The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-16

quarters, 152 Madison Avenue. Tht Rev. pr. Joseph o. Robbins, presi dent of the denominatiofal bodl which has million and . haI
 members and a worldwide religioW and missionary work presided and made the appointments in behalf u the executive committee.
 A. J. Hudson, . Cleveland law. yer, former president of the denoln, ination and now the chairman oi It's finance committee, will head the new commission.
 Board of Postwar Strategy
 The purpose of the group will be to act as a board of strategy, to conduct surveys and do research work, and act as . clearing house for all post-war projects, home and foreign, to be conducted by tha religious body.
 Although the commission has an unofficial status until the appoint- rnents are validated by the regular meeting of the General Council, the legislative group of the Northern AS0PeA0V SOAAVCAAVAOklb ~ WAL bGkuA s1U0 work at once. Its proposed financial goal will be a million dollars for the next fiscal year which begins in March.
 The commission is composed of four laymen, six clergymen, four national secretaries, three women, three state secretaries and one city secretary, representative of 3S states and the District of Columbia.
 Representative Committee
 Besides MT. Hudson, the mem- bership consists of Principal O. 0. Tillinkhast, head of the Horace Mann School, New York City; w. A. Staub, New York City; and II. J. Manson, Brooklyn, N. r., treas urer of the Northern Baptist con- vention; The Rev. Dr. 0. Y. Daw- kins, pastor of the Peddie Memorial Church, Newark, N. J.; the Rev. Dr. 0. w. Atwater, Indianapolis: the Rev. pr. Gerald Watkins, pas- tor of the Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester, N. r.; the Rev. Dr. Harold Jenson, Seattle, Wash- ington; Prof. Herbert Gezark of the Andover Newton Theological Seminary, Newton Center, Mass: and the Rev. Dr. w. M. wilson, pastor of the North Shore Baptist Church, Chicago.
 Other members are the Rev. Dr. Earl Frederick Adams, general di- rector of missionary promotion, New York City; the Rev. pr. c. Pitt Beers, executive secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society; the Rev. Dr. Jesse R. Will son, home secretary of the AIneri- can Baptist Foreign Mission Society; and the Rev. pr. Luther Wesley Smith, executive secretary, Ameri- can Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia; Mrs. Howard s. Pal mer, New Haven, Conn, president, Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society; Mrs. Leslie E. Swain, Providence, R. T., president Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, and Mrs. H. G. Colwell of Loveland, Colorado, mem Der of Finance Committee; the Rev. R. B. Deer, Philadelphia, executive secretary, Pennsylvania Baptist State convention: the Rev. Dr. Roy E. Williamson, executive secretary, New York Baptist State convention; the Rev. o. w. Gawthrop, executive secretary, North California Baptist and the Rev. Dr. A. M executive secretary, Chi- cago City Mission Society.
 President Joseph 0. Robbins, head of the convention, and the Rev. Dr. Joseph c. Hagen, corresponding secretary, New York City, are rnem- bers ex officio.
 War Stamps and Bonds
 The postwar commission grew put of a representative meeting of denominational leaders which met recently ct Chicago, in connection with the mid-year meetings of the Northern Baptist convention, to examine post-war problems in rela- ton to religious activities. The finance committee has proposed, for the next fiscal year, an extra post war item of $1,000, ,0O00 as Part IT of the regular budget. It is pro- posed to raise Q large part of this million dollars through contribu- tions of war stamps and bands.
 Tn view of the emergency that has arisen because of the necessity of postwar planning by the Bapt- lst denomination" the resolution passed yesterday by the executive committee said, land in view of the emergency that has arisen because of the necessity of post-war plan. ming by the Baptist denomination: and in view of the reports which have been brought to the attention of the Executive committee as to the imperative nature of the emer- gency and the broad interest in such 6 program; and in view of the definite request from a group o1 representative members of the Northern Baptist Convention ct a meeting held in Chicago on We'd tuesday. Devember 16, l942; he it
 RESOLVED, therefore, that tka President of the Convention be au. thorized to appoint a Commission on Postwar Planning Program, to serve until the session of the Gen. eral Council in Chicago in May l943, and subsequently,, also if the Coun- ell shall so approve; that the com mission shall have such duties aa shall be voted to it by the General Council: and that the Finance Com. mittee be requested to allocate fund, for the work of the Commission"
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