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store and a real estate holding
company. The church also owns
a coal mine, $4,000 acres of farm
land, citrus orchards, 80 Gamer
les, poultry farms. dairies and
feed lots more than SIT million
in assets simply to keep up it's
stockpiles of food for the needy
at l40 storehouses across the
Nation.
Boptists Pay Anywoy
The Massachusetts Baptist
Convention makes a token pay
ment of $500 a year to the town
of Groton in lieu of lawfully ex-
empt taxes on a campsite. "We
consider it good public relations"
said the secretary Of the conven-
ton.
1t is virtually impossible to
learn exactly how much income
producing property is in the hands
OF the Nations churches.
There are no central sources
for the information. Virtually
every Protestant church and Jew
ish synagogue is financially au-
tonomous, as is every Catholic
diocese. Each administers its own
property, has its own debts and
sources of income.
Moreover, pastors and bishops
frequently aren't inclined to part
with the information.
But an Associated Press survey
turned up some interesting ex-
amples.
The Iona Linda Food Co. of
Arlington, Calf, owned by the
Pacific Union Conference of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
has a net worth of $1.6 million.
The company specializes in
meatleSs foods Cmore than so va
rieties), and because it tn US
serves the vegetarian needs of
church members it is tax exempt.
Adventists also operate num-
Der OF other commercial bust
nesses - bakery, furniture store,
Evening star., 1962-02-25
Red Warning

Izvestia said last week that the
Russians were getting tired of the
Thompson Gromyko talks, and
warned that the peace treaty
might be signed. Secretary of State
RuSk is going to Geneva for the
disarmament conference. and it
is likely he will be able to discuss
the situation with the Russians
there.
The morale of the West Ber-
liners is considered rather high,
considering the tension that hangs
over the city. The huge turnout
for Robert Kennedy was indica-
tive of the effect such a symbolic
visit has on the population. Mr..
Kennedy's visit was seen as a re-
affirmation of the United States
pledge to stand by the West Ber-
liners.
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his intentions. If he wants q
status quo. he has only to inform
Ambassador Thompson of this.
If he does not, he has only to sign
a peace treaty with East Ger
many, and turn the Berlin access
routes over to the Germans.
The Thompson Gromyko explo-
ratory talks in Moscow apparent
ly have gotten nowhere. And re-
cent Soviet moves in the Allied
air corridors seem to indicate that
the Russians are preparing new
harraSSmentS.
Evening star., 1962-02-25
BY BERNARD POIRIER
Contributing Writer

After some political oscillations,
Europe appears decided on the
best route to the stars for Euro
pean space scientists but to an
outsider it resembles an alphabet
soup.
Official space organizations, for
example, include things allie d
COPERS, ESRO and ESLO. In the
background of these lettered seq
ments is the political reality that
individual countries with small
budgets can not undertake costly
space programs. Unity and COL
lective effort is the answer.
Unscrambling the detectives for
each official organization is pos
sible when the limitations imposed
on each groups activities become
apparent.
If COPERS, a planning group,
Is successful then ESRO may be-
come Europe's satellite organiza-
ton. But in any event, ESLO, a
rocket group, may be called upon
to put these satellites into orbit.
Added to this alphabetical as
sortment is the semi-official HSG
and SEREB proposal to launch
British and French satellites. Eu-
ropean space plans are serious
business and will probably be sup
ported by as much as $3.50 million
in the first budget probably by
September.
Third Force in Space
West European space plans we're
noted recently in the Unite d
States House of Representatives
when Chairman Miller of the
House Space Committee declared
European" third force in space
which competed with Russia and
the United States is essential for
United State security.
European space plans brea k
down as follows:
. COPERS is the European Pre-
paratory Commission for Space
Research. 1t was created by the
Evening star., 1962-02-25
Berlin:
New Pressure

The Soviet Union renewed its
pressure on the Allied air cor
ridors to West Berlin last week.
There were signs last week
faint but tangible that the
Soviet Union was planning to
bring the Berlin crisis to another
boil
For more than four months. the
Russians have been unusually
quiet about Berlin and the long
promised peace treaty with East
Germany. Some in the West have
taken this calm as a sign that
Mr.. Khrushchev did not want to
disturb the status quo.
Others took it as the calm be-
fore the storm.
The West has given Mr.. Khru-
shchev an opportunity to announce
Evening star., 1962-02-25
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

Around the Senate and partic-
ularly in the Armed Services Com
mittee there is a feeling that if a
tickliSh job has to be done, one
demanding firmness with tact, the
man to do it is John C. Stennis.
The 60-year-old Mississippi DEM
ocrat, in the Senate since 1947,
smiles easily, speaks with
resonant voice and from years
as a judge knows how to pound
a gavel with emphasis.
So it came about that Senator
Stennis, one of the hardest work.
ing members of Congress, drew
the thankless assignment of head
ing the "muzzling" investigation.
AS chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Preparedness subcommit-
tee, he was given the RESPONSE
bility of sitting charges that mill
tary speech-makers have been re-
Stricted in warning about the
menace of communism.
AS of now, the investigation
which carries potential political
hazards from the far right has
dragged on for more than five
weeks. And the end is not in
sight.
The inquiry thus far has been
a little stormy and may get more
so. The investigators have found
themselves at purposes with
President Kennedy over question
ing Pentagon cenSorS. Even more
troublesome, the subcommittee,
much to the chagrin of its men,
bers, became involved in an un-
planned skirmish with the re-
doubtable Marine Corps over
QUESTIONABLE which Senator STEM
mis- said would not be repeated.
He Keeps Smiling
AS the man in the middle, Sem
ator Stennis has managed to keep
smiling through it all. About the
only times he has used his gavel
we're in opening and closing the
public hearings.
This has been in character for
the studious MiSsisSippian who
won a Phi Beta Kappa in college
and went on to become a highly
respected circuit judge before
coming to the Senate.
On the death of Mississippi's
demagogic Theodore Bilbo he en-
tered the race for the vacant seat,
While virtually unknown outside
his rural judicial circuit, Senator
Stennis won out in three-man
race which included rambunctious
John Rankin, long a member of
the House. An editorial in The
Star at the time noted that he
"campaigned with dignity and
without shoWmanship.'
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pean Organization for Nuclear Re
search in SWitzerland in terms of
legal status, scope, budget and
staff.
Active since 1858, Germ made
notable strides each year and one
of its earliest achievements was
activation of a 600 million cleo
tron volts synchro-cyclotron less
than four years after ratification
of the treaty.
Space achievements get a
great deal of attention ii r. pc
and their impetus is helr Eu-
ropean scientists wade through in
formation red tape in finding a
suitable and economically feasible
way to join in exploring space
frontiers.
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.TickIish Congressional Probes
Are q Specially for Stennis

The same words aptly describe
his nearly Is years in the Senate.
He served the quiet apprentice
ship Of men who come to Wash
ington intending to stay a long
time. The cenSure proceedings
against the late Senator Mccarthy
of Wisconsin brought him to the
forefront.
Handled Mccarthy Affoir
AS a rule, Senators are loathe
to chastise another member. In
the Mccarthy affair it was touch
and-go when Senator Stennis took
the floor for a memorable speech.
He accused the Wisconsin Re-
publican of pouring "slush and
slime" on the committees of the
Senate and said his conduct must
be condemned"
In his speech Senator Stennis,
in effect, placed the Senate itself
on trial The question, he said,
was for individual Senators to
determine whether they upheld
Senator McCarthy's conduct. If
we do he went on, something
big and fine has gone out of
this chamber" After that, there
was little doubt about the CEN
sure outcome.
The man who now finds him
self on the tightrope of another
Senate problem was born August
3. 1901. He attended public schools
and Mississippi State College be-
fore going on to the University
of Virginia for his law degree
His career was in the pattern of
many young lawyers.
He served in the Mississippi
House of Representatives from
1928 to 1882, as district prosecu-
tor and then on the bench for
10 years before coming to Wash
ington.
Senator as q Judge
The current investigation gave
Senator Stennis an opportunity
which he seemed to relish to re-
vert once more to the role of a
judge. When the doctrine of execu-
tive privilege was raised by
Secretary of Defense Mcnamara
to deny the subcommittee the
right to question censors on
specific speeches they had re-
viewed. Senator Stennis faced the
task of ruling on the plea
The issue had been anticipated.
For several days the Senator had
been studying the matter and the
night before he stayed up until
1870 am. brushing up on the prec-
edents. Speaking only from notes,
he reviewed succinctly a question
which goes back to George Wash
ington's administration. The ques-
Evening star., 1962-02-25
TREND OF THE TIMES
Churches Going Into Business

filling station whose income
helps support their schools. Net
gain from all such enterprises in
1860 was $184 900, all except $7l,-
900 from Iona Linda.
Operates Dairy Business
In Milbank, 8. Oak, the United
Brethren Church operates a cheese
and dairy business with capital
stock listed at 100000. ST. Jo-
seph's Catholic Church in New
port, r. l., owns the $4,000
Strand Theater. The International
Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
founded in Los Angeles by the
late Aimee Semple Mcpherson.
operates two radio stations val
ued conservatively at So million.
The First Congregational Church
of Claremont, N. H., nets $1,000
year from a building it leases
to an automatic laundry.
In Columbus, Ohio. the Cath
olic College of Josephinum owns
the Montgomery Ward Building,
and the American Lutheran
Church in the same city owns
the $173,110 Wortberg Press
Building. In Massachusetts,, the
Congregational Christian Confer
ence owns an inn on Cape Cod.
In city after city you can buy
from churches and church orga-
nizations greeting cards, religious
articles, sandwiches, pastries,
candy. and, from the Episcopal
Cathedral in Washington, herbs
grown in it's own gardens.
Catholic orders of monks pro-
duce top quality products from
bread to wine in monastaries scat
tered across the country.
Most publicized Catholic enter
prise probably is the Christian
Brothers wine operation, in Cali
fornia's Napa Valley. with a bot
ting capacity of 5000 cases a
day.
Millions in Profits
Figures published during a tax
dispute landmark case in the
tax exemption field, incidentally
showed the religious order net
ted $3.6 million over three years.
The income operates 10 schools
in Northern California.
The order always has paid
property taxes, but it's Federal
income tax status was in dispute
for a decade before it finally was
settled last December with the
order required to pay some back
income taxes.
The Federal Government ex-
empts from income tax churches
and religious orders or organiza-
tionS that are an integral part
of a church. Members of an or
der must perform sacerdotal func-
tions or conduct religious worship.
The Christian Brothers are q
teaching order of men who wear
clerical garb. But they aren't
priests, and do not perform sac
erdotal functions" The Govern
ment, therefore, contended sue
cessfully that the order is not an
integral part of a church.
The Federal exemption applies
to church income from such
sources as dividends. interest. an
nuities, royalties, rents, sales Of
real property, and also to church.
owned corporations not operated
primarily for business profit.
The practice of tax exemption
for churches and church institu-
tions- based on the theory they
benefit society as whole is
older than the Constitution, and
only a few churchmen agree with
Mr. Bjorkquist's point of view.
The debate goes on, however,
The first amendment is appealed
to (though no tax cases to date
have been decided on grounds Of
separation of church and state),
and volumes continue to be writ
ten on the subject.
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Premature

The West says summit at this
time would be premature. 1t has
suggested, instead, that the for
eign ministers make a try at
agreement After last weeks de-
velopments, it is not certain who
will represent each country at
the conference table. The United
States and Britain will send their
foreign ministers, but the Soviet
bloc may send their chiefs of
state.
1t does seem certain, however,
that chances for either a nuclear
test ban or for disarmament are
exceedingly small. Part of the rea-
son for the pessimism is the long
standing distrust of each others
word.
The discussion about mutual
exploration of space is a case in
point. Both sides agree it is a
good idea, but it is very doubtful
if any concrete treaty will result.
Disarmament is also blocked by
an apparent inability on the So
Wet side to force Red China to
abide by any treaty.
1t is we'll known that the Chi
nese are pushing hard to develop
a nuclear capability, and have
not shown any willingness to stop.
Evening star., 1962-02-25

No treaty would be possible If the
Red Chinese do not take part,
and there has been no indication
they will.
Evening star., 1962-02-25

points over the rising partici-
patton of churches in Americas
business life.
ample. had an annual budget of
less than 100000 at the end of
World War II. It's now $168,OOO
a year.
Most churches Central Chris
tian is one of them-are able to
raise the added money solely
through increased member con-
tributions. But many hire profess
sional fund raisers, a service some
denominations, notably the Luth-
Grams, provide for their churches.
But an increasing number of
pastors are finding pew rents and
collection plates simply won't get
the job done, even with an oc-
caSional bake sale, bazaar or
Saturday night bingo.
So the harried pastor looks
around for chance to do
little moonlighting, as they say.
why not" he asks himself,
rent out the church parking lot
during the week." That's what
the Beneficent Congregational
Church of Providence, R. l., does,
to name only one. In 1860 the
lot crossed $l1 900.
Church Owns Pine Mills
Or, If a member CT the con-
gregation should give you a piece
of property which is how the
Seventh Day AdventistS came to
own Harris Pine Mills, an Oregon
lumber and furniture making
business why not continue to
operate it?
A commonplace practice for
churches, in fact. is to buy
neighboring property for future
expansion, renting it out mean
while until it's needed.
Sometimes churches wind up
with income producing property
by sheer accident. The Catholic
Diocese of Memphis bought an
apartment house to use as home
for unwed mothers, and got stuck
with it when neighbors objected.
So now the church collects rent.
Why not?
One answer comes from num-
ber of churchmen alarmed by
what they frequently refer to as
"the burgeoning wealth of the
churches"
They feel unrelated church
activities have got out of hand,
especially if the activities pay no
taxes and thus have an advantage
over commercial competitors.
How many decades will it be-"
asked Presbyterian DR.. Eugene
Carson Blake in a speech not
long ago, before the United
States may find itself dominated
by the wealth of a church or
churches :. 2"
Asked for his own estimate, Dr..
Blake said he was speaking in
terms of so or 100 years" He
also said, perhaps part of my
Evening star., 1962-02-25
BY JULES Lob
Associated Press Staff Write

A multitude of profitable VEN
lures are being pursued today by
churches across the land.
Some denominations drink more
deeply of these so-called unre-
lated business profits than others,
but there are few total abstainers.
The fact is, the churches are
obliged to support widely ex-
panded services on a scale un-
known to church goers of a gen.
Grafton ago-missionary activity,
vacation Bible schools, youth pro-
grams and the like.
The Central Christian Church
OF Lexington, KY, a typical ex-
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"Why not" says the hard
pressed pastor to himself. "rent
out the church parking lot dur
ing the week to meet some ex-
penses?" Some people feel very
strongly both why and why not.
They represent divergent view
points over the rising partici-
patton of churches in Americas
business life.
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-02
Little Becky Ferguson Christened
At Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church

elder brother of Mrs. R. E.
Quarles, C. R. and Lewis Nor
ton. here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Meadows
and family spent the past week
end with relatives in Washing
ton. D. C.
Mrs. Charles w. Waddill spent
Sunday before last with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Caldwell in Keys
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. King Waddill
have left for a vacation in Mi
ami. Fla. Before leaving they
visited his mother and attended
the Homecoming at Hampden-
Sydney College on Oct. 20. They
also visited her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Fielder. in Lynchburg
and DR.. and Mrs. Marcellus
Waddill and sons, in Winston
Salem. N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Blair, of
Gary, W. Va, are visiting her
mother. Mrs. Bryan Kizer, and
her sister, Mrs. w. S. Meadows,
and Mr.. Meadows.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bowles
and son, Sam, Jr., of Cumber-
land. and son, Larry Bowles, a
student at RPI. Richmond, visit
ed Mrs. Bowles' parents. the w.
S. Meadows, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Lewis and
family recently attended the
marriage Of his sister, near SUI
folk.
Mrs. Charles W. Waddill and
son. the Rev. Thomas A. Wad-
dill. attended the funeral of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. A. owen
King, in South Boston on Mon
day, Oct. %. Mrs. King, who
had been in bad health for many
years, died in South Boston on
Saturday.
The r. E. Dix family attended
the car races in Richmond Sum
day afternoon.
Mrs. j. T. Layne is improving
after being ullita Sick the ma CT
week.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-02
Belona

Nov. Although October
brought such beautiful weather
to this section and it was
thoroughly enjoyed, last week
was the coolest October that /
can remember. Frost and ice
visited Birdland Farm. The
fourth Sunday was pretty and
not so cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordan Rudd
went into Richmond on Sunday
to see Gordan's mother. She is
not at all well and they try to
visit her frequently.
MIR. and Mrs. l. M. Bowles
and two sons. of Richmond
visited Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Bell
on Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Billy
Stratton, Of Trenholm, had din
ner with the Bells. too.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan, of Dill
wyn, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie
Palmore on Sunday. They are
always so glad to see Joyce
Duncan their daughter.
The many friends of William
R. Blandford, our attorney. are
happy to know that he is i'm,
proving at his home, and we
trust that he will soon be en-
tirely well and able to get out
again. He has been missed by
his numerous friends.
The weather is quite nice and
comfortable now, but the frsot
and ice killed the flowers that
were commencing to blossom.
On Sunday, Mrs. J. G. Pal
more visited Miss Birdie Baugh
Other visitors were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Blanton, of Balls
vile, and Mrs. Gertrude Reyn-
olds, of Richmond, sister of
Mrs. Robert Blanton.
Be sure to feed the dear birds
and you will be happier.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-02

been well. We hope she. will
soon be better. Mrs. p. l.. Own
by and Mrs. Wade Bryan, Of
Dillwyn. visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Ownby Monday afternoon.
Miss Bernice Bryan. Of Dill
wyn. was the guest Of Miss Judy
Ownby Sunday.
Mrs. Ann James, Of Lynch
burg. was here Monday to at
tend the funeral Of her uncle
A. A. Ownby, Of Dillwyn.
We extend our sympathy to
the family of A. A. Ownby in
their time Of sorrow.
The Rev. and Mrs. L. X. Way.
caster. Of st. Stephens Church.
were here for the Ownby funeral
and visited in the community.
Guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Emerson. at "Westbrook," Fri
day and Saturday was r. W.
Norman, Of Cumberland.
Saturday night supper guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Clements
and Johnnie were Mr.. and Mrs.
Elwood Clements and Betty
Jane, of Powhatan. Mr.. and Mrs
James Clements and children. OF
Halifax, were supper guests Of
the Ralph Clementses Sund a y
night.