Evening star., 1933-01-02
ECONOMIC UNITY
| HELD ESSENTIAL
IN Church REPORT
Findings of Washington
Cathedral Conference Are
Made Public.
INTERNATIONAL ACCORD
DECLARED TARIFF NEED
Lowest Practicable Level on Arms
Urged-World Court and Debts
Also Discussed.

The findings Of the conference on
the Social Message Of the Church at
the College of Preachers, Washington
Cathedral, including an assertion that
the tariff question must be approached
as part OF a problem necessitating in
ternational agreement, were enunciated
yesterday by the Right Rev. James E.
Freeman, Bishop of Washington
The conference, attended by a not
able group of clergy and prominent
laymen, was held here on December %,
% and 80.
Questions Considered.
Bishop Freeman said in his New
Year sermon yesterday that the con-
ference considered the following prin-
ctpal questions:
rs the present economic depression
inevitable in the nature of things, or
is it the result OF human ignorance,
folly and selfishness? It it could have
been prevented, have we the wisdom
and courage to prevent it's recurrence?
Can we in some way apply the princi-
pies of Christ to the life Of the world
in our day?"
In answering these questions, the
conference declared:
Whatever may be the causes of this
depression, it is worldwide All peoples
and nations are suffering together. No
one nation can save itself apart from
the others Isolation and Self-Suffi-
ciency are not the remedy. Unregulated
competition between nations as a
method of conducting the worlds eco
nomic life is not adequate; such COM
petition has in many respects become
the death rather than the life of trade.
The world must learn that all men are
members one of another.
Cooperation Declared Need.
"The American people may find 1t
difficult to learn this lesson But they
must learn it, for we live in q world
which requires worldwide economic Co
operation. The time has come when the
tariff can no longer be regarded as
solely domestic policy but must be
approached as part Of problem neces-
stating international agreement.
They must learn that inter-govern-
mental debts incurred for destructive
rather than productive purposes are
harmful to debtor and creditor alike.
"They must learn that armamcntS,
being by nature offensive and not de-
fensive, are always competitive, and
that our Nation should Join with the
other nations in a permanent effort to
bring them to the lowest practicable
level.
''The World Court IS established, but
we are not yet a part Of 1t. The reign
Of law must be substituted for the
reign Of force. God has made of one
blood all nations of men to dwell to-
gether. The church of the Prince Of
Peace must stir the conscience Of its
own people concerning these things.
Only as we Christians are ourselves
guided Alright can we bring our fellow
countrymen to the light"
The statement further advocates the
extension of social service and the free
dom Of organization for both employers
and employees alike, better housing be
available, slurn clearance effected, ade-
quate provision made to meet the prob
lens raised in case of sickness, accident
and unemployment, as wen as pensions
for the aged and health service for ALL
Members Of Conference.
Among those present at the confer
ence were former Attorney General
George W. Wickersham, Alanson B.
Houghton, former United States Am
baSsador to Great Britain; Spencer Mil
Ter Of New York, prominent In the in
dustrial world; the following bishops Of
the Episcopal Church, besides Bishop
Freeman, the Right Rev. Charles K.
Gilbert, suffragan Bishop Of New York:
the Right Rev. I. P. johnson Of Colo
rado, the Right Rev. William G. Nc
Dowen Of Alabama, the Right Rev.
Warren L. Rogers Of Ohio, the Right
Rev. William Scarlet of Missouri and
the Right Rev. Frank Elmer Wilson Of
Wisconsin.
Among the leading clergymen from
all parts Of the country present were
Rev. DR.. Spence Burton, Cambridge,
Mass; Rev. DR.. Russell Bowie, New
York; Rev. DR.. Charles Clingman. Bir-
mingham, Ala; Rev. DR.. Fleming James,
New Haven. Conn; Rev. DR.. Howard
Mellish. Brooklyn. N Y; Rev. DR.. D.
A. McGregori Evanston, nj; Rev. DR..
Norman B. Nash, Cambridge, Mass:
Rev. DR.. Frank Nelson, Cincinnati,
Ohio; Rev. DR.. Henry Disbrow Phillips,
Columbia, S. c., and Rev. DR.. George
Richardson, Peterborough, NJ H, and
Rev. DR.. Bernard Iddings Bell, presi-
dent OF st. Stephens College, Amman.
dale-on- Hudson, N. Y, as well as the
following laymen: Charles c. Burling-
ham, New York; Jasper Davis, New
York, and Henry Goddard Leach, also
Of New York.