INTERCHURCH WORLD MOVE

MENT, an organization founded by a number of broad minded clergymen and laymen of the Protestant denominations for the purpose of creating a vital institution of the Church. The effort came with the momentum engendered among the churches by war service, during which the various denominations had cooperated so effectively that it was felt that this spirit might be brought to survive into the peace period. A large number of wealthy Americans became so enthusiastic over the idea that the organization took on huge proportions, a large building being required to hovse the various ofiices. Among the many projects planned by the officers was that of investigating industrial conditions, with the object of suggesting measures leading to the a mel i or i at i on of the poverty of the working cla es. One of these investigations, known as the ‘Pittsburgh Survey,’ which was conducted during 1919-20, resulted in a report so radical in spirit that the majority of the wealthy patrons of the organization were incensed, the report more than indicating that the employees of the steel corporations were sorely oppre ed by their employers. ‘With the withdrawal of this financial support the organization disintegrated, its affairs being wound up in 1922, columns in cla ical architecture, differing in different orders.