Evening star., 1950-10-04
Church Head Calls
On United Lufherans
To Join New Council
By Casper Names
Star Stoff Correspondent

DES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. A.
DR.. Franklin Clark Fry in his
presidential report made public |
today called on the United Lu-
theran Church in America to ac-
cept full membership in the
proposed National Council of
Churches.
The report. placed in the hands
today of more than 600 delegates
to the denominations 17th bien-
nial convention, asserted the two
criteria governing all decisions re-
garding the United Lutheran
Church's association with other
Protestants-the evangelical and
the representative principles -
have been met.
"AS surely as we accept the
basic premise that the co-opera-
tion of our church with other
Evangelical Christians ought to
be guided entirely by solid and
unchanging principles, there is a
necessary corollary," DR.. Fry de-
clared in the report. "It is this:
The United Lutheran Church must
be prepared to go where these
correct principles lead"
Difference in Principles.
In practice over the years, the
evangelical principle has meant
the denomination would enter
into official connection only with
such interdenominational agencies
as are composed exclusively of
evangelical churches"
The representative principle
contends that official representa-
tives OF churches should never be
expected to sit on a parity in
interdenominational associations
with individuals who represent
themselves or at most organiza-
tions which are less than
churches"
r. The National Council of
Churches will hold its constituting
meeting November 28-December /
In Cleveland.
The nine-day convention, which
will close October IL, was opened
this morning with a holy COM
munion service in st. Johns
Lutheran Church. The Rev. F..
Eppling Reinartz of New York,
secretary of the national body,
was celebrant. DR.. Fry delivered
the sermon.
Elections for president, secre-
tary and treasurer will be held
later today.
Nominations Today.
Nominations for places on
United Lutheran boards and agen-
cles will also be made today by the
Committee on Nominations. WASH
ington area men to be nominated
are Lawrence D. Folkemer and
Walter E. Hess. Education Board;
Charles E. Orth. sr., Adjudication
Commission; M. P. Moller, jr.,
Foreign Missions Board; Mervyn
c. Fuss, American Missions Board; /
Citor Evjen and Robert C. Hamer,
Social Missions Board; Charles j. |
Janzlik. Deaconness Work Board!: |
Jonn G. STUN, Publication Board, /
and Paul I. Folkemer and Thomas
P. Hickman, Executive Committee
OF the Laymen's Movement for
Stewardship.
Six Washington clergymen and
laymen are among the 2O-man
delegation to the convention rep
reSent1ng the denomination's |
Maryland Synod. The clergymen |
are DR.. Oscar F. BlackWelder. |
Reformation Church: DR.. L. Ralph
Tabor, Lutheran Place Memorial
Church. and the Rev. Paul L.
Reaser, Atonement Church.
Lay delegates are Fred w. Kone-
mann, Luther Place Church;
Thomas P. Hickman, Reformation
Church, and Walter E. Hess, st. /
Luke Church, Silver Spring.
More than 1000 visitors, in ad-
dition to the delegates, are attend
Ing the convention. Officials said
more than 5000 persons are ex-
pected at a mass meeting to be
held Sunday. The Rev. Walter H
Traub of Omaha, will be the
sneaker