The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-27
Reu. Gerald P. Winrod Throws
Kansas Politics Into Other
State Divided on Question
of Evangelist's Real
Status
BY ERNEST WARDEN

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Wichita, Kan, July T.-Op-
ponents of Gerald P. Winrod Of
Wichita, who seeks the Republican
nomination for U. 8. senator from
Kansas, say that he is an Apostle
of Hate"
They contend that he is Fascist
that he Is anti-Jewish, anti-Cath-
ole, and anti-Protestant.
Wtnrod, in turn, says that he has
no quarrel with good Jews, good
Catholics, or good Protestants-that
his only quarrel is with the bad
ones.
His opponenN charge that his
magazines-"The Defender" and
1.-THE Revealer" were bitterly
anti-Jewish and anti-Catholic up
until the time Winrod entered the
senate race. They cite two signed
articles by Winrod. One of these
1.-THE Woman and the Beast" at
tackled Catholicism; the other was
titled 1.-THE Protocols and the
Theory Of a Jewish World Con-
spiracy."
Opposition Hasn't Jelled
William Allen White, famed En-
poria editor, has led the fight on
Winrod. White has tried to unite
the anti-Winrod votes behind form
er Gov. Clyde Reed. But there were
obstacles to such union.
Reed, a progressive, refused tc
support ALI Landon for the presi-
dency in 1886, and Landon ano
John Hamilton have not actively
supported him against Winrod
White says nomination of Winroc
would complete Generalization Of
the G. o. P. in the Sunflowe1
State.
Most Kansans are either strong.
ly pro-Winrod or definitely anti.
Winrod.
Twenty-one ministers and three
Y. M. c. A. and Y. w. c. A. sec.
retaries in Wichita issued a state.
ment to the voters declaring thai
Winrod appeals to religious big.
otry and racial hatred and doe:
not represent the ministers or thu
organized Christian forces of thi.
CITY,"
Difference of Opinion
But 26 other Wichita minister!
signed another statement In which
they said, 1--WE believe Gerald B
Winrod to be a thoroughly patriot,
American, an upright Christian gen.
tleman who has been actively en-.
gagged for many years In construc.
tive labors for the betterment of So
ciety."
w. D. Jochems, former stat.
supreme court justice and promi.
nent Wichita lawyer, denounced
Winrod; but two former county
attorneys, one of them a Catholic
made radio appeals for his candi'
dacy.
Thus it goes, with Winrod driv-
ing his expensive car and sounC
truck all over the state, attacking
the New Deal in one Of the mos
vigorous and colorful campaigns
seen in these parts for many years
Winrod, who claims his campaign
is being financed by small contribu.
lions of well-wishers and the income
from his publishing house, seem!
to have plenty of money. Politician!
have estimated that he is spending
$4,000 weekly. But his campaign
manager, Preston Dunn, small-towr
druggist and past state commander
of the American Legion, says the
entire campaign won't cost more
than $4,000.
He Lives Modestly
Winrod is 80, well-read and widely
Travelled. He lives simply with his
wife and three children in a modest
Wichita home. He does not preach
in any single UNCONVENTIONAL church
According to a supporter, he spoke
in As Kansas churches representing
IA denominations last year. Friends
say his "Americanism" stems from
observations made In a trip to Eu-
rope, from which he returned with
IAN intensified antagonism against
every subversive political and eco
nomic theory which today threatens
the liberty of the American people.
Other opponents in addition tx
Governor Reed are Dallas Knapp
former state senator, and the Rev
Jesse Clyde Fisher, who resigned
his SUPPLEMENTARY of Methods
conference to make the race.
Many Kansans believe Winroc
has a good chance to win thu
nomination, but few believe HI
could defeat the incumbent Demo
crat, Senator George McGill, in tn,
November election.
But anything can happen II
Kansas politics. Kansas was thu
home state of Carrie Nation. I
once went Populist. 1t was strongly
Ku Klux Khan in the 1920s. Ane
it almost elected DR.. John r
Brinkley, the goat gland specialist,
as governor In 1890.