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Night Of Grief

Something like the antithesis
Of that moment came during a
night Of despair in a New York
hotel room. The futility Of a
lifetime without belief con-
verged with the horrible after
math Of five years of war, the
sense Of desolation wrought by
atomic blasts, and the unan-
swerable anguish caused by the
death Of my only child. There
seemed to be no meaning in life
or death; l could find no hope
for the human race, or for
myself.
l found myself crying. And
then l was praying. Minutes
later, found a letter from
someone who had been praying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14

The Instrumental Ensemble
Of the Friday Morning Music
Club presented a concert at
John Wesley Powell Auditori-
um last night conducted by
George Steiner. 1t was a gala
affair, with practically all the
members in attendance, with
guests.
The climax of the evening
was an engaging performance
Of Saint-Saens' wonderful
spool, the Carnival Of the ami
mails, for two pianos, flute,
clarinet, xylophone, and
strings. Patrick Hayes. as
narrator, read the delightful
verses 0dgen Nash wrote for
this music, and the perform
ance was really very good.
Saint-SaenS wrote this piece in
1886, lampooning in all direc-
tons - the section for music
critics is called "PerSonages
with Long Ears" - but did
not permit it to be published
in his lifetime, except for the
saccharine cello melody, 1.-THE
Swan" Ogden Nash's ploy at
this point is that the swan
SwimS sitting down. Cellists
play this way, too.
Otherwise, the orchestra
played a concerto crosse by
Manfredini and the pastoral
symphony from the Messiah.
The tone was nice, but to-
getherness suffered from the
rather strange arrangement of
the strings necesSitated by the
grand pianos.
OF special note was a new
piece for two flutes, written
this year by Sarah Bostwick,
and beautifully played by two
young ladies, ELSA Zipp and
Rebecca Hepner. | liked the
first and third movements
very much, but thought the
slow movement lacked tension,
and that the last was a bit dis
cursive. The piece is very eff
fective, however, and shows a
good deal Of imagination in
writing for the medium. 1t de-
serves frequent performance
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Christmas BuIIet Set

"a Letter to Santa" a
Christmas ballet, will be pre-
scented by the Ballet Workshop
of the Arlington County De-
partment Of Recreation and
Parks at Yorktown High
School at 8 pm. December 81
and again at 8 pm. December
%.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
Film on Germany

Climaxing a month-long study
Of Christianity and commu-
nism, a film Question 7" on
life in East Germany. will be
shown at Briggs Memorial
Baptist Church, 5144 MaSSa-
chusettS avenue WeStmore-
land Hills, tomorrow at z pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
FAITH IS A starr
Grief-to-Groce Ordeal
Told by Mrs. Luce

for me for a very long time. /
picked up the phone and called
him, a man l had never met, a
Jesuit priest whose letters had
rarely answered. That night l
learned that grief has a great
purgative value, since God
cannot fill the soul until it is
emptied of trivial concerns. And
a great grief is a tremendous
bonfire in which all the trash of
life is consumed.
The simple words Of the
priest who answered my call
brought me peace that night.
When he said GOD bless you"
it seemed that l felt God do so.
When / put the phone down |
nelt to thank Him. He had
heard, and answered. Then /
slept.
The Jesuit made an appoint
ment for me with Bishop (then
Monsignor) Fulton ]. Sheen.
and l kept it. l approached
Father Sheen with a barrage Of
anti-Catholic arguments, ques-
tons and intellectual chal-
lenges. Our meetings extended
over a period of almost six
months, and there were more
long hours of reading and
studying and soul-searching.
Gift of Grace
Faith, as every convert
knows, is a gift of the Grace of
God, received by an act Of free
will. Relying on reason alone to
attain Faith would be like
trying to argue a man into
loving mercy, justice, friend
ship, courage and all those
invisible qualities which conSti-
tute human merit.
How, then, does one describe
the coming Of Faith, or tell the
precise moment when the heart
meltS into love for God?
That moment is as difficult to
detect as the precise moment
when ice melts or dawn breaks.
And yet there was a definite
clue in the process Of my con-
version. The one argument l
could not conference.-the one
that was not just the most
important, but the most tran
scendent-was the argument
Father Sheen gave me in cpl
tome at the end of each instruc-
ton, when, parting at the door
he said, God love you" For
love is the Word that begets the
grace which alone illumines and
lifts the intellect. So, in the end,
all conversions are effected
through love. The mind is hun
CRY for truth, but the soul is
athirst for love. And it is the
soul that must be touched.
To argue successfully for the
love Of God, one must be a
over-joyous, selfless and
simple Of heart. One has to be a
living example of the Grace Of
God, for only then can one
arrest the attention Of a weary,
distracted, disillusioned world,
and point to the inexhaustible
generosity of Almighty God. In
the end, Of course, only the
saints and martyrs make con-
verts in any number. l see now
what is meant when it is said
that the seed Of the Church are
the martyrs. For the gift Of the
Incarnation is the begetting of
love, in loving unto death-in
dying that others may live.
North American Newspaper Alliance
Next Saturday: Jerome Hines.
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Vespers at Shrine

Seminarians Of the Marist
College will sing vespers at the
Sunday 4 pm. service at the
National Shrine Of the Immacu-
late Conception, Fourth and
Michigan avenue NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
THE POWER OF FAITH
The Rood to BethIehem-III

The world learned in many ways about the birth Of
Christ. To some the announcement was as silent as
the appearance of a star To the shepherds in the
lonely night, it came a shock There the
heavenly light, the angel, and the host high
praisng God. The shepherds went also to worship
the baby lying in the Manager And their continuing
faith led them to become the first missionaries.
We told that when they had seen it, they made
known abroad the saying which was told them con-
corning this child"-AP NewSfeatures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14

which it was-obSeSsed me
afterwards. But l could never
explain it. In the course Of time
and distractions, l put it down
as a concurrence between the
natural beauty of a summer
day and some unexpected flush
of tremendous physical we'll
being. The l forget it.
Years later, while l knelt
before an altar, this experience
flooded back into my mind. The
gentle afterglow of that incredi-
bic joy seemed to wash away
the resentment created by the
wretchedness of my early
years. l knew then that this
strange occurrence, although l
had seemed to forget it COM
pletely, had had an enormous
part in my conversion. / knew
1t had been, somehow, in its
purity and simplicity, the most
real experience of my whole
life.
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Organ, Recital Set

Ronald C. Rice, organist Of
Christ Episcopal Church,
Georgetown Parish, will give an
organ recital at 8 pm. Monday
in the church, Thiry-first and o
streets NV.
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Housing Order
On Bias Seen
Adequate Now
BY DANIEL POOLE
Star Real Estate Editor

CHICAGO. Dec. 14-There
Is no need at the present time
for broadening last years Pres
idential Executive Order bar
ring racial discrimination in
Federally- backed housing, &C
cording to former Gov. Law
renee of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the Presidents Com
on Equal Opportunity in
Housing.
Gov. Lawrence said yesterday
he shares the view expressed to
him by the late President Ken
nedy that 1.-The present Execu-
tive Order should be worked
with a long time before chang
ing it," to include privately-fi-
nanced conventional mortgages
on homes. He took this view
despite q majority opinion to
the contrary within his own
committee.
You pass a law and you
work with it before making any
changes" said Gov. Lawrence
in a press conference. II
haven't discussed the order
with President johnson, but
I'm sure he feels the same way.
I think we're making favorable
progress now"
Limited Scope
The order was issued by
President Kennedy in Novem-
Der. 1862. It bars racial discri-
only in the sale of
houses financed with mortga-
ges insured or guaranteed by
the Federal Housing Admins
tration and the Veterans
Administration.
Gov. Lawrence admitted that
there have been problems In
getting home-builders and the
public to accept the order-in-
GLIDING the Washington subur-
ban areas. ITS not going to be
solved with a magic wand" he
said. THE question is political,
economic and moral. but I
think 1t will be solved on the
moral side"
In an address to a workshop
on housing relations during the
goth anniversary convention of
the National Association of
Home Builders. Gov. Lawrence
praised the Nations builders
for the work being done by
their newly created Committee
on Housing Relations.
Sees Major Step
I'm this spirit, I feel your as
ISOLATION has taken a major
step toward recognition Of an
essential part of the ISSUE" he
said. lone of the measures the
Presidents Executive Order
describes, to achieve the goal,
Is the one which your commit
tee subscribes to so strongly
that is, the education of the
general public in regard to the
meaning of equal opportunity
in housing"
Another convention speaker,
FILA Commissioner Philip N.
Brownstein, said home builders
are assured Of a prosperous de-
cade ahead, and added:
with prospects so bright, 1t
is most appropriate and it is
more important than ever to
give attention to assuring equal
for all Americans
The experience Of the past
year should put to rest many
Of the fears and uncertainties
that beset the home-building
industry with the issuance OF
the Executive Order.
Some predicted as much as
a Is per cent drop in housing
starts this year. We will end
the year with probably a six
per cent increase. Some pred
icted chaos. This has not &C.
Cured"
Yesterday, the home builders
elected William Blackfield of
San Francisco and Honolulu as
next years president of NAHB.
He will succeed w. Evans Bu-
chanan of Rockville. Md, as
head Of the 40,o00-member
association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
NEWS OF MUSIC
By WENDELL MARGRAVE
Contributing Critic

The Friday Morning Music Club
Instrumental Ensemble G Orge
Steiner, Director. SoIoIsts. GeneyIeye
FritteT and Evelyn KirSchhaum Vio-
Inns Irene Sharp. cello ELSA Ziup
and RebeCca HepneT, flutes. Patrick
Hayes. narrator Alice and Arthur
Magic, duo-planiStS. A. John Wesley
Powell Auditorium PROGRAM Con-
certo Crosse for Christmas Eve Man
fredini. Divertimento Tor . FLUTES
1881. BoStvick. SlnfOnia from
the Messiah Handel The Carnival OF
the Animals. Saint-Saens
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LITTLE CHORUS
EQUAL TO TASK
By JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic

The Little Chorus, Joan Reintha-
Ter. conductor. Wilson Townsend
continue At John Wesley Methodist
Church Connecticut avenue and
JenifCr street NV Program MaRnif 70
icat, Dutay. HOdie Christus NatuS
Est. SchuetZ. Gloria Dec Dufay. Wa
sail Son arr VauEhan Williams
Ny Dancing Day. arr. Shaw. Five
French NOels arr Forbes Three
Spanish VillanciCoS, traditional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
BY CLARE BOOTH LUCE


How can you evaluate the
importance of an hour in your
life?
/ remember now an hour !
had long forgotten through the
blurred passage of years, an
hour lost in the bitterness Of an
unhappy youth. | was perhaps
Is and standing on a beach in
the early morning. l was alone,
in the midst of a calm, blue,
radiant day, and there was an
intense solitariness around me.
Then suddenly l experienced
what l could not explain, even
then. SOMETHING WAS. ]
knew it, and it made
enormous sense.
The memory Of this moment,
Ill al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14

One Of q series Of orioles from
Rolond Commons book, "Foith Is
O Stor" {. P. Dutton 8 Co...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
MUSIC GOES
ELECTRONIC, TOO
BY LESTER TRINRLE
Contributing Critic

Vladimir Ussachevsky. composer-
lecturer. A lecture decentralization Of
Electronic Music. At the Ira AID
ridge Theater at Howard University.
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CT pAIIlS

ROCK CREEK CHURCH ROAD
The Rev. E. Pinkney Wroth, Jr.
8, $50 Church SCHOOL, g. II am.
WASHINGTON'S OLDEST CHURCH
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The memory Of this moment,
or this hour-I could not tell
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GEORGETOWN
CHRIST CHURCH

3Ist and o Sts.. GeOrgetown
Rev. John Z. AnschutI, DID.
500 a.m.-Holy Communion
9:15 am. - Family Service and
Church School. 1900 a.m.-Mornins
Prayer, Sermon. Wed. Holy Com
munion. 1870 and 1890
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ST. THOMAS CHURCH
18th So Between P and Q NV.
The Rev. John T. GOldinE
500 a.n.-Holy Communion
IL a.m.-Service & Sermon, Nursery
Free Parking. 18th & Mass q P st
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ST. PAULS

243O K Street NV.
RsyS James RiehardS; RsetSF p
Daily: M, p. 8:45: Mass, I; 3. 2,
g. Also Mass Tues & Sat. $40:
Thurs, IL; H. D., 9 and IL. Con-
fessions: Saturday At.
Evening star., 1963-04-17
Judge Defies Rockefeller

justices from the appellate diyi-
sion Of the State Supreme
Court.
Judge Osterman, SO, was
called as a witness Monday
before a special Manhattan
grand jury probing purported
graft and corruption within
the State Liquor Authority.
The SLA licenses and SUPER
vises taverns and package stores.
Judge Osterman, while in
private law practice. was said
TO have represented a number
Of Times Square tavern owners
In SLA license hearings.
The district attorneys office
said 1t wanted TO question
Judge Osterman about a pos
sible bribe conspiracy involving
an unidentified SLA official.
When he appeared before the
grand jury. Judge Osterman
offered TO waive immunity and
accept responsibility for any
testimony he might give on
his judicial conduct. But he
refused 10 waive immunity and
leave himself open TO possible
prosecution In connection with
his duties as an attorney.
Evening star., 1963-04-17
Challenges Argument

and is empowered to remove
a Judge for misconduct.
Gov. Rockefeller. who ap-
pointed Judge Osterman. a
fellow Republican, to his S26,-
000-a-year judgeship on the
Court Of Claims in 1861, made
public a letter he had written
to Charles S. Desmond. presid-
ing Judge OF the judiciary court.
Judge Desmond holds that post
by virtue Of being chief Judge
Of the States highest tribunal,
the Court Of Appeals.
In his letter, the Governor
said he had been informed
Judge Osterman will not re-
sign and rejects my request.
In the circumstances. I
hereby request you to convene
a Court on the Judiciary TO
take appropriate action. :"
Judge Desmond had said be-
forehand he was prepared TO
convene the court at the Gov
ernors request. He said today
the court probably would be
convened "in a couple OF weeks. -
It's other members include
the senior associate Judge OF
the Court OF Appeals, and four
Evening star., 1963-04-17

fantastic promises" to the
Democrats.
Gov. Rockefeller Of New York,
regarded as a front runner for
the 1864 Republican presi-
Dental nomination, and Sena-
tor JavitS, Republican of New
York. have been booked as
speakers for a Young Republi-
can National Federation rally
opening in New York Friday.
Invited to speak on the pro-
gram, Senator Goldwater said
in a letter to Leonard j. Mad
asdy, federation president. that
he couldn't attend. But he Of
fered some advice.
Sees Divisive Acts
"It seems to me-" he said,
that the whole subject Of
ethnic and minority groups and
their relationships within our
society have been talked TO
death.
Cynical politicians are con-
tinually harping on the prob
lens Of minorities and offering
glib solutions to them. The
words they use refer to ending
the divisions between our peo-
pie, But, I'm convinced that
the net effect Of this talk is to
divide the American people and
to initiate, rather than solve,
the very real problems Of our
racial and religious groups.
The Republican Party must
Evening star., 1963-04-17

cochairmen Of the Geneva con.
ference which last year under
wrote Laotian peace and neu-
trality, take the necessary
measures to check the United
States imperialist intervention
and aggression in Laos"
The charges have been denied
by the United States, which
has accused Communist North
Wet Nam Of aiding the Pathet
Lao.
The British and the Soviets
have been consulting frequently
on the situation IN Laos. Re-
Gently they wrote Prince Sou
wanna urging restoration Of
peace.
In Moscow the newspaper
Sovetskaya Rossia tsoviet Rus
sia) accused the United States
Of bribing neutralist officers to
stir up trouble In Laos "and
to make Laos another Congo"
King Savane Vathana urged
the feuding LaotiAn factions
to put an end to the fighting
in order not to give the pretext
for IAN armed foreign inter.
vention" In his kingdom.
Evening star., 1963-04-17
BY EARL H. VOSS
Star staff Writer

President Kennedy's cam
paign for a nuclear test ban and
his. proposal for a NATO sea-
borne nuclear force manned by
sealnen Of several nationalities
have been publicly questioned
by one Of the most influential
voices on nuclear policy among
congressional Democrats.
Representative Holifield Of
California, a 16-year veteran Of
the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy. warned In a Stanford
(Calif.) speech last night that
I'VE must not lose control" over
the decisions on nuclear war
or peace now shared with the
Soviet Union.
He called for "a careful re-
examination of the premises
underlying our quest for a test
ban treaty" and warned against
being drawn into a ban which
is not reasonably foolproof. "
He offered no opinion about the
fool-proof quality of the Ken
nedy administrators proposed
treaty, but criticized repeated
lowering Of American require
Evening star., 1963-04-17

Mr.. Ashkenazy, who is jew
ish, made his debut in Moscow
at is, placed second in the
Chopin competition in Brussels,
the Vests top musical prize.
He toured the United States,
including Washington, D. c.,
in 1858 and 1862, winning rave
notices. His recordings also
have been circulated widely in
the West.
He met his wife, who also
is a pianist. when she COM
peted in the 1858 Tchaikovsky
contest. She returned to study
at the Moscow Conservatory
in 1860 and they were married
soon after.
Associated Press Correspond
ent Preston Grover reported
from Moscow that Mr.. Ash
kenazy's decision is sure to
tighten the barriers against
other Soviet artists and writer's
going abroad.
Evening star., 1963-04-17

NEW YORK, April II (AP).
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
has asked the Court on the
Judiciary Ito take appropriate
action" on a State Judge called
as q witness in a grand jury in
vestigation OF the scandal
tainted State Liquor Authority.
The Governor had demanded
that the judge, Melvin H. oster-
man. resign his post, or face
custer. for refusing 10 waive
immunity from possible prose-
cution when called 10 testify
before the grand jury. Judge
Osterman. whose son, Melvin,
jr.. Is a Rockefeller aide. de-
clined TO resign,
Through his attorney, Judge
Osterman told Gov. Rockefeller
by1etter yesterday that he pre-
ferred 10 take his chances with
the Court on the Judiciary
rather than be subjected 10
tho open hydraulic pressures'
Of prejudgment by the
Governor"
The Court on the judiciary Is
composed OF top State turists
Evening star., 1963-04-17

Energy that final United States
control Of its nuclear weapons
must not be compromised.
According to plans now under
discussion. a United States con-
tineent would maintain con-
troll Of nuclear warhea a d S
aboard the mixed-manned
ships under NATO command.
At this point in history, Mr..
Holifield observed, "the fateful
choice Of war or peace" rests
with the United States and the
Soviet Union.
I'VE must not lose control
over this situation either by
permitting a shift in the bal
ance Of military power or by
allowing a third party or par
ties to remove the decision
from our hands, before an ef-
fective international decision
making body has been devel-
oped."
Evening star., 1963-04-17

A number Of writer's, notably
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, contro-
versial young poet, have can
celed trips under official pres
sure resulting from the current
breakdown on liberal tenden-
cies among Soviet artists.
Several Of the more con-
servative members Of the So
Wet Artists Union demanded
at its congress last week that
nonconformists be forbidden
to travel. The demands came
mostly from members who
have not won enough fame in
Western countries to be in
vited to visit them.
They want the so-called lib
erals to stay home until they
are thoroughly indoctrinated
with socialist realism"
The Soviet press today did
not report Mr.. Ashkenazy's
decision.
Evening star., 1963-04-17

seek the minority group vote
in the only sensible and honor
able way open to US. We must
appeal to all racial and re-
ligious groupings with well-rea-
soned arguments that do not
insult them or their intelli-
gence. We should avoid MAX
ing any sort Of special appeal
based upon race or creed"
Case Disagrees
Senator Goldwater, who once
said that Republicans couldn't
enlist the support of Negroes
and other minority blocs and
ought to give UP trying to get
them, got an indirect blow yes
terday from a senatorial col
league.
Senator Clifford p. Case, Re-
publican Of New Jersey. told
an informal news conference
he thinks Gov. Rockefeller is
the only serious contender for
the 1864 Republican presiden-
tial nomination.
Senator Goldwater has said
he is not seeking the nomina-
ton but that he has given UP
trying to kill off draft move
ments which have developed
for him.
Senator Case said he doesn't
believe Senator Goldwater
stands much Of a chance for
the nomination. He added that
while the Arizona Senator
might wage an interesting
campaign in New Jersey II
think he'd be very badly
beaten" there.
Senator Goldwater's pros
Evening star., 1963-04-17
Rightists
Act to Block
Rockefeller

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April II
(AP). - The New York State
Conservative Party will launch
a concerted drive early next
year to block Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller's nomination as the
Republican presidential candi-
date, a Conservative leader
says.
David H. Jaquitn, last years
gubernatorial candidate of the
new State party, said If Gov.
Rockefeller or another Repub-
lican who was considered lib
eral" won the @. o. p. nomina-
ton, State conservatives would
band with those in other States
to nominate a presidential can
didate of their own.
The, campaign against Gov.
Rockefeller would be the Sec
ond by the State Conservative
Party. The party was formed
last year primarily by dissident
Republicans opposed to what
they termed the liberalism Of
such State candidates as Gov.
Rockefeller.
Mr.. Jaquith. q Syracuse busi-
ness executive, polled l4l.S77
last November in the party's
first appearance at the polls.
The vote upset Gov. Rookie
feller's hopes to win by q larger
than his ultimate $780,
000-vote plurality against Rob-
ert M. Morgenthau. Democrat.
The Conservative Party's first
choice. Mr.. Jaquith said, Is
Senator Goldwater, Republican
of Arizona. He said other fa-
vorites were Senators Tower Of
Texas and Morton Of Kentucky.