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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-11-07
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DIALOGUE WITH FIR. AUGUST THOMPSON

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have TO hide it. If we did not
smile and act happy, we were
taught lesson. Do you remem-
Der Paul Laurence Dunbar's out
cry, written around the turn of
the century:
I'VE wear the mask that grins
and lies :.
We smile, but, o great Christ,
our cries
To Thee from tortured souls
That was written fifty years
ago. We had to accommodate, as
we used to call it-but what the
whites never realized is what
went on in our homes at night. /
can remember back some thirty
years myself, to what ! heard
when ! was a little boy. OF course,
we went out and worked every
day. We worked in the fields, we
worked in the houses. But when
we went home, the times we wept,
the resentments we spilled out to
one anOther-Well, if the whites
had heard them, none of us would
have had livelihood the next
day. This had gone on long, long
time T e sc resentments have
grown and have finally reached a
stage where we simply cannot
hide our discomfort any longer.
This is especially since World War
II, in which Negroes fought to
protect and defend r lights and
liberties which they have not
found when they return home.
Griffin: What bout claims
frequently made by whites that
Negroes, never having known any
thing else in the South, become
Injured to all of these undignifying
things - that they do not really
suffer from the lack of rights they
have never known?
Thompson: How can any man
ever become accustomed to getting
cheated? When the body is never
fully fed, it never stops being
hungry. 1t is the same with mans
spirit - it hungers, hungers after
dignity, freedom, and love; and 1t
never stops hungering after these
things until it is finally crushed.
We Negroes have often referred to
our treatment as being like bone
thrown to a dog. You don't ask
the dog is it wants this bone, or, if
it wants another or if it wants
piece of meat. You just throw
the bone and tell the dog it must
take that. And that's what hap
pens too often to our citizens of
color. Negroes are thrown a bone
and told: This is what you want.
This is how you want it," The
Negro just cannot understand why
it is that some persons never
think we can grow up enough to
know exactly what we want and
always have to have others tell
us what we want and how we
want it. In the past, Negroes who
said: II want more than a bone. ]
need something more than that
for myself and my children" were
called bad niggers" and silenced.
This one point should be en-
phasized. The Negro has never
become accustomed and he will
never become accustomed to be-
ing treated as less than fully q
human being. The America AN
Negro will never become accus-
toned to being treated as less than
fully an American. The Catholic
Negro will never become accus-
toned to being treated as less than
fully a Catholic.
Griffin. What ahOl,f the role Of
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CONTINUED From Page y

Is perC61VeO-dnO more dDU more
are perceiving it.
But let me spe k from the
Negroes point Of view. We have
our own dilemmas. They expect
us to change" and yet they give
little help to bring about change
This is particularly true and
troublesome in the area of re-
ligion. In some southern dioceses
for example Negroes cannot at
tend retreats or days of recollect-
ion. i have had pensioners come
up and ask me what retreat is.
They have only heard about them.
But we cannot attend retreats
Griffin: Except as group?
Thompson: Not even as a group.
They just don't want us. In some
places our young people cannot
attend camps. Too often we can
not join church societies. Yes, it
is true that we could form our
own little segregated Negro YER
sions of these same societies, but
you lose the whole spirt-the very
Catholicity-of it when you do
that. In such areas, Negro couples
cannot attend Cana Conferences.
Do you know that 1, as priest,
have never attended Cana Con-
ference? Do you know that white
non Catholics are welcomed into
Catholic churches and can attend
church functions w here l, as a
Negro priest, would not be per-
mitted?
But look at the problem. Here
we constantly call on Negroes to
be patient, humble, virtuous-and
this is right, of course. But
Negroes are expected to learn these
things with one little sermon we
hear on Sundays. And if the priest
who serves us is not fervent-or if
he unknowingly treats us in way
to deprive us of our d i entity,
paternalistically, calling us hoy"
or "girl''-then we have little
opportunity of developing n to
anything but poor Catholics in
deed.
Didn't St. Thomas Aquinas say
that no man can live without love,
and that if he is denied the love of
the things of the spirit he will
surely fall into the love of the
things of the world? Here is the
crux of the problem. / think tbs
almost impossible for non-Negroes,
even in the Deep South w h er e
they think they know all about us,
to realize how many doors that
lead one to love of the things of
the spirit-education and religion
particularly-are effectively closed
to Negroes. Or how deeply we are
scandalized to see Catholics help
ing to hold those doors closed to
us by cooperating with the kind
of segregation that Holy Mother
Church has declared abominable.
Griffin: Negro writers in par
ticular have spoken out with
kind of slashing bitterness that
often shocks the white community;
Do these writer's mirror resent
ments felt by most members of
the Negro community? What they
say certainly disagrees with the
contention Of South
ern Whites that Negroes were
happy, contented people until out
side agitators and the us. Sup
RENE Court began stirring them
up.
Thompson: Yes, one doesn't
know whether to laugh or cry
when our discomfort is blamed on
outside instigators and the 1854
Supreme Court Decision. How
false. How false to think that our
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-11-07
Timberlone Kennels
Silky Terriers. Puppies ond
Stud Service

less, affectienate, intelligent and nat
ural watch dogs.
Equally at home in an apartment o.
in the country, child's pet, they are
puppies for all their lives.
51O2 Morningside Drive
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49OO1
FIreside 5-522S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
KEYS to a
young state of fashion

Keyed school comeback ndvocoe the tuney
berry eoo bebeN and cranberry revolving around the back
school fuson story bright collection ready cheers and
young heos The "emonneed look coll crisp fresh
feeling prevails in kndergoenszed dresses and little boys combo
foshonbig styles girls boys, wonderful for
witty for and for high school boys Mothers and young
find this years
neoy together make back desed ssrooms much
And there's almost endless Of fobes with
dominating for and please mothers All adding winning
look high.
comeso and Aexondd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Boptists Hold
Mission Drive

The annual foreign missions
drive Of the National Capital
Baptist Convention will be
launched at 8 pm. tomorrow
with a rally at Greater First
Baptist Church, Thirteenth and
Fairmont streets NV.
The Rev. William ]. Harvey,
jr., of Philadelphia, secretary Of
the Foreign Mission Board Of
the National Baptist Convention,
U. S. A., will be the featured
speaker. The 2O0-voice Conven-
ton Choir, conducted by the
Rev. Cleavant Derricks, minis
ter of Pleasant Grove Church,
will offer a program.
The Rev. W. c. Cole, minister
of St. Phillips Church and presi-
dent of the National Capital
Baptist Convention, announced
that rally candles" to spur the
drive will be distributed to
churches in the area.
The chairman for the drive is
the Rev. Aaron Mackley, min.
lister Of Mount Olive Church ir
Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Council Offers
6-WeekSchOOI

The 2lst session of the Chris
tan School in the National
Capital Area will be held for six
weeks beginning next month at
three locations in the Washing
ton area.
Mrs. Josephine H. Kyles,
director, and the Rev. Robert
F. Macmillan, dean Of the
school, led an orientation ses-
non Thursday at which the
faculty was familiarized with
the purposes and administrative
details of the courses. The
sponsor is the Department Of
ChurStian Education of the
Council of Churches of Greater
Washington.
Twelve courses are being
offered, most Of them aimed al
members Of the clergy. Two
which are being emphasized a.
valuable for lay persons are
Ministry Through the Ecumen
ical Movement" and '"The Mis-
sion of the Church-Servants o.
the Eternal Christ"
In the District, the session
will begin Tuesday, January IA
at Calvary Baptist Church
Eighth and H streets NV
There will be two periods of al
hour and three-quarters starting
at 6 and 8 pm.
The program in Maryland will
be given from 8 to Gas pm
Mondays, beginning January 10
at Hughes Methodist Church
l07OO Georgia avenue, Wheaton.
In Virginia it starts one weeE
later, Monday, January 20, at
pm. in Harrington Methods
church, 5000 King street, Alex
andria.
Further information can b.
Ibtained by calling the Depart
ment of Christian Education
DE 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
IukoVos to Install
Church Officers

Archbishop Iakovos, prlmate
of the Greek Orthodox Church
in the Western Hemisphere, will
celebrate the divine liturgy OF
St. John ChrysoStom and install
the newly-elected officers Of SITS.
Constantine and Helen Church,
AIS Sixteenth street NV, at
1920 am. tomorrow.
He also will honor DR.. John
Thatcher, director Of the Byzan-
tine Institute at Dumbarton
Oaks, with the Cross Of the Mil
lenium of Mount AthOS, on be-
half of Patriarch Athenagoras.
John Maktos, a Greek Orthodox
layman, will receive the Pa
triarchal Order Of st. Andrew.
Archbishop IakovoS also will
officiate at z pm. tonight at
great vespers in the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
De PuuI's Gifts
Aid 1000 Needy

An estimated 1000 needy
persons in the Washington area
h ad a happier Christmas
through the efforts Of the St.
Vincent de Paul Society.
This was reported today as
the Catholic Mems charitable
organization thanked all whose
food, clothing, toy and cash
gifts helped make the drive a
success.
Harry ]. Kirk, chairman Of
the Christmas project, said g.
900 of the beneficiarieS live in
the District. Most applicants for
aid were visited personally, ne
said. ,
The collection drive was aided
by organized groups from
Catholic high schools and col
leges working under the society's
direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Suggestions Offered

@. Mr.. President, does this
briefing with President Eisen-
hover indicate a continuing
relationship between you and
him?
A. 1t means that the Presi-
dent Of the United States is
going to keep the ex-Presidents
of the United States fully
informed and seek their coun-
sci and advice from time to
time. I have had extended
conversations with Mr.. Hoover,
first with his son who talked
for him over the phone right
after took the oath as PreSi-
dent. and later with President
Hoover, personally. On Christ
mas Day I had another CONVEX
sation with him. He has given
me some very constructive
suggestions on the operation Of
the Federal Government that
grew out of his experience.
President Truman has given
me his suggestions on how to
increase efficiency. effect econ
omies, and operate the Federal
Government.
Gen. Eisenhower has spent a
good deal of time working with
me. I found all Of them to be
very cooperative, and ! am
very grateful for it.
@. Mr.. President, how impor-
tant a part will the East-West
relations play in your talks
with Chancellor Erhard?
A. The most important part.
There is nothing more impor-
tant than East West relations.
AS 1 have said on other occa-
Sions. and I want to take this
opportunity to repeat 1t, the
most important thing in the
world to all of us is to live in a
! world Of peace-to learn to live
together. We are going to go
down any road that can pos
Sibly lead to peace. I express
the hope that all the other
leaders of the other nations
will do likewise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Talks With Erhord

@. Mr.. President, Senator
Goldwater has accused you Of
some un-Christmaslike beha-
vior in keeping Congress in to
work on the foreign aid bill.
Would you care to comment on
Senator Goldwater's remarksP
A. No, I don't think so. I
might say that the Senate
asked me If 1t made any differ
ence what day they took up
the bill, and told them it was
matter for the Senate to
determine. I am sure If Senator
Goldwater had been around, he
would have known that.
@. Mr.. President, In connec-
ton with foreign aid
A. I made no special request
of the Senate about their
holidays. They determine when
to have them. I am glad that
they, in their wisdom, deter
mined to go ahead and try to
complete some unfinished
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
PRESIDENT BRIEFS PRESS
Support Of Defense Cuts,
Mateos Visit Details Told

have cut out 400 Of them. and
we will have $500. That is not
bad arithmetic. That means
that We have built some missile
bases in addition to the ones
we already had, so We must
constantly review these install
lations, combine them. and
consolidate them If we are
going to operate at peak eff
cheney.
We want to save every penny
We can every place We can so
that We may have some much
needed funds to fill untitled
needs - educational ne eds,
health needs, poverty needs
generally. We think it is much
better to curtail the production
Of unneeded military arma-
ments and take the money
saved thereby and put it into
educating our children than
following the former course
or taking care Of the health
Of our citizens. or providing
security in old age, or medical
aid. or things of that kind. g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Political Talk to Wait

@. Mr.. President, when are
you going to be prepared to
talk politics; for example,
whether you will be entering
any of the primaries, and what
your own plans will be about
seeking the nomination at the
Atlantic City convention?
A. I imagine when we get
caught up with all these other
things. If you have plenty of
time on your hands, I wouldn't
mind visiting about it with you
sometime in THE near future.
@. Mr.. President, returning
to foreign aid, was the action
Of Congress in sharply reduc-
ing foreign aid funds a factor
in your appointment Of this
interdepartmental review
committee?
A. I have felt for some time
that we ought to constantly
appraise our expenditures,
evaluate them, and try to
modernize them. There has
been a very strong report by
the Committee on Foreign
Relations, whose members I
have great respect for.
I did consider that in recon-
mending it, but I have some
definite views Of my own. I
communicated them to the
committee appointed, on how
the Alliance for Progress
should be handled. on how
military aid should be handled.
and on how the Development
Loan Fund should be handled.
They are considering my
views and all other information
they can get. They will come
up with a recommendation. II
they are as close to my views
as I hope they will be, we will
probably adopt them.
The Press: Thank you, Mr..
President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Data for Eisenhower

Question: Mr.. President, can
you give us any idea what Mr.,
McCone would review with
President Eisenhower What
would be the nature of the
discussions?
The President: Yes. 1t will be
the budget for next year; the
steps we have taken with
regard to effecting economies
in the Federal Government;
the ceilings that we have
placed on each department;
the new targets, the goals that
we will have; the economic
conditions that we anticipate
for next year; the general
intelligence developments and
information from throughout
the world.
@. Mr.. President, with, as
you have indicated, popular
support for the closing OF
unneeded military installations
running so strong, do you have
an explanation for this fierce
opposition to closing from
many members of Congress?
A. Yes, I think that each
Congressman and Senator that
represents his area could be
expected to express the hope
that we give very careful atten-
ton to the economy Of that
area and the effect and impact
that closing an installation
would have. A good many Of
them have done that, but they
have been very reasonable and
very prudent. Most of them
have taken the position that il
they could not be justified ir
the national interest by the
executive department, that they
did not want to see them con-
tinue to operate when they
we're not needed.
The point I want to make
about that is that every con-
gresSional district in this coun.
try that has a defense inStalla.
ton must understand that they
are going to be reviewed from
time to time. We are not going
to be Just satisfied with the
status quo. When Mr.. McNa'
mara came into this admins
tration, we had $500 bases. W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Gospel Mission
Plans DormitoN;
Gifts Are SOUGHT

Construction Of a fifth-floor
dormitory costing $4,000 has
been approved by the trustees
Of the Gospel Mission, $40 Fifth
street NV.
The additional floor is expect
ed to accommodate 20 men,
Lodging now is available at the
mission for $50, but many have
had to be turned away, eSpe.
cially in cold weather.
The mission issued an appeal
for contributions to help pay for
the addition. Fifth-noor walk-uI
will include bath facilities. Gifts
Of clothing also are needed.
The low bidder, who wa:
given the contract, was Ceci
WINNER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Hospitality Is Topic

Reginald Bragonier, director
Of programs for the Washington
International Center, will speak
at the 9 am. International
Crossroads breakfast tomorrow
at the Central YMCA, 1876 G
street NV. His subject will be
Hospitality in Washington"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Post-Cunu Party

The PoSt-Cana Clubs of the
Archdiocese of Washington
comprising Catholic widows and
widowers, will hold a Christmas
party at pm. tomorrow at the
Shrine of the Sacred Heart,
Sixteenth street and Park road
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
THE POWER OF FAITH

According to Matthew, "the angel Of the Lord ap-
peareth to Joseph in dream, saying arise and take
the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt,
and be thou there until bring word: for Herod will
seek the young child and destroy him. When he
arose, he took the young child and his mother by
night and departed in Egypt" What faith it took
for Joseph TO leave his home and carpenter shop
and take Mary and the infant Jesus on hazardous
journey over rough country into an unknown land.
And it was this very faith, which he had already
displayed under even more trying circumstances,
that carried the Holy Family to safety.-AP News
features.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
,AII-SouIs CoroIino

The Young Adults of All Souls
Memorial Episcopal Church,
Cathedral avenue east of Con-
necticut NV, will 60 caroling
and visiting shut-ins tomorrow
afternoon. They will assemble
at the church at 4 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28

Alliance for Progress.
These changes are designed
to facilitate better use Of Unit
ed States resources. both pri-
vate and public, in promoting
e economic development and
social progress in Latin Ameri-
ca. United States assistance
programs supplement the self
help measures taken in other
American republics.
Those are the five little
announcements that We have
to make. We will make others
from time to time.
I spent the evening working
on the briefing papers for the
meeting tomorrow. I will join
you in welcoming Chancellor
Erhard to Bergstrom Air Base
in the morning at 10 O'Clock.
Days Visitors Listed
This morning I had a chance
to take a long walk with the
Secretary Of State. the ASsis-
tant secretary of State an
other folks who visited me.
had breakfast with the head of
the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy. Mr.. John McCone. He
brought me up to date on
affairs around the world. /
directed him to seek an ap-
pointment with President
Eisenhower, to review with
President Eisenhower some OF
the matters that he briefed me
on this morning, and to also
bring him up to date on the
action we had taken on some
suggestions that he had made
prior to the time I appeared
before the Joint session OF
Congress. Mr.. McCone left
shortly after 10 o'clock and the
Secretaries came in.
I had a private meeting with
the Secretary Of Agriculture in
which we discussed the more
comprehensive farm bill to be
considered in the next session
Of Congress. We talked about
the results Of his meeting with
the farm organizations, at
some Length about my talks
with Chandelier Erhard with
regard to the Common Market
area, our export agricultural
commodities, and our access to
/ the Common Market area.
/ I talked to Secretary Manr
at some length about many
ambassadors for Latin Ameri'
can nations, about some of hi
deputies and personnel general
ly in his new organization.
I talked to both Secretar!
Mann and Secretary Rusl
about reorganization Of ou
various aid programs in al
attempt to effect efficienc,
and economy, and discusse,
with him the work that
being done under the directio,
of Mr.. Ball, the chairman Q
the group, Eugene BlacE
Sargent Shriver, and the grou
that is studying reorganizatioI
and our whole relation wit
other nations in the field O
economic and military assist
ance.
In due time we will hav
more thorough announcement
about that-more complet
announcements-with regar,
to military aid and Latil
American assistance, as well a
whatever may be recommends
in the way Of consolidation
on the entire aid program.
l think that Is all I have +
say this afternoon. I am goin
, to take a horseback ride. The
I am going to study briefin
papers until I go to bed to
night. I will see all of you i
, the morning. In the meantime
If you have any questions tina
are burning that need a
answer, and I can help you,
, will be glad to do it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28
Traffic Study Opens

MELBOURNE. Australasia
United States firm has begun a
three-year study of Melbourne's
traffic problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H.
Leon of LeOnardtOwn,
Md, celebrated their Goth
wedding anniversary on
Christmas Eve. Mr.. Leon
is a retired emplOye of the
Bureau of Printing and
Engraving. The couple
has seven children, 16
grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28

JOHNSON CITY. Ter, Dec.
20 (APJ.-FollotDing is a
partial teri OF President
JohnSon'S nelDs conference at
his ranch yesterday:
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GEORGETOWN

CHRIST CHURCH
3Ist and D Sts., GEORGETOWN
Rev. John 3. AnschutZ, DID.
500 a.m.-Holy Communion
q:15 am. Family Service and
church School. 100 a.m.-Morning
Prayer. Sermon. Wed. Holy Com
munion, 7:30 and 1890