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Religious Leaders Pushing Bridge-Building Movement Toward Mutual Respect in Church By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Corresondenz Washington (U.R) A Rabbi warned Jews not to "minimize the importance of Jesus as a re ligious teacher. An archbishop reminded the Christians that "the Jews are our spiritual forefathers." A leading Catholic magazine published an article praising Protestants. A prominent Methodist cler gy man said Protestants should regard the Roman Catholic church "as an ally rather than a competitor." None of these events made na tional headlines. Each, however, was a significant contribution to an effort that some clergymen called "the bridge - building movement. It is a seemingly spontaneous, largely unorgan ized effort to build a bridge of mutual respect across the gulf of bitterness and distrust that for centuries has divided Jejvs from Christian, Catholic from Protestant. Not Necessary to Knock The bridge-builders do not try to discount or ignore their theo logical differences. They simply uphold the premise that it is not necessary to knock the other man's faith in order to be loyal to your own. It was this conviction that led Rabbi David H. Panftz to advise the Adas Israel Hebrew congre gation in Washington recently to quit being "squeamish about recognizing Jesus as a great teacher." While Jews do not accept the Christian belief that Jesus was the son of God, he said, neither should they "minimize the role Jesus played" or try to cast doubt on his historical exist ence. Cites Proof "Those who say that Jesus didn't live haven't a theological leg to stand on," said the Rabbi. "The more we learn from arche ological discoveries and the bet ter we understand the nature of tradition, the more we know that Jesus lives and . . an im mense contribution, with his magnificent parable and tren chant sayings, in paraphrasing the ethical teachings of Juda ism." In the game vein. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of. Boston urged Christians to remember that "if Christianity is a tree, it's roots are in Judaism." Slam From Judaism "We stem from Judaism, as we tem from our forefathers," said the Catholic prelate. "The Jews are our spiritual forefathers. One thing above all others we Friendship Night Set by Chapter . Central Point Nevita chap ter, Order of Eastern Star, will hold their annual Friendship Night Tuesday, May 22, at 8 p.m. at the Masonic hall of Cen tral Point. Mrs. Melvin Mc- Grew, worthy matron, cordially invites all members and ' visit ing Eastern Stars to attend. Mrs. Donald A. Faber will decorate the hall and Mrs.. Rex Note, with the assistance of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Vincent, Mrs. Nel lie Brown, and Mrs. Ethel Had ley will have charge of the re freshments. The men of the chapter will provide the entertainment with C. W. Abbott as commentator. 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Another Contribution The Jesuit-edited weekly mag azine America made its contri bution to inter-faith harmony with an article entitled "In praise of Protestants." Urging Catholics to help "break down the walls of misrep resentation and prejudice which have been built up by former generations fighting ancient bat tles," it said: "Those who have Protestant friends and relations know that many of them are as devoted to their faith as the best of Catho lics. They willingly make sacri fices of time, talent and treasure to aid their churches . . . Protes tants who love Jesus Christ, who search for His truth, who keep the ten commandments and regular prayer, are myriad in number. "Few people on the whole are more tolerant and friendly to ward those who do not agree with them than American Prot estants. Among most Protestants in America there is a greater reservoir than we realize of good will toward their Catholic neigh bors." ' United States-India Strain Can Be Traced To Kashmir Problem By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Correspondent Bombay, India (U.R) Much of the strain . in ' relations be tween the United States and India can be traced to the Kash mir problem. ' This is what I found by talk ing with people in Calcutta, New Delhi and Bombay during the past five weeks. It is agreed generally here that the Kashmir question has a bit of influence on all Indian for eign affairs. The stand other na tions take regarding India's dis pute with Pakistan over Kash mir colors India's relations with those countries. First, and probably foremost, the Indians do not like the mil itary aid the United States has given Pakistan. The fact that Americans also have given India a lot of economic help is not con sidered as balancing things equally. The Indians say American mil itary aid has strengthened the Pakistan stand and made settle ment of the Kashmir issue more difficult. Korean War Incident But the strained relations also result from less tangible things. Indian and American friend ship seems to have started turn ing cool during the Korean War when the United States rejected Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh ru's advice to halt U.N. forces at the 38th parallel. Some people here believe Neh ru not only was hurt because his Favorite Classic! 9051 1220 ; 30-42 Iry irTfeifcnlfltftMa You've asked us again and again for your favorite "good classic." Here it is! Depend on it to go everywhere at the ring of the phone, to keep you neat and smart wherever you go this busy season. If you're a golfer, sew it for a comfortable golf dress too. Pattern 9051: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. Size 16 takes 4 Is yards 35-inch. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. Send Thirty -five cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. 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The Indians say the United States sides with Portugal and "colonialism." When Secretary of State John Foster Dulles referred'to Gpa as a province of Portugal, the In dians reacted angrily. And they haven't accepted any explana tion as being sufficient to soothe their injured feelings. Charges by some Americans that Nehru is a Communist or is pro-Communist probably tend to widen the gap between .. India and the United States. U.S. support for the Chinese Nationalists and the refusal of Mother, Daughter Slain in Portland Portland '(U.R) An elderly woman and her daughter were shot to death yesterday by a spurned suitor who . then at tempted to take his own life, po lice reported. Dead .were Mrs. Gertrude Chetney, 74, and her 31-year-old daughter, Gladys. In serious condition at Emanuel hospital was Roy Bredahl, 40.' Police said they were inform ed : Bredahl had been dating Miss Chetney and that she had turned down his proposals of marriage. 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