Evening star., 1961-12-13
= 'Presbytery !
Reassured on
Attest Plans
BY CASPAR NAMES
Star Staff Writer


\ mosphere will be conducted for
political" or psychological"
reasons were contained in a
message sent to the Washing
ton City Presbytery yesterday.
The statement, delivered for
President Kennedy by special
assistant Frederick l.. Holborn,
was read at the preSbytery
meeting yesterday In George
town Presbyterian Church,
3ll5 P street NV.
The question Of resuming
nuclear tests in the atmosphere
was answered by Mr.. Holborn,
who said President Kennedy
has stated already that this
administration has no inten-
ton of conducting nuclear tests
in the atmosphere unless such
tests are absolutely essential
for our military security.
I'VE will not, in other words,
conduct atmospheric tests for
political or psychological
reasons"
The message was sent in
reply to a resolution passed
by the presbytery on Novem-
Der IA querying the President
on the question of atmospheric
nuclear testing.
For Rental Allowances
DIR. Russell C. Stroup, mod
orator Of the Washington City
Presbytery and also minister
Of Georgetown Presbyterian
Church, told the gathering
yesterday that churches should
abolish free rent manses and
In their place provide the
ministers with rental al
lowances that would enable
them to buy their own homes.
"Th'. presbytery may some
time have the good sense to
abolish all manSes," DR.. Stroup
declared. "They are an anach-
ronism out Of another age.
We suffer from them and they
are an expense to us and the
church.
Churches should pay a !
rental allowance to the minister
and permit him to pay on a !
home. The church could put
down the down payment with
out any loss to itself and in
finite gain to the minister.
DR.. Stroup, who was con-
cluding his term Of office as
moderator. suggested six other
points the presbytery should
undertake in the coming years.
One Of the major items he
advocated was the establish
ment Of a national church
college, as a symbol of the
reform church, in the Nations
Capital.
IT would like to see the ma
tional church building not
another parish church but a
national church building as the
center of an institution of
higher Christian education. I
want the church to be built |
around it. Certainly this could
be a symbol of our Reform
Church. We need a Christian
college in this city with all its
wonderful resources"
Other Suggestions
The other items suggested
by DR.. Stroup were:
/. Unity for support of one
or two inner city churches now
serving the needs Of the COM
munity in which they exist.
q. Support Of a Christian
education pilot program to in
crease its efficiency.
3. Care of the aged. The
preSbytery has responsibility
for its retired members. There
is no reason why this presby-
terry out of the land we already
possess could not build homes
for its retired ministers. We
have the property and the i'm
aginationv and the Government
has the money. The project
could be self -liquidating."
4. A retreat where church
members could go to fortify
themselves spiritually.
5. More use of radio and
television to reach people. Let
us get out Of the horse and
buggy are and get into the
goth century. We should use the
radio and television to it's full
est extent 1t is being used |
by the lunatic fringe and
crackpots and we do not take
advantage of these facilities.
To Install Minister
The Rev. William C. Catlin
will be installed as minister of
the Bush Hill Presbyterian
Chupch, 1921 Franconia, road, |
Alexandria, at 7 pm. January
IA in the church. DR.. Donald
Irwin, minister of Wallace Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church,
will give the installation
sermon.
Mr.. Catlin. a native of But
Ter. Pa. has been organizing
members of the church since
November. 1857. The congre-
cation was officially organized
in October. 1858, but was un-
able to call Mr.. Catlin as a
full-time minister until now
The ,32-year-old minister is
a graduate Of Grove City Col
lege, 1851, and the Pittsburgh
I Xenia Theological Seminary,
1884. He served at the United
Presbyterian Church at Saline
i vile, Ohio, from 1954-1957.
The Rev. John Edwards, who
leaves National Presbyterian
Church soon to take a position
as minister of the Sarah Hearn
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Erie, Pa, will be given a re-
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