Evening star., 1950-11-11
Free Peoples 10 Help
RehabiIifate Koreans,
Truman Tells Farley

Truman Tells Farley
President Truman today told
delegates to the annual meeting
of the National Conference Of
Christians and Jews that the free
peoples of the world will help re-
habilitate the Korean people, "be-
cause 1t is in the nature of BROTH
erhood to assist the unfortunate. /"
The Presidents message to the
group. meeting in the Maylower
Hotel. was read by Eric Johnston,
general chairman of World Broth
erhood Week. to be observed from
February Is to Is.
Mr.. Truman said he would gladly
accept the honorary Craftsmanship
of Brotherhood Week. which is
sponsored by the conference.
II am confident that the people
Of America will give the most
serious thought to the full mean
ing of brotherhood and will de-
termine to believe in it and live it
more completely throughout the
year." the President wrote.
Must Unite ON Program.
The survival Of freedom in the
world, the President said, depends
on the ability of free men to unite
in common program "in support
of the democratic institutions that
nourish and sustain freedom. -
He said this program requires the
simultaneous development of
"our military potential and the
Strengthening of our economic in
Stitutions.
ITO direct these efforts, how
ever, on behalf of freedom, we
must maintain the position of
moral leadership which binds us
in a common purpose" the Presi-
dent stated.
Bigotry Costly to Security.
eve must now proceed to en-
bark upon a program Of rehabili-
tation and reconstruction which
will enable the Korean people
again to enjoy the blessings of
political and economic democracy
which were so long denied them"
MIR. johnson told the confer
ence's closing luncheon meeting
bigotry and prejudice are costly
and dangerous to national secur-
|ity.
Withholding jobs and bushes IS
opportunities from one group
doesn't make more jobs and more
business opportunities for others. 1"
he said. ut simply serves as a
drag on the whole economic en-
gine.
You can't sell radios and re-
Ifrigerators and automobiles to
people who are denied decent Jobs
through bigotry."
At business session yester-
day. the following national CO.
chairmen of the conference were
reelected: Charles E. Wilson,
president of General Electric Co. !;
Roger w. Straus, chairman of
American Smelling and Refining
Co.. and Thomas e. Braniff, presi-
dent of Branif International Air
ways.
Other Officers Elected.
Other officers elected were DR..
Everett r. Clinchy, president;
Herbert J. Osborne. treasurer. DR.
Sterling w. Brown. general ,dlrec-
tor, and Robert A. Ashworth, sec
retary.
In panel discussion yesterday
of religious groups. the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Maurice s. Sheehy. director
of religious education at Catholic
University, proposed that the
United States broaden It's assist
ance to underprivileged countries
in military offensive against
Communism.
I'VE should look beyond the
present military necessity and seek
to raise the living standards in
those areas of the world where the
only alternative to starvation has
been the acceptance of the Com
munist yoke" Msgr. Sheehy de-
clared. He added that aid should
be extended even to countries be-
hind the Iron Curtain.
Includes Poland.
He told reporters later that the
countries he had in mind are
Czechoslovakia, Poland. Hungary,
Rumania and Yugoslavia.
The Rev. DR.. Albert Shirley,
pastor Of Mt. Vernon Place Meth
odist Church. observed that it was
"unthinkable that we should try
to build a better world without
faith in Almighty God"
Rabbi DR.. Louis Binstock of
Sholom Temple in Chicago, who
presided at the panel, declared the
people of this country must
demonstrate to the world, par
ticularly to people of Asia, the
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