Religious leaders from all parts of the United States and Europe are gathering here for the Congress on World Peace, which will begin on Tuesday. November 11th, under the auspices of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches. The occasion marks the ninth annual meeting of the American Council of the World Alliance which has branches in twenty-six countries throughout the world. The speakers will be prominent churchmen and laymen, evenly divided between the United States and the European countries.
Sessions will begin on Tuesday afternoon, November 11th and continue through Thursday, November 13th. The Chairman will be the Rev. William P. Merrill, chairman of the World Alliance and Pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York.
On Tuesday evening, there will be an Armistice Day Dinner at which Sir Willoughby H. Dickinson of England. Hon. John H. Clark, former Judge of the Supreme Court and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise will speak on the general topic “The United States and the Peace of the World.”
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