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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1951 tee +180 ERD TIMES a. a BE Methodists Upi in Ame Ta A eS : [ose uk Flood Rips Out Railroad Bridge Tres spain to te Flt

oF 1 TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. 5 (UP)— threatened to repeat its perform-| Afmy snginenrs, working furl The Kansas River. today ripped ance of last July, : [aay NE ce. po d out ‘a railroad bridge here after] ‘However, heavy rains that had ‘tional equipment. All dikes hold- ' By EMMA RIVERS MILNER re ot

19000 persons were evacuated from | been’ predicted for the area failed) ing back the river were shattered o Times Church Editor : a — . . eq ' . : 3

{ North Topeya when ‘the river 'to materialize and the Weather| in July. Many high dignitaries of the Methodist Church. m3 G C q | 7 ‘ ’ * af STRAUSS SAYS. TRADITION WITH A TOUCH OF TOMORROW condemn the unofficial Methodist Federatiog. for Social dr ras - n Action for its association with- Communist front bodies. !

The federation is in session this week in Evanston, Ill.

Top ranking Methodists also urged the federation members not to re-elect the present executive secretary of the organization, the Rev. Jack R. McMichael, at the current meeting, It began Tuesday and will close Friday.

The Methodist Federation for

Social Action operates entirely outside the jurisdiction and au- tion.

thority of the Methodist Church. |

But the federatipn membership| been ‘radical’ ‘if by ‘radical’ we is made up of Methodist laymen |mean urging the adoption of so-

and ministers. Thus it is seen| why the word, “Methodist,” is in-! cluded in its name. I interviewed various wellknown Methodists to find out just how they feel about this federation which has. stirred up so much adverse public comment. Although I have been the church editor of The Indianapolis Times for many years, I dort re-

call hearing very much about the |

M.F.8.A. before 1947. At that time, Frederick Woltman, a Scripps- Howard staff writer, reported at the Kansas City, Mo., convention of the M.F.8.A. among other things that the “prestige of the Methodist Church was being used by the Rev. . McMichael as a sounding board for the Gospel of communism.”

Divided Into 2 Camps

Persons belonging to the federation seem to be divided into

’> two camps. On the one hand * stand those who steadfastly have

remained within the MFSA. They

say they believe the way to clean

up an organization is to stay inside and throw all your influence toward the better principles in which you believe.

On the other side, are those

who have withdrawn from the organization refusing to give it active support of any kind. . All the celebrities with whom 1 talked on this matter, without

exception, proised the federation They |

for past accomplishment said the Church needs an outside, or unofficial social action group. They all seemed to feel that such a group serves as a safety valve of discussion; that it clarifies certain social issues; that it starts the “ball rolling”

for solution of crushing problems

\ of today’s world.

No Upcertain Terms

Bishop Richard C. Raines of the Indiana Methodist Area, once was a member of the federation. The tall, striking-looking bishop, t

who never fails to move his au-|

“The Methodist Federstion for | Social Action, founded in 1907, has an enviable record of achieve-| ment in the field of social vision, ” Bishop Raines continued “For | i example, it formulated ‘The So-| i lcfal Creed’ which has become the Magna Carta of Protestantism in| matters of social vision and ac-|

“This organization has always

|eial changes which at the moment | are not generally recognized by the majority as necessary or wise, or advocating social change at a rate thought too rapid by most| Methodists, | “Across the years, it has been] a wholesome spur te inform -the mind and quicken the conscience] of the Methodist Church which! like all well-established religious| bodies tends to grow more and more conservative.”

The Rev. George Harper, execu-| tive secretary of the Methodist] Youth Conference, Nashville, Tenn., unlike Bishop Raines, has chosen to be a member and Tre-| main within the -fold of the fed--| eration. He holds the administra-| tive post for Methodist youth just] as the Rev. Mr. McMichael does| for the'Methodist Federation for| Social Action. The Rev. Mr. Harper said: “The thing that many members| of the Methodist Federation of | Social Action find fault with is| that political issues have been| dealt with by the federation. al-| most exclusively and many other] areas of social action have been neglected.

Oppose Leadership

“The association of the execu-| tive secretary of the federation! Jack McMichael, with organiza-| tions that are generally commu-| nist front, or united front organi zations, is a second objection.

“I've. known Jack for eight years; he’s a friend of mine. Jack! Franchot Tone.

NEWLYWEDS—Actor Cornel Wilde, 37, and Actress Jean | | Wallace, 25, pose for pictues after. their wedding at.City Hall, Hollywood. The couple were married immediately after obtaining | their marriage license and said they wauld honeymoon "somewhere |

near Los Angeles."

The honeymoon will have to be short as Mrs. \ Wilde will have to appear in court next Friday for a new custody battle over the two children she had by her former husband, Actor la “last word” message to -the

Puts 3 Persons In Hospital Here

Three people, including a polio | victim, were hospitalized today as! a result of a three-car accident] vesterday at Blake and Michigan,

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Mr. Bruce's car then: plowed into a trackless trolley operated | by Madonna Feldhake, 34, of 2366} | College Ave., as the ambulance | careened to the sidewalk to] | strike a 3-year-old tricyclist and | | two pedestrains. | In General Hospital are Edward Stafford, 3, and Marcella {Hopkins, 42, both of 1024 N 1Missouri: St. Both are in fair| | condition. | May Toliver, 42, of 724 Blake, {8t.,, the other pedestrian, was| |treated at General Hospital.

Uninjured Mrs. Patton is in Long Hospi-

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| crash. Ambulance Driver Tuttle was | arrested on charges of unauthor- | ized use of red lights and siren, {lack of chauffeur's license and reckless driving. Bruce was ar{rested for no operator's license. {They were to appear in Munici{pal Court 4 today.

Ridgway Reported Drafting ‘Last Word’

TOKYO, Sept. 5 (UP) — Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway was re{ported tonight to have drafted

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will crusade for any cause he thinks is right regardless of who! some changes in its present adelse is supporting the same cause. ministration, we can no longer

thin Many {Seagration Jnembers SH suggest that youth leaders =sup-

causes to support which have Port it,” he said. been Comntunist directed.” “W' believe there is only one Dr. H. D. Bollinger, Nashville, basis for th work of such church Tenn., who heads student work groups (as the M.F.S.A.). They

{for the Methodist Church around are to voice their opinion on is-

{the world and comes in contact sues and perform their service ac‘with thousands upon thousands! tivities in order to interpret and of young people, also has chosen live the mind of Christ as best to continue to be a member of they understand it.

the M. F. 8. A. “They should nof be bound by In support of this policy, Dr. ‘any political party, social group

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{Korea to break the cease-fire or community custom but should stalemate. stand on any particular issue] His mesage was understood to where they think Jesus would be the United Nations’ final have them stand in His Name word about the alleged Kaesong and in His Spirit.” |neutrality violations and a challenge to the Reds to either reGET PREPARED for schooBsume negotiations at once or time again . . . BUY YOUR more break them off for good. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy and trict of your choice. See ti wide {members of his truce delegation,

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‘ diences when he speeks, expressed Bollinger commented: “I mainhimself in né uncertain terms re- tain the way to change the policy| . garding the Rev. Mr. McMichael, ©f an organization is to change : “In recent years, the Methodist It from within. | Federation for Social Action has) I have .opposed Mr. Mec-| not had as close supervision from {Michael's leadership and I do now. | . i | the church as was necessary, ni I think it would be for the health rt oss ne stated the bishop. “The paid exec-|0f the organization if new lead-] =: “ii. utive has, in my judgment, been ership were selected. | 8 unwise in the exercise of his pre-| “I feel the MFSA has become a| | rogatives. {McMichael , organization. And &% . : : “If I were now a member of the that’s bad. | & &

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“I earnestly hope the Methodist | Withdrew From Group Federation for Social Action will|right itself, secure more wise and _ ADout a year ago, Jameson able leadership and resume its Jones. the recently re-elected] ‘gadfly’ task; or that another or- president of the National Confer-| ganization will be formed to carry ence of Methodist Youth, with-| on the needed work of quickening drew from membership. in the the conscience and informing the MFSA. In so doing and in state-, mind of Methodists concerning ments made, he expressed the | social realities, causing us to .osk: policy of his organization. “ ‘What would Christ have us . until the Methodist Feddo?” eration for Social Action makes

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