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ous denominations have promised to participate in the service, which is to culminate in signing of the “Covenant of Peace.”
The invitation, which was extended to approximately 1,500 Christian and Jewish ministers in the Greater New York area, read in part:
“What will you do if another war starts? This question has concerned many of us who believe that war is a denial of the Christian and Jewish faiths. Fairness demands that we announce to the public and to the government our sober and determined purpose not to sanction, bless, or in any way support another war. Particularly do we feel that the naval maneuvers to be held in the Pacific are such an unnecessary incitement of war emotion within the United States and Japan that the government is being needlessly provocative in carrying them through. Having protested to the government without avail, we now propose to make clear in a solemn meeting of dedication our intention to oppose now and in any case the resort to war. We believe that national honor as well as Christian and Jewish principles require this stand.”
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