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In the presence of more than 200 representatives of many faiths from various points in the country gathered at a dinner concluding the Seminar on Human Relations Between Protest ants, Catholics, and Jews, held at the Hotel McAlpin, Newton D. Baker, for mer Secretary of War, was presented recently with the American Hebrew Medal for the Promotion of Better Understanding Between Christian and Jew in America. Mr. Baker was the guest of honor and principal speaker at the dinner. Rabbi Isaac Landman, ed itor of the American Hebrew, pre sented the medal, which is the first award of its kind and will from now on be presented each year to the Ameri can who has done the most to pro mote amity between the three major faiths in this country. The Seminar began its sessions in the morning and lasted all day. It was held under the auspices of the Na tional Conference of Jews and Chris tians and its purpose was to “acquire a better understanding, more intelli gent appreciation and friendlier co operation of cultural groups living cre atively in a democracy”. The first morning session, at which Felix M. Warburg presided, heard ad dresses on the problems of religious prejudices and their elimination by Chancellor Elmer E. Brown of New York University, Dr. Ralph W. Sock- man, president of the New York Fed eration of Churches, and Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger, executive secretary of the National Council of Jewish Women. See Departure From Ideals The second morning session was de voted to a round-table discussion of the particular “sore spots” which de veloped as a result of religious preju dices. The discussion was preceded by an introductory talk by Professor Wil liam H. Kilpatrick of Columbia Uni versity, who presided. What may he termed the worst “sore spot’ was in dicated by one of the speakers to be “a departure from the original Ameri can ideals”, as voiced in the Declara tion of Independence, that all men were born free and equal and that church separated from the State made religion the private affair of the in i- viduals. A man is thus considered a good man, irrespective of his religious beliefs, if he abides by the laws of the land. . ... The two afternoon sessions were voted (1) to addresses on the Prob- ATLANTA SHOE CO. Shoe Rebuilding Work Done Better 145 ALABAMA, S.W. Wa. 5263 a round-table on Specific Problems. James M. Speers presided at the first session, which was addressed by Dr. John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Community Church, and by Professor Reinhold Niebuhr of the Union Theo logical Seminary. The second session was addressed by Harry A. Overstreet of the College of the City of New York, and many representatives of the various groups. The final session was again devoted to a round-table discussion and the various topics touched upon during the day were thrashed out, many speakers laying before the audience quit** frankly and openly the reasons for intolerance and prejudice and possible solutions for eliminating them. Dr Kilpatrick, who presided at this scs- ion, also summed up the discussions }f the day at the dinner. 1 he audience as well as the speakers represented a colorful picture of reli gious as well as racial representatives. • iierc were Catholic priests, Protcsv '»nt pastors, rabbis, and several rep resentatives of Negro groups and also i.tv and professional persons of all oc cupations and officers and leaders of educational groups. Landman hestnu's Medal Tn presenting the medal, Rabbi Land man said, among other things : "I be stow this on you, Newton D. Baker, as a symbol. Tt is in recognition of your pre-eminent services in breaking down harriers of bigotry and in build ing bridges of better understanding, fear of each other will cease, preju dices vanish, and hatred will he up rooted. Men who understand each other cannot hate each other.” Tn accepting the award. Mr. Baker pointed out the danger of indulging in prejudices which imperil the success of democratic government. “Democ racy as a form of political organization can only succeed in an educated peo ple. T have long believed that the more religion a man had of his own kind, the more tolerance he would have for people who had other kinds. The world needs more religion, not less, but it needs less religious controversy, not more.” General John F. O’Ryan presided at the dinner. The other speakers in cluded Roger W. Straus, Michael Wil liams, and former Supreme Court Jus tice Joseph Proskauer. 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