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speech against the infamous
and hateful" Catholic Church
which he said he "despised" be.
cause Of its power.
Apart from heavy accent on
Latin America, Spain and other
Catholic countries, the chief
POAU preoccupation was with
education in the US.
Speaker after speaker reiter.
sted the P0AU theme that the
Roman Catholic hierarchy had a
twofold aim in regard TO the
schools.
This was TO infiltrate school
boards with Catholics and then
fill public schools with Catholic
teachers. and at the same time
to secure tax subsidy for all par
ochial schools.
coincidenfsiiY, the first night
meeting Of The convention was
addressed by Methodist Bishop
Gerald Kennedy who Is now
campaigning al the head OF
local committee TO place two
candidates on the Los Angeles
City Board OF Education.
The Methodist Bishop is head
ing the Committee for Better
Schools which seeks to have DR..
Ralph Richardson of UCLA and
Mrs. Mary Tingloff of Pacific
Palisades elected to the school
board.
Bishop Kennedy said ministers
could not "abdicste their obi.
cations of citizenship in the name
of more spiritual calling" He
called for clergymen to take up
political issues.
Bishop Kennedy indicated that
Catholic schools were divisive.
The Church that separates lis
young peorIe from the other
young people in America is do
ing more TO damage fhe unity
of the nation that the futile
attack Of Communist propassn-
de-" he said.
The school board campaigning
Bishop further defended separ.
alton of church and state by con.
tending that Church interference
was almost as bad as state inter
ference" in education.
Attorney Henry c. Clausen,
who led the fight against Cali.
fornia non-profit school tax ex.
emption, told a panel meeting
that very soon" an initiative
measure would be placed on the
ballot 10 restore the tax.
He said the exemption was un.
constitutional and declared:
Il fear a First Amendment sa.
boteur as much as Fifth Amend.
ment communist.
Mr.. Clausen bitterly attacked
Cardinal McIntyre's proposal that
Federal aid to education be pat.
termed on the formula of the CT
Bill of Rights in which aid was
given directly to the pupil.
Overlooking the fact that
Catholic parents pay taxes too.
Mr.. clsusen said this proposal
meant Protestsnts would be
forced TO support paroehisl
schools.
The Cardinals plan, Mr.. Clau
sen charged, is a subterfuge and
in the final analysis, amounts Il
support of parochial schools.
THE Cardinal" Mr.. Clauser
said, is not interested in reading
writing and arithmetic, but is in
terested in teaching his owr
brand of Roman Catholicism"
Mr.. Clausen said there was :
propaganda drive to get Roman
Catholic schools on the public pay
roll.
Turning back to his favorite
subject, Mr.. Clausen then pro
posed that the conference pass Z
resolution declaring support oi
public schools and endorsing ar
initiative to once again tax non
profit religion-sponsored school,
in California.
At this point an unidentified
delegate rose and asked that
before such a resolution was
passed both sides OF the aves.
tion be heard. He said he him
self would be willing 10 argue
for the opposition Just so ell
the facts were aired. His mo-
Fion was tabled.
In subsequent discussion. an
other delegate said that if POAU
opposed exemption of schools, il
should be consistent and also op
pose exemption of churches.
Ex-Governor Culbert Olson a
one point jumped to his feet anc
demanded why some Protestant
churches had supported the Ia,
exemption of schools.
Would taxes destroy thes,
churches " he asked.
c. Stanley Lowell, associat,
POAU director, said it was ira
ditional to exempt places of wor
ship because of the service the,
rendered the nation.
Mr.. Olson persisted, would tht
tax destroy the churches?
Well" admitted Mr. Lowell,
i the tax wouldn't destroy our