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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1948
Page
4
The piece argues that accepting Kinsey Report findings signals moral decay and urges a revived sense of moral repulsion. It condemns naturalistic hedonism, warns of societal degradation, and calls for preserving decency and sacredness in human life to guide youth and culture.
A group of church leaders and scholars challenge Supreme Court rulings on establishment of religion, urging a strict interpretation of the first amendment and advocating cooperation between church and state without special privileges. They warn against secularization and urge unity among religious bodies to preserve national religious foundations.
American Protestant denominations outline ambitious four year evangelistic campaigns aimed at personal faith, social reform, and a united global church. The Congregational Christian Churches, Nazarene, United Presbyterian, Brethren, Northern and Southern Baptists, and the Methodist Church plan coordinated efforts.
London reports 333 Anglican bishops gathering for the Lambeth Conference with deliberations unseen in the early weeks. A St Pauls service featured Dr Henry Sherill of the US Episcopal Church preaching on moral law and global unity in faith amid calls to free the church from pride and prejudice.
The Western Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church condemns Communism and urges American democracy to prove its superiority. It cites industrial strikes soaring rents and barriers of race religion and nationality as fuel for Communist fires and warns that peace hinges on better power relations and hopeful action over war.
The Official Catholic Directory 1948 shows the U.S. Catholic population at 26,075,697, up 807,524 from last year, with 115,214 conversions in 1947. Infant baptisms reached 907,294 and priests numbered 41,747. The hierarchy expanded with one new archbishop, two bishops elevated, and 25 new bishops. Major archdioceses exceed one million Catholics in Chicago, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.
The New York Board of Superintendents barred The Nation weekly from the official periodical list for school libraries after a nine member board voted not to resubscribe. The ban cites anti Catholic articles by Paul Blanshard. Protests came from Miss Freda Kirchway and groups including the ACLU and American Jewish Congress.
At the South Central Jurisdictional Conference in El Paso Texas church leaders urged repeal of the draft law as soon as the present emergency ends. Dr Dana Dawson pastor of the First Methodist Church of Shreveport Louisiana was consecrated bishop during the meeting and assigned to the Kansas Nebraska area with residence at Topeka Kansas. He succeeds Bishop William G Martin who was moved to Dallas to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Bishop Charles C Selecman.
A total of 148 church bodies in 45 countries will be represented at the first assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam from Aug 22 to Sept 5. World Council officials disclosed Russia is the only major nation still unrepresented by churches. They invited the Church of Russia, but Moscow Patriarchate has not decided, and no word has come from Bulgaria Yugoslavia or Romania's Orthodox churches.
Shanghai Dr Earl H Cressy Hart Ford Foundation East Asia director who spent over 30 years in China sails for America. He cites East Asia Christians at 35 million including 11 million Protestants and 24 million Catholics. He notes rapid religious shifts and China's stand against Communists.
At the national convention of the Catholic Daughters of America in Pasadena, leaders urged Catholic women to defend religion in daily life. The Rev. Robert Brown warned of a unity-seeking crisis and the need for vigilance to protect moral life. Rev. Edward J. Whelan urged studying legislation and resisting efforts to remove God from education.
The postwar shift in Poland shows Roman Catholics shrinking from 64 percent to 96 percent of the population while other churches and Jews drop sharply. Orthodox and Protestant members fall from about 4.75 million to 680 thousand. Despite losses, non Catholic groups gain equal legal privileges alongside the Catholic Church.
Summer youth projects sponsored by religious groups attract wide participation abroad and at home through inter denominational conferences, camps, retreats, youth caravans, and volunteer service. The focus is on the growing role of young people in church life as conventions highlight their influence.
More than 500 delegates from 127 retreat leagues attended the Twelfth National Catholic Lay Men's Retreat Conference in St. Louis urging retreats as a springboard for Catholic action against secularism. Auxiliary Bishop John P. Cody opened, saying the good from this conference will outstrip the two big conventions. Archbishop Robert E. Lucey cautioned that laymen failed to bring Christian principles into the workplace, calling retreat the foundation of Catholic action.
North Dakota voters approve a referendum banning Catholic nuns and priests from teaching in public schools. With nearly complete returns, 93,469 favor and 83,030 oppose the anti garb measure out of 2,269 precincts. The petition was filed by the North Dakota Committee for Separation of Church and State after gathering required signatures.
A reading on 2360 decorations awarded to chaplains in WWII notes 18 Distinguished Service Crosses. The piece recalls several captains and lieutenants from varied faiths and states, including Brown of Idaho and Colgan of Chicago, for heroic rescues and sacrifices under fire in places like Bataan and Normandy, with a final tribute to the Dorchester crew.
The column argues China must be treated as an independent nation with 4000 years of inertia. It warns against using China for American ends or as a buffer against Russia, noting potential shifts toward socialism under an authoritarian regime. The central choice is China’s from Kuomintang to Communist dictatorship, not a U.S. versus Russian model.
The 68th annual session of the Synod of Oregon Presbyterian Church in the U S urged patience with Russia in the face of provocation. It called for constructive statesmanship rather than toughness and warned against violence or inflamed rhetoric. The resolution urged understanding of the Russian viewpoint and warned that militarization threatens freedom and world peace.
London officials announced that all Lambeth Conference sessions will be private except the opening and closing services. Dr Geoffrey Fisher the Archbishop of Canterbury said no statements would be issued until meetings end. The conference runs July 1 to August 8 and gathers Anglican bishops worldwide.
The writer, a Christian scholar and 1930s German church state participant, recounts wartime captivity and observation of Soviet life. He notes poverty and exploitation, claims Soviet state capitalism enslaves workers, and argues communism is demonic and countered only by the power of Jesus Christ.
The piece argues that U.S. policy must back a strong United Nations to control atomic threats and ease East West tensions. It calls on voters to actively engage, not wait for November, to ensure the UN remains a potent world peace authority through energetic American backing.
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