Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-04
Catholics Get
Red Leaflets
THE DETROIT TIMES
Nov. 1874
By HOWARD RUSHMoRE
spesiaI to mn DrTRoTr INNS

SPECIAL 10 rHE nETRoIT TINTS
NEW YORK. Nov. "a front"
committee which admits II has no
chairman and whose literature is
printed by a publishing house
which reproduced official reports
Of the Communist international.
today was distributing New Deal
leaflets IN front Of Roman Cath
Ole churches m the metropolitan
area.
These leaflets, urging a Roosevelt
vote on racial and religious
grounds were handed out on ALI
Saints DAY and are still being dis
tilbutci by the "lriSh-American
Committee Citizens tor RooSe-
Welt
Tile committee sponsoring the
lCaflei was denounced by Rep.
Martin kennedy, who pointed out
that similar fronts" had been ac-
tive ou behalf of pro-COnmuniSt
Rep VITO Marcantonlo in the Au-
gus primaries.
CROP CALLED .PHnAN,
we found at the time that
few members of the Communist
Transport Workers Union set
up phony organization, calling
itself an IriSh-American outfit"
Kennedy declared
These comm tees are
neither Irish nor American"
be added This base appeal on
grounds Of bigotry will be ig-
nored by Americans of Irish de-
scent of all political faiths.
Il am sure that, II IL were in
their power, the responsible Of
fiCialS of the Catholic Church
and all churches would not per
NIT such leaflets 20 he dlstrib-
uted in front Of their centers OF
worship
The leaflet. which has as its
heading Americans of Irish De-
scent contained such demagogic
appeals as;
Are we foolish enough to
ignore the fact that many
openly anti Catholic gangs are
screaming for the defeat of
Roosevelt:
SLOGAN ATTACKED
"Will We allow ourselves TO
be tricked- by such slick and
slippery slogans as Clear 1t
With Sidney -?
Have we forgotten that
when a Roman Catholic Was
nominated for the office Of
President. he was defeated by a
vile campaign of anti-Catholic
lies and SANDER spread by un-
Americans masked as Repub-
leans"
tThiS reference was obviously
10 the late Alfred + Smith, 1928
nominee Of the Democratic
party whose defeat was mainly
brought about by the sohdly
Democratic SOUTH
'When we go To the polls on
Nov. :. we Will cast our votes
for the man who has proved his
friendship for the common man
and ourselves - Franklin ID.
Roosevelt"
Thousands of the above leaflets. |
il was learned, were ordered from /
Prompt Press. New York City, an
organization named by the Dies
Committee as a Communist print
ing concern.
Not only was the Prompt Press /
official publisher of the Commu-
mist international, a m agazine|
which spoke for world wide COM
munism, but under its "209" union
label several red publications have /
appeared.
A call TO the 'IriSh-American"
committee revealed that the al
legged organization has an office
with the Midtown Committee of
Independent Voters for Roosevelt. .
When asked the names of the 4
Instantaneous" a Miss Gordon 4
IN the office laughingly told this |
reporter:
I'VE really are all head Of the
committee. We just put this
leaflet out and I guess we can
dig up an Irishman II you want
Ia come up"
"ls there really chairman Of
the h-American committee ."
We all act as chairman"
said Miss Gordon.
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