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Medford united fre -Full Leased wire Tribune United Prw Full ueaied Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1955 Pages 1-8 Big Texas Evangelist, Former Grid Ace, Plans Christian War Against Communism New York (U.R) A raw boned, crewcut Texan who has turned the energy that once made him a football star into evangelistic fervor embarked to day on a crusade to stockpile the Christian message in a war against Communism. The Rev. Paul M. Stevens was on his way to London with an ambitious plan to inject the word of God behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtain by radio and in time television. Dr. Stevens, 39, a former left end at Mississippi College who carries a bulk of 202 pounds on his six-foot, three-inch frame, is en route to the Baptist World Alliance meeting in London, where 25,000 leaders from 60 countries will represent 21,000, 000 Baptists. He said he will try to set up a permanent organization to stockpile programs of scripture, religious music, and a brief Christian message and make them available to large and small radio stations on the edge of the Iron Curtain in Europe and the Bamboo Curtain in Asia. ' Dr. Stevens, an ordained Bap tist minister who has had sev eral small pastorates, now is director of the Radio and Tele vision Commission of the South ern Baptist Convention, which represents 9,000,000 Americans. His offices are in Fort Worth, Tex. He left here by plane last night as a delegate to the London- meeting. Get the Idea Several months ago, he said in an interview, he got the idea of using mass communications to get religion into Communist curtain countries. As he envi sions it, programs can be turned out in many languages and re corded on tape for use on radio. Film also could be prepared, may reach through the curtain He said this thought occurred to him: "Why can't we approach radio stations in Free Europe and Asia and offer them reli- YOU NEVER KNOW Take a pretty Japanese girl, Keiko Takahashi, 21, model her with a Hollywood blonde wig, and . you come up with the above somewhat spectacular results. Incidently, she's Miss Japan in the coming Miss Universe contest at Long Beach. Cal Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) B e c c o Chemical's hydrogen peroxide manufacturing plant in Vancouver will launch a $1,000, 000 expansion program later this month, according to Henry P. against the day when television Vogt. plant manager. gious programs that are non controversial but at the same time evangelistic?" In London, he said, he will try to get together international religious leaders who are inter ested in such a program to work out details for the organization, perhaps establishing headquar ters in Washington. The organization would share American technical knowledge of broadcasting techniques with other countries and would be prepared to help train personnel. Dr. Stevens said it would be the first concerted campaign to take religion around the world by electronics. Human Nature Asked whether he was sure persons in Communist dominat ed countries would want to hear religious programs, he said: "I can't help but believe that human nature is the same around the world. Today there's a hun ger in our world for religion Look at the masses of people who turned to greet Billy Gra ham. "There's no reason to believe there's any less hunger for the Christian message in Central Europe and the Far East than has been indicated in West Ger many, France, England, and Scotland." Dr. Stevens said he believed the financing could be handled by voluntary contributions "by missionary minded people.' By their very natures, Com munism and Christianity are at war, he said. . 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