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Show Christians and Jews Join Hands in Good FellowshipDuring Fellowship FellowshipDuring FellowshipDuring During 'Brotherh Brotherh 'Brotherhood Brotherhood ' od Week ' Observ Observances nces , Feb . 20- 20 20-26 20 26 2026 1-1 1 - 26 , In Inter-Cult Inter Cult Int ter er - CuI Cult t Meetings MeetingsBeing MeetingsBeing Being Organized in3,000 in3000 in 3,000 3000 , , Communities . I , 'tA tA td ' A possessA u . possess possessalike possessalike alike liber fiber liberty fiberty liberi ty of conscience conscienceand conscienceand conscience5 and Immunitiesr immunitiesof immunities of citizenship citizenslup It ItIs ItIs - Is now no morei more morethat morethat that toleration tolerabon isspoken isspoken is > spoken , of of , , as if it itwas itwas itk was by the indulr indulg indul indulgpnce gence gpnce g nce of one classof classof class ' of people that another another an another other enjoyed the theexercise theexercise theexercise exercise of their inherent natural naturalrIghts naturalrights naturalrights rIghts For happily the Government Governmentof of the United States which gives tobigotry to tobigotry tobigotry bigotry no sanction to persecutionno persecution no assistance requires reqUlres only that they theywho theywho theywho who live under Its protection protecbon should shoulddemean shoulddemean shoulddemean demean themselves as good citizens citizensin citizensin : in giving it on all aU occasions their theirI theireffectual theireffectual theireffectual effectual supportSo supportSo support supportSo I So wrote George Washington as asfirst asfirst asfirst first President of our republic repubhc whose whosefirst whosefirst whosefirst first principle prmciple is that all men are arecreated arecreated arecreated created equal The letter was addressed ad addressed addressed dressed to the Hebrew Congregabon Congregation Congregationof Congregabonof of Newport , , . R IA I IA A phrase from this letter to tobigotry tobigotry tobigotry bigotry no sanction sancbon ' has been seized seizedupon seizedupon seizedupon upon as a fitting motto tor for the Na Nabonal National National bonal tional Conference Comerence of Christians Chrlsuans and andJews andJews andJews Jews an organization orgamzatlon dedicated to tothe tothe tothe the destruction destrucbon of religious rehglous mtoler intoler mtolerance intolerante intolerance ance ante and racial prejudice preudice ) The conference con conferenc conference ferenc ference sponsors the annual Brotherhood Broth Brotherhood Brotherhood erhood Week activities acbvlties a program programit programf programof of , f events designed to promote good goodfellowslup goodfellowship goodfellowship fellowslup fellowship and understanding among amongpeople amongpeople amongpeople people differing dlffering in cult or race The Thelalt Thelat Thelast lalt lat ; , , week ot of February the 20th to tothe tothe tothe the 27th was chosen for Brotherhood Brotherhoodweek Brotherhoodweek Brotherhoodweek week because Washington Wasbmgton IS a * birth birthday birthday birthday day the 22nd is included In thiS thus thiSperIod thusperiod thisperiod thisperiodPageants perIod perIodPageants Pageants and musical programsare programs are being bemg rehearsed and roundtables roundtablesand roundtablesand roundtablesand and forums arranged rranged in some 3000 3000American 3 000 000AmerIcan 000American AmerIcan communities commumbes this thus year yearChurches yearChurches yearChurches Churches synagogues army camps campsnaval campsnaval campsnaval naval stations schools fraternal fraternaland fraternaland fraternaland and trade organizations organizabons are all plan planomg planfling planning omg fling to observe oberve thig th1g time t1me tune of special specialfrIendliness specialfriendliness specialfriendliness specialfriendlinessThe frIendliness frIendlinessThe The Bound Round TablesHeadquarters Tables TablesHeadquarters TablesHeadquarters Headquarters for Brotherhoodweek Brotherhood Brotherhoodweek Brotherhoodweek week is the central office of the con conference conference conerence ference ( m in New York city Dr Rob Robert Robart Bobert ert art Ashwortb Ashworth director of the the"Week the"Week the"Week theWeek "Week Week " operates through 15 region regional regional regional al offices which wluch are permanent1y permanently permanent1yorganIzed permanentlyorganized permanentlyorganized organIzed units urnts of the conference conferenceLocal conferenceLocal conferenceLocal Local groups called Round Tables Tableswork Tableswork Tableswork work under the direction of the re rerlonal regional refional rlonal gional leaders There are now 249Round 249 249Round 249Round Round Tables composed of m1Iuen influen m1Iuenbal influenhal influential bal hal citizens of several religions rel1g10ns and andraces andraces andraces andracesLast races racesLast Last year these men who beheve believe behevethat believethat believethat that they are their ' "brother brother 'brother " s keep keepus keepens keeptrs us ens were instrumental in having havingI havingtolerance havingtolerance havingtolerance tolerance programs presented in 250 250eoUeges 250colleges 250colleges I eoUeges colleges 2 800 parochial paroclual and publ1c public publ1cschoois publicschools publicchools schoois schools ( 6 968 churches of all aU denom denomnatIons denomnations denombations natIons ! ! 1 889 women s groups and andI I 1 333 professional and service clubs clubsDf clubsof clubsof Df of one kind kmd or anotherThe anotherThe another anotherThe The 60 overseas directors of the theUSO theISO theUSO USO ISO ( also are now busily buslly engaged engagedplanmng engagedplanning engagedplanning planmng planning various events tor for Brother Brothernood Brotherhood Brotherhood nood hood week for the armed forces forcesabroad forcesabroad forceskbroad abroad Its chief cblef of operations operabons 10 in 10Ibe inthe mthe Ibe the United Umted States Ray Johns in m lus his lusmemo hismemo hismemo memo to the directors of the 2300USO 2 300 300USO 300IJSO USO IJSO USOlmts units \lmts lmts \ in this country accompanymg accom accompanymg accompanymg panymg his lus program tor for Brother Brothernood Brotherhood Brotherhood nood hood week said No subject is iseloser isCloser isCloser eloser Closer to the heart of the world wIde wIdeenSlS widecrisis widecrisis enSlS crisis which nqw engulfs our Clvili civth ClviliEabon civthcation civihcation civihcationWorld Eabon cation EabonWorld cationWorld World We Want to Live InDunng InDuring In InDuring During Dunng the last 12 months commit committees committees commitlees tees of priests rabbis and ministers ministersnave ministershave ministershave nave have brought their message ofbrotherhood of ofbrotherhood ofbrotherhood brotherhood to some 400 camp cen centers centers centers ters with an estimated estlmated attendance attendanceof attendanceDf Df of over two million m1ll1on mullion The World WorldWe WorldWe WorldWe We Want to Live LlVe In a film 111m made madelor madefor madeor lor for ( the conference has been shown shownmore shownmore shownBiore more than 3 000 tunes t1mes A documen documentary documenLary documenlary tary Lary film detailing the various varlOUS good goodwill goodwill goodwill will activities acbVItles of this organization orgamzabon of ofChnstlans ofChristians ofChristians Chnstlans Christians and Jews now is being beingmade beingmade beingmade made by The 'The ' ' March of Time Thecamp The Theeamp Thecamp eamp camp program is growing growmg all the thetune thetune thelime tune in 10 the words of the president presidentat presidentof of f the conference Rev Everett R RChncby RClinchy RClinchy Chncby Clinchy it 11 is the most Important importantnew . new contribution contrlbubon of the National Con Conference Conterence ConterenceUrging . .1 1 ference ferenceUrgmg ferenceUrging Urging Urgmg service semce men and women womenand womenand womenand and all others .to to < . to attend theIr theIrchurcbes theirchurches theirchurches churcbes churches or synagogues the Nation NationII National National II al Conference believes that whileno while whilep whileae p , ae e fight for religious rel1glOus liberty it is isDur Isour isour Dur our duty to help our churches and andsynagogues andsynagogues andlynagogues synagogues by our attendance and andsupport andsupport andsupport support We must make religion in increasmgy Increasingly increasmgly creasmgy creasingly ! vitalm vitalin vital in m our lives and In Inthe inthe inthe the nation nabon Many of the major de denommabon denomination deDomination nommabon nomination religious rellglOus authorities authonbes and andProtestant andProtestant andProtestant Protestant Catholic Cathohc and JeWish JeWishcommunity Jewishcommunity Jewishcommunity community leaders use the materialprepared material materialprepared materialprepared prepared by the tile Conference onBrotherhood on onBrotherhood onBrotherhood \prepared prepared \ ( Brotherhood week Some 2 500 000 000I 000pieces 000pieces 000pieces pieces of o1 its literature have been glv giv glven given given en to chaplains chaplams for tor use and dlStri distri dlStrilutIon distributton distribution I \lutIon lutIon button \ . . President President's Presidents ' * . Proclamation Proclamation ProclamationOn ProclamationOn . On 'Brotherhood Brotherhood ' Week * ' 'President President 'Pruiden Pruiden ' . R Rfnelt'i Rfnelti Roosevelt's Roosevelts Ulleh ' . VhiuHouse 11'll1te 11ll1te White 11'll1teHowe Whitehouse ' Howe house prwiwrution proclamall proclamation n itUmf JlUulI settsng ! the week weekof weekof 0/ 0 of 011 / Vuhmstom Washington 11 ' .hUlllOn hUlllOn . a . bwthief blrcladar birthday birthdayas u as . Broth Brach Broth- Brotherhood Brotherhood . - erhood erhoodweek week , will W1l1 be b * . bevnef beamed . by by.hor byshort byihmt .hor hor short . , wove wave to 10 the clae claeOUl four /OUl OUl / ' cornvi curnen corners of 0/ 0 0cia / cia the theglobe thelUbe . llob globe . by cia thi the . of/ice of ice ogice / jpct o/war o war ofwar of / ww war informs-lion informs lion llI/ormo- llI ormo mformo- mformo llIormocm mformonon / - - - non cm . . It / reeds read reads " uijvrt III in JHD1 part ) ) 'The The ' ' The umuxl annual tiemnce observance of ofBrotherhood ofBrotherhood ( Brotherhood Br therM * d week is ft a tinr time kith both bothof bothof of f renlnier reminder axil and dedlcatloll dedlcatlon deilcatt II It IIreminds Itreminds Itremtaii reminds liS us s of f the b baslo alc rellglmfaith reUlous religious reUlousfaUh religiousfaith , faUh faith fr from m which ieorcracy democracy hatT has hasCt'ownthat hasgrownthat * Ct'own-that Ct'own Ctown that grown-that grown ' - w - th t all aD men are r children ehlldren ebfidren ehlldrenof ebfidrenof of f one ne Father and brothers In the thehuman thehuman thehimin human family t mily . It dedicates cdlc te us usto usto uto to the practice of f understanding DflderstoBdInrand understandingand and Justice hrcgh throurh through ( which free- free freedom freedom Ire-d Ire d - * - - dom m anil and equality flturlih ourlsh flourish In hu- hu bn- bn human bnman hn-mu hn mu - - man oclety society society"WhUe society'While oclety"While "While While "WhUe WhUe 'While ' " w we are engagei engared engaged IM In a . amighty mighty itroggle struggle t to * preserve our ourfree ourfree rfree free tnstltutlcns institutions ud and t to * extend thebeandarles the theboundaries theboundaries boundaries of f liberty In the earth earthIt earthit earthit It is fod good fr for * us to pledf pledge renewed reneweddevotion reneweddevotion renewediCTotlon devotion f to the fundamentals fundamentalsupon fundamentalsupon fmdamentelaupon upon which this natlcn nation has been beenbuilt beenbuilt beenbuilt built Brctherhcd Brotherhood nrst must prevail prevailOnr prevailOur prevailOur Onr Our Inescapable Jnescapable cholc choice * li Is broth brotherhood brotherhood brotherho erhood d or 01 ' chins chaos chaos'On 'On On ' ' On land and sck sea and In the theair theair theair air , the sons of the United Uniled Stateslight states statesfight Statesfight fight as one though they the , . come comefrom comefrom c meir from m every racial and cultural culturalstrain culturalstrain CBlturaIstrain strain and though they worship wrshipat worshipat at different alter altars * They are arebrothers arebrothers anbrothers brothers in arms rms now , soon * oon , pray prayGod prayGod prayGod God they shall ( hall be brothers In Inpeace inpeace Inpeace peace We W * on n the home front frontmust frontmust fr ntmust must fee see that history shall not D t re repeat repeat repeat peat Itself in postwar hatred and andIntolerance andintolerance andIntolerance Intolerance It I Is * for as us to makethe make makethe makethe the . , homeland more nearly a landof land landof landof of brotherhood worthy of ( the vic vic- vlo- vlo victory vlotory victory - - tory our onr gallant cons sons and daugh daugh- daughters daughters daughters - - ters shall surely timely nrel , . win's wins win'sEducational wm " . ' Educational Educabonal plans for observing observingBrotherhood observingBrotherhood observingBrotherhood Brotherhood week In the public and andhIgb andhigh andhigh hIgb high schools scbools were prepared by tile the tileDuluth theDuluth theDuluth Duluth Intercultural committee ofDulutb of ofDuluth ofDuluth Duluth Mum Mmn These cover a vanety varI van varIety vanety ety of novel events all aD aiming al1Iung at atcultIvatlng atcultivating atcultivating cultIvatlng cultivating an appreciation of the theimportance theimportance theImportance importance of tolerance and under understanding understanding understanding standing of the other fellow Rob Rob- Robert Robert Robert - - ert Ruhlman who drliw dreiw drew the prIZe prIZeI prIZeWmDl11g prizewmnmg prizewuuung I WmDl11g wmnmg poster tor for Brotherhood week weeksoon weeksoon weeksoon soon to be displayed in schools set set- settlement settlement settlement - tlement houses USO usa centers and andpomrnunity andpommumty ommUIllty pomrnunity , : groups is a high schoolstudent school schoolstudent schoolstudent student m 10 in Cleveland OhioEducation Oluo Ohio OluoEducation OhioEducation Education In ToleranceOf ToleranceOf Tolerance ToleranceOf Of course getting gettmg along amIcably amIcablyWIth amicablywith amicablywith WIth people who are slightly shghtly dlffer differ dlfferent differant different ent ant cannot be taught m in a single smgle week weekof weekof weekof of the year The conference real real11zes realizes realizes izes that their tIleir job must go on every everyweek everyweek everyweek 11zes week every day A spirit of tolera tolerabon toleratuon toleration bon tuon toward religious and anlS cultural culturaldlfferences culturaldifferences culturaldifferences dlfferences differences should be developed inchildhood in Inchildhood 1 chlldhood childhood the conference reahzes realizes reahzesOne realizesOne realizesOne One of the most important commit commit- committees committees committees - tees of the conference Is the Com Corn ComI CommiSSion Cornmission Cornmission miSSion on Educational Educauonal Orgamza Orgamzations Orgamzations I . tlons tions which is composed of 28 prom promment prominent promment ment inent religious rel1g1ous sad and public educators educatorsThe educatorsThe educatorsThe The commission is concerned With with(1) with1 ! , (1) 1 ( ) ) the elimination eliminabon of biased mate mate- materIals materials materials - - rials from public pubhc and religious edu educabon education education cabon cation materials (2) 2 ( ) the productionof producbonI producbonof producbon production of positive materials matenals to promote un understandmg understanding understanding I derstandmg derstanding and good will and (3) 3 (3)the (3)the (3)the 3the ( ) the training trammg of writers clergymen clergymeneducators clergymeneducators ! educators and administrators |
