HYDROGEN BOMB

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26057, 9 March 1950, Page 4

HYDROGEN BOMB

ATTITUDE OF COUNCIL OF CHURCHES “The hydrogen bomb is the latest and most terrible step in the crescendo of warfare which has changed war from a fight between men and nations to a mass murder of human life.” said a resolution adopted by the executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting near Geneva last week. “All men have responsibilities before God as they face the grave issues raised by the hydrogen bomb and other weapons of modern war. Let each ponder in his conscience, be he statesman, scientist, or ordinary citizen. how far his own action or atti- ' tude contributes to the danger of world suicide; and what he must do to 1 prevent it. “We know how strenuously the ■ governments have discussed peace in ; the oast. But sharp political conflicts , continue and the atomic danger de- I velops uncontrolled. We urge the Gov- , ernments to enter into negotiations ! once again, and to do everything in their power to bring the present tragic deadlock to an end. “This is the hour to listen afresh to the word of God Who is the Lord of history. All are to appear before His judgment seat, and to give an account . of what they have done, or refused to do, for their fellow-men.”