Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-29
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Buttrick, president of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America. quote:
The % national communions
- are united in deep interest in
the thousands of men called today to
national service. We will give our
best assistance in providing the min
istries of the Christian faith. They
shall be encompassed by friendship.
80 We assure all men in the Army
and Navy of our active comradeship
and prayer. We are glad that the
rights of sincere conscientious OBJ
jectors have been recognized in the
Selective Service Act.
Jewish Leaders Letter.
The next letter is from DR.. Edward
L. Israel, president of the Synagogue
Council of America. I quote:
1T is my supreme confidence that
you, Mr.. President, and the military
officials of our Nation will be ever
mindful of the fact that this peace
time selective service system is an
extraordinary measure in the inter-
est of preserving democracy, and
that the system will therefore be ad-
mlnlStered so as to deepen in the
minds and hearts of our youth love
and respect for democracy and our
democratic institutions. And it
must never be forgotten that democ-
racies cannot indefinitely endure
under a war system-and that the
ultimate goal of free people rally
ing to national defense must ever be
to help usher in that day when the
prophetic ideal will be realized that
nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they
make war any more"
Catholics Message.
And now letter from the bishop
of the Catholics in the Army and
Navy of the United States. His Ex-
cellency, the Most Rev. Francis j.
Spellman. l quote:
Il do believe: 1t is better to have
protection and not need it than to
need protection and not have it.
do believe that Americans want
peace but that we must be prepared
to demand it; for other people have
wanted peace and the peace they
received was the peace of death.
Il do feel that our good will and
the sincerity of our desire for peace
have been demonstrated by our &C
ton in sinking many battleships
and that no more sincere demon
stration of a willingness to lead the
way toward universal disarmament
could have been given by any
people
But we really cannot longer af-
ford to be moles who cannot see, or
ostriches who will not see. For
some solemn agreements are no
longer sacred and vices have become
virtues and truth a synonym of
falsehood.
I'VE Americans want peace and
we shall prepare for a peace, but
not for a peace whose definition is
slavery or death"
Letters a Testimony.
These three letters give eloquent
testimony to the quality of the re-
ligious faith which inspires us today
and forever.
To those spokesman for the
churches of America-to all my fell
low countrymen of all races and
creeds and ages-I give this solemn
assurance:
Your Government is mindful of its
profound responsibility to and for
all the young men who will be called
to train for our national service.
Your Government Is aware that
not only do these young men repre-
sent the future of our country; they
are the future. They must profit as
men by this one year of experience
as soldiers. They must return to
civilian life strong, and healthy, and