Statesman, Salem, Ore., Friday, June 10, 1955 (See. 3-7
Most Churches See No Problem in Lack of Formal Religion at United Nations
By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER
(Far Georga W. CarmeO ) .
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Ut.
Tea years after the United Nations
waj founded to the accompaniment
of prayers of millions of people,
the problem of religion and prayer
in the U.N. still Is a puzzler
. The problem has been met part
ly by changing rules to open and
close General Assembly sessions
with a minute of silence and by
installing a small meditation room
in the assembly building.
But some people, mostly Amer
icans, still misunderstand and even
pass resolutions deploring the lack
of prayer in U.N. meetings. Once
there was a flood of letters about
this. Now -h has trickled to an
average, of a letter per week to
the UJS. mission and to the U.N.
itself.,,
The answer is that there are so
many religions and faiths repre
sented in the U.N it's impossible
to agree on any ; prayer or ob
servance acceptable to alL
Serviag God
" The U.S. mission and the U.N.
in their replies inform letter writ
ers of the minute of silence . and
the meditation room. Both say that
is as far as the U.N. can go be
cause of the variety of beliefs.
They make the point that God can
be served by works as well as
prayer and the work of the U.N.
on technical assistance, feeding the
hungry and sheltering the home
less is a service to God. -
The U.S. mission adds a touch
to its letter. It expresses the view
that God can be served , also by
efforts to use atomic energy for
peace and by exposing and con
demning Communist violations of
human rights and - attacks on re
ligion. ,
Are the faithful satisfied with
what they have at U.N.? For the
most part, their answer is yes.
Weyman Huckabee, director of
the Laymen's Movement for a
Christian World, which was instru
mental in getting the meditation
room, says: -
' "One thing that does disturb me
is that practically no U.N. people
use the meditation room."
Huckabee said more than 200,
000 persons have signed the guest
register kept ia the meditation
room since it was opened in 1932.
The most distinguished visitor was
President Eisenhower, who went
there alone before addressing the
V J., assembly . Dec. SV 1953, on
his program of using atomic en
ergy for peace,, . - ,
Dae for Faee-Lifting r
.. The austerely-furnished medita
tion room is due for a face-lifting
soon to make it larger and give
It just a bit more warmth. It con
tains only 23 chairs' and a block
of mahogany . from. French " Equa
torial Africa. ;
Dr. Maurice Perlzweig, accredit
ed to the U.N. as the official ob
server of the World Jewish Con
gress and himself a rabbi, said
"We see no problem.
"As the ;U.N. provides in two
striking ways its respect for spiri
tual convictions by the. minute of
silence and the meditation room
it has done all it can reasonably
be expected to do without creating
new problems," he said.
"It includes all kinds of reli
gious. Also, you must take into
account 'here are people with no
religious convictions. The U.N. has
shown respect for religious convic
tions without doing violence to the
convictons of any one group.
Dr. Perlzweig, who represents
Jewish organizations In 65 coun
tries, said he is a strong believer
in the separation of church and
state. He insisted that principle
must be applied to the U.N. and
said he would not like to see any
"ecclesiastical association between
the U.N. and religious, bodies.
Satisfaction with the present sys
tem also was expressed by a Ro
man Catholic priast who is chief
delegate of Costa Rica to the U.N.
He is Ambassador The Reverend
Benjamin Nunez. But he said he
is not satisfied with the U.N.
Charter, signed at San Francisco
10 years ago on June 26. ,
"I would like to see the name
of God in the charter," , Father
Nunez said. "With that name in
cluded it would give the charter
real value."; ,
Father Nunez is expected to
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bates reviewing the charter.
Among the faiths represented
here ', are most of the Protestant
churches of the United States plus
some from overseas, Roman Cath
olics, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus,
Moslems, Greek Orthodox, and
Quakers. ,
There , are 110 American organi
zations keeping contact with the
U.S. delegation on U.N. matters
and of these 28 are representatives
of churches or religious bodies.
Most of these organizations also
are accredited with the U;N. as
non-governmental organizations.
Some of those accredited with
the U.N. are the American Friends
Service Committee, the Baha'i In
ternational Community, the; Board
of World Peace of the Methodist
Church, the Catholic International
Union for Social Service, the Chris
tian Science Committee on Pub
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America for the Propagation . of
Islam, the Laymen's . Movement;
the National Council of the Church-,
es of Christ in the USA, Pronoot
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Congress, and the World's Wo
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