Evening star., 1953-02-07
The Political Min
Moral Re-Armument
Answer to War Lords
Greet Movement Has All
ingredients to Bring Peace
By Gould Lincoln

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ingredients to Bring Peace
By Gould Lincoln
In the war of ideologies of today,
MIRA has become the voice of the free
world distinguished from those ma
tions which are Communist dominated.
This organization Moral Re-Arma-
ment to use its full title with task
force of 200 recruited from % nations
has moved into Asia and the Far East,
where the cold war is at its hottest.
Its impact in India, which appears to
hold the key to Communist expansion
or n-expansion in Asia, has been re-
markable. Its reception will be de-
Scribed at national meeting for Moral
Re-Armament next Thursday night, a
meeting which will be attended. it is
expected, by many members of Con-
gress and officials of the new admins
tration. -
MRA's journey into Asia is the re-
suit Of many invitations extended to
Dr. Frank Buckman, the head of the
organization, from heads of govern
mentS. 1t is another step on the long
road to peace and right living of man
kind-the road to which MIRA is de-
voting itself. MIRA centerS have been
established in this country, in Canada,
in Europe. 1t Is not religious cult
or q church. It's ideals may be ac-
cepted-and are-by Christians. by
Jews. by MoSlems, by Buddhists. They
are dynamic They have been preached
by the prophets of great faiths. 1t is
their practice by individuals. by COM
munities and by nations. however,
which is the great aim of MIRA.
MIRA Offers Answers.
In wounded world, still torn by
strife and disSension, MIRA ceaselessly
offers the ingredients for spiritual and
moral rebirth. Its first line of attack is
the individual-on the theory that if
individuals live moral, responsible and
kindly lives, based on absolute truth,
absolute honesty, faith and love, then
whole communities, nations and all the
world will live better and at peace. It
is a staggering taSk-but not to the
MIRA. Thirty years ago DR.. Buckman
started on this crusade. He and the men
and women who have become part Of
the movement have seen thousands Of
individuals change at the challenge of
the ideals presented; they have.
through their own efforts. aided in the
settlement of labor management battles
in this country, in England, in Canada,
in postwar Germany and in Africa, and
more recently in India. In the interna-
tional field, MIRA has played full part
in bringing a better feeling between
the French and the Germans. DR..
Buckman and MIRA have been praised
by Robert Schuman and Konrad Ade-
nauer. He has been presented with dec
orations from both countries, and DIR.
Adenauer, the German chancellor, said
that Moral Re-Armament has become
household word throughout Ger
many"
MRA's incurSion into the Far East is
not limited to India. BY way Of Egypt, DR..
Buckman and the task force made their
way to Ceylon and then to India, and
will visit Burma, Malaga, Thailand,
Hong Kong. Formosa and Japan. Their
reception and the impression they made
in India have been remarkable. They
took part in the All-India Congress
Party convention, attended by 100000
delegates at Hyderabad, and where the
task force staged several of the plays
which it has put on in many countries
of the world and which point up the
true meaning of the movement--and
show it in operation.
Friend Of Gandhi.
DR.. Buckman is no stranger to India.
He was friend of Mahatma Gandhi.
He has said that Gandhi taught me
some fundamental truths and / have
been applying them ever since" His
influence and his teachings have been
used in efforts to bring greater unity
in India and better relations between
India and Pakistan. In the opinion of
DR.. Buckman, India may become the
first nation and the prophet nation of
the world" Strategically. it is of tre-
mendous Importance in the struggle
for all Asia between the theology Of
the free and democratic world and the
theology of Communist Russia and her
satellites. 1t is in India, therefore, that
MIRA, as a voice of the free world and
of free ideals, has been speaking to
the people.
For years, the Communists in Russia
and elsewhere have sought to tear
down and discredit MIRA. They have
recognized the Importance of the work
it is doing, and more recently Radio
Moscow has broadcast its criticism OF
MIRA and its mission in the Far East.
Highlights Of these broadcasts are;
The Moral Re-Armament organization
has been working at the front of the
theological struggle for several decades.
1t is attempting to contaminate the
consciousness of millions of people. It
has the, power to win over radical
revolutionary minds. Moral Re-Arma-
ment, in addition to building bridge
heads on each continent. has now
started on its decisive task-total ex-
pansion throughout the world"
If MIRA eventually penetrates the
Iron Curtain-the better for peace.