Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts today introduced a bi-partisan resolution calling on all churches and synagogues to set aside a portion of services on Sunday, April 18, to pray for deliverance of all persons behind the Iron Curtain who are experiencing religious persecution.
The co-sponsors of the resolution are Senators John F. Kennedy of Masachusetts and H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey. Sen. Saltonstall said the “Red terror” in Hungary and other Eastern European countries is “irrevocably committed” to deny religious freedom. He drew attention to the fact that the first day of Passover and Easter Sunday fall on April 18.
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