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v FESTIVAL AND
SERVICES

The Mount Calvary Pentecostal
Church will conduct Special Ser
vices on November 18th at 19Aa
Strand Street, Christiansted, ce-
lebrating their Harvest Festival &
Thanksgiving season. The main
feature will be q program at $50
P. M.
All merchants, Planters, mem
bers and friends are hereby re-
quested to donate any type of
produce such as vegetables, fruit,
ETC., either fresh from the fields
or canned goods. Sugar cane is al
SO acceptable. Cash donations are
also appropriate if you have not
produce to offer.
The proceeds from the sale Of
articles and cash contributions
are to be equally divided to help
, 1961-11-16

the poor and used for missionary
purposes.
All contributions for this pur-
pose should be at the above adj
dress on OF before Saturday, Nov
ember 18th at 5 pm. If you can
not transport such produce that
you may have call 417-W or write
the undersigned c/o Box Oil,
Chrstiansted.
Charles S. Mayhem
Pastor
Evening star., 1961-01-08
They. Also Serve

Although their work generally was
not Of the spectacular sort and hence
has not been widely publicized, five Of
the Governments "a million civil serv-
ics. employees have received well-merited
-reEognition for outstanding services
The names Of these career workers, all
Of the Washington area, probably are
not well known to the public at large
YET they have contributed knowledge,
leadership and skills for which, as Presi-
dent Eisenhower has said, the Nation
should be grateful.
III, Each Of the men was accorded the
highest civil service honor possible-the
Presidents Award for Distinguished
! Federal Civilian Service. The recipients
were Bert B. Barnes, assistant post
master general in charge Of operations;
Wilbur s. Hinn1an, jr., technical director
: Of the Army's Diamond Ordnance Fuze
Laboratories; Frederick J. Lawton,
member Of the Civil Service Commission;
Richard E. McArdle, chief Of the United
States Forest Service, and william r.
McCauley, director of the Bureau of
Employees Compensation, Department Of
Labor. We salute these able and efficient
civil servants.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

and to clarity viewpoints for the future
guidance of the administration, the
Congress and local governments. In
accordance with this basic goal, no final
actions will be taken by the conference
as a whole.
Meanwhile. we hope that preoccu-
patton with the political controversy
over how best to finance medical care
for the aged does not obscure or sub
merge the great mass of other vital
subjects on the agenda, which cover the
entire spectrum of gerontology. Con-
greSs wisely has recognized the mag
nitude Of the total aging problem by
granting statutory status and assistance
to the conference, and its 1890 partic-
ipants have been prepared by prelimi-
nary conferences in the States. If these
men and women, Of all political COM
plexions and interests, will approach
their discussions with the primary pur-
pose Of Illuminating problem too long
shrouded in darkness, they will perform
a service of real and lasting value.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
100 Years Ago

The first overt act Of the
Civil War occurred q century
ago this week. An unarmed,
sidewheel merchant steamer,
Star Of the West, carrying
supplies and some 200 artil-
lery troops for Fort Sumter,
was driven from Charleston
Harbor by guns Of the South
Carolina Commonwealth. The
vessel left New York on jan
uary 5. 1851. South Carolina
officials knew she was coming.
They were so informed by
President Buchanan's Secre-
tary Of Interior, Jacob
Thompson, q Mississippian,
who resigned from the cab.
met when his own State
seeded a few days after he
passed along the information.
The Star Of January 10, 1851,
said: Charleston, Jan. p
The steamer Star Of the
West. with troops to REIN
force Fort Sumter, arrived
of the Charleston Bar at an
early hour this morning.
When she attempted to enter
the harbor with the American
Flag flying. a brisk FIRE was
opened upon her by the gar
riSon stationed at the light
house on Morris Island. The
guns Of Fort Moultrie on the
other side also opened on her.
-. The steamer put about
and went to sea again. . .
Major (Robert Anderson,
from Fort Sumter, did not
respond. ;" The Star OF
the West was about 2 miles
from Sumter when fred
upon. The batteries manned
by South Carolina militia cut
loose with II shots in all,
Two Of them hit the steamer.
causing only superficial dam
age and spilling no blood. On
January IL, 1851. The Star
added these details: q. Op-
poSite Morris Island, about
three-quarters of a mile away.
a ball was fired athwart the
bow of the steamer. When
the Star Of the West dis
played the Stars and Stripes.
the fortification fired a sue
cession Of heavy shots. i.
One or two taking effect, she
at length concluded to re.
tire. Fort Sumter made
no demonstration, except that
the guns bearing on Morris
Island and Moultrie were run
out OF the portfolios. :"
The Star quoted this message
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Up-Dotinq a Statistic

Critics of the American economy
have had a favorite target in recent
months (perhapS not unrelated to politi-
cal considerations) in the weekly sta
tistic that steel production has been
running well below capacity of the in
dustry. Somehow or other there has
been the implication that the industry
Is in the doldrums and that not much
steel is being produced.
In this respect, it Is a completely
misleading statistic. Steel production
this year, for example, will be close to
100 million net tons, the sixth highest in
history and above the average of other
postwar years. For the list consecutive
year, the industry's output tops that of
any other country in the world and Is 80
million tons higher than the production
in Soviet Russia.
But what of the statistic itself? The
automobile industry, for example, does
not relate its weekly production to what
1t could produce. Indeed, there are very
few, II any, industries that use such a
measurement So, we think the Iron
and Steel Institute is showing good
sense in its decision to abandon as of the
new year this operating rate" figure
Instead, 1t will announce how much steel
is being produced, and show percentages
Of gain or loss on a weekly and yearly
basis of comparison. AS with the meth
DDS Of making steel, this sounds like a
more up-to-date way of making sta.
tiStics meaningful.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Shocking Headline

It is truly shocking when
q Governor makes this head
line-"Almond Feels Alarm
As Liquor Sale Drop Hits
States Revenue"
On the same date, Decem-
ber .. 1850. The Star pub
ished q letter, titled Court
Onhcial Studies Case Of Al
cholics." by r. j. Conner,
director Of probation, Munich
pal Court for the District Of
Columbia.
The letter said: THE gtav-
ity of alcoholism in these
United States Is tremendous"
Considering what lies be-
hind these two headlines, we
cannot hope for much in
1861 II 1t takes more alcoholics
and drunken drivers to keep
the State Of Virginia operat.
ing.
Tax reforms instead Of
liquor can improve State and
Federal revenues. The Her
long-Baker tax reform bill
may or may not be the an
swer. but action now is the
answer, and I do noti mean
q sales tax.
Mrs. HaHleX SnnH.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Sports Promoter

Now that the Roman Cir
Gus being erected in front
of the White House is near
ing completion, I suggest that
1t be dedicated by a chariot
race between President Eli
senhower and Harry Truman.
They would be appropriately
dressed in Roman chariot
eerS' regalia with the Presi-
dents chariot drawn by an
elephant and Harry's by a
donkey. As a precautionary
measure against possible con-
fusion, 1t will be a wise idea
to be sure that Harry's hat
is tied on so securely that it
will not blow off. Otherwise,
In case Harry should arrive at
the goal first, the judges
might present the donkey
with the prize.
OF course. the appropriate
prize in this particular race,
will be a bottle Of one of Old
Joe Kennedy's brands of
whisky. The Kennedy Demo-
Gratis had better keep their
fingers crossed, pray and
hope that Old King Winter
doesn't show up in full force,
January 20, and ".veal him
self to be q Nixon man!
Harry PufYer.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Mr.. Nixon's Farewell

Very few men like to lose, and
Richard Nixon, one may be sure, is not
. to be counted among their number.
Still, there is such thing as genuine
good loSer," and the Vice Presidents
name ranks high on this list.
Mr.. Nixon demonstrated that he
could smile and accept the bitter dis
appointment Of defeat in his little talk
to party workers in Los Angeles on
the morning after the election-in the
weary hours when it became apparent
that Mr.. Kennedy had won the election.
And he demonstrated 1t again In his
farewell" remarks to Fridays joint
session Of Congress.
There are those, Of course, who can
see nothing good in anything done by
Mr.. Nixon. With these people, sniping
and cynicism have become a way of
life. But they are in the minority. Most
Americans, we are sure, will credit the
Vice President with sincerity when he
stood before the Congress to extend his
best wishes to the winners. And why
best wishes? Because these winners
now must work Gin cause that is big
ger than any mans ambition, greater
than any party--the cause of freedom,
of Justice, and peace for all mankind"
This is not just a form of words, not
merely a piouS expression from a man
play-acting in the role of good loser. It
happens to be true. And Mr.. Nixon,
whatever his implacable detractors may
think, has done well to rise above per-
Sonal disappointment and set the ex-
ample Of good will and best wishes to-
those upon whom the heavy burdens of
victory soon will descend.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

Sumter's commander dis
patched to South Carolina's
Gov. Pickens: 1.-TWO Of your
batteries hred on an unarmed
vessel bearing the nag Of my
government. I am not noti-
Ned that was has been. de
clared by South Carolina
against the United States and
I cannot but think that this
hostile act has been COM
mitted without your sane
ton or authority. - The
governor replied: ANY at
tempt, to reinforce with U. 8.
troops. or TO retake and re-
suEhe possession of the forts
within the waters Of the State
which you abandoned tis)
indicative of the coercion Of
q sovereign State by the
armed forces Of the Federal
Government. :" It was a
week Of explosive para
graphs In The Star: Missis-
sippi seeded on January Q.
1851: Florida. followed suit
the next day and Alabama
dropped out on January II.
With the Union rapidly fall
ing apart. New York's Mayor
Fernando Wood proposed
that New York should be-
come q free city and do bus
ineSs with both sections
Evening star., 1961-01-08
FROM THE STAR FILES. j.

from Gen. Horace Porter.
former United States AM
basSador to France and
president-general Of the Sons
Of the American Revolution.
who spent that sum out Of
his private purse in carry
ing on extensive investiga-
tions preliminary to the
recovery Of the body. which
lay in an unmarked grave
in an abandoned and built
over cemetery in Paris. :"
An act of vandalism that
shocked the world Of art took
place so years ago at Am
sterdam. The Star Of jan
uary IA, 1911, relayed from
that city: "Rembrandt's most
famous picture, The Night
Watch was badly damaged
yesterday by a discharged
naval cook who entered the
Rijks Museum and with o
knife deliberately slashed the
masterpiece. The sailor, when
arrested, declared his act was
one Of vengeance against the
state because of his discharge
from the navy. The cuts
traverse the principal figures
Of Capt. Frans Banning
Cocq's company Of arque-
busters, but art experts who
viewed the work expressed
the opinion that the damage
was not beyond repair |. :"
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Spore That Tree!

In the back yard Of the
house on Constitution ave-
nue. NE, Immediately behind
the New Senate once Build
Ing. Is an especially fine
white Grape myrtle. This
house Is now being torn down
and I assume that as q matt
ter of course all the trees
on the property will be DE!
stroyed. "
This particular Grape myr-
tie Is beautiful and valuable
and Is worth saving. II It
cannot be dug and replanted
somewhere else on the Capik
tol grounds. perhaps
could be given to National
Capital Parks.
Charles Alldredge.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Is Years Ago

While Congress weighed
the merits Of q neutrality law
Is years ago, 1t also sifted
through the ashes Of World
War I to determine how
America got involved. The
Senate Munitions Commit
tee heard Financier J. p.
Morgan defend himself on
charges that his billions were
partly to blame for the
United States being dragged
into the conflict. The Star
Of January 2, 1885, said:
Although conceding the
love Of money is the root Of
all evil J. P. Morgan told
the Senate committee that
Germany's ruthless sub
marine warfare - not. Nor
gan's money-was to blame
for Americas entry into the
World War. Morgan ad-
mitted that the Paris Arm
Of Morgan, Harjes q Co. was
sympathetic to France, but he
insisted repeatedly that his
arm had adhered rigidly to
the American Governments
neutrality program )"
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Help for the Aging

Probably 1t was Inevitable, emo
tions being what they are, that an acri-
nioniouS dispute already has broken out
over the handling of the politically ex-
ploSive subject of medical care for the
aged at the White House Conference on
Aging, which opens here tomorrow.
Nevertheless, it is too bad this has
happened. Particularly unfortunate Is
the manner in which one leading par
ticipant, Wilbur J. Cohen, an advocate
of the social security approach to the
problem, has withdrawn from the con-
ference after charging that 1t has been
Captured" by the medical profession.
A more sensible and adult approach, as
Conference Chairman Kean has pointed
out, would have been for Mr.. Cohen to
remain and light for what you think
is best for the country" ..
d We do not know whether there Is
any basis for Mr.. Cohen's charge. II
- there is, surely this will become evident
during the next four days, and the
various recommendations and policy
statements which emerge from the Sec
tions and study groups of the confer
ence can be judged accordingly In any
event, 1t seems impossible that there
could be precise division Of viewpoints
represented in any of the discussions
4. on the dozens Of subjects to be covered,
and we have no doubt that the minority
as well as the majority viewpoints OH
each of them will be made known.
The conference, after all, is not
essentially policy-making body. Its
more important purpose is to elicit facts
Evening star., 1961-01-08
SoIutes Eisenhower

As this Administration ap-
proaches its zero hour. the
most heartening observation
Is that President Dwight D.
Eisenhower has defied nu-
mefouS omenS Of foolhardy
foreboders and the satirical
diagnosis Of political suitors
daring to treat him as quacks
would. Thanks be to God
that the man they Scorned
under medical care rs too
sick to head his peers, has
since encircled the globe and
even now stands shoulder to
shoulder. giving any man .
run for his life.
Let US pray that politics
and life in general regenerate.
at least to an extent we re-
frain gambling on . mans
life.
Andrew J. Allen,
Minister. First Baptist
Church Of Deanwood.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

that most modern Of Ameri-
can efforts. the New Stand
ard Revised Version. then
we could at least compromise
on a Vulgate Bible. This
would be pre-Reformation.
and could symbolic the
Word Of God which nourish-
ed western Christendofn In
its beginnings. To use Q
Douai Bible is to emphasize
that double culture which
the Church Of Rome injects
into our American scene to
divide US further. rather
than to unite US as Chris
tians under God"
Edith C. Lowry,
Department Of History,
American University.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Emily BoIch's Vision

The only living American
woman to have received the
Nobel Peace Award. Emily
Greene Balch celebrates her
oath birthday on January 8.
Among her friends and ad-
mirers in many lands are
leaders in politics. science.
religion, art. education-and
Just ordinary people.
With deep appreciation Of
her long and devoted service
to the cause Of peace, mem
bers Of the Women's Inter-
national League for Peace
and Freedom recall these
words-as timely now as
when she delivered them in
Oslo in her lecture given
upon receiving the l947
Nobel Peace Prize Miss
Balch, with Jane Addams and
women from other lands,
helped to found the League
In l9l5-at the Hague:
II have spoken against fear
as a basis for peace. What
we ought to fear. especially
We. Americans. is not that
someone may drop atomic
bombs on US but that we may
allow q world situation to
develop in which ordinarily
reasonable and humane men,
acting as our representatives,
may use such weapons In our
name. We ought to be re-
solved beforehand that no
provocation. no temptation
shall induce US to resort to
the last dreadful alternative
Of war"
Today the danger that Miss
Balch foresaw IL years ago
Is even more immediate. At
this very moment we must
act on her warning and re-
double our efforts to get a
commitment from our states
men that they will not use
force In Laos or in Cuba-or
anywhere else. Let us urge
also that they continue and
complete negotiations for in
ternational agreements to en-
sure that 1861 will be a year
Of substantial progress In the
direction Of peace-not war.
DIR. Orlie Pell,
President, U. s. Section.
Women's International
League for Peace and
Freedom.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

is that such gatherings In
their Arrangement and per-
sonal attendance have the
enthusiastic backing Of lay
men, including the Secretary
Of the Army, and Of the
military chiefs of the highest
rank. :s
At the inspiring Christmas
celebration the Army Bend
and Chorus gave wings to
the music and prophetic
voices were heard in uplift-
ing prayers and pungent
preaching. One preacher
privileged to be present
could not but contrast the
blasphemous propaganda be-
ing broadcast that very hour
by the atheists Of the Krem-
lin with this scene in the
Pentagon, when the Word
made Flesh was capturing
the hearts of multiplied mil
lions from sea to shining
sea. No material advances
in the Communistic regimes
can atone for the tragedy Of
. system that has no room
for God.
Glorying in that scene in
the Pentagon and contrast
ing 1t with the tragic blank
in the social scheme Of Mos
COW and Peiping. q question
kept ringing in ones mind.
in words framed by Robert
Browning: Wanting is what
where is the blot?" In all
the dreams Of Russia and
China, wanting Is the su-
preme and supernal reality
proclaimed by the Pulpit in
the Pentagon. The blot Is
found in the sorry attempt
anywhere in the world. in
cluding America, to build 3
fitting kingdom for mans
welfare and ruling out the
one thing that can make it
come to earth-God. For, as
H. G. Wells said, Until .
man finds God and Is found
Of God, he begins at no
beginning and comes to no
ending"
Avowed unbelievers are few
In our land these days, but
vital beliefs are revealed not
by creeds or forms, but by
prioritieS-by the things we
really put first. We need to
proclaim from our American
pulpitS that so-called democ-
racy minus character spells
demagogy. despotism and
decay. This is inevitable
when deals take the place
Of ideals.
And so, rejoicing at a pull
pit in the Pentagon, let US
as Americans beware lest our
own worship becomes but
sounding brass and tinkling
cymbals. The Pentagon needs
Pentecost to complete its
message to, . warning world.
For. finally, it Is not by arms
. or armies but by the horses
Of God and the chariots
.. thereof that we can be con-
fident that they, who are for
us are more than those who
are against US. That Is the
message Of the Pentagon Pull
pit and of all truly prophetic
pulpitS in and out Of churches
where Christ's Way is pro-
claimed.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Inouauroi Bible

1t Is being rumored that
the Bible on which Mr.. Ken
nedy will take his inaugural
oath is to be q Douai version.
I wonder If 1t is generally
known that this was q Coun-
ter . Reformation translation
made Of necessity by English
Roman Catholics in France
In an effort to stem the tide
Of Professionalism in the days
Of Queen Elizabeth. 1t seems
to me. therefore, peculiarly
inappropriate for use by an
American President.
Americans would do we'll
to recall that the plain truth
Of history Is that. in modern
times. the work Of translat-
ing the Bible into the Ian
guage Of the people has been,
and still is, the achievement
OF Protestant Christianity.
Wycliffe's translation into
English in Chaucer's day was
done at the risk of the trans
lator being branded a here
tic. William Tyndale was
actually burned at the stake
for his translation in the
sixteenth century. although
1t became the basis for al
most all subsequent transla-
tions into English. A similar
fate would have been meted
out to Luther II he had not
been protected by a Protes-
tant prince.
The early church, however,
before the rise Of an all
powerful papacy. met the
needs Of the people of the
late fourth century by en-
couraging st. Jerome e to
translate the whole Bible
from its original Hebrew and
Greek into the language of
the crowd or vulga-hence
the "Vulgate" version of the
Bible-in the language of
the common people. If MIR.
Kennedy does not choose to
use the King James version.
or to go modern" and use
Evening star., 1961-01-08
so Yeors Ago

Funds to provide q fitting
Anal resting place for John
Paul Jones, Americas first
great naval hero, were on
the agenda of Congress so
years ago. The Star of Janu-
airy Is, 1911. said: 1T seems
quite probable that before
adjournment Of the present
session, Congress will ap-
propriate $l35.000 to COM
plete the crypt under the
new chapel at the United
States Naval Academy for
the remains Of John Paul
Jones. =. Thirty-flve thou
sand dollars Of that really
is q personal contribution