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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16

ToHeur Bishop

The Right Rev. Angus Dun.
Bishop of Washington. WIN adj
dress representatives of Is Epis-
copal churches Wednesday on the
present and future status of the
Northern Convocation, Washing
ton Episcopal Diocese.
He will speak at the convoca-
tons annual spring meeting in
All Saints Church, Chevy Chase,
Md. Bishop Dun and his admin
istrative assistant, the Rev. Cor
nelius A. Wood. jr., will address
a $50 pm. dinner group.
THE Missionary Challenge Of
Today" will be discussed by
Bishop Dun on Thursday before
representatives of the Is parishes
of the Southern Convocation.
Its annual spring meeting will
be held at St. James Chapel,
Indian Head, Md. The Rev. H. S.
CoStain, Dean of the Southern
Convocation and host rector, will
preside.
. Bishop Dun will celebrate the
opening 10 am. Holy Commu-
Mon. Luncheon and the discus
sion period follow.
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11:15 am, and the 6:45 pm.
services at Mt. Vernon Place
Methodist Church, 900 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
The Rev. Jesse w. Myers,
director of the University Of
Maryland's Westminster Foun-
dalton, will be guest preacher at
$50 and IL am. services at
Sherwood Presbyterian Church,
Twenty-second and Varnuin
streets NE. His sermon topic
will be Eyes of Faith"
DR.. c. C. Meeden. pastor of
First Baptist Church, Haverhill.
Mass, will speak at both the
II am. and 7:45 pm. services at
Bethany Baptist Church, Four
teenth street and Colorado ave-
nue. NV.
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LUTHERAN MISSOURI SYNOD
LUTHERAN SERVICES
Missouri Synod)
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
BIBLE CLASSES, 9:45 AM.

BETHANY (Groveton, va.)
Beacon Hill Rd and Oak Dr., Rev.
John Graudin. Sunday School,
9:15 am; Worship. 1890 am.
OUR SAVIOR (ArlingtOn)
san sha $40 a and il s s.n, pau'
PILGRIM Investigate, Md
jamestown Rd and Flint Drive.
Rev Emo Lohrmann. IL am Sun
day School at Pilgrim and Western
TRINITY mt. Rainier)
VIM H. Rohn, $50 and IL am.
TRINITY (Hyattsville)
2sth and Longfellow. Rev. VIM.
GREENBELT (22 Ridge Rd.)
Rev Edward H. Birner $3.50 and
ASCENSION Landover Hills)
1919 roth Ave-. Rev. Henry
school, $40.
TRINITY (BOwie)
Bowie. Nd. Rev, Henry Schroeder.
$50 am: Sunday School. 1890.
Church of the Deaf I'd. c.
At Christ, 5101 18th St. NV.
Rev. w. A. Westerman. Call IA.
g-9552 for Time of Service.
1880 PM, WEAM, 1890
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Area Churches Announce
Sermon Topics, Speakers

The Rev. G. w. Harrison on
when Ye Pray"
Union Methodist - The Rev.
Edward B. Lewis on 'The Gate
Of He'll"
Bethesda Presbyterian - The
Rev. william Boyle on "One
World in Christ"
Gunton Temple NJ e m orial
Presbyterian-The Rev. Eric L.
Cowall concludes a series Of SER
mons on church symbols with
1.-THE River of Life"
HermOn Presbyterian, Cabin
John, Md.-The Rev. Willis Ber-
gen on Not Ashamed Of the
Gospel"
Old Presbyterian Meeting
House, Alexandria, Va. - COM
munin meditation on THE Sac
rament of Sorrow"
Wheaton Presbyterian - The
Rev. Neal N. Herndon. jr, on
1.-TWO or Three Together"
Sixth Presbyterian--The Rev.
Robert N. Oerter. jr., on 1.-THE
Ascension"
Navy Chapel, 1901 Nebraska
avenue N.W.-Chaplain o. w.
Jones on 1.-THE Tragedy of Peter
Pan" at 10:45 am.
Washington Ethical Society,
1892 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
DIR. Benjamin Karpman. chief
psychotherapist at st. Elizabeth,s
Hospital, will speak on My Pa
tient. the Criminal"
Church Of Christ-The Rev.
A. R. Holton on "A Colony Of
Heaven"
Northminster Presbyterian -
The Rev. Wilbur A. r. Siddons
on Christ The Answer"
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New Pastor Storts
At KenduII Baptist

The Rev. E. A. McGriff of
Enterprise, Ala. will start his
new assignment as pastor OF
Kendall Baptist Church. Ninth
street and independence avenue
S.W.. tomorrow. He succeeds the
Rev. Fred D. Bean. who resigned
recently to take a post at Prov
idence Baptist Church, Vienna,
Va.
Mr.. McGriff, Al. a native Of
Sullivan County, Ala. is a grad
uate of Clark College and South
western Theological Seminary.
He served pastorates IN VIII
mer, Tex. and Birmingham, Ala,
and comes here from Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church, En-
terprise.
Mr.. McGriff is married, has a
son, Davis B., and will live at
2518 @ street Sc.
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Cathedral to Offer
Rite Tomorrow
For Tennessee

Tennessee will be remembered
tomorrow in prayers at the
Washington Cathedral.
I The Stats flag will be carried
in the professionals at the II
am. and 4 pm. services and two
Tennessee students from the
National Cathedral School for
Girls will act as color guard at
the earlier service.
The, Rev. G. Gardner Monks.
Canon of the Cathedral. will
preach at the II o'clock service.
The Naval Academy choir will
sing at the 4 pm. service.
Holy communion services are
set for 8 am. in St. Mary's
Chapel and $50 am. in Bethle-
hem Chapel.
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Guest Preachers
Listed for PuIpits
In Area Tomorrow

Guest speakers viii occupy
many area pulpits tomorrow.
DR.. Laurence w. LANCE. sec
rotary for the department of
military personnel. Board of
Missions. Presbyterian Church,
will speak at IL am. at Claren-
don Presbyterian Church. Ar
lington.
DR.. Stephen S. White. editor
of the Church of the Nazarene's
Herald of Holiness" periodical.
will be guest speaker at 1880
am. and TAG. pm. services at
the First Church Of the Naza-
rene. Sixteenth and Webster
streets NV.
Saving the Foundations" will
be the subject of guest speaker
Albert ]. Penner at II am. at
Howard University's Andrew
Rankin Memorial Chapel. DR..
Penner is pastor of Broadway
Tabernacle Church. New York.
DR.. Ormond to Speak
The Rev. w. Berkeley Ormond,
pastor Of First Baptist Church,
Casper, Wyoming. will preach
on Points Of Emphasis" at 8.45
and IL am. services at Chevy
Chase Baptist Church, 5671
Western avenue NV. Mr..
Ormond will also speak at a 6
pm. family program.
DR.. Arthur Knudsen, secretary
of the Board of American Mis-
sions. United Lutheran Church
in America. speaks at the 11:15
am. services at Our Savior's
Evangelical Church, Prince
Georges County.
DR.. Fred C. Reynolds, secre-
tary of the Methodist Commits
sion on Chaplains, will preach
on How to Pray" at II am. at
Ryland Methodist Church,
Branch avenue and S street Sc.
Judas Iscariot Who Betrayed
Him" will be the subject of DR..
Asbury Smith. district super
| intendent of the Washington
West District of the Methodist
Church, at $3.50 and II am. serv-
ices at Wesley Methodist Church,
Connecticut avenue and Jocelyn
! street NV.
Public Official in Pulpit
The Rev. Gordon L. Withers
will speak at Forest Heights
Baptist Church at II am. on
Without Christ"
/ Bradshaw Mintener, assistant
secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, will speak on
"Watchman, What of the
Night?" at IL am. at Foundry
Methodist Church, Sixteenth
and p streets NV.
The Rev. Dean E. Richardson,
pastor Of the Asbury-D Delaware
Methodist Church of Buffalo,
N. r., will preach at the 9 and
I -
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PentecostuI Pustor
RESIGNS Pulpit

The Rev. H. Ray Stewart
has resigned as pastor of the
National Pentecostal Holiness
Church, 610 Maryland ave-
nue. NE.
The Rev. w. j. Nash, a menu
Der of the general board Of adj
ministration of the Pentecostal
Holiness Church. will act as
pastor until June.
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Ministers OF local cnurcneS VIII
preach on the following subjects
at II am. tomorrow unless other
times are given:
Calvary Baptist-Dr. Clarence
w. Crawford at 9 and ILLS am.
on "To What Do You Give Your
Consent?"
Florida Avenue Baptist-Dr.
Robert L. Rollins on Walking
With the Risen Lord"
Second Baptist-Dr. j. L. S.
Holloman on Making Christian
ity Universal"
Brookland Baptist-The Rev.
Ward B. Hurlbut on '.The People
Round U.s."
National Baptist Memorial
DR.. Edward B. Willingham on
1.-THE Power of His Presence"
Third Baptist = The Rev.
George o. Bullock on IAN Open
Door,"
Cleveland Park Congregational
The Rev. Alfred w. Hurst
speaks on Manuals of Unity"
First CONGREGATIONAL The Rev.
Carl H. Kopf on 1.-The After
Glow"
WestmoreIand Congregational
The Rev. William l.. Inder-
strodt on IAN Opening for Lay
men"
National City Christian-The
Rev. j. Warren Hastings on "a
Broken Heart Finds Certainty"
at 1880 am services.
Albright Memorial E.U.B.-
The Rev. George w. Speake on
The Last Breakfast"
Cheverly Community E.U.B.-
The Rev. Roy H. Stetler. jr., on
1.-THE Law of Forgiveness"
Memorial E. U. B.-The Rev.
Paul E. Horn on why Worship"
All Souls Memorial Episcopal
The Rev. Alvin L. Wills on
Evidences of the Living Christ. :"
st. Stephen and the Incarna-
ton EpiscOpal-The Rev. Quen-
tin X. Y. Huang. author and
former Episcopal bishop of
Yunkwei (China), speaks.
Holy Comforter EpiscOpal-The
Rev. John F. Chalker on 1.-THE
Cody Triad"
Christ Episcopal - The Rev.
Frederick Nicholson on Joyful
Reunion.
st. Columba's Episcopal-The
Rev. +. Reid Isaac on 1.-THE Man,
the Crowd. and God"
Ascension Lutheran-The Rev.
Henry c. Schroeder on THE
Days After Easter"
Bethany Lutheran, GrOveton,
! Va.-The Rev. John Graudin on
This is the Victory"
| First Trinity Lutheran-The
Rev. H. B. Roepe on This Lies
Greatest Question"
| Grace Lutheran-The Rev. j.
Victor Murtland on "a Substi-
tute for the Gospel"
| Pilgrim Lutheran, Westgate,
Md.-The Rev. Emo K. Lohr-
mann begins a series of sermons
on The Book of Acts.
/ Lutheran Church of the Re-
! formati0n--The Rev. Lawrence
I d. Folkemer on "On Doubling
and Believing"
| Trinity Lutheran, Bowie, Md.
The Rev. Henry C. Schroeder
speaks at $50 am. on THE
Days After Easter"
] Augustana Lutheran - The
/ Rev. Clarence T. Nelson at $50
! and IL am. on Easter After
glow ,aas
Georgetown Lutheran The
Rev. Harold E. Beatty on 1.-THE
/ Nail Prints"
Luther Place Memorial-The
Rev. Walter G. MARI on Trans
portation of Tragedy"
St. Paul's Lutheran--Dr. Henry
w. Snyder on Goods On His
Throne"
st. Peters Evangelical Luth-
eran-The Rev. Donald F. Brake
on 1.-THE Hands of Jesus"
| Anacostia Methodist-The Rev.
William K. Lyons on Gods In
escapable Presence"
4 Bethesda Methodist-The Rev.
Marion S. Michael on "The
| Methodist Message What
Is It?"
Lewis Memorial Methodist
The Rev. Raymond J. Purnell on
Looking Around Zion"
First Methodist, Hyattsville,
Md.-The Rev. Edgar w. Beckett
on "The Easter Afterglow."
Hamline Methodist-The Rev.
j. Artley Leatherman on "The
Resurrected Life"
Springfield (Va.) Methodist
| CHRlSTlA|
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CHRISTIAN CHURCHES tDIsclPLEsl
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Dr.. Brooks Lists Topic

DR.. Seth r. Brooks, pastor Of
Universalist Memorial, speaks at
the Sixteenth and S streets NV.
church at IL am. tomorrow. His
sermon topic will be THE Faith
full Fighters of This Hour"
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BETHLEHEM Cd. CO.
10th and T sts. &C.. Rev. Edgar
c Rakow. $40 and II am.
CHRIST I'd. c.
18th and Gallatin SITS. NV, Rev.
VIM r. Bruening. $50 and II am.
FIRST TRINITY I'd. c.
4th and . SITS. NV, Rev. Il. B.
Roepe. $50 and IL am. Service
Broadcast Over Station WOOK
GAM at IL 80 Am. and WAN
MOUNT OLIvET I'd. c.
1905 Vermont Ave. NV. Rev.
VIM. Schiebel. II am.
CALVARY (Silver Spring.
9545 Georgia Ave, Rev. walter
H. Moeller S;45 and II am.
ST. ANDREW (Glenmont)
1s247 Georgia Ave. Rev Paul
Foelber. IL am.
EMMANUEL (Alexandria)
1901 Russell Rd.. Rev. wilmer D.
Mensing. $50 and II am,
ST. PAUL'S Gals Church)
Rev Gerald Kuhn. ii am
"THE LUTHERAN HOUR" S
, 1955-06-02
sioner of Public Safety. and for Other Purposes
BE 1T ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Virgin Islands,
in session assembled:
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY

SECTION l. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall
have general supervision and control of the Department of
Public Safety, hereby established. He shall have authority
and Jurisdiction to exercise general control over and to en-
force the laws relating to public safety; to administer the
police system hereinafter established providing police ser
vice for the protection Of persons and property within the
jurisdiction of the Virgin Islands; to administer jails, prisons
and detention houses; to administer the Fire Service and the
enforcement of laws pertaining thereto; to administer, super
wise and enforce the regulations and laws covering the owner
ship, operation and control Of motor vehicles; and to super
wise and administer a Civil Defense Program, developing
cooperation with the President and heads of the Armed
Forces and the Civil Defense Administration Of the United
States and with offices and agencies Of the States and Ter
ritories IN matters pertaining to civil defense.
, 1955-06-02
POLICE DIVISION

SECTION 2, There is hereby created within the Depart
ment Of Public Safety a Police Division under which there
shall be organized an Insular Police Force. 1t shall be the
duty Of the Insular Police Force to protect persons and pro-
perry, maintain and preserve public order, prevent, detect
and repress crime, and, within the sphere of its duties, en-
force obedience to the laws, and to rules and regulations is
sued in pursuance of law, throughout the Virgin Islands.
SECTION 8. In case Of riot, or impending, or unusual
disturbances, the Head Of the Police Division may, if he deems
der, with the approval Of the Commissioner of Public Safety,
specially deputize. any number of residents Of the Virgin Is
lands to act as special policemen of the Insular Police Force.
It shall be mandatory for any resident selected by the Head
the Police Division for special police duty to serHe as mem
Der Of the Force for a period not to exceed ~thirty-six hours
without pay and such special policemen shall be subject to
all rules, regulations and orders governing the force. Such
residents shall be authorized to exercise full police powers
while serving as special policemen.
SECTION 4. The supreme authority in respect to the
direction and control Of the Insular Police Force shall be
vested in the Governor; but the Force shall be under the inn
mediate command and control of the Head of the Police Div
ision under the supervision Of the Commissioner of Public
Safety.
SECTION 5. The Head Of the Police Division is charged
with the supervision and administration of the InsuIar Po-
lice Force, under the direction of the Commissioner of Pub
lie Safety. He Shall also serve ex-officio as Sheriff of the Vir-
gin Islands. The Head of the Police Division is further charg-
ed with the following duties:
() He shall ssuperintend the purchase Of all property
acquiredby the Police Division, certify to the cor
rectness of all vouchers in payment therefor, and
be responsible for such property.
d) He shall cause to be kept in the Police Headquart-
es an accurate and complete record Of all proper
ty of value which may be found or recovered, or
which may otherwise come into possession of mem
bers of the Police Force, whose owners are I'M
lpnntinund IN baok noool
, 1955-06-02

IOURNAL
or THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
First Regular Session 1855
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1855
Continued from yesterday
T. Nc. Al
TIL FIRST LEGISLATURE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED
Regular Session 1855
To Provide for the Establishment and Operation of
Fairgrounds in Savan and Carenage, ST. Thomas.
Virgin Islands and for other Purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature Of the Virgin Islands
in session assembled:
SECTION !. The Commissioner Of Education is hereby
authorized to establish and supervise Fairgrounds in the
3Savan and Garenage Districts Of Charlotte Ama1e, ST. Tho.
mas, Virgin Islands. These Fairgrounds shall be controlled
by the Head of the Recreation Division, Education Depart
ment, who shall issue regulations for their proper operation
under supervision. They shall be properly equipped with re-
irrational facilities. particularly for use by children Of school
age.
SECTION Q. Funds shall be made available in the appro-
priation act Of the Department Of Education for maintenance,
operation and supervision Of the Fairgrounds referred to in
this Act.
Mr.. Carroll ............... Nay
Mr.. Gomez ............. Nay
, 1955-06-02
BILL No. A

BILL No. A
THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGI ISLANDS
or THE UNITED STATES
Regular Session 1855
An Act 10 Prescribe the Powers and Duties Of the Commits
, 1955-06-02
o u R N Al
ST THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

First Regular Session 1855
, 1955-06-02
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1855
Continued from yesterday
Bill NO. Al
THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED State
Regular Session 1855

Fairgrounds in Savan and carenage, ST. Thomas
Virgin Islands and for other Purposes
, 1955-06-02

priation act of the Department of Education for maintenance,
operation and supervision Of the Fairgrounds referred to in
this Act
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Conviction Set Aside
Three Scotswomen
To Climb Mountain

In the hope of scaling Jugal
Himal, little known peak in the
Himalayas, three Scotswomen
have Travelled from Lanarkshire
to Katmandu, Nepal.
They are Betty Stark, a school
speech therapist from Glasgow
DR.. Evelyn Camrass of Helens-
burgh. and Mrs. D. M. jackson
of Tomintoul. Betty. who has
climbed mountains in Scotland,
France, Austria and Switzerland,
got permission from Nepal for
the frst-ever all-women venture
on the HimalaYaS.
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'NyIon Bond Helps
.Wutch Resist Shock

BONN, Germany.-In addition
to the usual protection provided
to make watch resist shock, a
West German manufacturer in
corporates a nylon ring that
causes the watch movement to
float and insulates it from con-
tact with the case.
The nylon ring fits snugly
around the outside that encases
the movement.
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Bond Set for Durham
Until Appeal Is Heard

are to determine whether a de-
PENDANT in a criminal case should
be acquitted by reason of insan-
ity. The appellate court held
that a defendant should be ac-
quilted if it was found that any
mental disease or defect caused
him to commit the crime.
Following Durham's recon
viction in March, Judge Pine SEN
fenced him to serve from one to
four years,
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The U. s. Court of Appeals fol
the District of Columbia late
yesterday set bond at $500 for
Monte w. Durham, rs, pending
appeal from his reconviction last
March on HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny charges.
At the same time the appel
late court named Attorneys VIII
liam e. Leahy and Milton M.
Gottesman to represent Durham
in his appeal. In naming the
new attorneys. the appellate
court permitted Sidney Sachs,
another court-appointed attor-
ney, to withdraw from the case
because of other work.
Appeals at Court Expense
Lost month the appellate
court permitted Durham to ap-
peal from his conviction at
court expense.
The appellate court last month
had taken the question of set
ting bond for Durham pending
his appeal. The court acted after
psychiatrists had signed affi-
davis that Durham presently is
Of sound mind and not a public
menace. Judge David A. Pine
of the U. S. District Court for
the District Of Columbia, who
presided at Durham's retrial last
March, refused to grant bail
pending appeal.
Durham'S defense on the
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny
charges has been that he was
Of unsound mind at the time of
the offenses in July. 1851. Dur
ham stands convicted of break
ing into the home of Donald Hiss,
5000 block of @ street NV, on
July 10, 1851, and stealing prop
erty valued at $50.
Conviction Set Aside
He first was convicted Of the
charges in 1853 and sentenced to
serve from three to 10 years.
That conviction, however, was set
aside last year by the appellate
court in a ruling which set new
standards by which trial courts
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Replace Grass Huts

New style cottages costing ST.
900 are being built for Fiji Is
land government workers, to re-
place the grass huts. dwellings
Of another era.
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The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-12-23
Israeli Women at War

JERUSALEM fullscale 1sraels fighting
AOEces will be 40 percent female.
popular saying is: "As Israel"
holds then Israel going long mtarilY be-
of this nations have definitely
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-12-23

plain scared.
But when / jumped out the
first time my mind quickly turned
to the problem Of landing. which
did without a mishap. After that
it was easy. And got my wings
in exactly the same period of time
as the boys"
When asked about the physical
effort required, the petite bru-
nette said seriously:
1T is somewhat tough on girl.
but then these are tough times.
I still remember that part Of my
fathers family was killed by the
Nazi in Poland. though ] myself
was born in Israel"
Some girls start training early
as early as 14-when they enter
coed paramilitary organization
known as "Gadna." The name is a
contraction for "Gedudei No'ar"
or youth units"
Gadna is fashioned along the
lines of the "Balillas" of Musso-
lini's day. Like the Balilla. the
Gadna is voluntary.
Israeli parents are alive to their
nations defense needs and aware
of the limited manpower. So they
encourage their young daughters
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-12-23
Home of Fort Benning"
Columbus, Georgia

to participate in "Gadna" courses
as the first step toward a lifetime
national contribution.
After the "Gadna" training and
a two-Year hitch in the regular
army women's corps-known as
"Chail Nashim" women are
eligible for the reserves up to the
age of 81. In time Of emergency.
there's almost no age limit.
Col. Shoshana GerShonovitz,
commander of the women's corps,
provided a first-hand authorita-
tive picture of the women's role in
the Israeli armed forces.
Col. Gershonovitz. who came TO
Israel from Russia in 1925. said
she did not choose the army as a
career "just TO be in the army"
Rather, it was because I be-
came convinced tn at women
ought to take an active part in the
security of this country"
Long before the state of Israel
was born. she conceived the idea
of organizing a women's corps in
the 'Hagana." which fought for
Israeli independence. L oking
back. she says that Israel's women
wrote me wonderful pages in the
story of their nations early strug-
gle.
Does she feel that women
should be soldiers, even under
normal conditions? She had a
ready reply:
I'm my opinion. women should
always be in the army. and espe-
ciallY in this country. While serv-
ing. a girl not only contributes to
the security Of the community as
a whole. but also contributes to
the national education. In the
army. everybody is equal-and
this certainly can not be said in
some Of the countries from which
immigrants are arriving"
Col. GerShonovitz feels that the
army does a tremendous job" for
its girl members by teaching
them to look upon themselves as
the equal of men, as free citi-
zenS."
The women's commander. her
self a sp;nster. says that discip-
line in her corps is uniformly
good"-with the possible excep-
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