Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-13 | Page 39 | Roman Catholics Raise Smith's Ire by Opposing Bill

ROMAN catholics RAISE SMITH'S IRE j BY OPPOSING BILL WASHINGTON. Feb. 12 Opposition Op-position by Horn. in Catholic organizations or-ganizations to the Smith-Towner educational bill was said by Ken-ator Ken-ator Hoke Smith ilwrni. Georgia. In the senate today lo be based "on utter ignorance of the measure. meas-ure. This was true, he said, of the charge that the measure was directed against the relig'on of Jisus Christ. "If a parent wished to send his child tn a Catholic parochial schoVil, he could do so. That right Is not denied." the senator said. fienator King tDem.i of Ctah said he found himself In complete sympathy with the opposition of Catholic church organixations to j s "bill which would further orlp- I pie- the states of the I'nlon and destroy their capacity for self- j " 4i4vernn,?nt--