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and that this has close relationship
to present day juvenile deli.a-
cueacy, the Rev. James R. Colby
of Christ Episcopal Church, East
TaWas, and St. Johns, Au Sable,
Michigan, has organized group of
thirty of his par!shioners to revive
cid and almost forgotten crafts. In
the group are boys and girls as
we'll as adults. They are occupied
and kept off the streets, and, Mr..
Colby says, are not apt to get
into trouble Among the activities
are sewing, repairing toys, making
quilts, printing linaleum blocks
| and rug weaving.
Those who carry the Gospel
through the world contribute to
that most urgent need something
more precious and more relevant
tnsn that which statesmen and di-
plomats can do" said the Arch
bishop of Canterbury at the 145th
anniversary of the Church Mission
ry Society, in London, England.
I'VE need the statesmen's work,
and, of course, we must pray for
them that they may be rightly
guided; but all that can be done
by them is to devise appropriate
machinery for the kind of people
WHO are actually in the world.
There is something deeper that
must be done before any solution
car. be really final, and that is the
winning of men out of their self
isnness as individuals or families
or classes or races or nations into
the fellowship ci the family of
God"
Under the auspices of the Amer
can Friends Service Committee
fQuakers) a new interracial exper-
1ment is being tested in Indiana
lolis, Ind. In "Fianner House., a
community center for which a new
building has just been opened, Ne
groes and white serve together on
committees, staff, and board of di-
lectors. Last year the center serv-
ed 104, 1000 people in multitude Of
ways, and in its new House, design
ed by an outstanding Negro archi-
] tect, it will serve much larger
constituency. F,anner House offers
its congested community a social
service department, day nursery
clubs, educational classes, toy
iii rary, work shop and al en-
p,oyment department. Last year
10000 placements were made by
the employment department in Co.
operation with the U. S. Employ
ment Service. cleo w. Blackburn
is the superintendent of Flanner
House.
Believing that christian Ste
Wardship'' - defined as "acting on
the principle that man is only
temporary trustee for all earthly
possessions which in reality belong
to God" - is one of Americas
present needs, the United Steward
ship Council, composed of repre-
'sentatives of practically all Pro.
testant churches in America, is this
year emphasizing their principle as
basic to true freedom and lasting
Leace in the world. They are plan
ming that this principle be empha-
sized from every Protestant pulpit
in the land. AS part of their ef-
fort, DR.. Arthur H. Limouze, of thu
General Council of the Presby-
terrain Church, U.S.A., is giving
series of broadcasts on THE Su.
p, eme Stewardship over the Bl1e
Network of the National Broadcast.
ing Company, each Monday of
August and September, from 70
noon to 12.15, Eastern War Time
A recent statement of th
Federal Council of the Churches
Of Christ in America gives approval
to the government and church mol
ICY of resettling Americans of Jan.
anese descent in communities ~
the Middle Yves. and in the East
1t says: I'VE have noted with deem
concern the expressed attitude of
certain pubic officials against the
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