Show churches are scolded by A C bedford crime Is one 0 of out nit attending industries according to A 0 bedford chairman of the 9 standard oil company and alie blume blame tor for our lonal lawlessness rests reste not upon file or the courts but upon tiffon the x churches the churches in tile opinion of mr bedford have not kept abreast of lie ho times they have lost out to the me all automobile tonio bilo and the motion picture the movle 1 which draw ns its many peo pu plo every day as the churches do in ft week scein to have usurped the OW place of tile church and havo become ano ono of tile most moat powerful influences not always tor for good in american life lip sald said t what to do you yiu consider the causes of our crime wave mr ir bedford was aa RV e d 1 I 1 I nin mil not sure whether it Is I 1 primarily immigration ineffective prohibition t 4 hibi tion postwar post war moral break breakdown lown tr or something else la Is open to argument I 1 cannot help but think however that hat there must be a remedy tit at hand I 1 wonder it if we are making the best use of our thousands of churches I 1 do not wean men in any way to reflect on the splendid army of men who occupy the pulpits of the country hut but have the churches realized the changed condIt conditions lowi under tinder which thell mork maist be done have they taken cognizance of the fact that something ims fins happened to tile moral fiber of people the world over As k business pro proposition posit lon the church must keep abreast of the times or he left behind there has been a great change in the relationship between communities and their churches in the past 15 years the church Is no longer the lie center of social activity that it was baford the coming of uie motion picture ture euid the automobile oblIe |