The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, largest Protestant Church organization in this country, today made known its protest against anti-Jewish decrees issued by the Vichy Government. The Council associated itself with the meeting to protest against the abrogation of racial and religious freedom in France which will be held Wednesday evening, Nov. 13, at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of the American Jewish Congress.
The attitude of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America was expressed by its officers, President George A. Buttrick and Secretary Samuel McCrea Cavert, in a message to Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the Congress. They said:
“In behalf of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America we write to express deep interest in the great meeting which is to held at Carnegie Hall on the evening of November 13 to protest against the abrogation of racial and religious freedom in France. The discrimination against Jews in France as reported recently in the press must cause the gravest concern to all those who still cherish the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity which we once gloriously associated with the Republic of France.”
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