Evening star., 1946-06-02
Urge
u. 5. Supportof' ;
United Nations
Conference to End
With Appointments
Of Ministers
BY cospor Nennes
Sfnr Staff Harrax

L.
A resolution urging the United
States to support the United Ma
tions and related educational, eco-
nomic and social agencies was
adopted by the Baltimore Confer.
ence of the Methodist Church yes
terday at its seventh annual meet
ing at Western Maryland College
Bishop Charles Wesley Flint OF
the Washington area, president ot
the Baltimore Conference, pre-
sided.
Climax of the five-day conven.
ton was to be the announcement
of ministerial appointments for the
coming year to churches In Wash.
ington, Maryland. West Virgins
and Virginia at the final meeting
of the convention tonight.
In stating its support Of tht
United Nations, the conference
asked that in the organization!
evolution toward a genuine worlc
government" certain Fundamental
revisions In the Charter be made
These included removal of feature.
emphasizing the ultimate reliance
on military force, emphasis on the
preservation of national sovereignty
and concentration of power in 9
few large nations"
Urge Civilian Control Of Atom.
Other recommendations presented
to the gathering by the Rev. Philip
C. Edwards, pastor of Woodside
Methodist Church, Silver Spring
Nd. on behalf of the Commission
on World Peace, included q demand
that "the final authority in the con.
troll Of atomic energy in the United
States be In the hands of civilians
and carried forth for civilian ano
not military use"
They also included support fol
the universal abolition of military
conscription, the progressive reduc.
ton Of military establishments BY
international action" and opposition
to "peacetime military conscriptior
of our youth il Congress can main.
tain our military, naval and all
forces at sufficient strength to re.
sist successfully all aggression.
which would overthrow the funda.
mental freedoms with which all mer
are endowed by their Creator"
The Commission on World Peac,
also expressed support of relief t,
all needy people through church ant
government agencies; maximum de
velopment of the world mission O
Christianity; advocacy to "vindic
tive and purely punitive policies
which may exist in the treatment
OF Germany and Japan"
Need 5000 Ministers.
There is need for 5000 more min.
isters In Methodist Churche.
throughout the country, the Rev
c. F. Phillips, chairman of tn,
Board OF Ministerial Training fo1
the Conference and pastor o.
McKendree Methodist Church O.
Washington. declared at the meetint
yesterday. Mr.. Phillips pointed ou
that more than one-third of al
ministers now in service will die Of
retire within 10 years" and asserted
the gap between ministerial re.
cruitment and retirement 'is grow
ing steadily wider"
Urging a conference drive to brin,
young men into the ministry, MI
Phillips noted that in the five-yea,
period ending in 1914, a total Of 8
men entered the local conferenc,
ministry while 70 died or retired
This year, he continued, five mer
entered the conference as IA pastor,
retired.
Lay Leader Reelected.
D. Stewart Patterson of Emor,
Methodist Church, Washington, wa.
reelected for the sixth consecutiv,
term as lay leader Of the Baltimor,
Conference. o. o. Thomen of tn,
Woodside Methodist Church, wa!
chosen Washington West Distric
lay leader with associate leaders fol
that area being Judge C. w. Wood.
ward of Rockville Methodist Church
L. I. McDougle of metropolitan
Methodist Church and Alden Hoa,
OF Eldbrooke Methodist Church. TIL,
Washington-East District lay Leader
will be named at a future date
Associates for this area for 1864
are Col. A. R. Brindley of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church anc
Marvin r. Hummer OF Epwortt
Methodist Church.
Two washington yo,,ths vers
elected commissioners of the Bal.
timore Conference Youth Fellow.
ship yesterday. Margaret Bailey o.
Bradberry Methodist Church wal
chosen commissioner of worship anc
William Frick Of Calvary Methodist
Church was selected as commits.
sioner Of recreation. c. Rodney
Horner Of Baltimore was electeC
president Of the youth organiza ton