Show ATHEISM CAMPAIGN OF RUSSIA EXPOSED details of five year plan never fully published new nent fork york details of a five year plan of atheism never published in full by the soviet government were made known ty ly dr nicholas murray butler president of the carnegie ln dowmont for international peace the organization received a report on the plan it was said from a european correspondent the anti religious decree effective last may 15 appeared in part in the advance guard of youth described as the journal of the pan unionist corn com mission extraordinary for the fight against religion according to the c cor or respondent the complete decree is said to have articles divided into five sections correspond ng to the five years during the first year measures were to be taken to close all rel alous schools academies and catholic sem sern and to discontinue the teaching of theology ban san all churches during the second year the edict la is quoted as saying the campaign Is to be conducted to the end that from may 1 1937 there shall not remain a single house of prayer in soviet terri tory the very concept of god will be expelled from the soviet union as an instrument to oppress the working masses from 1933 there Is to be organized a drive against religion in the home and in the old convents the correspondent spon dent says by october he adds it Is exi ejected acted that all soviet eions will be purified through the ab sence of persons hold ng religious beliefs the printing of religious books brochures and reviews for the use of religious bod es will be rigorously for bidden hidden the preparation of objects necessary to relia re lilous ious worship will be punished with extreme severity ppe caal attention will be given to the in cul catlon cation of intelligent Irrell glon into the psychology of the masses among the things to be used are atheistic films of which at least have al at ready been created speed up atheism during the third year greater activity Is to be in atheistic groups during that year all who give religious instruction who shall not have renounced their religious posts are to be expelled from soviet terri tory during the fourth year all churches synagogues and houses of prayer are to be put in the hands of official insel for the organization in these build of cinemas clubs and other means of enlightened entertainment during the fifth and final year the previously achieved results in the struggle against religious mentality will be consolidated and developed |