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
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have in common with the Jews
faith in God. The real conflict
in the world today is between
Christians and Jews, the 'pro
God' forces, on the one side, and
the atheists or ,the 'anti-God'
forces on the other side."
It was another Boston bishop,
Methodist John Wesley Lord,
who told the Massachusetts
Council of Churches that Protes
tants should stop getting so up
set about the growth of the
Catholic Church in the United
States.
The strength of U. S. Catholi
cism, he said, "must be regarded
in many instances as an ally
rather than a competitor" of
Protestantism. '
"There are many areas of
common' Christian concern in
which we can and must unite
our religious forces."
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
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advice was rejected, but also be
cause he had linked up the action
with his own intimate Kashmir
problem.
People who hold this view ex
plain it like this:
1. Nehru probably came to
feel that the United States and
the United Nations, in tagging
North Korean and Chinese Com
munists aggressors, took . action
against these two powers which
he had been unable to getthem
to take against Pakistan. r
2. Nehra decided there was
little reason for him to side with
the United States and its Allies
in punishing the Communists
when the United States and oth
ers refused his plea to condemn
Pakistan in the Kashmir ques
tion. '
Colonialism Issue
The Goa issue is another prob
lem. 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
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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
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PRODUCER DIES r
Hollywood U.R) Andre
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the Americans to recognize the
Chinese Communist government
in Peiping also irritates the In
dians. .. : .
The Indians, among the very
first to recognize the Red Chi
nese regime, say the Americans
are unrealistic in not following
SUit. : ' . .
California Frog
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Angeles Camp, Calif. '(U.R)
Buck Junior, a California-grown
frog, outhopped a host of im
ported amphibians ;-, Sunday to
win the world championship of
the International Frog Jumping
Olympirs. :
The Oakland-bred entry could
do no better than third place in
junior division trials Saturday,
but yesterday he hopped 15
feet, 9 inches to take the cham
pionship from 24 other finalists.
Buck Junior is owned by 12-year-old
Bill Basacker of Oak
land. Rancho Boy, another domestic
frog and seeded No. 1 in this
year's Olympics, came in second
with a leap only 10 V4 inches'
shorter than the winner. Rancho
Boy is owned by Nick Lelli,
Richmond, Calif.
More than 22,000 persons at
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was inspired by Mark Twain's
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog
of Calaveras County."
Yogi Yorgesson Dies
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Tonopah,' Nev. (U.R) Re
cording artist ' Yogi Yorgesson,
48, Beverly - Hills, 'Calif., was
killed Saturday when his auto
crashed into a culvert 18 miles
north of here. 1
Yorgesson's real name was
Harry E.; Stewart. '
Highway Patrolmen David
Banovich and Lincoln Saunders
believed Yorgesson ' went to
sleep at the wheel of his car.
Yorgesson won fame for his
comic records in which he imi
tated " Swedish' ' and "Japanese
accents. ' '
Hood River Mill
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a Saturday afternoon blaze at
the Jay Mar Lumber company
here for nearly two' hours before
they were able to- control the
flames. " '
The flames, : pushed by - a
strong west wind,' destroyed a
shop and a planning department
at "the mill but the main mill
operation was saved, Fire Chief
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