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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1949
Page
4
Editorial warns that totalitarian mindsets are a disease infecting America and recur worldwide. It condemns coercive thought control, calls for intellectual freedom, and urges bold faith in truth and God, citing Deuteronomy to choose life over censorship.
Rev Louis Pitt argues religion must satisfy both safety and adventure to engage youth. He contends faith is a way of walking not talking, urging courage to face life as a great adventure. He links wartime sacrifice, global distress, and a divine design where science and religion meet through faith.
The excerpt discusses how Americans pride themselves on distrust as shrewdness, citing Dickens who warned that skepticism harms public life. It contrasts 1843 observations with a modern view, likening the critique to a current Washington commentary.
Dr. Clifford E. Barbour of Second Presbyterian Church Knoxville Tenn took over as moderator of the Presbyterian Church U S A on the opening day of the 161st General Assembly. The Assembly approved plans for reunion with the Presbyterian Church U S and urged unity with similar bodies while backing UN agencies and a DP family program. Next year’s Assembly will be in Cincinnati Ohio.
In San Francisco the Northern Baptist Convention voted to invite all Baptist groups nationwide to join a single denomination. A joint commission will draft a basis of union for 1953 54 with votes planned in 1955 after church study. The convention approved a 109 50 budget of 6 173 830 and noted 15 008 000 contributions toward a 16 000 000 World Mission Crusade.
Dr. Clifford E. Barbour was elected Moderator of the 161st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. at Buffalo by a large vote. He has long served as pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Knoxville Tennessee and has held university and public service roles including Dean of the UT School of Religion and trustee of Maryville College. He has led counseling and student work, chaired Knoxville Community Chest, and acted on hospital and welfare boards.
By May end the Lutheran Resettlement Service reported 7602 assurances processed, a 12 percent rise from April 6644. New York led with 1474 assurances, California 1400, New Jersey 611, Minnesota 457, Pennsylvania 412, and Ohio 384. About 2100 Lutheran sponsored displaced persons had arrived in the U.S. The National Lutheran Council had resettled 2081 DP's in 38 states and D.C. More than half went to New Jersey 466, New York 299, California 212, Minnesota 142.
Dr. Rolf A. Syrdal reports interior China under Communist control makes mission work impossible for foreign missionaries. Evangelical Lutheran Church leaders plan withdrawal from threatened areas, noting native Chinese leaders may carry on. Foreigners are fewer in interior regions but better treated in large cities with many foreigners.
Two week Anglican Mission to London by Church of England workers greatly exceeded expectations. Bishop Dr John W C Wand announced a halt in religious recession among youths and highlighted the need to supplement parish work. Services at St Pauls Westminster and Southwark Cathedral drew large crowds and the London Times called the mission a remarkable success.
A new citizens group, the National Committee for Free Europe, is formed to press religious liberty and democratic rights in six Communist nations. Joseph C. Grew chairs. aims include Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. Prominent sponsors include Charles P. Taft, Henry Luce, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The National Journal of Congregational Christian Churches reports the Evangelical and Reformed Church voted 249 to 41 in Cleveland on April 21 to approve the Bas is of Union interpretations and send them to 34 synods for final action. The merger aims for a larger body of Christ, with devotion and unity emphasized over creeds. The E and R church notes friendly but puzzled feelings from the Congregational Christian Churches as they pursue a broader union.
A Communist bloc has gained control of Hungary's Lutheran Church leadership after swift government moves. Bishop Lajos Ordass was removed to accompany the shifts, labeled as foreign currency manipulation tied to relief contributions from Lutherans in America.
West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon will admit Negroes as regular degree students this fall ending 85 years of racial segregation. The board of trustees voted to liberalize admissions aligning with other church related institutions in border states.
The Christophers awarded Joan of Arc for its portrayal of the saintly Maid of Orleans and its high production standards. Walter Wanger received the parchment scroll at a luncheon from Rev. James Keller, noting the film’s message of spiritual ideals and goodness guiding popular success.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S Southern voted at its 88th annual meeting in Montreal NC to become a charter member of the proposed National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. The church reported 700 ministry candidates, the highest figure in its history, and Dr Clifford Barbour, moderator, outlined goals including seminary financial strengthening and unification of Northern and Southern branches.
Missionary personnel in Shanghai are safe after the city fell to Chinese Communists. A survey found little damage to missionary property aside from the Seventh day Adventist hospital which suffered heavy shellfire but reported no casualties. Many missionaries woke to find themselves liberated and the district was described as quiet and orderly with signs promising religious freedom and safety for foreigners.
The Northern Baptist Convention at San Francisco urged religious freedom and church state separation while protesting pressures on churches in Soviet dominated and totalitarian regimes. It opposed recognizing Franco Spain while freedoms are denied, backed public housing, and endorsed nonsectarian school teaching. The group supported atomic energy for peaceful use, civilian control of research, and international co operation, with Mrs. H. G. Colwell elected president succeeding Dr. Sandford Fleming.
In Prague the government moves to control future priest appointments and all church personnel amid a worsening stand. Archbishop Beran condemns the Catholic Church Gazette as invalid and warns priests against contributing, signaling a hardening church-state standoff with the regime pressing for state oversight of church administration.
Mirror of Opinion shows many leading educators oppose the release of academic freedom to protect anti Communist teaching while supporting ouster of Communist party members from colleges. Dr. Day of Cornell defends eliminations as warranted and not weakening academic freedom.
The Christian Science Monitor discusses how a fragment of Sophocles read by millions mirrors modern angst. It cites James Forrestal's suicide and contrasts Hellenism with Hebraism, urging a return to the Hebrew Christian moral reservoir for today’s troubled world.
U N officials say their decision to provide a prayer room in the new Manhattan headquarters has drawn enthusiastic support. They emphasize religious recognition as fitting for an organization aimed at world peace amid secular and atheistic threats.
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