Words & Works

P: This is the "dying hour of Protestantism" in Germany, said Germany's neutralist-minded Pastor Martin Niemoeller, as quoted this week in the Christian Century. "Should the forced partition of our people persist, then . . . Romanization threatens in the West in the near future, while the existence of Protestantism behind the Iron Curtain can at best continue for only one generation. At present, everything indicates that Romanization here and Sovietization there can hardly be opposed with a chance of success." If the state uses its authority to impose Christianity, says Niemoeller, "Protestantism will go to pot."

P: The Philip Murray Memorial Foundation, established by the C.I.O. in honor of its late president, a Roman Catholic, announced two grants: $200,000 to the National Council of Churches to be used "on behalf of the practical application of religious principles to the everyday world of economic life," and $150,000 to the Roselia Foundling and Maternity Hospital (Catholic) in Pittsburgh.

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