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Evening star., 1950-11-25
Eastern Star Lodge
|Motorcade Visits
Arlington Tomb Today

A 400-car motorcade today was
to go to Arlington Cemetery
where delegates to the special
centennial conference of the
Order of the Eastern Star were
scheduled to lay wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
Another wreath-laying ceremony
was planned at the tomb of George
Washington at Mount Vernon
officiating at both places were
Mrs. Abbie Hanson of Hammond
Ind, most worthy grand matron
and Judge F'rankland w. Miles
Of Boston, most worthy grand
patron of the order.
5000 Delegates.
The nearly 5000 delegates from
48 States, Canada, Puerto Rico,
Hawaii, Mexico and the Panama
Canal Zone were to be the guests
at luncheon in the Hotel Wash
ington today, given by the District
grand chapter in honor of Mrs.
Hanson and Judge Miles.
A reception for all delegates will
be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the
international Eastern Star Tenn
Iple, 1913 New Hampshire avenue
NV, under auspices of the gen.
eral grand chapter.
The conference marks the Tooth
anniversary of the writing of the
Eastern Star ritual.
Centennial Candle.
In this connection, centennial
candle was lighted at the temple
yesterday afternoon.
The temple also was the scene
of unveiling of a portrait of Rob
Morris. founder of the order. A
native of Boston, Mr.. Morris was
Ia Presbyterian minister who died
in 1888.
Miss Ella Morris Mount, Louis
vile, KY, granddaughter of the
founder, unveiled the portrait,
which was a gift of the grand
chapter of Kentucky. Mrs. jose
phine Harkins of Ashland, KY,
right worthy grand trustee, paid
tribute to Mr.. Morris.
Evening star., 1950-11-25
Poison Smog Kills IS
In Mexican Oil Town
BY the Assecioted Press

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25.-A
poisonous refinery smog spread
over q sleeping suburb OF Poza
Rica, Eastern Mexico oil town,
snuffing out the lives of is persons
early yesterday. hospital authori-
ties said.
Forty survivors were III the Poza
Rica hospital today, three of them
reported in a serious condition.
Petroleos Mexicanos CPemex)
the government oil monopoly, said
the freak gassing of the small
community was similar to that
which took a number of lives at
Donora, Pa, some months ago.
Pemex first announced the Is
deaths, then reduced the list to
13, but hospital authorities later
confirmed the original figure
Pemex said 60 persons altogether
suffered from the poisonous pail
Some apparently recovered suf1-
ciently after first aid treatment
to return home.
Few details were available by
telephone from the stricken COM
munity, about 20 miles from Tux
pan, on the Gulf Coast, 140 miles
northeast of Mexico City.
Pemex said, however, that
smoke from a refinery plant mixed
with heavy fog was blown dowr
by the wind on the settlement
The cold night air apparently
held the smog there while II
seeped into the homes of the
sleeping inhabitants.
Hospital authorities said per-
sons who happened to pass
through the silent suburb first re.
ported the disaster at about am
Refinery watchmen and private
rescue crews Immediately started
round of the houses to look fol
victims.
Poza Rica, a town of only a few
thousand oil workers, is surround.
ed by oil and gas wells on low
hills. The afflicted settlement
which bears no name Of its own
Is among the hills.
The authorities said the vic
tins included men, women ane
children.
A similar smog over Donora, {
mill town of 1880 about 80 mile
east of Pittsburgh, In October
194S, and lasted several days
Twenty persons died and an esti
mated 5000 were made i'll.
Evening star., 1950-11-25
Church Peace Mission
Told State Department
Doing Difficult Job

The State Department is do
ing "a difficult job Of walking
the razor edge OF preventing total
war on the one side and keeping
peace with the war mongers on
the other" DR.. Paul E. Scherer
of Union Theological Seminary Of
New York, said last night.
He was the principal speaker
at a conference of the Church
Peace Mission, during which
Christian ministers and laymen
discussed the theme, "A Chris
tian Alternative to War" Last
nights opening session was held
in Hamline Methodist Church.
Today's session will be in Friends
Meeting House, 2111 Florida ave-
niue NV.
Deserves Understanding.
DR.. Scherer said the State De-
partment deserves better UNDER
standing from the American pub
lie. He added:
Since most of the people Of
the world want peace, why can
they not have it? Because they
do not insist that their leaders
make peace rather than war. It
is fantastic and tragic that we
let 70 cents of our tax dollar go
for war and one-half cent for
peace purposes.
DR.. Scherer said war is a symp-
tom of a deeper illness and is not
"the worst sin on earth"
"Humanity's loss of faith in
God is worse" he declared. 80
is the breakdown of the human
conscience. War is what you get
when you draw a line under all
the evils of our time and add
them up"
Win by Not Fighting.
He explained it may be that the
only way to win total war Is not
to fight it. for both sides would
lose more than they could gain.
A forum followed the speech.
with DR.. A. ]. Music as the
leader. DR.. Carl Heath Kopf, min
ister Of the first Congregational
Church. presided.
Evening star., 1950-11-25
Anti-Tito Red Freed
From Yugos|ay Prison
After Doing 7 Years
BY the Asseeiofed Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Nov.
25.-A man the Russians once
apparently regarded as strong
enough to unseat Premier Marshal
Tito has been released from prison
after confessing to a plot against
the government.
Freed after more tnan two years
imprisonment vas Mldaden Zu-
jovic, onetime close collaboration
Of Marshal Tito and a member of
the Yugoslav Communist Party's
Central Committee before the
Soviet-led Cominform broke with
Tito in 1948.
Causes Sensation.
zujovic, an old-line Communist
of rs years party membership,
formerly commanded a strong
following in Yugoslavia. His re-
lease by Marshal Tito caused a
sensation here.
The action indicated that Tito
had broken down one of his
toughest opponents.
zujovic's belated confession en-
phasized that Tito's Communist
Party-an outcast to the Soviet
group of Communist nations
had saved me and millions of
others from a dreadful nightmare
and put us on the path of truth" :"
Admitted Plot.
The former finance minister
admitted having plotted with
Anatole I. Lavrentiev, then Rus
sian ambassador in Belgrade, and
having spied for the Soviet Union.
The confession was widely pub
licized. Borba. the Communist
Party organ. devoted two-thirds
of today's edition to it.
In a statement accompanying
news of Zujovic's release, the
state prosecutor said he was
freed because his confession
showed he was re-educated and
because in Yugoslavia re-educa-
ton is the. purpose of our criminal
law"
Evening star., 1950-11-25


across the Yalu River. But it is
easier to lead a horse to water
than to make him drink. Chinese
Communist soldiers are being
brought to the Korean border in
large numbers, but they are re.
luctant to fight.
This is understandable to Amer.
lean military observers. The Chi
nese have never fought real wal
against a Western army The
nearest approach to it was the
years-long war with Western.
organized japanese forces. If il
had not been for our defeat Of
the japanese in World War II
China now would be under the
sovereignty of the Tokyo warlords
Fighting Each Other.
The Chinese have been engaged
mostly in fighting each other. The
Chinese army in the last two year:
has been indoctrinated by Mos.
icow-trained propagandists with
the belief that they actually
defeated the Americans wher
they routed Chang Kai-shek's
Nationalists.
The humiliations inflicted or
American diplomats and military
men who were in China after the
collapse of the Nationalists were
intended to prove to the Asiatic
masses that the West - the
United States in particular-was
helpless and cowed by the forces
Of new China.
1t is possible that Mac Tsze-
tung, Chou En-lai and the rest of
the Kremlin puppets actually be-
lieved in this fiction. When word
came from Moscow to rush a part
of their % divisions massed on the
Yalu River to fight U. N. forces in
Korea, and Chinese troops at
tackled us on November 4. the sur
prise was effective. We suffered
Evening star., 1950-11-25
Gen. Marshall Urges
Enduring System Of
National Defense
BY the Associated Press

FORT BENNING, Ga, Nov. 25
The United States needs an en-.
during system of national defense
that will not collapse at every
change of wind" Defense Secre.
tary Marshall believes.
Defense in the United State.
historically has been a succession
Of feasts and famines following
each other in demoralizing Sc.
quence, Gen. Marshall said here
last night.
Speaking frankly" he added, 81
fear that we have given demon
stration somewhat of emotional
instability"
In speech at a dinner honorine
Erie Cooke, jr., new national COM
mander of the American Legion
Gen. Marshall recalled the swift
rehabilitation Of Americas vast
military machine after World
War II.
In 1947. he said, only one and
one-third infantry divisions were
available in the United States fol-
military duty, yet as Secretary OF
State he was being urged from
many sides to pour it on the
Soviets and give them hell"
After every situation in which
Americas unpreparedness has cost
lives and resources, the Secretary
said, there always has been a drive
to find scapegoats to shoulder
the blame.
The basic error. he declared
has always been with the Amer
ican people themselves because:
THE fault has been their re-
fusal to sanction an enduring
posture Of defense that would dis
courage aggression, and if war
came, would reduce the casualties
the sacrifices, the excessive cost
and the needless waste"
Earlier in the day, Gen. Mar
shall spoke at a Homecoming
celebration for Comdr. Cooke at
Dawson, Ga. He said it was a
compelling necessity" to permit
Germany to take part in the de-
tense of Western Europe.
About 10000 visitors and home
folks whooped it up at the Dawson
celebration.
Mr.. Cooke, who has been on a
speaking tour. returned home for
the first time since his election
as Legion commander in Los An
geles October II.
Treasury Secretary Snyder, four
State Governors and over a dozen
generals came to the South
Georgia peanut center for the
welcoming ceremony.
The notables, including seven
former Legion national command
ers. joined nearby farmers in
cheering an hour-long, 2-mile
parade.
Evening star., 1950-11-25

1lfCo dllO 0Ol1C
millions of dollars worth of dam
age. 1t has also had a demon
stration of the effectiveness Of
the f1ood-control machinery thus
far completed.
Opposition to the Governments
overall plan has come from three
chief sources. Some sections of
the State, blessed with all the
water they need and relatively
free of food dangers. have main-
tained a dog-in-the-manger at
titude, opposing expenditures in
behalf Of their less fortunate
neighbors.
Big Landowners Opposed.
Large landowners are opposed
because the Reclamation Act. un-
der which much of the work would
be done, limits to 100 acres the
amount of land under one own
ership that may receive water
from a reclamation project. This
has always been the law, the
reclamation program having been
designed to promote family-size
farms. Finally, but very impor-
family because Of their great po-
litical influence. the private power
companies have been in opposi-
ton. They object to Government
sale of power developed on the
streams, the principal means OF
reimbursing the rest of the United
States for the money spent In
California.
Nevertheless, the great Contra
Valley project has proceeded ano
brought some of the valleys
streams under control. The Shasta
Reservoir has caught the waters o1
the upper Sacramento River in the
present flood season and i'm.
pounded them for use in the next
dry season. At the same time il
has saved the city of Sacramento
from even worse damage than il
sustained from the raging waters
of the uncontrolled American
River. The two rivers join at
Sacramento. Had both been out
of control, the devastation would
have been complete. The crest OF
the flood in the San Joaquin
River was caught and held by
the Friant Dam, while other un-
controlled streams were ravagine
that valley.
In other words the case for this
type of flood control has beer
proved in California, not as COM
pletely as it has been proved by
IVA in the Tennessee Valley, but
as completely as its opponents
have permitted it to be.
Opposite Has Been True.
This being so, California might
expect it's representatives il
Washington to be giving unani.
nous support to the full program
But the opposite has been true o1
some of them. Senator Downey
now retiring in favor of Senator.
elect Nixon, has fought the Cen.
trail Valley Project almost all ths
way. He objects to the 160-acrt
limitation and would have ths
Reclamation Act ignored as IA
Evening star., 1950-11-25

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u. S. Group in Russio
After Peace Congress
BY the Associoted Press

MOSCOW, Nov. 25.-A large
group of Americans has arrived in
the Soviet Union after attending
the second World Peace Congress
in WarsaY.
The group includes DR.. John A.
Kingsbury, Prof. Holland Roberts,
trade unionists Yolanda Hall and
Charles Proctor. the Revs. Robert
Muir. John w. Darr. jr.. and VIII
lard Uphaus. lawyer Charles p
Howard and social worker Theresa
Robinson.
Evening star., 1950-11-25
Leaders Of 6 Nations
Meet Today 10 Chart
European Government
By H,e Associojed Press

STRASBOURG, France, Nov
25.-Political leaders of six West.
ern nations meet here today tc
begin work on a plan for a Euro
pean government.
The leaders - all delegates tt
the European Consultative Assem-
bly-will consider a plan by Brit.
ish Laborite Ronald Mackay. The
plan would transform the Council
of Europe into a real government
and two-house parliament with
authority covering the political
economic and military affairs Of
the member nations.
The committeeman represent
Britain, italy, the Netherlands
Belgium, France and Germany.
OKs European Army.
The Consultative Assembly last
night voted, SO to 7, with 19 ab-
stentions, to recommend immedi-
ate creation of a European army
including German troops. Only
the German Socialist delegates
voted mo-"
The German Socialists still in
sist on written guarantees of COM
plete German equality in any
projected European defense setup
The German Christian Demo
Gratis, who had planned to alb
stain, came out in favor of the
resolution after a revision inserted
guarantees of equal treatment fol
German units in such a defense
force.
Details of Plan.
The plan would:
/. Create permanent Euro
pean defense organizations Eu-
ropean Defense Ministry subject
j to proper European democratic
control"
2. Guarantee Germany that INC
discrimination" would be made be-
tween the participating powers.
8. Link the European army to
the Atlantic force" spearheaded
by the United States and Canada
The European army plan now
goes to the Committee of Foreign
Ministers which earlier this month
vetoed a similar project initiated
in the Assembly by Britain's
Winston Churchill.
Serious Omission.
The Churchill proposal, how
ever, made no mention of an At
lantic force-a serious omission in
the eyes of the foreign ministers.
The Assembly resolution also
sidestepped any mention of supra
national authority as proposed by
French Foreign Minister Schuman
an idea the British oppose.
Despite German Socialist oppo-
sition, the Assembly army recon-
mendation drew high praise as
sign of French German reconcile
alton.
Mr.. Schuman gave the European
army idea a fresh lease on life
in a speech to the Assembly yes
terday. He pledged that France
would fuse her army in a supra
national European defense organ
ization.
Evening star., 1950-11-25

prevention SyS-
tenn. For years
powerful infu-
ences in Cali
fornia have in
terfered with,
delayed a n d
sought to sub
| vert parts Of
the prot e ct .
California has
now caught the
consequence in
the form of
floods that have
taken m ar v
Evening star., 1950-11-25
Americans See EIbe
us. Frontier, Lodge Says
BY the Assoeiosed Press 9

PARIS, Nov. 25.-The American
people are convinced their frontier
is on the Elbe River in Germany,
Senator Lodge. Republic, of Mass
achusetts said here yesterday.
Senator Lodge flew to Paris es-
pecially for a meeting of the
Franco - American Friendship
Group in the National Assembly
About 20 Assembly deputies who
are members Of the organization
were present.
He will leave today for the
United States.
Evening star., 1950-11-25

vision OF Gen.
M a C A r t h u r .
should put an
end to all or
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ance there.
The Chinese
Korean Com
munist forces,
whose strength
is estimated to
be at lie a S t
100000 m e n i,
are still being
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with "v olun -
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Evening star., 1950-11-25
By Lowell MeHeft

For years the Federal Govern
ment has been endeavoring to
provide California with a COM
prehensive water control and flood
Evening star., 1950-11-25

Floodlights now illuminate the
white horse at Westbury, England,
which was reputedly cut into the
chalk hillside By King Alfred.
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ssat FOR eorsd Damn Degradation


Warren St. and Elm Hill Ave.
Rec. Walter c. Davis, Pastor
AL services at Charles st.
Church on Sept. II were con-
Quoted on a high spiritual plane
Rev. Davis preached earnestly
and eloquently on Fronting the
Future" developing the thought.
it is not necessary to shirk ones
duty, as Gods presence should
eliminate fear from ones life.
and prevent loneliness Eve
ming text concerned Blessings
obtained through sharing the
Bread of Life with Hungry Souls
in the Midnight Hour Soloists
were Henry Ellison and Marjorie
Ayler Four children were ban-
Used, and three adults Joined
the church. The beautiful chrvs-
anthemums on the altar were a
memorial to Mrs. Emma G.
Holmes by her family The
Musical Tea sponsored by the
Widows Club was a successful
and pleasant interlude. Rev
Crumlin'S thought provoking
talk on Stewardship at 6 o'clock
Christian Endeayor was enioyed
by a large audience. Shirley
Wooten was soloist.
Remember: Monday and We'd
neSday, 7:S0-Red Cross Classes
Tor mothers with infants; Tues
day, 18th Article of Religion dis
eussed by Pastor Davis. and
appointments to Stewardess
Boarsd; Wednesday, Rev. Davis.
choirs and congregation guests
at Christ Temple; Thursday.
of Sisterhood and Young
Ushers; Friday, Unit Rally. Sent
"a Education Day; Oct. Ii.
Fashion Show, Religious Educa-
ton Group; Oct. 10, Chancel
Choir, Christ Temple, sponsored
by Usher Board. - Clarissa J.
Holmes.
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No Way Out"
PREYIEW WELL RECEIVED

A preview of the picture, mo
Way Out" presented Friday
morning, Sept. Is, at 1910 Com
monwealth Ave. to an invited
audience of some fifty odd per-
sons, showed conditions which
have existed, and do exist, in a
finished, dramatic way which
gripped the audience to the end
The picture, being inter-raciaI.
was on trial to some extent TO
feel the pulse of the audience, 1t
is definitely propaganda picture
beneficial to both races. I feel
that no intelligent white person
could view this picture without
a feeling of shame that his race
has ever treated anybody as DR.
Brooks was treated. Yet, it was
not only true in the past. but
there are now many persons who
abuse and discriminate against
colored persons because of color
On the other hand, there are
many intelligent whites who are
recognizing hlEhan beings with
out regard to color, race, national
ity, and the number of such per
sons is increasing steadily as in
telligence flows from the Creator
to this earth. I saw nothing in
the picture which could be con-
tradicted by facts, not only past.
but present.
The word niger" used fire.
quently in the picture, is an OBJ
jectionable epithet, and may
cause some persons to feel that
it should be cut from the play.
However, without the use of the
word, used as it is by the able
actor who portrays the gangster,
the play would be flat, pointless
as a headless arrow, impotent as
? blank cartridge, and its message
would be lost.
The ending portrays the tradi-
tional loyalty of the colored race.
showing DR.. Brooks using his skill
to save the life of his would-be
oppressor. I feel that the picture
can do more good than much
preaching.
Aside from the propaganda
aspect of the play, the actors give
an interesting and outstanding
performance.
-EsG O'RANY0TIN
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-09-23
SernOnette Of The Week
THE SUREST ANSWER IS SPIRITUAL!
BY REV. EARL W. LAWSON, Poster
Emmanuel Baptist Church Maiden.


The major political heartbreak
in the world today is basically
Korea. This is indeed a heart
break. This initial statement
may sound like a blind contem-
porary eyaluation of what is
really heartbreaking. Therefore,
at the outset, it must me admit
ted in the name of the devil that
every so often the paganistic,
daringly Goddess world has given
stern sample of what Korea re-
fleets. This Korean conflict re-
Meets bloody, grim deadlock
struggle between those forces
(totalitarian) who declare with
inhumane weapons that they
cannot be wrong, and those
forces (democratic) who insist
with devastating armament that
the totalitarian emphasis is in
herently wrong and hellish and
out Of place in our world So
ciety.
In this unique century alone,
a rather haunting thirteen year
quiet" of prosperity, optimism
and sitting -on- top of the world
attitude, patriotic western man
marched across Europe's West
to check warning Germans. Ever
since 1914 we, the so-called Free
Nations, have never really come
from the battlefronts-or to put
1t another way, we have left
the mean, muddy foxholes
scarcely for a minutes breath
ing. In 1941 it was Pearl Har-
Dor. In 1850 it is Korea. Way
over on another mans territory
we pitch war camps again in
defense of human rights, free
do1ns, liberties and dignities.
We cannot keep on having our
young men slaughtered for
either political smartness or DO
litical expediency. We cannot
keep on living without a sense
of real brotherhood the world
over. We cannot keep cherish
ing surface Affiliations" with
merely our political friends,
whatever this phrase may mean.
We cannot keep on balancing
scales to discover whether or not
totalitarianism and democracy
can remain over against each
other in one world. Because the
cost in innocent human flesh.
blood ana suffering is too stag
gering. Because, furthermore.
the Peace for which we Just
fought, less than a decade ago
on the soil of every nation, has
never actually come to bless us
who remain to see this thing
through.
Amid the bonbings and UN
negotiations heavens challenges
confront us.