Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-09-13
WHITE NEGRO METHODIST In
EPOCH MAKING NE ETInG In GA.
Churches Urged To Break Findiness OF
Presidents Committee on Civil Rights

Augusta, Ga - An epoch-making
report of special committee from
the Commission of Cooperation and
Counsel between the Methodist
Church and the Colored Methodist
Church, at the close of special ses-
sions held here last Thursday and
Friday at the dedication of the
Warren A. Chandler Memorial Lib
rary at Paine College, was approx
ed by twelve bishops and thirty
other high churchmen of the two
churches, who are members of the
q year old interracial body.
Charming H. Tobias of New
York City, chairman of the spec
ial committee, read the report
which was approved as program
of action for leadership training
in interracial cooperation by the
C. M. e. and Methodist Churches.
Excerpts from the speech made
by President Truman at the Lin
coin Memorial in Washington re-
Gently on the basic principles upon
which this Government was found
ed, introduced the report of the
committee on larger interracial CO.
operation and goodwill.
The report, which required two
days of committee meetings for
its drafting, declared:
THE history of the cooperative
effort between these two religious
communions as illustrated in the
work of the institution on whose
grounds we meet today and in SIM
liar cooperative religious and ed
ucational enterprises throughout
the South is such that it should
not be difficult to get a reaffir-
nation by these churches of their
loyalty to the principles enunciat--
ed by the President in his address.
But it is not enough merely to
give assent to these high princi-
pies. The churches in the spirit
of our Lord and Master should
move forward more vigorously
than they have done heretofore to-
translate those principles into ac-
ton.
'""'To that end we call upon the
leaders and the communicates Of
both churches to work on all pos
sible means for larger interracial
cooperation and good will.
Among practical suggestions for
adoption and practice in the local
churches the report recommended
the following as immediate next
steps:
Il. That the leaders in both
churches call attention to the STU
dy of practices of interracial and
cultural practices in our chur-
ches to determine the extent to
which they accord with the Chris
tian ideal.
SO. We recommend that the CHI
urches give their backing to the
findings of the Presidents Com
mittee on Civil Rights and help to
implement the working out of
same by giving this knowledge. to
the people of the nation, doing
everything we possibly can to
make these findings known to the
constituency of the churches.
"3. That a specific program Of
action in these areas be made avail
able for the guidance of the To-
cal leaders as they seek to imple-
ment this program in their chur-
ches and in the community
The service of dedication of the
Warren A. Chandler Memorial Lib
rary, held in Haygood Auditorium
last Friday afternoon, climaxed
the history making recommends
tons of the outstanding church
men.
Dedicatory addresses were made
By Bishop Clare Purcell of Char
lottee, North Carolina, represent
ing the Methodist Church, and
Bishop Randall A. Carter of Chic
ago, representing the Colored Me-
thodist Church.
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