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Show An Amusing- Reason According to newspapr reports, the Trustees cf the Chicago Church Federation, representing 1053 churches church-es of eighteen Protestant denominations, denomina-tions, ha.ve declined an offer of fundi' from the Works Progress Administration Ad-ministration for the extenion of church educational and recreational activities. It s' cms that local W. P. A offlcials offered the services of lHdiief clicWs to assist in the- recreational recrea-tional program! of Protectant, Catholic Cath-olic and.Jew'sh institutions. The Pyramid Is not interested In the decision of the Trustees, although al-though rather amus?d at the reason given. The Trustees thought that acceptance of the offer would " i.vei subject to interpretation as. or construed! con-strued! to be, a violation! of the principle of separation of church and state." We wepder if the Trustees have ever heard that the property of churches, in almost every state, is exempt from taxation. |