Evening star., 1935-01-29
ROOSEVELT CALLS
PARLEY ON COURT
Summons Four Senators to
Line Up Victory on
Weighty Issue.
Continued From First Page.)

(COnIlnueO fTOsn flrSC Fd&eJ
under the Monroe Doctrine. It wss
rejected yesterday, 46 to IS.
Senator Robinson amplified his pre-
pared address on The Stars forum as
follows:
1.-The real danger of gag rule comes
from the unprecedented effort Of per-
sons outside the Senate, who have
or misrepresented the
facts in inf1ammatory radio speeches
and appealed to their hearers to wire
their Senators urging opposition to
the court.
In illustration of this, attention Is
called to the address of Father
Coughlin delivered yesterday, In
which he impugned the intelligence
of Senators. implied that the Presi-
dent has misStated the nature OF the
World Court in his message to the
Senate, charged that the support Of
the court is derived from plutocrats
and international bankers, assailed
the court as political institution
because one out of the A decisions
of the court has been criticized, as
serted that all veterans are opposed
to the court and even charged that
the constitution Of the court 1ndi.
Gates that it will wage war on women
and children.
Holds Them Untrue.
"All of these statements are in
correct. Judging from his speech, !
assert that every Senator is better
informed concerning the World
Court than Father Coughlin. The
Presidents message does not misrep-
resent the issue. 1t presents the
issue in accordance with the record
and the facts.
How can Father Coughlin assert
that the chief support of the Court
is derived from plutocrats and inter-
national bankers? Does he not know
that the National Grange, the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and the
principal church organizations of
America of all faiths, as well as nu-
merous commercial and civic clubs,
have declared themselves in favor of
the Court? When he criticizes one
decision of the World Court as poll
tical, he should recall that decisions
of our Supreme Court have from time
to time been likewise characterized by
prominent Americans.
1.-THE American Legion in 1925 and
1929 adopted strong resolutions favor
ing adherence.
The assertion by the reverend
father that the constitution Of the
Court indicates it will make war on
women and children is simply incom-
prehensible from any standpoint, as
there is no fact on which to base it.
He has simply allowed his imagination
to run riot"
Urges Protest on Hearers.
Father Coughlin, speaking from De-
troit, asSailed the World Court as a
"double-headed hydra born of the
League of Nations" and a "Franken-
stein raised up by the international
bankers for the purpose Of pre-
serving their plutocratic system
IF you want to keep peace In
the priest said, keep clear
of the World Court I beg you in the
name of the God Of Peace and justice
to wire your Senators to vote
no on the World Court, with or with
out reservations"
Father Coughlin quoted from the
covenant Of the League of Nations
sections which pertained to the World
Court, assailed the tribunal for its
rotten decisions" which he said
made Austria bow its head in shame
because it submitted to an injustice
which stinks in the nostrils of
and hurled the follow
ing challenge:
BE not deceived The so-called
World Court is double headed hydra
born of the League Of Nations. It is
part and parcel of it. 1t is as much
related to the League Of Nations as the
brain is to the body. It is its adviser"
Later, Msgr. Ryan, speaking from
said: II believe in the
World Court and believe in judicial
processes instead of force for the set
tlement of international disputes.
Another reason for taking this op-
portunity to speak is to let the people
of the United States know that not ell
the Catholics Of the country are op-
posed to our entrance into the World
Court"
The radio addresses last night were
made from five cities, New York,
Detroit, Cleveland and
Excerpts of Addresses.
Excerpts from other addresses fol-
ow:
Gen. O'Ryan-"Are we now to let
The world shift and drift once. again
prestige to the World Court? It is
to believe"
Senator Bailey-"I recognize that
The recent agitation against adher-
snce) has been calculated to appeal
10 prejudice, to incite suspicion, to
arouse fear, perhaps to impair ma
tional faith in the present admins
tration. If there be those now listen
ing in whom such emotions have
been awakened, I ask Of them only
that they look beyond the TRADES that
have been shouted into their ears, to
the simple facts Of the case"
Baker Criticizes Priest.
Former Secretary Baker: ITO those
who know the facts it is entirely clear
that Father Coughlin has confused
both the functions and the perform
ances Of the League Of Nations and
the World Court, and that the things
he criticizes about the Court are In
many instances things with which the
Court has never had the least con-
Germ"