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Religion in the News
ALUEK TEMPIE CMC CHURCH
S
Churches call war policy immoral
An acu iu eiilcal assembly
exam ining the attitude of o r -
g a ni.e il la llg io n tu w a id tlie
Wat In Vietnam charged today
tlmt tire N ixon A d m tn is tra -
tlo n 'a V le tn a n il/a tlo n policy
»«» fundam entally im m o ral
because
it “ fo rce s Aslan
people to be oui proxy a n n y,
dying in oui places foi out*
supfxraod interests.**
The re lig io u s ga th e rrn g --
—650 P r o t e s t a n s , Roman
C hatholles, E a ste rn Orthodox
and
J e w s --a ls o
accused
P reside nt Nixon of deceiving
tire Airier lean ,<eople by a s s u r­
ing tliern that tlie war In.South­
east Asia was winding down
sim pry
l<ecause Artier lean
tro ps are being w ithdraw n.
“ Ifie p re te rit A d m in is tra ­
tio n 's V m in im iz a tio n po licy
looks lo w an l not a negotiated
p o litic a l settlem ent hut an
eventual m ilita r y v ic to ry ,*'
the delegates declare.) in ’ a
2,iKX)-woid message.
“ We
w ill continue to provide tire
W M pM r]| and nr pnwer, the
m assive technological sup­
p o rt. the ad vise rs arsl it«
money. Asians w ill provide
tire ca su a ltie s.”
the
(our-day assem bly,
called an Ecum enical W it­
ness, which ended lie re today,
was the m ost com prehensive
re lig io u s gathering ever as­
sembled in the United .States
over the |>eace issue, largely
because of Increased supfioit
among C a th o lics. I lie 200 or
so m em bers of tlie C atholic
delegation
included
seven
Am er ican Bishops.
The conference was In­
itiated by the general board
of the National C ouncil t of
Churches and fo rm a lly spun
sored by 137 Individual r e li­
gious
leaders.
F o rty -s ix
denom inations
and
other
religious groups sent o lflc ia l
delegations.
About 40 non-
A m encans p a rticip a te d , in­
cluding sever al Vietnam ese.
A m ajor theme of addresses
at Ore conference was the as­
sertio n that, despit e the w ith­
draw al of A m erican troops
fro m V ietnam , tire A d m in is ­
tra tio n was continuing to back
a high level of fighting thr ough
an Intensification of tlie a ir
w a r.
lire delegates* message de­
cla re d :
“ W hile it is true
that our ground troops are
being withdrawn and our battle
losses are tire lowest In year s.
It is equally true that the
people of V ietnam , Cambodia
and Laos Continue to die as
before.
Bombs s t ill dro p.
V illa g e s are s t ill leveled. 11«
countryside
is
s t ill
de­
v a sta te d ."
I he statement charged that,
since M r . Nixon replaced
P reside nt Johnson, the amount
of bombs dropped on Indo­
china had Increased from
h'J.UtKJ to 95,000 tons a month
and became “ m ore deadly
than ever Irefore.”
V ir tu a lly
ever y speaker
challenged tfm m o ra lity of
these p o lic ie s . I he R ev.E dlet
C.
Hawkins.
the keynote
speaker, said that the Ad­
m in is tra tio n was only “ s h ift­
ing the continuing death and
hor ror of this war to other
poeple.”
lire conference generally
took tlie position that Airier r-
can disengagement should be
regarded as a condition fo r,
rather than a Consequence of,
a negotiated sell le n ie n t.
**The only m o ra lly ac­
ceptable course fo r the United
S ta te s ," the delegates' rnes-
------------ --------- ——
sage said, “ is to withdrew
its arm ed forces im m ediately
and to ta lly and refuse to supply
the Indochinese governm ents
w ith m ilita r y , ecom xnic oi
p o litic a l aid, which has sim ply
postponed the p o litic a l solu­
tion the “ Vietnam ese people
m ust u ltim a te ly , m any event,
find for the m se lve s."
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Obituary of
Mrs. Emma L. Lewis
I. mm.i L . Le w is , w ife of D r ,
Booker I . L e w is died Jan. 22
1972 at a local ho spita l. Site
had twen a resident of P o r t­
land since 1955.
I he r esidence was 14102 NB
Rose Pai kway.
F uneral service w ill 1« 11 j 30
■ 111. I- I l,lay at St. P h ilip s !
piscopal C hurch. F a th e rL .O .*
Stone w ill 1« the o ffic ia tin g
m in iste r , Vann's M o rtu a ry is
in charge of arrangem ents.
She is survived by the husband
O r. Booker T . Lew is, ch ild , en
K osllnd, P a tric ia , ami F re d ­
e ric k , and the la th e r James
Rucker.
She was born In A tlanta. , Ga.,
A p r il I, 1923.
she was a m em ber of the Port-
larkl Chapter of L in k s , Inc.,
and was the founder of Jack and
J i l l of A m e rica , Portland
Chapter, she was employed
«» a teacher at Humboldt
School.
J ° ' " J * “ ” ” '* “ ■ ° h>* '
W e Take
Care of
All
P asto r
Henderson being
urged to run fo r tlie AME
R ecorder s t ill adm its lie w ill
have to make up his mind
whether to run, but added,
“ I am w illin g to serve my
C hurch.'*
Arrangements
Expertly...
Because the
goad w ill of
the fam ilies
we serve Is our
most valuable
asset.
Don C. V ann
V A N N ’S
MORTUARY
5211 N. W illiam s Avenue 2 8 1 -2 8 3 6
Portland,O regon
I he . nrted states Supreme
Court reversed tfre conten.pt
conviction of Rev. Jam es
Cioppr
by the W isconsin
I egrslature in 1909.
F ather Groppt was held in
contempt by the W rsconsin
fo r his pa rt in a w elfare
dem onstration that blocked tne
W rsconsin
L e g isla tu re fo r
about 12 hours. The reso lu­
tion fo r the contempt charge
was
passed while F a th e r
Groppr was in the county ja il
on d is o rd e rly conduct charges
a ris in g from the same in­
cident. It was adopted w rthout
4 I
Vanc°uver Ave- First Baptist Church
N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sundoy School
9-00 A M
M ornrng W o r,h ,p
Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor
The Church W ith a H e a rt-F e lt W elcom e”
giving the p rie s t an oppor­
tunity to present a defense.
I ne
w e lfare p ro te s té is ,
numbering more than 1,000,
were objecting to cuts in tne
state budget fo r various pro­
gram s.
C hief Justice W arren B,
B urger sa kt the punishment
without hearing violated con­
stitutional procedures. “ We
have stated tim e and again
that reasonable notice of a
charge and an opportunity to
he heard in defense before
punishment is imposed are
basic in our system of ju r is ­
prudence.’ *
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chu fi .
5828 N.E. 8th
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
Hints for older workers
If you are in y o u r 50*s or
ers are slow er w o rke rs, less
bO’ s arxJ are being turneddown
fle xib le , weaker, m ore prone
by em ployer after em ployer as
to absence and illne ss - that
“ o v e rq u a lifie d " o r "in e xp e ­
numerous objective studies
rienced*' in whatever the spe­
prove p re cise ly the opposite.
c ia lty is; but you know the tow­
O lder w orkers* attendance and
e r i n g obstacle is y o u r age
m otivation records are lik e ly
alone, what your rights?
to be b e t t e r than t h o s e of
F ir s t , the Age D iscr lm in a -
younger w o rkers; older w o rk­
tion in Em ploym ent Act:
ers are less lik e ly to job-hop;
— Bans em ployers w ith 25 o r
the production of olde r w o rk ­
m ore w o rke rs from fir in g o r
ers compares favorable with
refusing to h ire an individual
the output o f younger w orkers;
aged 40 to 65 sim p ly because
the learning a b ility of an in d i­
o f his o r her age, unless age
vidual in his or her 50’ s is ap­
Is a bona fxle qu alificatio n,
pro xim ate ly the same as that
such as m odeling dresses fo r
of a lo - y e a r old. Do t h e re ­
teen-agers.
minding In te rm s of your own
— F o rb id s em ploym ent agen­
work h is to ry .
cies to refuse to re fe r a jo b
Don’ t fa il to re g is te r w ith
applicant fo r a job opening be­
your state employment office.
cause of his o r her age.
M a n y of these offices have
“ • P ro h ib its any statement of
special counselors and other
age p r e f e r e n e e s - fo r e x -
services designed precisely to
am ple, “ boy,” “ g n i,'* " u n d e r
help those in your position.
9 0 ," - by em ployers o r em­
Do check the nearest Feder -
ploym ent agencies In help
al Job Inform ation Center fo r
wanted ads.
a d v ic e and inform ation on
— P ro h ib its fa vo rin g younger
Federal job opportunities.
w o rke rs in pay, prom otion and
Ask your trade association
frin g e benefits, o r s im ila r
o r professional association
p ra ctice s.
fo r job advice, and look into
• • B ars unions w ith 25 o r m ore
professional jo u rn a ls in your
m em bers from denying m em ­
field fo r jo b leads. Ask your
bership to olde r persons o r
lo t mei business colleagues
refusing to re fe r an o l d e r
fo r guidance.
m em ber to a Job.
Approach
a ll em ployers
T h is law Is adm inister ed by
whom you think m ight have use
the Departm ent of L a b o r ' s
fo r your s e r v i c e s , and go
" a g e and Hour A d m in istra ­
straig ht to the top people in
tio n ,
these companies o r agencies
I f, th e re fo re , you are a v lc -
o r organizations to present
tim of age d is c rim in a tio n , ad­
your qu alificatio ns.
d re ss your com p la int to one of
th is agency's 350-plus offices
throughout the cou ntry. You
w ill find the lis tin g s In your
telephone d ire c to ry u n d e r
"L l,S . Gover nment - Dept. of
L a b o r, Wage is Hour D ivisio n .
288-5429
Ellis Casson, Associate Minister
Church School
M orning W orship
W ed Noon — The Hoor of Power
W ed Prayer & Class Meeting
9:45 am
11:00 am
12:00 noon
7:30 pm
Nursery Care Provided
W e e re m aking our Neighborhood A B rotherhood'
Otwt baptist Church
Rev John H Jackson
Minister
N.E First and Schuyler
Portland, Ore
Phone 284 1954
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Vesper
9 am
1 1 am
5pm
Za« uà enRrr tv « onZup a n d d ep a rt to terve.
Maranatha Evangelistic Center
Bethel hosts meeting
Saturday the Bethel AME
Church M is s io n a ry Society
w ill host Puget Sound In­
sp ira tio n a l meeting.
T here
w ill be two Ipus loads of Youths
fro m Seattle.
(« h e r churches who w ill
have youths present are: F ir s t
p . - •• « » » .
Groppi conviction
upset
He prom ised his cou ntry­
men a program of social Im ­
provem ent. s e lf-d is c ip lin e in
governm ent spending, and a
new ro le fo r youth.
T olb ert, age 58, became
president on the death of
P reside nt W illia m V .S . Tub­
M uch of his p o litic a l action
man in J u ly 1971.
F o r 19
stems fro m his relrgio usco n-
years p r io r to that. T o lb e rt
v ic tio n s , according t friends
had Iwen vice p ie sklent ol
in the B aptist W orld Alliance
the cou ntry.
who know him w e ll.
A fte r h it f ir s t fiv e months
T o lb e rt was president of the
in office , T o lb e rt was praised
B ap tist W orld A llia n ce from
by much of the w o rld press
1965-70, and vice president
fo r In itia tin g i e fo rm s to help
of the alliance fro m 1900-0.5.
the masses of L ib e r ia ’ s popu­
He also has been pastor of
lation and to rid the govern­
two
B aptist
churches in
ment of co rru p tio n .
L ib e ria , the Z ion P ra ise con­
An Associated P re ss ie p o rt
gregation at Bensonvrlle and
by L a r r y H em zerling Hom
tlie Mount Sinai Church in the
M onrovia said T o lb e rt's in ­
Todee J e s tric t. In addition,
auguration “ prom ises a ra d i­
he was elected president of
cal break from L ib e t la 's auto­
the L ib e ria n B aptist M is­
c ra tic p a s t." and observed
sionary anil Education Con­
that the B aptist m in is te r has
vention in 1958, and s till field
used the p re s k le n tls l pulpit
the post when the became
to reshape the destiny of
L ib e r ia 's president last July.
L ib e r ia 's 1.6 m illio n people
w ith p o litic a l finesse ami ac­
tio n .”
M rs . C o rine W inchester
ser ved as A ssistan t secretary
of AME F ifth Episcopal D is­
t r ic t O rganizational m eeting.
C om m ittees and plans were
set In m otion fo r tire General
Conference to be held In i ,alias
June 1972.
• * GORDO* L DtQff*
*
T o lb e rt has Hred two ol the
“ m ost hated o ffic e rs “ in tire
“ once v ig ila n t secret p o lic e "
which has “ disappeared from
vie w ,'* according to the AP
account.
He also has d is ­
m issed a cabinet undersecre­
ta ry fo r “ c o rru p tio n “ and
abolished a forced patronage
system re q u irin g a ll govern­
ment employees to donate one
m onth's salary a year to tne
I rue Whig p o litic a l p a rty.
seeking grass roots sup­
p o rt, Tolbert rece ntly tram p­
ed through ankle- leep mud
to inspect liv in g conditions in
one
of M o n ro via 's w orst
slu m s.
He spent tire night
there because as he told r e s i­
dents, "1 want you ti know
that 1 identify m yself with
y o u ."
Winchester returns
from Conf erence
. w.
ST A N O tFW S CATHOíiC CMU1CM
21 4429
KMTLAHi, (W G O N t m i
T
An O ft-s ta te d Fact
t h is
.X» P M
M<Mtm * 00 *» Mywww »0 10 «■> Otow
»2 00 pee ’ oft Wo,i
Liberian President
in his hour-long Inagural ad­
dre ss a pra yei that the nation
would tw led “ fo re v e r onwar
end upward.** A fte r the p ra y ­
e r. he pro stra ted him self for
15 seconds on tlie bi rght red
car,ie t
as
a gesture ol
reverence.
° i 8th Ave 3,0 Skid^ o r e
Sunday Wcrah.p il;0 0 AJVI.
C h ris tia n Youth Fellcw-’-
(2nd arri FnurP
Kev, Thomas tra
r. ,
—l
Minister becomes
W illia m R. T o lb e rt, an o r­
dained B aptist m in is te r and
form er president of the Bap­
tis t W orld A llia n ce , was in­
augurated fo rm a lly as tire
president of the Republic of
L ib e ria .
I he new president included
9*30 A xa
AK) A .M .
F ir s t C hurch, Seattle; Bailey,
E v e re tt, Wn.; B ethel,Y akim a,
Wn.; P rlm m Chapel, Seattle,
Vkn.; Ebenezer, Brem erton,
Wn.;
also representatives
fro m Alaska and Canada.
Now, how m ight you im prove
your jo b-g etting chances?
Don’ t apologize for your age
o r fo r minor d is a b ilitie s or In­
sig n ifica n t physical lim ita ­
tion s.
D o n't un de rrate your self in
y o u r resume o r Interview .
S h o o t as high as you think
reasonable in your p a y and
status.
D o n't hesitate t o rem ind I a
pro spe ctive
em ployer who
m a y throw the old myths at
you - for instance, older work-
1222 N. E. SKIDMORE
»iunday School
Sunday Evening Wor
Hour of Power-Wed.
louth Meeting-Fri.
9:15 a. m.
7:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m.
7:30 p. m.
Church Office 288-7241
Youth Office 288-7243
Sunday Morning Worship
11:00 a. m.
R e v . A M rs . Jo sep h E. B ra z il-In te rim
Pastors
An L'nueual People Because OfAn Unusual Christ'