Evening star., 1935-10-06
RELIGIOUS MOVE
WIDELY PRAISED
Secretary Hull, Mrs. Roose.
welt and Many Others
Send Greetings.

Support for a campaign in behalf
of religion in Washington has been
manifested in kilograms and letters
received by the Committee on Re-
Hgious Life in the Nations Capital.
Many leaders of opinion have joined
IA appreciation of the results of the
mass meeting in Constitution Hall
last Wednesday, when Secretary of
State. Hull and several clergymen
pleaded for revival of humane ideals
of Life without regard to doctrinal
differences.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote to
Rev. DR.. Anscn Phelps Stokes, canon
of Washington Cathedral and secre-
tary of the committee: Il consider the
work of the Committee on Religious
Life in the Nations Capital very val
liable as contribution toward better
understanding"
The sentiments of Secretary of Ag-
riculture Wallace were expressed in a
message which read: True religion
holds up the reality of the Great
Power behind all things as a force
making for the unity of mankind, re-
gardless of race, nation or class" I"
Secretary of Labor Perkins said: 1.-The
purpose of the committee is deserving
of the support of all people"
Roper Sends Good Will.
Secretary of Commerce Roper,
meanwhile, sent to DR.. Stokes long
message of good will, declaring:
This committee represents one of
come to my notice. The committees
endeavors will have the effect of
powerful force for the perpetuation of
our democracy"
Senator Walsh Of Massachusetts,
wrote: Religion is most essential for
the preservation of democracy. Re-
ligion is the dominating influence in
life"
Senator Capper OF Kansas said:
Religious training and religious OBJ
servances steady and give character
to the life of a people and nation,
just as they do to the life Of the
individual"
Former Senator George Wharton
Pepper of Pennsylvania gave his
Endorsement to the committee in a
message which read in part: 1T is
to be hoped that the committee will
strengthen many feeble knees and
quicken the faith of those who, for
the moment, have suffered their
faith to wax dim"
Bishop McDowelPs View.
: Right Rev. William F. Mcdowell,
representing the Methodist Episcopal
communion, summed up his support;
MANY notes need to be struck for
the welfare of this Capital City and
the Nation, but the one note that
is absolutely imperative is the note
that religion alone can sound"
Vice President Edmund A. Walsh
of Georgetown University occupied a
seat on the platform at Wednesday
evenings meeting and expressed his
approval in the statement: II main
tain that religion has had the longest
clinical experience in the laboratory of
human conduct .. To return man
kind to acceptance of these unchang-
ing verities is the challenge of religion |
in changing world"
From Clarence Phelps Dodge, pres
ident of the Community Chest,
came greeting which read in part:
"At this time when too great en-
phasis is placed on legislation, eco
nomic experiments and national
wealth as cure-alls for the ills in
individual lives and in our national
condition, every effort made to show
the need of renewing and increasing
spiritual strength is most hearten-
ing"
DR.. Charles G. Abbot, secretary Of
the Smithsonian Institution, said:
THE advance of religious faith must
result in more conscientious social
behavior"
Vice President Frank Morrison of
the American Federation Of Labor
spoke for the organized workers of the
land. Particularly is there room for