a formal law or by an unwritten but self-forcing edict, men are excluded
because God made them black, is to deny one of the fundamental tenets of
Christ. There is no need to attempt to corral all men of all races in
one enclosure, but for any church, especially a church of the Puritans,
to enter upon a missionary work in the South and initiate it by refusing
to fellowship a black man because he is black, is to apostatize from the
faith in order to get a chance to preach the faith." The doors of every
Christian church ought to stand wide open to men of every race and
color, and in all representative bodies these churches should be one.

Q. _Is this the position of the Roman Catholic Church in its Southern
work?_

A. It is: The Roman Catholic Church would not for a moment recognize any
color-line in its assemblies or priesthood.

Q. _Does the A.M.A. believe in the social equality of the races?_

A. The A.M.A. has never seen any social equality anywhere, and believes
and teaches nothing about it. It believes in the Fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man.

Q. _Is the A.M.A. agitating the color-line question?_

A. It is not. It always has proclaimed its principles for the interests
of the oppressed, and always has championed the cause of God's poor,
pleading for the right because it is right.

Q. _Why is the A.M.A. in the South doing its work in schools and
churches among white and black?_