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...McCrackin [who refused to pay all his federal income taxes-TIME, Sept. 22] has an American precedent in Thoreau, who refused to pay his tax for a similar reason. Thank the Lord there's still one sturdy American left who's individualistic. Whether or not we agree with the Rev. Mr. McCrackin, we can't help but admire his moral stamina and integrity...
...past ten years, the Rev. Maurice McCrackin, Presbyterian pastor of Cincinnati's St. Barnabas Church, has refused to pay all of his federal income tax -since 1955 he has not even filed a return. His defense: Christian principle. As a pacifist, he declines to contribute to armaments by paying taxes. Last week the feds came for Non-Taxpayer McCrackin...
...deputy U.S. marshal and two Internal Revenue agents found him sitting in his car in front of Findlay Street Neighborhood House, a recreational center for slum children that he heads. When they told McCrackin to come along, he refused to budge. They lifted him out of his car and he refused to walk. So they carried gangling Pastor McCrackin to their own automobile, drove him to the Federal Building, carried him into the elevator (where he sat on the floor), and carried him first into the marshal's office, then into the tax commissioner's office. They carried...
...hours later he was ordered released anyway, pending a hearing. "You carried me in here, now carry me out," said McCrackin. "Aw, come on, man, be reasonable," said the Law. And Pacifist McCrackin got back on his feet and walked...
Outside southern Ohio, theological conservatives have taken exception to this working-level church union. Editorialized this week's Episcopal Living Church: "Outright departure from the integrity of [the church's] faith and life." But Clergymen McCrackin and Indian Hill's present minister, the Rev. Luther Tucker, have found that the two faiths can worship side by side and still respect the two traditions. Says Episcopalian Tucker: "The spirit-this something different which people have brushed up against in the partnership in the Gospel in this place-this is Holy Spirit...