St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-11-09

10 call and perslstently supper
within their respective jurisdie
tons, conferences Of good citizen
Of all races in order that
groundwork Of healthy communi
cations may be established am
just solutions 10 these problem
may be found;
3 That we urge upon all gov
ernmental officials and agencies
their duty 10 accord the full pro
lection OF the law 10 all citizeni
In tho exercise OF their rights, in
Guiding the right to vote, and IN,
other rights guaranteed by the
Constitution Of the United States
and.
T. Finally. that we call upon
Congress OF the United States 10
enact such legislation AS may be
necessary TO accord this protec-
ton wherever II Is not provided
by the local community"
Let us see how these Liberal
Churches translate their philoso-
phles into action on the Ameri-
can race front In Dallas, Texas,
the sole dlssenter 10 the pro-sog-
rogation policies OF city officials
and churches was the First Unit
tartan Church Of Dallas. Rev. Ro-
bert Raible. minister. In a pub
lished statement against segrega-
lions and the consequent discrim-
ination the church asserted
I'VE cordially welcome members
OF all races We now have Negro
members Negro children are
part Of our Church School, and one
OF the best trained nursery school
teachers In the city. a Negro is
on our church faculty"
Clifton @. Hoffman, Regional
Director OF the Southern Unitar-
ian Council states: 1T is signifi-
cant the Fellowship and church
representatives have gone out OF
their way to invite Negroes 10 at
tend meetings and services OF wor-
ship II Is still more signif-
cant under these conditions that
at least half OF the churches and
several OF the fellowahips in this
area have Negro members, The
price (of religious liberalisml can
be very personal 10 our Church
members Loss OF promotions, II
not jobs, has turned up as unhap-
py reality for Unitarians as a re
suit OF pressures that can be
brought to bear, Social acquaint-
ances have dropped Unitarians
from their list OF friends Worst
OF all the children OF courageous
UnitRrians have suffered that ex,
quisite form OF torture children
know as rejection at the hands OF
their peers"
John G Fuller OF the Unitarian
Church OF Orlando, Florida, re-
ports; Most hopeful are the To-
cal councils OF human relations.
In many instances Unitarisns have
spearheaded these groups and are
leaders In them Unitarian
churches and fellowships have an
open door membership policy"
Rev, Glenn O, Garfield, First
Unitarian Society OF Atlanta, re-
ports There Is a newly organic
ed Council ON Human Relations in
Atlanta, in which a goodly num-
Der Of our church are participant
ing This in opposition TO the
several states Rights Councils q"
The first formal steps were TAX
en- in Oak Ridge, Tennessee TO or
ganize group that would work
To improve relations between var
ious racial and religious groups
Rev, Arthur Graham, minister OF
the Oak Ridge Unitarian Church.
who koynoted the affair. urged
that the organization be a gen
eral human relations group that
might tackle the problem OF in
tegration Immediately but would
eventually attempt TO combat not
only anti-Negro prejudice, but
anu-Semiusm, anu-Cathoicism.
and anti-protestanism wherever
and whenever Il might arise"
Latest reports OF Unitarian &C.
uvity on the race-tront point
significantly at the stand OF State
Representative Jack Orr. Repre-
sentative from Miami MIR Orr. a