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Catholics, and Protestants. In many towns and cities there will be united services and mass meet ings emphasizing the place of re- lligion in the safeguarding of the
 home and urging parents to see that all children receive religious instruction. Leaders in the move- ment are pr. Harry c. Monro, of the International Council of Reli- gious Life, Washington; and Rabbi
 Ahron Opher, of the Synagogue
 Council Of America, New York.
 The Rev pr. Ralph w, Sockman, radio preacher and pastor of Christ
 Methodist Church New York City, is announced as chairman of the Iinter-faith committed of Protest ants, Jews,. and Greek Orthodox churchmen formed to support Rus sian War Relief as "a practical ex- pression of appreciation to people who have contributed much to a United Nations victory" The com mittee Represents seventeen Ameri- can denominations that will be urged to participate in sending B. 100000 household emergency kits to destitute families starting life anew in recaptured war areas of Russia. Bishop Charles K. Gilbert and Rab- bi Israel Goldstein are vice-chair- men of the committee.
 The fifteen million or, more wo- men employed in war industries to- day will not be content to be wall flowers tomorrow. but will demand
 their share in the industrial life of postwar America, according to conferees at recent consideration of this subject in New York City under the auspices of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church. The conference was directed by Miss Thelma Ste vens of the Church's Department 'of Christian Social Relations The Conference found that much the same conditions exist in other na- tions where women have been call ed into the war industries-many may not be content to return to the home' Since the entrance of women into industry is a reality, speakers said, the church must see that safeguards are thrown around the women, as regards hours, types of work, pay, opportunity to join unions, no restriction because of color or creed, etc, and at the same time, every care must be taken to protect family life of which women are the natural guardians.
 It is more than a century since any religious group organized new church in the heart of New York's financial district. That is partly be- cause of the price of land, but more because ot the shift of popu- lation, Wall Street rather bar ren lane on Sundays Now, the Ro- man Catholic Church in New York is announced as the purchaser of a lot of land at the corner of Pine and William Streets, and after the war it will erect a chapel. The chapel may well be closed on Sum- days. but will be open all through the business week for noontime de- votions, masses, novenas, and other services for : the many thousandsl who throng this area for commerce, finance and business.
 It is important for those dis charged from the armed services to slip back into the normal routine of civilian life as quickly as pos sible," says the Rev. Luther E. Woodward, Ph.D., consultant of the National Committee for Mental Fly. giene. They need first of all a generous welcome from their friends and neighbors. They must not be heroized, nor sympathized with. We must serve the returned man with a combination of practical service and yitalized religion. Many are returning to their churches with new and vital religious experience and new-found abilities which will not be satisfied with merely for nal ecclesiasticism. Pastors will. have to be on their toes because of the excellent job. being done by army and naval chaplains. For men with more serious handicaps, pas tors and congregations will have to locate all available special ser vices. Handicapped men will be grateful if friends and families ie-I nore the handicaps and accept them at once as useful members of society"
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 The American Board of Foreign Missions of the Congregational Christian Churches GA Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.) has issued al call for 158 young people. college trained and under 30 years of age, to volunteer for missionary service in Africa, Free China, Ceylon, In- dia, Micronesian Islands, Greece,