Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-12-21 | Page 1 | British Church Leaders Propose 5 Standards for Lasting Peace

British Church Leaders Propose 1 15 5 Standards for Lasting Peace I LONDON LONDON Dec 21 UP UPI UP- UP I Heads of the Protestant and Roman Ro Ro- Ro- Ro man Catholic churches in Great Britain put forward joint proposals proposals proposals pro pro- Saturday for the consideration consideration consid consid- of statesmen after the war to insure a real and lasting peace They joined their own five proposals aimed at social and economic equality and justice with five which Pope Plus Pius offered offered offered of of- last Christmas eve suggesting suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting that together they would provide a basis for lasting peace The archbishops of Canterbury and York primates of England as spiritual leaders of the Church of England Arthur Cardinal Hinsley Roman Catholic archbishop archbishop archbishop arch arch- bishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic church in Britain Britain Brit Brit- am ain and Walt Walter r H. H Armstr Armstrong ng moderator of the Free Church Federal council in a letter to the Times propounded five standards to guide statesmen in solving postwar economic and I social questions The five standards are Extreme inequality of wealth should be abolished Every child regardless of race or class should have equal opportunities opportunities opportunities op op- op- op for education suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able to its peculiar capacities The family as a social unit must be safeguarded The sense of a divine vocation must be restored to mans man's daily dally work Resources of the earth should be used as Gods God's gifts' gifts to the whole human race and used with due consideration for the needs of present and future genera genera- I h J. J r International News Photos JOIN IN ANNOUNCING PEACE INSURANCE PLAN Archbishop of Canterbury left Arthur Cardinal The churchmen expressed confidence confidence confidence con con- that the he British empire would acc accept pt these principles and the Times in an editorial intimated they should be taken into consideration in drafting Britain's war aims Pope Pius Pius' five points outlined in his message message to the college of cardinals last Christmas eve were The right to life and independence independence inde inde- of all nations large small strong or weak must be safeguarded I Disarmament must be mutually mutual mutual- ly accepted organic and progressive progressive progressive sive both in letter and spirit International institutions must be created or recast to insure the loyal and faithful execution of international agreements Real n needs eds and aOna jusE just demands of nations and peoples should be benevolently examined A peace settlement must be dictated by a sense of acute re responsibility responsibility responsibility re- re which weighs human human human hu hu- hu- hu man statutes according to the holy unshakable rules of divine law I