Religion: Colony's Oath

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Last week in Minister Colony's present church in suburban Kensington, a choir boy named Willard Noble, just turning 21, stood before his rector and recited a lengthy oath, core of which was: "I believe that every Communist and Fascist in America is a traitor to the United States of America. This is my pledge as an American and a Christian: to fight Communism and Fascism wherever I find them; to enlist others in the fight. . . ." Explained David Colony, who said he had thought up the oath after attending a Nazi meeting: "I wish to see every boy passing into manhood take this serious oath. . . . He may come here to my church and he will be welcome. ... I want Christian young men and young women on the march again, with the Cross and Old Glory leading." At week's end Minister Colony said 300 young men had joined his newest movement.