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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04

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Evening star., 1954-10-09
By Bill ToIbott

When the Methodist Church
rededicated it's newly furnished
Simpson Memorial Chapel in the
Methodist Building at 100 Mary
land avenue NE. last Wednes-
day, the event recalled one of
the most colorful couples in the
history of American Methodism.
The chapel is named for Bish-
op Matthew Simpson and his
wife, who were active in church
leadership during the time of
Abraham Lincoln. Bishop Simp-
son was in charge of the church's
Philadelphia area, which at that
time included Washington.
Was a Friend of Lincoln
He was close friend Of Lin
coin, frequently advising him on
major decisions and speaking for
him at meetings during Lincoln's S
presidency. He was SO close to
the Lincoln family that he went
with them to Springfield, ILL.,. af-
ter Lincoln's death and delivered
a funeral grafton at his grave.
Bishop Simpson was a great
orator of his time.
His personality was so dynamic
that one of his friends said
g. he is so full of this mag
netism that if you touch him
you get an electric spark"
He served as an arbiter in
many church problems of the
day. Possibly the most impor-
tant of these was the argument
over the custom of selling church
pews, a problem which ranked
church members for over 20
years. He also was instrumental
in preventing disputes in the
denomination over the mixing
of men and women in seating
during services and the admis-
sion of laymen to the general
conference.
A prominent temperance lead
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Star Church News
Must Be Received
BY "Wednesday Noon

Church officers charged
with sending notices to The
Star are advised that the in
formation must be received
by the Religious News Editor
before Wednesday noon pre-
ceding the Saturday of pub
lication.
This time observance will
be strictly enforced.
All material should be
typed, double-spaced and on
the church letterhead.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Harvest Service 10 Be Held
Al Cathedral Tomorrow

Washington Cathedral will be
decorated with the fruits OF
autumn tomorrow for the pm
service of harvest thanksgiving
Shocks of corn, fruits and
flowers will be used. The Rev
James M. Duncan, rector of the
Ascension and st. Agnes Episco-
pal Church, will preach.
The Rev. Canon Charles r.
Stinnette will preach at the II
am. service of morning prayer
Communion will be celebrated
at 8 am. in st. Mary's Chapel
by the Rev. Canon G. Gardner
Monks and at $50 am. in Beth
lehem Chapel by the Rev. Canon
Theodore o. Wedel.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Rededicoted Chapel Recalls
Methodist Bishop and Wife

er long before the days of pro-
hibition, he also was active in
woman suffrage campaigns.
A sick person for most of his
life, he gained strength from his
wife, Ellen Werner Simpson.
She nursed him through many
illnesses and worked with him
in his church programs. She
was active in charity work, the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, revivals and the organ
ization Of benevolent groups.
Furnished by Daughters.
The chapel was furnished
originally in 1929 with $4,000
donated by the Simpsons two
spinSter daughters, whose gift
was anonymous at the time. The
walls were done in walnut pan
cling. Heavy velvet drapes hung
at the windows to add to a
decorative sc h en- e considered
lush at the time.
Today's modernization has
lightened the decor with white
walls and colonial-styled pews.
Above the altar hangs a cross,
hand-carved in wood and
painted with gold. It is on a
background of red velvet. Motifs
on the cross symbolic the
beauty Of Christianity going out
to the four corners of the earth.
A surmounting crown is symbolic
of eternal life.
The chapel has long been used
for interdenominational services
by members of the Capitol Hill
community. 1t also is used for
annual meetings of the Method
ist Board of Temperance which
has it's headquarters in the
Methodist Building.
Every Wednesday from IL to
l pm. a special prayer program
will be held, with members Of
Congress invited to participate.
The chapel is the only one in
the Capitol Hill area open for
prayer throughout the day.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Bishop Boynton to Speok

The Right Rev. Charles F,
Boynton. suffragan bishop of
New York, will preach on Faith
Of Our Fathers" at 8 pm.
Wednesday in Washington Ca
thedral at a solemn evensong
sponsored by the Washington
Richmond Branch of the Ameri-
can Church Union. The Rev.
James Richard, rector Of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, will be
the celebrant.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Christianity Lectures
To Beqin Eiqhth Year

A series of christianity and
Modern Man" lectures will begin
their eighth year at $50 pm. on
Tuesday in Taylor Hall, Beauvoir
School, just east of the Wash
ington Cathedral apse.
The Rev. Albert T. Mollegen
New Testament professor at
Virginia Theological Seminary
will give a nine-week course in
St. Marks Gospel. Laymen OF
all denominations have been in
vited and the ST course fee has
been waived for ministers.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Takoma Park Church
To Mark 10Th Year

Grace Methodist Church, Ia
koma Park, will celebrate its
tenth anniversary next week.
1t will hold a reception for
charter members and former
pastors at 5 pm. tomorrow, a
ladies' night program at 8 pm,
Tuesday and A community
church night at 8 pm. Wednes-
day at which Methodist Bishop
G. Bromley Oman will speak.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
chaplain of the United States
Senate, will speak at an ami
versary banquet at 7 pm. Thurs
day in the petworth Methodist
Church.
The Rev. Harold r. Hodgson,
first pastor of the church. will
preach at $3.50 and IL am. to-
morrow. DR.. Philip c. Edwards,
superintendent of the Methodist
East Washington District, will
preach at $50 am. the following
Sunday.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Perish Worker Named

Miss Opal Werner will be COM
missioned AS the parish worker
Of First Trinity Lutheran Church
Fourth and E streets NV, to-
morrow. Miss Werner, who will
specialize in youth work. will be
introduced by the pastor, the
Rev. H. B. Roepe, at the $3.50 ano
10:45 am. services.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Groundbreaking Set
For East Washington
Baptist Addition

The East Washington Heights
Baptist Church will break ground
tomorrow for a $325,OO0 addition
to its building at Alabama and
Branch avenues Sc.
Taking part in the ceremony
at 3 pm. will be DR.. Robert S.
Cooper, pastor; Ural Fisher.
chairman of the building COM
mittee; the Rev. Henry Osgood.
president of the D. c. Baptist
Convention: DR.. w. J. Crowder,
executive secretary of missions
for the convention, and DR.. Ar
mold T. Ohrn, executive secre-
tary of the Baptist World Alli-
ance.
To Include Steeple.
The new brick structure, with
a white portico and steeple, will
include a sanctuary and enlarged
educational facilities.
The enlarged church will seat
600 persons. The basement will
double as Sunday School space
and recreational rooms. The
building will be air conditioned.
A kitchen to serve 200 persons
will also be installed.
The East Washington Church
was organized in 1894 in what
was then a sparsely-settled sec
ton. Once surrounded by dairy
farms and dirt roads. the church
has grown to a membership Of
more than 900, with 1000 stu
dents enrolled in it's Sunday
school.
Due Next Fall.
The building is expected to
be completed by fall of next
year.
Others taking part in tomor-
rows ceremonies include the old
est and youngest members Of
the church; Charlie White, Sum
day school superintendent: Rob-
ert Rowland, director of the
Baptist Training Union; Mrs.
Harry jenkins, president of the
Women'S group; John Zirkle.
president of the mems brother
hood. and the Rev. Luther
Rhodes, pastor of the Holy
Comforter Lutheran Church.
Evening star., 1954-10-09

of many area events in observ-
ance of the Marian Year. Pope
Plus XII has proclaimed 1854 a
year of special devotion to the
Virgin Mary. This year is the
Tooth anniversary of the proc
lamation of the dogma of the
Immaculate Conception as an
article of faith for Catholics.
Evening star., 1954-10-09

stadium OF
George Wash
ington Hi 6 h
School, Alex
andria.
The M o S t
Rev. Joseph H.
Hodges, aux
iliary bishop
of Richmond,
will sing the
mass.
T he mass,
expected 1 O
d ra W I'm or e
t h an $4,000
Evening star., 1954-10-09
Church Marks 5Oth Year

The Fifteenth Street Christian
Church, Kentucky avenue and
Fifteenth street Sc. will cele-
brate its fiftieth anniversary this
month. Special services will be
held at 8 pm. Wednesday and
on next Sunday afternoon. Oc-
tober II.
Evening star., 1954-10-09
PontificaI Mass 10 Draw
Virqinians 10 Alexandra

Catholics from all Northern
Virginia parishes will attend
solemn pontifical mass at $3.50
pm. tomorrow in the football
Evening star., 1954-08-15
HowKenyo Settlers Face the Mou Mou Terror

MWATATE, Kenya.-Kenya's hope
lies in the people on the spot in
Africa, those ordinary settlers who.
with humanity and local experience.
deal with the nightmare of Mau
Mau terror as it emerges and
prevent it from making headlines.
Such couple are Jenny and her
husband.
They settled in Kenya in 1912
and live in q small home facing the
Ngong Hills, on the edge of the
Nasal Reserve. On q rare trip to
Nairobi recently I met Jenny and
piled her with typical Kenya ques-
tionS. us there much trouble in
your neighborhood? Do you still
employ Kikuyu servants?"
"Weli. Of course" said Jenny, eve
still have Kenua. After all, he has
been with us for ~ years and our
home is his home. He has his own
little plot to cultivate, which. we
bought for him. and all his children
have been born on the place. Ac-
tually, we are more worried for his
safety then for ours-but have
not been foolish" she added
hastily.
Lived in Stone House
No, she had not been foolish. She
had taken the greatest care that
Kenua and his family be protected.
He. with his wife and children, live
In stone house behind Jennys, q
solid house that could not easily
be broken into. BY night he stays
in the security of his home. but
sometimes during the day he goes
for short outing.
What will you do, Kenua," she
asked him, ''if you are stopped by
bad men and asked to take q wicked
oath? It may happen at any time
and II you do not take it they viii
put rope around your neck and
strangle you. Have you thought
about this, Kenua?"
Eyes, Memsahib." he replied. II
know this is true. know ! must
make plan. If ] am stopped must
do what they order me to do and
get it over as quickly as / can. Then
i must somehow get back here and
tell you and the Bwana about it so
that you can protect me-"
A careful system was worked out
TO safeguard Kenua at night. He
was given q whistle upon which ne
was to blow three times II any one
tried to break into his home. II
strangers asked him to open up. say
Evening star., 1954-08-15

night when the moon was low. Jenny
and her husband were awakened by
screams Of terror from the hut.
yells that froze and stiffened them,
desperate cries for help. Then
Kenua's whistle pierced the cool
night air with three shrill blasts
which continued with growing
urgency in sequences Of three.
The elderly couple groped fran
tically for their dressing gowns.
They ran their fingers over the bed
side table until they grasped their
guns and flashlights. They has
tened to the rescue.
Unlocking doors. first Of the bed
room, then Of the veranda-doo
which held them in safety against
whatever might await them in the
blackness outside - they emerged
into the menacing night. Jenny
walked behind her husband as they
flashed their lights questioningly in
an effort to expose the secrets Of
the crowding trees and shrubs,
knowing that at any moment death
might spring from their conceal
ing foliage.
No Time for Fear
"But weren't you afraid?"
asked. There you were. practically
silhouettedl"
How could we be afraid. my
dear?" she asked. There was no
time to lose. We only knew the
ghastly things that might be hap
pening to those poor people in the
hut. Our only thought was that
we alone might be able to save
them. Our only hope was that we
would get there In time"
AS they neared the hut there was
soft rustic, as Of . nylon skirt, and
tWo shadows vanished quickly and
quietly and melted into the encom-
passing gloom. Only the hut, when
they reached it. was able to show its
record Of the raiding party. with
footprints circling around it and
I 9 door almost, but not quite,
battered down. They had got there
in time.
And what did you do then?" !
asked breathleesly.
Well. Of course, /" said Jenny. "we
told Kenua that his mother could
no longer sleep In the hut. That
no matter what her feelings were
she would have to adjust herself TO
sleeping IN ths stone housei"
Evening star., 1954-08-15
By janet Blood

ing, 1--WE are the police" he must
tell them that he could not open
his door unless he heard the voice
Of his Bwana or Memsahib, that
those were his instructions.
"We will come If you blow, Kenua,
as we have promised" Jenny told
him.
Mother Arrives
There was no need for the whistle
until Kenua's mother came and
asked for refuge which the kind
hearted Jenny and her husband
could not refuse. The old woman
had lived her life in mud hut and
the cold stone Of her sons house
made her uncomfortable; there was
too much air and she wanted the
soft earth around her and the smoke
from the fire.
Can my mother live in the small
hut behind my house?" Kenua asked.
Il will put my daughter with her
for company and we will be close
by" Reluctantly Jenny agreed,
though she pointed out that the
hut was insecure and. worse, in
flammable.
Not long afterward. on q dark
Evening star., 1954-08-15
United Fruit Is Fast With the Answers to Monopoly Charges

company now provides housing.
schools. medical care, hospitals,
recreational facilities, even COM
pany stores where necessities are
provided at cost.
Some Latin nationalists claim, this
shows the company is paternalistic:
That is. it plays too big a role in
the personal lives Of it's Latino en-
ployes. But the company says if it
didn't do these things. no one would.
1t willingly agreed to turn over its
hospitals to the Costa Rican gov
ernment, for instance. Yet thus
far the government has made no
efforts to take on that response
bility.
Problem of Biqness
The "bigness" of the company is
q huge. unassailable fact. But
"bigness" is illegal only when 1t can
be proved company is a monopoly.
Attorney General Brownell, jr..
says United Fruit is monopoly.
In the suit fled in New Orleans
Federal Court the Government
charges that with the exception Of
land in Ecuador, United Fruit owns,
leases or otherwise controls IS per
cent Of the land in the American
tropics suitable for banana culti-
vation."
Company Vice President and Gen.
eral Counsel Sam G. Baggett says
in reply that it could not possibly
pre-empt all or even major part
OF the good banana land. Any one
who wishes to risk his money can
find plenty of land as good for
growing bananas as any owned by
United Fruit"
The Government: United Fruit
has exercised a policy of ownership
or control Of all or a major por-
ton Of the railroad facilities in
the banana-producing countries of
Central or South America except
Ecuador" AS a result, the Govern
ntent says, competitors have been
curtailed or eliminated.
Mr.. Bagoett:: Our railroad and
wharf facilities in the American
tropics are public service facilities
which anybody can use, and other
banana exporters who are in the
position to utilize them do so."
The Government cites a close tie
between the company and Inter-
national Railways of Central Amer
Evening star., 1954-08-15

nority Of 18 per cent than to the
Greek majority of 80 per cent.
The United Nations stands for
the self-determination of peoples
and seeks to put down threats to the
peace, which Cyprus might become
If Britain insists on staying.
British Reactions
The Greeks and the Cypriots are
developing quite a following for
their side of the case. Even in
Britain they have many sympa-
thizers. The Manchester Guardian
complained recently about the
hypocrisy" of the Foreign once
stand.
The London News Chronicle criti-
cized the recent reaffirmation of the
OLD sedltion law. THE timing of
this particular piece of colonial
public relations is as crude and in
sensitive as could be devised after
hours of thought"
publication of such British COM
ments in the Cyprus press today
would be against the law. So would
winston Churchill's statement of
1907: Il think it is only natural that
the Cypriot people. who are of Greek
descent, should regard their incor-
poration with what may be called
their motherland as an ideals to be
earnestly. devoutly and fervently
cherished. Such a feeling is ar,
example Of the patriotic devotion
which SO nobly characterizes the
Greek nation"
The British also have a constitu-
ton they plan to give Cyprus. It
calls for a legislature whose majority
would be colonial officials and ap-
polnteeS of the British governor.
Only a minority of Cypriots would
be allowed. The parliament would
be prohibited from voting Cyprus
out OF the British Empire.
Another Suez?.
The Ethnarch of Cyprus, His
Eminence Archbishop Makarios, who
Is sort OF ecclesiastical counterpart
OF Egypts nationalistic leader. 1t.
Col. Canal Abdul Nasser. has
warned the British there is no guar
antee that the same thing that oc.
Cured at Suez could not happen in
Cyprus. "The struggle for union
with Greece) has always been
peaceful" the Archbishop says. but
recent events in Egypt have shown
that violence is always necessary to
expel an oppressive administration.
The question for Britain, and for
the United States, which must take
stand in the United Nations next
month, Is this:
Might not the British base in Cy-
prus last longer if enosis were per-
mitted now, before the Cypriots get
so riled they boot the British out
completely?
The British Foreign Office, OF
course, Is banking heavily on its
observation that Cypriot unionists
are not nearly so strong or numerous
as the Egyptian nationalists.
Evening star., 1954-08-15
Great Brtoin Grts Its Teeth and Hangs On in Cyprus

forefront Of the Cypriots' recent
battles to break away from the
British.
Last year the Greek government
sought private talks with the Brit
1sh on the future of Cyprus. Great
Britain rebuffed the overtures.
Greece is now going to the u. N.
AS result of the Suez settlement.
the British now intend to make
Cyprus their most important Middle
East base. And to suppress agita-
ton for "enosis" (union with
Greece, the British invoked an old
Sedition regulation which could ban
almost all favorable comment on
the proposal.
Britoin's Cose
Here are the arguments Britain
uses to defend its decision to keep
Cyprus: u
Long range defense considera-
tions are paramount. Britain has
mutual defense treaties with Jordan
and Iraq and another soon will be
arranged with Egypt for returning
to the Suez in case of a Middle
East emergency.
These commitments require a
strong base close to the scene.
Leasing the base. as Cyprus suggests,
would be much less secure than out
right ownership. Through govern
ment changes or other changes
Of circumstance. Greece and Britain
could have a falling out in years to
come.
Then Britain's base might be
Evening star., 1954-08-15

threatened. Greece might try to
cancel the lease. or refuse to renew
it.
. Legally Britain's title to Cyprus
is indisputable.
. Greece has not had title to Cy-
prus in modern times. Her claim to
sovereignty there is weak.
. The rights of the Turkish minor
ity must be protected. After all.
Britain got the island from Turkey,
not from Greece.
. According to the United Nations
charter, the question of Cyprus is
an internal matter, Of concern to
Britons and Cypriots alone.
Greek Side
Here is Greece's side of the story:
. The people of Cyprus have right
to self-determination. They are
overwhelmingly in favor of joining
Greece and their wishes should be
paramount.
. British defense will not be af-
fected by transfer of sovereignty.
The United Kingdom and NATO can
have whatever facilities they wish on
the island, and the Cypriots will
contribute at least a couple of divi-
sions to NATO armies which could
be stationed there.
Q Cyprus strategic Importance has
been exaggerated. Hitler didn't even
try to take it in World War II.
. Britain cannot justify paying
more attention to the Turkish mi
Evening star., 1954-08-15
BY Otto Schmidt

In biblical times Cyprus was
known as the island where the
Apostle Paul converted a high
Roman official to Christianity by
striking false prophet blind. (Acts,
xiii. 4-130 Today Cyprus has be-
come a uniquely controversial pawn
in world affairs.
The future Of the island is the
first subject OF open dispute within
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization.
Greece says Great Britain should
allow the Cypriots-who are mostly
Greeks-to vote themselves out of
the British Empire and into Greece.
Britain has legal title to the is
land, however. and is determined
to hang on for the long-range de-
Tense benefits she hopes to derive.
Her defense headquarters for the
whole Middle East are being set up
in Cyprus.
Greece is putting through formal
request next Friday that the United
Nations General Assembly take up
the question. The United States
thus will face another sticky ques-
ton of colonialism when the Cen
eral Assembly meets next month.
This country's sympathies nat
urally lie with people who are denied
the right Of self-determination. Yet,
supporting the Cypriots would risk
falling out with, our principal
ally, Great Britain. In previous
similar spots the United States has
let self determination wait, as in
its abstentions on North African
colonialism issues which have come
before the y. N.
But there has been new flavor
of colonialism in recent State
Department utterances and some
persons have taken these as q hint
the United States may try differ
ent tack this time.
History
Cyprus. the third largest island in
the Mediterranean, has popula-
tion Of about $4,000 people. 10000
OF them Greeks. Most of the rest
are Turks.
The island hasn't been under
Greek control since TOO BE-, how
ever. The Greeks and Phoenicians
colonized the island in about 1900
BIC. Eight hundred years later it
was plunged into millennium
series of occupations, some long.
some short. First Assyria, then
Egypt. then Persia, then Rome, then
the Crusaders. then the Venetians
conquered Cyprus. In 1870 the
Turks took over and held on for
800 years.
Since 1873 the British have been
in charge Through all those years,
to the astonishment Of historians.
the Greek Orthodox Church and
Greek ethnic characteristics have
not only survived but continued to
dominate.
The church. by tradition an inn
portant leader In political as well
o. religious matters, has been In the