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1/ooN BELDING President, Freedoms Foundation, Inc.
ERWIN D. CANHAM Editor, Christian Science Monitor
GENERAL MARK W. CLARK United States Army
ERLE COCKE, JR. National Commander, American Legion
BING CROSBY Screen and Radio Star
CECIL B. DeMILLE Motion Picture Director and Producer
WALT DISNEY Film Executive
CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR. Council of American Law Institute
RICHARD L. EVANS Author and Voice of " The Spoken Word"
DR. JAMES W. FIFIELD, JR. Pastor, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Y. FRANK FREEMAN Vice-President, Paramount Pictures
L. M . GIANNINI President, Bank of America National Trust &: Savings Association
DR. EDGAR GOODSPEED Bible Scholar and Author
CONRAD N. HILTON President, Hilton Hotels Corporation
OVETA CULP HOBBY Publisher and Fonner Director, Women's Anny Corps
PAUL G. HOFFMAN President, Ford Foundation
THE HONORABLE HERBERT HOOVER
RUPERT HUGHES Author
yrnt to jeiH witk tksm ;, cam m.&I1UJ.r.a.J.i0Jj_ ..of the 175th Anniversary of INDEPENDENCE DAY
TH E FO UNDIN G COMMITTEE
D. A . HULCY President, U. S. Chamber of Commerce
B. E. HUTCHINSON Vice-President, Chrysler Corporation
JAMES C. INGEBRETSEN Executive Vice-President, Spiritual Mobilization
JAMES L. KRAFT Chairman of the Board, Kraft Food Company
FULTON LEWIS, JR. Radio Commentator
ROSCOE POUND Dean Emeritus, Harvard Law School
LEONARD E. READ President, The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.
RONALD REAGAN Actor
MRS. HOPE REED President, American Legion Auxiliary
CAPTAIN EDDIE V . RICKENBACKER President, Eastern Air Lines
GENERAL of the ARMY DOUGLAS MacARTHUR BRANCH RICKEY
CLARENCE MANION Dean of Law School, Notre Dame University
RABBI SAMUEL S. MA YERBERG Temple of B' Nai Gehutah, Kansas City
HUGHSTON McBAIN Chainnan of the Board, Marshall Field & Company
BISHOP EUGENE J. McGUINNESS Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa
DR. ROBERT A . MILLIKAN California Institute of Technology
ADMIRAL BEN MOREELL President, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
FELIX MORLEY Author
W. C. MULLENDORE President, Southern California Edison Company
KATHLEEN NORRIS Author
FULTON OURSLER Author
BISHOP G. BROMLEY OXNAM Religious Leader, Author and Lecturer
DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Pastor, Marble Collegiate Church, N. Y. C.
J. HOWARD PEW Chairman of the Board, Sun Oil Company
President, Pittsburgh Pirates
JACKIE ROBINSON Brooklyn Dodgers
0 . A . SEYFERTH President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Co.
THE HONORABLE MARGARET CHASE SMITH United States Senate
GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Columnist
ROBERT G. SPROUL President, University of California
THE HONORABLE MEIER STEINBRINK Chairman, Anti-Defamation League
ROBERT G. STOREY Dean of Law, Southern Methodist University
GLORIA SWANSON Actress
DOROTHY THOMPSON Columnist
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL A . C. WEDEMEYER United States Army
C. E. WILSON President, General Motors Corporation
MATTHEW WOLL L Leadou:
President, Brown University
F HEED 0 M [EN T E H • 1 5 2 1 w I l s H I R E B l v D. • l 0 s A N G E l E s 1 7, c A l I F.
TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY ...
Fifty-six famous Americans, including former President Hoover and General Douglas MacArthur, have formed a "Committee to Proclaim Liberty" and urge every person in the United States to join them on the 4th of July in a unique observance of the I 75th Anniversary of America's Freedom under God.
The celebration involves: bells of every church in the nation ringing for ten minutes at noon on Independence Day; clergymen of all denominations preaching sermons on "Freedom Under God" on the Sabbath preceding Independence Day, and each citizen taking time on the 4th of July to read the Declaration of Independence.
The name, "Committee to Proclaim Liberty," is based on a verse from the Bible (Book of Leviticus, 25th Chapter, lOth Verse), "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." These words appear on the crown of the Liberty Bell.
The number of Committee Founders, fifty-six, corresponds with the number of signers of the Declaration of Independence.
The theme of the "Committee to Proclaim Liberty" is: "Give thanks to God for liberty."
The theme is based on a quotation by John Adams, who, in 1776, declared: "It ought to be commemorated as a day of deliverance by solemn
acts of devotion to God Almighty." Adams was speaking of America's first Independence Day.
On that occasion church bells rang. Prayers were
said. Copies of the Declaration of Independence were read by everyone.
Throughout All The Land
The purpose of the "Committee to Proclaim Liberty" is to revive a custom long forgotten in America-spiritual emphasis of the 4th of July. .
By urging the reading of the Declaration of Independence, the Committee seeks to encourage understanding that God is the source of individual Freedom ... that "all men ... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights ... "
By suggesting to clergymen of all denominations that the bells of their churches ring at noon on the Fourth of July, the Committee seeks to
I organize a nation-wide, vocal demonstration sym-bolizing America's Freedom under God.
By suggesting that sermons on "Freedom under God" be preached on the Sabbath preceding Independence Day, the Committee hopes that millions of Americans will take that occasion to subscribe to its theme and "give thanks to God for liberty."
The "Committee to Proclaim Liberty" was conceived by Dr. James W. Fifield, Jr., pastor of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, and Director of Spiritual Mobilization, a 16-year-old non-sectarian crusade for freedom in America.
The Committee is currently contacting more than 125,000 clergymen of all denominations, and is arranging for a special Independence Day broadcast to be heard over a coast-to-coast network.
All future information will emanate from Committee Headquarters in Los Angeles. Communications may be addressed to the "Committee to Proclaim Liberty," Freedom Center, 1521 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 17, California. Telephone: Dunkirk 2-2146.
How You [an Participate
As a clergyman
1. By having the bell of your church ring for ten minutes at noon on the Fourth of July to symbolize that God is the source of our freedom.
2. By delivering a sermon on "Freedom Under God" at the worship services in your church or synagogue on the Sabbath preceding Independence Day.
3. By ordering the specially prepared church calendars for use at your "Freedom Under God" worship services. Use the enclosed postage-paid reply card to obtain the calendars at cost: one penny each, postpaid.
4. By urging other clergymen to cooperate with you in this unique observance.
5. By telling your community what your church is planning to do in its "Freedom Under God" observance. A sample press release is enc1osed for use with your newspapers, television, and radio media.
As· a member of a church
1. By telling your minister, priest, or rabbi of your dedication to the observance of "Freedom Under God" at this coming Independence Day. Ask him to participate as suggested above.
2. By volunteering to assist your clergyman in this observance. Help him with the press release; contact the newspapers, television, and radio stations; see to it that there is
manpower available for the bell tolling; or offer to help finance the modest cost of the "Freedom Under God" church calendars, or help arrange for distribution of this pamphlet among the members of your church or synagogue.
3. By arranging to post a notice of the "Freedom Under God" observance on your church bulletin board.
As a member of an organization
1. By organizing a task force within your organization to contact and obtain the cooperation of every church and civic group in your community. Distribute copies of this pamphlet to do the job. Write to this Committee for details.
2. By asking the other members of your organization to take part in the "Freedom Under God" observance in their churches.
As a free individual under God
1. Attend the church or synagogue of your choice on the Sabbath preceding Independence Day.
2. As the church bells ring on July 4th, take that occasion to reread the preamble of the Declaration with your family. Suggest your friends and acquaintances do likewise.
3. Tune in on the commemoration radio broadcast on the 4th of July.
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THE PREAMBLE TO THE
Declaration of Independence
WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's
God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires
that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
v v v We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness .
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That when
ever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing
its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their
Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments
long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;
and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more dis
posed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long
train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new
Guards for their future security.
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For additional copies of this pamphlet or further information write: "The Committee to Proclaim Liberty," Freedom Center, 1521 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 17, California.
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