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...Eleanor Roosevelt, noting that German Pastor Martin Niemoller had arrived in the U.S. on a lecture tour (see RELIGION), promptly piped: "I understand that Dr. Niemoller . . . was against the Nazis because of what they did to the church, but that he had no quarrel with them politically. ... I cannot quite see why we should be asked to listen to his lectures." Blurted the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, sponsor of Pastor NiemÖller's tour: "The record clearly shows that he repeatedly spoke against political aims of the Nazis as early...
...confusing record shows that Pastor NiemÖller: 1) approved of Hitler from 1924 to 1933; 2) volunteered, but was turned down, for the German Navy in World War II; 3) spent eight years in concentration camps for anti-Nazi activities...
...That the Christian people of Georgia be urged to apply the principles of Jesus in a serious effort to allay the growing race tensions so spotlighted by the lynchings in Georgia and the recent Columbians Inc. disturbances in Atlanta." Up jumped ex-Navy Chaplain Joseph A. Rabun, 39, new pastor of the McRae Baptist Church, where rabble-rousing, Governor-elect Gene Talmadge is the leading lay member. Shouted Pastor Rabun: "That is not strong enough! We need to condemn with all our power race hatred." Visit with Gene. Goaded by Rabun, who had served in the war with the Marines...
Last week, Rabun paid a Thanksgiving Day call on Parishioner Talmadge, who has long played footie with the K.K.K. Reported the new pastor: "He didn't agree with me, but he didn't tell me anything to make me abandon my principles. I realize I am in hot water, but I'm prepared...
Much Too Strong. At the 116th annual convention of the North Carolina Baptists in Asheville there was no Pastor Rabun. Pressed for time during their first day's session, the 1,000-odd delegates rushed through unanimous approval of their Social Service Committee report without realizing it contained the statement that ". . . segregation of believers . . . into racial or class churches is a denial of the New Testament affirmation of the equality of all believers at the foot of the Cross, and alien to the spirit of Christ, the Head of the church...