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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-12-27
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH,
JACKSON STREET, PETAL.

Services begin with Sunday
Schoo1 at 9:45 am, Bill Bar
low; Supt. Preaching at IL am.
and tbs pm. by Rev. Justin
Garrett, pastor. Baptist Train
ing Union meets at 6:15 pm.
NJ d W ee k Prayer meeting is
held at 1870 pm. on Wednesday.
GAS meet after school on Mon
days, and RA's meet before pray
er meeting on Wednesdays. Song
services are under the direction
of 0. U. Barlow, Mrs. Jack Fixes,
pianist.
Church nursery open at all
services.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
CENTRAL AVENUE, PETAL

Services begin with Sunday
School at 9:45 am. I'enry
Hardy, Supt.
Rev. w. A. Richardson, Pastor,
breaches at IL am. and 1880
pm.
Baptist Training Union m IS
at $50 pm. Sundays.
Mid-Wesk Prayer meeting is
held at 700 pm. Wednesdays.
Song services are under the
direction of Mr.. Ford Parker;
Mrs. j. M. Van-Devender, pianist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Nursery is open at all services.
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PETAL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
MAIN STREET, PETAL

Services begin at 10: 100 am.
with Sunday School, II. L. Nors-
worthy, Supt.
Evangelist Howard S. Williams
breaches at HOO am.
Bible Glass meets Sunday from
500 to TOO pm. Choir practice
is held Wednesday nights at $50.
Song services are under the
direction of Mrs. d. L. Priest;
pianist is Miss Bernice Nors-
worthy.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the public to attend services
each Sunday.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
The Supreme Court and Relation

one for Presidents. Thus when
President Hoover was con-
fronted with a vacancy almost
everybody in the field Of law
felt that Judge Cardozo Of
New York should be appointed.
But there already was one man
Of the Jewish religion on the
bench-JuStice Brandeis-and
it was argued that to put two
on would result in a demand
that there be two Catholics
and so on.
Also there was already a
justice on the bench--Harlan
Stone-who hailed from New
York State. President Hoover
met the issue simply by ignor-
ing the talk about religion and
geography and appointed the
man he thought was best
qualified for the post. And, as
it turned out. Justice Cardozo
came to be regarded as one
of the great jurists of all riJne.
It is interesting to note that
most Presidents have not
looked either to religious or
political Affiliations in select
ing justices for the Supreme
Court. In this instance, the
new justice happens to ne q
Democrat. But he happens
also to have been recon-
mended by Chief Justice Ar
thur Vanderbilt, of the New
Jersey Supreme Court, for
merly president of the Ameri-
can Bar Association and one
of the outstanding lawyers in
America.
There is no doubt that JUS
tice Brennan is an able judge.
He owes both of his appoint
ments as judge to a Repub-
lican Governor in New Jersey.
Mr.. Eisenhower undoubtedly
instructed his aides to search
out the best-qualifled man.
someone with judicial expert
ence-and when it turned out
that the man who came most
highly recommended was a
Roman Catholic on New Jer-
sey's highest court, the political
mentors of the administration
were not a bit unhappy about
the coincidence.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Men Born Free but Not Equal

tains the greatest number Of
creative individuals working
in a high degree of friendly
cooperation. with q minimum
Of predatory instinct and q
maximum Of charitable love.
Since equality is not natural,
total equality can only end in
slavery-the one condition in
which all men, except the small
minority Of slave drivers, are
really equal.
Between the two parties, the
Republicans, / think, are more
concerned with freedom and
the Democrats with equality.
! am not here speaking Of
party organizations. but Of the
type Of person that is attracted
TO one or the other.
Both parties try TO strike an
equilibrium between the two
aspirations without which
American society would coll
lapse) but each weighs the
scales more on one side than
the other.
The question for the
thoughtful mind is always
what. in any time, wants
checking and what wants sup
plying. Do we need at this mo-
ment little more freedom. or
should We strive for q little
more equality?
Every citizen must answer
that question for himself. But
II Is certainly more pertinent
than whether one personally
prefers one o. another candi-
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01

Our endeaVorS to avoid an
armed clash over Egypt's ma
tionalization of the Suez
Canal Co., have resulted in the
birth of a new spirit in Europe.
1t springs especially from
France where there is a clamor
for solid European unity which
could stand on its feet with
out American interference"
The usually anti German
French people favor at present
a new type of entente cor
dale" based on the closest
possible relations with Britain
and into which Germany, freed
from its present limitation of
a 500,0 00-man army, would be
included.
1.-THE time has come" says
the usually pro-American
leading Partisan newspaper LIE
Figaro, ito unburden the
United States of its heavy re-
sponSibilities toward Europe.
The newspaper, like others,
points out that the time may
come when American policies
and interests may be at
variance with those of Europe.
Such was the case in the Suez
Canal affair when the United
States, not a party to the
1888 treaty of Constantinople.
rushed into the ARRAY un-
invited and used pressure
methods to prevent the Euro
peans from exercising the right
to answer force with force.
Had it not been for this I'M
called for intervention by
Washington, it is said, the op-
position to strong action by the
Labor and Liberal Parties in
the United Kingdom would
have never materialized. The
British Commonwealth with
the exception of neutralist and
pro-Communist India was
equally in favor of a show of
strength.
The role Of Secretary Dulles
is being ascribed by much Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01

whose qualifications and char
acter are excellent.
Democrats may claim more
or less privately that the Pres
ident could not find a qualified
Catholic Republican and has
only succeeded in proving that
minorities find their greatest
comfort in the Democratic
Party. But it could well be
that the President preferred
to name a Democrat at this
point and considered the ire
Of some Republicans a price
within his means.
For Republicans have no.
where else to 60. And there
are unmistakeable signs that
the public image of Essen
hover as the world hero, the
great harmonizer, the chief Of
state above partisan politics.
has become blurred.
These signs are accompanied
by a dramatic upsurge in
Democratic Party loyalty. 1t
is shown in the amazing string
of Democratic victories since
1858, in registration and in
organization activity.
Since Democrats traditionally
command the big cities which
may make the difference in
the big States where elections
are won and lost, the import
ance tc the President Of a
dramatic appeal to the nor
mally Democratic minoritieS of
those cities is obvious.
To make it he ignored geo.
graphical considerations which
are often taken into account.
Eisenhower's next-to-last ap-
pointee to the Supreme Court
was Associate Justice Harlan
of New York, ballots throw
from Brennan'S home at Rum
son. N. j.
Clearly in these closing
weeks. the President is pitch
ing his appeal to the big States
where in 1852 he appeared in
vincible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
Difference in Two Big Political Parties
Seen as Largely q Matter of Emphasis

each should have equal oppor-
tunity under and within the
law to engage and contend
with others in the pursuits
they desire.
Yet this Interpretation does
not work satisfactorily. In
CAPABILITIES in physical strength.
energy. home, education. and
even possibly in racial stock
(for it has never been proved
that races are equal in these
capacities) prevent equality Of
opportunity from being a COM
petitive reality.
Social provisions are made
TO save those unable to COM
pete in the marketplace from
utter restitution. Everything
that comes under the heading
Of help for the "underprivi-
legged" is an attempt to COM
pensate in some measure for
the inequalities of nature plus
environment.
There is, however, a limit
at which such compensatory
measures begin to have adj
verse social consequences.
Freedom can release both crea-
tive and predatory instincts.
But the weak can be pampered
into greater weakness. They
can come to accept their In
feriority INEQUALITY as a
status giving them claims on
society that 1t can only in
dulge at the cost Of breaking
the backs land backbones) OF
the strong. gifted. and self-re-
liant. who are. by nature. the
upholders Of liberty.
The strong want nobody 10
do for them what they can do
for themselves. provided they
have freedom In which 10 ae-
complish it. A fiourishing
society Is the one that con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
Brennan Is Eminently Qualified for Post,
But Politicians Are Happy He's CothoIic

1t was in 1910 that Presf-
dent Roosevelt appointed an
other Roman Catholic-former
Gov. Murphy of Michigan
to the bench and he served
until his death in 1919.
Later on the same year
Justice Rutledge died, giving
President Truman two chances
to appoint a Catholic to main
tain the tradition. His refusal
to do so-when he appointed
Senator Minton and Attorney
General Tom Clark-and his
reported comment that he
would not seek out someone
for the bench just because of
Catholic religious affiliation
made quite a stir in political
circles.
In fact it was assumed that
when he later appointed Sena-
tor Howard McGrath of Rhode
Island. a Roman Catholic. to
be Attorney General this was
an answer to criticism, espe-
cially since it was rumored
that the next vacancy on the
high court would go to Nc
Grath. But Mr.. Truman had
no further opportunity to make
another Supreme Court APP
pointment.
Political gossip has it that
Mr.. Truman felt deeply the
criticism about his failure to
appoint a Roman Catholic to
the Supreme Court and that
this was one reason why he
came out for the resumption
OF formal diplomatic relations
with the INSTRUMENTATION
which Congress failed to
authorize.
There is, OF course, no de-
liberate grouping Of a Catholic
vote or a Protestant vote or a
Jewish vote as such in Amer
lea, but when politicians refer
to this they mean that there
are nevertheless many voters
from each denomination who
are influenced by appointments
to high Office.
The problem isn't q simple
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
CONSTANTINE BROWN
United States W0vering Foreign Policy
Results in Move for European Unity

the European press to domestic
political conditions in America.
In order to prove to its people
that the Republican Party can
keep peace in the world. vital
British and French interests
ar being jeopardized not only
in the Suez area but through
out what the French call
BLACK Africa"
This concept that the pri-
mary motive of MI. Dulles
pacifying action was due to
domestic policies is pointed up
by disclosures that America
was willing in 1858 to throw
carrier air forces into action
against the Communists sur
rounding Diem Bien Phu. And
northern Wet Nam was no.
where near as important to the
European powers as is North
and Central Africa.
Pending the possibility of
earnest development Of a West
European bloc completely OUT
side Americas political in
fiuence the need for immediate
ench-British solidarity is
now being stressed. The two
London conferences, it is en-
phasized, have proven more
than ever the brittleness of the
Atlantic pact. This has outlived
its usefulness, the French say.
The NATO was created with
only one purpose. insofar as
America is conference.-the ward
of any attempt by the Mus
covites to take over portions
OF West Europe. The French
and British concept seems now
to be that the Atlantic pact,
literally applied, should have
warded on any kind of at
tack, such as that Of Egypt's
Nasser. For Col. Nasser, ac-
cording to Parisians, has not
only broken an old internal
tional agreement but has been
guilty for some time Of en-
couraging by deed and word
rebellions throughout Africa
Mr.. Dulles, add the Fernch,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01

A New Spirit Detected in Europe

has completely revamped his
Suez users association plan at
the insistence Of some minor
European states whose in-
terests are solely commercial
and have nothing to do with
the wider aims Of Col. Nasser.
Once London and Paris had
agreed to travel in the political
boat piloted by our Secretary
of State they did not feel that
they could get out of it and
accepted the point of view Of
countries with lesser interests
theE their own.
This seems to be the picture
of the united free world in
1856. The idea Of a European
confederation cannot be but
pleasing to us. This country
has endeavored to bring about
such a unity ever since the
end of the war. The only thing
is that this united Europe, as
our main allies see it, is not
likely to be interested in stop
ping the Red influence in
Europe and certainly not in
Asia. 1t will seek to maintain
its possessions in Africa, with
the help Of the USSR If
need be.
The present Soviet actions
in the Middle East are be-
lieyed by some Of our allies to
be directed at the United
States rather than at Europe.
The main, if not the only
military political target of the
Kremlin, has always been
America. It knows that the
Europeans can be had" espe-
cially since neutralism has
taken roots across the Atlantic.
To these positive objections
well and continuously sup
ported by the Muscovites we
have offered a wavering policy
dictated often by the inter-
ests Of our allies which fire.
quently did not dovetail with
ours. The result appears to be
this new demand for European
unity divorced from further
American influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
DAVID LAWRENCE

When President Eisenhower
appointed Judge William Jo-
seph Brennan of the New Jer-
sey Supreme Court--a Roman
Catholic - to the Supreme
Court Of the United States he
renewed a tradition which has
been maintained for the great
er part of American history.
The Constitution says, of
course, that there must be no
religious test as a qualification
for high Office and Presidents
have repeatedly said that they
appointed the best man avail
able irrespective of any reli-
gious backgrounds. But the
fact remains that in practical
politics there is much consid-
Grafton given to the religious
affiliations of the justices of
the Supreme Court and it has
always been so.
From the day in 1886 when
President Andrew jackson app
pointed as Chief Justice, Roger
fancy, a Roman Catholic
who administered the oath to
Lincoln--down to the death of
Justice Frank Murphy during
the Truman administration
seven years ago. there have
been very few years when a
Roman Catholic has not sat
Z on the highest bench of the
land. Thus during the admin
istration of President Grover
Cleveland in 1894, Edward
Douglass White - a Roman
Catholic and a former Confed-
crate soldier as well as United
States Senator from Louisiana
was appointed to the Su-
preme Court. It was President
William Howard Taft, a Re-
publican and himself a Uni
tartan. who in December, 1910,
promoted Justice White to be
Chief Justice.
Shortly after Chief Justice
White passed away. Justice
Butler of Minnesota, a Roman
Catholic, was appointed by
President Harding and he
served until 1899.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
DORIS FLEEsoN
Naming of a Catholic to Supreme Court
Is Move to Solidfy G. o. P. Strength

Leading Democrats had been
alerted last week to the posi-
bility that President Eisen-
hover would name Judge Will
liam Henry HASTE. the Negro
serving with distinction on the
United States Court of APP
peals, to the Supreme Court.
They are therefore not sur
prised that he has named a
member of the strong minority
religion, Roman Catholic, to
the vacancy caused by the re-
tirement Of Associate Justice
Sherman Minton of Indiana.
They suggest that the real
surprise and shock will be to
Republicans since the Presi-
dents third choice for the
high court, William Joseph
Brennan, jr., associate justice
of the New Jersey Supreme
Court, is lifelong Democrat
and at least a moderate liberal
to boot.
Justice Brennan is still a
measurable distance from
permanent tenure. Because the
Senate is not in session and
SO cannot confirm him, he has
a recess appointment COM
pletely at the mercy of the
presidential returns November
6 and with no assured path
through the next Congress.
This would not necessarily
be true had he achieved ma
tlonal repute and towering
stature among lawyers.
All the early reports on
Justice Brennan from his home
State are favorable. But at
least three of his future high
court colleagues privately adj
NIT they never heard of him
and he is unknown to poll
ticians and the general public.
The appointment. therefore,
is being discussed in political
terms only. 1t seems fair to
say that the President looked
for a jurist from one of the
country's important minorities