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by James O . Henry Chairman, History Department, Biola College presses to post security bonds which may be forfeited if the publications print articles regarded as harmful to the defense of India. Soviet’ Presses War On Religion When a Russian official is asked about the status of religion in the Soviet Union he usually replies by quoting the article in the state con stitution which reads: “Freedom of religious worship and freedom of anti- religious propaganda is recognized for all citizens.” The attitude ex pressed in the constitution, combin ing toleration of religion with en couragement of a struggle against it, has been reflected in a series of re cent events in Moscow. Black-robed bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church exchanged toasts with Soviet leaders at the Kremlin’s New Year reception. Pravda, the newspaper of the Communist party, demands that all boys and girls become “militant anti-religionists” as well as Commu nists. A Jewish congregation is wor shipping undisturbed in the main prayer hall of the central synagogue. Then a brick smashes through a win dow, interrupting the service. A Unit ed States church delegation returns from an official guided tour of the Soviet Union and reports that it was impressed by the vitality of the Rus sian Orthodox Church. Thirty-two members of a Christian sect seek refuge from religious persecution in the United States Embassy and one shouts, “They will shoot us!” when they are turned over to the custody of Soviet officials. Apparent contradic tions of this kind, together with a lack of adequate information about the treatment of the clergy and churches, have produced confused im pressions abroad about the status of religion in the Soviet Union. Western observers have tried to define a prac tical delineation between the Soviet toleration of religion and the Com munist party’s repression of its mani festations. Undoubtedly the best an swer is to give heed to the Jewish elder who, sitting with his prayer book in the basement of a synagogue, pleaded: “Leave us alone! Publicity only brings us trouble.”
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Jehovah's Witnesses Get Jail Terms In The Ukraine A number of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who operated underground printing plants, have been sentenced to un specified jail terms in the Trans- Carpathian region of the Ukraine. Trud, trade-union newspaper, stated that the accused included a man named Potashov, identified as the sect’s principal overseer in the Soviet Union. Other defendants were identi fied as Dyugovantes, Kostik, Kuruts and Sidun. Activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses are forbidden in the Soviet Union on the ground that the sect is a political organization taking orders from international headquar ters in Brooklyn. Fight On Church In Haiti Denied Haiti’s Minister of Information de nied recently that his government was hostile to the Roman Catholic Church. “No government here has ever done so much for the church as that of President Duvalier,” the Min ister Paul Blanchet said in an inter view. Previously the bishops of Gonaives and four priests were ex pelled. Two weeks later, seven other priests were deported. Before they were put aboard a plane, government agents took away from them three cameras and their money, $1200. Mr. Blanchet said the priests, one of whom had been in Haiti only three weeks, had engaged in political ac tivity. He said they had gone to fam ily after family, talking against the President Francois Duvalier. India Decrees Jail For Balking On Job The government of India recently announced amendments to its emer gency rules for the defense of India. Henceforth, a n y government em ployee who refuses an assignment anywhere or who is absent from work without excuse can be impris oned for one year. The amendment provides similar punishment for gov ernment employees who disobey or ders or abandon their jobs. Under the rules the government has power to require the proprietors of printing
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