When Cyrus Stephen Eaton preached the Baptist gospel in Cleveland, it was seldom that his sermons received front-page space. Yet last week the Cleveland Plain Dealer front-paged the Sunday sermon of Rev. J. M. Russell, pastor of the Monroe Memorial United Presbyterian Church of Akron, Ohio. The reason: Mr. Russell's sermon was one of the most acrid attacks on the rubber industry yet heard, and many a Clevelander, especially Goodyear-controlling Mr. Eaton, has a stake in that industry.
"Our industrial heads are no doubt very excellent gentlemen," said Mr. Russell. "But they are...
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