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Show SixDenom ina tions Con vene With 'Goodwill9 Their Slogan I ' 1 ?:- National, leaders of six great re-T ligious groups stressed messages of I "good will among churches" at opening sessions of a three-day In-termountain In-termountain Interdenominational conference in the First Presbyterian church Tuesday. -We recognise and appreciate and acknowledge all the good there Is in all denominations," Edward Delor Kohlstedt Philadelphia, Pa, president of the Home Missions Council of America and executive secretary of the board of home missions mis-sions of the Methodist Episcopal church, told officials. Mr. Kohlstedt was Joined In his good will message by speakers representing rep-resenting the Baptist (northern convention), Congregational-Christian, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian Presby-terian U. S. A and Protestant Episcopal churches. Alms Explained Th conference first of Its kind in recent years, according to Dr. Robert D. Steele, publicity chairman. chair-man. Is designed to "coordinate work of the various churches and to join them In a common effort to revivify religious thought" Dr. Hermann N. Morse of New York City, administrative secretary of the board of national Presbyterian Presby-terian missions, was elected general chairman of the conference at an agenda meeting Tuesdsy morning. He presided at sessions which began be-gan at 2 p. m. and will continue at 7:30 n. m. Speaker at Tuesday's sessions, which were closed to the public included in-cluded W. R. King, New York City, executive secretary of the Home Missions Council of America; Dr. O. Pitt Beers, New York City, executive ex-ecutive secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission society; Dr. Mark A. Dawber, New York City, executive secretary of the borne missions of the Methodist Episcopal church; Dr. Morse, and Dr. Ernest HaUiday, New York City, general secretary of the church extension boards of the Congregational and Christian churches, who stressed the need of cooperation among denominations de-nominations of the lntermountaia area. Ultimatum Olrea Those attending the conference were told by Dr. King that: "Six of our major boards (of the various churches) have entered an agreement that they will not make financial grants to churches which are competing with each other in small communities that are aver-churched. aver-churched. "This agreement has been hi effect ef-fect almost two years and the horns missions council has been holding conferences all aver the United States with local, regional and state board executives to discover what places are competitive and to make necessary adjustments In order to eliminate all competition and eon-servo eon-servo tha Interests of comity and cooperation between denominations." DR. H. K. MORSE Preside at Conference |