Protestants, Catholics and Jews in more than 600 communities in every State of the Union will join today (Sunday) in special meetings and ceremonies to observe the second annual Brotherhood Day. The observance is sponsored by the National Conference of Jews and Christians, of which the co-chairmen are Newton D. Baker, Professor Carlton J. H. Hayes and Roger W. Straus. Dr. John H. Finley, educator and publicist, is chairman of this year’s observance.
Aiming to “mobilize the goodwill of people and their natural friendliness and cooperativeness against the fomentors of group hatreds,” Brotherhood Day has been termed a “call to arms for members of every faith to stand by their belief in human fellowship.”
Hundreds of cities throughout the country will hold civic mass meetings this afternoon in which Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
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