Evening star., 1943-06-16
Church Groups Open
Session Tonight on
Just, Durable Peace
Washington, Maryland
And Delaware Represented
In 2-Duy Conference
Special pispatch to T-he'star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, June 16-Dr.
Walter w. Var Kirk will deliver the
principal address at tonight's OPEN
ing session of two-day conference
or. a Just and durable peace, spon-
sored jointly by the Washington
Federation of Churches and Council
Of Churches and Christian Educa-
ton of Observation-Disclosures.
DR.. Van Kinks address, entitled
"The Churches Responsibility for
q just and Lasting Peace" will be
the first of five to be delivered dur
ing the conference. DR.. Mordecai
johnson, president Of Howard Uni
versity, will give the last Friday
afternoon, speaking on Domestic
Foundations of World Peace"
The Right Rev. Noble C. Powell,
Misrepresentation of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, will
preside and will address the dele
gates tonight on the conference's S
purpose and its plan of procedure.
Others on Program.
other speakers on the program
are DR.. James G. Mcdonald, whose
talk Is entitled Postwar Readiust-
ments In Europe: DR.. Hubert Her
ring, who will speak on Entertainer
ican Relations in the Postwar
World" both of whom will speak
tomorrow; and DR.. William Ernest
Hooking, who will talk on The Po-
ltical-Economic Settlement in the
Far East From the Standpoint of
the Christian Conscience"
DR.. S. Paul Schilling, minister OF
Brookland Methodist Church, Wash
lngton, and the Rev. Edwin A
Ross, minister of Elderslie Metho-
dist Church, Baltimore, comprise
the committee in charge of arrange
ments.
Tonight's session will be given
over to the organization of commits.
s1ons after the forum, which will
follow DR.. Van Kinks address. DR.
Raymond P. Hawes and DR.. James
B. Ranck will serve as co-chairmer
of the Commission on the Political
Bases OF a Just and Durable Peace
with DR.. w. M. Gewehr acting as
consultant.
DR.. Oliver Reddick will act a,
chairman of the group of economic
bases, Tor which a consultant has
yet to be announced; DR.. William
Stuart Nelson will be chairman OF
the group considering social bases
with Mrs. Bertram Pickard as con.
sultant, and the religious bases will
be formulated by group headed by
DR.. Lawrence Little, with DR.. viii.
liam r. Barnhart as consultant.
Register This Afternoon.
Delegates will register at S pm
today. Dinner will be served al
$50, and the conference will begin
at TAO with worship, led by DR.
Orris G. Robinson. Services to be
used throughout the meetings have
been prepared by DR.. Oscar T. o.
son, chairman of the Commission on
Worship of the Federal Council OF
Churches, and the Rev Ralph w
Loew, associate minister of the
Lutheran Church of the Reforma
ton, Washington.
Others from the WASHINGTON
Metropolitan Area expected to at
tend are DR.. Fred s. Buschmeyer
minister of Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church: DR.. Clarence Gran
ford, minister of Calvary Baptist
Church: DR.. Gewehr. head of the
history department of the University
of Maryland; Prof. Horace J. Nick
els, professor of church history
school of religion, Howard Univer-
dty; DR.. Frederick E. Reissig execu-
tive secretary, Washington Fedora
ton Of Churches, and Miss Marjorie
Wilson, staff member of the Wash
lngton Federation of Churches.