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Evening star., 1961-06-04
By CHARLES BROOKS
Star staff Writer

With 100 years of dedication
to the usual things-life
breath and sickness
Providence Hospital will OBJ.
serve its centennial Saturday.
The Daughters of Charity
who first moved into a frame
building on Capitol Hill june
10, 1861, and the Most Rev
Patrick A. OBoyle, Archbishop
of Washington, have invited
5000 friends of the hoSpita.
for the event.
1t is the oldest general hos.
pital in continuous operation
in the city. although it moved
from the bloody hill" site to q
new building in 1856.
The 100 years of dedicated
work by the Sisters were
summed up like this by Sister
Eleanor, 18th administrator o.
the hospital, when she wa
asked her most outstanding ex.
perience there;
THE usual things are what
we're dealing with life, breath
and sickness.
I'VE are dealing with hu.
man beings. Nations may be
falling, presidents may bs
dying but in the hospital the
individual patient is the most
important thing. The unusual
is not more important than the
usual.
Every Day Dramatic
Every day is dramatic fol
the individual patient and fol-
u.s."
On June 8, 1861, an article
appeared in the Daily National
Intelligencer-then the Stars
competitor - announcing the
arrival of four Daughters oi
Charity from Emmitsburg, Md.
and explaining the reason for
the new hospital.
1t noted "the want Of such
an institution Gas the Wash
ington Infirmary) has beer
severely felt by the invalids and
persons requiring surgical treat
ment in establishments acces-
Sible to all in the Nations
metropolis"
The Washington Infirmary
later to be commonly known
as Emergency Hospital, hao
been taken over by the military
And, even before, professors
and students of the George
town Medical College were
barred from the Infirmary by
the Columbian Medical Col
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Camp Fund Facts

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Even
ing Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail it to The Even
ing Star, Second street and
Virginia avenue Sc, or
bring cash to The Star. A
receptionist in the lobby
will direct you to the
cashiers office.
The coSt-$41.55 for IL
days, SPOTS for six days.
All sums received by The Even
ing Star Summer Camp Fund go
to Family and Child Services Of
Fund agency, for the use Of its
Summer Outings Committee Fam
lily and Child Services is regis
tered under the District Of Co.
lunIbia Charitable Solicitations
Act No. 6-07-15l.
Evening star., 1961-06-04

by this time, pulled them on
and ran through the woods to
Viers Mill road for help.
Cliff, IA, a level headed
youth who will be an eighth
grader at Broome Junior High
School next year, stretched the
boy out on his stomach, alter
nately raising the youngsters
arms and pressing his back.
after a few minutes" Cliff
related, "he started to moan
and gasp and finally to cry
When I saw he was coming
out of it, I picked him up and
sat down. He never said a
word-just cried"
Evening star., 1961-06-04

helps out as much as she can
in the neighborhood house
nursery.
Hard-working as Peggy is,
she could never send herself
to camp.
But your gift can give a real
vacation to a little girl who
wants to earn her place in the
sun.
Evening star., 1961-06-04
8 Negroes
Rejected by
Boys Club

Eight Negro youngsters who
Joined the Cheverly (MdO
Boys Club will be asked to re-
sign because they live outside
the club boundaries and county
club bylaws require segrega-
ton.
The boys first filled out
membership cards about three
weeks ago and have been play
ing intra-mural baseball with
the club since then.
Joseph w. Vernon executive
secretary Of the Prince Georges
Boys Club, the parent organi-
zation, said he would send let
ters to the boys tomorrow in
forming them they are not
eligible as members.
Mr.. Vernon said the boys live
outside the Cheverly clubs area
and that county club bylaws
require segregation.
Mrs. Ruth S. Wolf Of Chev-
erly, president Of the County
League o 4 Women Voters,
termed the action most un-
fortunate"
Everybody seemed to accept
the integration and there was
no friction" Mrs. Wolf said.
Mr.. Vernon explained that
the club boundaries are set up
so that one club cannot "steal"
good athletes from another
club.
The situation came to light
when the membership cards
were sent to county club head
quarters for routine checking,
Mr.. Vernon said.
DR.. John w. Perkins, presi-
dent of the Cheverly club, said
that as far as he was concerned
the Negro boys could be mem
bers of the local club and par
ticipate in local club games.
Mr.. Vernon said this could
not be done, even if the boys
did not participate in county
wide games, because of the seq
regation rule.
The county organization has
two Negro club, one in the
Lakeland ection and one in
Chapel Hill. Other Negro clubs
could be formed in other parts
of the county if interested per-
sons applied for charters, Mr..
Vernon said.
Evening star., 1961-06-04

Bill, meanwhile, bounded out
into the busy roadway, fran
tically waving his arms for
help.
Eight or nine cars passed" /"
he observed, before one man
finally stopped. Go up and
call the rescue squad I told
him. "A little boys drowning.
"He went up to the gas sta
ton to call while I stayed be-
hind hoping a police car would
drive by. Sure enough, one did
in just a little while and we
went down to see if we could
help"
Evening star., 1961-06-04

of the Department Occupations
and Professions.
He said his department is
Tightening up investigation Of
applicants for licenses because
many of the occupational and
professional boards in this de-
partment were licensing people
without any applicant inves-
tigation."
Twenty licensing boards and
commissions operate under Mr.
Cogswell's department. They
license doctors, architects, en-
gineers, nurses, BARRIERS, under
takers and others.
Report Cites Need
In a report filed with Chester
Gray, corporation counsel, a
Year ago but never previously
made public, Mr.. Cogswell cited
some case histories to demon
strate the need for more
thorough investigation of Ii
cense applicants.
The report shows that, usual
ly through fraud, psychotics
and unframed persons with long
criminal records have succeeded
in a few instances in getting
licenses here to practice pro-
fessions in which they are en-
trusted with human lives.
Mr.. Cogswell said that these
cases prove the fallacy of ac-
cepting an applicant for q
license, as some boards have
done, mainly on the grounds
that he was licensed to practice
in some other State.
| The report cited the following
case Of a doctor licensed ir
Maryland, who applied unsuc-
cessfully for a District license
Dismissed Repeatedly
This doctor had been en-
ployed as an anesthetist ir
some 20 or more hospitals
over a period of 10 years ano
had been dismissed from all o1
J. them for incompetency and in
stability.
'"The chief of anesthesiology
at one hospital stated that
subject was generally referred
to by the nickname, 'tht
, killer because of the large
number of patients who hac
died on the operating table
while he was in attendance a;
anesthetist," the report said
However, in another case
the report said a doctor
licensed to practice in Mary.
land was issued a similar
, license by the District oi
Columbia Commission on Ii
censure to Practice the Healing
Arts, based upon reciprocity >
Incompetence Charged
The report gave the follow.
ing history on this doctor;
i Several months after he had
been granted a license q COM
tplaint was filed charging that
this doctor was incompetent.
I An investigation showed that
a medical board at Walter
Reed Hospital had previously
ruled that subject was unfit
to practice medicine in the
armed forces and recommend
ed that he be separated from
the service"
It was also learned that this
doctor had been fired by the
Evening star., 1961-06-04
D. c. Tightens Up
License Program
For Occupations
CoesweII Study Showed Permits
Had Been Given to Incompetents
Rx CHARLES O. PIERCE

The District government has launched program to
stop ncompeens criminals and psychotics from obtaining
licenses to practice here doctors and other
professions and trades.
disclosed yesterday by Cogswe director
Evening star., 1961-06-04


cafe issue has got world
wide attention.
Soon Washington will have
a number of these pleasant
places in which to sit out
side.
Secretary Hodges would
like to see them spread across
the country as a means Of
attracting tourists to the
United States.
If they make foreign visi-
tors more welcome, they
should make Americans
more welcome in cities, too.
And it'll be nice to tell all
those visitors from abroad
how we got those sidewalk
cafes.
We can tell them they
came, not through the dis
embodied beneficence Of
some autocratic official.
We can tell them we got
them through free express
sions of public opinion.
We can tell them, too-as
President Kennedy told the
world the other day-that
controversy and dissent are
matters we understand and
fully support.
They give strength to
people, wherever they live.
Evening star., 1961-06-04

IN PRESIDENT Kennedy'S
home State of Massachu-
sets, a full-fledged public
hearing of both sides is
provided for, by law, on
even so minor an. issue as
removing a Single tree from
It's sidewalk location.
Shall permission be
granted?
First, the village opinions
must be heard.
People who learn how to
behave in a democratic way
on what may seem to be
unimportant things have
less trouble accepting ma
jority rule on big questions.
Trujillo did not have the
full benefits of this system.
Nor does Mr.. Khrushchev.
Some Of this may explain
why Americans in high Of
flee deign to express an
opinion on what may appear
to be an issue beneath their
attention.
In the last few days, both
Secretary of Com merce
Hodges and Senator Hum
phrey took time out to speak
in favor Of sidewalk cafes.
Is this a matter Of proper
concern for men beSet by
many more important prob
lens?
The Secretary Of Com
merce thought so.
He said such cafes would
be attractive and make for
eign visitors feel more well
come.
Evening star., 1961-06-04
Cities
and People
Controversy
And Dissent
By ROBERT J. LEWIS

EVEN IN SMALL matters,
~ it's fascinating to watch
the way democracy works.
President Kennedy last
week said there are signs of
democracy which Americans
understand and Russians do
not.
The big issues that divide
US in this country were on
his mind.
Such things as what we
should do as a Nation to
make life better for our
selves and for others.
On these issues, he said.
Dissent and controversy
bring a kind of vitality, and
also protect individual lib
erty."
This same kind Of vitality
Is based on the give-and-
take which illumines small
issues, too.
Debate on everyday mat
ters is the foundation for
debate on world-shaking
ones.
Evening star., 1961-06-04

AND SENATOR Humphrey,
speaking in the Senate
Chamber, obviously thought
so, too.
Around the Capitol are
beautiful terraces which are
unused" he said.
Apparently, we lack some
Of the appreciation of beauty
which is so widely developed
among other peoples.
"Can we imagine that a
Partisan would permit these
beautiful terraces to be un-
used?
Here they are, but on
them one does not find even
a bench, a table, or a chair" "
Those two expressions
by busy men were not iso-
lated comments.
Previously, Senators Ran
dolph and Church wrote the
Commissioners of their sup
port for sidewalk cafes. Such
men as President Richard A.
Norris of Riggs National
Bank and President Andrew
Parker of Woodward &
Lothrop spoke out publicly
on this issue.
Here was a classic example
Of the way democracy works
in this country.
The more that opinions
are heard-and the more
freely they are spoken-the
more democratic the even
Evening star., 1961-09-13
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GRADY MOTORS

T-BIRD 81 hardtop; less than
1000 miles: Away power, T. and
h. ETC.; new-ear warranty: $3.9e5.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
GRADY MOTORS

THIRD 80 conv.: 7. and h.. auto.
trans, p.s. p.b., WV. tires. etc.;
very low mi. real choice. S2,S95.
Evening star., 1961-09-13

Station Wagon Comb. Apache
red finish, radio, heater, etc.
An ideal economy family
wagon. Hurry for this one!
No. 1888.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-11

A woman, blind for decade,
sees her young children for the
first time. A man who has al
ways lived in darkness is given
sight and cannot get over the
wonder of color. A youngster
runs freely after years of CROP
ing and hesitating.
Miracles? Such cures would
have been SO defined decade
or two ago. Today, they are
more commonplace - but still
miracles to those who benefit
from them.
These cases of sight restored
are the result of delicate OPP
GRAFTON known as 'corneal trans
plant They are brought about
by a truly priceless gift = the
donation of sight from those
who have died to those who
still live. Not all cases of blind
ness can be cured in this way.
But, where conditions are right,
the results are 900 successful.
The operation is well-known
today; many famous and dis
tinguished people are part of
it's program. But it has faced
two major problems in the past.
The first involved a misunder-
standing. People 'willed' their
eyes. This, in spite of their ex-
cellent intentions, was useless.
A will is read several days, or
weeks, after death. COrnea
must be transplanted with
in a few hours. Today doctors
and hospitals have release
forms available, and those who
have signed them make sure
that friends and family know
of their intention.
The second problem was one
of skill This operation is so
delicate that few surgeons -
even expert ophthalmologists -
were qualified to perform it.
This led to the tragedy of sight
donated, a blind person eagerly
awaiting it, but no surgeon
available to perform the trans
fer in the time limit. Obviously,
the only solution was to fur
nish surgeons with a more ac-
curate instrument.
In the past few years, a
giant step in this direction has
been taken through the efforts
of one of the leading surgeons
in the field.
He felt that the operation
could be performed more quick
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African-American institute, ex
planned thta the marginal economic
status of the mid-continent ma.
tons accounts for their espousal Of
policy of neutralism in the cur.
rent world struggle.
"Neutralism allows them to ge,
help from all sources" he said. 81,
is a natural .couse to follow be.
cause they need more help thar
either the East of the West car
give"
On the same question, DIR. Davis
currently serving as NAACP di.
rector for teacher information and
security, stated his belief that the
new African nations do not want
to remain neutral. 81 was in five
of these nations in the last three
MONTHS" he said. "They just don't
want to be involved in anybody
else's fight they want money
Wyatt, too, recently returned
from working in Africa, where he
spent ten months screening candi-
dates for American scholarships
africans are sensitive to ou1
criticism of their one party politi-
cal systems. The fact is" said
Wyatt, Headers are in such short
supply that they can't afford to
have some leaders languishing in
an "out party"
Two afternoon lectures were de-
voted to the peoples and cultures
of Africa and to the history OF
the continent.
Mrs. Yaura w. Tucker, cultural
attache of the Liberian embassy
in Washington. spoke out against
growing sentiment to expel nom
Africans. "They shouldn't be ex-
PEELED any more than the U. S.
should expel all nom aucasians
. but non-African ethnic groups
must become genuine Africans
owing first loyalty to Africa" she
said.
"In Africa, no one wants the
white man as his master" stressed
the first Liberian female attache
'but no one will reject him as a
friend.
Modern African politicians are
determined that the continent shall
operate as a whole and the
drive for unity is important to
understanding African problems
she explained in opposition to the
notion that Africa is to be re-
garded as an area permanently di-
vided into several regions.
She cautioned against the err
ror of regarding Africa as de-
void of culture, pointing out that
one of the tribes in her native
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-11
Social Security

@: How much work credits must
have under Social Security to
get disability payments?
A: At the present time, you must
have work credits for at least five
out of the ten years just before you
became unable to work.
@: Can l get disability checks if
I am temporarily unable to work
because of an illness or accident !?
A: No. Payments are not made
for a temporary disability. To get
disability checks, your condition
must be one that is expected to
last indefinitely or cause death.
Q: If start receiving disability
checks, can / get anything for my
wife and children?
A: They can receive benefits just
like dependents of retired workers
or survivors of deceased workers.
If they could get payments because
of your retirement or death, they
could get payments if you become
disabled.
@: If i am disabled, how much
can | get from Social Security?
A: Disability payments are fig
ured the same as retirement pay
ments.
@: When should see the social
security office about my disa-
bility?
A: About four months after you
become disabled. Although we can
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powerful factor in world politics. {"
Following Davis, Donald w.
WYATT. executive associate of the
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Liberia had a written language long
before the first European contract
ever made - using compile x,
200-character alphabet.
Tribal life was equally complex
and intricate, she said.
By contrast she pointed to pro-
viding for old age as being the
source of much tension and an
xiety in Western cultures. "Not
so in Africa" she said, "where
everyone is his brothers keeper.
No one is without food, job, shell
ter or provision for his old age in
the tribal system"
Final speaker of the day was
George W. Broadfield, native of
Hampton who formerly served in
various capacities in government
agencies in Liberia.
He discussed the history of the
continent, examining the move
ment from tribalism and colonial
ism to independence and self-gov-
eminent.
Broadfield stressed the fact that
African history did not begin with
slavery and colonialism but, rather,
predates much of the recorded his
tory of Western nations.
"The king of the Ashanti in
Ghana," he declared, "holds a
throne which goes back 1900 years.
This and other older African civil
lization had formative influences
on younger cultures which develop
ed later in Western Europe"
The seminar on the Hampton In
stitute campus is the first of three
planned for the current college
semester President Jerome Hol-
land invited the public to attend
the next two seminarys, slated for
March Is and April %, and to
utilize the extensive collection of
African holdings in the colleges
library and museum.
DIR. Hugh Nj. Gloster, coordinator
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of the seminars, announced the
topic for the March meetings will
be africa in Transition" Aprips
discussions will consider "African
Nations in the World Community"
Also, next summer, Hampton In
stitute will offer a five-week in
stitute in African affairs. DIR. Clos
ter, who directs the colleges sum-
mer session, announced Saturday
that 40 scholarships are to be aw-
arded to qualified students to at
tend this second annual summer in
stitute.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-11

and found what he wanted in
a most surprising place - an
electric shaver. Norelco's rotary
action, which eliminates vibra-
ton and is designed for shay
ing comfort, proved to give the
smooth performance he was
looking for In order to make
sure that the instrument was
easy to hold, he selected a
woman's model = the Coquette,
because of its easily-held cylin-
drical shape.
In using this new device (cre-
ated by removing shaving head
and inserting a surgical knife,
the doctor found another boon:
the operation could be per-
formed in less time. A cut
of 1870 to 800 in operating
time is vital to both doctor
and patient.
Today, the selected cases.
where corneaI transplants work
are infinitely more certain of
success thanks to three things:
more donors, the development
of a new instrument, and the
discovery of the proper motor
= in lady's shaver.
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vemDer average OF lat, 491 barrels,
according to figures released by
the State Oil & Gas Board.
Due to one additional calendar
day in December, however, total
output rose to 4,541, $50 barrels
from 1894 1924 barrels the preced-
ing month.
Gross production of natural gas
from both oil and gas fields in
December was 81 ,943 ,655 900 cubic
feet, an increase of 1907 ,148, 900
cubic feet over November. Field
gas production reinjected to pro-
ducing reservoirs was 1888, &c.,
600 cubic feet, a decrease of $780,
564, 900 under November.
The three refineries in the state
processed 69O, $3.50 barrels of crude
in December, an increase of 33,OS9
barrels from November.
Crude and condensate sales in
December totaled 1889 ,OO5 barrels
from which the state tax commits
sion collected STU ,420.98 in sew
erance taxes.
Natural gas sales netted $685.
836.O3 in severance taxes for the
month.
A total of II wells were COM
pleted in November compared
with 62 the previous month. This
included A field wells Of which
% were completed for production.
A total of q wildcats were drilled
resulting in two discoveries.
Successful wildcats opened the
Bentonia Field of Yazoo County
and the Johnston Station Field in
Pike County.
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December Output
Steady In State

Production of crude oil and con-
densate in Mississippi averaged
146,495 barrels daily in December,
virtually unchanged from the No
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New Advance in Sight Restoration

ly, more precisely, and by more
surgeons if it employed q
motor driven surgical knife.
The transfer is such a delicate
process that it calls for the ul-
innate in precision. But, when
a motor-driven instrument is
used, it becomes an operation
that hundreds of surgeons can
perform. The motor adds price
less precision.
The problem then was to find,
or develop, the perfect motor.
It had to be small, easy to
hold, free of vibration. Fur
Their, it must not heat up in
the hand, even when used for
lengthy periods of time.
Working with a surgical in
strument firm, the doctor ex-
perimented with many motors
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Kennedy Makes .

Continued from Page One)
the new COMMITTEE on Equal EN-
ployment Opportunity" 1t COM
bines the Committee on Govern
ment Contracts, previously head
ed by former Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon, and the Presidents
Committee on Government En-
ployment Policy.
Kennedy also ordered federal
agencies to move Immediately to
give minority groups broader ac-
cess to government jobs.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-03-11
MISSISSIPPI
CAPITOL NEWS
Testimonial For State Labor


One of Mississippi's newest in.
dustries has special praise for the
quality of labor it employs in q
manufacturing operation. EN-
ployees now working in a factory
for the first time are doing a lob
that rates praise. This has been
typical of Mississippi labor as a
whole since industrial expansion
first began here. Management has
almost invariably expressed ap-
probation and surprise at the
high quality of workmanship avail
able in Mississippi. An abundant
supply of intelligent labor, read
lily adaptable to even the most
complex operations, is a prime
asset in Mississippi's industrial
development.
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The Gulf Coasts Seafood Industry

As communities seek added pay
rolls and look to their natural
resources TO capitalize on their
advantages more fully, the Mis-
sissippi Gulf Coast looks to the
sea where there are just as big
fish as ever have been caught.
In the transportation, processing
and marketing of seafood, there
are SIS establishments operating in
Mississippi, employing 1922 per-
sons in season. Fishing in these
waters means dollars to Missis-
sippi.