Word: labor
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...WELFARE & LABOR. The time is long past when the churches saw the lot of the workingman in terms of charity or when labor unions were denounced as Communist from the pulpit. As early as 1910, the Presbyterians set up the Labor Temple in New York City as "a special mission to workingmen." In 1908, about 30 Protestant denominations formed the Federal Council of Churches, which announced its allegiance "to the toilers of America and to those who by organized effort are seeking to lift the crushing burdens of the poor." Until the outbreak of World War I, the 20th century...
...political, social and economic spheres altogether and stick to preaching and saving souls, is still sharply expressed by some laymen and clerics. But they are in the distinct minority. Presbyterian Eugene Carson Blake, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, declares: "Surely, if the chambers of commerce, labor unions, university faculties and women's clubs properly influence political decisions, it is a basic rejection of the importance of God himself if the church is to be inactive or silent." The Hebrew prophets as well as the New Testament, believes Blake, give grounds for church involvement. "The gospel...
...opera singer, was tried by kangaroo courts, had her hair bobbed, and now works sweeping floors. Chou Hsin-fang, star of the Peking opera, and elderly Author Lao She (known in the West for Rickshaw Boy) have disappeared and are believed to be either dead or toiling in remote labor camps. Mao's China is indeed a land where, as Ma Ssu-tsung put it, "art is a prisoner in shackles...
...years, while British governments have come and gone. London has staunchly kept the Labor Party in local office. Last week, in a stunning setback for Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Londoners turned out the Laborite majority in the Greater London Council and voted in the Tories...
...predominantly urban area of that size partially reflects a working-class protest against wage freezes and other austerity measures imposed by the Wilson government. Without doubt, the elections also gave many Laborites the chance to express their dissatisfaction without having to go so far as to turn Labor out of Parliament. But the fact that the To ries also won control of ten other local councils in last week's voting across the country showed that the shift was as much pro-Tory as it was antiLabor...