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...they had any answer to the opposition's arguments, no Liberals stirred to present them. Instead of debating details, Liberal speakers rose one after the other to deliver blanket endorsements of the budget. "This is a good budget," said Liberal Irvin Studer, in a speech that was typical of the Liberal line in the debate. "This government has proved in the past, in the present, and will in the future, that there is no end to good government...
...JAMES N. STUDER...
...directors by the ears with a demand for a big new building. When the directors demurred, he crammed the old Y with every available member, took the ' board on a tour. After squeezing through groups of sweaty athletes and dodging medicine balls, the board gave in. Dr. Studer raised $400,000, built a ten-story building (now Detroit's downtown Y), which became the model for Y.M.C.A. buildings all over...
When Detroit's religious leaders complained that the building was just a big sports palace, Studer pointed to the Y's religious program of Christmas and Lenten services, retreats, discussion groups. The clergy finally came around, showed it by twice electing Studer head of the Detroit Council of Churches...
...Faith. Last week, still on "temporary" tenure after 55 years of service, Dr. Studer decided to quit before the job became permanent. He stepped down with confidence that the Y's work was good. Said he: "We do more vital religious work today than ever before. We work more with the individual. We strive to create a Christian atmosphere. . . . We try to solve the individual's problems both from a realistic and religious standpoint. We try to make him realize that there is a God in the universe and that He is our Father...