Meanwhile, Howard had been assigned by Lord Beaverbrook to investigate the 1930s English evangelical movement of the American religious leader Frank Buchman, the Oxford Group, which was later renamed Moral Re-Armament. Howard interviewed Buchman and eventually left the Daily Express and joined the inner circle of Moral Re-Armament.[4][5] In 1941, he published the book Innocent Men in which he took a different view of the politicians lambasted in Guilty Men only a year earlier. He still sharply questioned the relationship between press and government in wartime Britain but also expressed his views about the role that Moral Re-Armament could play.[6]
Moral Re-Armament made the fight against communism a high priority during and after World War II and considered it a threat to peace and religious freedom. Howard wrote 17 plays, which were mostly perceived as both extremely didactic and anticommunist on the themes of co-operation and dialogue in industrial relations, politics, and personal life.[citation needed]
After Buchman died in 1961, Howard was his chosen successor as leader of the worldwide Moral Re-Armament movement. Howard travelled extensively until he died of viral pneumonia in Lima, Peru, in February 1965.
peter, howard, journalist, peter, dunsmore, howard, december, 1908, february, 1965, british, journalist, playwright, captain, england, national, rugby, union, team, leader, moral, armament, from, 1961, 1965, also, world, championship, bobsleigh, medal, 1939, p. Peter Dunsmore Howard 20 December 1908 25 February 1965 1 was a British journalist playwright captain of the England national rugby union team and leader of Moral Re Armament from 1961 to 1965 He also won a World Championship bobsleigh medal in 1939 Peter HowardBornPeter Dunsmore Howard 1908 12 20 20 December 1908Maidenhead Berkshire EnglandDied25 February 1965 1965 02 25 aged 56 Lima PeruAlma materUniversity of Oxford Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditBorn in Maidenhead England Howard was educated at Mill Hill School 2 A graduate of the University of Oxford and journalist Howard captained the England national rugby union team while he worked with Oswald Mosley for the New Party Howard represented Oxford University RFC in The Varsity Match in 1929 and 1930 and made his England debut against Wales in January 1930 while he was still at Oxford He played eight times for England and in all four matches in the Five Nations Championship in both 1930 and 1931 He captained England against Ireland at Twickenham in 1931 Ireland winning 6 5 3 In 1939 he won the silver medal in the four man event at the FIBT World Championships in St Moritz After a flirtation with Mosley s Blackshirts Howard joined the Conservative Party and became a political correspondent and investigative reporter for Lord Beaverbrook s Daily Express In 1940 with the Labour Party s future leader Michael Foot and the Liberal Party s Frank Owen Howard wrote the political polemic Guilty Men against Britain s appeasement and the politicians responsible for it Meanwhile Howard had been assigned by Lord Beaverbrook to investigate the 1930s English evangelical movement of the American religious leader Frank Buchman the Oxford Group which was later renamed Moral Re Armament Howard interviewed Buchman and eventually left the Daily Express and joined the inner circle of Moral Re Armament 4 5 In 1941 he published the book Innocent Men in which he took a different view of the politicians lambasted in Guilty Men only a year earlier He still sharply questioned the relationship between press and government in wartime Britain but also expressed his views about the role that Moral Re Armament could play 6 Moral Re Armament made the fight against communism a high priority during and after World War II and considered it a threat to peace and religious freedom Howard wrote 17 plays which were mostly perceived as both extremely didactic and anticommunist on the themes of co operation and dialogue in industrial relations politics and personal life citation needed After Buchman died in 1961 Howard was his chosen successor as leader of the worldwide Moral Re Armament movement Howard travelled extensively until he died of viral pneumonia in Lima Peru in February 1965 Howard married 1932 Wimbledon ladies doubles champion Doris Metaxa and they had three children Anne Anthony and The Times journalist Philip Howard died 5 October 2014 aged 80 Doe Doris Metaxa Howard was born in Greece on 12 June 1911 but she was raised in Marseilles and represented France at Wimbledon she died on 7 September 2007 aged 96 Works EditInnocent Men 1941 Fighters Ever 1942 Ideas Have Legs 1945 That Man Frank Buchman 1946 Men On Trial 1946 The World Rebuilt 1951 The Real News 1953 The Dictators Slippers 1953 The Boss 1953 Remaking Men 1954 We Are Tomorrow 1954 Effective Statesmanship 1955 The Vanishing Island 1955 Rumpelsnits 1956 America Needs An Ideology 1957 The Man Who Would Not Die 1957 Miracle In The Sun 1959 Pickle Hill 1959 The Hurricane 1960 The Ladder 1960 Frank Buchman s Secret 1961 Music At Midnight 1962 Space Is So Startling 1962 Britain And The Beast 1963 Through The Garden Wall 1963 The Diplomats 1963 Design For Dedication 1964 Beaverbrook A Study Of Max The Unknown 1964 Mr Brown Comes Down The Hill 1964 Give A Dog A Bone 1964 Happy Death Day 1965 Above The Smoke And Stir 1975 Source 7 References Edit Griffiths John 1987 The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records London J M Dent amp Sons Ltd pp 12 6 ISBN 0 460 07003 7 The Author s and Writer s Who s Who 4th ed 1960 Griffiths page 1 25 Building trust across the world s divides Initiatives of Change Retrieved 25 June 2011 Caux A Home for the World Initiatives of Change Wolrige Gordon Anne 1969 Peter Howard Life amp Letters London Hodder amp Stoughton Ltd pp 156 160 ISBN 0 340 10840 1 Author Peter Dunsmore Howard Author and Book Info External links EditWorks by Peter Howard at Faded Page Canada Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Howard journalist amp oldid 1100923769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
