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ELLIOTT REJECTS M.R.A.

Move After Talk With Priest

[ (N.Z.P .A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, February 19. I H. Elliott, whose name was : used last week in a Moral Re- ' armament advertisement, said ’ yesterday he wanted nothing • more to do with the organisation, the “Sunday Express" s reported. s The Australian athlete made > the statement after a talk I with Mr Alfred Gilbey, a Roman Catholic chaplain at • Cambridge University, where Elliott, a Roman Catholic, is ! studying for a science degree. > “He advised me not to get ■ involved in Moral Re-arma-ment any. more,” Elliott said, • according to the newspaper. > “He was' clearly all against i it and gave me a book writ- ■ ten by the Anglican Bishop of Durham which shatters the • Moral Re-armament people.” i Elliott was one of six sports- • men who signed a letter headed “For. God’s Sake Wake

’ Up, Britain Needs an Ideo- - logy” which appeared in a r full-page advertisement last ? Thursday in "The Times.”

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Press, Volume C, Issue 29444, 21 February 1961, Page 12

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ELLIOTT REJECTS M.R.A. Press, Volume C, Issue 29444, 21 February 1961, Page 12

ELLIOTT REJECTS M.R.A. Press, Volume C, Issue 29444, 21 February 1961, Page 12