PEACE DEPARTMENT

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1 May 1946, Page 6

PEACE DEPARTMENT

The following is from the departmental report prepared by Mrs Mackie, Dominion Superintendent, which was not in time to be included in the Report Book (Editor). PEACE REPORT Since my last report to you major hostilities have been ended by the military victory of the “United Nations,” and we should give our heartfelt thanks that over most of the world men are no longer engaged ir. killing one another. Our organisation has given us much! scope for peace work, and many! unions have reported on the part they 1 have undertaken in this great cause Many have begun each meeting with a special prayers for peace; others have - responded to the roll call with a Hibli- I cal text touching on peace. “Home I meetings” have been called with a I speaker who has made this subject ar. all-important one. Interesting ques-1 tions at siich gatherings prove of great I value to speaker and members alike. Then again, papers have been prepared and sent out to unions requesting them. Study groups have also proved an important factor. I understand that peace plays have been prepared and presented. I congratulate those who have taken so much trouble in this way as there is no doubt that plays, by appealing to both eyes and ears, present the message we wish to convey in an effective way. As your peace superintendent I have always willingly attended meetings when asked, and if not able to be at two meetings the same day, I have sent good speakers out to the unions. It has been a great help to me to have suitable men and women who have so ably assisted me during the Peace Month (May).

Books have been willingly loaned at all times and our Linwood Peace Library has been very widely used, books having been loaned to young men’; societies, and to Scout; and Bible class members. We have been told that these hooks have proved very useful and educational.

May I suggest we join all organisations working in the interests of universal peace? I must thank all members who have so ably co-operated with me in my work, for without this it would have been impossible for me to carry on. Many of our women have helped by sending food to the starving millions. Others have had sewing circles in their homes, and in this way we have been able to send cases of beautifully made clothes to the little children in Europe, who through no fault of their own have been made homeless during this tragic war.