Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-10
Rustin Says Barrett,
Young Would Not Hold
Posts With Home Rule.

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Posts With Home Rule
II the District had home rule
It would have some one other than
John Russell Young as Commits
sioner and Maj. Robert Barrett as
superintendent Of police, the Rev.
DR.. John w. Rustin, pastor OF
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, last night told the annual
meeting of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches.
Il for one am going to fight for
home rule, because I know If we
get home rule we will have some
thing to say about who will be our
Commissioner and who will be our
chief of police" DR.. Rustin later
asserted.
The clergyman charged the rea-
son many people are against home
rule is a baseless fear that the
Negro would control Washington.
With only % per cent Of the
people here colored. it is ridic-
ulous to take this attitude" the
speaker said.
Housing No. Problem.
DR.. Rustin declared the num-
Der one problem Of Washington is
housing. 1t is the churches re-
sponsibility to get in and find out
what is creating the slums in
Washington even if we have to
support public housing and even
If we have the citizens associa-
tons on our necks because of it. :"
He also charged there was a
$100, 100000 gambling racket in
Washington.
with an effective police de-
partment you might have that
stopped" the clergyman asserted.
eff a police department wants to
get rid of such things something
can be done"
Sermons Held of Influence.
Representative Monroney, DEM
ocrat. of Oklahoma told the gath
ering at the Mayf1ower Hotel he
is in favor of home rule, but, he
added, District residents already
have great influence on Congress.
II do not think your resolutions
have much effect" he said, but
the sermons do because some
times they find their way into
the newspapers and are read on
Capitol Hill. I, think those deal
ing with public questions in a
spiritual way are very helpful"
DR.. Rustin and Representative
Monroney were participants in a
town hall meeting on THE
Churches Task in the Nations
Capital" The other speaker was
Dr. j. Quinter Miller, associate
general secretary of the Federal
Council of Churches. DR.. William
r. Barnhart. department of re-
ligion head at Hood College.
served as moderator.
Bishop Dun elected.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun.
Bishop OF Washington, was re-
elected as president Of the fedora
ton. Vice presidents reelected
were the Rev. DR.. Carl r. Simon,
pastor of Keller Memorial Lu-.
theran Church. and the Rev.
George Schnabel, pastor of Al
bright Evangelical United Breth-i
rem Church. Woolsey Hall of Fiji
tenth Street Presbyterian Church
and Mrs. Joy Elmer Morgan of
Hamline, Methodist Church were
elected to the Office for the first
time.
Other officers reelected were
George H. Ward. of Foundry
Methodist Church, treasurer;
Walter w. Britt of First Congre-
gational Church, assistant treas
urer. and G. Frederick Stanton,
assistant to the president of
Howard University, secretary.
Members chosen to the Board
of Trustees for three-year term
were Henry Riley and H. w..
Baucom. jr., Baptist; DR.. E. c.
Smith, National Baptist; the Rev.
L. Maynard Catchings, Congre-
gational; DR.. j. Lloyd Black, Dis
ciples Of Christ; Capt. John w. H.
Dessez, U. S. NJ, retired, Episcopal;
the Rev. Robert w. Olewiler,
Evangelical and Reformed; Her.
bert Hadley, Friends. Also the
Rev. Clarence T. Nelson, Angus
tana Lutheran: John Althaus,
American Lutheran; Edwin B.
Patterson, United Lutheran: Dr..
Robert M. Williams and the Rev.
j. H. Peters, Methodist; the Rev
j. e. Reese. Methodist. A. NJ. E.;
the Rev. Oscar I. Rand, Park
Road Community, and the Rev
Milton Crist, Potomac Heights
Community Church.