Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-19


gogues of our Nation.
I have no doubt that Prof.
Lowry speaks from inner con-
viction and with good inten-
ton. I fear only her infor-
nation, not her motive.
S. d. Wolf.
Il 4 4
Miss Lowry and myself
would be in full agreement
on one matter - and that
would be if everyone were a
true Christian there would
be peace, harmony and I'M
derstanding among all men.
But fortunately the same
can be said of Brahmanism,
Judaism, Mohammedanism,
Confucianism, Hinduism and
any of the other great uni
versal religions that have
stood the test of time. No
religious group has a monop-
oily on truth and goodness.
Miss Lowry speaks of Chris
tianS as having a great uni
formity of purpose. Would
she recognize that not all
Christians observe Christmas
and Easter at the same time
Greek Orthodox; that not
all Christians observe Sum-
day as the Sabbath Seventh
Day ADVENTIST; that not all
Christians sanction divorce
(Roman Catholic; that not
all Christians will take a
religious oath Quaker that
not all Christians will salute
the flag Jehovah Wit
nesses); that not all Chris
tians believe in the Trinity
(Unitarian). The differences
between some Christian sects
are more manifest than diff
ferences between some Chris
tan sectS and some nom
Christian religious groups.
Miss Lowry cites instances
of disharmony in parts of the
non-Christian world such as
between "Moslem Pakistan
and Hindu India, or Israel
and her Arab neighbors in
the Middle East" Has Miss
Lowry forgotten the wars
down the centuries between
the Christian" countries of
Europe as England, Spain,
France, Germany, Italy, Rus
STA, ETC.? Has she also for
gotten the aggressive wars
the Crusaders foisted upon
the ISlamic world?
Miss Lowry takes sharp is
sue with the Jewish Com
munity Council of Greater
Washington which filed OBJ
jections to having children
of the Jewish faith in
doctrinated in the public
schools at an impressionable
age into religious traditions
and ceremonies to which
they are not in harmony.
Would Miss Lowry stand by
silently if she were in a mi
nority group and member
children of her family were
being indoctrinated in a pub
lie school into a religious at
moSphere which was objec-
tionable to her beliefs? Or to
be more specific, would Miss
Lowry be happy to have her
children attend the state
schools in Spain and have
them indoctrinated into a re-
ligiouS outlook which may be
Objectionable to her? If such
would be the case, should
Miss Lowry take issue with
Jewish parents if they take
the same position that she
would undoubtedly take?
Understanding and toler-
ance of ones fellow man are
the basic tenets of Christian
ity.
A. E. TOmkin.
Il II
When I read of the let
ter sent by the Jewish Com
munity Council of Greater
Washington to the heads of
seven area school boards, re-
questing the prohibition of
religious holiday obServ-
anceS and other religious
practices. :" I feared this
was not a wise public re-
lations" move by the council.
The letters published on your
editorial page January 13
confirmed my fears.
Instead of engendering a
serious discussion of the
many facets of this problem,
one serious enough to be
tested in our courts and car
ried to the Supreme Court, I
read much yelled antipathy
toward Jews, the Jewish
Community Council and, by
inference, toward minority
religious SectS.
And who is to decide which
religion is the majority? Sta
tistics in the World Almanac
Q96D, of the 254 religious