European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and set lips social conformity to a jul gqtfj7.s. Religious Boom loses steam by Louis Cassel Washington Dpi during the Lute 1940s and most of the 1950s Reli Gion was newspapers and magazines were full of articles about the religious re Vival sweeping the Graham packed the country s biggest stadiums. Bishop Fulton ranked near the top of to s audience membership soared and churches across the land went on Abl lion Dollar a year building spree to provide suitable Large and lavish hous ing for their growing congregations. Here and there voices of caution were raised by people who saw in the revival too Little evidence of mature Faith and solid c o m m 1t m e n to too Many signs of a Frothy religiosity precariously based on the in biblical no influence on american Fuff that if you re Nice to god hell Ite influence in Uil. You see to it that you get ahead in the world. The religions Boom began to run out of steam in the Early 1960s. The ebbing of popular interest could be seen inthe Gallup organization s periodic sur Veys of Church attendance. In 1957, s9 per increasing its 1 majority View fifty seven per losing its figures churches Andin 195s, at the Peak of the Boom 49 can no longer count on the pressures per cent of America s adults were i Church on a typical sunday morning. By 1965, the figure had dropped to 44per cent where it has remained. An even More striking measure of the shift in Public attitudes was an other Gallup study in which a representative Cross Section of americans was asked at the present time do you think religion As a whole is increasing its of social conformity to bring adults to worship services and children to Sun Day suburban family can now dispense with Active religious affiliation without fear of being looted Down upon by to neighbors. But the statistics do not Nean re Gion is a spent face pm american wac offer of Etta int tation Are As unrealistic and Otts to history As the the go on forever. Periods have alway which religion wag in i Lodi the thing to a tl%t4t4itaf�km id i my tons about righteousness and which Are Apt to be unset line to tentative new members who have come shopping for peace of at " Are reluctant either to make or to demand them of their to America has just Comei danger period of great pop. It can look Forward to , deepened and Fortas suggests ways to improve Public s grasp of court decisions Matt adversity. S tars and stripes columns comment was Flinton a supreme court Justice Abe Fortas says the hearings on his Nomi nation to be chief Justice have impressed upon me anew the acute interest and concern that exist with respect to the work of this court in a letter to chairman Jameso. Eastland d-miss., of the Senate judiciary committee Fortas suggested possible Steps to improve Public information about the understanding of the court s decisions. The letter made Public opinions and to convey that tothe Fortas observed that a few years ago a group under the auspices of the association of american Law schools adopted a program of providing analytical material to the press before prepare statistical and other in formation about the court s work in a form that would reusable by the Media and informative to the Public. Elaborate on his testimony that if confirmed As chief Justice he would explore with other Justice show to keep the Public better informed about the court s work. There Are Many difficulties in the Way of working out specific improvements Forta wrote but As Public interest in the court s decisions has in creased the need for finding some solutions to these prob lems seems to me to have in although Fortas did not refer to it some senators have noted that a recent poll showed Public Confidence in the court to be at a Low ebb. Fortas first suggestion was that efforts be made to find some Way to help newsmen Cov ering the court so that the Sto Ries that appear in the pres would be More informative particularly in the sense that they could More adequately con vey to the Public the substance and Tenor of the court s Opin he noted the court a few years ago began releasing its decisions on any Day in a week instead of putting them All out in this connection for. Tas recalled his testimony thai the argument of cases to help Between 92 and 3 per cent of Al newsmen master the issues. The criminal cases presented to it might be that the Assoc a the court during its last Ter Muon and representatives of the were either affirmed or allowed Media which Are interested in to service could explore its possible expansion perhaps into this Type of information Isth Post decision phase Fortas not presently assembled by the said. Court As a routine matter nor i another suggestion in is let it readily available to the pub was that Means be found to lie his letter to Eastland said. Follow Eisenhower Mold Justice Abe Fortas. Acute interest lbs retirement plans begin to jell by Ben f. Meter Washington a presi Dent Johnson unlike some peo ple approaching retirement has very definite plans about what he intends to do when he leave the White House next Jan. 20. He is looking Forward with enthusiasm to a rectum to teach ing. But he plans to mix teaching at the University of Texas in Austin with travel and con siders Mexico especially where he has visited a number ofttimes Central America and South America As Likely spots for informal trips. His travels also would in clude occasional visits to other universities in the United states. In his Post White House plans buildings on its Campus and i they interpret this to mean he spending $12 million to build might be Content with a role similar to that played by Dwight d. Eisenhower who serves As a sort of elder statesman but not As a Day to Day combatant on the political Bettie Fielos the same friends say Johnson brushes aside any suggestion that political or other events might upset his announced plans not to run for reflection in ims. The classroom will be Noth ing new to the president. It was in a Little school in Dayan asserts Arab Accord is nearer % Haifa Israel a de sense minister Moshe Dayan declared saturday a powerful is Rael is closer to peace with the arabs than Ever before. He told an enthusiastic Audi ence of 15,000 at a labor Council rally at Haifa s Kiriat Hai stadium if we remain firm this Tim and insist on binding terms in relations with our neighbors Andon the normalization of these relations then peace will eventually he declared the Ara states have become Morejo transient than Ever. Egypt two others. One will be an eight Story Structure housing the Lyn Don Baines Johnson Library. The other is a three Story build we Job after the 1948 War sating for the Lyndon Baines John Down with us at the negotiating son school of Public already has been elected a member of the faculty. The president appears proud that he a elected to the fact to by the students and the Tyas Well As by the regents. The regents Sugg Tsume the title of a of Public offs win i in a refuses to do so they Are far away from making peace. But there is no Cal proximity w of sew our tanks our guns fortifications. Some he oof of a a u0 a . lecturer in Public they see us plead for a Jwj airs but Johnson feels but they also see our a a a anal a . Riam i flav emv11buless ostentatious fee title Lunation not to yield pc by pm m?0b a Wmk a two a it a Duvol so Jam. Where most of such As visiting lecturer or we shall no withdraw from students were of mexican conversationalist in residence stand and they know a that be became a would be More appropriate. The strength to Macwain �. The president la expected u helped to some extent in relieving the tremendous Burden on the press. All of the reporters in my opinion do a commendable Job sometimes even a superlative Job in the Fortas said adding he though tall would agree it would be desirable to find a Way to make their task easier. He said the broader problems Are first to increase Public education with respect to the Constitution and the court. And second to devise some sys tem by which the Media can arrive at a better understanding of the work of the court and its teacher shortly after Gro tog from a teachers Coll of prof his . He husband Unow in military service in Viet Nam but has a Job awaiting his return in the Johnson family s broadcasting Enterprise. Friends who have talked wit the president about retirement say he never mentions politics to to Foutty Berg was a member of , Johnson found himself political Stream in u Joffis now teaching career willbe in a place Dif Ferent from the Plain Little school in Cotulla. The University of Texas which has considerable income from Oil lands has magnificent ecu jambs War 90& r. S. Michail. Or. M rut Proctor. Yil Pitio nusa. A duty sap i. My main a tit. A Juc in 1w14 it rec
