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Show I SHALL PULPIT BE MUZZLED OR FUEL? Rabbi Wise of Portland Raises Question in Declining ill " REFUSED TO BE SUBJECT ( TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES Open Letter to His Congregation Congrega-tion Brings Denial Regular Regu-lar (all. PoKTLANP, Or . Jan. 6 In answer to v the statement of Louis Marshall, secre tary of Temple Kntflnuel, New York, that no call hail been extended hy the temple to Dr. Stephen S Wise, Rabbi of the Tempi'' Both Ism.l f Portland, Or., (he statement having hern called out by H an open letter read Inst night by Dr I wise to hi congregation In thin city, making a strong plea for a free pulpit. Dr. Wise today said: I , What Dt. Wise Said 1 "I never .said that 1 received a rail to the pulpit f Emanuel What I have written In the open letter addressed to the members of Emanuel and now r - state is that a committee of five, con tltutlng a majority of the board of trustees, and hy them officially dele-( dele-( Kiited. iiiiii iifiim me Hiid after declar ing that It was the purpose of the board of trustees unanimously to recommend to the congregation my election hk rabbi, , asked me upon what terms 1 would ac- , cept a call His Only Stipulation. I In reply I stipulated: 'If I am to ac- ( cept a call to the pulpit Of Emanuel. I j do so with the underata ndliig that I am free and the pulpit is not to be muscled ' , To this my only stipulation Mr Mar shall, chairman of the cORimlttflSi replied! re-plied! The pulpit ir Emanuel has ai-nvs ai-nvs been subject to and under the con-trol con-trol of the board of trustees Objects to the Muzzle 'Tins position was restated by Mr. II Marshall In a subsequent written com- tnunlcatlon whlrli Mr Marshall evldent-Ij evldent-Ij does not Know w.is printed In today's I ir. -gonial) hy tin gdC Of mv open letter. Tr.is communication stated. 'The oom- mlttee waited upon you for the purpose "f ascei ia Ining whether or not, In th" ent that it should be concluded by the '"'flrd of trustees, and tti- congregation In extend to you B call to OOCUpy "iir pulpit pul-pit In conjuni tlon with the present Incumbent, In-cumbent, such call would be accepted ' Privilege of Resigning The closing paragraph of Mi Mai (-halls letter icfers to the belief of the , committee that whatever understanding is reached hot ween rabbi and boa id .if trustee should be perpetuated by some form of writing In this communication It was said. The pulpit shall always be subject and under the control of the board "f trustees; and II was add.-, The logical log-ical consequence of a conflb t . . r Irreconcilable Irrecon-cilable views between the rabbi and the hoard of trustees is that one or the . tiier must give way nam rail v. il must 06 the rabbi. It go. a without Favlng. therefore, that at. such a Juncture he -I ouid have tin privilege Of, r. signing His failure to exercise that option necessarily neces-sarily implies an acquiescence by him in the views of the board f trustees.' "Upon receipt of this letter 1 replied to Mr Marshall as follows: Couldn't Accept Call. ' " it your letter of-December 1 be tz- iresslve of the thought of the board of trustees of Temple Emanuel, I beg to say that no self respecting minister of religion. In my opinion, could consider a call to a pulpit which. In the language of - our communication shall alwavs be sub-lect sub-lect to, and under control of the board of trustees.' "It will be seen that It was I who made j 1 Impossible for the board of trustees to 1 ' "tend a cull to me. although this all I , was contempt r . . j by the 1 ntire board and, -is 1 was assured bv the board, by the whole congregation as well The board ! eoiild not extend H 1 ill to me to 0,1 upy Emanuel's pulpit after I had said and , written that a call upon such terms no E Self-respecting minister of religion could Onalder, and If extended to me, 1 would l unequivocally reject It. I Question at Issue. , "I decline to enter Into a personal controversy con-troversy with Mr. Marshall Nor will I permit myself to be drawn away from the 'onsldrrntlon of the question at issue shall the pulpit be free or shall It be muzzled, irrespective of its oceupant" which disqualification Mr Marshall's statement avoids to the dlnoussin of a eehni.-ai quibble, which Mr Marshall vainly attempts to make appear the Question Ques-tion at stake Shall Pulpit Be Muzzled? "It Is hardly to be wondered at how-j how-j ever, that Mr Marshall seeks 10 divert attention from the real Issue which has heen raised and that he should prefer to have his eras attempt to muzzle the pulpit pul-pit regarded as 'essentially confidential ' , Whether the call wos extended to me or not. and Mr. Marshall knows that It was my insistence that the pulpit be free that alone precluded the extending to me of the contemplated call, the Issue still remalnc-, remalnc-, shall the pulpit be free or muzzled? Wouldn't Mortgage Liberty. "I stand today In a free pulplt-and will occupy a free pulpit as long as I preach 1 would not sign away mv present pres-ent Independence or mortgage my Intellectual Intel-lectual and moral llbertv for the future of the board of trustees of Fmanuel or , any other body of men." Has Plan for Future. It Ik stated that Dr. Wise, who Is to announce his plans to the congregation (he next Sabbath service, contemplates , ffOMlg to New York In the near future n or.w m organize and lead an Indepen-llei Indepen-llei t Jewish religious movement 1 ' |