Word: religion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Especially is this true when the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to any race or religion are in jeopardy. We hope that our Southern friends will turn the white light of publicity upon the men whom we nominate for high offices in the Government and be as unsparing in their criticism-if it is deserved-as we have been of Bilbo...
Organized religion in the United States has never, in this present century, been so powerful; and this power it has acquired almost solely because of its virtually unopposed use of American radio stations and networks during the last 15 years and more. The July 19 ruling of the FCC was designed to put an end to this highly dangerous misuse of radio...
...World Council nor any of its commissions joining with any group in an anti-Russian campaign. . . . What we are trying to do is to find some way in which nations who disagree can work together in achieving world peace and unity. . . . The great contribution which the Christian religion can make is to demonstrate the possibility of a 'Fellowship of Uncongenial Minds...
...instrument with which to improve it." But to do it, Hollywood must produce 1) more Protestant films; 2) better Catholic films. Pictures like The Bells of St. Mary's, says he are so bad that "even Catholics object.' These films show only the superficial aspects of religion. The average man should be forgiven if he considers them propaganda. To treat a clerical collar as the epitome of religion is a mistake. There are people in the world who have never heard of Christ...
...according to Hession, apparently none of them lives in Hollywood. Said he: "I've found out one thing while I've been here-that anyone with guts is desperately interested in religion. The urgency of our day . . . is beginning to crystallize most mens desire to find a way of life in spiritual things." Among those who "feel the urgency": Mary Pickford ("frightfully concerned with religion"), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ("desperately seeking a working philosophy...