St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-09-16

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religious intolerance are the same
who oppose Negroes because of
their race.
wilkins Voices Opinion
As one Of the principal speakers
at the 5Oth anniversary convention
of the National Urban League,
Wilkins declared:
The same hideous apparatus of
hate that has fought Negro par
ents and their children is spread
ing the slime of religious bigotry
in the presidential election cam
paign", he sad
Wilkins continued Most of the
Protestant churches that pictured
the Negro as virtually a chimpan-
zee now picture the Roman Cath
Ole Church as an evil octopus.
while denouncing the Catholics
for alleged interference with the
state, these Protestant denomina-
tons have called up an army of
pharisees to impose their will upon
the state"
DIR. jackson Addresses Baptists
Using different words to say the
same thing, DR.. Jackson in his an
nual address before delegates Of
the 5000, 900 member church group
meeting in Philadelphia's conven-
ton hall said:
Let us therefore study the is
sues of the campaign carefully,
and above all, let US form our con-
illusions based on principles and
not on prejudices."
I'VE must not condemn any man
because of his religion or because
of the region or geographical ter
ritory in which he lives. Prejudice
Of religion and prejudice Of region
are just as sinful as prejudice OF
race"
Meanwhile, a South Carolina
Negro leader criticized Bishop
Frank Madison Reid of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church for
opposing the candidacy of Kennedy
because the Massachusetts, Demo-
crat is a Catholic.
John H. McCray of Columbia,
chairman of the South Carolina
Progressive Democrats said Negro
citizens know they can least af-
ford to censure others who would
deny them certain rights and priv
ileges and simultaneously demand
that guaranteed freedom he denied
to any group or class Of people.
Bishops Reid Says Register and
Vote"
In a speech in Columbia earlier
Bishop Reid told his audience to
register and vote to save American
from "dictation from Rome"
Southern white Baptists appear
ed to be almost unanimous in their
opposition to Kennedy on religious
grounds.
The Carolina Baptist Assn re-
Gently went on record against
putting any man in the chief ex-
ecutive office of this great United
States whose first allegiance is to
a foreign power"
The Arkansas Baptist state
convention disclosed plans for a
statewide campaign against cleo
ton of John Kennedy.
DR.. w. o. Vaught pastor Of Lit
tie Rocks Emmanuel Baptist
Church, said:
I'VE cannot turn our govern
ment over to Catholic President
who could be influenced by the
Pope and by the power of the
Catholic hierarchy"
In ashville two Southern
churchmen said that preachers and
ministers in their denominations
will use their pulpits to oppose
Senator Kennedy.
They are DR.. Ramsey Pollard,
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention and B. c. Goodpasture,
editor of the Church of Christ pub
LEGATION, Gospel Advocate.
DIR. Pollard, of Memphis, presi-
dent of the 9-million-member all
white Southern Baptist Convention
said:
Since the Roman Catholic
Church is not only church but
political entity, we feel we are
justified in making an attack upon
Mr.. Kennedy on that basis"
Questions Status OF Loyal Son"
In Wetumpka, Ala, a state Bap-
fist leader questioned whether a
loyal son" of the Roman Cath
ole Church "can be other than
obedient to the church when the
church exercises totalitarian auth
GRITTY"
DIR. A. Hamilton Reid Is execu-
tive secretary of the Alabama
Baptist Convention.
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