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tobacco industry.” The proposal was made by the Florida Presbytery. The delegates, in a vigorous debate indi cated that they thought that the vote was strictly a financial decision and not a comment on the spiritual issues involved in the use of tobacco. “ There may be some sin involved in smoking too much,” one delegate commented. “ But in a sinful society,” he said, “ the church could not possibly turn down every bit of money that has some ele ment of taint.” A spokesman for the denomination said, “ Compared to the total amount of stock held in various fields, the tobacco holdings are negli gible.” In its draft resolution, the Presbytery of Suwanee (Jacksonville area) called the smoking habit “ en slaving” and “ detrimental to health.” It asked the General Assembly to order the disposal of any tobacco com pany securities held in trust funds of its agencies. Two Denominations to Merge The American Unitarian Associa tion and the Universalist Church of America agreed to merge at a recent meeting of delegates from both bodies held in Syracuse, New York. Dele gates from both bodies voted over whelmingly for the merger proposal that is to go to the local churches for ratification. The proposal names the new body the Unitarian Universalist Association. There are about 100,000 Unitarians and about 75,000 Univer- salists in this country. Most of the debate at the Conven tion revolved around a controversial paragraph stating one of the purposes of the new denomination. As finally approved by the more than 1,000 dele gates of the two bodies, meeting in separate but concurrent sessions, the paragraph omits any reference to Jesus or the Judeo-Christian tradition. Thus, for the first time, the two liberal religious bodies in effect divorce themselves from the main stream of Christendom. In their state ments, Jesus has been specifically sin gled out as a major prophet and teacher. Under the merger plan He is to be regarded only as one of many historical personages who have made an impact on mankind for good. The approved paragraph reads as follows: “ To cherish and spread the universal truths taught by the great prophets and teachers of humanity in every age and tradition, immemorially summar ized in their essence as love to God and love to man.”
Big City Communes Envisioned in China
Chinese arriving recently in Hong Kong from Communist China believe an important new year policy an nouncement will soon be made in Peiping. Representatives of all sec tions of the people from all over the country have been summoned to Communist China’s capital. A Chinese from Shanghai who did not want to be identified said individuals called to Red China’s capital not only in cluded delegates from minor “ Demo cratic” groups that observe Commu nist discipline but also outstanding former capitalists, model workers, and women’s representatives. The man from Shanghai said there was specu lation there that something would be announced by Communist leaders in Peiping about the establishment dur ing 1960 of communes in big cities. He said that the desirability of hav ing communes in big cities had been a subject of Communist-led group dis cussion meetings among residents of his city for some time. The com munes, collective organizations set up on military lines, were established in some of mainland China’s smaller cities and in the suburban areas of big cities in late 1958 at the same time they were formed in the country side. Tito Honors Priests A large group of Yugoslav Ortho dox, Roman Catholic, and Moslem priests have been awarded high government decorations for the first time since World War II. President Tito decorated 109 priests on the anniversary of the Yugoslav Commu- ist state. The priests, most of whom were members of government spon sored priests’ association, received the Orders of People’s Merit and of Brotherhood and Unity, first and sec ond class. A government decree said the priests had been decorated for their contribution to the liberation struggle and the consolidation of na tional authority and unity among the Yugoslav peoples.” Since the war only individual priests have received Yugo slav decorations on rare occasions.
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