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World Religious
Leaders to Meet
I'm New York City


NEW YORK, N. Y.-Rcpre-
ssentatives of eight of the ma
jor religions Of the world, to
gether with representatives OF
seven of the numerical smaller
religious groups, will gather il
New York City June is, IL and
49, under spiritual support Oh shc
United Ntions.
Meeting in Town Hail, men
and women from India, China
Lebanon, Great Britain, France
Turkey, Canada, and other ma
tiors of the world will gather
under the auspices of the Church
Peace Union in cooperation with
the American Association for the
United Nations, the World ALI
ance for International Friendship
through the Churches, and As
national and international CO.
operating organizations, to con-
slider how the forces of religion
in all nations can be modified
into concerted action to support
the United Nations and it's eff
forts for the establishment of a
peaceful, free world.
From the time that Ambassa-
dor Carlos P. Romulo, Chief of
the philippine mission to the
United Nations, opens the Con-
ference on Wednesday morning,
until Friday noon, when Sir Carl
A. Berendsen, New Zealand de-
legate to the United Nations, ad-
dresses the closing session of the
mtings, the. more than a thous-
and delegates will consider such
subjects as: "The Nnited Nations
and it's Task" "The Moral and
Spiritual Resources of Mankind
Religion and Human Rights, 7
and "a Practical Program of Ac-
tion.'
The speakers for the three
day conference .pclude: Genrela
the Honorable A. G.. L. McNau-
ghton, Chief of the Canadian
Mission to the United Nations;
Professor Lewis Mumford, phil
osopher and author. Mr.. James
P. Warburg, economist and au-
thor; DR.. w E. Dubois Of the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People;
Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas,
Congresswoman from California;
Mr.. Henry James Foreman, au-
thor and editor; DR.. Jal Pavry,
Parsee representative from In
dia; Mr.. EnriqueLosada, United
Nations delegate from Bolivia;
DR.. Edmund Sinnott, President
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science; DR..
G. L. Hsia, Minister Plenipoten-
tiary, Chinses Delegation to the
United Nations; Mr.. Martin Hill
British member of United Ma
lions Secretariat; Miss Freda
His Excellency. Hamdullah SUI
phi Tanriover, Depute d'Istmboui
Kirchwey, Editor of the Nation
Grande National Assembly, Tur-
key; and DR.. William Piierson
Merrill, Pastor Emeritus, the
Brick Presbyterian church in
New York City.
In announcing this conference
on religion, DR.. Henry A. Atkin-
son, General Secretary Of the
Church Peace Union, said ere
ligion has the answer to the
worlds problems. AS aunifying,
creative, dynomic force in the
midst of stagnation.
DIR. Atkinson noted. ut is
true that religion can be, and of
ten Use, a source oil divisiveness.
Witness the dissension among
Protestant denominations and
sects; the tension between Ro-
man Catholics and Protestants:
the internecine warfare among
Moslem, Hindu and Sikh in In
dia; the strife between the con-
flicting nationalism of Jew and
Arab in the middle East. There
is, however, another side to the
coin. In the aspirations OF the
vast masses Of millions people
throughout the earth, there is one
common denomination, an mex
ora,ble drive for a just and
peaceful world"
These meetings are open to
the public.
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