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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-24
The YheOCrat
L E T T E r S
From Our
MISSIONARIES

Continued from page y
cement although we paid for
it long in advance. Mr.. Wre-
ford said that there is no ce-
ment in the Colony. He assur-
ed us that the cement and nails
would be delivered the 18th
of December, 1947, to enable
us to begin building opera
tons on January 9Th, 1913.
The pulpit of greenheart
wood has been completed and
three new pews. The dedica-
ton took place on the 18th of
January. The Church conduct
ed fasting and prayer from
900 a. m. until 1900 noon,
and in spite of the inclement
weather the attendance was
fair.
Accompanied by the Rev.
George Learmond jeffrey, Su-
perintendent of the Church of
God, British Guiana, were the
Revs. William Livingston, Su-
perintendent of the Church of
God, Barbados, and Walter
Tiesel, Minister Of the Church
of God, Barbados-American
Missionaries from Anderson,
Indiana. The three ministers
arrived at Bartica on January
9th, 1913, the evening of the
ordination of Victor Vanhut-
ten Gray. Many of the men,
bers and friends came through
the heavy rain to witness the
ordination ceremony.
Rev. William Livingston
preached the ordination SER
mon and Rev. Walter Tiesel
addressed the congregation
relative to the grave RESPONSE
bilities the candidate was
about to assume and I acted as
Master of Ceremonies. The
charge was read and the can
didate anointed by myself as
superintendent of the Chris
tan Catholic Church and the
four presiding ministers laid
their hands upon the candi-
date, and the Rev. George
Learmond Jeffrey offered the
ordination prayer.
regret to inform Zion that
Doctor Lambert H. James,
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-24

Government medical officer
of the Bartica Essequibo Dis
trict, has been transferred to
the Mahaicony District East
Coast Demerara. He was a real
friend of this church. On Janu-
airy 28th we had a farewell SER
vice for him. The building was
filled to capacity and Brother
Ivan B. Ralph and your hum
BILE servant addressed the au-
dience, after which, a few mu-
steal numbers were rendered,
and Evangelist Victor Vanhut-
ten Gray presented the Doctor
with a large Scofield Bible.
Evangelist Gray will be leav-
ing the district on February
9th for the West Coast of DEM
erara. He and Brother Harri-
chand will conduct meetings
along the coast and preach to
the East Indians in the Ian
guage to which they are &C
customed. On their return,
Brother Glen will be sent to
the Potaro.
I received communication
from the Director of Educa-
ton intimating that the appli-
cation for a Grant-in-Aid for
the Bartica Potaro Road School
was considered at a meeting
held on Monday, December 1,
1947, and the Education Com
mittee decided that it was I'M
able to recommend a grant for
favorable consideration by the
Government. This is no sur
prise to me. It took the Roman
Catholic Bishop three years
before he obtained a grant for
the Catholic School at Bartica.
The County Inspector of
Schools, Mr.. A. H. Moore, on
his visit of inspection said that
other schools were before us
and that priority will be CIV
en- to the most deserving ones,
hence it is a matter of time.
Yours in the Masters Ser
vice,
Edgar S. Jeffrey,
Lot 81, 3rd Ave. & 9Th St.,
Bartica
Essequibo,
British Guiana,
South America
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-24

And will pour upon the house of David, and
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of
grace and of suppcations and they shall look upon
Me Whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn
for Him as mourneth for his only son, and shall
be in bitterness for Him, that is in bitter
ness for his frstborn.
In that day there shall be a fountain opened
to the house of David and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness.
.1N
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Letters to The Star
Carefully Counts His Holiday.

A3TeIully AOuntS his 11OloayS
70 the Editor of The Star:
In the realization that one Of the principles
of your publication is justice for ALL this appeal
is made to you:
It happens that the Federal Government rec
ognizes eight holidays insofar as its employees
are concerned, namely: New Years Day. Janu-
ary l; the anniversary Of George Washington s
birth, February "a; Decoration or Memorial
Day, May 30; Independence Day, July 4; La
Dor Day. the first Monday in September;
Armistice Day, November II; Thanksgiving
Day, the fourth Thursday in November; and
Christmas Day, December Is.
II and when any Of the above mentioned
holidays occur on Sunday q Government em-
ploye legally is allowed to have the following
day, Monday, to observe the holiday. How
ever, it happens that We are now scheduled to
a five-day working week, and when one OF the
aforementioned national legal holidays comes
on Saturday we, Uncle Sans employees. miss
out entirely in receiving that holiday, since
Congress has made no provision for our OBJ
serving 1t on the ensuing Monday.
We did not have the benefit Of the holiday
of February ~, 1S47, due to the above reason.
and we are doomed to miss having the bene-
fits of Christmas Day, 1s4s. and New Years
Day, 1s4s, for the same reason.
BENTLEY MULFORD.
Asheville North Carolina
Evening star., 1948-03-01
SUSPENSION VS.. Dismissal

The Civil Service Commission has made
some very worthwhile proposals for modi-
fication of the drastic summary dismissal
powers possessed by certain of the So
called sensitive" executive agencies. Tes-
tifying on a bill to extend these powers
beyond the deadline fixed in temporary
legislation, Commissioner Arthur S. Flem-
ming urged the Senate Armed Services
Committee to give the specified agencies
authority to suspend, rather than fire
summarily, employees endangering national
security. Employees thus suspended would
be advised of the charges against them
and would have not only the right to reply
at hearing but to appeal to the Civil
Service Commission for transfer to an
other department.
If the law were amended in this way,
the misgivings of many persons in and
out of the Government service over pos
sible abuses of the authority would be
greatly allayed. AS the law now stands,
the State, War, Navy, Army and Air Force
Departments, the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Atomic Energy Comnis-
Evening star., 1948-03-01

sion have absolute authority to dismiss
instantIy-and without stating any charges
any employe believed to imperil security.
The necessity for power to act Immediately
to safeguard the Governments integrity
is generally conceded But, why would not
Z the interests of the Government be pro-
tected as well If the method of summary
removal were by suspension instead of
dismissal? The suspected employees could
then be effectively excluded from their
Offices, pending final settlement by hear
ings and appeals.
Meanwhile, Congress should kill in its
infancy the move in the House Civil Serv-
ice Committee to extend the right of sum-
mary dismissal (not suspension) to all
Government agencies, including those not
in the sensitive category. The Civil Serv-
ice Commission, through misunderstand-
ing of the plan several weeks ago, gave
its approval. Now, however, it has re-
versed itself and has notified the COM
mittee that it is strongly opposed to any
extension of these arbitrary powers. The
exercise of such administrative authority
must be hedged around with every posi-
BILE precaution against error and injustice.
Otherwise the prestige of the Govern
ment's whole loyalty program will be
damaged.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
RepeoI Is the Best Solution

The Districts unfair local income tax
law is under attack again. This time the
attack comes from voting representatives
in Congress of citizens in the States. And
If the attacks are successful and the law
is amended we shall have another case
of gross discrimination against the non
voting local taxpayers who live here.
The law now imposes tax of 5 per cent
on net income derived from business, by
an out-of- town firm, transacted in the
District Some of these firms are opposing
the tax and have asked their representa-
tives in Congress to have it removed.
If that is done we shall have an addi-
tional inequity under this law For local
businesses pay the tax. And out-of-town
firms, competing with them, are given
credits based on taxes they pay at home,
which reduce what they pay here. They
should, as the law now requires, contribute
their share of local revenues.
But if they are exempted, then the taxes
from which they are relieved will have to
be made up by the local taxpayers who
lack representatives of their own in Con-
gress Corporation Counsel West, in a
memorandum to the House District Com
mittee, points up the situation very clearly.
'"The sources of revenue from the District
of Columbia" he says, "are limited. Con-
gress has seen fit to exempt Federal Off
GERS and employees from tax on their
Federal salaries and wages and any income
they may have from sources without the
District More than so per cent OF all
real property in the District has been
exempted from real estate taxation by
acts of Congress"
The local income tax is not only an
unfair tax in its existing discrimination
against nonvoting Washingtonians and in
the exemptions it permits for Washington
residents who maintain domicile in the
States. 1t does not yield the revenue
needed to support this expensive city.
And if other exemptions are written into
it, favoring out-of town firms doing busi-
ness here, it will be even more discrimina-
tory and will yield even less revenue.
The local personal income tax should be
abolished, for Congress has shown time
and again that it is unwilling to enact
local income tax that applies to everybody
alike. The logical substitute would be
sales tax, which would reach the large
proportion of the local population which
makes no direct local tax contribution
now, and which will produce revenue
needed to balance the local budget.
That is what the appropriate committees
in Congress should be concerned with now.
Two months of this session have gone
and the complicated question of taxes and
revenues to balance the budget remains
unanswered Certainly no helpful answer
is provided by proposals further to amend
the local income tax, establishing new
forms of discrimination and taking an
other large slice out of revenues needed
to run the city
Evening star., 1948-03-01
The Oldest Civilization

Out OF the tumultuOuS Near East comes
news which seems to rebuke the strife
prevailing there-an announcement from
the Department of Antiquities at Baghdad
to the effect that relics of what may prove
to be "the worlds earliest civilization"
have been found. The discovery, accord
ing to the official release, was made in
Southern Iraq near Ur of the Chaldees,
the home of Abraham on the western bank
of the Euphrates, thrice mentioned in
Genesis. If the expectations of DR.. Nail
Alasil, director general of the department,
are justified, the culture of the new site
called Eridu-will be proved to antedate
that of the Alubeid period previously be-
heved to be most remote from our own.
This certainly seems logical enough. The
Sumerian cities already excavated date
back at least $500 years before Christ.
30 rich were they in their prime that
1t is natural to look for less highly de-
veloped communities from which they
were derived. The Alubeid civilization
has been estimated to have arisen about
1000 BIC. Should Eridu be demonstrated
to represent an earlier era still, the scope
and span of organized group living will
be widened similar tendency charac-
terizes archaeological researches in Amer
lea.
Inescapably, science is moving in the
direction of much larger conceptions of
how civilization first got started as well
as where and when. Especially in the
Near East, it is evident that only the
surface has been scratched. What is estab-
lished is the fact that that portion of the
globe was lived in by hundreds of thou
sands of people at moment when most
of Europe and much of Asia were empty.
Almost as definitely known are the cir
cumstances under which life prospered.
Paradoxically. war appears to have been
a prevailing phenomenon. The peoples of
Mesopotamia were almost constantly in
conflict with each other What is happen
ing at the eastern end of the Mediter-
ranean in 1948 is very much of piece
with what happened there when Ur was
metropolis and Eridu conceivably as
important a city.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Elections in Korea

Although some members dispute its au-
thority in the matter, the United Nations
Little Assembly seems to have taken a
thoroughly sound and realistic step in vot-
ing for elections in Southern Korea. The
only thing else it could have done would
have been to bow to Soviet obstructionism
and let the current political paralysis
continue
Rather than do that, however, the Little
Assembly-by a vote of 31-to-2, with II
abstentions and with no word at all from
the boycotting Soviet bloc-has instructed
the U. N. Commission on Korea to arrange
f. elections under which the Koreans will
form their own government. Since the
Kremlin refuses to cooperate, the north
ern part of the country-the Red Army
zone of occupation-will not participate.
Accordingly, the voting will take place
only in the south, the American zone.
The elections thus will fall far short of
the objective originally sought by the
United Nations. The objective was simply
to let the Korean people vote on country
wide basis to set up genuinely demo-
cratic government, establish their own
security force, and then negotiate with
Russia and the United States for the with
drawal of occupation troops. But the
Kremlin said no. Having created native
Communist regime in the north, it has
since been insisting on policy that would
permit that regime-representing mi
nority-to take over control of Korea and
convert it into Soviet satellite.
So, under the Little Assembly's decision,
South Korea will in effect vote for a.
government that will function as a rival
to the one established by the Russians in
the north. But 1t will be a rival elected
honestly and democratically, which is
much more than can be said for the Com
munist regime. Further than that, it will
be representative of far greater number
of Koreans for the American-occupied
zone contains about twothirds of the
country's 3O,ooO,o0O people. Worth noting,
too is the fact that it will have the support
of the overwhelming U. N. majority; in
short, its legitimacy will have international
recognition, while the Kremlin's northern
puppet will not.
These abe factors that support the
Evening star., 1948-03-01
The Time to Act Is Now

The Senate debate beginning today on
the European Recovery Program-the
Marshall Plan-is of vast Importance to
the future of America and the world. At
stake in it is the security of free men and
free nations everywhere. If they are to
be safe, if they are to perpetuate their way
OF life, If they are to deal effectively with
the creeping menace of Soviet totalitar-
ianism, then the final vote in Congress
must be resoundingly affirmative one.
The proposition involved is an either-or
proposition. Either the United States and
ike-minded lands will work together in
doing the job that needs to be done, or
they will be taking the risk of being picked
off, one by one, by tyranny quite as
black and aggressive as any mankind has
seen in modern times. Politically, eco
nomically, militarily, the situation thus
offers only one choice to democracies in
their right minds. 1t is to act in unison,
on time and on the grand scale required,
to insure their common survival against
the common peril now confronting them
AS far as the United States is concerned
this means that there must be at this
action on the Marshall Plan. without
such action, the participating European
countries cannot hope to achieve the sta
bility they must have to save themselves
from eventual Soviet dominance-a sta
bility vital not merely to them, but to our
own long-term American future and to
the happiness and peace of the entire
world as well. Chairman Vandenberg of
the Foreign Relations Committee, together
with the unanimous voice of the commit
tee itself, has left no room for doubt on
that score, Nor has he exaggerated the
urgency of the situation in solemnly warn
ing that time is of the essence" and in
indirectly appealing for an end to the
Senate debate and an affirmative vote by
March Is.
Senator Vandenberg's profoundly we'll
informed counsel ought certainly to be
needed. The Marshall Plan has been so
thoroughly studied and discussed for
months past that neither the Senate nor
House can have justification for getting
begged down in a protracted debate. AS
the latest events in Czechoslovakia and
Finland make clear, the Kremlin, like
time, is waiting for no man, least of all
for any Senator or Representative who
may be addicted to the dangerous luxury
OF dilly- -dallying. The hour is here for
action. History is moving too fast and too
portentouSly to permit America and the
rest of the free world to conduct them
selves on a too-little-too-lat basis.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Dried Apple Pies

A man is not likely to stand up in meet
ing and say dried apple pies are the equal
of fresh ones. But when the new year
has worked along quarter the country
man gets hankering for a dried apple
pie-the kind that Mother used to make.
The practice is not so common now, but
generation ago many housewives planned
to peel, quarter, core, slice and dry two
or three bushels of Northern Spies or
Winesaps for winter and spring use. The
slices were threaded on strong linen string
and the long lines Of fruit dried and
shrivelled through days of October sun
shine and nights of crisp frost. The
wrinkled, Drowned slices were stored in
brown paper bags in the attic near the
kitchen chimney.
ing top-fiight dried apple pie, but one
must go about it in cheerful, philosoph-
ical mood. It is nothing to be hurried or
tossed together with a casual, f1ippant
technique. The twisted crinkled pieces Of
apple must be soaked for several hours.
Sprinkle some flour and shavings Of maple
sugar on the thick bottom crust so 1t will
be sugary and chevy and be generous
with nutmeg and cinnamon. Toss in q
handful of raisins table spoon or two
of lemon juice and few twists of orange
peel.
Just before the top crust is tucked on,
dot the apples with half dozen pieces of
sharp cheese the size of a robins egg and
eight pieces of butter the size of barn
swallows egg. The top crust should be
very rich and short. At the end of days
labors, if man can conclude his supper
with quarter of dried apple pie of that
caliber, plentifully covered with rich cream
and busting of brown sugar, he has
revived faith in the ultimate future of the
human race.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Between Us Mothers

OF t,oelue, March Is my most unruly chtld,
His s,oeater's torn, his trouser knees are
out
For there are mibs to play, and kites to
fly,
And snor men armies he must put TO
rout.
He loiters sehen he should be on hs
He leases April wtth his noisy Squed1s,
or, eager for some fishing, breaks the tcs
and careless, steps on Fsbruarys heeS.
ISABEL TUDEEN,,
Evening star., 1948-03-01

soundness of the Little Assembly's deci-
sion. It would be better, of course, If
Korea were not house divided and If it
could vote on countrywide basis. But
since the Russians will not permit that,
since they want another puppet, the forth
coming elections will be justified effort
to make the best of bad situation. At
least the South Koreans will have chance
to be their own masters, and their govern
ment may in time win enough prestige to
discountenance the northern Communist
regime and establish united democracy
If and when the Red Army ever leaves.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Love Not Much Use?

TO the Editor Of The STAR
In his fanciful eulogy Of Gandhi, 1--WE or
They" the Rev. DR.. Frederick B. Harris wrote
"* love is the center and soul Of Christian
ity. = a" 1t is the only hope of the world"
Those of us who are not at all impressed or
awed by the alleged martyrdom Of Gandhi
remember that Jesus pointed to His second
coming in reassuring His followers. He fixed
their hopes on: Let not your heart be troubled
- will come again." Gohn xiv 1-3).
II love is the only hope of the world, then
there is no hope at all. For 5000 years this
world has been the focal point Of the bound
less love of heaven. Legions Of devoted souls
have given their all in the cause Of propagat-
ing human faith in divine love.
But it has been losing campaign-without
the climax, the return of Jesus. Our world
Is not better as the result of all this. For just
one example, we just recently have brought
to a close the shooting phase Of the most
ghastly and devastating war human beings
have ever witnessed-and we can see that
we are now getting ready for another war
which will replace 1t in scope, in ruin, in blood
shed, in every way imaginable.
DONALD r. HAYNES.
Evening star., 1948-03-01
Stars, Men and Atoms
Area Free Of Magnetism
Created for. Navy Tests
Section in This Vicinity Chosen
For Vital Defense Investigation
Bv Thonas II. Henrp


The earths ~nonmagnetic pole" has been
created just outside of Washington.
1t is five-acre magnetism-free island In q
magnetic world set up at the Nays new ord.
nance laboratory at White Oak. Md.
The magnetism Of the globe itself, OF course,
could not be eliminated. But imposed upon
this everywhere are local magnetic effects Of
rocks, hills, buildings, vehicles and other OBJ.
jects, Allowance must be made for these In
Interpretation of experiments.
Area Thoroughly Tested.
Before any labatory buildings were erected,
the area, then q woodland, was surveyed for
anything In nature which would affect com.
pass needle. Offending rocks were removed
until local magnetic effects were reduced to
an undetectable minimum. Special cement and
sand were used In mixing the concrete for tho
buildings.
Ordinary concrete is bound to contain q
small percentage OF iron particles sufacient to
produce barely detachable magnetic distor.
tion. The area was sufficiently far away from
any factories or streetcar lines which have q
quite pronounced effect Only nonmagnetic
copper nails were used in the interiors and
every material utilized in the buildings was
analyzed for any offending substance
In the past there have been nonmagnetic
ships, such as the Carnegie which was main.
tanned for years by the Terrestrial Magnetism
Department of the Carnegie institution Of
Washington and which traversed all the oceans
surveying local magnetic variations This was
for the sake of compass navigation, the i'm.
portance OF which has declined greatly IN the
past few years There have arisen, however,
uses for magnetic phenomena which require
even more precise determinations. Many of,
these have immediate naval application and
fundamental investigations planned at the new
nonmagnetic area are considered essential It
makes possible the study of experimental
magnetic phenomena undistorted by the mag
netism Of the surroundings.
"Starts Where Radar Ends"
Among the most important fields of investi-
cation is that of the magnetometer, the un-
cannily sensitive detector Of magnetic varia-
tions which has been described as starting
where radar leaves off" 1t was developed by
the Navy during the war for detection OF
submerged submarines from the air. Now
it has been found useful for locating quickly
deeply buried mineral and oil deposits and for
determining land contours under ice 1t was
used for this purpose on the Navys Antarctic
expedition last winter.
Another field in which it is necessary to
determine precise magnetic. effects is that OF
magnetic mines and means of defense against
them.