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52nd Year Medford Urnsd P-esi Full Leawd Wiraj Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Win SECOND SECTION MEFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1957 12 Pages Graham's Crusade Hasn't Changed Face of New York but Talk Changes FJi!or' notr Thu 1 th wnnd of fur ipt-rial report! b th I nii1 Pr on lh proem of Billy Ora ham .New York crutade. By LOUIS CASSELS United titil Correspondent O New York W Is Billy Graham's New Yorit crusade a "success?" The answer depends on what measuring stick r - 1 -vou use" ,A !f you expect- 1 ed the crusade j t o produce a n m iernigni irans- . i u i in a i tun in the morals and manners of you will be disap- Louis CaiieU pointed. There seem to be just as many bars on 52nd St., just as many drunks wandrring along Times Square, just as many near-naked girls cavorting in the night clubs, just as much avarice in the canyons of Wall st., as there was before Billy Graham came to town. There is one immediately de tectable difference: Religion has Become a topic of conversation. It is by no means the only, or even the main, topic. But you do hear people talking about the crusade, sometimes jestingly, mmetimes very earnestly, in places where the name of Jesus Christ has not been spoken ex cept in blasphemy for many yean. Statistically Successful In purely statistical terms, the meetings which began May 15 in Madison Square Garden have been the most successful Graham has ever conducted. Attendance to date has averaged 17,800 nightly, close to the seating ca pacity of the Garden. On sever al evenings, the crowd has been so great that 2.000 or more had to be turned away. The number of people coming forward to make ' decisions for Christ" Graham calls them "inquirers" rather than "con verts" has averaged 578 each niht and on occasion has ap proached 1,000. With tiie crusade now extend ed until July 21, it seems likely that Graham's total New York audience will exceed 1 million. The response is doubly im pressive when you take into ac count the fact that only about 8 per cent of the city's residents are Protestants like Graham, while 27 per cent are Roman Catholics, 10 per cent are Jews, and 55 per cent have no church affiliation. Letters by Thousands Graham's mail which runs more than 1.000 letters a day indicates that a sizeable number " Catholics and Jews are attend ing his meetings. And a spokes man for the Graham team said there have been "many" Catho lics and Jews among those who have come forward to make "de cisions.' ' The sharpest criticism of the Graham crusade has come from other Protestants, who dislike the methods of highly-organized evangelism and doubt the value of mass conversions in a revival atmosphere. The Christian Century, an old and respected magazine with a 4-H Club News Phoenix Kitchen Workers The Phoenix 4-H Club Kitchen Workers held their meeting rec ently in the home economics room of the Phoenix High school. A meeting was held and then cooking classes began. Di anne Carter baked a cherry cob bler: Pamelia Grove made cin namon rolls; Michel Dube and Dianne Bolz made a potato salad: Gail Glidden and Janet Glidden made a pudding pie; Jamie Briggs made peanut cookies: and Dariiyn Popow made a marble cake. Conking was under thp direc tion of Mrs. Daugherty, the 4-H club leader. Dariiyn Popow, Reporter wide criculation among Protest ant clergymen of all major de nominations, has asserted in edi torials that "there is something horrifying In this monstrous jug gernaut rollng over every sensi tivitv to its sure triumph." Others, like theologican Rein hold -eibuhn and Dean Francis B. Sayre of Washington Episco pal Cathedral, have accused Graham of stressing personal re form at the expense of social re form, of failing to put enough emphasis on the "collective sins" of society such as racial discrim ination. Graham has also come under S tin fetal, .vy COMMENCEMENT AD DRESS Vice President Richard Nixon is shown as he delivered commencement address during brief visit to Michigan State University, at- East Lansing. Comment ing on the illness of Presi dent Eisenhower on his re turn to Washington, Nixon said "most of us expect to see him back at his office tomorrow morning." fire from extreme fundamenta lists, who protest his refusal to sleer converts to strictly "evan gelical" churches; from theolo gical liberals who boggle at his insistence on taking quite liter ally what the Bible says about sin and salvation, heaven and hell; and from middle-of-the-road Protestant pastors who worry about the disillusionment or des pair that may come to "inquir ers" who discover that instan taneous conversion at a revival meeting is only the first step in a long process of growth in grace which must continue throughout a Christian's life. I asked Graham about these criticisms and misgivings during a long private interview in his hotel suite. He declined to talk about some of the sharper, more personal attacks. "There are enough divisions among Christians already," he said. "I decided a long time ago that I wouldn't answer some of these things. I don't believe the Lord called me to add to the con troversies in His family." Quotes John Wesley I told him some people felt his preaching depended too heavily on an appeal to fear. Had he ever thought that he mieht dwell less on the wrath and judgment of God, and more on His love and mercy? In reply, he quoted his prede cessor in evangelism, John Wes ley: "Before I can preach grace, I must preach law and judg ment." Graham said he tries in every sermon to cut through the shell of "self-righteousness" which keeps men from "recognizing their need of salvation." He does not shy away from the doctrine of eternal punishment of the un repentant, uncongenial as it may be to the modern mind, because: "Only when we see ourselves as sinners under judgment are we ready to accept the forgive ness, the reconciling love of God which is offered to us in Christ." Companion of Japanese Woman Claims Shells Offered by Girard Fditnr t not: Only two i.rnn a anldler companion of William S. Girard and a ?9-ypar-n)d Japanpr,. farmer nitnrsted the fatal nhnnttng of Mrs. Naka Sakai on a L'.S. firinc ranee at Somaghara. Japan, last Jan. 30. A key tsue in the rase has been whether Girard scattered empty cart ridge shells to enjice the woman scrap metal scavenger before ahootins her. .as Japanese quarters have charged. Girard's soldier companion. Sp3C Victor Nickel, of fnster, Mich., has refused public comment on the charge. HidetsURU Onoieki, Mrs. Sa kai's companion on Jan. 30. todav cave the I nited Press his version of the incident. His account follows: BY HIDETSUGU ONOZEKI As Told to United Press Somogahara, Japan HPi There wer about 70 or 80 vil lagers at the firing range that day, watching the American soldiers conduct an exercise. Mrs. Sakai and I were among them. First the soldiers fired live ammunition. Then they divided into two groups one group went up the hill and the other stayed below and loaded their guns with blank ammunition for an attack on the group on the hill. When the exercise was over, the soldiers lay down to rest and we (the villagers) moved to ward them to see if they would give us somt empty shells to sell for scrap. Some of the soldiers got up and shoutca at us, "Get out of here." All the villagers started to I was another shot and I saw Mrs run away. But Mrs. Sakai and j Sakai fall forward on her face I were a little way apart from with her arms spread out. She the group, so we were behind the moaned but didn't say anything. Senate Approves Funds Washington 'IP Senate has ; another emDtv cartridce into his others. Mrs. Sakai and I were about 10 yards from two soldiers by a machine gun. One of them (the man I later identified as Girard when Army officers took me to Camp Whittington) held up about 10 small cartridge!. He said to Mrs. Sakai, "Mama san koko takusan brass" (Wom an, here is much brass), and threw the shell casings on the other side of a shallow trench. Mrs. Sakai and I ran to pick them up. Then Girard threw some more shells but these went into the trench and Mrs. Sakai went in to get them Girard has denied that the he tossed th shells out to entice the Japanese. Saw Pointed Rifle I was about to run over to the trench to help Mrs. Sakai when I saw Girard pointing his rifle at me. It looked very dan gerous but I thought he was jok ing. Anyway, 1 started to run away down the hill when I heard -a shot and something went by my left foot. My back was to Gir ard. When I turned around I saw him crouched down and putting approved 72 to 0 a S5,3'?8 594.800 bill to operate 17 inde pendent government agencies in the fiscal year starting July 1. The measure was cut S545, 570,200 below President Eisen hower's request but S163.750, 000 of the reduction represented no real saving for the Treasury gun (Girard'; gun was equipped with a grenade launcher). Girard stood up and came closer to the trench where Mrs. Sakai was. He shouted, "Get out of here, get out of here." Saw Her Fall Forward Just then Mrs. Sakai started to climb out oi the trench. There 1 was standing about eight yards from where she fell. Girard ran up to her. He looked frightened. He leaned over and put his hand on Mrs. Sakai's back and shook her, but she didn't move. Girard turned to me and called out, "Papasan,' motioning me to come. I talked to Mrs. Sakai and touched her back. "Obasan, Oba san," I said but she didn't an swer and I knew she was dead. 1 j-imineli iitnf LEAVING Ely see Palacs Maurice Bourges-Maynoury hopes to form new French cabinet. (International) TASTE TELLS, LADIES! . Make the Amaiing NEW M.C.P. UNCOOKED JAMS! 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