Evening star., 1936-04-25
NEW BODY ENTERS
NATIONAL PICTURE
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Bearing the Endorsement of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, newly formed Good
Neighbor League" entered the national
picture today. One of its leaders said
it would fight for ideals opposite" to
those of the American Liberty League,
bitter critic of the New Deal.
The new league. In its salutatory
announcement. listed several leaders
in church, educational, peace and So
Cial welfare groups as among the
directors.
DR.. Stanley High, Protestant clergy
man who recently was engaged by the
Democratic National Committee to do
organization work, is on a three
member Executive Committee, which.
the announcement said, will have
actual direction of the affairs of the
organization.
Callahan on Committee.
The other two members of this
committee are Col Patrick Henry
Callahan of Louisville, we'll known
Catholic layman, who gained national
prominence some years ago as a
prohibitionist, and Mrs. Estelle M
Sternberger, prominent in the peace
movement and in Jewish charities.
Asked If the organization would
combat the Liberty League, DR.. High
said today:
I'VE just intend to go ahead with
our own program and if N advancing
our ideals, which are opposite to those
Of the American Liberty League, We
should seem to combat the Liberty
League, We would, nevertheless go
right ahead.
However, We have no desire to
revive the American Liberty League,
which is moribund, by combating it.
Some of our ideals are those Of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, while some
he has not heard Of"
Talk With Roosevelt.
Mr.. Roosevelt yesterday received
George Foster Peabody, Georgia
banker and director of the Warm
Springs Foundation. and Miss Lillian
D. Wald, noted New York social
worker, both of whom were listed as
co-chairman of the Good Neighbor
League.
The announcement said Mr. Rcose-
velt indorsed the principles of the Or
ganization, which has just been
formed to work for the safeguarding
of the progress already made toward
the good neighbor ideal, and to sup
port those practices in our national
and international relationships and
those political candidates who give
the best hope that that progress may
be continued"
The name chosen for the new league
recalled the good neighbor" policy
frequently stressed by Mr.. Roose-
welt in connection with international
and domestic affairs.
The league announcement, issued
by DR.. High, said human values come
before property values"-words SINH
lar to those used by President Roose-
welt in replying to some of his critics.
List of Directors.
The announcement listed directors
of the league as Bishop Edgar Blake,
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
churches in the Detroit area; Mrs.
Geline Macdonald Bowman. former
president, Business and Professional
Women's Clubs; Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, noted for her past fights
for women's suffrage; DR.. James vii.
liam Crabtree, headquarters represent
ative of the World Federation Of
Education Associations; A. P. Gian-
mini, chairman, Bank of America; DR..
Frank Porter Graham, president of
the University of North Carolina :
Clifford v. Gregory. editor, the Prairie
Farmer; George M. Harrison, presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway
CLERKS; Miss Fannie Hurst, author;
DR.. John A. Lapp, former president
Of the National Conference of Social
Work; Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron; DR..
Henry Goddard Leach, editor, the
Forum Magazine; George Fort Milton,
publisher. the Chattanooga News;
Thomas Neblett, president, National
Student Federation of America; Maj.
Gen. John F. Organ; Mrs. Percy
v. Pennybacker, former president,
General Federation Of Women's Clubs;
Angus Roy Shannon, lawyer; DR..
w. A. Sutton, superintendent VI
schools, Atlanta, and former president