Unitarian Moderator

Since U.S. Unitarians changed their chief officer (in 1938) from a President to a Moderator, Unitarian Churches have been headed by a penologist (Sanford Bates), two college presidents (Mills College's Aurelia Reinhardt, Toledo University's Philip C. Nash). Last week the American Unitarian Association's executive committee nominated a Senator--Harold Hitz Burton, co-author of the Ball-Burton-Hatch-Hill resolution (TIME, March 22). The 55-year-old Senator and three-time mayor of Cleveland will take office at the Unitarians' annual meeting next May.

Senator Burton's post as Moderator is purely honorary. It will be his duty to represent the 61,000 Unitarians at various functions of note. For this he will receive travel expenses, nothing more. He must also preside over the Unitarian biennial General Conference and keep it moving. Hence Unitarian quipsters say their Moderator might better be called an "Accelerator."

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