Is unscien-
dfic and unjust. 1t is gross
abuse of the freedom OF the press
to present aspects of a given mat
ter or fragments. without under
taking dispassionately to ascer-
tain the truth. When 1t has facts
Il should be articulate. but in the
region OF rumor and suspicion II
should be silent.
Now facts must be construed.
No construction OF facts will
weigh with intelligent men which
s partial or malicious. The pres
nice OF prciulicc renacls an opin-
lr uuernuH N rutrepupaf lnn~f
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degrss. The College Preparatory
department ~ seventeen candi-
dates for the diploma. and g.
Angss' Hospital Training School
for Nurses win graduate six- The
Bishop Tuttis School for Religious
and Social workers, located on the
campus OF 81 Augusuns's Will
award certificates OF graduation
to three young women. The young
men and women who graduate
come from fifteen states and one
foreign country.
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Detroit, will be In there giving his
service free to aid ole Than in
a boxing show benefit.
Louis and his managers John
OF Detroit and Julian
Black of Chicago. left Detroit last
week with the benefit uppermost
In their minds. Immediately upon
learning that Sam had regained
the sight OF his eye following
delicate operation, they agreed to
box on the benefit In Langford's
behalf.
Seal Harris who will be one OF
Louis sparing mates at DR.. Baer's
training camp at Pompton Lakes,
N. j. starting May 81. will spar
with Louis on the benefit. Another
sparring partner will be selected
before Saturday.
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Former Friend And Associate
Pastor Flags Critics Of Veteran Pastor

seek detachment in its reports and
candor I'm its estimates In this
particular, reading at this remote
point, the papers in question
seems To have tresspassed on good
taste and il was John Ruskin's
thesis that taste Is the only NOR
atty. The illusions to financial
Juggling were not clear. They seem
to come from a source with de-
struction in the blood. The edito-
rial did not mention one solitary
word OF Mr.. Bradby's influence
for good in Detroit. There was
neither mercy nor justice in that
opinion. One suspects that "the
wish Is Father to the thought" :"
James Ten Brooke. under whom
the writer studied philosophy.
said to us one day, mo man is
wholly good or wholly bad. Yet
the editorial held Mr.. Bradby up
to public centure by straining to
array twenty years OF service as
entirely bad.
1t Is serious indictment OF the
intelligence OF those members who
compose the fellowship OF Second
Baptist Church, to insinuate that
their instinstive response TO Mr..
Bradby's leadership was the blind
adulation of ignorant people to a
confident man" For the size of
its congregation. Second Baptist
has a remarkably high intelligence
level In that fellowship may be
placed leaders of the most virile
social force Detroit possesses. is
u ut % rosNction ou them t0 init
nstr hat tacy have been living
iike "a slp before his sheartrs
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tion: promotion Of . National Ne
gro Insurance Week. practical SELL
Ing methods; effective ways Of
conserving our business and other
topics were discussed ably by the
delegates.
With the outgoing president.
George w. Cox. presiding. the SEES
sion got under way Wednesday and
the annual report OF the treasurer,
John A. Blume. and that OF the
secretary. w. Ellis Stewart were
received. President Cox delivered
his annual address which was one
OF the highhghts OF the affair
Participating in the discussions
were John ID. Lewis, third vice
president of the organization; Clar-
ence j. +. Robinson OF the In
surance Department. State OF Ne"
York Harry H. Pace of Supreme
Liberty Life. hicago; NJ. S. Stuart
vice president and general manag-
er of the Universal Life Insur-
ance Company. Memphis, Tenn;
w. H. Lee. secretary Of the Afro
American Life Insurance Co, Jack
sonville. Fla: l.. G. Blount. sec
retary Great Lakes Mutual Life In
surance Co.. Detroit. Mich; n. H..
Martin, Central Life Ins. Co. Tam
pa. Fla: H. W. Russell. assistant
agency director. Atlanta Life In
surance Company; Lieut. Gorge w.
Lee. district manager OF the At
lanta Life Ins. Co.: A. Il. Spears.
district manager. ~ c. Mutual Life
and many others.
A public meeting was held We'd
nesday night at White Rock Bap-
tist church.
Durham. always highly hospita-
BILE, left no stone unturned to make
the visiting delegates stay social
ily pleasant.
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Wtars un his vest
Mrs Iilly Brooks. mother and
Joe. aud his brothers and sisters
VIII JON him here a week before
the fight. Special trains will run
from Detroit, Chicago. Boston.
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh. Wash
ington. ID. c.. and other cities to
the heavyweight battle next month.
When tickets were placed on sale
in New York Saturday. May Is.
Promoter Mike Jacobs reported his
ticket agencies were swamped with
people eager to purchase the du-
cats. The big battle Is expected to
attract a half million dollar gate.
according to New York critics.
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torches made by dipping cattails
in kerosene. The light from the
torches lighted up the railroad
tracks and they saw me
II could hear yells. here he
isl and curses and the wild howls
and several shots. Bullets struck
near my feet
Perhaps / should have stood my
ground. | don't know. But my ter
ror was so great that / turned
and ran.
Shots were fired but l could
hear the yells, Take him alive"
Il stopped running. was in
nocent OF any wrong-doing. Why
houli rum II my time had
me I must face H. ut still, !
thought would be able TO con-
ncc tacm that J had harmed no
ne
When the mob caught UP with
e saws chat The leader was my
n one hand he held 4 torch
~ the other a revolver.
AS he came toward me he was
selling cpthets az the top Of his
ngs started 70 ask him what
vas the mater But he hit me with
re pistol and knocked me down
II pleaded with him TO listet e
me but all | eceiserd was kicks
then was picked up and dragged
cross the tracks TO the road
hcre was. on lonely road
oad ~ night in the hands Of
gang ~ madmen.
Il cried out for mercy begge
r The chance TO talk but it wa
. use
Hurry" they kept saying, SO
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sport s nm G m Pick
Joe Louis to Win

up In Detroit May 13 when Joe
reached the age OF 81 and Mrs.
Lilly Brooks. Joe's mother attend
cd. Attorney III. b. Taliaferro, De-
troit attorney drew up the con-
tract. The A A u. Commission OF
Michigan recently ruled that con-
tracts signed by amateurs are null
and void when the fighter turns
pro and thus, Alter Kid Ellis
contract which he held on Louis
when the latter was an amateur
was declared null and void and
the court sustained the ruling OF
the commission OF Michigan.
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Bishop Phillip Cook
To Speak At
Episcopal College

Raleigh, N. O The President
Of the National Council Of the
Episcopal Church. the Right Rev
erend Phillip Cook. d. D., who is
also Bishop OF Deieware. In to BE-
the principal speaker at the sixty
eighth Commencement OF st. Aug
College, Raleigh. North Carolina,
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GREET HI M
AT STATION
Continued from Page y

ccived a thunderous ovation by the
10000 spectators. his weeks
vaudeville engagement at the Har-
lem Opera House resulted in ca
pacity throng at each perfor-
nance.
In between his boxing slit at the
theatre Louis was kept busy with
radio engagements and interviews
| by the newspapermen OF Gotham.
He Is slated TO start his training
on May 81 at Or. Bier's Pompton
Lakes, N. j.. outdoor camp. The
entire training quarters In Jersey
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Benefit is
PLANNED BY
JOE LOUIS

he entire proceeds. minus en-
penses for the staging OF the oene-
fit will be turned over to Lang
ford. Louis and has managers.
sparring partners and others Of
the party will purchase tickets for
the show.
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We DO not incorporate In club
news and oshsr social items. cards
Of thanks ~ cards Of thanks are
forms Of advertisement which
must BE- paid for.
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MERRY MAKERS BRIDGE CLUB

The club met at the home OF
Mrs. Hollis. 323 Garfield. After
the business session bridge was
played. Mrs. Collier made high
scores; Mrs Lewellen. second;
Mrs Wheeler, third.
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Reporters OF Church Activities
leuse Get Their Copy in by Mon
day Morning
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Louis since he turned pro
John Roxborough and Julian
Black. co-manager OF Joe Louis.
announced that they have signed
the young ring star to . long term
contract The papers were drawn
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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL
SESSION OF INSURANCE
MEN CONCLUDED

in the Royal Knights Of King Da-
vid building ai SOP Fayetteville
street
Ihu Nerth rrlina Npfual I.ifc
it n host
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V. A. BRISTOL
STILL HOLDS
FIRST PLACE

Continued from Page ~
F. b. Woods
Mrs. Marie Strickland
Emma p. Adams
Willis
George Lovejoy
Funeral Home
George McFaii Company
Jas. A. webster
Fred A. Anderson
Ishom and johnson
Thomas A. Hall
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SPECIAL NOTICE
We do not incorporats IN club
news and other social itsma cards
Of THANKS
Evening star., 1935-01-10
Teachers Off Duty Outside
School Rules, Says Ballou
Board Meeting Disclain,s Jurisdiction
in Personal Liberty Question, Except
Where Rules Apply.

whether 1t was liquor? A lot of these
cough medicines smell of alcohol"
Gilligan asked Quinn whether he
seriously meant that he would not OBJ
ject to teacher coming to school
smelling of liquor.
Certainly not" replied Quinn.
"She might be feeling bad and need
Q drink"
THAT is a ridiculous statement to
make" Gilligan retorted IF you think
it IS all right for teachers to set that
sort of example for children, we abso-
lutely disagree"
The resolution which finally was
adopted was introduced by Charles H.
Houston, with the additional clause
that "tlle board request that evidence
of violations of its rules be forwarded
to it. This later was deleted.
With the discussion waxing hot,
Quinn declared: las long as I am on
this board I am unalterably opposed
to regulating the private lives of en-
ployes SO long as their personal habits
do not affect their teaching eff
ciency."
so am l." echoed Mrs. Philip Sid
ney Smith.
Quinn explained he recognized the
value Of teachers setting good ex-
ample for their students, but did not
think what they did at home was any
concern of the school board.
The debate ended with Gilligan
letting loose the parting shot: Il am
not going to have teachers taking little
nips every once in a while"
Evening star., 1935-01-10

There Is nothing in the rules or
regulations Of the District public
school system which prohibits teach
ers drinking when and where they
please, Supt. Frank w. Ballou ad-
mitted at a meeting Of the Board Of
Education late yesterday when the
explosive question of personal conduct
Of teachers hared up again in heated
debate.
The matter came before the board
in the form of communications from
two citizens and two organizations
expressing opposition to use Of liquor
and tobacco by teachers
Henry l. Quinn was the principal
champion Of personal freedom for the
teachers and Henry Gilligan was his
vigorous opponent, calling his position
ridiculous.
Answer Is Issue.
The exact point at issue was
whether the board should answer such
communications or merely ignore
them. The final decision, passed with
Quinn dissenting, was that the COM
municants "be advised as to the rules
Va I1lC DOdL dlid II1dI cO 4dI do tIlC
board knows the rules are being OBJ
served"
These rules go no further than
prohibiting the use Of tobacco by en-
ployes of the board in or about a
school building, DR.. Ballou informed
the board.
The letters were from the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association, the
Woman's Council of the Columbia
Heights Christian Church, Hugh
Brewster, 1919 Varnum street, and
DR.. Everett M. Ellison. president of
the Citizens Service Association for
Law and Order
II am a great admirer of citizens
associations" said Quinn, but I think
when we dignity such communications
as these by answering them We be-
smirch the reputation Of the entire
teaching profession. There is no
absolute suggestion that teachers
actually do smoke or drink on the
job. When we make any recognition
of these letters, we throw doubt on
the character Of our teachers"
Gilligan Protests.
Gilligan was quick to take up the
battle. Referring to a recent meeting
Of the board when 1t refused to act
on resolution of the District
Public School Association barring
teachers who use alcohol or tobacco,
he characterized the protest against
the resolution at that time of Mrs
Leslie B. Wright as perfectly ridic-
ulous TRADE" He said he was very
much opposed to teachers coming to
school with the odor of tobacco or
liquor on their breaths.
There Is no evidence that they
have" interposed George M. Whitwell,
and DR.. Ballou confirmed this state
ment.
But don't see anything wrong In
a person coming to school with the
fragrance of tobacco on his breath"
added Whitwell.
Quinn asked: "How would you tell
Evening star., 1935-01-10
CONGRESS LIBRARY
SHOWS Big YEAR
10000 Volumes and Papers
Added and $4,000 Grants
and Gifts.

Addition Of more than 10000
volumes and pamphlets to the Library
of Congress and grants and gifts oi
nearly $4,000 for different depart
ments were stressed in the annual re-
port Of Librarian Herbert Putnam
issued today.
Book accessions took an upward
turn during the year. DR.. Putnam re-
ported, after lag since 1880. It was
one of the busiest years of the Library's
history, with insufficient room for the
readers and research workers making
use of its facilities.
He detailed the following grants:
Rockefeller Foundation. $4,000 for
purchase abroad Of source material
on American history.
American Council Of Learned So
cieties, $4,000 for research in Chinese
and Japanese history.
Mrs. William H. Moore of New York
81 900 for purchase of Chinese items
Carnegie Corporation. $2,500 for
photographs of early Virginia arch
itecture, and $4,000 for collection OF
American folk songs.
Mrs Helen Carter Leidy, bequest of
81 900 for purchase Of manuscripts.
Nicholas Longworth Foundation,
$6,275 for music collection.
Friends of Music, $1,000 for pur-
chase Of rare musical items.
This year, he reported, has marked
the opening Of the new rare book room
with q collection Of 10000 volumes,
many Of which are unduplicable.
The Library, DR.. Putnam reported,
now contains more than 100000
separate items.
Evening star., 1935-01-10
PEACE IS SOUGHT
BY FAHNESTOCKS
Court Recesses to Give Par.
ents Chance to Decide
ChiIdren's Custody.

A peace conference between Mr.. and
Mrs. Snowden A. Fahnestock, now
fighting in District Supreme Court
for custody Of their two children, was
arranged today in an effort to settle
their differences without further liti-
cation.
Justice Peyton Gordon indicated he
wanted the couple to reach an agree
ment as to the custody of the chill
dren before returning to his court for
q final settlement.
In Fathers Custody.
The father now has the children,
and, according to the wife. Is secret
ing them in the home of his mother,
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, 23l1 Massa-
chusetts avenue. She contends he Is
not qualified to care for them, and
has asked the court to grant her the
right to have them pending determi-
nation Of a divorce suit she filed last
week In Newport, r. I.
Opportunity Is Given.
After hearing testimony yesterday,
Justice Gordon recessed the case to
give counsel an opportunity to pre-
pare arguments on his authority to
hear the matter. If the parents are
unable to reach an agreement, this
point will be argued this afternoon.
The children, Claire. Z, and Mary
Lee, 6, have not been present in court
during the hearing.