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Church Group Seeks To Instigate 'Ethical Revolution' in Business By LOUIS CASSELS Uniled Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) The na tion's largest church organiza tion is trying to instigate an "ethical revolution" in Ameri can business life. That is the goal of the "living right at work" program which the National Council of Churches has asked its 30 member de nominations to push during 1956. The message the council wants to get across to 35,000,000 Pro testant laymen is that Christian ity is not a Sunday morning state of mind, but a practical rule of life that should govern the way we act in "our Monday-through-Saturday jobs." It represents a major effort by the churches to translate into higher standards of everyday conduct the new spirit of relig ious faith reflected in record attendance at worship services. The Question Why the emphasis on work as the area of life in which a Chris tian should demonstrate the sin- cerity of his convictions. "America today is a business society," explained a council spokesman. "Often our most meaningful experiences in life occur at work. Also because of its increasing competitive tempo, our business life is one area in which religious principles are in danger of being excluded. The Rev. Cameron P. Hall, executive director of the coun cil's Department on Economic Life, described the program as ethics directly to bear on a t'.hics directly to bear on a whole range of business and pro fessional problems "which many Americans persist in keeping separate from the church." "The problem of business ethics and Jabor ethics and farm ethics is crucial to the future of Christianity in our country," said Hall. "If our religion only operates only on the fringes of our business society one day a week we might as well stop giv ing lip service to it." A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That G By HARMAH Unitad Pw Washington (U.R) Every time I mess around with magi cians something happens. Once in St. Louis the lady champion magician, Dell O'Dell, sat still for an interview. I put pencil to pad and she told me a few of her tricks. But wlen I met Mrs. N. in the lobby of the Jefferson hotel, I wasn't wearing a tie. Dell had Harmon Nichol somehow untied it. I know the touch of a feminine hand, particularly arounil the neckline and I don't think she laid a pinky on me. The next day the tie was stuffed In the roll around of my type writer. Well, a man never learns. Same thing happened with a combination preacher, enemy of fires in the home, and magician. A nice guy named K. Thomas Call. Mot Dressed for Occasion There we were in the May flower hotel; both of us on the speaker's stand. I had inter viewed Call a little while be loro in the Town and Country room. When I was introduced, I found that I wasn't dressed for the occasion. No tie. Call pulled my wrinkled old neckpiece out of his pocket. This fellow Call has done just Hoover Defines Presidential Aide Washington (U.R) Former President Herbert Hoover said today an "administrative vice president" could relieve the President of 25 specific duties, plus settling conflicts between 1,900 government agencies. The duties mentioned by Mr. Hoover ranged from approving the Navy band's concert tours to determining the quality of Army rations. He made his proposals in testimony prepared for a Senate Government Operations Sub committee, headed by Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.). The sub committee is seeking ways to ease the President's work load. Hoover renewed his proposal that Congress create a new of fice of "administrative vice pres ident" although the administra tion was not backing the idea. Presidential Assistant Sher man Adams wrote the subcom mittee yesterday that the ad ministration sees no need for the proposed office. But he did say the administration would have 'no objection" if Congress de cided to create the post. Former President Truman voiced outright opposition to the proposal yesterday. In a letter to Kennedy, he said the Presi dent 'is the responsible head of the government" and "it is not possible for him to delegate any ofihe functions of his office as they are set out in the Constitution." The council has urged mem ber denominations to sponsor both local and statewide confer ences of laymen to discuss ethics in their particular occupations. A number of such meetings have already been held. Many more will be held next week, which the council has designated "Church and Economic Life Week." Theme of these meetings is that every type of job house wife, farmer, lawyer, doctor, newspaperman, business execu tive, labor organizer, factory worker or stenographer pre sents each day problems in "ap plied Christianity." Church leaders hope to en courage laymen in each occupa tion to work out their own solu tions. They are convinced that the process of discussing such prob lems will help laymen find other ways in which religious prin ciples should be applied to their work, and will demonstrate the truth of the program's motto: "God is not truly honored on Sunday if he is dishonored on week days." W. NICHOLS about everything. He is not an ordained parson, but he preaches on occasion. He once traveled with a carni val under the name of "Dr. Gene Okkah," posing as a Hindu priest. He claims he could have made a bundle if he had gone along with a contract to tour Nova Scotia, but his pretty wife, Rosamond, yelled out a loud "No." Real Trick So he went around the coun try reading cards and things the code routine. He posed as "Tito" the clown, and is proud to admit that his two kids, Carole, 11, and Cindy, 7, were born on the same day of the same month four years apart. "That's a good trick for a ma gician," he said. Anyhow, the case in point. Call was appearing before the Washington section of the Opti mist club. His theme was on the serious side, since he represents an in surance company, which would just as soon prevent disaster as to have to pay for losses of life, limb and timber. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Bos ton. ' He told the Optimists that fire each year, destroys or damages 330,000 homes with a dollar loss of $125,000,000. At least 5000 Americans die by fire every 12 months. Since kids make up one-third of this annual death list Call makes a game out of it in his lectures. In his talks and in a little pamphlet called "Play For Your Life." Little Game So our magician, preacher and so forth, invented a little game. It gives the kids an idea about what to do when the smoke starts to roll up the stair well. It goes like this: "Have the family go to their rooms. Have them lie on their beds. On the smell of smoke, or an alarm, each kid and adult must grasp the handiest piece of clothing . . . the top of a pajama, a pillow case or hankie . . . and tie it across the nose and mouth." Call goes on to say that if the material can be wet, that is better. Then you are supposed to slide over the side of the bed and lie flat on the floor, not breathing deeply. Now you crawl to a window, open it and stick your head out. Thing is, every home should have some mechanical device, ac cording to Call, which will de tect smoke and touch off an alarm in the house if fire occurs. Something real loud. Those things are available. SOMETHING NEW ADDED . Upper Smeltania, Mich. '(U.R) The ice was broken today for Upper Smeltanians. Telephone service has been installed for th first time at this northern Michigan village of ice fishing shanties. Grange Plan Dinner Eagle Point Grange -has planned a potluck dinner for Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Grange hall. A regular meeting will follow. 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