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Congressman Tinkham charged that: the Board put up its Methodist Building close to "strategic" the position Capitol for because lobbying; of it has its attempted to "dictate and control legislation by personal agency"; it has sought to influence judicial appointments; it has participated in political campaigns without filing expense accounts under the Corrupt Practices...
...Georgia, Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, deaf to the bellowings of his diocesans, spoke out in defense of the De Priest affair: "There is no more justification for the exclusion of a black man and his wife from such a function than there is to exclude a red, yellow, brown or white one. The President and his wife do not select any of them; the constituency does. It is about time for everybody to quit seeing black only...
This Roanoke gathering was the political child of Bishop James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, arch-enemy of the Smith-Raskob leadership. In a public letter a few weeks before he had summoned it to overthrow the Byrd-Glass-Swanson organization which had supported Nominee Smith and was "defeated, discredited . . . still unwashed and still unrepentant." When Hoovercratic Virginians obeyed the call and met at Roanoke, Bishop Cannon sent them his son David, a 6,000-word platform, a special message and his blessing. But he stayed away himself...
...turmoil which preceded the Civil War gave birth to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Born of politics it has remained aware of politics today when its most conspicuous spokesman, Bishop James Cannon Jr., is known throughout the land less as a man of God than as the bitter friend of Prohibition, the sweet foe of Alfred Emanuel Smith...
Boston University Frederick Neal Dow, banker LL.D. Harry Emerson Fosdick, clergyman (Baptist) LL.D. Francis John McConnell, bishop (Methodist Episcopal) LL.D. Albert Enoch Pillsbury, lawyer LL.D. Jacobo Varela, Uruguayan Ambassador LL.D. Frank Alexander Home, banker LL.D...