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Evening star., 1960-11-13
Quokers to Open
Peace Vigil at
Pentogon Today

More than 600 Quakers plar
to open q two-day Peace
Vigil" at the Pentagon today
A spokesman for the vigil
described it as "an appeal tc
our fellow citizens to turn from
the immortality and futility oi
the arms race to q search for
non-violent alternatives"
The group will march from
the Washington Hotel to the
Pentagon. which 1t described
as "the citadel Of military
strength" and stand in silent
prayer.
Another prayer vigil is slated
for this afternoon at the
Quaker Meeting House, 211l
Florida avenue NV. and there
will be an afternoon perform
ance Of a Quaker peace drama
(which Way the Wind" at the
Washington Hotel.
Some Of the group will leave
at 8 am. tomorrow for the
United Nations to deliver more
than $4,000 to support the
u. N. technical assistance worl
in Africa.
And a second peace march
will leave the Washington
Hotel at Z am. tomorrow fol
the Pentagon. The vigil will
last until 4 pm. Monday. There
Evening star., 1960-11-13

and judges were replaced by
Bahutus.
Kigeri v, who had left the
country to attend the Congo's
independence celebrations in
Leopoldville, was barred by the
Belgians from returning to
Ruanda. He returned to the
Congo. where he remains to-
day.
While Kigeri v was in the
Congo, the Belgians staged local
elections In Ruanda In which
|7e per cent Of the electorate
voted, Of S,l26 seats, 2,201
.l70 per cent? were won by the
Parmehutu (Bahutu Emancipa-
tion) Party, led by Gregory
Kayibanda. q 40-year-old Ba-
hutu Roman Catholic.
Election In January
Mr.. Kayibanda and several
other Bahutus were given cab
met portfolios last month.
each has a Belgian assistant.)
U.N.-supervised national bal
loting on the basis Of universal
suffrage will take place in Jan
uary to create q national as
sembly.
What has taken place, then,
is not just the victory of one
political party over another,
but a revolution which is both
political and social. The Ba-
hutu serfs have deposed the
Watusi, who ruled them for
centuries.
Kigeri has sworn that he will
return to Ruanda as q con-
queror. The Watusi still in
Ruanda are promising an aw-
full vengeance when this takes
place. The Bahutu, although
the victory Of the moment is
theirs. are afraid. They have
asked the Belgians to keep
troops in Ruanda after inde-
pendence. Three battalions of
paratroopers have been REIN
forced by Belgian troops from
the Congo.
Nobody. in short. is very
happy. Although the Bahutu
hate the Watusi. life for them
is impossible without q Mwami.
When there is no Mwami,
springs dry up; cows will not
calve; women are barren. and
the crops fail. He is their god.
There is the possibility that
Mr.. Kayibanda may assume the
title Of Mwami. But for q Ba-
hutu to become Mwami is
rather like Israel Premier David
Evening star., 1960-11-13

are obvious and in the past the
Mwami (Watusi king) ruled in
an absolute fashion. In Urundi,
there was more intermarriage
and the Mwami's rule tended
to be less despotic.
Mwami Fights Reform
Until last year the Belgians,
like the Germans before them,
were content to rule Ruanda-
Urundi's 10000 square miles
through the Mwamis and the
IWatusi aristocracy. It be-
came apparent, however, that
| it would be necessary to intro
duce political reform to ready
the territory for independence,
which is scheduled for the
spring Of 1862.
Charles Leon Pierre Ruda-
higwa. the Mwami Mutara III
Of Ruanda, clearly saw that
democracy would spell the end
Of his dynasty, which has ruled
for 10 generations.
Mutara was not one to give
In without a battle. He Or
ganized the Unar (National
Union Of Ruanda) Party on the
plank Of continued Watusi
domination. In July. Of last
year, Mutara (who was toe
strong q Mwami to be popular
with the Belgians) died in the
ofice Of q doctor In Usumburs
after a penicillin injection. God
cannot die a natural death, and
to the Watusi it was obvious
that Mutara had been poisoned
The crown passed to 24-year-
old Kigeri v, one Of the many
brothers Of Mutara. who was
childless. His advisers urged
the young Mwami to rule as
well as reign, and Watusi war.
riors began a campaign oi
Intimidation against the politi-
cally awakening Bahutu.
| Belgians Switch Support
At this point the Belgians
switched their support to the
Bahutu, who took up arms
against the Watusi. BY Novem-
ber Of 1859, all Ruanda was In
flames.
A state OF, emergency was de-
clared; the Watusi were routed
by Belgian soldiers and Bahutu
warriors. and $4,000 Watus
Irefugees fled into Uganda and
1.-THE Congo. At least 500 people
Host their lives. Watusi chief:
Evening star., 1960-11-13

Ben-Gurion announcing that
he intends to run for Pope.
Here In Urandi the revolution
has yet to be fought and hence
the fear is greater.
The Mwami Mwambutsa ("he
who crosses q river') is, q
plump. balding little man (al-
though he is officially q Watusi,
one suspects some Bahutu
hlood). a devotee of the samba
o gsAnAi drinking companion
and an ardent admirer Of the
ladies.
His eldest son. S0-year-old
Louis Rwagasore, is cut from
other cloth. He Is determined
to perpetuate the rule Of his
family through the manipula-
ton Of political parties.
With the support of the Ba-
ganwa (blood relations of the
last four Mwamis. who hold the
strings Of feudal power, he
has organized the Uprona
Party to contest the municipal
elections to be held here this
Tuesday and the national elec-
tions which will follow next
year.
Louis Rwagasore has close
contacts with both Julius
Nyerere Of Tanganyika and
Patrice Lumumba of the Congo
In an attempt to stop his bid
for power. the Belgians placed
him under house arrest last
month and have given tacit
support to a coalition of a doz-
en- political parties which op-
pose the Uprona Party.
/ All chiefs and sub-chiefs ir
Urundi have been retired and
Evening star., 1960-11-13

less boWl. TO the SouCn, Lake
Tanganyika's oily waves lap
listlessly at the oil-stained
beach, upon which the body Of
q baby crocodile lies rotting.
There Is no wind and the
heat is clammy, oppressive like
q damp blanket. Collars wilt
in minutes and shirts stick to
backs. The Belgian women
have discarded their girdles.
The settlers sit on the terrace
Of the seedy Paguidas Hotsl.
slipping gin mixed with the
Juice Of passion fruit. their
voices strident. African walters
squat in the corners smoking
black cigarettes, sweating.
Some doze. Occasionally one
gets up to the call of hoy"
to serve q slow-motion drink.
The eyes Of the Africans are
fixed on the clouds gathering
over the mountains: They talk
quietly. If at all. There is no
laughter.
Mingled with all the .other
odors of this capital city is the
smell Of fear.
"God" ExiIed
There is reason to fear. In
,Ruanda, the northern kingdom,
they have exiled a god. Here
in Urundi the eldest son Of a
god is under house arrest and
his father is in Belgium.
The Africans know that this
is why there is no rain, why
an earthquake shook this town
of 5000 last month. That Is
why they are afraid. The Bel
gians do not quite believe this.
But they are afraid Of what
the Africans may do. The
Congo is only 20 miles away.
Unlike the Congo, Ruandi-
Urundi, perched between it,
Uganda and Tanganyika, is a
United Nations trust territory,
not a colony. The Belgians
acquired it when Germany's
colonies were divided among
the visitors after World War !.
What they took possession Of
was two kingdoms (Ruanda
and Urund) organized on a
feudal basis. On top in each
were the tall and lordly Watusi.
7-foot Hamitic giants. warlike,
intelligent and given to in
trique. This Watusi aristocracy
GA per cent of the total pop
ulation of 5 millionl ruled sub
servient Bantu tribesmen called
Bahutu. Sometimes they al
lid themselves with the trust
tArritory's $4,000 pygmies.
In the northern kingdom of
Ruanda, which borders on
Uganda, the ethnic differences
Evening star., 1960-11-13

their places taken by appointed
African oficials, most of them
Bahutus. Six commissioners
cabinet ministers in training)
have been appointed.
Thus the thrones Of both
Ruanda and Urundi are vacant;
Louis Rwagasore Is out Of cir
culation; the Watusi are threat
ening vengeance for their dead
warriors and their burned huts
and the rains are late.
It all adds UP to trouble.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Brown u. Club
To Meet Tuesday

The Brown University Club
Of Washington will meet al
S:15 pm. Tuesday ct the Arm
old's Hofbrau Restaurant. 1874
Pennsylvania avenue NV. ia
cob H. Mogelever. author OF
Death to Traitors" will speak.
The new officers Of the club
are Paul M. McGann, presi-
dent; Richard w. White. vice
president; Earle v. johnson,
secretary. and George Vault,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Dinner to Fete Reitz

The University of Florida
alumni will honor their presi-
dent, ]. Wayne Reitz, at a
dinner at Z pm. Tuesday at
the Army and Navy Club. Tick
cts may be obtained from the
alumni president. Jim Sharon.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
AFRICAN REPORT
Chonge Brings Feor
In BeIgion Territory
by SMITH HEMPSTONE, Jr.
contributing Writer

USUMBURA, Ruanda- -Urundi.-The rains are late .
Behind the mountains their faces gouged with the red
Of erosion the clouds banked up like an endless
dock Of giant dirty-gray sheep.
There no horizon the mountains the clouds and the
metallic sky marge imperceptibly to form inverted
Evening star., 1960-11-13

This is the first Of two ertielss on
Ruondo- -Urundi by M. Hehpstons.
who Is on reporting tour through
Western Ayiea.
Evening star., 1960-11-13

also will be prayer vigil from an To 33e PM tenor
the Quaker Meeting House row.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
NEGRO MEMBERS OF
FOUNDRY WORKERS CHARGE
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

New York (ANP)-Negro men,
bers of the international Moulders
and Foundry Workers union have
charged their international leader
ship Of discriminatory practices.
They charge that although Ne
groes represent a majority of the
total membership, there is no Ne
gro In a policy-making position In
the union. Negro members have
formed the Committee for Equit.
able Treatment for Negro Mem.
bers and have corresponded with
the Foundry Workers information.
al office concerning discrimination
practices OF the union and have
requested that consideration b,
given Negroes to hold policy-mak
ing positions in the international
The COMMITTEES for Equitabl,
Treatment for Negro Members Il
headed by Ashfield Grant, chair
man and Lester ]. Noble, secret
larry. both Of New York City.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
Boycott Of Jim
Crow Stores Costs
Merchant $4,000

st. Petersburg, Fla. CAMP -
A white merchant this week charg-
ed that he has been losing SIS, 900
daily since the local NAACP
launched its mo Christmas Gift
Buying" drive here.
J. E. Webb, owner Of Webb's
City, a mammoth retail outlet,
served DR.. Ralph M. Wimbish,
NAACP president, his wife and the
local NAACP chapter with a tenn
porary injunction.
This prevents them from contin-
uing the NAACP's Withholding
campaign in the vicinity of Webb's
City.
The NAACP has been asked to
show cause why it should continue
to picket and display signs and
literature asking the public not to
patronize Webb City.
Since, in all probability, the
hearing will not be heard until
after Christmas, this legal action
will curb the Associations mo
Christmas Gift Buying" campaign
here.
This drive is part Of an NAACP
selective buying campaign In eff.
feet in more than 300 commun-
tiles in six southeastern states.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30

offer to Dawson on the basis that
the average age In the Cabinet is
47.3 in contrast with Dawson's IA
years. All Kennedy appointees are
under 81 years Of age, with the
exception Of Commerce Depart
ment Secretary-designate Luther
C. Hodges, who is 81. Kennedy at
taches have stated proudly that
the cabinet represents the young
est In the twentieth century. In
surance Executive ]. Edward Day,
who accepted the Postmaster-G Cen
eralship Is 46.
In turning down the job heading
what President Elect Kennedy has
called "the biggest business in the
world" Congressman Dawson was
passing up a department which
employs half a million people and
which, last year, operated on a
budget Of 3.S billion dollars
The Illinois Congressman is
known to be Of falling health.
Rumors had been rife nationally
recently that he would resign his
post in the House OF Representa-
tives.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
SABATHANI BAPTIST

And it came to pass, as the
angels were gone way from them
into heaven, the shephards said one
to another, Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem, and see this thing
which is come to pass, which the
Lord hath made known unto u.s."
Luke 2:15.
Sunday was a joyous day at Sab
athani as we gathered to celebrate
the birthday of our Savior. They
Departed Another Way" was the
subject of Rev. Stanley Kings
Christmas Day sermon. The scrip
tural reference was from Matthew
1912.
Music was rendered by the Sen
ior choir, under the direction of
Rev. King with Mrs. John Rivers at
the piano and Mrs. William Warder
presiding at the console. The con-
gregational hymn was Joy to the
World"
The mornings scripture, from
Matthew alt, was read by Bro
John Kittrell and the conservation
prayer was by Bro. Walter Cole
man.
The broadcast was tapped to en-
able those of the choir to sing In
the Messiah at st. Paul's Pilgrim
baptist Church. The Subject OF
Rev. Kings radio message was
Follow the Star"
Watch night services will begin
at 1890, Saturday night as we
gather to pray in the New Year,
Sunday school will begin at $3.50,
and Morning worship at 10:45. II
you are without a church home, we
especially invite you to come and
begin the New Year in worship
We extend best wishes for the
New Year to all of our many
friends. May God richly bless you
all in the New Year. - Mrs. Ran
dolph Burnett, church reporter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
WHITE COUPLE WANTS
TO ADOPT SIXTH
NEGRO CHILD IN ENGLAND

Cuddinton, England (ANP) -
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Wilde, pop
ular white couple Of this communi-
ty, won the admiration of neigh
bors and the. frowns Of some slep-
tics last week, when they told Wei
fare officials they wanted to adopt
a Sixth Negro Child
The Wildes have no children of
their own, and Mrs. Wilde, 33, re-
Gently lost a baby through miscar-
rage. She beamed as she spoke of
her tan brood, the first child being
adopted five years ago. She said:
TITS the happiness the first five
have brought US that makes US
want another. When Mr.. wilde
and I want to see the children up
for adoption-we asked for the
most unwanted child.
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CHURCH
NEWS

who participated and also to those
who worked to make it possible.
The sanctuary was filled to ca
pacity for the morning worship, as
many came to worship God and
celebrate Christmas in the true
Christian Spirit. We were treated
to a wealth OF good music by the
Senior, Gospel Chorus, Choral
Group and Youth Choir.
DR.. Masseys topic for the morn
ing service was, Reception OF
The Christ Child" His text was
from Luke 2:7. DR.. Massey retold
the age old yet ever new story of
the birth of Christ, and of his var
led reception by the world. The
pastor emphasized the fact that
many treated the birth Of Christ
with indifference simply because
they knew not who he was.
He stated that we, too, often
treat Christ with indifference, not
because we dislike him, but simply
because we have filled our lives
with so many other things there
is not room left in our hearts for
Christ. He urged us to open our
hearts to Christ, for only through
him can we enjoy the full, rich,
rewards life has to offer.
Concentrations go to the direc-
tor, Willie B. Hale, and the men,
bers of the Minnesota Baptist Con-
vention Choir, for their superb per-
Torrance of the Messiah" to a
full house Sunday evening.
Saturday at 10 pm, Watch
Night Services will be held at the
Church, and the Ordinance of Bap-
tism will be observed. Next Sun
day at IL am. DR.. Massey breaches
and at 6 pm. the BYE. presents
Looking Toward '61", with Mr..
Leroy Cunningham as speaker.
Clarence Harris, Reporter.
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Gabrielle Leave
New Orleans; Are
Happy In R. /


North Providence, r. /. CAMP
Apparently back to normal
again, the James Gabrielle family
spent Christmas here away from
the turmoil and threats Of the New
Orleans school Indignation scene.
The Gabrielles, whose name in
recent weeks has been spread
across the pages of the nations
newspapers because they defied a
segregationists' boycott at embat-
tied William F'rantz school, are
beginning a new life here.
Only White Girl At The School
Mr.. and Mrs. Gabrielle dared to
send their 6-year-old daughter
Yolanda to Frantz where another
6-year-old, Ruby Nell Bridges, a
Negro, was attending classes. For
a while Yolanda was the only
white girl at the school.
Gabrielle, employed by the city
as a maintenance man, said he was
forced to quit his job because of
the attitude of fellow workers who
scorned him for keeping his
daughter in the school. He said he
decided to leave New Orleans when
stones were hurled through the
windows of his housing project
apartment.
At present the family, which in
cludes five other children in add
ton to Yolanda, will live with
Gabrielles family in North Prov
idence.
Aided BY Chicago Fund
Mrs. Gabrielle, who was one of
the first recipients of monies
raised by the Louisiana Educa-
tional Fund of Chicago, expressed
her thanks before leaving New
Orleans. The Chicago group, con-
sisting of Negro business and civic
leaders, sent the family a check
for 1920. The Fund was estab-
lished in Chicago to aid Negro and
white victims of the New Orleans
school indignation battle.
Expressing her thanks in a let
ter to Dempsey J. Travis, treasur-
Yer Of the Fund, Mrs. Gabrielle
said: z
ION behalf of my little girl, my
husband and myself, you and the
responsible committee receive our
most sincere thanks for your more
than generous contribution. Bless
each and every one of you for your
extreme kindness to two strang-
ers."
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
Munhoffun School Board To
Add 2I6 Schools To lis
InfeoFofion PFoorun

New York (ANP) - To improve
the racial balance in the element
airy schools, ninety-three send.
ing" schools and 1913 receiving
schools will be added to the pro,
gram.
Children in grades three, fouI
and five of schools that are more
than 30 percent Negro or Puerto
Rican will be eligible for transfer
in September.
The schools to which they may
transfer are at present more thar
30 per cent full, a spokesman fol
the board explained.
The so-called open enrolment
policy was announced by the board
In August A pilot project this
semester involved sixteen send
ing and thirty-one receiving
schools. There were PIP pupil
transfers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
Services For Fatally
Wounded Woman Held

Services for Mrs. Rosa Lee Will
liams, 80, of 455 st. Anthony who
died December IS, at her home,
were held at IL am. Tuesday, De-
cember 27, at the Brooks Funeral
Home. Rev. c. E. Parker officiated,
with burial in Elmhurst cemetery.
MRS. Williams was fatally
wounded by Mack Edwards, at her
home on Sunday, December Is.
She is survived by one daughter
and other relatives living out of
the state.
Brooks Funeral Home were in
charge of arrangements.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30

the organ, Michael Mcclure served
as thurifer, Benjamin Nellie as
boat boy.
The celebrant's servers were
John Mason and John Nellie, Jr.
Ringing the sanctus bells was e.
Harold Underwood, Jr., and the
torch bearers were Kenneth Mason,
Daniel Shackelford, Keith Thomp-
son, Eric Eversley, Tyrone Crump,
whitman Tucker, Jr., Marvin Nc
Clure was crucifer.
Services for next Sunday will be
at the new hours, 1880, $3.50 and
IL am. Service will be held in
the evening with Confirmation at
pm. The Confirmation Class will
be presented to The Rt. Rev. Ham,
ilton H. Kellogg.
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Leon r. Stephens, Retired
Railroad Mon Die

Leon x. Stephens Retired
Railroad Man Dies
Services for Leon r. Stephens
1912 Fifth Av. s., who died De
cember Fl, at his home, were held
Tuesday, December ~, at the
Woodland Funeral chapel Rev. Lo-
veil johnson, pastor Of st. Peters
AME church, officiated with bur.
ial in Crystal Lake cemetery.
The deceased had been in ailine
health for the past two years
Born in Kingsbury, Texas, he hac
been a resident of Minneapolis fol
40 years.
He was a retired railroad en-
ploye.
Surviving are one son, Robert
William Stephens of st. Paul; five
sisters, Mrs. Ruby Graham of Min.
neapolis, Mrs. Willie Mae Davis
Sacramento, Calf, Mrs. Llliar
House and Bertha Porter of Rich,
mond, Calf, and Mrs. Minnie Duke
of San Antonio, Tex, one brother
Rev. Harvey Stephens Of Houston
Tex, and other relatives.
Woodland Funeral Home was II
charge of arrangements.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
FIRST CHRISTMAS
EVE SERVICE
AT ST. THOMAS

BY special permission Of the
contractor, st. Thomas had its
first Christmas Eve Service in its
new edifice. They are completing
the work this week.
The Communion Service was
preceded by the chanting of the
Ltany in procession around the
church. Responses were made by
the congregation, led by the choir.
During the Communion Service the
Gospel was read by Father An
drew Otani, who served as Deacon,
and the Epistle was read by Don
aid Bryant, Jr., who served as
Sub-deacon. Beneta Nellie played
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Services Held For
Mrs. BeUIoh Word

Services Held For
Mrs. BeUIdh Word
Services for Mrs. Beulah Word
SIT Carroll Av., who died Deem.
Der %, in Ancker hospital, were
held at 2 pm. Tuesday, December
27, at Brooks Funeral Home. Rev
S. w. Samples OBLIGATED with bur-
ial in Elmhurst cemetery.
A native of Clinton, KY, the de-
ceased had lived in st. Paul fol
nine years. She was a member OF
Carter CINE church.
She is survived by her husband
Thomas of st. Paul; three broth
ers, James Hennesse of Pasadena
Calf, Arthur Bryant, Chicago anC
Oscar Bryant of st. Paul; two sis
tiers, Mrs. Catherine Brazelton anC
Mrs. Eva Shelton, both of st. Paul
an aunt, Mrs. Beulah Williams, st
Paul and nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were made by
Brooks Funeral Home.
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Services Held For Two
Yeur Old Jumes Funehie, Jr

Services for James Howard
Funchie, Jr., two month old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Howard
Funchie, Sr., of 1905 18th Av. N,
who died December rs. were held
at IL am. Tuesday, December 81,
at Woodlands Funeral chapel. Rev.
]. r. Holloway officiated.
Survivors in addition to his par
ents are one brother, Kelvin; one
sister, Cathey; his maternal and
paternal grandparents and other
relatives.
Burial was in Crystal Lake
cemetery with Woodland Funeral
Home in charge of the service.
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Alfred Johnson Dies

Alfred Johnson, 6931a Selby Av.,
died at his home Tuesday night,
December 27.
Arrangements were not complete
at press time. For further inform
alton, call Brooks Funeral Home,
CA. 5-3691.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30

"SOme peoples idea Of celebrat-
ing the holidays Is to have .
Christmas they'll never forget and
q New Years Eve they can't re-
member" - Maurice Settler.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
MINISTER HEADS
HOUSTON NAACP

Houston CAMP - The Rev.
Earl r. Boone, pastor Of the An
tioch Baptist Church, was elected
president Of the Houston branch Of
the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People
last week.
The outgoing president is Fran
els L. Williams, a Houston at
torney.