CHRISTIANITY IN WAKE OF ATOM BOMB
Received Saturday, 12.8 a.m. NEW YORK, Feb. 7. A group of hideousiy maimed survivors of the atom bomb attack which destroved Hiroshima, told nine touring American news executives that they felt no hatred f'or Americans because of their misfortunes, reports tlie United Press correspondent in Japan. Some of the survivors bore liuge iibroid stars as uiut.li as three inelies tliitk. Thev said they had not even thought of considering 1 the bombing as an atrocity uutil foreign publitations reached the tity some inonths ago with that suggestion. Their statei.ieuts were supported by a group of German aiul Spauisii Jesuits who were in their mission at Hiroshima at the time of the blast. The Jesuits said the fact that a Cliristian nation had dropped the atoniit missile liad not prejudiced the Japanese against Christianity — in fact interest in Christianitv vvas greater now in Hiroshima tlian ever before.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 February 1947, Page 5
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