Show t t. t t. t P Soviet Anti Christmas Anti as Campaign t Attracts Thousands of Atheists 1 Bee ec 10 AP The AP-The Tho genet t Christmas anti Cb l Ca campaign gan today y with an ah announcement announcement b br by the he Union All Al nion Society ot of Militant A Atheists th that t that 1 t thousands of or of pro pro- pro pro- lessors ora teacher teachers lecturers an and students stu etu students stu- stu dents had bad been mobilized to Instruct the public abou about Christmas and nd how It Is a L emarD anaro and a delusion Tho The lecturers will Jr toll teU countless meetings of ot workers and pc peasants t of the at attempts ts of ot clergymen and priests to tho the legend of the birth of t Christ for tor counterrevolutionary counter x tto n purposes cs Only moral force will wUI be ex exerted however boever sInce Joseph Stalin in a Jn last t spring warned tho the authorities against severe so measures in farm collectivization and tho antl religious anil-religious campaign Since Sinco then thena number of ot churches havo reopened and the the priests arc conducting services unmolested Many churches however were razed or converted Into halls balls work era clubs hospitals and the like when it Jt was was' found church attendance attend attend- ance aneo dwindled and when the major majority ity of ot tho the district voted to discontinue discon discon- them I IOn On Christmas Christmas' night theatres and clubs lubs will offer extra entertainment entertain entertain- mont ment with tho ot attracting the wavering from church services |