Evening star., 1947-02-17

! and proponents has left the issue
| of his confirmatio with flve
other officials of the Atomic Com
mission-very much in doubt.
The position of the 81 representa-
tives of organized groups was an
nounced in a statement made public
by the Rev. A. Powell Davies, pastor
of the All Souls Unitarian Church,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets, NV,
Washington.
The signers represented organlza-
tions in the religious, international
affairs, scientific, women's, farmers
educational, labor and veterans
fields.
Fear for Reports Principles.
They said they were concerned
over attacks, in the committee hear
ings on Mr.. Lilienthal, on the prin-
ciples of the Acheson-Lilienthal re-
port, of which the nominee was a
principal author and which forms
the basis of American proposals for
international control of atomic
energy.
In announcing the organiza-
tions' stand on the Lilienthal noml-
nation, the Rev Mr.. Davies also
made public a personal letter to
Senator Vandenberg asserting that
except for the personal fight" OF
Senator McKellar most of the at
tack on Mr.. Lilienthal comes from
''the same people who have consist
emily opposed every international
move the United States has made. ;
"The election changed the party
leadership in Congress-" the minis
ter wrote, "but no man ran upon a
platform advocating return to
isolationism. This is the last
field in which he should permit par
tisan politics-not the first"
Organizations Names.
The organizational statement bore
the following names:
Division of Social Education and
Action, Board Of Christian Educa-
ton, Presbyterian Church, United
States Of America; Rev. Paul Polling.
United Council of Church Women:
Mrs. Harper A. Sibley, president.
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America: DR.. Samuel M.
Cavert, executive secretary.
American Association for the
United Nations: Clark Eichelberger,
director.
Federation of American Scientists:
w. A. Higinbotham, executive sec
retary
Americans United for World Gov
ernnent: Raymond Swing, chair
man of the board
National Council of Jewish Wom-
en-: Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, president.
National Farmers Union: James
G. Patton, president.
Friends Committee on National
Legislation: E. Raymond Wilson, ex-
ecutive secretary
Others Represented.
Council for Social Action of the
Congregational Christian Churches:
Rev. Ray Gibbons, director
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People: Les
lie S. Perry.
American Veterans Committee:
Charles Bolte, president.
National Commission for the De-
fense of Democracy Through Edu-
cation: DR.. Donald Dushane. ex-
ecutive secretary.
National League of Women Vot-
ers: Anna Lord Strauss, president.
Women's Action Committee for
Victory and Lasting Peace: Mrs.
Norman Der Whitehouse, president.
American Unitarian Association:
the Rev. Mr.. Davies.
Council on Christian Progress
of the Northern Baptist Conven-
ton: DR.. William G.. Mather,
chairman.
Tri-State Conference of Scien-
lists, Educators and Religious Lead
ers on Atomic Energy and Related
Problems: DR.. Norman Dawes. pres
ident. -. ...~
Bishop d. Bromley OMAN, SEQ.
retary, Council Of Bishops of the
Methodist church.
National Women's Trade Union
League of America: Elizabeth
Christman, secretary-treasurer.
American Association of Uni
versity Women: DR.. Helen Dwight
Reid, associate in international