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Evening star., 1961-03-05
Justice at Lust-for Good Democrats!
LETTERS TO THE STAR
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SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Shut the Door
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

weeks is shut the door. "
That is one of the deeply sig
nificant directions for the
conduct Of ones personal life
in the New Testament. 1t is
the Master of Abundant Life
himself who said-and who
d. says-when you have entered
the closet of aloneness and
quiet, shut the door," That
means, shut the world out
and shut yourself in-with
God! And the promise at
tached to the practice of this
spiritual technique is, your
Father who seeth in secret
will reward you in public. /"
That makes it clear that
the closet of introspection and
communion is not a device to
get away from the impinging
and ver-preSsing world. 1t is
rather the most effective
method of preparation for
the tasks and the opportuni-
ties, and the problems, which
wait on the other side of the
shut door.
The most vital challenge of
what the church universal
calls Lent" is for hallowed,
fenced-in periods Of time,
snatched even from busy
days, to escape from the world
which, with deep insight,
Wordsworth says "iS too much
with us" and which, unless
there is established the habit
of shutting the closet door,
will clay waste the SOUL"
Recently there has been
celebrated the Tooth anniver-
sary Of the birth of that great
man of letters, j. M. Barrie.
He tells Of one of the most
radiant memories of his boy
hood. 1t has to do with his
wonderful mother, who every
day. in the midst Of the har-
rowing cares Of a very de-
manding household, would
disappear from the humdrum
din of it all and for a while
let the house run itself. The
boys knew where she was
she had gone into her bed
room and shut the door. They
knew also that when she re-
Joined the family circle it
would be with glorious morn
ing face. That upper room
proved always a place where
the wrinkles Of care disap-
peared as spirit with spirit
did meet. Like Moses, she
wist not that her countenance
shone. But it did, with a
peace and a poise and a pa
tience as she went on with
the common round.
And so, with Sacramental
gratitude, Barrie remembered
that when all other doors Of
that boisterous home were
open. for perhaps one-half
hour one door was shut. At
that door no "do not disturb
sign was necessary. The
recipe Of the shut door was
engraven forever on his own
character.
Whatever other accents are
heard as deep calleth unto
deep during these holy weeks,
the one voice to be needed
above all the others, as too
close the world crowds, is
"Shut the door,"
Many centuries ago the
prophet Elijah lifted up a
nugget Of truth which applies
to the ages. He declared that
God is not in the whirlwind,
or in the earthquake, but in
the still small voice. A we'll
known and very wise man OF
our time, with the validity OF
the prophets statement hav-
ing been made known to him
in his own quest for spiritual
reality, was asked what he
would desire most to broad
cast to the whole world If he
could say but one thing in
one short sentence. He re-
Evening star., 1961-08-19

weeks conference to help them
determine whether top-rankins
Negro students were stunning
the Foreign Service exam OF
whether the Negro colleges were
not properly preparing the
students.
1904 CS Negroes in Department
OF the 4,570 civil service en-
ployes at the department, 1,064
are Negroes, according to MIR.
Pollack, but IS per cent of the
Negroes are in the lower ranks,
earning $3.50 or less.
The highest ranking Negro
civil service employe is q GS-13,
in the $4,000 to $4,000
bracket.
After all-day discussions, the
Negro leaders made a nine
point recommendation for at
tracing more qualified Negroes
to the State Departments pro-
feSsional services while not
compromising on quality or
special concessions to
favor Negroes.
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our Of Fort
Included in
Parks Events

Week end activities in area
parks include a historical tour
Of Fort Washington at 2:30
pm. tomorrow from the Coast
Guard bell tower at the rivers
edge by the site.
At the Washington Monu-
ment grounds tomorrow at 4
pm. the Military District of
Washington will stage a re-
treat parade in honor Of the
Department of Interior and the
National Parks. Preceding the
parade, a concert will be held
at 3:45 pm. including a 13-gun
salute with drums and bugle
and the review of troops.
A Torchlight Tattoo program
will be presented each Thurs
day at $50 pm. through Sep
tember % on the Monument
grounds, sponsored by the Mill
tary District of Washington
and the National Capital Parks.
The fife and drum corps will
participate in the programs, to
be staged by the First Battle
Group, the Third Infantry and
the U. S. Army Band and
Chorus.
Regular events scheduled in
the National Capital Parks in
clude C&O Canal barge trips
at 9 am. and 2 pm. today; 2
pm. tomorrow and $50 pm.
Wednesday.
Walks will be conducted on
Roosevelt Island at 2 pm. to-
day and tomorrow, and in Glow
er-Archbold Park at 2 pm. to-
morrow.
At the Watergate the Marine
Band will play tomorrow and
the Army Band on Tuesday.
The Westchester Lariats are
scheduled to perform Wednes-
day and the Navy Band will
play Thursday. All concerts be-
gin at $50 pm.
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More Negroes Sought
InU. S. FOREIGN Service

The 1882 Foreign Service
Officers of the United States
include II Negroes, according
to a recent State Department
head count. -,a-.
Of 1,140 Foreign Service Re
serve Officers, three are Ne
groes, and among 3,527 mem
bers of the Foreign Service
Staff. meaning secretarial and
clerical personnel, SO are Ne
groes.,
These statistics prompted the
Kennedy administration to call
a Conference on Equality of
Employment Opportunity here
last Wednesday at which, Sec
retary of State RuSk pledged
that both he and President
Kennedy strongly believe
American personnel overseas
should be more representative
of all the American people.
Cites Discrimination Problem
Addressing about so Negro
leaders, he described the State
Departments Selfish interest"
in hiring more qualified Ne
groes.
"The biggest single burden
that we carry on our backs in
our foreign relations in the
l960s is the problem of racial
discrimination here at home.
There is just no question about
it."
Racial discrimination is not
the sole cause for the shortage
Of Negroes in State Department
Jobs, according to Herman Pol
lack, Deputy Assistant Secre-
tary of State For Personnel,
who discussed the employment
statistics at the conference.
Among SO students from pre-
dominantly Negro colleges who
took the Foreign Service exam
in December 1859, not one
passed, Mr.. Pollack reported.
The exam is scored without
knowledge of the race Of the
persons being examined.
Department officials asked
administrators of Negro schools
whom they had called to this
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teacher at 900 am. tomorrow

teacher at 900 am. tomorrow.
Vernon s. Kemper, past pres
ident Of the Harrison Bible
Glass for Men Of st. Luke's
Methodist Church, will present
the lesson at GAS am. tomor-
row. 1t. Comdr. William N.
Ramsey, USN, vice president,
will preside. Harry C. Breeden
will lead the. devotions.
Representative McIntire, Re-
publican of Maine. will be the
guest teacher of the Vaughn
Bible Glass for Men of Calvary
Baptist Church at 10 am. to-
morrow. Miss Margaret E.
Ringrose, denominational vice
president of the OBCA, will be
the guest teacher of the Bur-
rail- Bible Glass for business
and professional women at 10
a IN. tomorrow.
Mrs. Dorothy Allan, research
director of the Korean Affairs
Institute, will discuss Korea
Today" before the forum group
of Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Church. Mrs. Mary Love
will teach the Fellow Workers
Glass. "R eligion and the
Family" will be the subject of
the Rev. w. Vaughan Moore's
discussion before the Rustin
Couples Glass. Mrs. Lucy
Stover will speak to the Jaynes
Class. Mastin G. White will
teach the All States Bible and
Fellowship Glass. Miss Jewel
Green, will lead the devotions.
All classes at Mount Vernon
meet at 10 am. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1961-08-19

picked, but not drive to
despair. Prosecuted, not de-
Stroyed. Sorrowful, yet al
ways rejoicing Having
nothing, and yet possessing ey-
erything.
For we look not to the
things that are seen, but to the
things that are unseen. For
the things that are seen pass
away, but the things that are
unseen are eternal"
Evening star., 1961-08-19

It has been used intermittently
to try to get Christians to
abandon their peculiar ways"
The come-on is heard in
many places, in various ways,
but 1t is being applied relent-
lessly today against the Chris
tan outsiders" in the East
German Communist zone sur
rounding Berlin.
Listen to this gentle persua-
sion from a likeable, young
East Zone teacher. as he coun-
sells the 15-year-old son of a
Lutheran pastor:
your father has every right
to his old ideas. I'm sure he
thinks that what he has taught
you is true. But times are
changing. -.
when you get out in the
world, in this era of the atom
and. the Sputnik, people won't
ask, or even care, whether you
know the catechismS-or even
the Ten Commandments-or
the fairy tales of the Bible. . i.
In Moving Picture
Il see you want to go to
music school-then your polit-
ical background is even more
important. Nobody stands out
side society, especially not a
teacher, an artist"
The subtly unmanning ef-
fects, with the underlying i'm
plications for any age or place
in which mass-organized So
ciety overshadows individual
conscience, are depicted in a
new; church-sponSored movie,
Question T."
Based on factual documenta-
ton, it is scheduled for Nation
wide release next month and
already has aroused wide ac-
claim among both Protestant
and Catholic leaders, as we'll
as some disturbing self
examination.
1t is a tenSely realistic ac-
count of the modern Christian
stance behind the Iron Curtain,
where the church remains the
only institution to resist Com
munist demands for conformity.
The story concerns the quietly
narrowing pressures on mem
bers of an East Zone congrega-
ton. whose Jobs, regulations
and status are jeopardized by
their faith.
The crisis focuses on the
pastors gifted, teen-age son,
Peter. who wants to enter a
music conservatory, but must
foreSwear his religion to do so.
A questionnaire he must fill
out. puts the crucial decision in
"Question T."
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Boys to Present Play

A. play. "'The Twelve Gates"
will be presented by boys Z and
8 years old of the primary class
at Meridian Hill Baptist Church
at 10:45 am. tomorrow in the
church, 1725 Kalorama road
NV.
Evening star., 1961-08-19

BIBLE GLASSES
GEORGE, HARRIS, PRESIDENT
BY HOWARD STACKHOUSE
Contrasting Writer

International Sunday School lesson tomorrow "sas:
Trustworthy Leader" Acts 1922, SO32 S94 16:19-25;
Thessaloians III; I Peter STA
Roy l. Harlow and John G. Minor charter members and
honorary vice presidents Organized Bible Glass Assoca
ton will attend the 4Oh Conference be held
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Fathers Words

Against the solicitous urging
Of his teacher, he weighs his
fathers words; If you trade
your soul for a career, don't
care how well you play, how
famous you become-you'll be
nothing"
Sponsored by a group of
United States Lutheran denom-
nations and produced by Louis
de Rochemont Associate S
(Which also made the success
full Martin Luther" the movie,
filmed in West Germany, has
been three years in the making.
1t was given a preliminary
premiere in six United States
cities this spring, and won two
awards at this summers Berlin
Film Festival, including one
from the International Cath
Ole Film Office.
Lessons for this country also
have been seen in the story.
Americans are tending to use
religion and the church" as a
mark Of "our democratic way
of life" says historian Richard
Solbert, Of Sioux Falls, S. Oak,
author Of God and Caesar in
East Germany"
AS for the movie itself, the
boys decision comes in climax
of high tension and anguish, as
his. pastor father, with police
waiting to arrest him, hurls
forth the dauntleSs and holy
defiance Of St. Paul:
I'VE are afflicted in every
way, but not crushed. Per-
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Chairman Named

The Washington Committee
for Israel Bonds has appointed
Louis C. Grossberg, a certified
public accountant, to be chair
man of the committees High
Holy Day program.
Evening star., 1961-08-19

Henry g. Badger, former
teacher of the Friendship Bible
Glass Of the Eldebrooke Metho-
dist Church, returns as guest
Evening star., 1961-08-19

A. N. E. ZION, NV.
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Question 7 Movie
:AnsWers Red Line
By GEORGE w. CORNELL
Associated Press RELIGION Writer

You want to be part of things don't you? You want to
be accepted to belong. You want to be regular, normal
successful You don't want to be oddba eccentric
You've got to get in step, Adapt, cooperate.
This in form another is the tmeess and universal
lure of conformity and the Roman empire
Evening star., 1961-08-19
PROPHETS AND TEACHERS-s

Faith strengthened Moses to become emancipator
-giver, spiritual leader and father of his people
He imbued the hearts of slaves with consciousness of
God as he led them to freedom ennobing his teach
ing, in that early dark period of mans history, with
passages Of divine love- Thou shalt love thy neighbor
,as thysef And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart and with all thy SOUL and with
all thy mtght."-By Howard Brodie, AP NewSfea-
lures.
Evening star., 1961-08-19

Western Maryland College e,
Westminster, Md, September
2, 3 and 4: Since the organiza-
ton meeting at Leesburg, Va,
in 1922 they have served in
many capacities. Mr.. Minor is
a member Of the nominating
committee which will report at
the annual. meeting September
Q. Mr.. Harlow is a member Of
the Etchison Memorial Scholar
ship Committee. Louie D.
Thornhill and Mrs. Cheerful
Thornhill will have charge of
the 40th anniversary party. Bus
reservations for transportation
| to the conference may be made
by calling the office, Sterling
3-1247. Round trip fare is IS
with the bus leaving the YMCA,
1876 g Street, NV. at 10 am.
September 2, and returning
September 4, at 4 pm. George
E. Harris, retiring president,
will preside at this conference.
The adult Bible classes of
Emory Methodist Church will
meet in joint session at $50
a IN. tomorrow with Mrs. jean
nette Volland, president of the
Glass of Friendship, presiding.
Mrs. Erma L. Patterson, teacher
Of the Faith Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church, will be the
guest teacher.
DR.. Hugh L. Dryden, deputy
director of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra-
tion. will be the guest teacher
of the Senior Adult Bible Glass
Of Calvary Methodist Church, at
.9:45 am. tomorrow. -
Mrs: Roy K. Easter will speak
on why Are We To Do It?"
before the Trinity Woman's
Bible Glass of Sherwood Pres
byterian Church at 9:15 am.
tomorrow.
Henry G. Badger, former
teacher of the Friendship Bible
Glass Of the Eldebrooke Metho-
dist Church, returns as guest
Evening star., 1961-04-02
EXPENDITURES

Sec. Il (a) There are here
by authorized to be appropri-
ated, out of any money in the
Treasury to the credit of the
District Of Columbia not other
wise appropriated, such
amounts as may be necessary
to carry out the purpose of this
act.
(b) Subject to the penalties
provided in this act, a candi-
date for elector of President
and Vice President, national
committeeman, national COM
mitteewoman, delegate, or al
ternate. in his campaign for
election, shall not make ex-
penditures in excess of $2,500.
(c) No independent commit
tee or party committee shall
receive contributions aggregat-
ing more than 100000, or
make expenditures aggregating
more than 100000 for any
campaign covered by this act.
Cd No person shall, directly
or indirectly, make contribu-
ton in an aggregate amount in
excess Of $4,000 in connection
with any campaign for election
Of any elector. national COM
mitteeman, national commit
teewoman, delegate or alter
nate.
(e) Every candidate and in
dependent committee or party
committee shall. within 10 days
after an election, file with the
Board Of Elections an itemized
Evening star., 1961-04-02

encourage the military tail to
undertake to wag the space
dog" Mr.. Brooks made the ex-
change public yesterday.
The Presidents March % let
ter said 1T is not now, nor has
it ever been, my intention to
subordinate the activities in
space Of the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration
to those Of the Department Of
Defense"
He wrote that the military
services should assume respon-
sibility for legitimate missions
in space. He added that the
civilian agency should carry on
major missions including man
ned and unnamed explora- =
tions and apply space technol-
ogy to the conduct Of peaceful
activities.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
UnderpriviIeged
To See Circus

A matinee for underprivi-
legged children will precede the
formal opening of the Shrine
Circus at Uline Arena on
Wednesday night, April IL.
The three-ring circus will
continue through April 16.
Uniformed musical and
marching units Of Almas Tenn
pie and an appearance by Ruth
Rea, Miss Washingtn Of 1860,
who is the 1851 Shrine Circus
Queen, will be a feature Of the
opening ceremonies.
Evening star., 1961-04-02
Kennedy Backs
Major Civilian
Role in Space
By the Assoeiated Press

President Kennedy pledged
support yesterday for a major
civilian role in space explora- =
ton.
The Chief Executive set forth
his views in a letter to Chair
man Brooks, Democrat Of Loui-
siana, Of the House Science and
AStronautics Committee.
Mr.. Brooks had sought reas-
surances to counter what he
called a rash of reports Of an
impending change that would
Evening star., 1961-04-02
PENALTIES

Sec. Is. Any person who shall
register. or attempt to register,
under the provisions of this
act and make any false repre-
Sentation as to his place of
residence or his voting privi-
lege in any other part Of the
United States, or be guilty Of
bribery or intimidation of any
voter at the elections herein
provided for. or, being regis
tered, shall vote or attempt to
vote more than once in any
election so held, or shall pur-
loin or Secrete any of the votes
cast in such elections, or at
tempt to vote in an election
held by a political party other
than that to which he has de-
clared himself to be affiliated,
or, if employed in the counting
Of votes in any election held
pursuant to this act knowingly
make a false report in regard
thereto, and every candidate,
person, or official Of any politi-
cal committee who shall know
ingly make any expenditure or
contribution in violation of this
act, shall upon conviction
thereof be fined not more than
$500 or be imprisoned not more
than 80 days, or both. The
provisions Of this section shall
be supplemental to and not in
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derogation Of any penalties
under other laws Of the District
Of Columbia.
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TEXT
Proposed Vote Law
Sets Fraud Penalty

statement, subscribed and
sworn to, by the candidate or
committee treasurer, as the
case may be, setting forth all
moneys received and expended
in connection with said cleo
ton, the names of persons
from whom received and to
whom paid, and the purpose
for which it was expended.
Such statement shall set forth
any unpaid debts and ohliga-
tions incurred by the candi-
date or independent committee
or party committee with regard
to such election, and specify
the balance, if any, Of such
election funds remaining In his
or their hands,
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Continued From Page Al

as the board shall prescribe.
The decision Of such court shall
be final and not appealable.
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INTERFERENCE WITH
REGISTRATION OR
VOTING

Sec. IS. No one shall interfere
with the registration or voting
Of another person, except as it
may be reasonably necessary
in the performance of a duty
imposed by law.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-01-13
Liberals Are Between
Devil and Deep Sea

This business of Better Citizenship
intrigues me no end. Today, one of my
liberal friends asked me who are the
better citizens. He left no doubt in my
mind that he pictured current, local
effort, to organize clubs with the
avoWed desire to make Montanans bet
ter citizens, somewhat less than COM
pletely successful.
1t is a bald fact that the pressure is
on the liberals. They are in the middle
between the radicals and reactionaries.
They chose this position themselves,
when it was the way of least resist
ance. The middle of the road look ed
good to them. But everything changes.
The living, changing organization,
which is our total society, has evolved
to the stage where polarization between
the extreme opposites of radical and
reactionary have about closed the easy
middle road. The time must come very
soon when liberals have only two roads
to follow. When the trend was in earlier
stages of development, the radicals
sought aid and comfort from the lib
erals with little success. The reaction
aries, on the other hand, not only
sought aid, but demanded it and built
the machinery to enforce the demand
The Truman Doctrine of anti-Com-
munism, the Smith Act, the McCarran
Act, Taft-Hartley and the whole sordid
assortment of arbitrarily repressive
laws to enforce conformity of all peo-
pie whom the most powerful and re-
dictionary sought to silence and de-
stroy; all these laws were supported
by the liberals. Their grudging, growl-
ing, complaining, made necessary by
a reluctant people, counted little
enough when the votes were counted
in Congress.
So, now that the radicals have all |
been taken care of these same ever |
more powerful dictionaries seek new
fields to conquer. 1t does not take |
three, or even two guesses to know
who is next in Incl just can't help
the works of the liberals
with that of the church of the Laodi-
ceans as we find it in Revelations
Chapter 3, verses Is and 16, quote: Il
know thy works, that thou art neither
sold nor hot; 1 would thou vert cold
Or hot. So, then because thou art luke
warm, and neither cold nor hot, / will
que thee out of my teeth" End quote.
/, hot radical also had a good dis
ussion today with one of the cold re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-01-13
What About Sin, That
Little City In Hungary2

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-(PAI)-The res
idents of He'll, Mich, who have been
begging and pleading for postoffice
of their own, received unexpected
support from the national convention
of the National Federation of Post
Office Clerks. Declared the union
in formal resolution, when estab-
lished, we sincerely hope that the
clerks will be 100 per cent unionized."
Backing the little towns demand for
a postoffice, the convention asserted,
cit is unfair for tourists to go to He'll
and back without being able to mail
even a postcard"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-01-13
At Great Falls
Legislation, Rail Merger Will
Hold Attention AT FL Institute

and Portland-Seattle railroads. Din
ner will be at pm, and the railroad
talk at 1880.
Crime and Correction" is the topic
for $3.50 am. Sunday. Randall Swan
berg of Great Falls, chairman of the
Montana Correction Council, and
Mrs. Maxine Scott of Missoula, a
member of the council, will speak on
general problems and legislative pro-
posals.
estate Legislative Issues" will be
reviewed at 1890 am. Sunday by
Representatives Truman Bradford of
Cascade county and Gordon Twedt
of Hill county. Mrs. Ronald Holtz of
Floweree will summarize and evaluate
the institute at IL AS.