Hide Article Text (OCR)
N. Y. MinisterREPORT CASUALTIESWrites T ributeOn E. V. DebsThe Eugene V. Debs Foundation today issued the text of an eloquent tribute to Debs writtenby the Rev. John Haynes Holmes of New York City. Asminister of the CommunityChurch of New York from 1907 to 1950, Dr. Holmes became one of the most prominent and esteemed clergymen of the United States. His sermons and religious books have been published in several languages and he has lectured at numerous universities in the United States and aboard. Millions of peopleWASHINGTON, June 14The Defense Department said on Wednesday that 16 Americans have beenkilled thus far in South Viet Nam and one ts listed asmissing. It said a “relatively minor number” have beenwounded.A Pentagon spokesman described a Communist North Viet Nam news agency report that 101 Americans had been killed, wounded or captured as “blown up, as usual.”this love has endured to ourj^Q PROBLEMStime. Go at it with confidenceand courage and you will reachyour goal quickly. I have pre-99aknow Dr. Holmes for his poetry and magnificent hymns.Now eighty-three years old. Dr. Holmes was an intimate friend of both Debs and Mahatma Gandhi. In commending the Debs Memorial, he writes, Debs was greatly loved anditpared the enclosed statement Eugene Debs was a gentle soul—so gentle, so good, that the sentiment of this virtue not infrequently overflowed to become the tenderness which lifted him on moving tides of oratory which touched the hearts of men and bound them in passion with his own. It was this which bound him to the convicts of Atlanta Prison and made those outcasts of society a brotherhood of affection and fidelity. It was this which lifted unto him vast multitudes of men, the workers and traders of the land, who asked no higher mission than that of following his leadership and sharing his sorrow. It was a love of humankind which clasped men to his bosom and made these men hisWASHINGTON, June 14 qipi)—Frequent inspections of President Kennedy’s Air Force jetliner have failed to turn up any safety problems, according to the White House.Press secretary Pierre Salinger made the statement Wednesday when asked ifthere had been any difficulties on the presidential craft.vision of the kingdom of justice and love upon the earth.“But Debs was not only gentle, incredibly kind, but he could be fierce and furious aswell. Unforgettable were hisbursts of wrath when moved by some torture of the body or degradation of the soul. It was this which made his oratory of such surpassing power. He had but to hear of injustice visitedupon helpless workers toiling without reward, or of women weeping in anguish above their half starved offspring, of childlabor stuck helpless in the factory their only playground, to unleash his spirit in a dreadful pasion of resentment and revolt.i«5itFor more than a generation lt;Eugene Debs was the leader of the labor movement of this country and to him, more than to any other, belongs the credit for labor’s mounting victory at this h*our.“Rare qualities met in Deb’s soul. It was his gentleness which made, him a saint andmartyr, his anger which liftedhigh within his soul the voice of the prophet and the crusader. As the years moved on the lustre of his memory will brighten until like a star it shines forever in the firmamentof history.99
Newspaper Details
Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 14, 1962
Page 25
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
IN, USA 28 Sep 2020
Other Publications Near Terre Haute, Indiana
Western Register and Terre Haute Advertiser
Terre Haute Wabash Courier
Terre Haute Tribune Star
Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute Star
