Religious, Labor, Rights Units Join in Full Employment Drive
. One of the broadest-based coalitions of religious, labor and civil rights groups since the civil rights days is seeking to mobilize public opinion behind the need for legislation for full employment.</br></br>Ûª"This is the priority issue for the nation,Û Corolla Scott King yesterday told tlie board of directors of the coalition, called the hull Employment Action Council, "if it (unemployment) is not solved, we will not have any hope for solving our oilier problems,Û said Mrs. King, widow of slain civil rights leader of Martin Luther King Jr. .She is coehalrman of the coalition.</br></br>The Council, which has been in existence for nearly four years, extended the traditional Labor Day observances of last Monday into Full Employment Week, with activities scheduled for virtually every state in the union.</br></br>In preparation for the week, the National Council of Churches, the United Slates Catholic Conference and the National Jewish Community '.Relations Advisory Council churned out tens of thousands of information kits, sermon outlines, lilugica! aids and Labor Day proclamations. Cleared to their respective constituencies, all were designed to get across the mes- sage that the national rate of unemployment is a religious as well as a political and economic issue.</br></br>Iu his address lo the coalitionÛªs hoard meeting yesterday, the Most ltcv. Thomas C. Kelly spelled out why. ÛÏHuman lives arc at stake,Û said the general secretary of the American Catholic hierarchy.