Religion: Goodby to Methodism

Burt J. (for nothing) Denman, 59, nervous, energetic vice president & general manager of United Light & Power Co., has an office in Chicago's Bankers Building, lives in suburban Wilmette. A devout Methodist, he has been vice chairman of the trustees of Garrett Biblical Institute and a pillar of First Church in Evanston. Burt Denman has lately had cause to wonder about Methodism. In Hearst-papers he has seen its preachers attacked as Reds. In Methodist journals like Zion's Herald and the chain of Advocates he has read editorials criticizing businessmen, bankers and especially...

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