Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-03-16

under the leadership of a secretarii
agencies in Catholic, Protestant,
Jewish and Negro circles.
"All minorities in American life
have a new sense of significance
that is not the result of any for
mally planned, carefully guided So
cial process" said the Rev. Thur
man, explaining the development
of the Fellowship Church on the
West Coast. Discussing the self
consciousness in America which is
appearing in many ways since the
war-heightened public awareness
of minority problems, he outlined
philosophically, the three demands
that democracy makes on its citi-
zens thusly:
"0ne of the primary demands that
a democracy makes is that each
citizen shall have a highly developed
sense of fact with reference to as
many areas of fact as that citizen
has contacts. Every citizen in a
democracy is called upon by the
genius of that democracy to act al
ways as if he is standing in the
presence of a critical option.
Thirdly, according to the min
lister, "the additional requirement
Of every citizen is that he act on
the basis of a sense of the future"
Developing these three points,
DR.. Thurman explained that citi-
zens in a democracy have a re-
sponsibility for the total welfare
of the country. If they do not have
this sense, then they have a lin
tied sense of fact.
Attacking segregation, Thurman
said segregation is terrible and
makes it impossible for any per-
son to have a highly developed
sense of fact in reference to those
about him" AS an example of
knowing people from different cul-
lures, he told of the Fellowship
Church in San Francisco to which
he was recently assigned as pastor.
In the Intercultural Union Work
shop there are so children who
are Filipinos, Mexicans, Japanese
Americans, Negroes, whites, Indians
and Jews.
With the assistance of the Amer
lean Woman's Volunteer Corps and
one of the coast unions, lunches
are served these children and
through the workshop they are
brought into contact with children
of dis-similar backgrounds.
DR.. Thurman explained the "criti-
cal option" to be a sense Of alter
native which makes "the struggle
for freedom possible and guaran-
tees the dignity of the human
spirit" Life or death are the great
alternatives, and it is people who
believe that anything can be &C
complished who offer the hope of
democracy.
There is need for a sense of
the future" said the religious lead
er. Urging the Fellowship to think
in terms of the future, he sum-
married by saying: at is of criti-
cal Importance that everything that
makes for increasing fellowship
should be done and done with dis
patch. If not, we are preparing
future that will make US or our
forebears wish that America was
never born"
The Fellowship Church of San
Francisco is a new venture in in
tercultural, interracial relations in
America. Its report shows activity
among children of various races,
summer camp programs, etc. The
staff is interracial; composed of DR..
Alfred Fisk, professor of philos-
ophy, San Francisco State College,
and DIR. Thurman.
APOSTOLIC FAITH
MISSION GAVE SO
The Apostolic Faith Mission,
Elder John Nelson, pastor, con-
tributed $40 to the fund raised to
send the FEPC delegation to Wash
ington.