Word: actions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Letter & Spirit. April 4 was the date named by the bishop for the Melishes' "pastoral relationship" to "cease." But father & son made no move to pack up their vestments. Instead, Rector Melish announced that he denied the legality of the bishop's action - a course that may well end up in the civil courts. Said...
...survey the world crisis and chart a realistic Christian course of action, 400 delegates representing more than 35 million U.S. Protestants met in Cleveland this week, under the auspices of the Federal Council of Churches. This conference on "The Churches and World Order" was the third such church discussion of inter national affairs to be sponsored by the Federal Council. The first, in 1942 at Delaware, Ohio, produced the famed "Six Pillars of Peace," which stressed the need for a postwar world organization. The second, at Cleveland in 1945, prophesied against the moral nihilism of the Dumbarton Oaks Charter...
Floor & Roof. FRB's action had been taken with President Truman's approval, though it was thoroughly incompatible with his continued demand for anti-inflation controls. At his press conference the President was asked how he could reconcile the conflicting programs. Said he: the nation's economy was spiraling in two directions at once. Farm prices had fallen, but other prices were still going up. What the nation needed, he thought, was a floor under some prices and a roof over others...
...Committee stated that "the proposal was considered in relation to the over-all athletic program and the ruling was made in the best interests of all concerned." According to action taken by the Committee a year ago, a minor sports H is awarded to any wrestler participating in the NCAA or eastern intercollegiate championships. A man who wins an eastern title or places first, second, third, or fourth in the nationals is awarded a major H in minor colors...
...America shows that it intends to support Europe against Russia, such action will "put the brakes" on the Politburo, he asserted...