Evening star., 1947-05-26
Presbyierians Adopt
St7,444,231 Budget,
Biggest in History
By cnspor Names
S.er Sfoff Correspondent


The General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of America today approved
a record breaking budget for 1948
Of ST., ,444,231. The action was taken
here as the 159th annual meeting of
the denominations general as
sembly moved into the final half
Of It's seven-day convocation.
A total of $1,000, ,345 will come to
the denomination from investment
and similar sources, thereby leaving
SIS, ,439 1886 to- be raised this year by
the 2,200,000 communicates of the
national body. This Is nearly twice
the total sought last year when
S8,324, 900 yas raised for budget
purposes b. members of the denom-
ination.
The $3.50 churches of the body
will seek to osraise $13,359, 1856 of the
total with the remaining 5000, 900
coming from the national council
of womens organizations of the
church.
Admiral Workman Honored.
The feasibility of an equalization
of contributions to the national body
was referred to the General Council
for study during tn year.
The General Assembly also passed
a resolution today congratulating
Rear Admiral Robert D. Workman
on his retirement after 80 years as
a Navy chaplain. Admiral Workman
served in Washington for eight years
as chief of Navy chaplains. The
resolution was presented by the Rev.
Clifford M. Drury, another former
Navy chaplain who served in Wash
ington during the war years.
A radical departure from the
traditional method of Christian
education by means of quarterly
pamphlets will be reported to the
assembly today.
Program Cost $4,000, 900.
The new method and curriculum
which has been in preparation for
two years at a cost of $4,000, 900
aims to bring the home and family
into closer cooperation with the
church in Christian education. 1t
substitutes illustrated, bound text
books for kindergarten, primary
junior. Junior high and senior
young people classes for the old
quarterly publications. Teachers
receive materials relating to the
lessons as aids.
A total of 1,500,O00 of these bound
textbooks will be available by Oc-
tober, 1948, Paul C. Payne of Phila-
delphia, general secretary of the
denominations Board of Christian
Education, announced today.
Wilbur La Roe, jr., Washington at
torney and member of the Chevy
Chase Md Presbyterian Church,
who was elected moderator of the
denomination last week, will be
awarded an honorary LID. by the
University of Dubuque, Dubuque,
Iowa, in october.
Influence of Church Cited.
In an address at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church here yester-
day, Mr.. La Roe declared the
Protestant Church with its demo-
cratic tradition and its continued
insistence upon democratic princi-
pies can play an enormously i'm
portant role in bringing Christian
insights to bear on international
issues" He pointed out many of
the principle of the Omitted Ma
tions) charter are taken almost
verbatim from the findings of some
of our national Protestant church
conferences on world peace"
On the home front, Mr.. La Roe
asserted, 'if we would seriously ap-
ply our Christian principles to vot-
ing and to other public matters, we
would not find the cheap politl-
clans, the liquor interests and the
gamblers praying on the community
as they do now"
THE chief cause Of juvenile
delinquency" he continued, sis a
sense of insecurity on the part of
the child and a child cannot feel
secure if his own parents are un-
stable" Pointing out "the unloved
child OF today is the criminal OF
UOIIlOIIOW, MI - bd LNOC "dllS f1Ai
unhappy home is "the usual cause OF
juvenile delinquency.
Religion Challenges Evil.
The Washington attorney declared
"our religion is an adventure In
faith and a challenge. 1t is a chal-
lenge to the forces of evil in the
world, to hunger, to RECOMMENDATION,
to liquor and gambling, to dis
honesty in high places, to race
prejudice. to everything that tends
to destroy the hope, the faith and
the sanctity of men"
Mr.. La Roe also spoke on the
CHS Church of the Air" program
yesterday.
The Rev. DR. J. Hillman Hollister
pastor of the Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church of Washington, gave
the prayer opening the session to-
day.