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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

they're satisfied that public Off
Gals are seeking solutions. But
solutions aren't easy.
Elsewhere live the white folks.
Many sank their savings into
homes, can't afford losses. They
have seen the undeniable spread
of black regions. They've heard
conflicting reports:
That property values drop when
Negroes move in; that they don't
drop; that they fall temporarily
but bounce back-or even that
they climb.
With life savings at stake, they
don't like CANDLES.
Here is what happened in one
instance:
Kenneth c. Kelly is an electri-
cal engineer studying for his mas
ter's, a Navy veteran, a husband
and father of two boys-and he's
a Negro.
He and his wife Loretta tried
to buy in suburban Gardena.
Three visits to the tract sales Of
flee, numerous telephone calls,
one letter and two kilograms pro-
duced no answers. He felt, he says,
like he was fighting windmillS. So
he had a white friend buy for
him.
At first some neighbors
Stunned the Kellys, others were
friendly. A couple of years later,
a Japanese family bought on one
side and a Japanese Italian cou-
pie on the other. Anonymous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Vests Christmas
Popular in Orient

to children but is more concerned
with feasting and merrymaking.
Also newly popular is the send
ing of Christmas cards. which
have come to rival the traditional
new year greetings.
Because Christmas cards are
new to Asians. they are less So
phisticated than the Western
product. Those who receive them
are much more interested, and
proudly arrange home or office
displays.
Printers, gift shops and the post
offices naturally cooperate. Nor
are there any United States-style
storms about inartistic stamps.
Christmas cancellations have be-
come quite popular. especially In
Korea. Most make no bones about
being childishly cute.
On both Christmas and New
Years, postal employees work over
time to get the deluge Of local
cards delivered.
A Christmas cultural Develop
ment in Japan. Formosa and
some other places is the private
party, usually at a big hotel and
complete right down TO Santa
Claus In red suit and whiskers.
Street decorations and window
displays are increasing. This used
TO be the case only in districts
frequented by foreigners. Now
Asians are RECALLED with the
Christmas spirit. They have
shown that they like IL.
The Christmas tree is immense
ly popular. Decorations are much
closer TO the old tannenbaum
than 10 the usual western version
OF today: paper chains and other
homemade ornaments. Popcorn
and cranberries are missing; they
are not common In Asia.
In Korea. the carolers still wepd
their way through the streets and
narrow byways In the biting chill
OF Christmas eve. The carols are
voiced in both Korean and Eng
fish, often with choral quality TO
compare with the best In the Occi-
dent. Koreans are among the fin
est group singers TO be found In
the world.
Christmas is not yet an off,
cial holiday, except in the Philip
pines, but the time is unques-
tionably coming when II will be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
MTEGRAToN
Los Angeles Mecca Of Migrating Negroes

telephones called one seller a
Communist. Shaken, she told the
Kellys.
Mr.. Kelly wrote to 80 neigh
bors:
%. We have pretty much the
same hopes, fears, a billions,
strengths and frailties that have
typified all of human existence,
and specifically current United
States patterns. -.
Despite the millions Of we'll
meaning, cultured and educated
Negroes, stereotyped notions per-
sist and those who spread
fear and hate are so much more
vocal and effective than the more
stable and intelligent elem n t
that might bring about beneficial
actions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
BY BOB BARNES
Associated Press Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES.-The mutter-
ing started as soon as the Bob
Maxwells bought a home in the
sparkling new suburb of Canoga
Park nestled in hills north of Los
Angeles.
Neighborhood telephones
buzzed. Wild rumors flew. Words
grew bitter-and into the sunny,
middle-claSs community stole an
undercurrent of fear. ,
The Maxwells are Negroes.
A real estate agent, seeming q
possible financial killing, called a
few folks with dire predictions
and inside advice"
He landed few listings, tokens
Of alarm taking material form:
For Sale!"
Panic threatened-panic selling,
which often leads to violence. But
neither Bob Maxwell-an engi-
neer at an aerospace firm-nor
his wife nor their two youngsters
knew It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Pressing q Point

Lets not be facetious, sir.
Yuletide is no time for levity.
Now then, what kind Of dwelling
placer"
I'VE live in a house"
That's fine, sir. Some or our
incest people live in houses. What
style is the house?"
What style? Now look here :"
1--WE have trees for split
levels, ramblers, Cape Gods. :"
II should have known better.
It's a rambler"
Next question: Do you favor
the Ivy Look, the Rising Young
Executive Look the Bohemian -"
hemian -"
II suppose for the Ivy Look all
the branches are trimmed into a
crew cut?"
You ARE catching on fast. In
addition, all our trees are dust
proof, waterproof, shockproof.
and foreproof. You can be sure of
a generous trade-tn next year,
and wait a minute, sir. Where
are you going?"
ITO the woods! I don't want an
engineering triumph-just a tree
whose daddy was a tree. I'm going
to take my tree-type tree home
and load it down with strings of
popcorn and cranberries. Maybe
I'll hang up some miStletoe. !
might even sing a carol. -"
That sort of talk isn't going to
help your status in the commun-
ity. Your neighborS will think
you're un-American. The Little
League may sell your son to To-
pekaI"
a.. Perhaps I should hang up
my stocking. Well, good night.
friend. I'm off to see what kind
of trade-in I can get on my car
for a used reindeer. Merry Christ
mas and a new-than-new New
Year!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
The Navy Gives Its Last Four Batt|eships Reprieve
By NORMAN POLMAR
Contributing Writer

The United States Nays four
remaining battleships have re-
ceived an 18th hour stay of exc
cution. 1t had seemed certain that
they would follow some two dozen
Of their sister battleships which
have been junked, sunk or i'm
modified as memorials since the
end of World War II.
Now the Navy hopes to use the
four surviving super dread
noughtS" as triple threat am
phibious ships.
Marine and Navy leaders are
taking a close look at a proposal
to convert the four battleships
into three In one commando"
ships. AS amphibious ships they
would keep most of their big 10
inch guns for fire support, have
facilities installed to carry troops,
landing craft and helicopters, and
serve as flagships for task force
commanders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Lost BottIeships

These battleships the last re-
tanned by any navy in the world
are the 888-foot Iowa. New Jer-
sey, Missouri and Wisconsin. They
appeared to be headed for the
scrap yards until top Navy and
Marine planners became con-
cerned about the growing short
age Of big guns in the fleet to
support Marines going ashore on
a hostile beach. With the nuclear
stalemate and continued limited
wars" around the globe, amphibi-
GUS operations are regaining the
prominence they had during
World War II: witness Korea. the
Suez invasion Of 1856, last years
aborted cuban invasion. and
many smaller actions.
The Marine generals many OF
whom waded ashore on Japanese
held beaches during World War
II say there Is something
mighty comforting about the
whine OF 8-inch and the screech
OF l6-inch shells overhead when
you know they are working for
you"
But today the Navy has no
ships left In the active fleet with
l6-inch guns. The number Of g.
inch gunned ships is down TO five
with a total OF 80 big-gun bar
rels. And this number is shrink
ing every year.
The Nays switch to guided
missiles and Jet aircraft has left
the amphibious people with very
little fire support. Existing mis-
siles are too expensive and not
efficient enough to use In shore
bombardment work. No short
range, bombardment Missile is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Minister Appears

For into the melee of human
emotions stepped a young Meth
odist minister and several asso-
ciateS. They went from door to
door, spreading facts. soothing
fears.
That was five years ago. Now
the Maxwells attend theater par
ties in mixed groups. entertain
Caucasians and Negroes alike at
New Years eve shindigs, belong
to a white Protestant church.
but keep up their old associations,
as we'll.
Houses across the street and
two doors each way have sold, in
the normal course of events and
at the market price, to new white
people.
Today, partly because Of SYM
pathetic individuals and partly of
his own doing, Bob Maxwell, Ne
gro, is accepted at Canoga Park,
Calf, U. s. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

now being made in the United
States. Jet planes. which have re-
placed the old tree skimming,
close support fighters OF World
War II, burn gas too fast TO stay
around on call when the troops
go in. Also, many infantrymen
claim the Jets are too fast TO give
the pin-point accuracy needle d
when firing rockets and dropping
bombs a few hundred feet In
front Of friendly troops.
Although amphibious tactics
are constantly changing - hell
copters are replacing water-going
craft In some operations. etc -
there is still big need for big
gun fire support.
How Plan Would Work
The Nays proposal for con-
verting the battleships into COM
mando ships calls for each ship
to retain her two forward l6~inch
gun turrets, each with three guns.
A few Of the battleship's 20 five
inch secondary guns would also
be kept, or possibly replaced by
short range, anti aircraft mis-
siles The after triple l6-inch gun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Real YuIe Trees?
Don't Be Silly!
BY M. ]. MCDONALD
Contributing Writer

Just before Halloween, it was
hard to find an orange jack O.
lantern for our three-year-old.
There were ample supplies of
blue, green, pink and red, but
orange for reasons unknown
was a scarce item. I interpret this
as further evidence that we are
losing the battle against "ersatz
everything" Artificiality sur
rounds us. Simulate l yule logs
crackle on phony fire places; syn
thetic fibres have caused mass
unemployment among the silk
worms; fake furs threaten to
make mink superfluous. House.
wives are being badgered to "ac-
cept no substitutes-demand the
genuine imitation"
Generally speaking, I'm in favor
Of modernization, but there
are a few moSS-covered traditions
whose impending disappearance
fills me with regret.
Do you remember green Christ
mas trees? The chopped-down
variety? They're on the way out.
Recently I was looking at
Christmas trees in local super
market. Just in front of me, a
mother and her l4-year-old son
were in the process of selecting a
tree. The conversation went
something like this:
Mother: That looks like a nice
one over there.
Son: Naaaaaah! We had blue
last year. Blue gives me the
creeps. How about yellow?
Mother: With beige walls? Not
on your life. And red is out, too.
Say, that gold one is pretty.
Son: No soap. Pop says gold
paint makes him break out in
stripes. Hey! I've got an idea
How about a green one?
Mother: Stop being silly, Jun
Tor. Let's see now, that plaid one
might go good with -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
,. q Painful Thorn

Replied an anonymous neigh
Dor: 1--WE all know that you are q
fine, intelligent person and we re-
spect you and your family. How
ever the fact is that when
ever any one of your neighbors
desires to sell his house, the
problem will be like a painful
thorn"
That was in 1859. The Kellys
built on, joined neighborhood
groups, snapped babysitting and
consider the five-year-old move a
success, says Mrs. Kelly. They feel
at home now. Some houses have
sold to whites and Japanese, but
no other Negroes have moved in
partly because. it's said, they're
not encouraged to by agents. The
neighborhood continues predomi-
nantly Caucasian. r
The great struggles some
quiet, some publicized - center
around new housing develop
ments. They're often lower priced
and near industrial jobs. Sub
dividers frequently resist Negro
purchasers, through discourage
ment and delays, on grounds that
whites will go elsewhere and the
tract wind up all Negro.
Such groups as CORE-CoI1-
gress of Racial Equality try to
force migration through sit
ms" "dwell-ins," and operation
window-shop." 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23

let's suppose that you and your
wife disagree as to how the tree
should be decorated; you'd be in
the market for the reversible tree.
Just hit the remote control but
ton and BINGO! - it changes
from a sincere gray flannel to a
natty herringbone."
With two pairs of trousers?'
"Oh my, aren't we droll this
evening? Perhaps the reversible
number would be too steep for
your budget; you might be inter-
eSted in the revolving model. You
decorate one side-say in early
American - and your wife does
the other side to suit her tastes.
Just picture your family sitting
before the tree of an evening as
one side and then the other
whirls by :"
Until the neighbors come in to
lead us away the next afternoon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Housing Shortage

But unofficial, unintentional
segregation developed. Negroes
overran some areas as they'd done
back East-not by design but be-
cause they needed housing and
went where they found it.
They moved in, whites moved
out. One community-W It's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
The Reel You"

Not so fast, sir. We have to be
sure the tree you select is really
YOU. Now, what kind of dwelling
place do you occupy?"
Are you pulling my leg? What
possible difference could that
maker"
wat difference? Good grief,
sir. Where HAVE you been? Let
me explain. If you're living in
houseboat, or a tent, or even
small apartment, for example,
you'd probably want the collaps-
ible model. Or maybe even M143K
that converts into a cot for over
night guests. On the other hand,
If you live in trailer, you'd need
the mobile tree =. ="
"On wheels?"
on wheels. Then again,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
The Next Step
And so 1t went.

And so 1t went.
If the present trend continues,
it might not be too long before
the following excange could take
place between a Christmas tree
salesman and an unwary Gus
toner:
Good evening, sir. What can
DO FOR YOU?"
I'D like to pick up a tree for
the living room. Put one in the
trunk, will you please?"
TIA ia ia ia ia, sir. Put your
money away for a moment. What
kind of tree did you have in
mind?"
What kind? Oh, balsam will
be all right"
"Balsam? Apparently, sir, you
haven't been keeping up with ad-
vanceS in the Christmas tree in
dustry. We don't carry WOODEN
trees. Our trees are all made of
Observation-Disclosures, the plastic
of tomorrow. If you're interested
in a piece of lumber, why don't
you get in touch with the Forestry
Service?"
mo real trees? Okay, I'll go
along with the gag. Toss one of
the phony ones in the trunk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
Struggles in Development

Sometimes their demonstrations
touch off heckling, water spray
ing, rock and dirt throwing and
car vandalism from opponents.
In a recent "dwell-out," seven
CORE members kept a round-the-
clock vigil with sleeping bags on
the front yard of a Wilmington
tract house a Negro couple was
trying to buy. Forty arrests came
in 10 days; 10 men and women
subsequently nnounced they
would refuse bail, continuing their
protest by staying in jail.
Sometimes we're called agita-
tors, but we feel the problem is.
here and there is suffering" says
Earl Walter of CORE. 1T won't
be dealt with unless people do
something about it. We feel the
majority of people will respond
in a positive way once the facts
are known"
Some contend that If all areas
were thrown open to Negroes,
they'd be scattered on much the
same ratio as their population.
Others doubt this, cite possible
effects of economic and other fac
tors on their distribution, and ex-.
press concern for homeownerS
they say might be financially.
harmed by any uncontrolled buy
ing stampede.
Navajo times., 1962-03-14

On december ~, last, the Ad-
Visory Committee of the Navajo
Tribal Council voted unanimously
to grant the First Methodist Church
of Shiprock two acres of land on
the North Mesa. After long, dis
couraging delays and three years of
negotiating with the Tribe, the
dream of building Shiprock
church is now beginning to come
true. The application for the use
of the land was unanimously ap-
proved by the local unit of Tribal
government but delay was in
evitable due to the need for care
full consideration of contemplated
zoning requirements for the order
ly development of the Shiprock
community as whole.
Immediately the grant was
made, building committee went
to work, making plans, estimating
needs and costs, Interviewing
architects and discussing ways
and means of financing this ven-
ture. The committee estimates
that a minimum total of $12O, 600:
90 must be raised for building
the sanctuary, the educational unit
and parsonage.
The first Sunday of each month
has been designated as Building
Fund Sunday---the entire Sunday
morning offering on that day to go
into the fund.
At this time, the fund amounts
to exactly $1O,132.5O. The local
church has set a goal for itself
of SIS. 600. 90 by May 1. The Meth
odist General Board has promised
a generous contribution and good
ly amount may be expectedfrom the
many interested friends and we'll
wishers of other denomination and
from the local community at large.
The building committee is made
up of the Following me mbers:
William Vineyard, chairman, Mrs.
Stella Lee, Frank Larson, Arthur
Schultz, Carl Todacneeni, Oscar
Damon, Miss Esther Munsterman,
David Iiilborn, Byron Hou seknecht,
and the Reverend Robert w.
Brooks, pastor.
MIR. Ralph Phillippi, we'll known
architect from Farmington, has
been engaged to design the new
church building. He is presently
meeting with the building COM
mittee to begin working on def
mite plans S--a painstaking ia SIX
which may, of necessity, consume
several months time. 1t is hoped
that ground may be broken and
actual construction under way not
later than Septe mber 1. MIR.
Phillippi designed the new Ship
rock Junior High School and also
the new Elementary Public School
to be built on land on the Mesa,
adjoining the new church build
ings.
In rnOv.GA xxsauc fhan ou1 fhjc nosx.
Navajo times., 1962-03-14

Your Ch airman, Paul Jones, stated in recent
speech that W to take rightful place in the
world of affairs must appreciate the privilege by
registering and qualifying ourselves to vote and
voting on election day. New power and prestige
ours if we reap the political rewards which come
with massive vOte."
Navajo times., 1962-03-14
$4,000 COST ESTIMATED

church will be the First Methodist
Church---not only of Shiprock but
of the entire Navajo Reservation,
a vast area covering Is, 900 square
miles and with population of
80, 600 original Americans.
In 1857 a charter was granted
to the First Methodist Church of
Shiprock, and, although without a
church edifice of any kind, it be-
came one of the churches of the
New Mexico Conference of the
Methodist Churc ch. holding its
regular meetings for the past three
years in the lobby of the public
school building.
Membership has grown to $50
with an enrolment Of 100 in the
Church School. The pastor and
his family live in a trailer house
parsonage near the post office.
Both Rev. Brooks and his wife,
Blanche, are graduates of Wheaton
College in Illinois, where they
attended college together, and were
married in Buffalo. New York, in
1916. MIR. Brooks is a graduate,
also, of The Biblical Seminary of
New York City, 1852. During his
seminary years and for one year
after his graduation, he served
different Methodist churches in
that city. In 1853 he became
Campus Pastor of the Methodist
Mission School at Pennington,
which he had attended as young
ster, and served in this capacity
for seven years. During this time
Rev. Brooks organized the First
Methodist Church in Shiprock,
committing back and forth until
housing (trailer) facilities we're
available and he could move his
family to the new pastorate. The
Brooks children are: Bonnie Jean,
10, Beverley Ann, 3, Bobby 7, and
Billy, 4. Reverend Brooks is the
son of Reverend &C. Brooks,
Methodist minister and educator,
VINO 1or many years was Superln-
tendent of the Methodist Mission
at Pennington.
Now that, at long last, the dream
of First Methodist Church home
in Shiprock is coming true--it is
not to be assumed that the dream
has ended. Quite the contrary
this is only the beginning for the
dedicated, loyal congregation. The
church itself is considered in the
light of God-given means to a
far greater end---their whole
hearted desire and fervent PRAYER
that it shall serve effectively as
the center for vastly extended
ministry completely covering this
great Reservation, with far flung
outposts served by trained native
Navajo mini isters.
The great and awesome land
mark few miles from town, Ship
rock. towering 1900 feet above the
fC0nfi MED on pace ~
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01

Will work toward in,pIemensaiion of policy set forth in Article VIII, Section 1, of the Stale Constitution: AGRICULTURE - A program to promote fuller
 utilization of agricultural potential An
 aggressive attack on OUT marketing prob
 lems, complete with market studies and
 analysis
 MINING = lmplementation of revolving fund for development of natural resources where
 private monies are not available. Monies for
 the fund to be derived from state investment
 type funds. ROADS - Expansion of roads in District and } the State of Alaska. Whenever economic de-
 velopment of an area iustifies if, Gene will
 diligently work for inc immediate reeassi-
 fieation and maintenance of roads as it be-
 comes necessary. { TAXES = AboIishment of the gross business fax. Correction of all excess taxes. business and private.
 EDUCATION - Will work for the best possible
 statewide educational program, consistent
 with States financial ability.
The frontiersman., 1962-11-01
VOTE NOVEMBER e
 1HA

. A successful farmer and responsible businessman. . A resident of ihe district for over 15 years.
 . Ne has the necessary time to devote 10 inc planning of legislative program which can and will solve some of our area problems. . Past president of the Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce, with first-hand knowledge of commerce needs of the district.
 . Past president of Maianuska Telephone Association, with first hand knowledge of He public utility needs of The district.