Evening star., 1944-05-17
Capital Invaded by ;
Spiritual Groups
Seek to Convey Importance
of Deity in Everyday Life

SPuuuuI 0IOupS
Seek to Convey Importance
of Deity in Everyday Life
BY David Laurence
The national capital has had new
kind Of Invasion" this week. Two sep
arate groups each using different ap-
proach, have sought to convey to on
cialdom and the prominent citizens OF
the community the importance Of the
spiritual factor in everyday life.
Each day for two weeks there are
MONDAY meetings under the sponsor
ship of the Committee on Evangelism
of the Washington Federation OF
Churches. Such widely known men as
DR.. Glenn Clark, DR.. E. Stanley Jones
and Abraham vereide Of Seattle, direc-
tor of the National Committee for
Christian leadership, have come here
to join with local clergymen and lay
men in pointing to what can be accom-
plished through q practical application
Of the principles of human brotherhood.
The second group. known rs the
Moral Re-armament Movement, took
somewhat spectacular means of bring
ing its message to the capital BY engag-
ing local theater for a three-act play
entitled, THE Forgotten Factor" sig
nificant presentation of the need for in
dustrial teamwork was made. The au-
dience consisted Of members OF the Sen
ate and House. justices of the Supreme
Court, high officers of the Army and
Navy and persons active In the business,
civic and governmental life of the city
of Washington. Invitations were issued
by a committee headed by Senator Tru-
man, Democrat, of Missouri, and Rep
resentative Wadsworth, Republican, of
New York.
Main Point Put Over.
The play was unique in many respects.
Although acted by amateurs, it got over
its main point which is that whether
one enters the home of q labor leader
or the home of a management man
responsible for the policies Of the COM
pany, the problems are somewhat alike.
The labor leaders home life may be
impaired by reason of his dictatorial at
titude, and 80 also the home life of
the employer may be Influenced by his
obdurate nature in handling human re-
lations in his plant.
1t was only after q mob did threaten
to break down the rule of reason alto
gether that the labor leader and the
employer began to see that they were
fighting side by side against a common
enemy-the subversive element which Is
determined to interfere with war pro-
duction.
1t was the labor leader who first saw
that his stubborn and self-willed ma
ture was preventing an understanding
with the employer, but it was the en-
ployer who also saw and admitted
frankly in the end that only his pride
and selfishness had stood in the way
Of dealing on q reasonable basis with
his employees. The forgotten factor is,
of course, the spiritual infiuence--the
readiness to let God come into the
home and into the business ofiice and
bring the influence of conscience and
honesty to bear upon the labor rela-
tions problem.
Sincerity Of Purpose.
The audience went away not 30 much
impressed by the acting-the play would
have been better done as q movie-but
impressed with the sincerity Of purpose
of the actors who volunteered their time
and services to bring to the national
capital a play wholly unlike any that
has ever been seen here before.
The play may not convince every en-
ployers or every labor leader, but it will
make many of them stop and think.
There were in the audience many labor
leaders, as well as Chairman William n.
Davis Of the War Labor Board, and sew
eral management men, too Some had
come here especially for the occasion
and Dale Reed, who is president of the
largest CIO union on the Pacific Coast
in the aviation industry, and George A.
Eastman, formerly president of the Los
Angeles Chamber Of Commerce. spoke
Immediately after the play to tell the
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work
The idea, OF course, is not new, nor
has any group copyright on the theory
that when honesty and conscience guide
human beings, they are apt to trust one
another and deal fairly with one an
other in business relations But the
Moral Re-armament Group, which has
gone through many q controversy since
its first mass meeting In Constitution
Hall five years ago, emerged this week
with the Endorsement of many men in
public life who feel that in the For
gotten Factor" there is a new approach
a new way Of teaching the simple
lessons that must be learned II human
friction is to be dispeled and peace
and unity are 10 be developed on the
home front.
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