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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-01-07
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Verne Carter flew to Florida on
Thursday night to see the Orange
Bowl Game, coming home on Sun
day with friends by auto.
Those on the sick list this week.
end and in the hospital are Mrs.
Roy Stout, Mrs. John Hays, Mrs.
Claude Hobbs, and Mr.. Calvin
Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boerum
were overnight guests Tuesday of
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Nehouse of Cedar Grove.
Wednesday, Mr.. and Mrs. Nehouse
came home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Boerum for the New Years week.
end. On Friday the four of them
spent the day with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Brumbo of Arlington, Vir-
ginia.
Last weekend Mrs. Granville
Thompson had as her guests Mrs.
Daisy Gray and Willard Gray of
Pittsfeld, Mass. Overnight guests
on Saturday were Misses Margaret
and Annie Seay of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicky Hobbs are
spending a few days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Hobbs.
The January Homemakers Meet
ing for the Colesville Club will
meet today, Jan. s with Mrs.
Charles Upton. The new president,
Mrs. Eugene Kengla will be in
charge.
Hamilton Hobbs of Schenectady,
New York, spent the Christmas
holidays with his mother and sis
tiers.
Dinner guests on Tuesday of
Mrs. Annie Nehouse of Woodfeld
were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boerum,
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Hobbs and
Harry Daley of Colesville, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Nehouse of Cedar
Grove.
Franklin Hobbs, who was in an
automobile accident in the early
fall, is able to be back to work,
but still uses a crutch.
Mrs. Ben Jewette is home from
the hospital and doing nicely.
Eddie Stevins, is out of training
and left this week for Clearwater.
Fla. to visit his mother who is
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-01-07


Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Waters are
touring Florida and expect to see
much new scenery for which Flor
ida is famous.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Briggs have
just returned from a lovely visit
at Hialeah, Florida, having motored
there and back reporting a grand
trip.
DR.. and Mrs. C. A. Brubaker are
spending this week in Baltimore
attending an evangelistic confer
ence and a vacation Bible school
clinic.
A cordial welcome is extended to
all of our friends to attend our
dedicatory service at the German
town Baptist Church on the Biffle
Ford Road, Sunday, January 7th,
at 2:30 pm. Our state executive
secretary, DR.. Clifton C. Thomas,
will deliver the dedicatory sermon.
There will be special music and
speakers. Following the afternoon
service we will serve refreshments
and will be happy to have you with
us and attend the evening services.
Training Union at 6:45 and preach
ing services at 7:30 by Rev. Ralph
Neighbor who belongs to the Billy
Graham staff in Washington, D. C.
He will lead in our week long evan
gelistic services beginning the
evening of Jan. 18th and running
through January oath. He will be
assisted by various groups of
musicians and singers.
Mr.. ]. M. Corbett, an sc years
young gentleman from York, Pa,
is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. u.
Leaman, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Browning
visited with their son and family
Robert in Takoma Park during the
holidays.
Mrs. Mary Snyder has returned
from visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. Frost, Frontville, Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Wright
request your presence at the we'd
ding of their daughter Miss Jean
Arlene Umberger and Mr.. Scott
Whitworth at 500 pm. on Janu-
airy 14th at the Germantown Bap-
fist Church. Miss Jean is the
daughter of Mrs. Fletcher Wright
and the late Mr.. Eugene Umberger.
She is a graduate of Gaithersburg
High School and is now employed
at Guides nursery office in Rock
vile.
Mr.. Whitworth is the son of Mrs.
Helen Whitworth, Washington
Grove, and is member of the
400th Military Police Battalion,
Fort Meyer, Virginia. DR.. c. A.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-01-07
Press Group to Be
Luncheon Guests at
Suburban Hospital

The Montgomery County Press
Association will be luncheon guests
of the Board of Trustees of Su-
burban Hospital Friday, January
8, in the hospitals dining room.
The luncheon will follow, a tour
Of the hospital to be conducted by
Mrs. Amelia Many Carter, super
intendent.
Details of the hospitals annual
$4,000 funds campaign will be
described at the affair.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-01-07

gomery Avenue, alterations, 5000.
Elmer Stokes, 600 Baltimore
Road, construction of dwelling,
$4,000.
Hamilton w. Wells, 1908 Arden
mes Avenue, alterations, $500.
James Wynckoaf. 1401 Lang
brook, repairs, $1,000.
Martin Yassar, permits 1882
through 4035 for construction of
dwelling on lots Is, 16, II, and 10,
Beall Avenue, at an estimated cost
of $4,000 each.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Responsibility for Free Wet Nam Rests With West

Hope for q non-C Communist VIC
tory in the July. 1856, elections in
Wet Nam depends more on what
France and the United States do in
South Wet Nam than on what the
Wet Namese do themselves.
The Wet Namese, of course, have
a key role to play but they can't
get started in it until the two West
e1n powers act.
Only il the Wet Namese are
shown they'll be better of without
the Communists can the free world
hope to win. And this cannot be
demonstrated unless:
!. France drops all the controls
she still exercises In Wet Nam.
2. The United States treats South
Wet Nam like an adult in distress
instead Of an embarrassing step
nephew. =
French Premier Pierre Mendes-
France has promised that complete
independence for South Wet Nam
is on the way. The formal an
nouncement, expected last week,
OIOk1 y COt1Ss buV even WHICH the
proclamation is published, no one
can be sure that the Wet Namese
will get full control Of their affairs:
Finonce Control
Ever since March 8. 1949, when
Wet Nam was first given its Gin
dependence" the French have clung
tightly to financial and trade con-
trols-not always to the advantage,
of the Wet Namese. For instance,
the French devalued the piastre
from II francs to 10 francs in May,
1858, without consulting the Wet
Namese. That wiped out Al per
cent Of the already scanty purchas-
ing power Of the Wet Namese peas
ant, and no one there has forgotten
it. To date, in South Wet Nam,
there has been no French move to
relax these key financial and trade
controls.
So far, the French have taken
only two steps In the direction of
Evening star., 1954-08-08

that a foreign yard would charge,
and the line is supposed to be given
the difference in cost between op-
Grating that ship with an American
and foreign crew.
This 100 per cent of parity" sup
port for the maritime industry has
kept a good many American ship
pers in business. but it has not
achieved the goal Of a modern and
ample operating and building pro-
gram.
More Help Wanted
The industry wants more help,
and wants the help extended to
tramp. coastal and inland vessels.
The Commerce Department and
Maritime Administration recently
collaborated on a study to learn
whether the Government could and
should give more help. It's report
is not official administration policy.
but it shows how the Presidents
advisers are thinking.
Conclusions of the committee
were these: Construction of so mer-
chant ships should be ordered each
year so that Cd about $4,000 men
could be kept busy on construction
alone. and CD ships becoming OBJ
solete can be replaced. Annual cost
Evening star., 1954-08-08

tration (Which handles economic
add. the United States Information
Agency (Which supervises public
relations programs abroad) and the
Department OF State are awaiting
the results Of studies now going on
in the field before they decide what
this country can do to help.
Secretary Of State John Foster
Dulles has indicated that emphasis
will be on economic aid. This con-
forms to the Wet Namese estimate
OF the most effective means of in
f1uencing the Wet Nam voter. But
the Wet Namese are hoping 1t will
not take long to complete the study
phase.
Urgency Underlined
Almost full year is required to
get an economic aid program going
once 1t has been settled on. The
elections in Wet Nam are only two
years away. It viii be a touch-and-
go race to bring the results of this
aid to the attention Of the Wet
Namese voters. 80,
Only results, Of course-roads. ir-
rlgation systems. bridges, farm i'm
plements, fertilizers, homes for the
homeless. land for the landless-will
stand any chance OF convincing the
Wet Namese people that non-Com-
munist candidates, with their free
world friends, are the hope of the
future.
The Wet Mimi, for their part, NAV
have less to give but they are more
prompt to give it. They have their
land reform program, Communist
style. all set and ready to go. Land
lords in Wet Mimi country have
been getting their come-uppance in
the same countryside ; kangaroo
courts that the Chinese used so
widely. And landless peasants have
been getting land. The process is
now being accelerated north of the
17th parallel. Wet Mini popularity
in the next few years-before the
collectivitization phase starts
stands to gain. not recede.
Evening star., 1954-08-08

to the Government would be about
$400 million.
The report also recommended
streamlining existing subsidy pro-
grams and encouraging more eco
nomical operation.
congressman have stepped in with
bills to implement the committee
recommendations. Representative
Thor c. Tollefson of Washington.
a ranking Republican on the Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries Com
mittee, introduced bill to author
ize annual construction of so ships.
Senator John Marshall Butler, Re-
publican, of Maryland has offered
a perhaps more realistic bill calling
for 20 ships a year.
Neither bill has been acted on.
Majority Fovors Aid
Inaction on these bills does not
mean Congress is unsympathetic to
the maritime problem. Some mem
bers Of the House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee and the
Senate Commerce Committee believe
the maritime industry has all the
help 1t really needs, but the ma
jority sentiment is for. more aid.
Congress this year appropriated
$50 million to finance construction
in private yards Of several ships for
the Military Sea Transportation
Service.
Two other aid bills were just sent
to the White House. One would per-
NIT the Government to buy old
tankers provided the sellers used the
money to build new ones. The other
would permit the Navy to order 20
tankers at a cost of $50 million.
A bill to spend $25 million to start
a program Of repair and moderniza-
ton Of merchant vessels in the
mothball feet has passed both
houses and Is in conference. Two
measures to provide Government
guarantees for ship-construction
loans and to require that so per cent
OF the foreign shipments made in
connection with Government orders
each have cleared one house.
With Congress swamped by the
usual session-end work load. some
Of these and other pending bills are.
Of course, doomed. And bills which
have passed but need appropriations
will have to wait for later money
bills.
There will be some immediate
patching Of the one-hoss shay, but
q. complete overhaul Job Is not yet
in sight.
Evening star., 1954-08-08

men who have money and jobs in
vested in the maritime industry, but
1t also could be tough for the Nation
If another war came.
Belief in the Importance Of the
merchant marine is bipartisan.
President. Eisenhower has said:
American industrial prosperity
and military security both demand
that we maintain a privately oper-
ated merchant marine adequate in
size and Of modern design to insure
that our lines of supply for either
peace or war will be safe"
And President Truman's Advisory
Committee on the Merchant Marine
said in 1947:
"A modern, efficient merchant
fleet and an effective and progress
sive shipbuilding industry are neces-
sary economic adjuncts to the peace
time economy of the United States
and are indispensable to national
security"
# the maritime industry is so in
dispensible. why isn't it fourishing?
Simple-it costs too much.
To find markets for their products,
shipbuilders must sell cheaper than
their foreign competition. But they
can't. Construction costs, particu-
Evening star., 1954-08-08
By Riehord FrykIund

The bulk Of the United States
merchant marine is scheduled to fall
apart like the wonderful one-hoss
shay some time between 1860 and
1865.
And, while the feet sails nervously
toward its doom, the American ship
building industry, instead of rejuve-
mating the merchant marine, is
gradually fading away.
These two disasters are worrying
a good many men in the administra-
ton, on Capitol Hill and in the
maritime industry. There is general
agreement that the maritime indus
try cannot be allowed to decline and
disappear. The problem, however,
is to meet the crisis in a way that
Uncle Sam can afford.
The dimensions Of the crisis can
be grasped readily with few figures:
Eighty per cent Of the 1,248 ocean,
going merchant ships operated by
American companies at the first Of
this year were built during World
War II. The normal useful life Of
a merchant ship Is about 20 years.
So in short spani Of half d decade.
starting about six years from now.
four-f1fths Of the merchant feet win
become too old and worn to be op-
Grated profltably.
Shipbuildine Decline
Meanwhile the shipbuilding in
dustry Is failing to turn out replace
mentS for those aging ships. New
ship construction is dropping rapidly.
Just one and one-half years ago 90
major merchant vessels were under
construction. Six months ago only
48 ships were being built. And one
month ago that number had dwin-
died to %. At the end of this year
it will be two.
Not one order for o privately
owned, ocean-going merchant ship
has been received by an American
shipyard since November, 1852.
Repair work, construction Of In
land vessels and Government con-
tracts have kept some yards alive,
but employment In all kinds of
private shipyards declined from
128.00 persons to l06,0 persons in
the past year. The number building
merchant ships In the major coastal
yards was $4,000 In 1853. win, y
about 10000 this year and 1.300
next year.
An this y tsNsh. q -sssEss. see
Evening star., 1954-08-08

larly labor, run almost double that
OF the competitors. So a modern,
28,000-ton tanker which can be pur-
chased at foreign yard for about
$4.5 million would cost around 81
million at Baltimore.
And once an American ship hits
the high seas, it Is even less able
to compete. It costs about $23, 900 a
month to operate a Liberty type
vessel with an American crew. A
Norwegian shipowner with a Nor
wegian crew can operate the same
ship for $500, an Italian for $4,-
ESQ, a japanese for $1,000.
It adds up to this: The high-cost
operators get fewer cargoes, make
less money-and make do with old
World War II vessels because they
can't afford to modernize.
The problem of competition is an
old one and has been attacked Wig
orously by the Government. The
1896 Merchant Marine Act provides
for subsidy Of both construction
and operation of American ships
used in regularly scheduled foreign
service. With Uncle Sam chipping
in generously. shipping line is sup
posed to be able to buy an American
vessel for about the same price
Evening star., 1954-08-08
By EorI II Noss

withdrawal. One, while only SYM
bolic, is important. The French are
quitting Saigon's big Norodom
Palace in Saigon. where their COM
missioners have ruled despite five
independence" announcements.
The other step. like previous
French Withdrawals" sounds big
ger than 1t is. The French have
promised to give the Wet Namese
control Of their own army, which
until now has been sprinkled around
among units Of the French Union
forces. The joker is that equipment
for the Wet Namese is doled out by
the French.
Paydays for civil servants, the
police, the Wet Namese army--in
fact, all the government-meanwhile
still depend on the French They
make all basic financial decisions
and control exports and imports.
Wet Nam needs more than French
withdrawal, however. It needs the
moral and economic support of the
free Sworld, the United States in
particular.
Not all terms Of the Indo- China
armistice have been made public,
although the Wet Nam agreement is
known. But it has been announced
that military aid for South Wet
Nam has been prohibited, on much
the same terms as outside aid was
forbidden in the Korean truce.
There is, however. nothing to stop
the West from inviting Wet Nam
to q few international conferences
on economic and social affairs. The
Wet Namese hope such invitations
will be coming soon. If the meetings
were to produce internal plans for
relieving economic distress in Wet
Nam. the on-Communist cause
could derive good-sized boost.
Economic aid, of course, would
have to come largely from the United
States.
The Foreign Operations Admins
Evening star., 1954-08-08

luytOH OISU - tVP SVUUSU sSUUSts
challenge Of their personal duty In
the light Of the tremendous truth
that the Lord Of Heaven is soon to
return in Judgment to this earth"
One Of Washington's noted church
leaders. DR.. Theodore o. Wedel,
warden Of the College Of Preachers,
Washington Cathedral. recently OBJ
served that Europeans take the
early second coming of Christ more
seriously than We do.
Six Sub Themes
The six sub-themes Of the council
conference fall naturally into pairs.
The first pair treats Of doctrine:
. Faith and Order-Our UNITY
h Christ and Our DtswDtty Gs
Churches" The disputes, doctrinal
and otherwise. that separate the
churches despite their underlying
unity in Christ, win be explored.
. "EpGnoeltsns-the Mission OF the
ChNrch to Those Outside Her Life"
Delegates will study what holds the
churches back In their appeal to
those outside. They viii consider
what can be done to bring the gospel
to these people.
The second, pair concerns the
churches role in our troubled world:
. Social QuestionS-the Respon-
sible Society in a World Perspective."
How to keep the church independ-
ent Of and above theology and So
ciety. and how to express the
church'S position on relevant social
and political problems will be objects
Of study.
. international A Christians
IN the Struggle for World Conn1u-
Evening star., 1954-08-08
Second Advent Touchy Item at World Church Meeting

World Council oficials who ex-
plain what their organization's aims
are start by saying what they are
not. The World Council is not a
super church, they insist. but body
OF independent denominations CO.
operating for common good. The
organization has neither the au-
thority. the machinery nor the de-
sire to impose policies on its menu
ber churches. Whatever effect its
pronouncements have must come
from moral persuasion.
The councils goals are to help
churches act jointly on matters of
common concern: to promote CO.
operation, among denominations in
studies that can be undertaken to-
gether; to expand the worldwide
movement; to establish relations
with other world church federations:
and to support churches in their
evangeliStic efforts.
Ultimate authority Of the council
resides in the assemblies, which
meet every fiye years. because of
unusual conditions, the gathering
slated for 1853 was put on until
this year, During the interim 4
Central Committee OF Ninety. meet
ing annually. and an Executive Com
mittee Of Twelve, meeting semi-an
nually. directs the Organizations
activities.
Six Presidents \
There are six presidents, each
heading particular area. They
are Archbishop Athenagoras OF
Greece. Greek Orthodox: DR.. Marc
Boegner Of France, Reformed
Church Of France; Bishop Eivind
Berggrav Of Norway, Lutheran; DIR.
Geofrey Fisher Of England, Angli-
can, and Bishop q. Bromley Oman
OF the United States. Methodist. The
sixth, Miss Sarah Chakko Of India.
died during the past year.
An American who has devoted his
long life to tho ecumenicsl move
ment. DR.. John r. Mott, 10 honorary
president.
Council headquarters are in Gene
Va. Switzerland, and offices are also
maintained in London and New
York. A travelling secretary covers
East Asia.
Evening star., 1954-08-08
By cospor Names
Religious News Editor Of The Stci

How should the prospect of
Christ's second advent influence
the Christians hope for the future
of the world?
Developing debate on this problem
threatens to split the six-year- -old
World Council Of Churches, which
opens its second gigantic assembly
in Chicago's Soldiers Field next
Sunday.
The meeting, which will last 16
days. is regarded as one of the most
important religious gatherings ever
held in the United States. Repre-
sentatives from 48 countries and
161 Protestant and Eastern ortho-
dox denominations will attend. They
will represent 100 million people.
Most of the sessions of the confer
ence will be held at Northwestern
University in Evanston, III.
Unity Problem
Unity has been one of the main
problems for this highly hetero-
geneous organization which was or
ganized in Amsterdam in August,
1948. Disunity was probably the
last thing the World Councils Gen.
trail Committee intended to stir up
when 1t chose the theme for the
second assembly: Christ, the Hope
of the World.
But during recent months it has
become apparent that the prospect
Of Christ's second coming will be q
matter Of controversy at the meeting.
In choosing the theme. the CEN
trail committee asserted that the as
sembly Should make q serious at
tempt to declare, In relation to the
modern world, the faith and hope
which are affirmed In it's own basis
and By which the churches I've"
However, Or. Henry r. Van Dusen,
pCesidsnt Of the Union Theological
Seminary Of New York. envisions the
coNnOil theme as 'the degree, II any,
to which expectation Of Cbrist's re-
turn to bring . terminus to human
history should control and determine
Christian hope"
But the debate on this oontro-
vegsial theological issue, the infiu-
entail Christian Century warns, can
"drive lines Of division through local
congregations (and)s can even
cost the preacher on courthouse
square his job"
Another religious publication, Signs
Of the Times. contends nobody can
stop the debate.
"And when it comes millions Of
people all over the world will. be led
to think Of Christ's second advent as
they have never thought of 1t be-
fore. They will be faced with the
Evening star., 1954-08-08


nifty" The Christian attitude on
such tense issues 40 antagonisms
between Soviet Russia and the free
world. the atomic s-.-As race, and
the promotion Of human rights and
fundamental freedoms win be eval-
uated.
The relationship Of the church to
people as individuals il the link in
the third pair:
. "Intergroup Rslations- the
Church Amid Racial and Ethnic
Tensions" Delegates will seek an
answer to this question: What can
be the Christian contribution to-
ward alleviating tensions arising out
Of color and ethnic differences?
. "The LGity-the Christian In HIS
Vocation" Two questions Will be
studied: Where does the layman At
in church life? How can he apply
his Christian principles In the world
about him?
There are several side problems
causing anxiety among responsible
officials. One is the admission Of
delegates from Iron Curtain cosln-
Evening star., 1954-08-08

y
tries. Some church people and at
least one American Legion unit have
protested the entry Of Prof. Joseph
L. Hromadka Of Czechoslovakia and
others.
Another worry Is that q heavy
diet Of theological vocabulary might
disgust Americans, who will then
turn from the whole business as
beyond comprehension or interest"
Worshippers will come from PAX
istan and Brazil. Sweden and China,
Austria and France for the mo-
mentous Festival Of Faith" serv-
Ice in Soldiers Field, Chicago, which
will open the two-week meeting.
More than 100000 people are ex-
pected TO attend.
They viii see 5000 actors present
the gospel story Of creation, re-
demption and salvation In pag-
eantry, music and drama.
Six hundred delegates. 600 ofacial
visitors. $50 consultants and 100
youth delegates. will participate in
the subsequent business Of the con-
ference.