Evening star., 1948-05-01
Maxim Urges Leaders
OF ) Foremost Nations
To Meet on World Ills
BY Cospor Nonnes
Stor Sioff Correspondent

BOSTON, May 1-Australian AM
Eassador Norman o. Maxim today
called on the leaders "of the three
foremost nations of the world" to
meet in an effort to solve world
problems in speech at the quad
rennial general conference of the
Methodist church here.
Ambassador Maxim, who Is an
Australian delegate to the United
Nations General Assembly, urged
that such meeting be held "in
place where calm and peaceful
waters will prevail so the leaders
may be able to discuss and resolve"
these questions.
The Ambassador expressed faith
that the U. N. would ultimately
work for the peace Of mankind.
Charging that failure of the U. N.
to work at its maximum efficiency
now was due to the failure of the
leading nations to draw up the
peace treaties, Ambassador Maxim
declared we cannot expect a COM
plex organization like the U. N.
to achieve perfection quickly.
Lay Preacher in Australia.
DO not become discouraged be-
cause men argue in the U. N" he
advised. you will need to have
fear when nations cease to come
to that Quorum to express their
differences with other nations.
There is only one other alternative
and it is the one we would not con-
cede"
Ambassador Maxim is Law
preacher in the Methodist Church
OF Australia and brought fraternal
greetings to the conference. He is
a member of Foundy Methodist
Church in Washington and has on
occasion occupied the pulpit there.
Building programs costing $56,-
044,7 have been undertaken by
So Methodist universities, senior
and junior colleges since 1914, the
DENOMINATIONS Board of Education
reported today.
A total of 100 new buildings have
been erected on these college cam
puses. and 1875 more are planned,
the report said. Since 1910 endow-
ments for Methodist institutions
have mounted to $229,465 ,344-an
increase of So per cent in the eight
years. Budget costs have gone up
lob per cent since 1899 to a new TOP
point in the history of higher edu-
cation, the report also noted.
1889 Enrolled at American U.
The report also showed that
American University in Washington
has total enrolment of 1859 STU
dents, of whom 1,130 are regular
students. There is a faculty of 1876
teachers, an endowment fund of
$829,707 and an annual income
equaling its annual expenditure of
81, 1853, ,781.
Attempts to outlaw dancing "any
place and at any time were turned
down by the Subcommittee on Mod
ern Amusements yesterday. Seven
petitions to condemn dancing-five
from the Central Kansas Confer
ence and two from one man in that
conference - were pigeonholed in
committee.
The General Commission on
World Service and Finance recon-
mended that the salaries of bishops
be raised from $500 to $4,000 a
year. The resolution, which is ex-
pected to be passed, also increases
the retirement allowance for bish-
ops from $4,000 to $500 a year.
Sum for Office Help Raised.
The recommendation further in
cludes provision increasing the
sum for secretarial and Office help
annually to $2,70O from the $1,000
now allowed.
Roy Thomas, freshman at
American University, will be one of
the speakers at the youth night
program to be held here tonight. He
is one of six winners in the Ma
tion-wide public-speaking contests
for Methodist high school students
held IN 1946 and 1947.
Washington officials last night
were charged with partial RESPONSE
bility for the war "hysteria from
which we suffer" by DR.. Roy l..
Smith of Chicago, editor of the
Christian Advocate.