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The guardian., 1953-10-24

It was in November Of the
year 1901 that the st. Mark
Musical and Literary Union was
formed as an adjuct and help
to the church, during the pas
torate Of Rev. Samuel A. Brown,
when it was meeting at the hall
on fremont st, number 1G42, and
was barely holding its own with
an average of ten or twelve per-
sons present at the services. The
founder was DR.. Charles G.
Steward, one of the editors Of
the Guardian. Encouraged by
the splendid success of the
Boston Literary and Historical
Association, founded in the
spring Of the same year, the
founder chose st. Mark Church
to further build up the cultural
life of the community. The first
president was that First Gentle
man of Boston, the Hon. Archi- |
bald H. Grimke, ex- consul OF
San Domingo, writer and diplo-
mat. He was followed by DR.
Thomas w. Patrick, now de-
ceased and poet William Stan
ley Braithwaite, Maude Trotter
Steward, DR.. Alfred P. Russell
and others. The project was
successful at the start and the
hall each Sunday was packed
with the social, the literary and
the musical folk of the city to-
gether with students and pro-
missing youth. 1t was said that
the Unions attendance was
used to show that the church
was really growing. Why not?
It was a part of the church. The !
society sponsored the first ap-
pearance in Boston Of the ris- 5
ing young VioliniSt, Clarence :
Cameron White. But most i'm :
1ortant of all it foStered young I
alent and helped young people =
% prepare and read papers and 4
o take part in discussions from Q
he floor. The Union fourished u
or over a decade. At that time Y
here were no movies no cars, \
fraternitieS or cock Il
all parties and the young folks 81
nd older ones had no where Il
lse to go of a Sunday afternoon q
ut the st. Mark Union. Until r
MS day it might still be in Il
and functioning as
art of the church if later p
Management had not become y
mbitiouS and in some way y
lanaged to separate it from ,
ie church and made it an in u
spendent body. 1t was an I'M y
ISe move for there was a steady ~
,cline in attendance and in VI
lence and now it no longer ".
lists as does its contemporary W.
serary, the Boston Literary vi
nd Historical Association w
hich has never disbanded and Z
occasional public meet Y
lgs. ~ y
Mrs. Anna Jackson that grand " "
ady of wellesley Hills, is very !.
foud of the fact that she had !. 4
very intimate contact with =
americas leading parsonage, = =
drs. Franklin D. Roosevelt when :
he latter was a speaker at the =
Institute in Wellesley .
Hills, Mrs. Jackson met Mrs. =
at the reception for I
Mrs. Roosevelt held at the re- C
sidence of Mr.. Roger Babson, Y
and had a pleasant talk with {
her. She told the ex-f1rst lady 9
how grateful she and all the
colored people were for the
The guardian., 1953-10-24

A unique opportunity is be-
ing offered at international In
stitute of Boston, a Red Feath-
er agency. for those who would
like to sing in an international
The guardian., 1953-10-24
CITY NEWS

JULIAN G. BKANkER, RE
ALTOR, SAYS: YOUR HOME
4 YOUR BUSINESS, MAKE III
SECURE INSURE! SPECIAL
IzING IN REAL ESTATE AND
| INSURANCE OF VERY DE
| SCRIPTION, S TRES S SIN G
COURTESY SERVICE IN
TEGRITz 386A Warren
Street, Roxbury, HI 2-377O, Hi
5-8174.
The Colored Women's Bowl
ing League of Boston the only
sports organization of its kind
in New England, will be the
guests of the Rev. Samuel Bull
| lock of Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church, Humboldt Avenue and
Waumbeck Street, at the 10:30
morning service on this Sun
day, october Is.
The Friendship Circle Of Eb-
enezer Baptist Church, West
Springfield Street, Boston, will
sponsor a Talent Night, Thurs
day evening, November S, at
8:15. Some of BOstOn'S finest
talent will appear. Make it a
must on your list. Homemade
refreshments free. Rev. w. S.
RawenelI, pastor; Vera Leake,
program chairman.
The Massachusetts, State I'm
ion of Women's Clubs was well
represented at the 5Oth Ami
versary Banquet of the Rhode
Island Association of Colored
Wome nheld at the Pond st,
Church, Providence, r. I.
The delegation, headed by the
president, included: MesdameS
Rachel Saunders, president;
Melnea CasS, chairman of the
Executive Board; Geneva Shaw,
vice-president;; Nan E, Trapp,
Bessie Bankett, Christine Cole
man, Nora Mumby, Lottie
White. Edith Crutcher, 1nez
Byrd, Myretta Parker, Violette
Barnette. The party journeyed
to Providence in two cars driy-
en- by Messrs. Hadley and Sim
mons. Others from Massachu-
setts seen there were MesdameS
Anna Mallory, Eureline Paul
and Viola Mason.
The Cambridge Women's
Community Club is sponsoring
"a Night of Games" at Free
dom House, ] Crawford Street,
on Saturday, Novem-
ber IA, at 8 pm; admission
B5 cents. Tickets may be pur-
chased from any member of
the club or by calling Mrs.
Celeste Davis, TR. 6-2O5O, or
Mrs. Eunice Gotham, TR. g.
6211.
Mrs. Betty Garner, who has
been confined in a home for
over twenty-five years, will be
pleased to have her many
many friends visit her on Sun
lay, November l, from 1890
I'm. to 4:3O pm. at the home
If Mrs. Bessie M. Potter, 90
Williams Street, Roxbury.
Among the clubs starting
their seasons activities was the
9ansy Embroidery Club, which
held its opening meeting at the
home of Mrs. Nellie Smith of |
East Weymouth, and completed |
an afternoon of business under |
leadership of its president, Mrs.
Irene Canada. The next meet
ing will be at the home of Mrs.
Alice Taylor. A chartered bus
conveyed the members and
home after a Sumptuous
repast. The guests of the af-
ternoon were: Mesdames ]. ].
Taylor, Clara Hornsby, Vivian
Canada, Lucy Benaman, Mr..
Holton of w. Canton Street
and his daughter. Mrs. Renne
of Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs. Mary
Jackson of the Western Lunch
Box, Mrs. Laura Selden, Mary
C. johnson and Mrs. Edna Nor
gan, Inspectress of Massachu-
sets Union of Women's Clubc.
A Fashion Show Brides
of Yesterday, auspices Usher
Board, Metropolitan Baptist
Church, III Shawmut Avenue,
Rev. Nj. ]. Minor, pastor,
Thursday, October 20, at pm.
Gertrude Upshure, chairman;
Carithia Hines, president, adj
mission so cents.
The guardian., 1953-10-24

HEALTH HAVEN - HI 5-oss4
Corsets-speciai abdominal and
spine supports physical thera-
by treatments spot reducing.
GLADYS HOWARD
Ils Humboldt Ave. RoxburY
The guardian., 1953-10-24
SOCIAL CALENDAR
BY ALMIRA PARK

The elaborate and spienddiy managed celebration OF
the 25th anniversary Of Rev. Samuel L. Lavscount as
pastor of ST. Mark Congregational Church. held the first
three days of this week. recalls to OF the osers
incidents in the early history of the church when was
young and struggling.
The guardian., 1953-10-24

LONG LIVE OUR TEACHERS!"
At Chamber of Commerce
dinner in honor of the local
school teachers, there was a
toast: Long live our teacherS!"
"On what?" murmured a
teacher under her breath.
The guardian., 1953-10-24

Chorus. DR.. Myroslaw Antono-
witch, a musicologist doing re-
search work at Harvard Uni
versity, viii be director.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Nervous Beauties Await Pick
of Miss America FindIists

I by contest ruleS) we'll enough
to win in that division last night.
The other bathing suit winners
on earlier nights were Miss
Wyoming elaine Lois Holken-
brink of Torrington) and Miss
Pennsylvania Evelyn Margaret
Ay of Ephrata).
The other two girls with firsts
in talent are Miss Virginia (Anne
Lee Ceglis of Norfolk) and Miss
South Dakota dolores Jerde of
Spearfish)
But the girls also are judged
on how we'll they look in an
evening gown and on their per-
sonalities. Results of these pre-
liminaries are not announced
and add a large amount of un-
certainty to any forecasts.
All 81 Still Have Chance.
None of the girls won more
than one preliminary, and any
one of the So entrants has a
chance to be among the 10
finalists chosen tonight. The
number will be whitfield to five
and then Miss America of 1854
will be named to reign for a
year
Miss California. last nights
bathig suit winner, has long
Evening star., 1953-09-12
'PIanningCommission
Will Get Dispute on
Naming Of Director

A dispute over appointment OF
a regional planning chief for the
Washington area will be placed
before members of the National
Capital Planning Commission al
their regular meeting Thursday
This was decided yesterday
after a Commute discussion be-
tween officials of the commits
sion and its sister group, the
National Capital Regional Plan
ming Council.
Differ on Responsibility.
The regional council Executive
Committee, headed by Robert
M. Watkins. wants a planning
director who would be responsible
entirely to the council and free
from any control by the ma
tional commission.
The national commission, how
ever. wants to hire a regional
planner as a member of its own
staff who would handle regional
council matters. Commission
officials contend Congress in
tended clearly that it make serv-
ices available to the council
They argue that if they hire d
direcCor--even one devoting his
time to council affairs-he must
under Government procedure, be
a member of the commission
staff.
Want to Retain Control.
Mr.. Watkins said he didn't
mind if the national commission
paid the director and technically
hired him. But he said some
council members insist that they
be able to select the planner ano
have complete control over his
work.
Harland Bartholomew new
chairman of the national COM
mission. said he would present
this argument to the commission
at its meeting next week. The
commissions action, IN turn, will
be considered by the council al
meeting Monday, September 81
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Egypt 10 Sue Aga Khan,
Didn't Build Apartments
BY the Associated Pres,

CAIRO. Egypt, Sept. 12.-The
Egyptian government is planning
to sue the fabulously wealthy
Aga Khan for &500,OOO ($1,441,- :
250O charging the Moslem reli-
giouS leader failed to build
promised apartment houses on
a 40-acre plot he bought in Cairo
in 1916.
Tewfik Alta. legal chief of the
governments Ministry of Wakfs
(estates administered under
Moslem law said today a
summons is being prepared to
be served on the 76-year-old
chief of more than 8 million
Ismaill Moslems at his home in
the south of France.
Mr.. Alta said the Aga Khan
bought the plot on the west bank
of the Nile on condition he
would put up a number of apart
ment houses that could become
the core of a new district of
Cairo.
Mr.. Alta said the Aga Khan
first claimed the streets of the
new district had not been prop
erly designed and later declared
international conditions did not
allow him to make a big invest
ment in buildings for the time
being.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Fletcher Knebei-
Potomac Fever

Democrats Chicago for big September
rally. Democrats promise Sd campaign. All cand
dates will have height and breadth-and will
their depth.
Ike searches for Secretary of Labor. White
ad: Wanted-Reliabe union leader who has
the labor movement-and is anxious to repent"
The Army accuses Joe Mccarthy of making public
hed document Joe doesn't like that All Mccarthy
from the United States Government through
diplomatic channels before he feels justified ignoring
eS cabinet diSmayed by the resignation
rat Labor Secretary Durkn-now to keep
secrets from.
Attorney General Browne pledges investigation of War
rem Stephenson, Republican
slight delay in sweeping the
finds who sntched one of the brooms.
Union leaders promise all-out admin
straton in the wake of Labor resignation
The labor leaders find Ike guilty betrayng 81 million Aer-
cans who voted for Stevenson.
Two erroriSts fail in effort to asassnate Sultan
OF MOROCCO over here we're more oleranno public official
is IN danger as long as he gives something complain
about
Evening star., 1953-09-12
BY the Associoted Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept
12.-The Miss America hopefuls
went into the last day of the
week-long contest today. as
nervous as So bridesmaids wait
ing for some one to throw them
bouquet.
With the preliminaries over
the girls will wait out the day
until the final judging tonight
when 10 finalists will be named
and the elimination progresses
until the winner of the $4,000
title is chosen.
Six of the contestants have a
big jump on the field-their VIC
tories in talent and bathing suit
preliminaries in the past three
nights.
Plays Grieg Concerto.
Last night 21-year-old Miss
Delaware, Lois Ann Alava oil
Wilmington won in the talent
division by playing the cadenza
from Grleg's Piano Concerto in
A Minor.
Miss California, Patricia Ann
Johns, an 18-year-old beauty
from Fresno, wore white bath
ing suit (one-piece as required
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Another Durkin Seems Unlikely
Organized Labor Not Expected to Furnish Successor
To Secretary of Lobor-Numerous Reasons Are Given
Lowell MeHett-

President Eisenhower is not
likely to find another Durkin.
That is to say. his chances of
obtaining another Secretary
of Labor from the ranks of
organized labor are very Slight.
Some of the reasons:
AFL President Meany's COM
ment on Durkin's resignation:
HE resigned because he could
not continue serving on team
where agreements are not
kept"
CIO President Reuther'S ex-
perience. At the request of the
administration, Reuther sub
mitted as his organizations
choice for an assistant Sec
retary the name of John Edel-
man, president of the Textile
Workers of America. Edelman
was acceptable to Durkin, but
was turned down by the White
House. The reason given was
that Edelman could not be
confirmed, that Republican
senatorial opposition was too
great. The CLOS own check
of Republican Senators re-
vealed that this was not the
case. Two letters by Reuther
to Sherman Adams, the PreSi-
dents No. / assistant. have
never been answered, accord
ing to Reuther. He refused to
submit another name.
The feeling that Durkin OBJ
tanned no recognition for
degree of loyalty unusual even
in a cabinet member. He de-
Tended the administration in a
Evening star., 1953-09-12

public statement as recently
as August II, when he still had
reason to believe the Presi-
dent intended to send to Con-
gress a letter embodying an
agreement on several changes
in the Taft-Hartley law. He
did not decide to resign until
August 81 when it was clear
the letter was not being sent.
Meantime. he Stubbornly re-
fused to take his troubles to
the public or even to his
friends among labor leaders.
No labor journal was able to
learn the nature of the PreSi-
dents proposed letter, but the
Wall Street Journal carried a
story relating the alleged op-
position of Commerce Secre-
tary Weeks and Vice Presi-
dent Nixon to proposals in the
letter. Labor organizations do
not like to get their labor news
from the Wall Street Journal,
excellent newspaper though it
is.
The two principal objections
to the reputed agreement had
to do with easing the Taft
Hartley ban on closed shop
contracts between labor and
management and the ban on
secondary boycotts. Senator
Ives, Republican, of New York
has been quoted as saying both
he and the late Senator Taft
had agreed to proposals to
legalize the closed shop in a
number of industries and to
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Raw Deal Era Seen
ByKefauverin COP.
Public Power Policies
BY the Associoted Press

GATLINBURG. Tenn. Sept.
12.-Senator Kefauver. Demo-
crat. of Tennessee said today the
Nation, under President Eisen-
hover, has entered the "era of
the raw deal" in public power.
Private power firms, he said,
are spending millions on lobby
ing and propaganda to poison
the minds" of Congress and the
public against publicly owned
power concerns.
In a speech for the annual
meeting of the Eastern division,
Power Distributors Association,
the Senator said:
"The facts, as far as TVA is
concerned. are that it came out
a lot better than most other
public power in this Congress
but, my friends. we are in for
another. and perhaps even
tougher, battle next year"
Doubts Mckay Statement.
Senator Kefauver said you
can be sure" what Secretary of
the Interior McKay's recent
statement of the administra-
titons power policy means.
But he declared: I'VE have
concrete actions, in almost every
move that has been made, both
legislatively and administratively
since January"
With respect to the admins
tration, he said this policy is il
lustrated in:
l. Mr.. McKay's withdrawal of
the Interior Departments oppo-
sition to private development of
Hells Canyon, on the Idaho
Oregon border-"with presiden-
tial blessing"
2. A proposed contract"
which has not been signed, un-
der which, he said, the Interior
Department would sell power
from the Bonneville dam in
Washington to private utilities
and let them resell, on their
terms, to the co-operatives and
municipalities"
Blow at iva Missed.
Congress, he said, aimed at
the heart of IVA, but missed" I"
and hearings have been held on
a bill to turn over Niagara Falls
''to the private power trust
President Eisenhower, Senator
Kefauver went on. pledged. dur
ing the campaign, to operate
iva at maximum efficiency.
He said it was time to re-
mind him of another pledge, and
quoted the President as saying
in Nebraska last fall that what
we are going to get is an honest
deal"
That's right. President Eisen-
hover" said the Senator. And
we are tired of this raw deal
in public power We, who be-
lieve in public power, just want
an honest deal"
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Bermuda Gets Light Blow
As Hurricane Loses Force
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI. Fla, Sept. 12.-Weak-
ened hurricane Dolly sideswiped
Bermuda lightly today and then
whirled out into the open At
lantic and a course pointing
away from the United States.
Cecil Gentry, forecaster at the
Miami Weather Bureau. said
observers on Bermuda reported
the eye of the storm reached
there at 1:49 am. (EDT.
Winds of Al miles per hour
were registered and there was
considerable rain.
United States Air Force planes
were flown to MacDill Field,
Tampa, Fla, in advance of the
storm.
Mr.. Gentry said it was ap-
parent that Bermuda felt winds
from the weak side only. 4
Evening star., 1953-09-12

changes in the law permitting
some forms of secondary boy
colts.
The belief that any Secre-
tary of Labor undertaking to
obtain a liberalizing of adj
ministration labor policy must
not only overcome the resist
ance of conservative Repub-
licanS in Congress, but also of
the conservatives in the cab
met. Chiefly in mind are Sec
retaries Wilson, Summerfield,
Humphrey, Benson and Weeks.
The conviction that the
President has neither the cour-
age nor the political know
how required to make good
his campaign promise con-
cerning labor legislation. Labor
leaders quoted hopefully for a
time. but now quote bitterly,
the Presidents speech to the
AFL convention last year. in
which he said:
Il have talked about the
Taft Hartley Act both with
labor and industry people. 1
know the law might be used
to break unions. That must
be changed. America wants
no law licensing union busting.
And neither do T."
Then there was his state
ment in his State-of- the Union
message that he would send
specific recommendations" to
Congress concerning the Taft
Hartley Act. The recommen-
datlons presumably were in the
letter that never was sent.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Clergy
Continued From First Page

nected with the Methodist
Church.
In New York last night Ward
vehemently denied the testimony
about him as completely
false"
Gitlow also named Ward as
a minister who carried out the
instructions of the Communist
Party or collaborated with it"
But Gitlow said the key figure"
for the Communists IN the re-
ligious field was Robert w.
Dunn, head of the Labor Re-
search Association He referred
to Dunn as having been "con-
nected with the Quakers' relief
organization and with the Young
Mems Christian Association"
Accused Ministers identified.
Others involved lin the Com
munist conspiracy to subvert the
Methodist Church for Com
muniSt purposes" Gitlow teStl-
fed, included the Rev. Jack R,
McMichael, the Rev Charles c,
Webber, the Rev. Alison =. Smith,
DR.. Willard Uphaus. Margaret
Forsyth. the Rev Lee II. Ball
and Prof. Walter Rauterstrauch,
Still others named in the
committees report included DR..
William B. Spofford, ST., the
Rev. Irwin st. John Tucker. the
Rev. Claude Williams, the late
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and the
Rev. John Haynes Holmes.
In Conway, N. H., DR.. Uphaus
said of Gitlow's reference to
him: ITS silly, unfounded; it
isn't true" DR.. Uphaus said the
other clergymen mentioned ale
all genuine Christians.
DR.. Spofford. reached at
S1nkhannock, Pa. said: Il am
Evening star., 1953-09-12
U. 5. Request for Cut
In U. n. Budget Costs
Voted by Committee
By The Assoeioted Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y,
Sept. lathe United Nations
Committee on Contributions has
approved a long standing
United States request that the
American share of United Ma
tions costs be cut from 1912
per cent to 33la per cent.
Only two Iron Curtain men,
bers of the donation committee
dissented from yesterdays ma
jority ruling favoring the reduc-
ton in the American share Of
the annual budget. They were
the Soviet Union and Czecho-
Slovakia.
The cut would be effective for
the 1854 fiscal year. The annual
cost of the international Or
ganization has been running
between SAT million and $50
million.
The committee also recon-
mended Russia's share be raised
from 1928 per cent of the
budget to 14.15 per, cent. Bri-
tain's share would be reduced
from 1913 per cent to 9.8 per
cent.
Slight Observation-Disclosures l
per cent-were recommended
for 10 other countries.
The United States has COM
planned for several years that
no one country should pay more
than a third of the United Ma
tons costs. In the past. several
small cuts in the United States
payments schedule and rises in
the Russian payments have re-
suited in Soviet criticism,
Evening star., 1953-09-12
CAB Reveals Rates
For Air Speedup Test
On First-CIass Mail
By the As.oeio,ed Pres,

The Civil Aeronautics Board
has issued proposed rates for the
carriage of ordinary first-class
mail by air between Chicago
and three East Coast cities.
The board ordered the four
scheduled airlines now carrying
air mail between the cities to
show cause why it should not
put the rates into effect.
Postmaster General Summer
field has estimated that the
shifting of large volumes of sur
face mail from rail to plane
movement between Chicago and
the East would speed deliveries
by as much as "a hours.
The board proposed for the
four airlineS-American, Cap
ital. TWA and United-a rate of
1856 cents ton mile Zone ton
carried one mile) for direct nom
stop service between Chicago
and New York-Newark, and
20,O4 cents a ton mile between
Chicago and Washington.
For Test Period.
This would be for a Limited
experimental period only" The
board said the experiment would
end September 80, 1854. The
rate is about the same as for
shipment by rail.
The regular firSt-claSs mail
would be carried only subject
to prior movement of all regu-
lar air mail, passengers and air
express.
American and United already
have filed petitions expressing
their willingness to share in the
experiment.
TWA has indicated it also
will join the program. A spokes-
man for Capital said his COM
pany had not yet decided.
Mr.. Summerfeld, in making
the proposal to the board last
Tuesday. said two scheduled
freight airlines. Slick and Fly
ing Tiger, also have approved
the proposal.
However, a CAB spokesman
SAID neither Slick nor Flying
Tiger is authorized to haul mail.
The airlines get a minimum OF
As cents a ton-mile for carrying
air mail.
American, United and TWA
said they are willing to carry
regular mail at the lower rate
on a space-available basis.
Air Mail to Continue.
Air mail postage for letters is
6 cents, and for postcards 4
cents, twice the rate for regu-
lar mail. Mr.. Summerfield said
he believed the public would
continue to use the air mail de-
spite the higher cost, to insure
quick delivery of important let
terS>~
Some newspapers and other
preferential mail also will move
by air, along with first-class let
ters under the new program.
The Post Office Department
estimates two million letters a
day move between the cities in
volved. Regular mail shipments
between New York and Chicago
average 10 tons a day each way.
Shipments from Chicago to
Washington average six tons a
day, and from Washington to
Chicago three -and-a- half tons a
day.