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yer * A series, of six. yesterday marked the controversy . raging both inside and outside the ' f-\ [Niagara Frontier Defense. Com- ‘tmittee’as the further > result of Chairman Chauncey J/7 Hamlin's - .¢recent action in’ presenting for adoption a resolution calling upon the United States to declare war against Germany immediately. , The developments were; DAN ak tae * . missioner Glenn H, McClellan that he would follow the action of Mayor Thomas L. Holling and other city department heads in resigning from the organization. . Declaration by. Health Commis- sioner Francis E.fFronczak that he had asked Chairman Hamlin for a copy of the resolution in question, and that he would take no Action until he had studied the matter thoroughly. ae Wealth Board Acts Request of the Board of Health, headed by Dr. Herbert H. Bauckus, urging Dr. Froncezak to refrain from inviting the Niagara Frontier Defense Committee to use~- the health department's quarters on the sixth floor of City Hall for ses- sions while. the controversy is’ in progress. Statement by Chairman Hamilin to the effect that he had replied to the Erie County Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union's action in adopting an anti-war resolution ; by sending the group a copy of ex- cerpts from a sermon by the Rt. Rev. Henry Wise Hobson, Epis- 3 copal bishop of Southern Ohio, in which the clergyman warns the United States to shun the “road of appeasement” in the fight on Nazism. <" : Advocacy of Chairman miin's war stand by Mrs. Marcug’Reback, j Buffalo novelist who ~writes under the nom de plume of fBaviogtcala- 7 $ oe o Se ~ well.” oo ; / An interview with Mayor Hol- ling, who is in Washington to con- fer with Attorney General Robert H. Jackson on the St. Lawrence seaway plan, in which the mayor was reported as saying that all persons connected with the city government should confine their activities to the official National Defense Council, and not partici- tan me ae etal hiner tea Fate | 22. tier group; novelist backs, developments headed by the Announcement by Police Com-: f£ the excerp}“also al of qua’ “IT have had a very consideraf nur&jer of persons writifg! ag telephoning to me, and t said that they would. be happy tS serve as icommittee.” = mayor and Will I. Collins-»vice-president’-of* the Buffaler~* Niagara and . Eastern Power Corporation. ©-("-" | Dr.' Fronezak said che had been ‘out’ of. town on businegs when the ‘controversy started anid not know all its phases, but. re- quested a copy of the resolution so ‘he could study it and form a per- ‘sonal opinion. ~ mo In requesting that the defense ‘group be denied use of the health {department's quarters for meet- ings; Dr. Bauckus pointed out that the invitation had been extended by Dr. Fronczak because the com- §nittee’s Own headquarters in City Hall were not large enough to ac- commodate ‘the-committee which consists of more than 100 mem- vers. The. committee's - present rooms, loaned by Mayor Holling, are immediately adjacent to those -of Budget Director John J. Bgan ‘ on the second floor of the hall. _ Meanwhile, in sendi of Bishop. Hobson's tremarks to Mrs. George W. Thorn who draft- ed the resolution adopted by the W.C.T.U., Hamlin wrote: . Asks Excerpt Readiug “Bishop Hobson expresses s0 ' well, so Clearly, so cogently, and so much more eloquently than 1 could. my position in the matter, and I beg you to. read it in ex- tenso at the next meeting of your committee.” ' The excerpt from the church leader’s sermon in part is: _“The people of America must be wary of selling their souls for self- preservation. The-whole totalita- rian practice is in opposition to the |- truth of God. Naziism denies Chat the strong have responsibility for the weak; denies that truth, justice and liberty are the heritage of ail men; denies that we are involved in mankind. It is upon the lie of isolation that totalitarianism has ‘grown... . my “There are lots of people who are quite willing to help their fellow- men in time of peace, byt when war is declared they ,gdun- their ~ duty. In this grouy/are: the ap- . pease sho are isolationists of the worst orde™ They make friends with those who would destroy the ‘protherhood of man.” pate in independent organizations. | - McClellan Echoes Mayor Making known his intention to]: resign from the Niagara Frontier Defense Committee, Commissioner4 McClellan explained he had not at-]’ tended any of the meetings.end he felt that it would be bete€r if pub- lie officlxls participatéd only in the affaires af “he nffinrial Natinnal Ma iy ae a Buffalo Courier Express ' Buffalo, New York = Braar Sn a, Ss