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CHRISTIANS MUST ACT AS CITIZENS

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By the Rev. Dr. Hugh Martin ̧

GREAT many people these days of us can do nothing directly to are suffering from diailiusion- Influence the decisions of the ment and frustration.

thero The hope Security Council but

aro, of "one world," where national novertheless, many worthwhilo differences would not impede mutual things we can do to promote inter- understanding -and the peoples national understanding. To do them would co-operate to build a better is to contribute to the peace of the order, seems to have receded into world: and if enough people do the far distance. At the same time, them, to influence events". politics and industry move on so vast and complicated a scale that the individual citizen feels dwarfed and helpless.

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A MINORITY CHRISTIANS must net as citizens. They cannot shirk the harsht The International Department of problems of modern life, and they the British Council of Churches hoo must learn as citizens to act with Just sponsored an interesting docus. others who do not share their ment addressed to Christians, who Christian

In a

feel like that. It reminds them that ably no

outlook. There is prob country where Christion the ordinary man has never, in fact, opinion can dictate the policy of the had much direct influence on tho course of international affairs. What is new is that men today are worry Ing about it, and that perhaps is en- couraging, We do well to realise

state. Real Christians are minority everywhere.

But there are also specifle tasks also that no man is responsible for for Christians. The statement re what he cannot do but only for what in the worldwide Church and of the minds its readers of their fellowship he can. "To be faithful within the

ask of us,"

range of one's Influence whether it international and nationa! organs be ns Cabinet Minister or ordinary for Christian co-operation. Par- citizen is all that God or man can ticulars are then given of nine tasks belag altempted, and needing to be dona

beiter, by

the relief British Christians. The list includes of physical distress In Europe and ald for the European Churches

In the main, the document in 'con- cerned to remind the Christian of what he can do, and of what the Churches are, In fact, doing. In this field of International relations, "Most

THE STORY OF MILES, BLOSSOM AND GEORGE

By SQDN. LDR. W. SIMPSON, D.F.C.

REDERICK G. MILES once said to me: "I do like to That re- make things." mark is the key to an under- standing of the man whose air- craft company is foundering.

Of all the interesting charac- ters in flying there has never been one with more humanity, zeal or originality than Miles.

I called on him the other day. It was characteristic that, arriving unexpectedly, I should find the house deserted.

It is a T-shaped, flat-roofed white building called "Land's End," and it lies not far from Twyford in Berkshire,

Miles and his equally famous wife Blossom designed it with the same attention to function and line that they had devoted to their air- craft.

Show Piece

There is nothing beautiful about it. The walls are flat and straight.

It is streamlined.. But it is a com- fortable and friendly home.

George. If anything, is even more waves that build up around Imaginative than his elder brother. speed of sound.

He produced an unending stream While Miles was

im- still n

One, pecunious Instructor at Shoreham he of extraordinary aircraft. met Blossom. A lively and beautiful fitted with small wings in front and

im girl, he taught her to fly, and she larger ones behind, gave the shared his enthusiasm while stimu- pression of Bying backwards. lating his dreams as she has been doing ever since.

At that time she was Viscountess Ratendone, wife of the only son of then Viceroy of Lord Willingdon,

· India. Later she married Miles.

Their radiant happiness is some- thing they never attempt to concent.

are

It proved a nightmare to many a pilot who met it for the first time in the sky above Reading.

From it George planned a jet- propelled mail plane to fly at high speeds which created considerable

interest.

Then there was the Acrovan, which is being flown today by several British and foreign charler operators.

I was built around a large box,

The designing "was almost com- plete. It was shaped like a bullet with a sharply pointed hose, and had razor sharp wings. The pilot had a little pressurised detachable compartment in the nose.

through "Christian re- construction in Europe".

liere, 1 want to two others In the prisoners

persons.

of

concentrate on 1st-work for-

war and displaced

The presence in Britain of large nuinbers of

German prisoners of war-at one time over 400,000-- offered a special challenge to the Churches. For several years a com- the mittee under the auspices of the British Council of Churches has co- ordinated the work of the Y.M.C.A. Ulie Commission of World Council. of Churches, the Chaplains Depart- ment of the Army, and the Churches bas beca themselves. Assistance given to the German camp chaplains,

prisonera and large number of At the last moment the Ministry have been helped to train as teachers of Supply decided that it was too and as theological students. Thern early yet to risk the life of a pilot I was

Germos. P.O.W. under such

conditions, and the Theological College associated

was actually

with whole Idea was shelved.

British Mean- the

Students Christian while, in America, the Bell XS-1, Movement, and representatives from developed along similar lines, has it attended a recent conference of since flown.

the movement in London. In many places fellowship was established between the camp.congregations and local British Churches with mutunl beneli.

The first turn in the tide came with the fuel-crisis in February 1947. A number of employees had to be dismissed.'

It has been sald of them that they the only long-married couple who have been seen holding hands in public in the West End of London. One summer day while touring in a caravan, they arrived at Wood- capable of lifting a ton of freight, the completion of the Geminis 180 and there: met. Charles furniture, ponies, or almost nny- of which had been ordered from ley,

Powis, a young man enthusiastle thing else. To. its box body had all over the world. it was due to

about flying.

There was a mutual attraction. Miles and Powis decided to work

together, and were joined by Mile's

brother George,

Before long Phillips and Powis, as the Arm was called, became the greatest force In the light aircraft market in Britain.

Miles produced a succession revolutionary light aircraft.

of

In 1935 his test pilot, Tommy

The kitchen is a show piece of Rose, won the King's Cup Air Ilace electrical gadgetry, in which it is in a Miles Falcon at an averugo not unusual-to-find-Miles - baking-speed of more than 175 m.p.h.... bread for the fun of it.

The lounge is unusual-a large, rectangular room framed with thou- sands of books on shelves built into the walls.

Ono side is a vast sliding win- dow commanding a view of fields beyond. A room for good company which it never lacks.

Between the house and Woodley airfield lies an open-air swimming- pool, with an experimental work shop adjoining it.

was not surprised that, In spite of the increasing worries of the past six months, I should find Miles and Blossomn busy in this workshop. Miles had been varnishing chairs Blossom

was sclting type and

printing letter heads. Neither

allowed me to see any sign of dis- tress.

that from

It

the

was here at Land's End Miles family, starting

scratch, rase to fame.

Laundry Man

In 1936 Lindberg asked Miles to design a special aircraft for him. It was said to be the fastest of its kind In Britain.

Factory Grows

This was followed by a delay in

Mr. and Mrs. Miles study a new plans design.

In 1938 the R. A. F. recognised been added wings, two engines, and trouble the Magister and Master hs revo

trainers, and placed a lutionary contract sald to be worth more than

million pounds.

These were the first monoplane trainers the R.A.F. had ever had.

The

Master, with a top speed above 300 m.p.h., was used to train fighter pilots before going on to the Hurricanes and Spitfires in which they fought the Battle of Britain.

By 1939 the factory was 40 times its original size.

Ex-

with the engines which a tall,

were not manufactured by Miles. . George

Mes- designed also the

When Mr Hogt, one of the two senger, a single-engine aircraft able

small nudilors for Miles Aircraft, to get in and out of very

amined the affairs of the company Belds. It was used by Lord Mont-

last July there is no doubt that he Romery as a communication plane.

found them at the least, tem- And from the Messenger he

state. turned to the four-sonier

very shaky the first light

Gemint, Porarily

Costa

of production exceeded the alreraft with two engines for greater safely instead

seling prices. of one.

All these types and no doubt there were far too many of them- created a great deal of interest

because of their originality,

of them The Alongside

Miles Maration, a medium-sized airliner,

There was plenty of work to be done by the Miles family and workers during the war. Some £23,000,000 worth of orders were fooked strangely conventional. But delivered for the R.A.F.

In

the thick

it is a good aircraft, and some 50 of were

ordered by the Ministry

com-

of

But the story of F. G. Miles really begins at Portslade, near Brighton, where he was born 45 years ago,

of the Baltic the son of a laundry owner.

F.Gor Miles, as he is called Brilein they produced an all-wood Supply. even by Blossom-left school when fighter with a performance

The Marathon is the only parable with that of the Hurricane with a definite future now. he was 14. For a white he helped The idea was to have something likely to be produced by the Hand- ready for mass production had the plan for speeding up the Hurricanes ley Page Company. and Spitfires failed.

to deliver laundry.

one

It is

All the rest designed with such feverish energy will gradually be

It has been said that Inter he ran away from home. That is not true. He became a cinema projectionist, then his craving for machinery

in 1040 they designed a bomb-or drove him into a motor-cycle repair flying

doodle-bug but forgotten. shop.

it was never used against the Ger-

And

He was taught to fly by Cecil mans, as the Government looked Pashicy at Shoreham-on-Sea Miles upon such things as "Indiscriminate got up early one morning and made weapons," an unaffelal solo fight, after 141⁄2 hours' instruction in a "borrowed" Grahame-White pircraft.

"Pash" and Miles went into partnership. They mado,

little money, but got a great deal of joy out of life,

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sel-

alr-

Perhaps the most galling back of all was the abandonment of the Miles M52 superzante

ր

In September Miles lost control of the affairs of the company, and Mr Hogg took over. Sinco no aircraft has been produced.

A

Doing Too Much

then

These Inst six months' have been terrible experience for Miles, Blossom.

and George. Miles told me that he did not mind so much for himself, but was particularly upset at the thought of so many shareholders losing their

money.

Yet so great is his popularity as a man, and so secure the confidence of his friends and others in him, that secretaries and workers have volunteered to carry on working for nothing.

"No

doubt we were attempting far too much." Miles told me, "but if we had had a chance to check ourselves and stick to the Marathon and little else we should have come through all right."

In 1941 Miles bought the Rolls-

Many things will go-his motor- Royce shareholding in the company, craft.

bost, for instance but Miles and He became chairman. Two years

Blossom face a future with opti- later the name- of the firm

A Government contract had been mism. So far they have no plans, changed to Miles Aircraft Limited, given to Miles to produce a 1,000 but Miles says his interest in air- By then, Miles had practically han- m.p.h. aircraft for use in experi- craft will be kept up somehow. "I ded over the designing to George. ments to break through the shock love it, and it is my life."

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OH, DEAR Į WISH I COULD TOUCH THE

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PUFF -- PUFF-

PUFF -PUFF- IT'S NO USE

By Ernie Bushmiller

THIS OLD

FLOORBOARD

IS A BIG

HELP

LONG EXILE EADERS of the Churches have Le also continued to press upon the Government the problema creat- ed by the long, continued exile ot prisoners and the need for their speedy release. They are now be- ing repatriated at the rate of 22.000 4 month

Very welcome was a letter recent- ly received from Bishop Wurm, ex- prossing the deep appreciation of the Evangelical Church in Germany for this work done by British Christians for prisoners.

Eighteen thousand of the prisoners. of war are being allowed to remain for agricultural work in Britain with civilian status, and there is no lack of volunteers. These men will. now become "European-volunteer workers," and will thus become classed with others who have been recruited from displaced persons. camps in Europe.

--It is proposed to admit 100,000-dt- thene for work in mining, agricul ture, heavy industry and textiles and for domestic work in hospitals and bomes. Among those win havo arrived arc Latvians, Estoniaus, Lithuaniana, Austrians, Poles, Yugo- slavs and Ukranlans. They are paid the same wages and employed under the same conditions as British workers in the same jobs.

SPIRITUAL CARE THE British Council of Churches THE

is co-operating with the Refugee Commission of the World Council of Churches in arranging for the spiritual care of the Orthodox and Protestants among them (the Roman Catholics being cared for by their own Church). Every effort is

made to welcome them into thing." fellowship. With Government ap- proval and help, ministers are given facilities to make contacts in camos where workers are first housed be fore going to their destinations. A beginning has also been made with the provision of priests and pastors of their own countries and com munities to minister to them. This, as can bo imagined, is a difficult and complicated matter. As sponsibility towards prisoners of war diminishes, that for these new

increasing. workers

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Such, work as this does net, of course, represent the whole duty of the Chiristian. But it is open to all to take some share in the humanising of International relations by stretch- ing a hand of understanding help across the boundaries of nations.

There are distant probleme about which we can do little. We can be friends to the stranger within. our gates.

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