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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
No Offense Intended

Reference is made to an
article appearing in the
Sunday Magazine section Of
The Star on July IL. under
the heading, Village in a
Void"
1t is beyond my compre-
hension as to how or why
such an asinine title was
concocted. Funk and Wag-
nails Standard Dictionary
defines the word void" in
part as follows: mot occu-
pied by matter or by visible
matter; "unoccupied, as a
house or room; IAN empty
space, a vacuum. How could
a village be situated in an
empty space or vacuum.
and/or be unoccupied in view
of statements made in the
article? Such a title is most
uncomplimentary to the vii
lage and its residents.
Middleway, as most other
small villages, has suffered
the loss of numerous former
citizens due to economic
conditions, the advent of the
automobile, and migration to
the cities. Apparently, your
correspondent is not cogni-
zant of this situation.
AS a former resident Of
Middleway during my child
hood, I strongly feel that an
apology through the medium
of your paper to the resi-
dents of Middleway, past and
present, is in order.
J. C. Roberts.
Editors Note: Perhaps
the choice of the word void"
to describe this isolated but
charming West Virginia
hamlet was not the best one,
and The Star regrets that
Mr.. Roberts took it as a slur.
This certainly was not in
tended.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Dulles Airport

Many people throughout the world,
and not Just Americans, will concur
enthusiastically in the Presidents deci-
sion to memorabilia John Foster Dulles,
our late Secretary of State, by giving
his name TO the great air terminal
now being built at ChantiIly, Virginia.
No monument to the man could be
more appropriate, especially since ne
himself, I'D until the very last days of
his life, reSOrted to an unprecedented
degree of plane travel in the course of
his peace-prOmOting diplomatic iaoors.
So Mr.. Eisenhower has acted logi-
6alIy, If also Sentimental.y, in this mat
ter. As he has put it, Mr.. Dulles was
dedicated in large measure to the ideals
OF democracy and the cause of freedom
and peace through the world" Accord
ingly, 1t is fitting that the interna-
tional airport being built to serve our
Nations capital should bear the name
OF this distinguished American whose
memory is revered wherever men
cherish democracy and freedom
which is an area that still covers an
immense part of the globe, despite
Premier KhruShchev'S reCurrent re-
marks about the ultimate triumph of
communism
In all probability, of course, the
Dulles International Airport will be
popularity referred to in the future,
here and elsewhere, as plain "Chantilly,"
which is a word that has the virtue of
being simple and musical at one and
the same time Even so, as far as
official nomenclature is concerned, it
seems proper and good that the fields
legal name will be that of the Secretary
who tried so hard to make this world of
ours better and safer place to live in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
NAACP's Finances

With roughly II millions
Of colored folk in America 1t
is odd that only $4,000 be-
long to the NAACP, and in
some cases its members are
whites. The statement that
the organization passed the
million dollar mark in cash
income last year seems tiny
when you think of the bill
lions spent abroad in various
laid" programs. What is the
reason for this? Why don't
the great tax-exempt founda-
lions unload sufficient cash
to force the American people
to bow to the will OF the
NAACP?
One million dollars collect
ed for the first time in its
so years of existence may be
compared to a single case
where its opponents were
donated-from every State in
the Union plus II foreign
countries-the sum of $780,
600. The Little Rock Private
School Corporation had no
background, and its founders
were unknown, yet it collect
ed 40 per cent of the amount
the NAACP got last year. The
only explanation is that the
general public does not in
dorse the use of force, whether
by the use of troops and bay
onets, or by court DEGREES
which too frequently lack
sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Finoncinq Deficits

Government securities Is
sued to cover Federal deficits
are being bought by banks
that merely open up a deposit
credit for the Government,
which constitutes an expan-
sion Of the money supply. The
Government issues checks
against these credits to make
purchases in the market,
which increases the demand
for goods and services thus
having the effect of bidding
up prices. This process, some
times called imitation, is in
effect no different than If the
Government ran off currency
on the presses. AS a matter
of fact it could demand cur
rency for its deposit credits
like any other depositor.
Government securities have
long been a prime medium
for the investment of savings.
Such investments are not in
f1ationary and do not expand
the money supply because the
deposit credits of the inveS-
tors are reduced and those of
the Government increased,
leaving the money supply I'M
changed. But investors are
shying away from Govern
ment securities. They fear
deficits and the resulting in
flation-that dollars invested
now will buy less when repaid.
Due to deficits the net
Federal debt increased by
$8.8 billion in 1858, all of
which was financed by bank
credit plus more than an
other 81 billion of debt sold
by investors from previous
purchases. So as a group, in
dividuals, corporations. in
stitutions or anyone with saw
ings to invest would not put
any of their savings in Gov
eminent securities and some
of those that had done so in
the past decided to sell out
and put their money in some
thing else.
This poses a predicament
that the Government is get
ting itself into. namely:
Those with savings won't buy
Government securities be-
cause they fear imitation
caused by bank credit financ-
ing of Federal deficits and the
Government must resort to
bank credit financing or in
flation because those with
savings will not invest in
Government securities.
This wouldn't be such a
predicament after all - if
there were no Government
deficits to finance.
Zalie V. Warner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Lawrence on Labor

David Lawrence irradiates
confusion, standardization
and historical distortion
whenever he deals with I'M
ions.
On July 10, Mr.. Lawrence
seeks to contribute to the
public good with respect to
the current labor-manage-
ment dispute in the steel in
dustry, and presumably with
respect to so-called national
emergency strikes" generally.
His contribution" ostenSibly
is the suggestion that q pre-
strike vote be mandatory in
such caSes-a proposal the
administration also has Of
fered.
The theory Mr.. Lawrence
offers is that unions do bad
things such as cause strikes
for more pay because they
are led by bad men who are
bosses, tyrantS. The union
members don't really want
more pay but are forced to
strike and to accept the
fruits of the strikes, accord
ing to this theory. Mr.. Law
renee has not, in recent
weeks, run a column show
ing the salaries, bonuses, OPP
tons to buy at favorable
prices the stock of their COM
panies, and other perquisites
that corporation executives
enjoy. He does not know that
union members have real
needs and that they know
the company profits which
support the executives, per-
quiSiteS can also meet their
own needs.
If Mr.. Lawrence wants to
be contructive, he could write
columns about steel company
profits, corporate executives,
perquisites, and the realities
facing steelworkers under ex-
listing wages, work rules, and
annual earnings. The facts
are to be found at the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commits
sion, to which corporations
whose stock is publicly sold
must send proxy and other
reports. These make interest
ing reading.
M. X. Amberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

With every ounce Of
Americanism I possess, I
thoroughly resent Did We
Miss the Boat to the Moscow
Fair?" by Mary McGrory.
Her belittling, ridiculing
and scoffing of Francis E.
Walters committee which
disclosed 462 Communist af-
f1liations of % of the artists
representing art in America
is insulting to every red
blooded American.
She has flagrantly misrep-
resented the real cause of our
righteous Juror over Com
munists representing our
way of life.
Agnes F. Dahl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

ton that feeling-emotion-
is the greatest driving force
Of life. Even in the midst
of blatant intellectual denials
of spiritual veritieS and VAL
ues the soul stands up with
the shattering assertion. i
have felt" Even st. Paul.
with his disciplined mind.
and who is thought Of as an
advocate of logic in religion,
aware as he was of the dan
ger of a lopsided intellectual
emphasis, wrote to the early
Christians. knowledge puff
eth up, but love buildeth."
Any divorce between what
God hath Joined together,
namely reason and feeling. in
an individual or a nation, is
a calamity.
Kipling was thinking OF
knowledge and emotion as
being the two sides Of the
same head Joined in one
shining personality as he
penned the playful lines:
Something / oDe to the soil
that oretD
More to the life that fed
But most to Allah tDho care
tDo
Separate sides to nv head.
I mould 90 without shirts or
shoes
Friends, tobacco, or bread
Sooner than for an instant
Either side of my head.
st. Paul's great difficulty.
as it has always been with
those who speak anthem
tically for God, was that so
many he had to deal with
were carried away with emo
ton. They used wings and
feet, but not their heads.
The great apostle character
ICES such by saying. Il bear
witness that they have zeal
without knowledge" That is.
they use their emotions with
out their brains.
In thinking Of the super
stitious fears that for CEN
turtles haunted the imagina-
tons of the pious, such as the
dread of a tormenting Hell,
and the horror Of flaming
planets. and the suns eclips-
es. and even the emotional
orgies associated with some
modern revivalist movements,
DR.. Fosdick exclaims. It's
the very genius of religion to
produce zeal. But without
intelligence to guide it re-
ligion becomes one of the
major curses Of the people.
If religious zeal is ignorantly
managed, Jesus declared that
even the light becomes dark
ness"
With a religious emotion
aliSm which blotS out all else
and quenches the fires Of
reason. there are, even in
America, sincere devotees of
cults which do not use their
heads, and who. for instance.
as a symbol of devotion han
die venomouS snakes. This
discarding of reason again
and again has brought death
to its victims who display
zeal without knowledge.
There are those who die
prematurely because the
knowledge of healing and
modern medicine does not fit
into their creed. Such are
the spiritual descendants Of
those whom Paul labeled as
having zeal without knowl-
edge. The appeal of Christ's
gospel is to the entire per-
Sonality. 1t is for reason
able service" and that always
includes. as Kipling put it.
both sides of the head"
o, God, / offer Thee ny
heart
In many a mystic mood, By
beauty led
I oiue my heart to Thee
but non inpdrt
That Sterner grace to Offer
Thee my head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
GOSPEL of the Reds

A few months ago the
French Communist publica-
cation Paix ct Liberte wrote:
1.-THE gospel is a much more
powerful weapon for the rem
ovation of society than our
Marxist view of the world.
Yet it is we who shall con-
quer you in the end. We
are only a handful, but you
Christians are millions.
Think of the story of Gideon
and his 300 companions, and
you will understand why I
am right. We Communists
do reach our end, we also
know how to provide the nee
eSsary means. OF our SAL
aries and wages we keep
only what is absolutely nee
essary and the rest we give
up for propaganda purposes.
ITO this same propaganda
we also devote our leisure
time and part Of our vaca-
ton. You. however, give
only a little time and scarce
ly any money for the spread
ing of Christ's gospel. How
can anyone believe in the
all-surpassing value Of this
gospel, If you do not practice
it? If you do not spread it?
If you sacrifice neither your
time nor your money for that
purpose? Believe me, it is we
who shall conquer, because
we believe in our Communist
gospel and are willing to sac
rifice everything even life it
self, so that social justice
may triumph. But you, you
are afraid Of soiling your
hands"
Geraldine BerryhilI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used il
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Why Not2

From the spectator standpoint, at
least, the idea Of greater player trading
freedom between clubs of the American
and National baseball leagues is an in
Tlguing one The possibility, for ex-
ample, Of some such colorfuI figure as
Willie Mays, who now roams over a
large part Of the San Francisco (NL)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

Please let Chip" Bohlen
go ahead and retire. His
chief talent" seems to be
his ability to be wrong in
fluent Russian.
f. NJ Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
FROM THE STARS FILES

killing season to execute VEN
geance upon them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Is Years AGO

John Dillinger. Public En-
envy No. l, met his death IS
years ago at the hands Of
Federal agents. On July %.
1884. in a story from Chica-
go. The Star reported: John
Dillinger lay on a cold slab
in the Cook County Morgue
today. He was slain by
three bullets fired by I'M
named Federal operatives
last night after they had
been tipped OF by a woman.
Crowds of curious milled
through the gloomy building.
seeking to view the corpse of
the most notorious desper-
ado of the year and to veri-
fly to their own satisfaction
that Federal crack shots had
finally terminated the in
credible crime career Of the
internationally known hood
lum.
The Nation was suffering a
severe heat wave IS years
ago. The Star, on July %.
1884, reported: More 100
degree weather today and
tomorrow was forecast last
night by the Weather Bureau
as the Nation counted 237
dead in the three day heat
wave which has scared the
East, South and Middle
West :"
Social security was born Is
years ago. On June 8, 1894.
The Star reported: President
Roosevelt told Congress to-
day that he is preparing q
vast plan of social insurance
for the security of the citizen
and his family Cheers
reSounded from the Demo-
cratic side of the House as
the message was read"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
100 Years AGO

Work on the Washington
Monument was progressing
100 years ago. On July Is,
1859, The Star reported: "A
visit to the Monument grounds
shows that the board is in
earnest in the work of COM
plotting the Monument. The
buildings around it are in
tolerable condition again, and
other improvements. calcu-
lated for the convenience of
the mechanics to be en-
ployed, are now being made.
Passing through the shed in
which are placed the blocks
presented by the patriotic
citizens, societies, orders.
States, etc, of our own coun-
try, as we'll as those presented
by the admirers of the i'm
mortal Washington in foreign
lands we counted 70
blocks. -"
The District was having
stray dog trouble 100 years
ago. The Star, on July 20,
1859, reported: For a day
or two past the contractors
for the removal of dead ami
mails, ETC.. have had to attend
to the burial of the carcaSSeS
of many dogs, which we're
seen lying about in the streets
and alleys of the city. The
police, it is we'll known. are
charged with the duty of re-
ducing the number of worth
less ours running at large
without the recognized pass
port, but they are not blame
able with all of the slaughter.
1t is very probable that they
have the assistance of nu-
merous volunteers, who, hav-
ing been provoked by certain
dogs, take advantage of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

The Commissioners de-
cided, so years ago, to do
something about a rash of
billboards in Washington.
On July 20, 1909, The Star
reported: mo more billboards
in the National Capital. Per-
mitS for additional advertiS-
ing fences and for the paint
ing of advertising on walls Of
buildings will be refused if
a motion made by Commits
sioner West today is approved
by his colleagues on the
Board of District Commits
sioners. Engineer Commits
sioner Judson has announced
that he will support such a
motion, and that indicates
that the die is cast against
the billboards. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
so Years AGO

Orville Wright set another
endurance" record here so
years ago. The Star, on July
81, 1909, reported: "Orville
Wright flew his aeroplane
over the trial field at Fort
Myer for l hour, 20 minutes
and As seconds yesterday eve
ming. 1t was the longest
flight that had ever been
made on the American con-
tinent in a heavier than air
machine. and exceeded the
record of last year by 6 min
uteS. Wilbur Wright esti-
mated the greatest height
during the flight at nearly
300 feet and the distance
covered at about SIS miles.
The average speed was a
trifle more than 40 miles an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
BohIen's Talent

E, Fl. Alexander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Objection Noted

M. X. Amberg.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-07-11

prepared to move ground forces
into the neighboring country to
help in defending Haiti.
Informants said that several
months ago the Haitian Govern
ment of President Francois Duval-
Ter asked the Dominican Republic
for military aid in case af diff
culties.
Both General Trujillo' and Pres
ident Duvalier's regimes have been
targets of threats by their exiled
opponents.
Invasion Aim Seen
There have been reports for
months that Haitian exiles were
training in Cuba with Dominican
anti-regime elements. 1t is thought
here that Haiti may be the next
invasion objective to Officials here
stress the mountainous 217-mile
Haitian Dominican border is more
difficult to guard than the Carib-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-07-11
Eighth Episcopal District Endorses
Bishop Frederick D. Jordan And Wife

Whereas, Mrs. Artishia w. Jor-
dan, his wife, has brought new in
SEPARATION to the Missionary work
of the District, and
Whereas, we can see the results
of short period of their service
in revised morale, new churches, a
growing Campbell College and an
atmosphere of peace, brotherly
love and tranquility such as we
have not before experienced, and
we like it
Be it therefore Resolved, that
we leaders of African Methodism
in the Eighth Episcopal District
express our appreciation to Bishop
Jordan for his vision, acumen and
leadership, pledge our endorsement
of his program and petition the
General Conference to return him
to US that we may have full term
of this leadership
Be it further resolved, that we
pledge our selves to making every
effort to see that the desires in
this petition be realized.
AS indication of our sincerity
and determination to let it be
! known that these are not mere
words we not only sign but notar-
ize this document.
Regular releases stating our rea-
sons and position in this matter
will be made available.
Signed: Louisiana Annual Con-
I ference, Reverend E. w. Whitfield
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-07-11

Presiding Elder; Mississippi An
nual Conference, Reverend J. D.
Watkins, Presiding Elder; East
Mississippi Annual Conference,
Reverend w. NJ. Ports, Presiding
Elder; North Mississippi Annual
Conference, Reverend C. B. Brant-
ley, Presiding Elder; Central Mis-
sissippi Annual Conference, Rev.
erend J. H. Hall, Presiding Elder;
North Louisiana Annual Confer
ence Reverend John Jackson, Pre-
siding Elder; North Mississippi
Annual Conference, Reverend w.
L. Jones, Presiding Elder; North
west Mississippi Annual Confer
ence, Reverend E. L. MCGEE, Pre-
siding Elder.
The Congress, above mentioned,
is scheduled for Campbell College
during August when Ministers,
Laymen and Missionaries will meet
to further promote growth as well
as re-emphasize upon the spiritual
values.
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self-government in Mississippi and
the United States.
This date is observed annually
to remind ourselves of the chal-
lenge that comes to carry on in
spite of everything and to re-
dedicate our efforts to the task
so nobly begun by those who have
gone on before. We would be I'M
worthy of citizenship in the COM
munity, if we did less. A COM
memorative program will be rem
dered in the high school euditor-
ium on, Sunday July IL, at a pm.
with Rev. N. P. Patterson, pastor
of st. Matthews AME Church of
Greenville, Miss, bringing the An
niversary message. Our friends
from without are invited to share
this occasion with US and our own
people are expected to be present.
After the program, there will be
Pilgrimage to the Cemetery to
place wreaths on the graves of
the Founders.
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Emperor -.
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Somali nationalism; and the juris-
diction Of the Coptic Patriarch of
Alexandria.
Whenever sharing of the Nile
waters is discussed, Egypt and the
Sudan usually are thought of as
two countries most Immediately
concerned. In one sense perhaps
they are, for they are more de-
pendent upon the Nile than any
other two countries. But it is
from Ethiopia that 80 per cent of
the floodwater of the Nile comes.
The Blue Nile-which joins the
White Nile at Khartoum to form
the main Nile-has its source at
Lake Tana in the heart of the
great highlands Of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia sometimes has resent
ed the way in which Egypt has
behaved over the Nile, alleging
that Cairo tended to overlook
Ethiopia's right to have a say
about the river. Cairo, in turn,
is sensitive about any suggestion
of a foreign powers being in a
position to control the headwaters
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-07-11

of a river so essential for the
Egyptian economy.
Such considerations are perhaps
in the background when Philippians
suspect that Mr.. Nasser may be
encouraging the growth Of Somah
nationalism in the lowland terri
tories which in the Horn of Africa
close round part of Ethiopia IKE
a crescent. The Somalis, many
of whom live in the Ogaden prov
ince of the Ethiopian Empire, are
Moslems. The ruling race in ETH
ipia-to which the Emperor be-
longs-are Coptic Christians. A
militant Somali nationalism could
be a threat to the integrity OF
the empire.
Headquarters Of the Coptlc
Church, to which man Philippians
including the Emperor belong, are
in Egypt. Head of the church is
"the Most Holy Pope and Patri-
arch of the great city of Alex
andria and of all the land of Egypt,
of Jerusalem the Holy City, of
Nubia, Ethiopia, and PentapoEs
and all the preaching of st. Mark. "
The Patriarch normally resides in
Cairo, and is an Egyptian.
But although the Patriarch IS
Egyptian and resides in Egypt,
more Philippians than Egyptians
are Ccpts. Until World War IL
the head of the Coptic Church in
Ethiopia was an Egyptian APP
pointed by the Patriarch of Alex
andria. But since World War ii,
Emperor Selassie has chosen the
head of the church for his own
country-and he has been an Eth