Bryant, Cyril E.

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Magazine article in Home Life magazine As a congressman and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Brooks Hays's opinion is sought on many subjects. He is seen here with TV star Dave Garroway. -Arkansas' Fifth, which includes Little Rock-but he has taken bold Christian stands on many vital national and inter-national issues. He fought for educational and economic advancement of the Negro in the South long before it was politically expedient to do so. (But he voted against the civil rights bill be-cause it failed to provide for trial by jury.) He joined a Republican at the close of World War II to present a resolution for a bipartisan policy in peace as in war. He presented a resolution in 1949 urging his country to join a World Federation, stronger than the United Nations, to preserve peace and prevent aggression. He has been a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs since 1951, and served on the U. S. delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1955. He Fought for Peace His conviction that men ought to dwell together in peace and his unequivocal stand for Christian principles was clearly demonstrated during the school issue in his home state last fall. Brooks attempted to bring about a peaceful settlement and to find a Christian answer to an explosive question. Even before his election to Congress he had developed a strong interest in social service work and was a recognized authority on farm tenancy in the South....

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