The selection of James H. Roth to represent Rotary in the predominantly catholic world, had a good reason. To answer the question “Why James H. Roth” it is necessary to look at what was happening then.
Rotary had started in Chicago in 1905. After a few years it had expanded to more cities in the United States and then to Canada, Great Britain, and after World War I to Cuba and other countries. In 1920 the first Rotary Club was formed in Europe: it was Madrid, Spain. By 1924 there were more…
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