THE TRUTH about THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES “OF CHRIST IN AMERICA 297 Fourth Avenue New York 10, N. ¥. Googleata: FOREWORD I recent weeks baseless attacks have been made upon the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America in three quarters— by John T. Flynn in Chapter X of “The Road Ahead,” widely circulated by an organization called the Committee for Con- stitutional Government; by a small group in Madison, Wisconsin, styling itself “The American Council of Christian Laymen,” in a sheet entitled, “How Red is the Federal Council of Churches?”; by the newly consolidated Ku Klux Klan which resulted from a merger of three Klan groups on January 29, 1950. The following pages provide the materials for a true under- standing of the case, These materials include: First: An official declaration signed by the 155 members and alternate-members of the Federal Council’s Executive Com- mittee—the men and women who as the delegated representa- tives of their denominations are responsible for the Council's policies. Second: An affirmation of unqualified support of the Federal Council by a group of influential Protestant laymen who know, through their own personal contacts, what it stands for and what it does. Third: A detailed factual analysis, prepared by the General Secretary of the Council, of the misstatements and misrepre- sentations. Signed: Tue Feperat Counci. or THE CHURCHES or Crist IN AMERICA Joun S. Sramat, President (Bishop of the Evangelical United Sretivon Church) Mupnep McArex Horton, Vice-President February 6, 1950 Google : TY OFAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Unanimously Adopted on January 17, 1950 "We, the official representatives of the twenty-seven member- denominations in the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, make this statement of fact concerning recent mis- representations of the Council. The Federal Council is the instrument through which the denominations themselves work together in matters of common concern, and is not an independent body. An attack upon the Council, accordingly, is essentially an attack not upon a separate organization but upon the denominations which comprise it and without which it would have no existence. Current misrepresentations picture the Federal Council as concerned only with issues that are the subject of debate in the economic and political world. The fact is, however, that for decades the Council has been the agency for coordinating the evangelistic work of the member-denominations and giving united leadership in such basic spiritual areas as the devotional life, Christian fam- ily life, pastoral counseling, the relation of religion and health, religious broadcasting, and the development of inter-church co- operation in local communities. Like its constitutent denomina- tions, the Council is also deeply concerned with the relationships of men to one another in the economic, industrial, inter-racial and international realms. It cannot be otherwise if it is to bear witness to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of the whole of man’s life. Current misrepresentations of the Federal Council also picture it as standing for State Socialism and as tending toward Com- munism. These insinuations are false. The Council has had a continuous concern for social welfare prompted by the Christian conscience. It has championed human freedom in every realm— the political and the economic as well as the religious—as over 3 Googleagainst any regimented organization of society or government. It has never advocated the ownership of the means of production and distribution by the State. Working within the pattern of a free American economy, the Council seeks to correct conditions which would militate against the well-being of all and justice for all. The Council has explicitly and vigorously repudiated Com- munism as “atheistic in its conception of ultimate reality,” “mate- to Christianity.” It has also condemned the revolutionary strategy of Communism as involving “the disregard of the sacredness of personality which is fundamental in Christianity.” The misrepresentations of the Federal Council include gravely and inexcusably erroneous statements at specific points which could have been easily verified. It is alleged, for example, that the Social Ideals of the Churches, as published in 1932, demand “socialized medicine.” This is untrue. What they advocated was simply “social insurance against sickness, accident, want in old age, and unemployment.” Insurance against the last three of these four hazards is today accepted by society without question. Some form of public insurance against the hazard of illness, which is all that the Federal Council has proposed, is no more “socialistic” or “communistic” than the well-established insurance against the other hazards, In the misrepresentations of the Federal Council there are also ! unfair charges against certain individuals who are alleged to determine its policies. These charges depend on such dishonest devices as distorting the meaning of quotations by wresting them from their context or condemning merely on the basis of incidental or occasional association with others in the past. Moreover, any citing of the expressions of a few individuals, even if they were fairly presented, is an unjustified artifice since no individuals except the large group officially designated by the member-de- nominations decide its policies. These representatives are men and women of wide experience, not dupes to be led or misled by an “inner circle.” The Federal Council, by reason of its being a real federation, contains within itself a representative cross-section of twenty- 4 » Google WISCONSINseven denominations and therefore includes Christian men and women who as citizens hold different views on public questions. Through a thoroughly democratic process, the Council develops its program and policies on the basis of such unity as is found in a common commitment to Christ and a common effort to make His Gospel effective in the life of the world. The Council has no “ism” to defend; it does have a central loyalty to Christ. It has no politics; it does have a faith. In that loyalty and that faith it seeks first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. WHO'S WHO IN THE FEDERAL COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Alternate members are starred) Baptist, Northern B. C. BARRETT, Minister of First Baptist Church, Bakersfield, Calif. EDWIN T. DAHLBERG, Minister of First Baptist Church, Syracuse, N. Y., former President of Northern Baptist Convention. VERNON L. SHONTZ, Minister of Central Baptist Church, Springfield, first vice-president of Northern Baptist Convention. ANNA C. SWAIN, President of Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, former president of Northern Baptist Convention. “THERON CHASTAIN, Minister of First Baptist Church, Phoenix, Ariz, °E. H. PRUDEN, Minister of First Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. *A. C. THOMAS, Minister of First Baptist Church, Providence, R. I. *R. L. WILSON, Minister of First Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., former president of American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. (The list of members of the Federal Council's Executive Committee is continued on page 24) 5 GoogleLAYMEN BEAR TESTIMONY The undersigned are well acquainted with the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America either through participation in its work or contact with its leadership over several years. We have noticed suggestions, some of which have been given consid- erable publicity, that the Federal Council may be under the in- fluence of persons who believe in State Socialism and who may be using the Federal Council to bring about political and social practices incompatible with a Christian view of the nature of man and his right to develop freely his God-given possibilities. It is implied that the Federal Council may unwittingly be lending itself to conduct which would facilitate Communist penetration of our society. There is no basis whatever for any such conclusions. The Federal Council is the agency through which 27 great denominations cooperate in matters of common concern. Its pol- icies are determined at biennial meetings of delegates and, in the interval, by an executive committee made up of members designated by the constituent denominations. These delegates have always had varying political and social viewpoints within the pattern of our American democracy. But their concern in the Federal Council is primarily in vitalizing the Christian view of the relationship of individuals to God and to fellowmen. There is deep concern for evangelization, for human freedom and for social justice with equal opportunity for all. vee "THE are sometimes differences of opinion within the Federal Council as to precisely how these fundamental beliefs should be expressed in words and works. But, so far as we are aware, all applications of these beliefs which have been sponsored or given favorable recognition by the Federal Council have been of a nature to thwart totalitarianism, serfdom, regimentation or des- potism in any form or guise. The Federal Council has formally 6 Google IVER ISCONSIand unanimously denounced Marxian communism as atheistic and as clearly opposed to Christianity. It has pointed out that, on these differences, Christians cannot compromise. We record our full confidence that the Federal Council func- tions with complete fidelity to Christian ideals. We pledge our continuing support of its work. We express our conviction that, by providing the churches with a means of unified expression and action, it is performing an indispensable task. BARCLAY ACHESON HOWARD C. BALDWIN CHESTER I. BARNARD RONALD BRIDGES JOHN CROSBY BROWN THATCHER M. BROWN J. HERBERT CASE CLEVELAND E. DODGE JOHN FOSTER DULLES EVA HILLS EASTMAN EDGAR H. EVANS WILLIAM T. GOSSETT WALTER M. GRAY FRANCIS S. HARMON WALTER W. HEAD JOHN H. IVES MELVIN MAYNARD JOHNSON ERIC A. JOHNSTON ORRIN G, JUDD FLORENCE C. LAMONT HENRY R. LUCE CHARLES J. LYNN W. W. MARTIN EUGENE R. McCARTHY KATE F. MERLE-SMITH February 6, 1950 ‘ Google SPENCER MILLER, JR. ELIZABETH C. MORROW TRUE D. MORSE CHARLES C. PARLIN FRED D. PARR ROBERT P. PATTERSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS STUART C. RAND JESSE W. RANDALL PAYNE H. RATNER JOHN R. ROGERS LESLIE R. ROUNDS HARRISON M. SAYRE S, FRANK SHATTUCK WILLIAM H. SHORT HARPER SIBLEY BENJAMIN STRONG CHARLES P. TAFT RUSH TAGGART S, FREDERICK TELLEEN FRANK M. TOTTON CHARLES H. TUTTLE WILLIAM W. WAYMACK W. WALTER WILLIAMSWHO'S WHO AMONG THE LAY SIGNERS BARCLAY ACHESON is director of the international editions of Reader's Digest. HOWARD C. BALDWIN is head of the legal firm of Baldwin and Boos, Detroit. CHESTER I. BARNARD, former president of the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, is president of the Rockefeller Foundation, RONALD BRIDGES is president of the Pacific School of Religion. JOHN CROSBY BROWN is president of the fund raising and public rela- tions firm of Tamblyn and Brown. THATCHER M. BROWN recently retired as partner in the banking firm of Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company. J. HERBERT CASE was connected with the Federal Reserve Bank, New York, for nineteen years as deputy governor or chairman of the Board. CLEVELAND E. DODGE is vice-president of the Phelps-Dodge Corporation. JOHN FOSTER DULLES is former Representative of the United States in the General Assembly of the United Nations. MRS. LUCIUS R. EASTMAN of Scarsdale, N. Y. is a leader in philanthropy. EDGAR H. EVANS has been president, chairman of the Board of Directors, and honorary chairman of the Acme-Evans Company, Indianapolis. WILLIAM T. GOSSETT is vice-president of the Ford Motor Co. WALTER GRAY is a lawyer in Oklahoma City, Okla. FRANCIS S. HARMON is vice-president of the Motion Picture Association of America. WALTER W. HEAD, former president of American Bankers Association, is president of the General American Life Insurance Co., St. Louis, JOHN H. IVES is president of Ives-Staples Company, Bridgeport, Conn. MELVIN MAYNARD JOHNSON is dean emeritus of Boston University Law School. ERIC A. JOHNSTON, former president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, is president of the Motion Picture Association of America. ORRIN G. JUDD, former Solicitor General of the State of New York, is a partner in the legal firm of Judd and Gurfein, New York. MRS. THOMAS W. LAMONT is active in educational and international interests. HENRY R. LUCE is publisher of Time, Life and Fortune. CHARLES J. LYNN is vice-president of Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis. W. W. MARTIN is president of the Masonic Home of Missouri. EUGENE R. McCARTHY is chairman of the Board of the Brown Shoe Company, St. Louis, Mo. MRS. VAN SANTVOORD MERLE-SMITH is a leader in interdenomina- tional religious work in New York. GoogleSPENCER MILLER, JR., is highway commissioner for New Jersey. MRS. DWIGHT W. MORROW is a leader in educational affairs. TRUE D. MORSE is president of Doane Agricultural Service, St. Louis, Mo. CHARLES C. PARLIN is a partner in the legal firm of Shearman and Sterling and Wright, New York. FRED D. PARR is president of the Parr-Richmond Terminal Corporation, San Francisco. ROBERT P. PATTERSON, former Secretary of War, is president of the Bar Association of the City of New York. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, now retired from diplomatic service, was formerly Ambassador to Italy and to India and Under Secretary of State. STUART C. RAND is a partner in the legal firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart in Boston, Mass. JESSE W. RANDALL is president of the Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. PAYNE H. RATNER was formerly Governor of Kansas. JOHN R. ROGERS is a lawyer of Tulsa, Okla. LESLIE R. ROUNDS is first vice-president of the Federal Reserve Bank, Second District. HARPER SIBLEY is a former president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. HARRISON M. SAYRE is president of the American Educational Press, Columbus, Ohio. S, FRANK SHATTUCK was formerly vice-president of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisc. WILLIAM H. SHORT is president of the William H. Short Lumber Com- pany, Hartford, Conn. BENJAMIN STRONG is president of the United States Trust Company of New York. CHARLES P. TAFT is a lawyer of Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly director of Wartime Economic Affairs, U. S. Department of State, RUSH TAGGART is a member of the legal firm of Dorr, Hammond, Hand, and Dawson, New York. S. FREDERICK TELLEEN, former vice-president of the Chase Bank, is treasurer of the National Lutheran Council. FRANK M. TOTTON is vice-president of the Chase National Bank, New York. CHARLES H. TUTTLE is a partner in the legal firm of Breed, Abbott and Morgan, formerly U. S, Attorney for Southern District of New York. WILLIAM W. WAYMACK, recently retired as a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, was editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune. W. WALTER WILLIAMS is president of Continental, Inc., Seattle, and chair- man of the Committee on Economic Development. 9 GoogleTWENTY CONCRETE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 1949 ASS illustrative of the many different services which the Churches are carrying on unitedly through the Federal Council the following summary of a few of its activities of a single year is listed. 1. Launched a mid-century “United Evangelistic Advance,” to con- tinue throughout 1950, as a coordinated effort to win men and women to Christ. 2. Sponsored a Christian message daily over a national radio net- work throughout the year, reaching great numbers of unchurched. 3. Through Church World Service secured contributions and relief supplies valued at $8,715,486, distributed to the suffering through churches in Europe and Asia. 4, Through Church World Service carried on a ministry to displaced persons in European camps and arranged the resettlement of DP’s in this country,—8,000 thus far. . Produced interdenominational materials for devotional use or public worship for Universal Week of Prayer, Lent, World Com- munion Sunday, Race Relations Sunday, Rural Life Sunday, Labor Sunday and World Order Sunday. y a . Promoted a city-wide observance of Reformation Sunday in 131 communities as an occasion for united Protestant witness. ~ . Undertook a 3-year study of ethical aspects of economic prac- tices, with the aid of a grant from one of the great foundations. 8. Held a national study conference on the responsibility of the Churches in international affairs. ¥ Completed a pioneering report on the ministries and methods of the church in meeting the distinctive needs of older. people. 10 Google NVERSITY OF W10. With Protestant Radio Commission presented a series of 13 radio dramas depicting the pastor as personal counsellor to individuals in special ‘need. 11, Organized and trained city-wide groups of laymen and women to carry on personal evangelism among their neighbors in twenty- four cities. 12, Carried on a continuous educational program in behalf of Chris- tian family life. 13. Published the results of the first full-length inquiry into the place and work of women in the American Churches. 14, Conducted twenty-six Missions in colleges and universities for interpreting the Christian faith and the Christian life to students. 15. Organized house-to-house canvass on an interdenominational basis in 23 cities to discover the adults not in Church and the children not in Sunday School. 16. Played leading role in “Religion in American Life” campaign, cooperating with Advertising Council in using bill-boards, radio, and press for emphasizing America’s religious heritage. 17. Began a series of inter-racial institutes for training leadership in achieving equal opportunity for minority racial groups. 18. Provided an interdenominational literature for interesting young men in the Christian ministry as a life-work. 19. Maintained contacts of counsel and assistance with the eight hundred Councils of Churches in local communities and helped other communities to organize for cooperative work for first time. 20. Furnished leadership for a national training conference of a week for all local and state-wide executives in interdenomina- tional work. W GoogleAPPENDIX | ANALYSIS OF CHAPTER X OF JOHN T. FLYNN’S “The Road Ahead” WHATEVER one may think of other parts of Jobn T. Flynn's “The Road Ahead,” Chapter X, entitled “The Kingdom of God,” is so replete with misunderstandings, misrepresentations and falsi- ties that it is immediately apparent that the author is here writing about a field with which he is wholly unfamiliar, It is not surprising that “Reader's Digest,” in summarizing the book, did not include a single sentence from this chapter. The chapter is really a carica- ture of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, To take an egregious illustration, Mr. Flynn cites (page 114) what is alleged to be a quotation from the “Social Creed of the Churches” about competition as “nothing more than a partially conventionalized embodiment of primeval selfishness.” But the statement is not in the “Social Creed” at alll It is obvious that he has never even read the document which he is presuming to discuss. A footnote, in small type, at the bottom of the page indi- cates how he fell into such a blunder. He has accepted at its face value an intemperate and unreliable book by a man who was deposed from the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. A., after full trial, on June 80, 1986, and who has since been engaged in a campaign of bitter attack upon that Church, upon other historic denominations, and upon the Federal Council of Churches, in which the denominations cooperate with one another. According to the official records this minister, Rev. Carl McIntire, was found guilty by his Presbytery of “Disapproval, defiance, and acts in contravention of the government and discipline of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. A” “Not being zealous and faithful in maintaining the peace of the Church.” “Violation of his ordination vows.” 12 Google INIVERSITYThis is the authority to whom Mr. Flynn's book refers again and again, Indeed there is virtually nothing in Mr. Flynn’s dis- cussion of the Federal Council which is not found in the publica- tions of the deposed Presbyterian minister, whose animus against the established churches and their agencies is easy to understand. The untrustworthiness of Mr. Flynn’s treatment is illustrated by a further analysis of his use of the quotation about competition cited above. In its original form it appears in a volume entitled “The Church and Industrial Reconstruction,” issued by the Com- mittee on the War and the Religious Outlook, of which I was the secretary, in 1920, But the quotation as used by Mr. Flynn is deliberately garbled. The original source analyzed two different views of competition. One view was described as that of “those who find in it no essential denial of Christianity” and believe it “is an indirect method of promoting the general welfare.” Con- cerning the other point of view, the original source said, “To these observers of our social life (the italics are mine) the principle of competition appears to be nothing more than a partially con- ventionalized embodiment of primeval selfishness.” Note what Mr. Flynn does, He completely omits any reference to the first point of view, and then in the quoted sentence deletes the seven words. Finally he capitalizes the eighth word as if it were the beginning of a sentence. By this kind of manipulation any state- ment can be mangled until it proves almost anything! Since Mr. Flynn does not himself come from a Protestant back- ground he must, of course, depend on some source other than his own knowledge and there would be no objection to his getting information anywhere if only it were not misinformation, But his Chapter on the Churches is full of errors in even the most elemental matters. He talks for example, about some powerful “policy committee” but there is no committee with such a name and only the Executive Committee, made up exclusively of the appointees of the denominations, determines policies. He says that an “American Council of Churches” was formed when a “small | group of clergymen broke away from the Federal Council,” although the fact is that not a single one of the little denomina- tions comprising the American Council ever belonged to the Federal Council. 13 GoogleFar more serious is Mr. Flynn's failure to understand what the Federal Council is or to indicate its true nature. He is so con- fused that he contradicts himself. He refers on page 107 to “the organization of a clique of Christian ministers and laymen” and on page 112 describes the Council as “the greatest religious lay body in America.” Obviously it cannot be both. The fact is that it is neither. It is an official federation of national denominations, whose members are named entirely by the highest authority of those denominations. Its program and policies are regularly re- ported to all the national assemblies and conferences of the member-denominations, are subject to review and are often the subject of extensive discussion. Mr. Flynn finally reaches the stage of the ridiculous as well as of the confused when on page 118 he describes the Methodist Church as “controlled by the men who are foremost in control of the Federal Council.” The nine million people of the Methodist Church will be amused to learn who “controls” them! - In his treatment of certain individuals, Mr. Flynn parrots the loose charges which the deposed Presbyterian minister on whom he relies has long been making and with the same kind of dis- tortions. He blames Bishop Oxnam, for example, for having spon- sored Soviet-American friendship rallies but fails to point out that this was during the war, when Russia was officially the ally of America and it was a matter of patriotism to cooperate with our allies, and that he discontinued his relation to the Soviet-American program when conditions changed after the war. Mr. Flynn alleges that Bishop Oxnam “is a Socialist” but the Bishop declares “I am not now and never have been a Socialist.” Mr. Flynn gives a caricature of Stanley Jones as subtly deceiving people by talking about Socialism under the guise of “The Kingdom of God” and never intimates anything about Dr. Jones’ life-long dedication to missionary and evangelistic work of a deeply spiritual character. Mr. Flynn quotes Dr. Jones as having said that “in ten years Russia will be the most powerful nation on earth,” but actually the state- ment is from John Gunther's “Inside Europe” and is clearly cited as such by Dr. Jones. In speaking of Professor John C. Bennett's book on Christianity and Communism and J. Henry Carpenter's treatment of cooperatives, Mr. Flynn lifts out a few sentences in a way that gives a wholly warped picture. Each of these four 14 inties oy Google ‘ONSINpersons has made a detailed reply to the charges against him. Copies of all these four replies may be had upon request. Mr. Flynn never indicates that the personnel of the Federal Council is, by reason of its being a real federation, an actual cross- section of the leadership of 27 denominations including a wide ’ range of views, illustrated by the fact that men like Charles P. Taft, John Foster Dulles, Harper Sibley, Bishop Oxnam, Bishop John S. Stamm and Dean Luther A. Weigle—to mention only a half-dozen of its recent officers—work side by side because they all have the same basic commitment to Christ as Lord and Saviour. Not only the nature of the Federal Council but its program is grossly misrepresented. No one could guess from reading Mr. Flynn's book that the Council was formed more than forty years ago as the result of efforts to secure an effective cooperation among otherwise separated denominations. No one could guess that it is today the chief influence for a greater unity in Protest- antism. No one could guess from Mr. Flynn’s account that the Council is the instrument of the cooperating Churches for co- ordinating their evangelistic work and that the budget of its Department of Evangelism is larger than that of any other depart- ment of the Council. No one could guess that it has for decades functioned in such basic fields as the devotional life and worship, pastoral counseling, religion and health, Christian family life and religious broadcasting as well as in relation to social and inter- national responsibilities. Mr. Flynn gives a grossly false perspec- tive on the Council. In policy as well as in program Mr. Flynn misrepresents the Council. He declares, for example, that “Article Five of the Social Creed ... demands socialized medicine.” But he is careful never to cite the article, for to do so would show how erroneous his statement is. What Article Five really advocates, as a means of protection against the unexpected hazards of life, is “social insur- ance against sickness or accident, want in old age, and unemploy- ment.” This was written in 1982, after our country had gone through the terrible years of unemployment and suffering. Today some form of social insurance against accident, against want in old age and against unemployment is taken for granted. Surely it is no more “socialistic” to seek insurance, in some way, against ovsixes ey Google ERthe hazard of illness than against the hazard of accident, and to do so is not an advocacy of socialized medicine. Mr. Flynn does further violence to the truth when he says (page 118) that through the Federal Council “the case for socialized medicine” is “cleverly pressed upon the minds of young people in the Sun- day Schools.” He attempts to illustrate this by referring to an article in a denominational paper called “Lessons for Interme- diates.” But there is no connection whatever between the paper and the Federal Council, and the article in question never came from the Federal Council or any of its representatives. It will be noted that most of Mr. Flynn’s quotations from Federal Council statements go back to 1982. Why does he not quote from documents of today? Surely statements made in 1932 are to be understood in the light of the conditions of that time. It was a time when the most conservative men were urging our government to take a more active part in bringing about industrial recovery—a time very different from that of 1949-50. The Federal Counci’s position today is officially and fully set forth in a state- ment of 1948 entitled “Basic Christian Principles and Assumptions in Relation to the Church and Economic Life.” Yet Mr. Flynn never even so much as mentions it. Nor does he take any cognizance whatever of the Department of the Church and Economic Life, headed by President Arthur S. Flemming of Ohio Wesleyan University, former chairman of the U. S. Civil Service Commission. It is this group, including Christian leaders in business, management, labor and agriculture which is responsible for developing the Federal Council's policies in the economic field. Why does Mr. Flynn ignore it? Obviously because a description of its work and statements would show the hollow- ness of his charges. At the beginning of the chapter Mr. Flynn says he will discuss conditions in “the Churches” but he limits his discussion to Pro- testantism. He speaks only of the branch of Christianity which is not his own. Yet all thoughtful students of the relation of the American Churches to social and industrial affairs know that the policies of the National Catholic Welfare Conference in this field show a striking parallelism with those of the Federal Council. The inties oy Google NIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN , a Ce Seebulletin entitled “The Yardstick,” published by the National Cath- olic Welfare Conference, in its issue of November 14, 1949, vig- orously defends the Federal Council against Mr. Flynn and } identifies itself with the Federal Council's position. It says in part: “This is the most emotional, illogical, inaccurate and probably } even libelous book which we have ever been foolish enough to purchase... Mr. Flynn does well to warn the American public about the dangers of Socialism and about the possibility of our drifting into Socialism unconsciously, as it were, and in spite of our good intentions. By the same token, however, he does a great | disservice to the American reading public by indiscriminately | fastening the label ‘socialistic’ on a lot of organizations and pro- grams which have yet to become as ‘radical’ (his word) as—well, as the social encyclicals, for example ... Mr. Flynn, in his chapter on the Churches and Socialism, concentrates his fire on the Fed- eral Council of Churches of Christ in America and never so much as mentions the word Catholic. Perhaps he realized that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to persuade his readers that Pope Pius XI was a Socialist.” The outstanding Roman Catholic maga- zine “America,” in its issue of March 18, 1950, has a highly critical editorial on Mr. Flynn’s book and entitles it, “The Road to Nowhere.” The most serious aspect of Mr. Flynn’s chapter is the implication that if the Churches, prompted by the Christian conscience, ac- tively support any measures of social justice and human welfare they are thereby helping to undermine the American way of life and to deliver our country to ultimate domination by the Com- munists. He apparently cannot see that to bring about constructive measures of social advance is the way to prevent Communism, not to further it. He often creates the impression that to correct injustices, to defend the rights of minority groups, to be concerned with poverty and unemployment, to seek greater cooperation in our economic and industrial life, to try sincerely to hold up all our social practices to the light of the Christian Gospel, is synony- mous with Socialism and leads to Communism. If Christian people i should come to believe this, it would be a disaster to our nation. 7 diate iy Google ERSITY OF WISAPPENDIX II ANALYSIS of “How Red Is The Federal Council of Churches?” Tuts sensational sheet, with a cover showing a sickle-and- hammer in vivid red, is issued by a group calling itself “American Council of Christian Laymen.” In spite of its impressive name, careful inquiry has failed to produce any evidence that the organi- zation has a national constituency such as is suggested by its name. Apparently it consists of a small handful of people in Madi- son, Wisconsin. The materials are of the type which has been familiar since the day when Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling brought out “The Red Net- work.” Like “The Red Network,” the present sheet attacks liberals far more than it attacks Communists. It is too confused to be able to distinguish between the man of progressive views seeking social reform within the general pattern of our American way of life, and the Communist who seeks to overthrow our system. Such a dangerous obfuscation of thought really plays into the hands of the Communists. Nothing could serve their cause better than to discredit those who work constructively for social justice and the amelioration of social conditions. The organizer of the so-called “American Council of Christian Laymen” is Mr. Verne Kaub, of Madison, Wisconsin. Commenting on his project, The Capital Times, of Madison, said on Jan. 4, 1950: “Mr. Verne Kaub, who recently retired as publicity man for the Wisconsin Power and Light Co., has a new front organi- zation to play around with in his ceaseless campaign to smear as ‘communists’ all who disagree with his peculiar notions of Americanism and Christianity. “This time Mr. Kaub has organized something that calls itself ‘The American Council of Christian Laymen.’ Like most of the organizations with which he has worked in the past, this group has more behind it than Mr. Kaub would have come into the public eye. 18“His reticence in letting the public know who his ‘Christian Laymen’ are and, particularly, in making known the source of the group's finances is something for the books. For his organization has set out to prove that a lot of distinguished clergymen who have been identified with the Federal Council of Churches are sympathetic with Communism. Mr. Kaub is willing to use an impressive organizational name to smear good Americans but he won't let the public know for whom his organization is speaking. “We suspect that ‘The American Council of Christian Laymen’ is Mr. Kaub and perhaps a few people who are always ready to kick in money to hang the label of communism on any person of progressive views. This is an old game for him, but it is the first time we know of that he has used a religious front for his smears.” The list of forty-nine persons who are described as having “aided and abetted God-hating, un-American organizations” in- cludes many of the most trusted leaders of American Protestantism. Here are some of the men thus designated: Harry Emerson Fospicx, widely regarded as the outstand- ing preacher of America Ratra W. Socxman, the best known radio preacher of America Dean Lurner A. Weicte, chairman of the Committee for the Revised Standard Version of the Bible Henry P. Van Dusen, president of the Union Theological Semi Bisuor Ivan Lee Hout, chairman of the Methodist Council of Bishops Bisnor Wiu1am Scarerr of the Episcopal Diocese of Mis- souri Proresson Water M. Horton of the Graduate School of Theology, at Oberlin Such a description of these Christian leaders and others who have similarly blessed our American life reaches the depths of the ridiculous. The reaction of anyone who really knows the churches must be one of either amusement or righteous indignation. 19 ‘ Google IVEROf the forty-six organizations listed in the pamphlet as “red groups” there is not one with which the Federal Council really cooperates, There are, of course, some individuals who are related both to the Federal Council and to some of the listed organiza- tions. Some of these organizations are in no sense Communist or Communist-front bodies. The Fellowship of Reconciliation, for example, is a pacifist group, but no intelligent person describes it as a Communist front. Likewise, the American Civil Liberties Union is so far from being a Communist front that several years ago it forced out certain members of the Board who were believed to have Communist sympathies. It is highly misleading to mix up organizations like the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Ameri- can Civil Liberties Union with certain others in the list which are undoubted Communist fronts. The list of persons who are described as “present and past officers, leaders and prominent members of the Federal Council,” is so gravely in error as to be an incredible performance. It in- cludes persons who have no connection with the Federal Council whatever—to say nothing of being “leaders.” It fails to list many of the most conspicuous leaders of the Council, since to do so would show that there is no foundation for the “red” charge. There is no reference, for example, to either its president, Bishop John S. Stamm, or to its vice-president, Mrs. Douglas Horton; no reference to two recent presidents, Mr. Charles P. Taft and Rt. Rev. Henry St. George Tucker; no reference to men like Honorable John Foster Dulles, who chaired the Commission on a Just and Durable Peace for many years, or to Harper Sibley, the Council’s treasurer since 1942. Even to mention such names suggests that the Council’s leadership is a cross-section of Pro- testantism, including men of different social views but all devoted to their American heritage and united by a basic loyalty to Jesus Christ as Divine Lord and Saviour. If it were really true that the Federal Council is “red,” it would follow that the denominations which make it up are “red.” The description of the Federal Council in the pamphlet is patently false. It says, for example, that the Federal Council believes that “American free enterprise should be scrapped and replaced by socialism.” This kind of statement could be made 20 vey Google unonly by a mind so confused that it cannot distinguish between scrapping the free-enterprise system and correcting its abuses in order to make it better. The statement that the Federal Council receives “large sums of various Jewish and other non-Christian or anti-Christian groups” is likewise false. There are a few small contributions from friendly Jews who are interested in some of the humanitarian projects of the Federal Council, but these are altogether incidental—less than one percent of the total income. There is no support whatever from any “anti-Christian groups.” As the financial report for 1949 shows, by far the largest source of income was the member-denominations, which contributed to the Council $267,866. There are also 14,000 church members who contribute as individuals. The largest contributor outside of the denominational treasuries is the Rockefeller Foundation which has recently given $100,000 to the Federal Council's Department of the Church and Economic Life for a three-year study of ethical aspects of economic practices. As a single illustration (out of many that could be given) of the dishonest and unsubstantiated character of the charges against persons on the ground of their connection with certain organiza- tions, I refer to the allegations that I am affiliated with the Fellow- ship of Reconciliation, the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, the magazine The Protestant, and the War Resisters League. The actual facts are as follows: 1. Fellowship of Reconciliation. 1 belonged to it for a brief period, at the time when our government was convening an international conference for reduction of armaments and pressing for the Briand-Kellogg Pact for the Outlawing of War. I resigned when it became clear to me that conditions in the world required preparedness for defense, and have not been a member for more than two decades. 2. North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. 1 was never a member. I did (I am happy to say) make a pub- lic statement in 1987 about the way in which Franco over- threw the Spanish Republic and I criticized the Franco regime. Surely no apology is necessary for that! 8. The magazine, The Protestant. I was never affiliated with it, ° Google evensnever served on either its editorial board or its advisory committee, never contributed to its columns. With a large group of public figures (including the Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, and several honored members of the U. S. Senate) I signed an appeal against anti-Semitism entitled “Protestantism Answers Hate,” which was published by The Protestant, but to assert that this meant I was “affiliated” with the magazine is wholly untrue. 4. War Resisters League. I never belonged to it at any time. 22 | inties oy Google t a at aman ieee aiAPPENDIX III ANALYSIS OF THE ATTACK OF THE KU KLUX KLAN Acccorp1nc to a despatch of the Associated Press, widely printed in the newspapers of the country, the newly consolidated Ku Klux Klan (made up of three Klan groups but lacking the Georgia body) at its meeting in Jacksonville, Fla., on January 29, 1950, attacked the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America as one of the “pro-Communist organizations in the United States.” Among other organizations singled out for attack, according to information given by the Associated Press, were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Bnai Brith, the Jewish fraternal body. Details of the allegations against the Federal Council are lack- ing but the general accusation is made that it is one of the organi- zations “designed and intended to stir up racial and religious hate among the minority.” In view of the well-known racial philosophy of the Ku Klux Klan this charge against the Federal Council of Churches may be taken as an unintended compliment. The Council is an inter-racial body, including four Negro denomi- nations in its membership on a basis of equality and fellowship. For 80 years it has carried on a program in behalf of inter-racial understanding and cooperation, equal opportunity for men and women of all races, and the full protection of the rights of every citizen regardless of race, color or national origin. To the Ku Klux Klan this seems to be a “pro-Communist program” but the Federal Council regards it as simply the effort to practice Chris- tianity in the daily life. —Samuzt McCrea Cavert 23 ‘ Google IVERWHO'S WHO IN THE FEDERAL COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Alternate members are starred) (Continued from page 5) Baptist, National NANNIE H. BURROUGHS, Founder and president of National Trade and Professional School, Washington, D. C. G. A. CRAWLEY, Minister of St. Paul's Baptist Church, Baltimore, Presi- dent of United Baptist Convention of Maryland. JAMES E. GAYLE, New Orleans, Executive Secretary of National Baptist Laymen’s League. E. L. HARRISON, Minister of Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, D. C. T. 8. HARTEN, Minister of Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. J. L. HORACE, Minister of Monumental Baptist Church, Chicago, IIL D. V. JEMISON, President of National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. W. H. JERNAGIN, Former president of National Baptist Young People’s Congress, official visitor to Negro troops in Japan at close of War. U. J. ROBINSON, Financial Secretary of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A, Inc. L A. THOMAS, Minister of Second Baptist Church, Evanston, Il. *W. ABNER BROWN, Minister of Metropolitan Baptist Church, New York. *L. G. CARR, Minister of Vine Memorial Church, Philadelphia, Pa. *0. C. MAXWELL, Minister of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York. “BENJAMIN E. MAYS, President of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. °C. T. WILCHER, Minister of Bethsaida Baptist Church, Newark, N. J. Brethren, Church of the A. G. BREIDENSTINE is Dean of Franklin and Marshall College, Lan- caster, Pa. RAYMOND R. PETERS, General Secretary of General Brotherhood Board of Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Il. General Council of Congregational Christian Churches FREDERICK L. FAGLEY, American Secretary of the International Coun- cil of Congregational Christian Churches. LUTHER A. WEIGLE, Dean emeritus of the Yale Divinity School, chair- man of the Revised Standard Bible Committee. KATHERINE RICHARDS ROCKWELL, Vice-president of National Board of Y.W.C.A. 24‘DOUGLAS HORTON, Minister-at-Large of Congregational Christian Churches, Chairman of the Board of the American University of Cairo. *EDWARD C. BOYNTON, Minister of Congregational Church, Scarsdale, N-Y., former vice-president of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. “CHARLES H. SEAVER, writer and consultant, member of Executive Com- mittee of Congregational Christian Churches. *ARTHUR E. WILSON, Minister of Beneficent Congregational Church, Providence, R. I. *HELEN KENYON, Moderator of General Council of Congregational Chris- tian Churches, formerly Chairman of Board of Trustees of Vassar College. International Convention of Disciples of Christ HAMPTON ADAMS, Minister of Union Avenue Christian Church, St. Louis, Mo., former president of International Convention of Disciples of Christ. HUGH D. DARSIE, Minister of Flatbush Christian Church, Brooklyn, N. past-president of Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation. MRS. E. V. PUGH, Member of Board of Trustees of the United Christian Missionary Society. RILEY B, MONTGOMERY, Former president of Lynchburg College, Presi- dent of College of the Bible, Lexington, Ky. °GEORGE WALKER BUCKNER, JR., Editor of The World Call, Executive Secretary of Commission on Unity of International Convention of Di- sciples of Christ. *PAUL G. PRESTON, Secretary of Pension Fund of Disciples of Christ, In- dianapolis, Ind. *GAINES M. COOK, Executive Secretary of International Convention of Disciples of Christ. *BERTHA F. PARK, Formerly missionary in China, Executive Secretary of Ohio Women’s Missionary Society of Disciples of Christ. Evangelical and Reformed Church L. W. GOEBEL, President of General Synod of Evangelical and Reformed Church, Chicago, Ill. WILLIAM E. LAMPE, Executive Secretary of General Synod of Evangeli- cal and Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pa. GEORGE W. RICHARDS, President-emeritus of Theological Seminary of Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pa. *F, C. SCHWEINFURTH, Executive Secretary of the Commission on Evangelism of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, Cleveland, Ohio. *MRS. E. ROY CARMAN, President of the Women’s Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. *NEVIN C. HARNER, Former president of Heidelberg College, professor of religious education in Theological Seminary of Reformed Church. 25 Google NIVERSITY OF WISCONSIEvangelical United Brethren Church J. BALMER SHOWERS, Bishop in Harrisburg, Pa., President of Board of Publication of Evangelical United Brethren Church. D. T. GREGORY, Executive Secretary of the Council of Administration of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, Dayton, Ohio. JOSEPH WILLARD KRECKER, Editor of Telescope-Messenger, Harris- burg, Pa. *CLYDE A. LYNCH, President of Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pa. °F, BERRY PLUMMER, Minister of St. Paul's Church, Hagerstown, Md. Friends (Five Years Meeting) ERROL T. ELLIOTT, Secretary of Executive Committee of Five Years Meeting of Friends, Richmond, Ind. W. GLENN ROBERTS, General Secretary of Connecticut Council of Churches. *ALEXANDER C. PURDY, Professor of New Testament in Hartford Theo- logical Seminary. °MRS. ELIZABETH HAZARD, Teacher at Union Springs, N. Y. Friends—Religious Society of Friends of Philadelphia and Vicinity EDWARD W. EVANS, Awbury, Pa. GRACE E. RHOADS, JR., Moorestown, Pa. °A. BURNS CHALMERS, former professor at Smith College, active in the work of the American Friends Service Committee. *HOWARD G. TAYLOR, JR., Secretary of the Yearly Meeting of the Reli- gious Society of Friends of Philadelphia and Vicinity. The Methodist Church THEODORE H. PALMQUIST, Minister of Wilshire Methodist Church, Los Angeles, Calif. FRED P. CORSON, former president of Dickinson College, Bishop of Phila- delphia Area of Methodist Church. IVAN LEE HOLT, Bishop of St. Louis Area, chairman of the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church. GERALD KENNEDY, Bishop of the Portland, Ore., Area, and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries. W. EARL LEDDEN, Bishop of the Syracuse, N. Y., Area, President of New York State Council of Churches. J. RALPH MAGEE, Former president of Hamline University, Bishop of the Chicago Area of the Methodist Church. 26 Google NIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN‘of New York Area, oficial visitor for Joint Chiefs of Staff to army and navy chaplains in Mediterranean Theatre in 1945. MARSHALL R. REED, Bishop of the Detroit, Mich., Area of the Methodist | Church. | G. BROMLEY OXNAM, Former president of DePauw University, Bishop | A. FRANK SMITH, Bishop of Houston, Texas, Area of the Methodist Church, President of the Division of Home Missions and Church Ex- tension of the Methodist Board of Missions. W. ANGIE SMITH, Former president of Centenary College, Bishop of the Oklahoma City Area. HARRY N. HOLMES, Vice-President of the World’s Christian Endeavor Union. SALLIE LOU MacKINNON, Formerly missionary in China, secretary of Woman’s Division of Christian Service of the Methodist Church. J. EARL MORELAND, President of Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va. FRED D. PARR, President of the Parr-Richmond Terminal Corporation, San Francisco, Calif. RALPH E. DIFFENDORFER, Formerly general secretary of the Methodist Board of Missions, Director of Japan International Christian University Foundation. J. MANNING POTTS, Editor of The Upper Room, Nashville, Tenn. OLIVER B. QUICK, Minister of Cory Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. WILLIAM F. QUILLIAN, Executive Secretary of Southeastern Jurisdic- tional Conference of Methodist Church, Atlanta, Ga. “WELDON F. CROSSLAND, Minister of Asbury-First Methodist Church, Rochester, N. Y., former president of Rochester Federation of Churches. *ELLIOTT L. FISHER, Superintendent of Department of Town and Country Life in Methodist Board of Missions. *ROBERT W. GOODLOE, Professor of Church History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. *GUY JONES, Minister of First Methodist Church, Marshall, Texas. *THOMAS B. MATHER, Minister of Central Methodist Church, Kansas City, Mo. *JOHN M. PEARSON, President of Drew Seminary for Young Women, Carmel, N. Y. °R. Z. TYLER, Executive Secretary of Division of Education and Cultivation of Board of Missions. *W. RALPH WARD, Minister of Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church, Pitts- burgh, Pa. *JOHN E. EASTER, In Business in Roanoke, Va. *MARGARET FORSYTH, Executive of Foreign Division of the National Board of ¥.W.C.A. MRS. W. C. HANSON, Kansas City, Kans. *DWIGHT S. JEFFERS, Dean of School of Forestry of University of Idaho. 27 GoogleAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church D. WARD NICHOLS, Bishop of the New York Area of African Methodist Episcopal Church. J. A. GREGG, Formerly president of Wilberforce University, President of Council of Bishops of African Methodist Episcopal Church. AUGUSTUS C. SUMPTER, Minister of African Methodist Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio. °FRANK M. REID, Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Church in the South Carolina Area. *JOSEPH GOMEZ, Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Church in Texas Area. *REVERDY C. RANSOM, Director of Bureau of Research and History, African Methodist Episcopal Church. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church W. J. WALLS, Senior Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Livingston College. W. 0. CARRINGTON, Minister of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., former president of Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation. °C. C. ALLEYNE, Bishop of Philadelphia Area of African Methodist Episco- pal Zion Church. *HENRY J. CALLIS, Minister of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Washington, D. C. Colored Methodist Episcopal Church F. L, LEWIS, Bishop in Louisiana Area, President of the Board of Evange- lism. CHANNING H. TOBIAS, director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York, member of National Advisory Committee on Selective Service during the war. D. LINCOLN REID, lay leader in New York. Moravian Church KENNETH G. HAMILTON, Bishop in Bethlehem, Pa., Executive Vice President of Provincial Elders Conference of Moravian Church. F. P. STOCKER, President of Provincial Elders Conference of the Moravian Church. *VERNON W. COUILLARD, Professor in Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa. *REV. CARL J. HELMICH, Minister of Moravian Church, Lititz, Pa. 28 GoogleEvangelical Unity of Czech Moravian Brethren JOSEF A BARTON, Ecumenicity Advocate for the denomination, Belle- ville, Tex. *GORDON HEJL, Moravian College for Men, Bethlehem, Pa. Presbyterian Church in the U.S. A. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Lawyer in the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, former U. S. Senator from the State of New York, formerly representative of the United States in United Nations. MRS. PAUL MOSER, Chairman of National Council of Women’s Organi- zations of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., 1942-46, HAROLD E. NICELY, Minister of Brick Presbyterian Church, Rochester, N. Y,, formerly president of Rochester Federation of Churches. WILLIAM B. PUGH, Stated Clerk of General Assembly of the Presby- terian Church in the U. S. A., formerly chairman of the General Com- mission on Army and Navy Chaplains. RAYMOND C. WALKER, Minister of. Market Square Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, Pa. *JOHN SUTHERLAND BONNELL, Minister of Fifth Avenye Presbyterian Church, New York, minister for Radio Vespers over the national network of American Broadcasting Company. *MRS. JOHN M. IRVINE, President of National Council of Presbyterian Women, Wexford, Pa. *RALPH WALDO LLOYD, President of Maryville College, Tenn., President of Presbyterian College Union. “CHARLES J. TURCK, President of Macalester College, Minn., President of Association of American Colleges and President of National Council of Presbyterian Men. Presbyterian Church in the U. S. (Southern) J. MCDOWELL RICHARDS, President of Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga., President of Board of Trustees of Davidson College. JOHN M. ALEXANDER, Director of Radio Commission of Presbyterian Church in the U. S., Atlanta, Ga. SAMUEL E. HOWIE, Minister of Highland Presbyterian Church, Fayette- ville, N.C. MARION A. BOGGS, Minister of Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock, Ark. 29 Google UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN| | Protestant Episcopal Church FRANK W. STERRETT, Bishop of Diocese of Bethlehem, Pa. CHARLES K. GILBERT, Bishop of Diocese of New York, former president of Greater New York Federation of Churches. JOHN M. GLENN, Director Emeritus of the Russell Sage Foundation. JOHN S. HIGGINS, Rector of St. Martin’s Church, Providence, R. I. *HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Formerly Bishop of Virginia and Presid- ing Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. *S. WHITNEY HALE, Rector of Church of the Advent, Boston, Mass. *LOUIS W. PITT, Rector of Grace Church, New York. *ALMON R. PEPPER, Executive of Department of Christian Social Relations of National Council of Episcopal Church. *ARTHUR R. McKINSTRY, Bishop of Diocese of Delaware. Reformed Church in America JOHN S. TER LOUW, Minister of Bethel Reformed Church, Brandon, Wis. HARRY VER STRATE, Minister of Reformed Church, Metuchen, N. J. Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America JOHN TRUTZA, President of the Episcopate Council, Cleveland, Ohio. Russian Orthodox Church of North America RALPH MONTGOMERY ARKUSH, Lawyer and legal counsel for Russian Orthodox Church in America. GEORGE FLOROVSKY, Dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary, New York. JOSEPH PISHTEY, Treasurer of the Metropolitan Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Yonkers, N. Y. JOSEPH STEPHANKO, Archpriest, New York. Seventh Day Baptist General Conference BEN R. CRANDALL, School Superintendent, retired, Alfred, N. Y. HURLEY S. WARREN, Editor of The Sabbath Recorder, Plainfield, N. J. MISS HARRIET SAUNDERS, New York. "PAUL L. MAXSON, Minister at Independence, N. Y. Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Church ANTONY BASHIR, Archbishop of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Church ‘of New York and All North America. 30 ° Goc gle Mm isiNUkrainian Orthodox Church of America BISHOP BOHDAN, President of the Annual Convention of the Ukrainian Church, New York. GEORGE GAROFALIDES, Graduate student in politics and international affairs at New York University. WALTER M. PROPHETA, Plainfield, N. J., Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. United Church of Canada GORDON A. SISCO, General Secretary of the United Church of Canada, Toronto, United Lutheran Church in America (consultative) S. F. TELLEEN, Formerly vice-president of the Chase National Bank, Treasurer of the National Lutheran Council. F. EPPLING REINARTZ, General Secretary of United Lutheran Church in America. MRS. O. A. SARDESON, Former president of the Women’s Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church. United Presbyterian Church of North America JAMES M. GUTHRIE, Synodical Superintendent of Missions for New England, New York and Philadelphia of United Presbyterian Church. J. WALTER LIGGITT, Minister of Seventh United Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa. “WILLIAM W. JOHNSON, Minister of Sherwood United Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa, *JAMES R. LEE, Minister of House of Hope United Presbyterian Church, Bellrose, N. ¥. *LEE EDWIN WALKER, Minister of Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Phila- delphia, Pa, Copies of this booklet may be secured at the following rates: Single copy, free; 25 copies, $2.50; 50 copies, $4.00; 100 copies, $7.00. 31 Google-aso97na7sea (RAN B89097197529A PRINTED IN U.S.A. = Google origin rom UNIVERSITY OF W