Religion: Integration & the Churches

At a press conference called by Arkansas' Governor Orval E. Faubus one day last week, the Rev. M. L. Moser Jr. of Little Rock, Ark. read a statement signed by 80 ministers:

"This statement is not made with any enmity or hatred in our hearts for the Negro race. We have an abiding love for all people . . . We believe that the best interests of all races are served by segregation.

"We resent the implication by certain liberal ministers that it is un-Christian to oppose integration. We believe that integration is contrary to...

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