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Evening star., 1961-12-24
COTTON

NEW YORK, Dec. % (AP). .-Cottor
futures sagged for a time this week and
closed IS cents a bale lower to IS cents
higher.
Expectations of lower exports this sea
son were part of the reason for the
early weakness. Reports circulated In
the trade that Agriculture Department
officials now look for overseas ship
ments of no more than million bales
during the current season, which run:
to next July 81.
Exports in the week ended Tuesday
were estimated by the New York Cotton
Exchange Service Bureau at l34,00(
bales, up slightly over $4,000 the pre-
yious week, but down sharply from
337 900 a year earlier. Exports for the
season to date fell below the year.
earlier pace for the first time this
season. The August December ~ tota
was estimated at $4,000 bales com
pared with 2,l66.ooo a year earlier.
Hedge selling and commission house
liquidation influenced by the export talk
also contributed to selling pressure
along with a further slight decline in
the weekly loan entries.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Upswing in Spending

ord, according to statistics
worked out by j. Roger WAL
lace of the New York Journal
of Commerce, in each year was:
In 1850, the first full year
after the 1948-49 recession.
spending for durable goods
(autos, appliances, furniture.
similar big-ticket itemS) rose
23.5 per cent. While some Of
this rise reflected scare hoard
ing on the outbreak of thHKo-
rean war. most of it repre1 nted
solid buying by consumers all
ing their needs then.
In 1865, the first full year
after the 1953-54 recession.
spending for durable goods in
creased 22.3 per cent. This was
the year when consumers went
on a wild car buying spree.
In 1859, the first full year
| dlGCI Vic 40O l-OO ICNCooAOAAS
spending for durable goods went
up 1853 per cent. The gain
would have been greater had
it not been for the. prolonged
steel strike which not only
slashed paychecks but also
postponed a lot of car sales to
1860.
The evidence that 1862 will
follow the same patterns is ex-
ceedingly persuasive.
| Personal incomes are hitting
new peaks month after month
and there's a record total in
savings accounts. Installment
debts have been cut and fami-
lies across the Nation are in
the best position in a long time
to rebuild their debts to finance
costly purchases. Prices are
holding in a narrow range. Con.
sumer confidence is growing.
Distributed 1861, by The Hall
Syndicate, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1961-12-24

tionS may have obscured the
fact that the very large part
of the Maryland savings and
loan industry is in healthy
financial condition.
Eighty-five Maryland associa-
tions are members of the FSLIC
and have their accounts insured
by the Government agency up
to $4,000 of each account.
FSLIC members are governed
by stringent regulations that
look to the protection Of the
savers dollar and must submit
to regular examinations of the
Federal Home Loan Bank Sys-
TEN, the report pointed out.
In addition to the FSLIC
member associations there are
a number of other soundly run
associations, especially in the
small neighborhood class. How
ever, a few associations, which
have not followed sound and
established principles Of man.
agement have been in trouble
with postal and Maryland State
authorities. In some of these,
insolvencies and losses have at
tracted much attention in the
press.
1T is regrettable," the league
statement added, that some
irresponsible associations have
recently sprung up and so
conducted their affairs as to
threaten the reputation of a
basically sound business-par-
ticularly in view of the great
contribution to the economy of
Maryland that the savings and
loan industry has made over
a long period of years, and is
continuing to make"
The statement pointed out
that the FSLIC. which was
created by Congress in 1884,
now protects more than % mil
lion savers in nearly 4,200 in
sured thrift and home -financ-
ing institutions all over the
United States. mo saver in an
FSLIC-insured institution has
ever lost even one cent of his
FSL1C-inSured savings" the
Statment emphasized.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
HOW | LICKED
THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING
BY a Wall Street Journal
Subscriber

High prices and taxes were
keeping me broke. l simply had
to earn more money or reduce
expenses.
One day l picked up a copy
of The Wall Street Journal. In
the pages of that remarkable
newspaper l found immediate
help. An article on building
supplies gave me ideas on re-
modelling my home and showed
me how to save 5000. Another
article showed me a profit
making opportunity.
l sent for a Trial Subscrip-
tion to The Journal. l needed
its warnings. l cashed in on
the ideas it gave me. Articles
on food and clothing helped me
cut expenses. Articles on taxes
guided me on what to do to
keep my taxes down. Now I'm
slowly forging ahead.
This experience is typical.
The Journal is a wonderful aid
to salaried men making $500.
to $4,000. 1t is valuable to the
owner of a small business. 1t,
can be of priceless benefit to-
young men who want to win,
advancement. 4
The Wall Street Journal is
the complete business DAILY.
Has largest staff of writers on
business and finance. The only
business paper served by all
three big press associations. It
costs $24 a year, but you can
get a Trial Subscription for
three months for 81. Just tear
out this ad and attach check for
81 and mail. Or tell us to bill
you. Address: The Wall Street
journal, A Broad St., New
York 4, N. Y. ws,o.aH
Evening star., 1961-12-24
OVER COUNTER

The following bid and asked prices
are obtained from the National Associa
tion Of Securities Dealers, Inc, and
other sources, but are unofficial They
do not represent actual transactions
they are intended as a guide to the
approximate range within which these
securities could have been sold Gndi.
Gated by the bid or bought indicated
by the askedD at the time of compilation
O2 noon, Friday. Origin Of any quota
tion furnished upon request.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
N. Y. BOND
SUMMARY

Furnished by the Associated Press
Sales Net
($lO00D High Low Last Chg.
NEW YORK CITY
Evening star., 1961-12-24

Win bankruptcy or receivership or
being reorganized under the Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such COM
panies. ex-interest. Certificates.
bonds, negotisb sbility impaired by maturity
Evening star., 1961-12-24
COMMODITIES

NEW YORK, Dec. 70 (AP). The AS
sociated Press index of IS key commodi-
ties prices edged downward this week
The index declined to l64.33 from
l64.S2 last week. 1t stood at 1911 a
year ago.
Industrials, food, grains and cotton,
textiles and nonferrous metals declined.
Livestock advanced.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
FSLIC Insures Bulk
Of Maryland Sovings

More than IS cent of all account in Maryland
and loan associations insured by Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corp-a total of 81, ,l64 900 000
This emphasized yesterday by the Maryland Savings
and Loan League in report which expressed that
troubles Of handful Of irresponsible MARYLAND asocia
Evening star., 1961-12-24


T-Parially tax exempt
Evening star., 1961-12-24
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK tAP)-Over the Counter
US. Government Treasury bonds, weekly
high, low and closing asked prices, The
net change from the previous weeks
closing asked nrica and xy;atd
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-11-30

some of the congregation. He is
present in the eonsciences of many.
He is present in the fears of the
ushers who wait each Sunday to
see if he will come. He waits in
the wings, invisible, but present
just the same.
God is at work. Some of the
churches may become private
clubs and establish rigid rules
against the presence of nonmem-
bers. They will never be happy.
They will never know peace. We
are all integrated and there is
nothing we can do about it save
ask Gods grace to make us see
it."-(New York Times Magazine).
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-11-30

The pastor stayed on for about
a year. Then, to prevent tragic,
open break, he resigned. He him.
self did not know what the impact
of the affair had been on his con-
gregation. But soon afterWard an
excited, happy member came to
him and said, 1--WE had a meeting
to discuss your replacement. And
you know, we found that we have
just about fifty three die = hard
segregationists in our congregation
of more than 1000. We are going
to engage a man with convictions
like yours"
Other congregations are slowly
learning more about themselves.
Without question, the controversy
over desegregation is usin G
soul-searching; the result in the
months and years ahead may be
to break the race barriers in most
churches.
Those ministers who have come
to grips with this problem see the
church as fulfilling its greatest
role in the years ahead-that of
binding up the spiritual wounds,
and of moving mankind another
inch or so forward toward a
brotherhood of man, under God,
so that this nation, or any nation
so dedicated, can and shall have
a new birth of freedom.
The pastor of one large Southern
church has said: 1--WE are all in
tegrated : every one of our
churches is integrated. The faces
in the pews may be all white.
But the Negro is there. He is
present in the anger and guilt of
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board said the vote did not mean
the church would permit Negroes
to attend.
Thus ministers are squeezed be-
tween the dictates of conscience
and church policy, on the one
hand, and the rrejudices of those
who run" the church, on the
other Save for the so-called "Bi-
BILE floggers," the Ku Klux chap
plain breed, and those who are
sure that God himself is chief
among segregationists, this is a
time of agony of spirit for the
ministers of sensitive heart and
mind.
1--WE are all in long period of
Gethsemane," said one recently
And once again Judas is with u.s."
Every minister with any shred
of awareness sees that, just as the
racial issue is the greatest roliti-
cal issue before the world today,
so it is for Christianity. If the
first great commandment of Jesus,
and the second which is like unto
it, have no validity in the minds
of church members, then the
churches are finished, or eventual
ly will be.
1.-THE thing that gets me-" said
one minister who has taken
moderate stand, "is the silence I
encounter. 60 and expose my
self to members of my congrega-
ton who I know to be in oppo-
sition, so that we may talk. They
won't. The silence is worst.
"Then, too, it is uncomfortable
to see successful business and
professional men, who have been
old friends and strong financial
props, suddenly become cold and
aloof because one voices the opin-
ion that a colored person is a
child of God and has a right to
worship in any of Gods houses.
You want to kneel and pray with
these men or to Put your arms
around them and say, please,
what is it in your hearts that
m kes you so stubborn and
afraid?' But today too many men
are wrapped in the armor of UNI
reasonable fears and anger"
Many ministers sorrowfully note
another effect of the church's po-
sition on desegregation. 1t is that
many people today love their
church, but not Christ and the
faith He taught.
ut had never occurred to me-"
said one, as he talked of it, with
genuine grief in his voice, "that
for so many people the church
was the building, the meeting with
old friends, the association in the
women's organizations, and that
Christ meant little, if anything.
But it is true. There is a great
gulf between what some mean
when they say they love the
church and what another means
for whom Christ has validity. 1t
saddens me to learn how many
persons do not want Christ to in
trude on them, indeed will not
permit it, if He makes them un-
comfortable"
A sense of shame and self-ac-
cusation is especially noticeable
among younger ministers, encoun-
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The Agony Of The Southern Minister

merely because he does not want
to desert those in the congrega-
ton who depend on him and need
him. Still others remain, believ-
ing that time and God are work.
ing together in their behalf.
There are some grounds for this
optimism. Slowly but surely, il
not always clearly, one may see
at work among lay groups the in
fluence of Christian ministers
courageous enough, and with
status enough to counter some OF
the fanaticism. More and more
individuals, and slow procession
of churches, are making the de-
cision that houses of worsh r
should be open to all seeking God
1t will be slow, in some areas
tortuously so, but it will come
It will come most slowly of all
in those Deep South states where
there is sure to be the closing OF
public schools over the same issue
But there are a few churches even
there which welcome Negroes tc
mass and to worship.
Although no Southern church is
integrated in the true sense OF
the word, almost every Southern
city has one or two churches to
which Negroes come with some
regularity. So far the doors are
open mainly in Catholic churches,
although beginnings toward de-
segregation are evident in some
others. This development is linn
tied entirely to the cities; solid
opposition to indignation persists
in rural areas.
AS some things cannot be meas
ured in dollars and cents, just sc
the impact of all that has hap
pened, and is in progress, in this
field of race, religion and church.
cannot be put down in statistics
or any sort of box score. It is
o m e h ing which involves the
heart, mind and adrenal glands.
An example of what could be
called an awakening, or impact,
is the experience of Methodist
Church congregation in Georgia
whose minister has recently ac-
copied a call to a large church
in the Southwest. The board OF
deacons had harassed him fo1
more than a year without ever
making the harassment overt. II
had depleted his budget unneces-
sarily. 1t had dismissed his as
sistant and otherwise frustrated
his program.
The pastor believed most of the
members were on his side, but he
did not feel he could appeal to
them over the heads of his board
The board was, as usual, made up
largely of the major financial con-
tributors.
Some few of these had come to
him privately to protest and argue
that his policy of being willing to
admit Negroes to worship was
wrecking the church and to urge
him to renounce it. Some treated
him with contemptuous condo
scension, saying he was just trying
to attain publicity at the expense
of the church. One, who said he
wanted to talk to him like a
fotborn arpea1ed to him not tC
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every person is welcome in the
House of God. When a Roman
Catholic layman's organization in
New Orleans angrily and publicly
defied local Church order
against segregation and appealed
directly to the Pope, the Vatican
took a serious and most unsym-
pathetic view" of the appeal. A
high Vatican source said "the
Church is unalterably opposed to
all forms of discrimination in
New Orleans as much as in South
Africa"
Such policy statements by ma
tional and regional church organi-
cations are, of course, gratifying.
They provide necessary yardstick.
Nor is it fair to say they are with
out influence at the church or
parish level. But church congre-
gations-particularly the dominant
Protestant ones of the S o u h
either have or assume considera-
BILE local authority.
Most of them harbor an ele-
ment - perhaps only minority,
but potent one-who will never
agree that a Negro should be adj
mitted to white church. These
about segregationists unhesitat-
ingly put the separation of the
races ahead of Christian teaching,
law or moral principle.
With an example before them of
public officials defiance of the
courts on school indignation, they
find it easier to bomb churches
and schools, to defy Christian
teaching and church policies and
to make life miserable, if not i'm
possible, for any minister who
seeks to follow his conscience,
secular law and church policy.
Publications by extremist states
rights groups and White Citizens
Counc repeatedly urge that
w a k kneed preachers" be
whipped into line" by the with
holding of contributions. They
sheer at the clergy of all faiths,
saying, Money talks and they all
listen"
Lay attacks on ministers rarely
are so open as that which at
tracted national attention in Co.
lumbus, Ga. For the most part,
they take the form of relentless,
petty harassments and slow de-
struction of tn epastor's program.
Some of the "big givers" reduce
their pledges and let their dislike
become known. Some move to
another church where the re
ligion" is the fright kind" Or
the meeting of the church board
will produce budget wrangles and
decisions which, while not so
stated, have the effect of negating
the pastors program.
When, for example, the congre-
CATION of an. Atlanta church, sens
ing the intention of some hostile
members to reduce their giving,
destirred itself to extra effort and
sacrifice and turned in the full
amount of the budget anyhow, the
board suddenly found a need for
an expensive addition to tn e
physical equipment of the church.
BY this and other devices, the
board so depleted the budget that
Evening star., 1961-01-09
MocKoy and BuchhoIz
In Tennis Show Here

Jack Kramer's professional
tennis stars will perform in
the University of Maryland's
Cole Field House the night of
February 10.
The M Club. sports-minded
Maryland alumni group, will
sponsor the one-night stand
and will channel any profits to
its athletic scholarship fund.
The club benefited from a
similar promotion last year.
In this years cast will be
Barry MacKay and Earl Buch-
holz, who created quite a fuss
last month after getting
bounced by Italy in the Davis
Cup tournament in Australia.
They blasted amateur tennis
as being something less than
honorable with its UNDER the
table payments and less than
major league with all the top
stars turning pro.
The 20-year-old Buchholz Is
the youngest player ever TO
Join kramer's money-making
band. He and MacKay signed
three-year contracts, guaran-
teeing each $4,000 over that
Evening star., 1961-01-09
Von BrockIin and Vikinos
Feeling Out Each Other

with viking coaching prospects.
and the club expects to name
its man within two weeks.
It was understood Van Brock
lin, Gilman and Bud Grant
Of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
are among the five still under
consideration. Also mentioned
at various times have been Ara
Parseghian Of Northwestern,
Harry Gilmer Of the Steelers'
staff and Charley Winner of
the Colts staff.
Rose divided his time in the
West between sounding out
coaching prospects and negoti-
ating with draft choices. The
club has signed several players.
repeatedly including at least
one big name. It may make an
announcement on this within
o few days. 4.
Over the week end the Vik-
ings announced the signing Of
Tackle Dave Swenson Of Luther
College at Decorah, Iowa. for q
reported $1,000 and Mike Mer-
Ger Of Arizona State College.
Evening star., 1961-01-09

span. They can make con-
siderably more, Kramer says.
Andres Gimeno, colorful,
fast-rising young Spaniard. is
another newcomer TO the group,
which also includes three es-
tablished pros in Pancho Con-
zales. six times the tour cham
pion; Lew Hoad. ex-Australian
star. and Alex Olmedo, who
helped the United States win
its last Davis Cup in 1858.
There will be three singles
and one doubles match on a
streamlined program that
promises more action than
before.
In addition. the pros will
put on a free clinic the day
before the matches, 4:30 to 8
pm. February 8.
Tickets for the matches,
priced at $3.50 and $3.50, are
on sale at Cole Field House, the
American Automobile Associa-
ton. 1712 q street, NV;
Mitchel's Sports Shop, 2806
Fourteenth street NV; Bert
rams Pipe Store. 320 Four
teenth street NV, and the
Silver Spring Sporting Goods
Co., 1897 Georgia Avenue.
Evening star., 1961-01-09
Lentz Holds
Big Leud in
Stute Scorinq

Marty Lentz Of Mount Vernon
High School has picked up
where he left off last season
and already is practically out of
reach in the Virginia Group
la scholastic basketball scor-
ing race. compiled by the
Associated Press.
LentS has accumulated 1853
points in six games for . 2s-
point average, slightly below
the 28.s mark he finished up
with last year.
In second place is Bobby
Duke Of Thomas jefferson Of
Richmond who graduates in
midseason. Duke has 120 points
in five games for . 24-point
average.
Elliott Mcbride Of Mclean Is
third with q 22.6 mark, followed
by Doug Dotson of Osbourn, O
transfer from Clintwood, with
22.2.
Other Northern District
players in the top 20 are Lonnie
Jones Of Madison. fifth with
19.5. and Craig Etka Of AMMAN
dale, 17th with 17.3.
Evening star., 1961-01-09

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. o (AP)
Norm Van Brocklin wants to
know more about the Mime
sofa vikings head coaching
setup, and the new National
Football League club is doing
some cagey maneuvering Of its
own.
General Manager Bert Rose
Of the Vikings returned from
the West Coast last night with
these observations:
Van Brocklin. the retired
Philadelphia Eagle quarterback,
is interested in q coaching Job
and wants TO know more about
what conditions would prevail
If he were offered and accepted
the Viking post.
Nobody has been offered the
Viking job and five men still
are under consideration.
The talk Rose had with Van
Brocklin In California and also
his chat with Sid Gilman,
the Los Angeles Charger coach.
were exploratory"
More meetings are scheduled
Evening star., 1961-01-09

NEW YORK. Jan. Q (AP).
Carmen Basilio. whose two
listed attack carried him to the
top In the welterweight and
middleweight boxing divisions.
has shown he can come back.
But for how long remains to
be decided.
I'm going to give 1t some
thought" the craggy-faced, 33-
year-old fighter from Canas-
tota, N. Y. said after pounding
out q 10-round decision over
Mexico's 0aspar Ortega in q
nationally-televiSed bout at
Madison Square Garden Satur-
day night.
II have to have o big huddle
with my wife. who doesn't want
me to fight any more"
Before the fight, his first
after being knocked out by NBA
middleweight champion Gene
Fullmer in Q title bout last June.
Basilio has expressed thoughts
of retiring II he lost to Ortega.
The onion farmer never was
able TO floor his younger and
lighter opponent. but he stag
gered the 2S-year-Old Ortega
several times with solid right
hands and earned the decision
Of all three officials. Referee
Al Berl and Judge Leo Birnham
gave 1t to BaSilio. Ga. Judge
Joe Eppy had 1t Sal.
Evening star., 1961-01-09
MUST CONFER WITH WIFE
BosiIio Not Hurrying
Comeback Decision

MY timing was off," Basilio
said. II was not getting in my
power punches as I should. If
I remain In competition. I'll
have to have more action to
get back in top shape"
Matchmaker Teddy Brenner
said there was a possibility Of
q rematch, provided Basilio de-
cides to continue fighting.
"We1l give Carmen o couple
Of days to think it over" he
said. "Then wen try to match
them again, but 1t will have to
be at o lower weight. Carmen's
career. Of course, is up to him
and his wife"
Nick Corbi. manager Of Or
tega. added:
THE next time we fight Ba-
silio," he said. they should
give him the decision at the
weigh-in."
Corbi's remark was caused
by Basilio's coming in at 159la
pounds, four pounds over the
agreed weights. Ortega weighed
1917.
Coming in overweight re-
suited in an automatic suspen-
sion Of 80 days by the New
York State Athletic Commits
sion. The victory was Basilio's
55th In n fights. Ortega now
has lost three straight for a
S8.20-2 record.
Evening star., 1961-01-09

steeplechase team. It was the
thriller of the night. as Young
surprisingly moved up from q
20-yard deficit to challenge in
the stretch and lost by a stride.
Lawrence was clocked in 9:05.
Smart won the 600-yard run
in o brisk l:12.6, good enough
to win the Star Games in IL
Of the past l3 runnings, but
he was pushed by Dick Smith,