Religion: Catholics in Politics

John Ferguson Moore of Manhattan, a Protestant, a onetime social worker and secretary in the Y. M. C. A., after studying the question of political, cultural, financial influence exerted by 20,000,000 U. S. Roman Catholics, has written a book.-His subject was widely publicized in 1928, has been widely discussed ever since. His conclusions may be equally discussed. He finds Catholic influence "bewilderingly slight." finds Protestants who fear Catholic control guilty of "exaggerated alarm" and Catholics who boast of such a possibility guilty of "exaggerated hope."

Using figures to prove his points, Author Moore...

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