Nonexistent Group

In London last month, Rev. Dr. Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman went into court to claim a legacy of -L-500 left to the Oxford Group, of which he is founder (TIME, March 6). Last week the Hon. Mr. justice Sir Charles Alan Bennett ruled the legacy invalid. Grounds: lack of proof that the Group existed. Dr. Buchman's counsel, asked by the justice whether anything happened when one joined the Group, had replied: "No, I think it is as invisible as joining the Church of England."

Looking thoroughly existent, Dr. Buchman arrived last week in Manhattan, determined to sell Buchmanism under its newest name, "Moral Re-Armament," in the U. S. and Canada during the next three months. Dr. Buchman revealed that his Groupers had lately induced British milk dealers to place the initials M. R. A. upon 4,000,000 milk-bottle tops. Cried the founder: "I'm sure America will do as much. America will never lag behind in milk-bottle tops."

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