Show SINCLAIR SUED FOR 1 U Negro Minister Charges He Was Libeled in Magazine Magazine Magazine Maga Maga- zine Article LOS ANGELES Dec 8 P Upton JP-Upton Upton Sinclair who recently was defeated in n the race for governor of California Califor nia nha today found himself defendant in a suit for Sinclair was named codefendant with the magazine The Nation ant antIs and its Is board of directors in in a libel suit sul filed in superior court here yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day by the Rev Re W. W A. A Johnson negro minister The Rev Johnson alleged Sinclair in n an article published in The Naion Nation Nation Na Na- tion ion asserted that on the Sunday before be be- tore fore ore the November election every negro minister in Los Angeles received received re re- 50 to preach a sermon against him The Rev Johnson denied he he here received received re re- any money or or preached against the Democratic candidate who was defeated in the November general election by Frank F F. F Merriam Merriam Mer- Mer nasa Republican I. I i I I I |