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241 Am' Cultists
Of Reincarnation
Indicted for Fraud
Washingtonians Among
Group Accused by U. S.
In Misuse of Mails
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 25.—
Twenty-four leaders of the I Am
Foundation, religious organization
which assertedly teaches reincarna
tion and demands that its members
practice sex abstinence, have been
indicted on charges of fraudulent
use of the malls.
A Federal grand jury indictment
yesterday listed 16 counts of misuse
of the mails and one of conspiracy
to obtain large donations on prom
ises that members would become
immortal.
The Indictment charged that the
defendants “broke up homes among
many of the members" and encour
aged divorce, even where there were
dependent children, in teaching ed
herents to practice "absolute sex
continence."
Charge $3,004,000 Given.
Most of those indicted are from
Los Angeles, Chicago and Washing
ton, D. C. Bonds ranged from
$2,500 to $10,000. Arraignments are
to take place within 10 days, and
the case was set before Federal
Judge Leon R. Yankwtch for trial.
A trial date has not been an
nounced.
Norman Neukom, assistant United
States attorney, who presented the
case to the grand jury, said the
I Am group had collected almost
$3,000,000 since organization in 1930
and claimed to have attracted a mil
lion converts throughout the Na
tion.
Temples or instruction centers
were listed as being at Los An
geles, San Francisco, Chicago,
Washington, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Cleveland, Denver,
Salt Lake City. Fort Worth, Dallas
and West Palm Beach.
Among those indicted were Mrs
Edna Ballard and Donald Ballard,
widow and son of the movement’s
founder. Guy Ballard, who died De
cember 29.
The elder Ballard, who called
himself St. Germain and held that
he was a reincarnation of George
Washington, was listed also as a
defendant "merely for the purpose
of convenience.”
Deny Soliciting Funds. ■
The true bill called Mrs. Ballard
"Alias Joan of Arc, Jesus and Lotus
Ray King.” Her son was identified
as Lafayette” and under his true
name, Edona Eros Ballard, which
the young man rarely uses.
“We have never asked a human
being for a dime to carry on our ac
tivity. through the mails or other
wise,” said Mrs. Ballard.
"We have offered only good and
love for America beyond all words
to describe. I accept the challenge
of the Government to show the di
vine truth of the mighty ‘I Am’
presence.”
Among the others indicted were
Charles M. Sindelar. editor of the
cult magazine. The Voice; Mrs. Sin
delar, Paul Stickel, Louise Majerus,
Cecilia MKjerus, Mary McGinnes
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Potter, all of
Chicago; Prances Ekey, Phila
delphia; Sallie Bressler, Bond Bress
ler, Stanley Conrad and Mrs. Ada
Cox Fisher, Washington; Ratana
Hendrickson, Alhambra, Calif., and
Bert Corporon, Long Beach, Calif.
Claimed Immortality.
The defendants were accused of
falsely representing that Guy Bal
lard “had attained a supernatural
state of self-immortality, which
condition enabled him to conquer
disease, death, old age and poverty”
and bring forth money and riches.
It was charged that the same rep
resentations were made as to Bal
lard's wife and son and that they
could transmit this supernatural
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D street SJE., is teaching youngsters how to live in a community. Set up at Friendship House are
this diminutive home, a little store and a post office, complete with mall box. In this scene
Francis Hurney, 7, 613 South Carolina avenue S.E., is making a call with the doctor’s bag, while
Dolores Thompson, 637 B street S.E., playing housewife, stands ready to admit him. Doris
Thompson, sister of Dolores, waters the flowers in the window box, and, outside, Jean Robison,
6, 1237 C street SJ5., attends to the comfort of her doll. —Star Staff Photo.
state “to others willing to pay there
for."
The defendants were charged with
organizing and dominating “in fur
therance of fraud” two Illinois cor
porations, the Saint Germain Foun
dation and the Saint Germain Press,
and inducing followers to purchase
books published by them. The books,
it was charged, told members it was
unnecessary to save money and or
dered them to withdraw funds from
banks, life Insurance and other de
posits and make “love gifts” to the
defendants.
. Followers assertedly were warned
that if they did not practice sex
abstinence they would be expelled
“under the fear and decree of eter
nal damnation.”
Neukom said one person high In
the movement had an Income of
(80,000 during 1939.
Missing Labor Leader
Is Object of Search
Police of the District and Mary
land were co-operating today in a
search for Harry B. James, 42, pres
ident of the Stationary Engineers’
Union, missing since he left home
in Hyattsville, Md, yesterday for
the American Federation of Labor
headquarters, where he is employed.
It was said members of his fam
ily told police Mr. James had been
ill recently and was in a “highly
nervous” condition. He resides at
9 Bailey avenue.
When last seen he was wearing
brown trousers and shoes, a white
shirt and was coatless. He weighs
about 140 pounds, is 5 feet 8 inches
in height and has brown eyes and
black hair.
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into details. He did tell reporters,
however, that the action had “no
relations” with reports from London
that Great Britain also was trying
to prevent oil from getting into
Germany through Spain.
Tankers Aryan and Nevada.
Other authoritative sources said
that the two tankers, denied clear
ance to sail for Spain until they
unloaded their oil on shore, were
the tankers Aryan and Nevada.
They were stopped July 10 and
11 at Houston, Tex, by the “Ofllce
of Merchant Ship Movements” set
up by President Roosevelt recently
under Mr. Morgenthau to supervise
departures and arrivals of both
foreign and domestic ships.
First word that the tankers had
been held up came from the Mari
time Commission.
“A policy of restricting charter
approvals to trips mostly within the
Western Hemisphere has been
adopted by the commission,” an of
ficial explained. “This action was
taken because the commission
thought it dangerous to allow Amer
ican ships to go so near belligerent
activity.”
Foreign Ships Not Affected.
The official said the commission
adopted the general policy without
being asked to do so by the White
House or State Department. He
said that foreign tankers were not
affected.
An authoritative source elsewhere,
however, said that the embargo was
directed against potential go
betweens for the axis powers or
Japan, and that it was being applied
under the recent presidential proc
lamation authorizing the Treasury
Department to impose shipping con
trols.
In the case of the Spanish ship
ments, this source said, officials rea
soned that the quantities were too
large for Spain’s normal consump
tion.
The “office of merchant ship
movements” was given blanket
authority to stop any ship, foreign
or domestic, from entering or leav
ing an American port whenever the
interests of the United States or the
safety of the ship or cargo was
believed to be in danger.
The Neutrality Act permits
American ships to visit only two
European countries, Spain and Por
tugal. The Maritime Commission
said it had not taken any action to
halt oil shipments to Portugal, a
country disposed more to Great
Britain than to the axis nations.
Grenada has nearly 1,000,000
pounds of tobacco la storage.
Washington Center
Of 'I Am' Cultists
Resents Publicity
Spokesman Claims
Organization Maligned;
Silent on Indictments
Asserting that “we have nothing
to defend," a spokesman for the
Washington center of the “I Am"
foundation today refused to dis
cuss yesterday’s Federal grand Jury
indictment of 24 leaders of the
Nation-wide movement, 4 of them
Washingtoniana.
The “I Am” foundation has a
reading room at 1711 M street
N.W. The indictment returned in
Los Angeles names “Sallle Bress
ler" as the leader of the local group.
At the reading room, however,
the leader was referred to as “Dr.
Bressler’ and “he,” and a Dr. H. B.
Bressler’s offlee is at the M street
address. This Dr. Bressler is listed
in the city directory as a chiro
practor, and his wife's name as
“Sarah.”
The spokesman said that both Dr.
and Mrs. Bressler were on the.
West Coast and that orders had'
been given that no statements were
to be made at this time. The read
ing room, too, is open only to the
membership right now.
In refusing to “give the other side
of the picture,” the spokesman
commented with some bitterness
that the newspapers “have slan
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of the organization.
"Even Jesus himself has been
maligned," he declared.
He .added that "no defense is
necessary, the organization stands
on its own merit.”
A police officer familiar with the
religious group said the member
ship believes that red disintegrates
the mind and that black is too
somber. So the men wear gray
suits and purple ties, purple being
one of the more popular colors.
Even the calling cards of the order,
he said, are printed in purple or
green.
Police headquarters here said
that no warrants‘had as yet been
received to arrest members of the
organization wanted in California.
Woman Tells Sheriff
Of Non-Support Platform
Be tbe Associated Press.
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lor sheriff, when he asked her to
support him.
“I’ve supported a man for 25
years and I dont care to support
another,” die retorted.
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