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New York'S well-known people. ,
The funds to make these in
vestments originated ''in COL
lections from Grace's church
followers and from sale to them
of various articles of merchan.
disc prepared or packaged es-
pecially for Grace"
Daddy. who liked to appear
before his followers throughout
the country in a purple coat
with a velvet collar and a. til
adorned with a gold cross, OBJ.
tanned most of his money from
income producing enterprise,
on his many church buildings
These included restaurants
cafeterias. beauty parlors ane
rental apartments and the SALE
of Sweet Daddy Grace soap
lotions, hair dressings. writing
paper. coffee, tea, cookies, EN-.
blems and calendars, IRIS states
The Government notes thai
Daddy spent most of his time
travelling over the country in 6
chauffeur-driven Cadillac tC
visit his numerous Houses Of
Prayer.
His visits were marked by
large cash collections which
were taken up and delivered tt
him." the Government con.
tinueS. "Once a year Grace
went to Cuba for a rest at 9
palatial estate which he &C.
quired there in 1887"
Daddy established at least
108 Houses of Prayer, situated
along the Eastern Seaboard
in the Midwest and in Cali.
fornia. the document says.
Six of these Houses oi
Prayer are located in the Dis.
trict. it is stated.
The a herents of this
church organization, claimed
to number 3 million persons
are almost entirely Negroes,
IRIS says, They regarded
Sweet Daddy Grace as akin tc
God and attributed to him the
working of miracles, healing
and the promise of salvation.
In a detailed account of the
bishops income tax return;
dating back as far as 1925, IRIS
says that from 1945 to 1856 ht
understated his taxable net in.
come in each year.
AS an example, in 1858 Dad.
dy Grace filed a return listins
his net income as $8,30l.79, tht
Government says. Actually
IRIS charges. his net worth thai
year was S3,193,835.13 under.
stating his taxable net income
by $905,523.55.
Grace knew that in each ol
the income tax returns filed b!
him a large part of taxable ne
income was omitted from
such returns" the Government
charges. Each Of such return.
was false by omission there,
from of a portion of Grace.
taxable net income"
Thus. IRIS states, "the max.
ing and filing of each such re.
turn by Grace was with a frau.
dulent intent that it be accept.
ed and the income tax due or
the net income omitted there.
from be evaded."
In sketching the long career
Of the bishop. who spoke with
a strong Latin accent and hkec
to say he had been preaching
the gospel from Jerusalem fol
a long time-a remark which
always brought a chorus o.
"amenS"-the Government re,
calls that he was born in tht
Cape Verde Islands on Janu.
airy 25, 1888.
He was married twice and di.
vorced twice and had two liv'
ing children, the Government
says.
IRIS also recalls that Dadd,
twice tried to gain American
citizenship. Twice his applica.
ton was denied.
Commenting on his failures
IRIS says: PILES of the Bureau
of Naturalization contain a re
port prepared by the clerk O.
the Supreme Court of Savan
nah. Ga. in which it is stateC
that Grace while in that cit,
would bless handker
chiefs and sell them to hi
flock for prices ranging from
one dollar to five dollars
claiming that by using then
the blind would see and tn,
lame walk"
The bishop, who came to tn
United States some time aroun,
the turn of the century, "estab
lished a so-called religious or
ganiZation known as the Unite
House of Prayer for All Peopl
of the Church on the Rock O
the Apostolic Faith" IRIS says
He made himself the 'bish
op' Of the church and alway
exercised complete control owe
its affairs"
Members of the church wer,
supposed. to shed the sins @
smoking, drinking and gam
bling.
1t was in 1929 at Newpor
News, Va, that Daddy Grac
promulgated the constitution
and by laws for the govern
ment of his church, IRIS say.
The constitution provide,
that Daddy would hold the It'll
Of chief executive officer an
spiritual adviser, the agenc