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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
100 Years AGO

The Federal Government
was beset by a multitude of
problems at this time a CEN
tury ago. The Union Army
needed beefing up, so Presi-
dent Lincoln issued a call to
the States to put 100000
more men in uniform. There
was much grumbling by the
public and press over the
administrations failure to
make faster progress on the
various war fronts and there
was angry talk about the
incompetence of Government
officials and the pickering
between generals. To placate
and reassure those wavering
in their loyalty to the Union,
a war meeting"-a combina-
ton pep rally and official bid
for public confidence - was
held on Capitol Hill on Au-
gust 6. 1862. In announcing
the event the day before, The
Star said: g. The great
war meeting will be held this
evening at S o'clock at the
east front of the Capitol. It
is hoped that business places
generally will be closed, so
that all may have an oppor-
tunity to attend. The Presi-
dent and his Cabinet are ex-
pected to occupy positions on
the platform. At 4 o'clock a
salute of "a guns will be
fired and the bells of the
city will be rung. The Ma
rine Band will perform. After
dark a display of rockets will
be made. :" The meeting
was presided over by Wash
ington's Mayor, Richard WAL
ZACH, brother of w. D. WAL
ZACH, then editor of this
newspaper. The platform was
draped with flags and lighted
by an arch of gas jets. Lin
coin, in a brief speech with
strong political overtones,
brushed aside talk of a quar-
rel between Secretary of War
Stanton and Gen. Mcclellan.
The Star Of August Z, 1862
quoted Treasury Register L.
E. Crittenden, who preceded
the President: I'VE all owe
allegiance to the President
and the Government he rep
resentS. We have been told
this was a time of depres-
sion; but there never was a
great work accomplished
without times of depression.
There were dark days in the
Revolution. Our cause Is no
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86-year-old statesman has
been of late the anxious con-
Germ Of the civilized world.
Why? 1t is a forecast of what
his epitaph will some day be.
For when the worst times
came to Great Britain he
electrified his e m b battle d
countrymen as with the ma
gic wizardry of words he kept
men on their feet. In the
darkest hours he exhorted
them to scorn their fears and
to so act that a thousand
years from then history
would record that worst trial
as England's finest hour.
Churchill's epitaph will be
what any one of us might
covet, His singular fame is
to have done the best things
in the worst times and hoped
them in the most calami-
touS."
If some day we are to merit
the same epitaph this is the
time. in spite of our Nations
blots and flaws, to say the
best things about our coun-
try. It is easy in mournful
numbers to vail that this is
a time when selfish material
ism and secularism, and a
moral sag, seem to be eating
out the very fiber of civiliza-
ton. But even so there is
more to praise in contem-
porary America, so far as
human welfare is concerned,
than there is or ever has been
in any other nation in all
history. More sympathetic
streams of mercy and help
have flown, and are flowing,
to the needy places Of the
earth than from any other
area in the world. In these
dark times we need less jeer-
ing and more cheering! Even
amid the commissions of such
a day when black labels are
so profusely demanded. our
best hope is that a militant
atheistic communism, with its
fanatical passion. will dyna-
mite the complacency of a
tame. tepid and timid Chris
tianity and drive the Chris
tan church of every name
and sign, and all who believe
in the supremacy Of spiritual
verities, out into the greatest
global crusade for the en-
thronement Of ChriSt's prin-
ciples since the tomb. sealed
by a dictator. failed to hold
a living Lord. There are
heartening signs this is COM
ing to pass.
For any who may earn the
epitaph Of doing and saying
the best things in the worst
times, Robert Browning has
given the directions for daily
living. Here they are:
One Uho neuer turned his
back but marched breast
tortDdrd.
NeUer doubted clouds pould
break,
Never dreamed, though right
Uere WorSted, wrong
Mould triumph,
Held tDe fall to rise. are BAT
fled to fight better,
Sleep to tDdke.
Here was one who greeted
the worst times with a cheer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
As the Smoke Clears
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used il
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used will be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
slammed enpelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
Tragedy in Arizona

n { q W COIlgTdGuldLlOIlS
Your editorial entitle d
Tragedy in Arizona" was
excellent. The Finkbines will
probably go to Japan Tor
Denmark to get the abor-
ton which most intelligent
people will agree they should
have had. Why is the law in
Arizona and other States so
backward? The Governor
should have called a special
session of the Arizona Legis-
lature to repeal or amend
the abortion statute in that
State. 1t ought not to be
necessary to go outside the
country to get an abortion,
particularly in these days
when the population explo-
sion is the most serious
threat to our standard of
living. The unborn child is
not a citizen and does not
count in census figures. It
should be put to death in
cases such as this without the
slightest hesitation.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur
ordered the legalization of
abortion in Japan while he
was in command of the
American occupation after
World War II. The Japanese
recognized the wisdom Of
this law and have not re-
pealed 1t since the occupa-
ton ended, although they
now have the power to do so.
1t is partly responsible for
the high economic growth
and prosperity which Japan
now enjoys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
Presidents Advisers

I wonder If the people
who are advising President
Kennedy to considerably sof-
ten our requirements for
atomic test inspection sites
in Soviet Russia are the same
ones who advised him to re-
move the air cover that had
been promised by the EiSen-
hover and Kennedy Admin
istrations to the anti-Castro
CubanS?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05

idea of holding pre-primary "prelimi-
nary convention" at which time agree
ment" might be reached on Mr.. Rookie
feller'S opponent. Offhand, this sounds
like as good an idea as any other in a
cause that is not very promising for
1862. AS for 1864, no bets are being
covered here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Your Epitoph
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain of the United States Senate

in Just a handful Of words.
Did it ever occur to you that
today you are writing your
own epitaph? Out of hun
dreds of tomb inscriptions
which I have perused in vari-
GUS parts Of the world one in
particular has fastened itself
indelibly on my mind. 1t is
in an English cathedral and
says of a certain bishop, He
was a painful preacher of the
truth" 1t no doubt means to
say that the one referred to
was a proclaimer of the pain
full truth which would be a
great compliment in any age
when an easy complacency
desires to escape the print
of the nails"
If the living dead can
read their own tombstones
they must often be surprised
at the things said and I'M
said. In his Random Remin-
iscences" the actor, Charles
Brookfield, who was always
assigned minor roles on the
stage, tells of a rather star
ting and revealing incident
of his career. In some way,
during an illness, the rumor
spread that the disease had
proved fatal. The papers an
nounced that Brookfield had
died. His obituary followed.
The usual gracious things
which are said when death
comes were there. Propped up
in bed the alleged dead man
read the eulogies pronounced
upon himself. Here was the
material for his epitaph. One
account declared, Though
Mr.. Brookfield was never a
great actor, he was inval-
liable in small parts" The
actor who had never aspired
to stardom took that as
being as great a compliment
as could have been paid him.
1t was an epitaph he CRATE
fully approved.
In a little chapel in Eng
lands charming countryside
for more than three hundred
years the neighbors have met
to worship. On a tablet at
the entrance is told the rec
ord of the founding of that
ancient shrine. In the quaint
spelling Of the period the
inscription is as follows: In
the yeare of 1853 when all
things sacred throughout We
nation were either demol-
ished or profaned. Sir Robert
Shirly. founded this church:
whose singular praise it is to
have done the best things in
We worst times and hoped
them in the most calami-
tous." What a glorious cpl
taph!
If you could choose your
own final inscription, could
one be found of which it
could be said with more ap-
proval: "I'd be happy if that
epitaph could sum up my
mortal span-he did the best
things in the worst times and
hoped them in the most ca
lamitous."
The one thus memorialized
had spent his years in a time
Of contention. Of violence and
Of swift change. It was the
time of Cromwell. We are
part Of a time when the
whole fabric of our civiliza-
ton seems shaken and shat
tered. 1t is an era when
pesSimism and defeatism can
say and do the very worst
things to rock the boat in the
fearful storm which is raging.
But times like these present
a glorious challenge to do and
say the best things. What
we say. and what we do, and
more important what we are,
can help nightly to keep
men on their feet in the
worst times.
The physical welfare Of an
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America Tidyinq Up?

Recently I returned from
a 5,300-mile motor trip from
Virginia to Nevada and back.
During this trip I noted with
great pleasure this Nations
highways and thoroughfares
especially routes 40, Sc, SO,
and 81. They all, especially
the U. S. routes seemed to be
much cleaner than I have
observed on previous trips
across country. The shoul-
ders looked neat and cared
for. Even the rest-stops and
public picnic areas looked as
# people were taking special
care to leave a spot as they
would like to find it.
1t is my opinion that the
Keep America Clean and
Beautiful" campaigns are
making this Nations litter
bugs sit up and take notice.
I sincerely appreciate the I'M
ending battle in this direc-
ton and the results that
seem to have been achieved.
Richard ID, SNYDER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05

The recent news from Sas-
katchewan, as we'll as at
home, leads one to consider
that if James r. Hoffa isn't
checked. he may yet turn the
teamsters into an A. M. A.
type Of organization.
John J. Downing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
Hoffd,s Operations

C. T. Hellmuth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-05
Fiscal Facts

w. o. Schrader,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-07-14
Howard Uni. Wins Distinguished
Achievement Award in College
Public Relations Visual Materials
New Documentary Film Cited For
MeritOriOus Service To Higher Education

tus March 2, 1862. 1t since has
Teen shown at high schools and
to alumni and service organiza-
tons in cities throughout the
country. The U. S. Information
Agency currently is reproduc-
ing the film for distribution
throughout the world.
The 16 nm. sound and color
motion picture traces the growth
and development of Howard
from it's founding in 1857 thru
1861. Made on the Howard cam
pus, it includes scenes from
the Inauguration of DR.. James
M. Nabrit, Jr. as president Of
the University in 1861, COM
mencement, homecoming, ROTC
Day, and the annual May Fes-
tival. Also included are class
room, dormitory, library, and
campus scenes, as well as per-
formances by the University
Choir and the Howard Players.
The film ends with a three-min-
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investments. His appointment
to the non-salaried city post
follows his tenure Of six years
as member of the Community
Conservation Board which was
merged with the Chicago Land
Clearance Commission to form
the new city department The
move was authorized June Is
after two ordinances were in
troduced by Mayor Daley and
approved Immediately.
Besides Landrum other men,
bers of the new department are
John G. Duba, chairman, James
D. Green, a vice-president of
Northern Trust Co., Attorney
Peter Kelliher, and Remick Nc
Dowell, chairman of Chicago's
Peoples Gas Light and Coke
Co.
The new five-man board was
created to provide more effec-
tive administration of the city's
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in his office at the university.
Mrs. Mallie Robinson, insti-
tute national chairman, assist
ed in t he ceremonies. which
were directed by Robert y.
H o b d ay, institute president
emeritus.
Winchell was praised or no
table participation over the
years in Humanitarian effort.
the advancement Of tolerance.
brotherhood and understanding.
and for significant contribu-
tons to the American Scene
through the various media of
public information"
Father Casassa specifically
applauded W'inchell for his I'M
selfish contribution through
the Damon Runyon Cancer
Fund to ad, ance medical re-
search. and Mrs. Robinson OK
pressed particular admiration
for his efforts in the field of
racial understanding.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-07-14

urban renewal program which
involves 10,998 acres in conser-
walton areas and 929 acres in
redevelopment projects. 1t is
designed to eliminate duplica-
ton Of such functions as ac-
QUESTION Of properties, reloca-
tion of families and demolition
of buildings.
Landrum, an extensive pro-
perty owner in his own right
with establishments in Is or 20
Chicago buildings, handles up
wards of 200 mortgage loans
annually, and is a specialist as
consultant in real estate invest
ments, new construction, and
urban renewal problems. His
appointment is believed to be
the first time a Negro has serv-
ed on a city board responsible
for the handling Of such a vast
sum Of money.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-07-14

White Sulphur Springs, w.
Va - Howard University's new
documentary motion picture,
"The First 100 Years." this
week won the American College
Public Relations Associations
1862 Distinguished Achieve
nent Award for audio visual
materials.
The award was presented dur
ing ACPRA's 18th annual con-
ference at the Greenbrier Hotel,
and was the sixth national cita-
ton to be received by the Uni
versity's Division of Informa-
ton Services in as many years.
ACPRA is made up of some
2,4OO public relations and de-
velopment officers in more than
600 American colleges and uni
versities.
The prize-winning film was
produced during 1861 and hal
its premiere during Charter Day
exercises on the Howard cam
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-07-14

ute address by President Ma
brit on the outlook for Howard
in the years ahead.
Produced by Norwood Studios,
Inc. of Washington, D. c., the
motion picture is narrated by
James W. Butcher, associate
professor of'drama at Howard.
The story and script are by
Ernest E. Goodman, director of
information services at the Uni
versity.
The film may be obtained on
loan free of charge by writing
to the Division of Information
Services, Howard University,
Washington 1, D. C. It's running
time is % minutes.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-07-14
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than 100 applicants Captain
Dwight has become the first
Negro to enter the nations
space program as a pilot, and
thus could become the nations
first Negro Astronaut.
Capt. Dwight, q native Of
Kansas City, Kans. is chief of
the procedural training branch
of the Fifth Bomb Wing head
quarters in California.
The aerospace school which
requires eight months of study,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-07-14

qualities graduates to perform
experimental test pilot duties
and leads to further training il.
aerospace research.
This is a prerequisite course
for all pilots seeking to perform
duty in the Air Forces presen,
and future aerospace vericles.
Capt. Dwight is a graduate of
the Squadron Officers school
correspondence course. He en-
tered the service nine years age
after completing two years o.
college. The Captain is a senior
pilot with more than 2,2OC
hours of flying time, 1,7OO Of
which are in jet aircraft.
While in the Air Force, he
has continued his education
through night school study and
received his bachelors degree
in aeronautics through the
Bootstrap program at the Ari-
IONA State university in 1857.
He now attends the University
of California night school, work.
ing toward a masters degree.
In his hometown Dwight at
tended Our Lady of Perpetual
Help school, Ward High School,
Donnelly college and the Kan
sas City, Kans, Junior college.
He is married to the former
Sue Lillian James. They have
two children, Tina, 6, and Ed
ward Joseph, 3rd, 4.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-07-14
See Negro
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ards Of Indignation"

ards Of integration."
The problem came to light
when representatives at a state
wide race relations conference
from Hartford, accused their
school boards of refusing to
hire qualified Negro teachers
to teach in formerly all-white
schools.
1t was stated that in Frede-
rick county, Negro teachers at
former all-Negro schools were
being placed in integrated
schools, but no new Negro
teachers were being hired.
Eventually, it was felt, the Ne
gro teachers would be squeezed
out of the system.
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Supreme Court.
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calendar, and slated to be
ruled, are those involving Ne
groes who were jailed on dis
turbing-the-peace charges after
they entered a segregated
amusement park doing public
business though privately own
ed.
Slt-inners were arrested as
trespasSers when they sat in
segregating public places in the
South where owners refused to
serve them. Although some
owners claimed to reserve a
nebulous right to refuse serv-
ice to certain people in a pub
licly operated place, litigants
expressed resentment that po-
ice forces would support Jim
Crow owners in their racial
discrimination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18

Congress of Jewish Deaf. an
organization of more than 1000
members meeting this week at
the Sheraton Park Hotel for a
four-day convention.
And though the weeks &C
tivities are being carried out
silently" members of this
organization are pointedly vo-
cal regarding their places in
our so-called world of nor
malcy. AS the Congress pres
ident, 42-year-old Alexander
FleiSchman, said, Our goals
are positive ones. We hope to
make progress in the employ
ment of the deaf, to generally
improve the lot of handicapped
people and to train young deaf
persons for responsible posi-
tons"
Mr.. Feischman of 1929
Piney Branch road. Silver
Spring, said there are more
than 100000 deaf persons in
the United States. not includ-
ing those who lost their hearing
as a result Of a shell fire during
the two World Wars.
Too Few Schools
But the educational and vo-
cational training facilities for
this group is inadequate, he
said. At last count. there were
only 100 schools for the deaf
in this country, about so OF
which are private institutions.
And Gallaudet College-located
here in Westinghouse the
"only college for deaf persons
in the world"
With this need in mind, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18

Guest speakers will occupy
the pulpits Of many Washing
ton area churches tomorrow.
Mai. Gen. Frank A. Tobey
Chief of United States Army
Chaplains. will speak at 9 and
II am. in National Presbyter-
ian Church, Eighteenth and N
streets NV.
The Rev. j. Wiley Prugh, pas
tor Of st. Andrews United
Presbyterian Church in Rock
vile, Nd. will speak at 6 pm
veSper services in National
Presbyterian Church.
Philip Zanfagna, a student al
Yale Divinity School. will speak
at services at $3.50 and IL am
lin darlington Presbyterian
Church, 3846 King street, Alex
andria.
Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Church, 900 Massachusetts
Iavenue NV, will be host to
DR.. Charles w. Richards, Su-
perintendent of the Pine Bluff
District of the Little Rock
(Ark) Methodist District, at
the 9 and 11:15 am. services
and $40 pm. vespers.
Chaplain Carl w. McGeehon,
USAF. who conducts the tele-
vision program Air Force
Chapel Of the Air" will speak
at 10 am. in Gunton-Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Sixteenth and Newton streets
INV.
DR.. Mack M. Goss, minister
Of the First Baptist Church of
Hendersonville, N. c., will speak
at II am. in Bethany Baptist
Church, Fourteenth street and
Colorado avenue N. w.
Girard H. Rodgers, Bible
secretary Of the Gideons Inter-
national in the District, will
speak at II am. in Wisconsin
Avenue Baptist Church, 1920
Alton place NV. A film. I'm
dia's Sorrow" will be presented
by DR.. Louis Talbot Of the
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
at the 1880 pm. service.
DR.. Martha Dunn Chester
field, pastor Of the First Church
of Truth of Long Island, will
deliver the second in a series
of three metaphysical lectures
at IL am. in Divine Science
Church Of the Healing Christ,
2025 Thirty-fifth street, NV,
The Rev. Paul G. Amt, Lu-
theran Institutional missionary
in the Washington area, will
speak at II am. in Mount
0livet Lutheran Church, 1908
Vermont avenue NV.
Chaplain Raymond C. Ho-
henstein. USN retired, director
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18
Stimson Leaving
Central Church

The Rev. Jamie Douglas
StimSon will leave his post as
assistant minister Of Contra,
Presbyterian Church tomorrow
to become minister Of the Vii.
lage Presbyterian Church
Charlotte Court House, Va. He
begins his new work August
26.
A native of Atlanta, Ga, the
40-year-old minister is a grad.
uate of Davidson College, 1914
and Union Theological Semi.
nary, Richmond, 1947.
He served Presbyteria 7
churches at Hickory, N. C.
1947-50: Fort Mill, s. c., 1904
and Iva, s. c., 1954-9. before
coming to Central Church hert
in 1859.
Mr.. StimSon is married. ha!
four children and lived at 621I
Thirty-fir street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18
HeritagePick
6 for Awards
AT Pilgrimage

The twelfth annual pilgrim
age Of the Religious Heritage of
America will be held Wednes-
day through Saturday with
headquarters at the Washing
ton Hotel.
Climax Of the four-day meet
ing will be the annual awards
dinner at Z pm. Friday in. the
hotel with Senator Randolph,
Democrat Of West Virginia,
serving as m aster Of
ceremonies.
DR.. Franklin Clark Fry, presi-
dent Of the Lutheran Church
in America, viii be presented
the Clergyman Of the Year
award.
Other awards will be Lay
Churchman of the Year to w
Clement Stone Of Chicago
president Of the Combined In
surance Companies. and Lay
Churchwoman of the Year to
Miss Ella Harllee Of Washing
ton, president of the National
Religious Publicity Council.
Three other awards will be
presented at the 1880 pm.
luncheon Thursday in the Ma
tional Press Club. The Very
Rev. Msgr. John E. Kelly, di-
rector of the Bureau of Infor-
nation. National Catholic Wei
fare Conference. will receive the
Award In Religious Communi-
cations; Hiley H. Ward Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18
Carlton Is Gift
In Clarendon

An electronic carlton has
been presented to the First
Baptist Church of Clarendon,
Arlington. Va, by Mr.. and Mrs
A. L. Kelley, members Of the
congregation since 1918. They
live at 808 North Jackson street,
Arlington.
The carlton has Is miniature
bell units of bronze metal which
are struck by metal hammers,
They produce bell tones almost
inaudible to the human ear
These are amplified more than
100000 times to produce true
bell tones.
The carlton will be played
from the keyboard Of the organ
console.