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Evening star., 1952-03-15
DR.. Malcolm Marshall
Opens Lenten Classes

DR.. Malcolm Marshall, minister
|of st. Margaret's Episcopa,
Church. will open the second ses-
sion Of a 'Lenter School of Chris
tian Living" at GAS pm. tomor.
row in National City Christian
Church, 1903 Vermont avenue
NV.
DR.. Marshall will speak on "Tc
Love Thy Neighbor" at a vespel
hour proceeding classes from 7:3(
Ito $3.50 pm. A fellowship meet
ing will follow.
DR.. J. Warren Hastings. min.
lister Of National City Christian
Church. will preach on Lord, Re.
member Mel" at 1850 am. to.
morrow in the church.
Evening star., 1952-03-15

Rev. Dennis j. O'Connell, Bishop
lof Richmond, Va, because the
number of Catholics in the young
parish was too few. However, per-
mission was finally obtained te
build, and the church that one
time was considered much toe
large today is too small to ac-
Icommodate the parish needs.
The parsonage next to the
church was built in 1888 with the
Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni CT
lcognani, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, laying the corner
stone.
Catholics of the area worshipeo
before 1919 in st. Charles Church
Clarendon. A move to start the
present st. Agnes Parish resulted
in meeting of Is men and WON.
en- and priests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Spates, Lee
highway and Stafford street, or
November 10, 1919. The parish
now has $500 parishioners and is
steadily growing.
The present church, first used
in June, 1919. will now be recon-
verted into a parish hall.
zoo Holy Name Members.
In 1886 a Holy Name Society
unit was organized with 18 mem.
bers. There are now about zoe
members. James Hines is the
president.
The same year saw the start OF
the parish Sodality with less than
20 members. Today the Sodal-
|ity has approximately $50 mem
bers. Mrs. Marie Hayer is presi-
dent.
In June, 1919, the parish was
established with the Right Rev
Msgr. Frederick P. Leckey, pastor
|of st. Charles Church, as pastor
Msgr. Leckey remained in that Ca
pacity for eight years.
The Right Rev. Thomas Rankin
succeeded Msgr. Eeckey, serving
from 1927 to 1880. He in turn was
succeeded by the Rev. John Cur
ran, who served as pastor of st
Agnes Church and st. Charles
Church from 1880 to 1886.
First Resident Pastor.
The Rev. Walston Johnston
came in 1886 to become the first
resident pastor Of st. Agnes par
ish. He served until 1912, leaving
to enter the Army. He is pastor
of Sacred Heart Church, Norfolk
Va.
. Early parishioners still active
are John Spates, Charles Cobbins
Mr.. and Mrs. William Meyer and
Evening star., 1952-03-15
London Baptist Pastor
To Be Guest Preacher

DR.. F. Townley Lord, president
OF the Baptist World Alliance and
minister of London's Bloomsbury
Baptist Church, will be guest
speaker tomorrow at two WASH
mgton Baptist churches.
DR.. Lord, who is now on a speak,
ing tour in America, will preach
at both 9:45 and II am. in First
Baptist Church, Sixteenth and o
streets NV.
AT 7:45 pm, he will speak in
Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Sixth and A streets NE.
Evening star., 1952-03-15
Film at Two Churches
To Aid Missouri Synod

A religious film, "Al That ]
Have" will be shown tomorrow
lin two area Lutheran churches
las part Of a national fund drive
for expansion of the educational
and mission program of the Luth-
leran Church. Missouri Synod.
The movie will be shown al
1915 and II am. in Trinity
Church. Thirtieth street and
Bunker Hill road, Mt. Rainier
and at 9:45 am. in Trinity
Church, Thirty-eighth and Long
fellow streets, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1952-03-15
DR.. Hope to Preach Here

DR.. Norman Victor Hope. of the
Princeton Theological Seminary
will preach at IL am. tomorrow
on What Is God Doing About
the Worlds Sin?" in Gunton-
Temple Memorial Presbyterian
Church. Sixteenth and Newton
streets NV.
Evening star., 1952-03-15

ro a d, Arling-
ton. Va, tomor-
row.
The attrac-
tive structure
will Sc at 700
worshipers in
the main audi
torium. On the
S second floor
there will be
S e v e n class
rooms, to help
Ii g h t en- tn e
burden of where
to pla C e stu
Evening star., 1952-03-15


the school adjoining the church.
The school, which opened in
September, 1916, now has 500
students. An additional 300 pupils
are expected to enter the school
next fall. Charles w. Koch OF
Arlington is architect of the new
church and A. P. Di Guilian Of
Arlington, the builder.
The new church will be the fifth
place parishioners of st. Agnes
Church have worshiped in. The
first mass was said in small
storeroom at Lee highway and
Oakland street. The parishioners
then worshiped in moving pic
ture house, since torn down, in
Cherrydale. Later, they held
services in the Cherrydale Public
School, moving into the church
at Twenty-first and North Ran
dolph streets in 1919.
Opposed in '19 by Bishop.
Opposition in 1919 to erecting
a church was voiced by the Most
Evening star., 1952-03-15
Bishop Dun to Preuch

The Right Rev. Angus Dun
Bishop Of Washington, will preach
at IL am. tomorrow in Christ
Episcopal Church, Georgetown
Thirty-fir and o streets NV.
Evening star., 1952-07-27
The Man

If Adlai Ewing Stevenson was still
In the picture, it was hardly his
fault. Monotonously, since he first
began receiving mention AZ 4 can
didate, this urbane and witty lawyer
who wandered into politics almost
by accident three years ago, had
pounded on the most unusual Of
political themes: He did not want
to be nominated. True, he had
never declared in so many words
that he would refuse the nominal
ton if it were offered to him on q
silver platter. But, strangely, he
had insisted that he did not want
to be President; more strangely still,
he seemed to mean 1t. His only
political ambition, he said, was to
succeed himself as Governor of
Illinois.
On the eve of the convention,
Stevenson met with fellow members
of the Illinois delegation for one
final attempt to fend OF the light
ming. He thought he was speaking
behind closed doors. A substantial
portion Of the convention press
corps, however, lay on the floor of
an anteroom, taking down the
Governors words as they drifted
beneath the heavy gray curtain
which was supposed to guarantee
the privacy of the caucus.
The Disclaimer
"I do not wish to be a candidate" :"
they heard Stevenson say. 81 have
no ambition for the nomination. I
have no fitness for the office
mentally, temperamentally or phys
ically. I ask, therefore, that you
abide by my wishes not to nominate
me for the presidency in this con-
vention and not to vote for me If
am nominated by some one else" ="
1t was strong, but not strong
enough. When Stevenson finished
his plea, other members Of the dele
cation stood up one after another
to say they intended to back him
Evening star., 1952-07-27

the week. At times it seemed that
the selection Of . nominee was
almost a secondary item on the
order OF business. Yet these two
problems, of which the convention
had to dispose, were closely re-
lated. To understand how they
were related, it is necessary only
to fix in mind the lineup of the
forces operating at the Chicago
convention.
The three major candidates
Kefauver, Russell and Stevenson
occupied separate and distinct
positions in relation to the minia-
ture civil war swirling around them.
Senator Russell was the South's
man. Senator Kefauver was the
chief candidate Of the Liberals.
This is not to say that either Eena-
tor was a typical representative
of either contending group. Both,
in fact, we're more moderate in
attitude than the majority Of their
followers. But each drew. his
strength from the passions of his
followers, even though he did not
share this passion. !.
Stevenson Stood AIoof
Stevenson, on the other hand,
from beginning to end, was wholly
aloof from the factional struggle
that gripped the convention hall.
He was like man standing in the
eye of a hurricane. Partly, of
course, his freedom was owing to
the fact that he was not himself
seeking the nomination. He did
not have to make statements or
take sides. r
That was not all, however. For
the truth was that Stevenson's in
tellectual approach to politics could
Evening star., 1952-07-27

dacy Of Gen. Eisenhower-assuning
always that the South, or most Of
1t, stays in line. :. .-.--
The second fact behind the min
iature civil war which dominated
the conventions opening days is
somewhat less pleasant for the
Democrats.
Difference Of Opinion
It is that the conservative South
erners, who have given the party
its stability, disagree violently on
many fundamental questions with
the liberal Northerners, who have
given the party its motive power in
recent years. The. heart of their
disagreement Of course, is the issue
of civil rights.
Politicians on both sides Of the
fence have their problems. Few
Southern Democrats, for instance,
could afford to vote for Federal
FEPC law, even if they wanted to.
Few big-city Northern Democrats,
dependent on the support of sensi-
tive minority groups, could afford
to vote against FEPC, even If they
wanted to. The political alliance
of these two Democratic factions
always has been an arrangement
involving tortuous compromise. In
recent years, however, the partys
big Northern wing has evidenced a
growing resentment of the fact that
the compromising has been mostly
on its side. It's more extremists and
hot-headed liberal elements have
tended to take a go-it-alone atti-
tude-or, at least, one of come-with-
us-or-else. The fact that the Dixie
crat revolt of 1948 did not prevent
the election Of President Truman
Evening star., 1952-07-27
The Winner

Mr. Truman knew whereof he
spoke, for few nominees of either
party have ever entered the arena
with StevenSon's present freedom
from political entanglements. At
the head Of the list of persons to
whom Stevenson owes nothing Ia
MIR. Truman himself. Indeed, to
those hardy cynics who believe that
Stevenson wanted the nomination
all along, his desire to be free Of
the Truman apron strings appears
as the whole reason for his insist
ence on a genuine draft.
Be that as it may, the President
cannot possibly have thrown his
eleventh-hour support back to Ste
venSion because he thought of the
Illinois governor as a manageable
sort of man. He had withdrawn
that support earlier because he
learned, in attempting to persuade
Stevenson to run, that the Illinois
Governor was not manageable. "
Not in Lobor's Debt
Labor is high on the list of pol
itical forces to which Stevenson
owes nothing special. So is big busi-
ness. Even the redoubtable Col.
Arvey probably will find it hard to
make a convincing claim on his
candidate. And so 1t goes.
Adlai Stevenson had not CAM
paigned for the nomination; in
fact, he had campaigned a.
strongly against it as almost any
man in the Nation save Sherman,
Coolidge and Truman. There ap-
parently was no false modesty in
his efforts to avoid the Democratic
nomination; no coyness, despite
what many on both sides Of the
political fence had been saying for
months.
So it was, when the job sought
the man last week in Chicago, that
Stevenson went before the party's
delegates-many Of whom had seen
him but once before-to pledge his
strongest efforts in the campaign
that had been thrust upon him. Al
he had been before the nomination.
he was without coyness on the
night he stood In unsought victory
to say simply and without preface:
II accept your nomination and
your program" ,
In his acceptance speech, Steven
son spoke as strongly for a nominee
as he had for a candidate. Il did
not seek it," he said. II did not
want it. I feel no exultation and no
sense of triumph whatsoever"
It was more than strange-it was
good. To many an observer, IL
seemed that this diffirent man was
talking kind of politics that had
not been heard In too long Q while.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

to deal with no man and with noth-
ing-except his own conscience.
1t may be that the timing of the
switch of Hartman votes to Ste
venson was discussed in advance
between the two men. But it is q
sound bet that was all they dis
cussed in this connection. For that
matter, what more was there to
discuss?
Throughout the convention, Ste
venson had been staying at the
near North Side home of a Chicago
friend. In the dinner interval be-
tween the second and third ballots
on Friday, two telephone calls were
received by him there. One was
from Russell spokesman-a mem-
ber of the Southern faction-of-
fering to talk business in the face
of the inevitable. The other was
from a Kefauver spokesman-a
member Of the Liberal group-mak-
ing the same offer. Both callers re-
ceived identical answers. There
would be no deal.
No Deols
- There was none. It was hard on
Estes Kefauver not to be allowed to
make his gesture of surrender while
the final ballot was in progress
and not to be allowed to take over
the Vice Presidency. That spot was
reserved for John Sparkman Of
Alabama, neutral Southerner. It
was all part of the pattern. And the
reasoning behind this neutral at
titude also was part-and a large
part-of the reason why Stevenson
was nominated.
"He was nominated" said presi-
dent Truman that night, in in
PRODUCING its candidate to the con-
vention, because he would not
make any deals with anybody. He
was nominated on his merits"
Evening star., 1952-07-27
CHICAGO.


@OMPARED to their Republican
~ brethren the Democrats, fore
gathering here q week ago, seemed
to be in the approximate mood Of
so many maiden aunts at church
picnic. Most of the trappings were
on view-bunting, placards, cam
paign buttons and so on. A few
young people paraded in the streets
and some Of them bore a curious
resemblance to some of the young
people who had been carrying
banners two weeks before.
Drama was there, waiting to erupt
but 1t was all under the surface.
In the beginning, the whole buSi-
ness had an atmosphere of un-
reality about it. Almost a score of
candidates talked big about their
chances and managed only to con-
vey the firm impression that not
one Of them meant a word Of 1t.
The race was wide open, all right
too wide. After 20 years in power,
the Democrats were embarrassingly
confronted with the fact of their
poverty. President Truman had
Soured on his job. And although
he did not choose to admit 1t in his
speech Friday night, it was plain
that fresh, effective leadership seek
ing to carry on simply was not in
the Democratic lineup.
Too Much Of Not Enough
Senator Kefauver, the man with
the starting votes, was far too light
In weight. Vice President Barkley
and Speaker Sam Rayburn were far
too old. Averell Hartman was far
too rich. Oklahoma's Bob Kerr was
far too oily and Georgia's Dick
Russell was too far South. The rest
of the hopefuls comprised q monde
script group Of favorite sons and
horses so dark as to be scarcely
t1SlU1c dI Ill,
There was not q decent ticket in
the carload. What was more i'm
portant, in their secret hearts all
the Democrats seemed to know it.
And yet, beneath the desultory
confusion which wet-blanketed the
preconyention week end, there slept
an answer. It started as a whisper
In the corridors, the echo of a hope
that was supposed to be dead, but
that persisted in acting very much
alive. In progressive stages, that
Sunday, the whisper grew to a MUIR
mur, then to babble by evening;
it was taking on the proportions
of a full-fledged roar. Stevenson,
the voices said, Stevenson of Illinois.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

has helped convince them they can
get away with it.
The group that feels this way Is
not easy to identify with precision,
1t is personified by many of the
aggressive youngsters of the party
the Moodys, Humphreys and junior
Roosevelts, who made such a splash
on television. It draws much of its
power from the support of the lead
ers of organized labor who, through
this group, made a determined
effort to dominate the proceedings
in Chicago. There is no convenient
name that can be applied to this
group. Let us call them simply
the Liberals.
The Liberals, then, came to the
Democratic convention in q mood
to force q showdown with the
South. True, 1862 was not 1948
and Dwight Eisenhower was q far
cry from Tom Dewey.
In any event, this time there was
going to be no nonsense. The South
was not going to be given chance
to walk out in case something that
happened displeased it. This time
the South was going to capitulate
in advance, or get out. And in 1856,
the South would either come back
chastened-or stay out.
That, at least, was the Liberals
idea.
Evening star., 1952-07-27

anyway. It was predicted, after the
caucus, that all but q handful Of
Illinois 60 delegates would vote for
Stevenson on the first ballot. The
unomcial StevenSon-for-President
Committee-which had no idea
what was going on elsewhere
already was claiming about 100
1irst-ballot Stevenson votes, not
counting Illinois. The SNOWFALL
was rolling.
Next day, in their first session at
the convention hall, the delegates
were welcomed by q parade Of
speakers. Only one Of the speeches
mattered: A graceful, articulate
welcome from the chief executive
Of the host State. When Stevenson
stepped to the microphones, the
convention greeted him with six
minutes Of solid applause.
No Demonstration
It was not q demonstration-not
q patch on the surge of emotion
with. which the delegates were to
receive Alben Barkley's great vale
dictory speech on Wednesday night.
No one led the cheers-no brass
band pounded in the background
but there was q rare quality Of
respect in this tribute.
Stevenson himself seemed dis
concerted. Once he turned to Ma
tional Committee Chairman Frank
Mckinney. How do I stop this?"
he wanted to knew.
The reluctant Governor had asked
q mouthful: How indeed?
Evening star., 1952-07-27
The Situation

Even while the convention pre-
pared without his consent to give
Stevenson q nomination he did not
want, it also prepared, without his
consent, q move which threatened
to tarnish the proffered crown by
reducing in advance the value of
the nomination.
The long-gathering storm burst
in full fury on the amphitheater
floor in the small hours of Tuesday
morning and continued to rage
through the week. On its face, this
was a dispute having to do origin
ally with contested convention seats
for Texas and MisSissippi-the same
sort Of rift between Old Guard and
Young Turk party elements as had
marked the opening phases Of the
Republican convention. In fact,
however, the Democratic family
feud cut deeper than did the g. o.
P.'s. Its promised effects, If any
thing, were more serious.
Behind the dispute were two basic
facts Of Democratic political life.
The first of these was the fact
that Dixie historically has been the
hard core Of the party's strength.
Here, in a geographic block stretch
ing from Virginia to Texas, are 13
States with . total of 146 electoral
votes. The South's electoral po-
tency, to be sure, is far out of pro-
portion to its population density.
But that fact has in no way dimin-
ished the part the South has played
in the selection Of American Presi-
dents.
Exceptions to Rule
There have been exceptions to the
rule Of Southern Democratic soli-
darity. Four of these States, with
80 electoral votes, went for J. Strom
Thurmond on the Dixiecrat ticket
in 1913. In 1928, because AL Smith
was . Catholic, seven Southern
States went Republican. Kentucky
slipped out Of the Democratic col
umn in 1924; Oklahoma and Ten
nessee detected in 1920. But with
these exceptions, since the turn of
the century, the South has been
Democratic territory exclusively.
If the Democrats hold the South
this year, they need pick up only
100 additional electoral votes to get
their majority of 266. Their chances
of doing so seem, to Democrats at
least, fair to middling. Outside the
South, there are IS States which
have gone Democratic in every pres
idential election in the past 20
years. These States have q total Of
ISL electoral votes. Even assuming
some of these States are lost this
year, the Democrats have reason
to hope they can capture sufficient
offsetting electoral votes by carry
ing New York or Pennsylvania or
both.
In other words, the Democrats
November picture is by no means
hopeless despite the strong candi-
Evening star., 1952-07-27
The Fight

The Battle Of the Loyalty
Pledge" fought between the ex-
treme Liberals Of the North and
the extreme Conservatives Of the
South, was the main feature of
, 1952-08-07
A.V.I.C.A.

this same building and agreed
upon a program of action. We.
journeyed to Washington with
the committee arranged for
and sat IN meeting with mem
bers of the House Insular At
fairs Committee.
It was further agreed that
we should go to the islands
when the Congressional hear
ings were called and while
there we were given a writ
ten statement by the Organic
A c t Committee expressing
their desire that we partici-
pate in every phase Of the Or
ganic Act, regardless whether
it affected those who reside in
the islands or those who reside
on the mainland.
Says Totten, please be as
sured that we did not want to
be charged with interference
in the insular affairs of the is
lands because we sensed the
intrigue by insidious minds
who feel that American tax
payers should provide TIL e
funds for their existence but
be denied the same rights and
privileges Of United States
citizenship which they enjoy
when they come to the main
land.
Continued in next issuel
, 1952-08-07
Shipping News

A Steamer is scheduled to
sail from New Orleans August
18th, Mobile August 10Th and
IS due at Frederiksted August
25th, via jamaica and Haiti,
accepting freight for Barba-
dos, Georgetown and Parama-
ribo. "A
ALCOA co. Inc
Robt L. Merwin & Co. Inc.
Agents
, 1952-08-07
WoMENsS LEAGUE 80.

havior pattern that should be
expected.
To be a teacher in the States,
she said, one must first obtain
a Masters degree and nursery
schools are operated only after
being licensed. This was point
ed out to show that more care
is being taken to choose the
correct beginning for a child
Of pre-school age. Among the
many things needed in these
nursery schools were the help
Of the nutritionist, pedriatri-
clan, psychologist, to name
just three. She pointed out
that the child is an immature
person at our mercy.
Characteristics of a good
home was explained as one
where there is affection and
love among all the members OF
the family and such charac-
t~eristics are reflected by the
children. Sometimes delin-
quency and children with
problems come from broken
homes, and sometimes foster
homes help to adjust children
sooner than their own homes.
Among the many things ex-
planned also was the differ
ence between eating or
corporal punishment and dis
cipline. It is necessary at
times to give a child a clap
with the hand and that is pre-
ferable to striking with a
board, plate or other heavy
blow, she said.
Mr.. Bergman was the next
speaker.
CONTINUED tomorrow
, 1952-08-07
CHAMBER

and the desirablity of such an
organization.
The question of instruments
was discussed and also the
makeup Of a band for the.
Island.
A committee was appointed
to work on plans to make it
possible to organize a commu-
nifty band.
, 1952-08-07
CITIZENS s.

&
chete despite orders to Stop
the policeman drew his gun
and fired one shot which
struck Jackson in his stomach.
At the hearing which fol
lowed Patrolman Citizens was
cleared by the Coroner and
also Assistant District Attor-
ney Croxton Williams. The of
ficials ruled it was justifiable
homicide.
New hearings will be held
on August 19.
Evening star., 1952-03-30

Transportation School at Fort
Eustis, Va.
1t. Col. and Mrs. Arthur j. Laib,
Ijr., have arrived from Williams
burg, Va, and have taken a house
on Manor road, Arlington. Col.
Laib recently attended the Trans
portation School at Fort Eustis.
Col. Donald M. Jacques, left on
Wednesday for his new tour of
duty with the European COM
mand. Mrs. Jacques expects to
join him sometime after the close
of the school year.
Their daughter Jeanne, q sopho-
more at William and Mary Col
llege, will be home for the spring
vacation. Mrs. Jacques has her
mother, Mrs. John D. Jones, stay
ing with her in their home at
Columbia Pines. Donna Lou and
Donald. jr., are also with Their
mother.
Mai. Albert E. Wolff arrived
last week from Fort Eustis, Va.