Word: creeds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...told," drawled Mississippi's red-haired Bill Colmer, "that [FEPC] would prevent discrimination in private employment because of race, color, creed or national origin". . . but the proponents ... do not point out that it is the most flagrant proposal for the regimentation of business...
...Inge Scholl was the natural leader of such anti-Nazi elements as existed in her native Ulm. Her ideological friends suggested that she establish a Volkshoch-schule (university extension) to help rehabilitate the bewildered, shaken populace and teach them a new political creed. She jumped at the chance. "Brother Hans," she said, "used to say that the great problem of Germany's moral reconstruction could be solved only through education. Unless our people understand the full meaning of democracy, there is no hope...
...Salvation Army is a religion without elaborate liturgy or complicated creed. Its theology is the simplest practice of Christianity. It proceeds on the down-to-earth theory that Christ gave clear instructions on what to do about the degraded, the abandoned and the poor. And so it has fought-with its heart to God and its hand...
Through street-corner collections, donations, special campaigns, and participation in some Community Chests, the army in the U.S. takes in some $25 million a year. Of that amount, it spends more than $18 million on the welfare of men, women & children without regard for race, creed and color. With only 42,500 members, the army spends a larger percentage of its money and effort on the welfare of others than any other single denomination. No faith in the world works harder on society's lowest level...
...civil rights program. At his orders, Solicitor General Philip Perlman, in a speech in New York City, touched off the explosion. Henceforth, said Perlman, the Federal Housing Administration will not insure any loans made on private dwellings which are going to be restricted on the basis of race, creed or color. The policy may affect one-third of all new housing...