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Evening star., 1940-05-27
Livingston Manor
D. A. r. Will Meet

Mrs. Addams s. McAllister viii
be hostess to members of Living
ston Manor Chapter. D. A. R., at
her home, 206 Raymond street,
Chevy Chase, Md, Tuesday. The
annual meeting will be followed by
reception from 4 to 6 pm. honor
ing Miss Margaret Elrna Naylor,
State corresponding secretary and
past regent OF the chapter.
Among those who will receive are
the chapter regent, Mrs. Ford e.
Young, jr.. and the State regent,
Mrs. Harry c. Oberholser. Mrs.
Thomas J. Gattis will make the in
Productions. A musical program will
be given by Miss Home McAlrster
and Miss Lydia McAllister.
American Chapter will be en-
tertained at o'clock tonight by
the regent, Mrs. Clara D. Perry.
Ofhcers will be elected.
New officers elected by the Vic
tory Chapter are Mrs. Royal e.
Burnham, regent; Mrs. Elgie G.
Purvis, vice regent; Mrs. Sherman
s. Slick, chaplain; Mrs. Mark l..
Whitney. recording secretary; Mrs.
Paul Yoder, corresponding secre-
tary: Mrs. Gertrude M. Hite, treas
urer; Mrs. William H. Harper, reg
istrar, and Mrs. James w. Crab
tree, historian.
The directors elected are Mrs.
j. Edwin Lawton, Mrs. Benjamin C..
Waldenmaier, Mrs. Lucius o. Chaplin
and Mrs. Ethel T. Fulton.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Columbia Alumnae
Club Supper

The Columbia University Alumnae
Club Of Washington celebrated the
conclusion of the first year Of its
organization. as well as the last
meeting of the season. with q sup
per last night at the American
Association of University Women's
clubhouse.
John Collier, commissioner Of In
dian affairs. Department of In
terror. told of the first conference for
Indians held recently in Mexico.
The Mexican Ambassador, DR..
Don Francisco Costello Najera. was
among the honor guests. Other
guests included DR.. J. s. Nof1singer,
director Of the National Home
Study Council and chairman Of the
Executive Committee Of the Colum-
bia University Alumni Club, and
Mrs. David Barr, representing the
Barnard College Club of WASH
ington.
Newly elected officers are Mrs. j.
3. Noffsinger. founder and organizer,
president; Miss Alma Ebeling, vice
president; Mrs. Edward L. Howes,
secretary, and Mrs. Arthur Rem
strom, treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Mrs. Shartle Heads
SkidmOre Alunnae

The Washington Baltimore chap
ter Of the Skidmore College Alum
nae Club has elected Mrs. G. L.
Shartle, president; Miss 8. Maud
Phillips Of Baltimore, vice presi-
dent: Miss Edith Allen. secretary,
and Mrs. Gustave l.. Bowen, treas
urer.
Committee chairmen appointed
by the new president are Miss Alice
James, publicity; Miss Eileen Terry
and Mrs. w. q. Blackburn, social
activities; Mrs. Jonas r. Blank, Mrs.
Karl Achterkirchen and Mrs. Alfred
Sharp, tr., Of Baltimore, program.
The club has been invited by Mrs.
Russell Young of Frederick, Nd. to
hold q picnic during the summer.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Belle Haven
Concert Tonight

The music section Of the Belle
Haven Women's Club of Belle
Haven, Va. will entertain with a
concert by the mems choral group
tonight at $3.50 o'clock at the Belle
Haven Country Club.
Solos will be featured by Col.
George Mayo, Mrs. Edwin Fox and
c. A. McCallip. Accompaniment
will be played by Mrs. william E.
Humphrey and Mrs. D. c. Boak.
Dancing will follow the program
and refreshments will be served.
Mrs. Clyde L. Eastman is gen.
eral chairman of arrangements and
Mrs. Nelson Carr is president of
the music section of the club,
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Miss Arne to Speak

The Bank Woman's Club will hold
q dinner meeting at 6:15 O'Clock to-
night at the Ivy Terrace. 1880 Con-
necticut avenue NV. Miss Sigrid
Arne, feature writer for the Associ-
ated Press, will be guest speaker.
Miss Katharine McKalmont is pres
ident Of the club and Miss Peggy
Webster, chairman of the Dinner
Committee.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Sixteenth Street
Heights Luncheon

The Sixteenth Street Heights Club
will celebrate its 25th anniversary
with luncheon at Tilden Gardens
tomorrow. Officers who will be in
stalled are: Mrs. William H. Eng
land, president; Mrs. Oliver E.
Sweet, vice president; Mrs. Clar-
ence Reed, secretary; Mrs. j. Pres
ton Swecker, treasurer. and Mrs.
Thomas F.. Mullen, custodian.
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w. c.. T. U. Benefit

Northeast Suburban Women's
Christian Temperance Union will
hold benefit breakfast, June 4
at II am, at the home Of Mrs.
French Morgan, 2601 Brentwood
road NE. Each person will con-
tribute some item of food, as we'll
as a silver offering. which will be
deposited in the treasury for use
in its work next fall. The breakfast
will be in the garden and will be
held instead of the regular June
business meeting.
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Election Tonieht

Election Of officers will be held
tonight by the Newspaper Women's
Club Of Washington, at 8 O'Clock, at
the Raleigh Hotel. Names Of sew
eral new members will be voted
on and the annual reports will be
made.
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Benefit Carnival Slated

A carnival for the benefit Of St.
Johns Church, Clinton, Nd, will be
held Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday at Clinton. A ham
and chicken dinner will be served
from 4 to 8 pm. Thursday. There
will be a beauty contest and other
features.
Evening star., 1940-05-27
Weekly Luncheon

"Air Defense" will be discussed
by a representative of the Army Air
Corps tomorrow at the weekly
luncheon Of the Women's National
Press Club, at i pm, at the Willard
Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

At top: The Blair home in
SilUer Spring, Which figured
largely in forming the Repub-
lican party in 1856.
AboDe:' Gen. John c.. Free
mont, the Republican party's
first candidate for President.
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quired to attend brief chapel serv-
ice each morning and in the evening
senior boys read house prayers. On
Sunday there was the full Episcopal
service. This system is followed at
Groton today.
One of Roosevelt's first acts as
he looked forward to his Inaugural
ton in 1882 was to ask Dr. Peabody
if he would come to washington on
inaugural day to participate in a
service in which the new President
would seek divine guidance in the
task before him. DR.. Peabody came
to Washington for that service and
he has come back for similar services
on virtually every anniversary of
the inaugural.
"He wasn't a particularly good
boy, as I recall it," says DR.. Pea
body. But then he wasn't parti-
cularly mischievous either"
After Roosevelt was struck down
in mid-career, DR.. Peabody recalls
striking incident that he felt to
be illustrative of his former pupils
character-his courage and his
stamina. When Roosevelt, the in
valid, had been moved from Campo
Bello in Nova Scotia, where he had
been stricken, to his mothers home
at Hyde Park, DR.. Peabody came
to call on him. He walked into the
big library at the Hyde Park home
to find his once vigorous friend
lying on kind of daybed and
J naturally he expressed his sympathy.
Evening star., 1940-06-23

Again we recommend prompt
organization. If there be out six
persons in your town who aympa-
thize with you in this movement,
organize with these six. Do not
despair. If Republican associ-
alton can be put in successful oper-
alton in Washington City, under
the immediate froWn of the Ma
tional Government. and in a city
dedicated to slavery, where is there
the city, town or village in The
North, East or West that cannot
do likewise?
"* - We have taken hall in
central position, established a
reading room for the benefit Of
our visiting Republican friends and
have made arrangements for the
issue in pamphlet form of all i'm
portant speeches that may be made
during the present Congress. We
have also engaged the services OF
a very competent German trans-
lator, with the intention, should
the means be afforded, TO have
many of the speeches translated
into the German language
In conclusion, and even at the
hazard of being considered impor-
tunate, let us again urge the i'm
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accepting the traditional religious
worship of his forebears. Persons
close to him say that the Presi-
dents religion means much more
to him than that.
Taught by Mother.
Because he was an only child and
his father advanced in years, his
mother devoted more care to the up
bringing of her son than do most
mothers. She was particularly con-
cerned to instill in him a sense of
responsibility for religious worship
in their home community of Hyde
Park. This meant that very early
he was made familiar with the duties
of lay leaders of St. James Episcopal
Church His father had been a
vestryman, later senior warden. A
number of Roosevelts, beginning
early in the last century when the
church was established. lie buried IN
the churchyard, along with others
of the landed gentry-from such
families as the Livingstons, the Mills,
the Rogers-Who built country places
in an early day in the region along
the Hudson. The present church at
Hyde Park, built shortly before the
Civil War, the second on the site,
wearing a serene and messy look,
might be found in any English viii
lage.
Inside, the name plates on the
family pews have been worn almost
illegible by time. Each family fur
nishes its own pew, with the women
Evening star., 1940-06-23

portance of an immediate and
thorough organization.
Yours truly,
DANIEL GOODLOE,
III. S. BROWN.
LEWIS CLEPHANE,
COMMITTEE.
Address L. Clephane, secretary,
Republican Association, Washing
ton, D. c.
Platform Chosen.
Then follow the platform and con-
stitution, the first platform and
constitution of the Republican Asso-
citation of the District of Columbia,
which reads:
Whereas. by the repeal of the
eighth section of the Act for the
Admission of Missouri Into the
Union the Territories of Kansas
and Nebraska have been opened
to the introduction of slavery. ard
all the compromises, real or imagi-
nary, upon that subject are thus
violated and annulled and deep
dishonor inflicted upon the age in
which we live.
Now, therefore, in cooperation
with all those throughout the land
Evening star., 1940-06-23

doing petit point to cover the prayer
hassocks and selecting conservative
stuffs to cover the seat cushions
When the neighborhood gathered on
Sunday, the squires and the viii
layers, the atmosphere was comfort
able and friendly. Religion was
something intimate and warm, a
shared experience that was one with
the whole experience OF democracy
From this environment young
Roosevelt went at the age of IA to
Groton School, then recently estab-
lished by DR.. Peabody. Here, too
the background is interesting. Dr.
Peabody was the son of George Pea
body, a partner of Junius Morgan,
father of the elder j. P. Morgan
George Peabody spent many years
in London in connection with the
affairs of the Morgan bank. On his
son, Endicott, the system of British
education in such schools as Eton
and Harrow made a great impress
sion.
After Endicott Peabody had re-
turned to America to become Or
dained in the Episcopal faith, and
had served as missionary to Tomb
stone, Ariz., he enlisted the aid OF
men of wealth and influence in
founding Groton. 1t was to in
corporate the best features of the
British system, with particular stress
on the spiritual training of the young
men who should come there to pre-
| pare for college. The boys were re-
Evening star., 1940-06-23

who oppose this and other similar
measures, which we deem to be
contrary to the spirit of the Con-
stitution, and which are designed
to extend and perpetuate slavery,
we do associate ourselves together
under the name and title of
The Republican Association of
Washington, D. c.
And we adopt the following as
our political platform, to wit:
First. That Congress possesses
no power over the institution of
slavery in the several States; but
that, outside of State jurisdiction,
the constitutional power of the
Federal Government shall be ex-
erted to secure life, liberty and
happiness to all men; and there
fore.
Second. There should be neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude,
except for the punishment of crime
in any of the Territories Of the
United States.
Third. The people are the right
full source of all political power, and
all officers should, as far as prac-
Evening star., 1940-06-23
Bv Marouis ". Childs.

In Franklin Roosevelt there is a
deep religious conviction which is
helping to sustain him in an hour
of crisis. His faith found utterance
in the last fireside address when
he told Nation wide audience that
he prayed for peace. And this
same Christianity, so inherent a
part of Roosevelt's nature, can be
traced back through most OF his
public utterances in recent years,
a reverential note sounded more
frequently as the gravity of the
time presses in upon him.
Exploring the Presidents past. 1t
is easy to see the origin of his faith.
First of all it came from his moth
er, whose Christianity is direct and
simple. 1t was confirmed in his
relationship with one of the dis
tinguished spiritual leaders of our
time, the Rev. Endicott Peabody, re-
firing headmaster of Groton School
in Massachusetts. While at Groton
Roosevelt was confirmed in the
Episcopal faith and he told DR.. Pea
body, only a few years ago, that
his confirmation was one of the
important experiences of his life.
The illness that struck the Presi-
dent in the full vigor of his man
hood, seeming to end career full
of promise, had a profoundly ma
turing effect on Roosevelt's charac-
ter, according to those who have
followed his career. They say that
it deepened the spiritual side of his
nature.
Expects Renewed Faith.
Today, certain of his advisers be-
lieve that out of the terrible holo-
caust sweeping the world there
must come a religious renaissance
There is some indication that per-
haps President Roosevelt, too,
cherishes such a belief-a world
awakened to renewed faith out Of
an agony of uncertainty and suf-
fering. A hint of this was in his
Christmas letter to Pope Plus XII,
a message to Christians everywhere
that had more significance, in the
view of persons close to him, than
was given to it at the time. Re-
ferring to the birth Of Christ as
prophesied in Isaiah, the President
said:
But in that very moment a
spiritual rebirth was foreseen-a
new day which was to loose the cap
tives and to consume the conquerors
in the fire of their own kindling;
and those who had taken the sword
were to perish by the sword. There
was promised a new age wherein,
through renewed faith, an upward
progress of the human race would
become more secure"
On the surface, perhaps Roose-
velt's religion would seem to be
no more than that of a conventional
member of his class. That is to
say, the religion of a country squire
of normal and healthy temperament
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in Encourages Many Worlds Tragic

and conviction than mere poll
tician's protestation. Addressing the
National Conference of Jews and
Christians four years ago, he said:
mo greater thing could come to
our land today than a revival of
the spirit of religion-a revival that
would sweep through the homes of
the Nation and stir the hearts of
men and women of all faiths to a
reassertion of their belief in God
and their dedication to His will for
themselves and for their world.
doubt if there is any problem-so-
cial, political or conomic-that
would not melt away before the fire
of such spiritual awakening
The Nazi persecution of Catholics,
Jews and other religious faiths has
been one of the chief sources of
President Roosevelt's deep antipathy
toward present-day Germany. On
the 150th anniversary of the adop-
ton of the Constitution. addressing
members of the Supreme Court,
the Senate and the House, he said:
Freedom of religion-that essen
tial of the rights Of mankind every
where-goes back also to the orr
gins of representative government.
Where democracy is snuffed out
there, too, the right to worship God
in ones own way is circumscribed
or abrogated. Shall we by our pas
siveness, by our silence, by assum-
ing the attitude of the Levite who
pulled his skirts together and passed
by on the other side, lend encour-
agement to those who today perse-
cute religion or deny it?"
Receives Appeals.
To Roosevelt's desk come appeals
from troubled and humble people
all over the world. They pour out
their hearts to him, feeling ap-
parently that he is the only source
of help in a grim and bitter world.
In his message to the Pope last
Christmas, the President spoke of
these appeals and went on to say:
Il believe that while statesmen
are considering a new order of
things, the new order may well be
at hand. believe that it is even
now being built, silently, but in
evitably. in the hearts of masses
whose voices are not heard, but
common faith will write the final
history Of our time. They know
that unless there is belief in some
guiding principle and some trust
in a divine plan. nations are with
out light, and peoples perish. They
know that the civilization handed
down to us by our fathers was built
by men and women who knew in
their hearts that all were brothers
because they we're children of God.
They believe that by His will enmi-
ties can be healed; that in His mercy
the weak find deliverance, and the
strong can And grace in helping
the weak"
That Is an expression Of Frank
lin Roosevelt's hope In the tragic
year of 1910.
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ticable. be chosen by a direct vote
of the people.
Fourth. Candidates for political
Offices should be men of undoubted
integrity and sobriety, and pledged
to support the principles of this
platform by all lawful and consti-
tutional means
Meeting of Members.
The informal meeting of the men,
bers Of the Republican party was
held at Pittsburgh on February q
(Washington's Birthday, 1856. as
advertised, and Lewis Clephane of
this city was made a member OF
the National Executive Committee
and the Committee on Permanent
Organization for the District Of Co.
lumbia: Francis P. Blair, at one
time editor of the Globe, and whose
country residence was just over
the District border line in Mont
gomery County, Md, was made a
member of the latter committee for
Maryland, and John Farley was the
Virginia representative.
incidentally, it was in Mr.. Blalr's
home at Silver Spring, still standing
where the party was crystalized by
the senior Blair and his son. Mort
gomery, later Mr.. Lincoln's Post
master General.
Unfortunately, the writer coulo
not find a list of the members OF
the Republican Association Of this
city as constituted in 1856. Indeed
it would no doubt prove quite in
teresting to find the ancestors Of
some of our present-day stanch
Democrats serving in the ranks Of
the abolitionists. or perhaps tht
fathers of some of our leading Re.
publcans serving under the ban.
ner of the opposite political party
But he did find the names of tht
officers of this first local association
and here they are: DR.. E. M. JOS
lin. president: Jacob Bigelow, frs
vice president: Martin Buell., sec
ond vice president; Lewis Clephane
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AS he recalls 1t, this was Roose-
velt's reply:
But just think of all these books. :"
with a sweep Of his arm around
the room, that I shall have time
to read. I've never had time before
and now I shall have time"
AS a young man he had to assume
responsibility for the church at
Hyde Park. He became vestry-
man and later, when he was in the
midst of running for Governor OF
New York, he accepted the post OF
senior warden. This occurred at
the death of Col. Archibald Rogers,
who had held that position for
many years. Roosevelt has ever
since been senior warden, which
means that he is primarily respon-
sible for the running of the prac-
tical affairs of the church.
1t happens that the Junior warden
is of the younger generation of one
of the old Hyde Park families and
is rarely on hand. Since no vestry
meeting can be held without the
presence of one or the other of the
wardens, it means that the Presl-
dent must call vestry meeting on
almost every occasion when he re-
turns for rest and relaxation to
his mothers home.
Plans Modest Role.
According to the Rev. Frank r.
Wilson, who has been pastor of st.
James Church for 10 years, the
President is inclined at these meet
ings to play modest role, not seek
ing to impose his personality on the
others. But when he is questioned
about some matter Of church MAIN
tenance, he always gives consid-
cred opinion.
st. James has about 160 parish
toner's, and the Rev. Wilson is acute
ly conscious that one of these is
man of world wide fame on whose
decisions the fate of many people
depends. During the decade that
he has ministered to Roosevelt S
spiritual needs, he, like DR.. Pea
body, has been made aware of the
Presidents strong religious strain.
The President, he explains, has new
er been troubled by the dispute be-
tween high churchmen and low
churchmen. His predictions are
toward middle course. While he
holds no prejudice against having
a cross on the altar, as do those
who prefer a plain church, he has
never favored extreme high church
practices. When he receives holy
communion, it is at the II o'clock
service rather than at that held
each Sunday at 8.
Speech at Meeting.
1t is small wonder, in view of this
background, that the theme of re-
ligion can be traced through the
Presidents public utterances. Over
and over again he has reiterated
the need Of religion in American life
and apparently with more sincerity
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secretary; Daniel r. Goodloe, cor
responding secretary; H. S. Brown,
treasurer, and William Blanchard,
D. I. Bishop and I. Tudor, M. D.,
directors.
At the first national Republican
convention. held in Philadelphia,
in Musical Fund Hall, Locust street,
above Eighth. on June II, a large
number of delegates was in attend
ance Robert Emmett of New York
served as temporary chairman,
Henry S. Lane was made perma-
nent chairman after the convention
was organized, and E. D. Morgan
of New York called the meeting to
order.
At this period there was renewed
agitation over the removal of the
Capital, particularly from the
Northern press, including the Pitts
burgh Gazette, New York Tribune
Cleveland Leader and the Chicago
Tribune. AS one newspaper put it,
Remove it from spot where vio-
lence is the order of the day and
public sentiment is too lax to en-
force the laws for the protection
of life and property" But the Ma
tional Era came back with hot one
1t said:
I'VE are sorry to see so many peo-
pie shooting wide of the mark. Who
struck Horace Greeley? A member
of Congress. Who killed Keating?
A member of Congress. Who bea,
Mr.. Sumner over the head? A men,
Der of Congress. How is a removal
of the seat of Government going
to reform the members of Congress:
They bring their characters from
their constituents-they do not &C.
quire them from Washington. Sup.
pose the people of the United State:
| first set about the task of sending
we'll behaved. law-abiding Repre-
sentatives to Washington. Is it fail
to punish us for not possessing {
virtue they are themselves devoie
of2"
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VTSL cQnd1ddte JOr PreS1dent.
'Will the Republican press please
copy"
In the same issue of the Era, ap-
pears the following circular:
"A Circular
ito the
Friends of the Republican
Movement
Throughout the United States.
washington, D. c.,
January II, 1856.
Dear Sir: The undersigned have
been appointed a committee, on
the part of the association whose
declaration, platform and consti-
tuition accompany this, to address
a circular letter to our Republican
friends, urging upon their atten-
ton the Importance of immediate
and thorough organization of clubs
or associations, somewhat similar
to our own, in every city, town
and village in the Union.
"* ;" Let the friends of freedom
learn wisdom, even from their
enemies. We 60 into the contest
as new and untried party, oppos-
ing old and well-organized parties,
sustained and backed by Govern
ment patronage or bound together
by old party ties. We must COM
pei these parties to show where
they stand on the only great issue
now before the country-slavery or
freedom. We must force them to
array themselves on one side or the
other of this question, and consider
every man who is not openly and
avowedly on the side of freedom or
against it. How, then, is this to be
done unless the friends of freedom
are themselves united? And how
can they be better and more eff
GENTLY united than by these organi-
cations?