Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-06
President Urges
Church Support
OF Legislation
Charges Thot Greedy
Interests Are Fighting
Domestic Program
BULLETIN.
President Truman returned
to the Capital at 2::35 pm.
today.
(Tert OF Truman Speech on
Page A-S.)
By Joseph A. Fox
Stur SfoH CORRESPONDENT

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President Truman today charged
that interests greedy for gold
are fighting his domestic legisla
tive program and asked fol
support of the churches in his
battle to overcome them.
Mr.. Truman stopped off here er
route to Washington from Fulton
Mo, where yesterday he and former
British Prime. Minister Winston
Churchill received degrees of Doctor
of Laws from Westminster College
and where Mr.. Churchill made q
proposal for military arrangement
between the United States and Great
Britain.
In today's address-made before
the Federal Council of Churches
of Christ in America-the President
emphasized the role of churchmer
in helping meet current problems oil
the Nation and the world, including
that of atomic power. He called 6
great moral and spiritual awaken.
ing essential to the preservation
of mankind.
Urges High Moral Code.
eff the world is long to survive,
the President said, the gigantic
power which man has acquired
through atomic energy must be
matched by spiritual strength OF
greater magnitude. All mankind
now stands in the doorway of de-
struction-or upon the threshold OF
the greatest age in history. Only a
high moral code can master the new
power of the universe, and develop
lit for the common good"
This is a task for the churches
the President said-for Professionals
Catholic and Jews-"for no other
agency can do it."
"All the questions which now
beset us in strikes and wages and
working conditions would be SC
much simpler If men and women
were willing to apply the Golden
Rule he said.
IF we really believed in the
brotherhood Of man it would not
be necessary to pass a fair employ
ment practices act.
IF certain interests were not SC
greedy for gold there would be less
pressure and lobbying to induce the
Congress to allow the Price Control
Act to expire or to keep down mini
mum wages. or to permit further
concentration of economic power"
Churchill Assails Soviet.
During yesterdays address by Mr.
Churchill in Fulton MIR. Truman
listened attentively as the former
Prime Minister proposed an Ameri-
can-British military arrangement
and also as Mr.. Churchill bitterly
attacked Soviet Russia's maneuver-
ings in Europe and the Far East
But his expression gave no hint OF
his own ideas on the major matters
Mr. Churchill discussed.
At the end, when the audience
which had sat quietly through most
of the speech, rose to applaud the
visitor from overseas. Mr.. Truman
stepped forward and grasped his
hand. A few minutes later, in &C
cepting the degree, the President
made single reference to the
speech, echoing the hope voiced by
Mr.. Churchill for a strong and eff
fective United Nations Organization
Shortly after the ceremonies were
concluded, the President and Mr.
Churchill returned by motor to JEFF
ferson City, where they boarded their
special train for the eastward trip
Mr.. Churchill is returning direct to
Washington. The President planned
to fly back to the Capital this after
noon, while the remainder of the
party stays aboard the special and
gets back to Washington tomorrow
morning.