Evening star., 1946-11-11

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paper society page picture depicting
Vice Admiral and Mrs. w. H. P.
Blandy about to cut the odd
shaped piece Of pastry, with Rear
Admiral F. J. Lowry looking on, Mr..
Powell called the picture itself ut
terly loathsome."
Waving the printed page aloft, Mr.,
Davies told his congregation, If I
had the authority of priest OF the
Middle Ages, I would call down the
wrath of God upon such an obscen-
ity. I would damn to he'll these
people of callous conscience, these
traitors to humanity who could par
ticipate in such a monstrous betrayal
of everything for which the broken
hearted Of the world are waiting"
Fears Effect in Russia.
Noting that the caption said the
cake was made of tiny angel food
puffs," the minister added, II hope
to God the picture isn't reprinted in
Russia-to confirm everything the
Soviet government has been telling
the Russian people about how Amer
ican degenerates are able to treat
with levity the most cruel, pitiless.
revolving instrument of death ever
invented by man.
Mr.. Davies views were indorsed
by the Rev. Clarence w. Crawford,
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church
and president of the Washington
Ministerial Union. II think it is
the kind of thing that should be
said," he said. "The very fact that
we have the strategic advantage in
having the bomb means we ought
to lean over backward not to flout
it in other peoples faces. We may
not always have that advantage and
then it will be important whether
we made friends of other nations or
whether we have caused them to
fear us more. America needs to be
careful lest it lose the moral leader
ship of the world to another ma
ton"
The Rev. Robert Johnston Plumb,
rector of st. Marks Episcopal Chuch,
Third and A streets Sc, also men
toned the bomb cake in his sermon
yesterday He said:
There is no room for this kind
Of thing 1t is not just bad taste,
it is sinful. 1t belongs to the Roman
Empire before her fall"
Today Mr.. Plumb said he agreed
with Mr.. Davies 100 per cent"
Takes Opposite View.
On the other hand, the Rev. Peter
Marshall, pastor of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, said
he found nothing obscene about the
picture and Il don't see anything
loathsome about it at ALL"
The Rev. j. Warren Hastings,
pastor of the National City Chris
tian Church, observed "if we can
only learn to 60 no further with
the atomic bomb than to making the
likeness of its explosion into cake,
we shall be all right"
Admiral Blandy today said Mr.
Davies remarks were too ridicu-
lous to deserve comment" The ad-
miral headed the Army-Navy task
force which conducted the Bikini
A-bomb tests last summer.
The other naval officer in the
picture, Admiral Lowry, declared II
just can't understand how any man
could get such a point of view" He
pointed out the cake, made by
bakers in st. Louis and shipped by
motor here for a reception held last
Thursday at the ,Off1cers' Club of
the Army War College, was "re-
production of the picture which has
been published in every magazine
and newspaper ever since the Sec
ond atom bomb test. The cake was
given. by the bakers, he added, to
show their appreciation to the
Army, Navy and Air Corps for their
efforts to find out what the atom
bomb could do and toward ~ end
that we might have peace and GER
tainly not to encourage war.
None Wants War.
"It's quite evident" he continued, !,
"that none of us in the armed serv-
ices want war, but it's also certain
that we don't want peace at just
any price"
Eugene Kuehn, the East st. Louis.
ILL.,, baker who designed the cake
with the aid of L. K. Stephens,
bakery supply salesman, described
the cake as strictly business re-
quest" He said 1t had been ordered