of Interest in
Spiritual Healing Noted
Editor's Note: The news that
(tucrn Juliana of The Netherlands
kas turned to a faith healer In ef
fort to restore the sight of her partially-blind
daughter has stirred op
fresh controversy over the plare of
snirarulous rures in modern religion.
The following dupatrh reports that
the attitude of minx rhmches to
ward spiritual healing has under
gone sharp chances In recent years.
Br LOUIS CASSELS
TJnilod Press Correspondent
Washington t'J.rS A strong
revival of inttrest in spiritual
healing is underway in many
Christian denominations.
Skepticism and embarrassment
about this long-negltcted ph.-se
of the church's rained ministry
is on the wane. More and :nore
churchmen are swiping wound
to the boliei that miraculous
cures do occur, even in tl is age
of scientific medicine, an-; that
modern Christian shoui-T take
new "look at the wholi- subject
This attitude is, f -le many
bodice of Protestant Christian
ity, a radical change from the
prevailing opinions of a few
yean ago. While the Roman
Catholic Church and some fund
amentalist sects of faith heal
ing, leading Protestant groups
were inclined to soft-pedal or
disavow what they regarded as
a primitive and unsophisticated
belief. Some liberal theologians
even 'ought to explain away the
gospel accounts- of Christ's heal
ing miracles.
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The new respectability of
spiritual healing was reflected
in a recent symposium published
by the respected quartely jour
nal. Religion Io Life. Four
prominent clergymen who par
ticipated in the symposium
agreed that the evidence for re
markable cures through prayer
is so abundant that the phe
nomenon must be taken ser
iously. K; Longer Dismissed
"Faith healing can no longer
be dismissed with a shrug of the
shoulder.-, a snap judgment, or
a clever phrase, either by the
church or by the medical profes
sion," said the Rev. John Pitcs,
minister of the First '.Velcn Pres
byterian church, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa. "There se?rr.s to oe more
than enough evidence to afiim
that spiritual healing is a fact."
Cyril C. Richardson, a professor
at Union Theological seminary in
New York, emnhasized that faith
healing OGrs not mean having
faith in a particular "healer,"
nor -oi.'S it mean persuading
yourself that you will be healed.
"The faith required is that
in Christ is revealed the power
and wisdom of God. It is God
and not we who is the healer,"
he said.
This point is stressed by
many other clergymen, who
draw a sharp distinction be
tween bonafide spiritual healing
and the "demonstrations" of
some self-styled "faith healers."
Churchmen who acknowledge
that much outright quackery is
practiced in the name of faith
healing point out that medical
science also has its fakes and
charlatans.
If the efficacy of genuine radi
ation treatments is not ques
tioned just because some un
scrupulous racketeers bilk the
gullible with "uranium poul
tices," they say, neither should
true spiritual healing through
earnest private prayer be dis
counted just because some superstition-mongers
make a mock
ery of it for their own profit
Impartial Study
The Church of England, in an
effort to draw a clear line be
tween quackery and legitimate
SDirirual healing, recently asked
the British Medical association
to conduct an impartial, profes
sional study of the facts. A com
mission report took a middle
course between skepticism and
credulity. They said the tenents
of modern medicine leave little
room for "miraculous cures of
organic disease" and many so
called miracles are susceptible
of natural explanations. But they
also acknowledged that some
well-authenticated cures are "at
present inexplicable on scien
tific aspects of healing that are
still outside our present med
ical knowledge."
Among the scientifically-attested
cures studied by the Brit
ish physicians were a number
which took place at the famous
shrine of Lourdes, France. A
sizeable medical staff is station
ed at Lourdes to examine pil
grims on arrival, a check de
signed to rule out error in diag
nosis, which is often cited by
non-believers as the "explana
tion" of. many apparent miracles
of healing.
This medical staff has record
ed numerous scientifically-inexplicable
recoveries. In some
cases, the cures involved organic
diseases in very young infants
conditions which would appear
to rule out any explanation on
psychological or psychosomatic
grounds.
Baptists Ask Stop
To Hydrogen Tests
Seattle (U.PJ The American
Baptist convention in a resolu
tion Friday asked the United
States to stop hydrogen bomb
tests.
The resolution was adopted
by a 2 to 1 vote on the last day
of the convention's 49th annual
meeting. It asserted the tests
were dangerous to the Japanese
economy, harmful to mission
aries, have an adverse effect
on Asiatic nations and create
a "long range danger to the
human race."
Earlier, delegates elected Dr.
Harry L. Dillin,' president of
Linfield College, McMinnville,
Ore., president of the conven
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Experiment Station
Scene of Tour by
Branch Officials
Experiment station superin
tendents from throughout Ore
gon toured facilities of the
Southern Oregon Branch Ex
periment station this weekend
as part of a plan to better co
ordinate work of various
branches in the system.
Saturday was devoted to a
tour of the branch experiment
station to acquaint visiting
superintendents in charge of
other stations with the nature
of the program under way in
this area. Attention also was
given to how the program was
developed and why.
While superintendents, were
touring the station, wives visit
ed the Jacksonville Museum
under the leadership of Mrs.
H. H. White, wife of the local
superintendent. They also visit
ed other points of interest in
the valley.
Picnic Held
The group held a picnic at
Ashland's Lithia park.
Among those visiting were
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Overson,
Pendleton branch experiment
station; Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Sawyer, Squaw Butte-Harney
station. Burns; Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Hall, Sherman station, Moro;,
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Hoffman,
Malheur experimental area, On
tario; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ho
well, John Jacob Astor station,
Astoria; Malcolm Johnson, Cen
tral Oregon experimental area,
Remond; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Larson, Umatilla station, Herm
iston; Mr. and Mrs. Jack . Mc
Dermid, Red Soils experimental
area, Oregon City; and Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Gross, Klamath sta
tion, Klamath Falls.
Last year the group held a
two-day inspection trip at Ore
gon. City and Astoria. .
Sunday, Juno 24, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBT
United Pross Correspondent
tfMyST''M'
. Hollywood U.P.) Phil Sil
vers sailed through Hollywood
this week as a returned conquer
ing hero
and blandly
turned down
movie offers to
stick to his
"You'll Never
Get Rich" tel
evision show.
The last
time "the co
medians' CO-
Aline Hosbr median" stay
ed in Hollywood for a stretch
was during filming of his stage
hit, "Top Banana." Before that
he suffered through years of
playing "the hero's best friend"
in a string of movies.
This trip the triple-emmy win
ner was the toast of Hollywood
for his biggest success, as Sgt.
Steve Bilko in "You'll Never
Get Rich." But he brushed off
eager movie producers to return
to his show in New York.
Good Story Needed
"Lotsa movie offers," beamed
Silvers at a cocktail party given
in his honor. "But they're all to
play Army characters. We've
gotten offers to do Sergeant Bil
ko as a movie, too. But we'll
wait until we get a real good
story line and then do it as a big
movie in color."
Senators Urge Use of
Northwest Colleges
Washington (U.R) Sens. Hen
ry M. Jackson and Warren G.
Magnuson Friday urged a de
partment of agriculture commit
tee to select the University of
Idaho and Washington State
College as a dual site for an
$18,900,000 animal disease re
search center.
The Washington Democrats
said the site would utilize fully
the institutions' research facili
ties. The Camp Adair site near
Corvallis and Albany, Ore., also
has been mentioned as a possi
ble location of the center.
Silvers stood happily survey
ing the mob of celebrities and
press who gathered to pay hom
age to TV's biggest success of
the season. Next season, howev
er, he admittedly faces that so
phomore jinx, the second season.
He'll try to solve that by travel
ing to Europe this summer to
gather background shots for the
adventures of Bilko overseas.
Uniform Omitted
For the third season, the irre
pressible sergeant will get out of
uniform for other mishaps away
from Army camps.
"Every show needs a change,"
explained Silvers.
"It's funny," but the Army
likes this program," he added.
'They told me Army enlistments
have tripled. The Army didn't
like 'From Here to Eternity' but
in this the sergeant is a lovable
type."
Silvers is such a success, In
fact, that when he dropped $5,
800 at the dice tables during his
recent engagement at the Rivi
era hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., the
story got around Hollywood he
lost $90,000.
Columbia Commission
Public Hearings
Spokane (U.R) The Colum
bia Interstate Compact commis
sion will meet here Monday to
vote on . b proposed change in
the composition of the commis
sion. The proposed change would
give three commissioners each
to Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana with three votes
for each commissioner; one com
missioner to Wyoming with two
votes, and one each for Utah
and Nevada with one vote
apiece. .
At present the commission is
composed of two members from
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana and one each from
Wyoming, Utah and Nevada.
TWO-WAY THEATER
New Kensington, Pa. (U.R)
Plans for this city's new $2,500,
000 high school include provi
sions for a reversible indoor-outdoor
stage. The stage will be sit
uated so that a bi-parting door
will let 4t face both . an insid ,
auditorium and an outdoor hill
side ampitheater.
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MAD KILLER? Police at
Warren, Ohio are searching
for. Alfred Wilson, 37
(above), just out of jail on
bond after being held for
' assault and battery. They
believe he might be the
"mad killer" of two women
and a girt. The two women
were ms sisters-in-law and
the girl, an innocent victim,
was 16-year-old Nancy
Worthington. ;
Trumans Touring
Great Britain
London (U.R) Former Presi
dent Truman, enjoying his first
day in Britain free of official
fuctions, Saturday joined scores
of other tourists in an excur
sion trip down the river Thames
to the Tower of London.
Mr. Truman and Mrs. Truman
were the center of attention.
The visit of the grim tower, a
mecca for all tourists, gave Mr.
Truman further opportunity to
show off his knowledge of his
tory which has impressed his
hosts throughout his European
tour.
Mr. Truman made more head
lines Friday, along with his
chauffer. - . .
Embassy driver Albert Smith
caused a flurry approaching a
diplomatic incident when he dis
appeared shortly before the for
mer President. emerged from the
American school where he ad
dressed some ninth graders.
Smith kept Mr. Truman cool
ling his heels for several min
utes. He had gone around the
corner ior a spot of tea.
Mr. Truman dismissed the in
cident with a grinning remark
that he would have to get ac
customed to the Englishmen's
morning tea break.
But the chauffeur was morti
fied by his blooper and vowed
never to let it happen again.
Friday night the Trumans at
tended a private reception given
by Sir John Balfour, who was
British minister to Washington
for three years during Mr. Tru
man's presidency.
GOAT-GETTER
Norton, Va. (U.B Insur
ance agent Paul Irwin almost
was eaten out of business by a
billygoat. Irwin said he returned
io his car after making a collec
tion call to find the goat had
eaten his personal mail, a sticker
off the windshield and was start
ing to chew up the front seat
of the automobile.
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