The southern news., 1945-11-24
THE NEWS PARADE
BY FRED SEVERANCE

president of the American Council
of Christian Churches. The author
attempts to show that the basic
difference between American free
economy and Russian controlled
economy is religious in its aspects.
He issues a solemn warning against
the growth and development of
trends set in motion in this country
by certain denominational leaders,
who are either the innocent dupes
or willing allies of Communism.
The author takes the Federal Coun-
/ Gil of Churches of Christ in Amer
ica to task as the inspired leader
of this movement away from free
enterprise.
The Rev. Mclntire's book might
be termed a militant call to arms
| to thinking citizens to defend their
liberties before it is too late. The
/! author prefaces his book: America
| faces the greatest struggle of her
! existence The facts he reveals
| would certainly indicate the truth
i of that statement. In this volume
'is given a description of the forces
organizing to destroy our freedom,
and the equipment of every Chris
tian man who loves America must
have in order to preserve it."
In the face of attacks being made
upon the capitalistic system by not
only Communists but by the mod
ernist element of church leaders,
it is refreshing to learn that: "The
1 70 nd
the capitalistic system, not as a
by-product or as some side line,
but as the very foundation struc-
ture of society itself, in which men
are to live and render an account
of themselves to God.
The editor of the Muskegon,
Mich, Chronicle, a delegate to a
Federal Council of Churches con-
| ference in Cleveland, O., dealing
with "A Just and Durable Peace"
went home thoroughly disillusioned
with the leadership at that confer
ence. He wrote in his newspaper:
ITO the professional leadership
of organized religion in America
| take it by and large with notable
exceptions, has been sold the social
istic fallacy with magnificent thor
oughness. There is sort of holy
enthusiasm for the cause.
With it goes abysmal lack of
comprehension of what is happen
ing to America, blindness to the
principle enunciated in the amend
ment thus summarily disposed Of,
that when government has assumed
complete control of the economic
life of nation, as it is doing at
an accelerated pace here, control
of overnment-human freedom
will have been exchanged for con-
troll of the people by government
tyranny.
And we churchmen have been
too busy with our own affairs to
intervene when that philosophy is
proclaimed to be the voice of the
church."
! In his latest book, 1.-The Rise of
the Tyrant," Mr. McIntire accuses
leaders of the Federal Council of
going over bag and baggage to the
policies of Russia, and opening the
way for Communism in America
and England. He quotes Bishop G.
Bromley Oman, president of the
Federal Council; DIR. J. H. Carpen-
ter James Myers and Dr. e. Stan
ley Jones as favoring collectivism
and calling their social planning the
only way to the Kingdom of God.
DR.. Jones, he says, believes the
world needs the combination of
Russian collectivism and American
individualism in producing new
revolution and new world order.
Our author thinks this will end
like the lady and the tiger, the tiger
) being Soviet Russia.
In the closing chapter, "The Bat
tie for Freedom" the writer points
out: "a fight as serious and as
desperate as any waged in World
War II is going on. 1t is life-or-
death struggle. and everyone of us
must get into it quickly, or it will
: destroy our freedom and our chill
: dren.
This is the battle line. 1t all
; fits into the picture that we have
seen. The attack upon the Old
: Testament, the rejecting of the
creeds. the assault upon the mir
acles, the rise of the evolutionary
theory form the cannonade that we
have been hearing in generations
past and which has been tearine
down the citadel of freedom The
i battle has reached such a proportion
and has come to such a stage tha'
t the enemy now comes forth with
: his clear cut attempt to take ovel
' not only the society but also the
? man the individual man who ha:
. occupied this citadel and shared
J the blessings of liberty that God!
7 ! Word has given to civilization.
has been a long, hard struggle.
"The conflict which the work
" recognizes, between the Russian
theology and the American theology
is not a conflict between continenti
e only So far as the theology il
q concerned, there is little or no con
( flict inside Russia. Her iron hant
sees to that. But it is the Western
Z: world, the free democratic world
particularly the United States, tina
this conflict is now raging. I
America can be strong in her in
: dependence and liberty if Americ;
!" can be thoroughly established il
'- her private enterprise system, sh
u will be in a place of tremendou
e leadership and power. Russia coul,
at this very moment, is facing crisi