The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-24

lege, who will extend the greetings of the college and institute to those registered for the six-day confer ence. Participating in the opening evenings discussion will be Dr. Eliz- abeth Lynskey, Hunter College, New York; Dr. Richard Niebuhr, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,; and Dr. Louis Finkelstein, provost, Jew ish Theological Seminary of Am erica, New York;.
 Monday evening, Aug. 28, will be devoted to an examination of the whole subject of the relation be- tween governmental and voluntary social welfare work. Speaking on Church and State: The Relation of Voluntary and Government Social Work" will be Allen Burns, Con- munity Chests and Councils, Inc, New York; Msgr. John O'Grady, National Conference of Catholic Charities; and Judge Jos. H. Pros kauer, New York.
 An evening session bound to create maximum amount of interest is that scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 29, when the topic, Church and Political Economic Systems" will be discussed by President Frank Porter Graham, University of North Caro- lima, Rabbi Joshue Liebman, Chi cago, and George N. Shuster, acting president, Hunter College, New York.
 In addition to the lectures, there xvyt1J Hn ~f bers by the Hampton Quartet, Hampton institute, Hampton, Va.
 Civil Liberties
 "The Church and Civil Liberties" is the subject for the Wednesday, Aug. 30, lecture. The relation of civil liberties to religious liberty and democracy will be developed at this lecture when Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, president, Vas- sar College; Fannie Hurst, novelist, New York; and another speaker, yet to be announced, discuss "The Church and Civil Liberties" Miss Hurst will deal with the writer's stake in the preservation of human liberties, speaking on Freedom for the Creative Artist"
 In announcing the names of the speakers for this session, Dr. Clinchy stressed the significance of possessing an appreciation of the inter-relationships of all freedoms. He declared, Those of us who are concerned with the preservation of religious liberty are becoming in- creaSingly aware of the inter-re- lationships of all freedoms. The general assault upon civil liberties in other parts of the world is a di- rect and immediate threat to re- ligious liberty. We know that when the latter freedom is undermined the extinction of all liberties is on its way"
 Following the addresses on the church and civil liberty there will be three short talks on the aims and purposes of the National Conference of Christians and Jews by the CO., chairmen of the national advisory committee, Homer J. Buckley, Chi cago, H.; James Rosenberg, New York; and President MacCracken of Vassar.
 Stars of the radio, stage and screen will take over the program for the evening of Thursday, Aug 31, Dr. Clinchy continued. Fea. tured will be world premiere showing of the Warner Brother. "Bill of Rights" & short subject photographed in technicolor, depict ing the historical development 0! that famous document.
 l Broadcast
 From the stage at Chapin Hall or the campus, a nationwide broad. cast will get under way at eigh o'clock with outstanding speaker, at the Institute participating in { fifte n-minute symposium or church-state relations under the di. rection of Dr. Frank Kingdom president, University of Newark.
 For the remaining fifteen minute. the program will be switched t, Hollywood where stars from tn, Warner Brothers studios will talk, part in dramatic presentation il keeping with the theme of the in stitute.
 The concluding evening lecture or Friday, Sept. l, will be delivered by Gov. William K. Vanderbilt O Rhode Island and Prof. Arthur H Compton of the University of Chi. cago. The latter. a Nobel priz, physicist, is Protestant co-chairmar of the National Conference O Christians and Jews.