as well as Columbus, Ohio, Rochester, New York, and elsewhere. This move ment began at Ursuline Academy of Rochester, New York among the Catho lic High School girls and received na tional publicity in one of the larger magazines. The girls report, “We’re not prudish, but we think that the modest fashions are more becoming, more feminine and more lovely.” A part of the movement is to call upon manufacturers and merchants for the kind of clothes they feel are in better taste. President Signs S President Truman signed into law a joint Congressional resolution calling for an annual national day of prayer. The resolution required the President to set aside and proclaim a suitable day other than a Sunday as an occa sion when the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation in churches and in groups and as individuals. The White House reports that after consultation with re ligious leaders, the President will issue an appropriate proclamation. Plan to Triple In a recent warning given by Dr. Roy S. Holloman, superintendent of the Kansas United Dry Forces, it is stated that the beverage interests are planning to triple the per capita consumption of beer, wine and liquor within the next four years. Dr. Holloman said there are already 16,000,000 problem drinkers in America and it seems reasonable that if the nation triples its alcohol drinking, it will triple these casualty figures as well. Newspaper Devotions ti* Porters, executives, editorial writers, printers and other employees of The Dallas News gather at 8:30 a.m., Mon day through Friday, in The News build ing for a 10-minute devotional service. About a month ago there was an at tendance of 50. Now approximately 100 attend daily. Each service consists of an opening prayer, a five-minute inspi rational talk and a closing prayer and hymn. Anyone who desires may volun teer to offer the inspirational talk or to lead the service. More Spanish Freedom <£ Greater religious freedom will be ac corded Spain’s 25,000 Protestants in the future, according to Interior Minister Bias Perez Gonzalez. In a recent inter view, Rev. Paul E. Freed, Baptist evan gelist, said that Mr. Gonzalez had promised that the government would work toward obtaining more religious freedom for Protestants in Spain and that most of the 31 Protestant places of worship recently closed by the gov ernment would be allowed to re-open and that the Protestants would be per mitted to open new churches when a need for them was shown. T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
More Persecution J* Outbursts of religious bigotry con tinue in South America’s Colombia. On the afternoon of March 20, a religious procession, including two Roman Catho lic priests, stoned a Presbyterian church of Ibague in the state of Tolima, Co lombia. Protection was requested by the church officials, but the police did not appear until after the mob had de parted. Apparently the whole affair had been planned with first a meeting of more than 1,000 children from various sections of the city converging at the Catholic cathedral. After the singing of anti-Protestant songs and the shouting of “ Death to the Protestante!” the group moved on to the Presbyterian church where they were exhorted by the priests to throw the stones. Damage is estimated at 1,000 pesos. Television Incident A wave of protest was registered by the shocked viewers of an NBC network Kraft TV Theatre presentation on Wednesday evening, April 9. The pro gram was an adaptation of a former Broadway play and was a scene in a 13-cell death row of a county jail. The inmate of cell No. 7 was sentenced to die at midnight, and first a Roman Catholic priest appeared in full vest ments to counsel with the condemned man and to administer the last rites. The priest was held in the utmost ven eration and respect. During the priest’s absence, another character, portraying a Protestant jail chaplain, entered and the entire por trayal, including his demeanor and con duct and his manner of speech, brought forth such a bedlam of hoots and jeers that the guards were obliged to usher him out. This is one of the most blatant ex amples ever witnessed on the air-waves of the age-old practice of ridiculing American Protestantism while vener ating Roman Catholicism. A prompt in vestigation resulted in assurances that a public apology will be made, the first of its kind in television history. It should be added that Mr. Kraft, who is an outstanding Protestant lay man, has practically retired from the active direction of his company and knew nothing at all of the incident. Graham to Washington •s* Evangelist Billy Graham is moving his national headquarters from Minne apolis, Minn., to Washington, D. C. A spokesman for Dr. Graham said that Washington had been selected because “their program is a national one and Washington is the national capital. The new headquarters will be composed of three separate units including the team office which will conduct the preaching crusades, the film distribution office and radio office. The transfer involving nearly 100 workers will take place as soon as a suitable permanent building can be located.
By William W. Orr, D.D.
Script Israel Being distributed by banks, loan companies and other similar institutions is a little folder officially approved by the Israeli Government. It suggests that instead of sending food packages, one should send script and let the relatives and friends in Israel buy the things they most urgently need. They may take this script to a retail store and use it in lieu of Israeli money for their purchases. The advance of the Israeli economy during the past three years since their declaration of independence has been nothing short of phenomenal. The task was almost superhuman, which in cluded the absorption of hundreds of thousands of homeless immigrants. But the country has remained on an even keel, showing remarkable stability. This is nothing short of a fulfillment of prophecy which, of course, will not end until it culminates in the personal re turn of Israel’s Messiah (Zech. 14:4). Rare Bible Given <¿8 The Great Bible of Mainz has been presented to the Library of Cengress. This volume, originally used in the Cathedral of Mainz, has 459 vellum leaves made from 250 goatskins. Each page contains two 60-line columns of text and beautiful illustrations, many richly embossed with gold leaf. This priceless 15th century Bible has an es timated value of more than $100,000 and was presented by Lessing J. Rosen- wald of Philadelphia. Shrinking of Missionary Dollar & Rev. R. R. Figuhr of the Seventh- Day Adventist Church reported that while total annual missionary contri butions are at an all time high, the ac tual purchasing power of the funds has shrunk from 100 cents on the dollar in 1900, to 32 cents in 1952. In terms of dollar value of 50 years ago, missionary contributions are accomplishing only one-third of what they are normally expected to accomplish. Modesty Movement Grows & The movement for modesty in fash ions is gaining ground in Dallas, Texas,
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