Evening star., 1952-12-09
Council Of Churches
Opens Biennial Session
Al Denver Cathedral
BY Cospor Names
Sfor Staff Correspondent

SAes ACS' 0.-4 IlC NdClOUal
Council of the Churches of Christ
IN the U. 8. A., will open its BIZ
ennial meeting here today with
service in st. Johns Cathedral.
The council was organized two
years ago this month in Cleve-
land.
The 600 delegates, represent
Ing Is Protestant and four East
ern Orthodox communion, having
33 million members, will march
into the cathedral for the worship.
Methodist Bishop William C.I
Martin of the Dallas-Fort Worth
area. will preach.
Following the service q dinner
will be held in the Shirley Savoy
Hotel with DR.. Arthur S. Fleming
president of Ohio Wesleyan Uni
verSity and former Civil Service
Commissioner, presiding. DR..
Fleming is vice president of the
council.
The Right Rev. Henry Knox
Sheriff.. presiding bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church and
council president, will deliver his
presidential message at the dinner
Dulles Address Recorded.
The emergency call of Presi-
dent-elect Eisenhower to Secre-
tary of State-designate Dulles for
a meeting on Wake Island has
necessarily resulted in a change
OF plans here. Mr.. Dulles, unable
now to keep his engagement to
speak at tomorroW's afternoon
session, has had a recording of
his talk made. 1t will be played
for those present to hear. Mr..
Dulles will speak on THE Respon-
Sibility of the Churches in Inter-
national Affairs"
Substituting for Mr.. Dulles
tomorrow evening will be Senator
Lodge, Republican. of Massachu-
setts. Senator Lodge has recently
been chosen by Gen. Eisenhower
to serve as chief delegate to the
United Nations when the change
IN administration takes place.
A mass meeting attacking the
new revised standard version of
the Bible, sponsored by the Ma
tional Council of Churches. will
be held tonight under the auspices
of the American Council of
Churches. The latter council is
composed of denominations gen.
orally regarded as fundamentalist. .
In their theology. DR.. Carl McIn-
tire of Collingswood, N. j., presi-
dent of the International Council .
OF Christian Churches, and Dr..
David Otis Fuller, Grand Rapids
CMicho Baptist pastor, will be
the speakers at the meeting I'M
South Denver High School.
Most fundamentalistS object to /
the new version on theological (
and other grounds. The new
Bible. completed by scholars of
the National Council, was pre-
sented September 80.
Gloomy Picture in Asia.
Representative Judd, Republi-
can, of Minnesota painted a
gloomy picture of chances demo-
cratic nations had to win the
struggle for Asian and other coun-
tries in speech last night.
"The Japanese see us trying to
get out of situation and not
trying to solve it," he said of our
efforts there. The Philippines
are "a dead duck" if the main
land on which they rely is con-
trolled from Moscow"
The Minnesota Congressman
warned that South America is
infiltrated and ready to crumble"
to the Communists.
IF you think it is bad for our
boys to fight in the winter in
Korea it will be worse in Indo-
China" he continued.
I'VE must help those people to
help themselves" he suggested as
one way to fight the Communist
menace. Hold on to the areas
that are still free while giving
help and heart to those who
need it,"
u. N. Position Defended.
Defense of the United Nations
position refusing to ''repattiate
forcibly prisoners of war to North
Korea and China" as a condition
of ending the Korean conflict was
voiced yesterday by DR.. Walter w.
Van Kirk. executive director of
the councils Department. of In
ternational Justice and Goodwill.
DR.. Van Kirk. accredited obser-
yer of the council to the U. N.
asserted the church body "wel-
comes the full and frank discus
sion of the Korean problem in
the General Assembly" He also
called on American churches Ito
reaffirm their support of the
United Nations" as the one or
ganization holding together a
world that might otherwise fall
apart"