Religion: Catholics v. Daniels (Concl.)

By last week the Catholic cry for the recall or resignation of Josephus Daniels, U. S. Ambassador to Mexico, had reached thunderous proportions. The front page of the Baltimore Catholic Review was black with such headlines as:

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION

A JOSEPHUS DANIELS COME TO JUDGMENT

Parish priests and eminent laymen were no less angry at the aging North Carolina Methodist who as Secretary of the Navy used to boss Franklin D. Roosevelt around. Cause of the Catholic outburst against Ambassador Daniels was a speech he made in Mexico City last July...

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