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Glimpses of the Religious World
Frank E. Allen, D. D.
"Creeping Prohibition"
The members of the Wholesale Beer Dealers Associa
tion of Ohio were told at a recent convention that there is
prohibition"
a "creeping
brought on by "sleeper" legislation.
One of the speakers declared that a proposed state law to
prohibit the sale of beer within 500 feet of a church or
school was "unfair." He said "No beer dealer in his right
senses would choose a location next to a church full of
prohibitionists as a site for doing business." The national
sales of beer were down 4.5 per cent (about three million
barrels) in 1954, it was reported, as compared with 1953.
realistic"
The retailers were told that they must be "more
about prices if they hope to attract more customers.
Restrictions on Catholics in Argentina
The attack of the Peron government on the Roman
Catholic Church in Argentina has been the subject of much
discussion in and out of that country. Some priests seem to
have been deported and others placed in jail. Government
subsidies to Roman Catholic institutions have been stopped,
the Catholic daily El Pueblo has been suppressed, and an
end to the teaching
has been ordered. Such teaching has been required for sev
of the Catholic religion in the schools
eral years. A law has been passed making divorce legal in
Argentina. Divorce has been bitterly opposed by the Roman
church for many years. Another law was passed legalizing
prostitution. Some years ago the government of Peron had
almost wiped out the red-light districts under pressure of
the Roman church. It thus becomes evident that Romanism
is not having its way in all of South America, but it is to be
regretted that along
evils other corruptions are permitted.
with the elimination of some of the
How Tobacco Effects Pupils
The principal of a high school in Highland Park, 111.,
after a careful investigation, has reported his findings which
we glean from The Free Methodist : "Not a single graduate
of the school was an habitual smoker while in school. The
forty-five quitters were all smokers in poor standing in their
classes, their average grades being below the passing mark.
The average of seventy-five non-smokers was eighty-four
per cent, of twenty-four reformed smokers was.seventy-nine
per cent, and of fifty-five smokers was seventy-six per cent.
The grades of those who had recently learned to smoke had
fallen from eighty-five to seventy-six per cent. One pupil
who quit smoking increased his grade ten per cent in six
Militarism and Morals
The Watchman-Examiner (Baptist) under the above
title says: "It is not going to be easy to preserve moral
standards where militarism prevails. There is no place in the
world where moral standards are high in military camps.
Anyone who has traveled and observed armies knows this
to be true. A Woman's Christian Temperance Union official
has asked the House Armed Services Committee to investi
gate a complaint that Air Force officers are forcing enlisted
men to belong to clubs where liquor is served. Miss Elizabeth
Smart, Washington secretary of the WCTU has presented a
letter from a noncommissioned Air Force officer at Lock-
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bourn Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio, telling of pressure
allegedly exerted on noncommissioned officers at the Base
to support the local Non-com Club." The airman said that
"noncommissioned officers were expected automatically to
become dues-paying members of the club, the principal fea
ture of which, he said, is a bar and a dance floor. He said
he had tried to resign from the club because of disapproval
of the drinking being done on the premises and had been
threatened with a reduction in
Rabbis Protest Bingo
The board of Rabbis of New York City has asked the
congregations of New York not to use bingo games
to raise money. They affirmed that raising funds through
bingo, even for worth-while purposes, was "not in consonance
with the high standards of morality and dignity which the
synagogue sets for the general community."
Progress in New Guinea
A missionary on leave from Netherlands New Guinea
says that mission work on that island had little success in
the early years. The 50th anniversary of work there was
marked by more graves of slain Dutch missionaries than the
number (50) of baptized Christians. It was the advent of
World War II, bringing with it a vast influx of American
and Australian troops and a tremendous improvement in
communications on the island, that spurred the growth of
Protestantism in New Guinea. Since 1940 the Protestants
have increased there from 80,000 to 140,000, it has been re
ported by the Missions Council of the Netherlands Reformed
Church.
Catholic Judges in Brookyln
As an evidence of Catholic political pressure consider
the percentage of judges of that faith in Brooklyn. Twentynine
per cent of the population is Protestant, but only seven
per cent of the judges are Protestant. Five of the seventycontinued
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