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THE POWER OF FAITH
Ernest M. Kampits, who refers to himself as the
blind watch repairman, has a faith that has sus
tained him through many valleys of shadows. The
night of February 28, 1947, in his native Hungary,
Communist troops entered his home looking for a
friend of his. He tried to assure them that he
knew nothing of the man’s whereabouts. They
started shooting—his wife was killed, his infant
daughter was wounded. One of the bullets entered
his left temple and came out through the right
cheek, leaving him blind in the left eye and nearly
blind in his right eye. He and his daughter escaped
into Austria and then to the American sector of
Germany. The first winter they lived in an aban
doned railroad cattle car. Through his faith in
God and himself, his talent for mechanics (he was
an engineer in Hungary) and through others’ faith
in him, he finally reached America. Here he makes
his living maintaining hospital equipment, and re
pairs watches and clocks as a hobby. He asserts:
“God gave me two hands, and with God’s help I
will use them. When God closes one door, He opens
up another.”—AP Newsfeatures.
Ministers 'Forced Out'
For Integration Stand
By GEORGE W. CORNELL ;
Auoclated Preu Staff Writer
One evening last spring at
a meeting of the board of dea
cons of the Baptist Church in
Linden, Ala., someone asked a
hypothetical question: What
would happen if a Negro sought
membership?
The Rev. Joe Patterson, then
pastor, promptly replied that
to bar a person because of color
would "reduce the Church,
which was founded by Christ to
be a universal and redemptive
fellowship, to nothing more
than a social club.”
His viewpoint brought sharp
ly conflicting reaction from the
congregation. Rather than
“tear up the church.” the Rev.
Mr. Patterson resigned, effec
tive June 29.
Such cases have become in
creasingly frequent. More than
a score of clergymen have left
their pulpits under fire since
early spring.
Attacks, Phone Calls
There have been physical at
tacks, harrassing telephone
calls, tire-slashings. Usually,
however, the objections are reg
istered by chilly attitudes and
thinning church attendance.
Largest Christian bodies in
the South are the Methodist
Church and the Southern Bap
tist Convention.
The Rev. Dr. Albert McLel
lan of Nashville, a Southern
Baptist executive, says he
knows definitely of only three
pastors “forced out” of their
pulpits recently over the race
question.
But he said "there could be
many more,” and that he knew
of several others who resigned
voluntarily because they felt
they couldn’t preach forth
rightly on the racial problem.
While some have remained
silent in order to continue what
service they could in peace, the
Rev. Mr. McClellan said, still
others “have spoken out in love
for racial reconciliation."
Situation in Mississippi
In Mississippi, Methodist
Bishop Marvin Franklin said
"a little more than usual left
last year.
“But we haven’t had an
enormous number leave.” he
added. "A lot of them found
better positions. I think we’ve
had others leave partly on ac
count of the racial situation.”
Os 28 Methodist pastors in
Bishop Franklin's conference
who last January signed a
“statement of conviction”
against racial discrimination,
19 have moved on to other
posts.
In June, the Rev. W. B. Selah,
pastor for 19 years of the
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Minister. Dr. Ann Randrfrr
Galloway Methodist Church of
Jackson, Miss., left that pulpit
because five Negroes were re
fused admission.
The 4,000-member church is
the largest Methodist congre
gation in Mississippi.
“I know in conscience there
can be no color bar in a Chris
tian church,” Dr. Selah said.
He became vice president of
Central Methodist College, Fay
ette, Mo.
The assistant pastor of Gallo
way Church, the Rev. Jerry
Furr, also left to take an ap
pointment in the Southern
California-Arizona Methodist
Conference at the request of
Bishop Gerald H. Kennedy of
Los Angeles.
“I could not willingly serve a
church that turns any people
away,” the Rev. Mr. Furr said.
North Carolina "Tensions”
In Clemson, N. C., the Rev.
Charles Webster, 29, a member
of the staff of the First Baptist
Church there and an adviser
to students at Clemson College,
resigned last March at request
of the board of deacons.
He said it was because of his
contacts with Harvey Gantt,
Clemson’s first Negro student.
The chairman of the board of
deacons said the Rev. Mr. Web
ster’s work had been surrounded
with tension.
In New Orleans, a Roman
Catholic pastor, the Rev. Frank
Ecimovich, reported he was at
tacked by a parishioner, after
the man’s young son partici
pated in a racially mixed
retreat.
Father Ecimovich filed an
assault charge, but subsequently
dropped it.
Many Pastors Criticized
A recent Nation-wide survey
of about 4,000 ministers by
Columbia University’s Bureau
of Applied Social Research
showed that a third of them
reported being criticized by
members for preaching about
controversial issues, such as
race relations.
About a third also are un
happy enough about the situa
tion to want to leave their
parishes, though they haven’t
done so, the study found.
In the midst of the keen
pressures, some denominations,
including the United Church
of Christ, have set up special
funds to aid pastors who lose
their pulpits over the issue.
In New York, Union Theo
logical Seminary, oldest and
largest interdenominational
seminary, sent a special letter
to all alumni offering special
two-week "study leaves” to
those under heavy fire locally.
Some pastors might find it
“helpful to take a short time
away from their own commu
nity” to take part in the special
in-residence leaves at Union to
confer "with others who face
similar problems,” the letter
said.
Talent Hunt Finale
The final program of the
"Youth Talent Hunt” will be
held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday
at the Armstrong Senior High
School auditorium. First and O
streets N.W. Thirty finalists will
compete for trophies in the
competition sponsored by the
Commissioner's Youth Council,
the Intercollegiate Volunteer
Council and the Metropolitan
Athletic Association.
MINERS
Caution Prevails at Digging Site
Despite Optimism Over Operation
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Mr. Joyce, not mentioning to
morrow night. “The boys are
working like beavers. But you
know it’s going to be a heavy
job, and we are making sure
that everything is done okay.”
"Okay,” said Mr. Fellin.
“Take your time. We’re going
back to sleep.”
“We’ll call if we need you,”
said Mr. Joyce.
Clay and Loose Rock
The first 33 feet of the es
cape shaft are mainly clay and
loose rock. The next 173 feet
are sand rock—which breaks
up into sand as the hole is
bored. The remainder of the
distance Is through solid rock
and coal.
Timbers, planks and other
shoring materials were lowered
to Mr. Felllin and Mr. Throne
during he night. They wedged
these against the ceilings and
walls of their 14-foot-by-9-foot
chamber to brace it.
The plug then was lowered
down the shaft and concrete
poured on top of it to bond
it to the walls.
While the rescue work con
tinued, a special ward, equipped
with oxygen tents and other
facilities, was set up at the
Hazleton State Hospital near
by. The State Public Welfare
Department said it ordered the
room prepared for the miners’
use as soon as they are brought
up. It normally has six beds.
Caution Prevails
Despite optimism over the
way the entire operation is pis*
ceeding, caution prevailed. H.
B. Charmbury, State Secretary
of Mines, said “the situation is
just as dangerous now as it
has ever been.”
He said, “We haven’t given
up on Bova.”
Just before the 12-inch hole
was closed Fellin and Throne
were asked if they needed any
thing else.
“No, wait a minute,” replied
Mr. Fellin. “I’d like some more
planks.”
More 10-foot long, 1 by 4 inch
boards were lowered to the men.
Hammering could be heard
over a microphone communica
tions system which was lowered
to the men when contact was
first made with them last Sun
day night through a six-inch
lifeline hole, after nearly being
given up for dead. Mr. Fellin
and Mr. Throne have been re
ceiving food and other supplies
through the lifeline hole but
Mr. Bova has been without food
TV Camera Lowered
Shortly before midnight, a
3*/ 2 by 22 inch, specially-con
structed television camera made
by General Precision Corp, of
Pleasantville, N. Y., which is
used to inspect New York sew
ers, was lowered into the cubi
cle.
Two television monitors on
the surface picked up unclear
images of the men, but still
they were a fascinating and
joyous sight to rescuers, rela
tives and spectators.
The purpose of the TV ex
periment was to check the
shaft, examine the cubicle and
permit a physician to examine
the men but it apparently
proved unsuccessful because of
unclear pictures. Some persons
couldn’t distinguish Mr. Fellin
from Mr. Throne.
The 12-inch escape hole,
drilled by the giant rig, finally
hit its mark at 3:29 pm., yes
terday after two previous
failures.
“I can see the drill!” shouted
Mr. Fellin. "Hold it! That’s
enough. It’s through!”
It was first understood that
the drill went through the top
of the cubicle but later Mr.
Charmbury said the hole came
down beside the chamber.
“The break’s through! The
break's through!” Mr. Fellin
kept shouting.
Watching on the surface, his
wife, Anna, cried and rejoiced.
“It’s wonderful.” she said.
“We prayed all the way, every
minute.”
Spectators, a quarter of a
mile away, cheered and clapped
one another on the back.
“If there ever was a miracle,
this is it,” said one.
The breakthrough climaxed
more than an hour of waiting
for the final few inches of hard
rock to give way.
Earlier yerterday, Gov. and
Mrs. William W. Scranton of
Pennsylvania took time out
from a New York vacation to
visit the scene and converse
with the men over the com
munications system.
•Hi. fellows! Hl, David! Hi,
Hank! said the Governor.
“You’re both wonderful guys.
We're just as proud of you as
we can be. We'll get through
to you as soon as we can.
You’re doing a great job.”
Basil O'Connor
Has Heart Attack
RIVERHEAD, N. Y„ Aug. 24
(AP).—Basil O’Connor. 71, pres
ident of the National Founda
tion March of Dimes, was listed
in fair condition at Central
Suffolk Hospital today, suffer
ing from what his doctor called
an acute heart condition.
Mr. O’Connor, president of
the American Red Cross from
1944 to 1949, was stricken yes
terday at his Long Island sum
mer home at Westhampton
Beach. He and his wife, Hazel,
live in Manhattan tbe rest of
the year.
Mr. O'Connor was a former
law partner of President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, with whom
he formed the March of Dimes
to battle polio, the disease
which crippled Mr. Roosevelt.
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Rescue workers tarry an escape capsule through a cloud of rock dust
to a shaft through which an attempt will be made soon to bring the
trapped miners from their underground prison near Hazleton, Pa.—
AP Wirephoto.
Fall of Rhee
Recalled by
Saigon Crisis
By the Associated Press
Similarities are increasing
between South Viet Nam's
crisis and the political strife
that unseated Syngman Rhee
as the dictatorial president of
South Korea, another Asian
ally of the United States.
Students were in the fore
front of six weeks of riotous
demonstrations that preceded
Mr. Rhee’s resignation April
27, 1960. Set off by charges of
election fraud, street fighting
had led to 145 deaths.
Now Viet Namese students
are promoting protests of their
own in a campaign that Bud
dhist monks initiated last May
against the administration of
President Ngo Dinh Diem.
Leaflets distributed by one stu
dent group called Mr. Diem’s
regime brutal and dishonest
and and demanded his resigna
tion.
International pressures that
contributed to Mr. Rhee’s
downfall included a charge by
Christian A. Herter, then
United States secretary of
state, that Mr. Rhee’s govern
ment was using "repressive
measures unsuited to a free
democracy.”
It was in a similar vein that
the United States State Depart
ment, Wednesday denounced
Mr. Diem’s military crackdown
on his Buddhist opponents.
The Department said “the
United States deplores repres
sive actions of this nature.”
Mr. Rhee had been in power
12 years. Mr. Diem has been
South Viet Nam’s chief of state
since October 26, 1955,
20 Tongues Spoken
MOSCOW. The 4,250,000
residents of the Georgian Soviet
Socialist Republic, a state in
the Soviet Union, speak 20 lan
guages or dialects.
Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus
Chase of 39 Quincy place
N.W. celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary to
morrow. Mr. Chase is a
retired Department of
Justice employe. The cou
ple has one daughter and
one grandchild.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Lochte of Fairway Hills,
Md., celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary to
day. Mr. Lochte is a re
tired employe of the Po
tomac Electric Power Co.
The Lochte* have three
children and two grand
children.
Renewal Projects Split
City Council Aspirants
Alexandria’s long-pending ur
ban renewal projects emerged
last night as the major issue
of interest in candidates' cam
paigns for the City Council.
And each of the three candi
dates who discussed the issue
offered divergent opinions on
how it should be handled. One
speaker suggested putting the
issue to a referendum.
In their only joint public
appearance before the Tuesday
special election, Nicholas A.
Colasanto, George A. Fath and
A. Melvin Miller faced almost
300 persons at George Wash
ington High School at a “town
meeting” sponsored by the Al
exandria Junior Chamber of
Commerce. A fourth candidate,
Harry M. Snapp, did not ap
pear because of a previous com
mitment.
The four men are running
for a vacancy left by the death
of Councilman John J. Ewald.
The elected candidate will com
plete Mr. Ewald’s term, which,
like all seven council seats, ex
pires next June.
For Private Enterprise
Mr. Colasanto, a former city
manager, said private develop
ers—not the Federal Govern
ment— should execute urban
renewal projects.
“I favor private enterprise
. . . doing everything it can
possibly do.” he said. Federal
aid should be sought only after
studied before future programs
hausted. he said.
Mr. Fath said the proposed
Gadsby urban renewal project
should be completed and
studied before future programs
are undertaken. The future of
urban renewal, as well as port
development and other pro
grams, should be put to a
general vote, he said.
“Let’s put it on the refer
endum . . . and decide the
issue.” he said. He added that
he feels "there isn’t very strong
public support for any of these
programs.”
Mr. Miller said execution of
the renewal program is “the
most''pressing issue that will
face the city council in the next
19 months.” The program "is a
problem that has been floun
dering around for some time”
because of a general “lack of
knowledge,” he said.
The city, he said, should be
gin the programs soon or “a
general apathy among the pub
lic .. . will turn to opposition.”
He also suggested the under
taking of renewal projects for
middle-incoming nousing.
Other Points
In other matters, the can
didates made these points:
In response to a question as
to whether he is a "militant in
tegrationist.” Mr. Miller, a Ne
gro, said. “I honestly believe
All-Negro Party
Planned for 1964
NEW YORK. Aug. 24 (AP).—
A group of Negroes plan to call
for formation of an all-Ncgro
political party to enter the
national elections in 1964.
The group has set up a na
tional committee for a Freedom
Now Party.
Conrad J. Lynn, a Manhat
tan attorney and acting chair
man of the committee, said a
brochure would be Issued
Wednesday in conjunction with
the civil rights march on
Washington.
He said the brochure calls
for "an all-black slate and a
platform of liberation." Pri
mary alm of the new party is
to elect Negroes to both houses
of Congress and to State and
local offices.
A consolidated Negro vote,
Mr. Lynn said, "is the Negro's
political strength. It is time
he used it for himself.”
every citizen of the United
States is entitled to the same
treatment as every other citi
zen. I think we have made
tremendous strides in the city
of Alexandria without the need '
of demonstrations....”
Mr. Fath said the city should|
negotiate soon with owners of
waterfront property to develop
the area and should plan now
to create a park on the water
front site which is expected to
be abandoned by the Federal
Records Bulding in about three
years.
Mr. Colasanto said Alexan
dria "is not just like any other i
city. This city has history, it!
has grandeur.” The community
“should be held in trust” for
future generations and "every
item (before the council) should
be handled that way.”
Mr. Fath and Mr. Miller said
they oppose construction of the
controversial “doctors’ village”
medical buildings in the resi
dential Seminary Hill area.
The village proposal, which
is heatedly opposed by area
residents, was rejected by the
council for the fourth time last
February and may be renewed
again next spring. Mr. Cola
santo said if he is elected he
will vote against the project if
it represents “spot zoning.”
GAO Evacuated
In Bomb Scare
A bomb scare sent several
thousand workers in the Gov
ernment Accounting Office
building home yesterday after
noon.
A telephone operator re
ceived a call at 2:50 p.m. say
ing a bomb had been planted
in the building at Fifth and
G streets N.W. and “No one
will know where it is until
it goes off.”
The building was evacuated
and the Civil Disturbance Unit
of the Metropolitan Police was
called. No bomb was discov
ered. More than 6,000 persons
are employed in the building.
They were excused for the day.
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Eugene M. Wallace of Richmond has reached
the insurance age of 96 (he’ll actually have
his birthday October 13) and has become his
own beneficiary. Mr. Wallace beat odds of
100,000 to 3. Howard D. Goldman, general
agent of Northwestern Mutual Life (stand
ing) hands him checks for the face value of
two policies.—AP Wirephoto.
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C., Saturday, August 24, 1963
Admiral Anderson Asks
A-Test Ban Safeguards
By the Associated Press
Admiral George W. Anderson, jr., recently retired Chief of
Naval Operations, has given qualified support to the limited
nuclear test ban treaty.
Like former colleagues on the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Admiral Anderson, now Ambassador to Portugal, conditioned
his approval on certain safeguards.
“He said we must remain vigilant, strong and maintain
our system of military alliances
and bases,” Senator Jackson,
Democrat of Washington, re
ported after Admiral Anderson
testified yesterday in secret to
the Senate Preparedness Sub
committee. The testimony will
be made public after Pentagon
censorship.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, meanwhile, com
pleted two weeks of hearings
on the proposed ban on all
except underground blasts, and
Chairman Fulbright, Democrat
of Arkansas, told newsmen tes
timony may be completed next
week. “But I’m not certain this
can be done,” he said.
Senator Jackson, who pre
sided at the preparedness sub
committee hearing, has been
demanding a blueprint on safe
guards. He said in an inter
view that Pentagon officials
have promised a reply Monday
to a request for specifications
from Senator Russell, Demo
crat of Georgia, of the Senate
Armed Services Committee.
“These get to the heart of the
whole issue,” Senator Jackson
said.
Four Kinds of Safeguards
The safeguards include an
aggressive program for improv
ing and testing nuclear wea
pons underground as permitted
by the treaty, emphasis upon
continued laboratory develop
ment and research in the, nu
clear field, maintenance of
facilities so that atmosphere
testing can be resumed prompt
ly if deemed necessary or
because of a treaty violation,
and improvement of present
methods for detection of cheat
ing and monitoring of all
Soviet nuclear activities.
After the Pentagon spells out
it plans, Senator Jafkson said
RAILS
Only a Few Days Left
For Congress to Act
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during the life of the arbitra
tion rulings. The railroads
would be prohibited from im
posing new work rules unilat
erally and the unions would be
forbidden to strike over these
issues.
President Kennedy had pro
posed submitting the issues to
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for binding decisions.
But the unions charged that
the ICC is pro-management,
and the committee decided in
favor of establishing a non
government arbitration board
with seven members.
Two members would repre
sent the unions, two the rail
roads and three would be neu
trals. President Kennedy would
choose the neutrals if the
unions and the railroads could
not agree on selections.
Hearings Shortly
The arbitration board would
start hearings on the two key
issues within 30 days after en
actment of the legislation. The
key issues involve manage
ment demands for new rules
permitting removal of fire
men from freight and yard
diesel engines, and authoriz
ing reduction of train crews.
Binding decisions on these
two controversies would be is
sued within 90 days after en
actment of the legislation. But
the rulings would not take ef
fect until subsidiary issues
were settled.
Meanwhile, the unions and
railroads would be required to
it may be necessary to call
responsible officials for detailed
testimony, probably at closed
sessions.
Yesterday another under
ground nuclear blast—the third
since agreement was reached
with the Soviet Union and
Britain on the treaty—was set
off at the Atomic Energy Com
mission's test site in Nevada.
The explosion was described as
low yield, meaning It had a
force equivalent to less than
20,000 tons of TNT.
Although Senators from th<R
Armed Services and Senate-
House Atomic Energy Commit
tees have been sitting on the
hearings by the Foreign Rela
tions Committee, Senator Ful
bright said only the 17 Foreign
Relations members will vote oq,
sending the treaty to the Senate.
Want to Avoid Amendment*
Sometime when Senators do
not want to vote against a
bill or treaty, they still will
support amendments which
limit or restrict it. he noted.
Senator Fulbright and other
treaty supporters want to
avoid any formal reservations
or amendments to the treaty.
Senator Fulbright said the
three-committee group heard
top-secret testimony yesterday
about methods for monitoring
Soviet nuclear activities, and
he called them “very reas
suring.”
He will resume public hear
ings Monday with testimony
by Dr. Herbert York, former
top defense scientist and of
ficial; Arthur Dean, who
headed many disarmament
negotiations under the Eisen
hower administration, \and
Marshall Shulman of Boston,
a Soviet affairs analyst.
negotiate for a voluntary set*
tlement of the subsidiary is
sues, involving such questions
as pay structures, operation of
self-propelled equipment, juris
dictional lines between road
and yard crews and operation
of trains across division boun
daries without crew changes.
If the parties failed to settle
these issues within 30 days
after the arbitration board de
cided the two key controver
sies, the board would take over
and make binding rulings with
in 60 additional days.
Final Deadline March 1
All issues would be resolved
by March 1 at the latest.
Negotiated agreements would
supersede arbitration rulings at
any time. The board could
make its rulings effective for
no more than two years, but the
unions and railroads could
agree to extend them.
In deciding the issues, the
arbitration board would be in
structed to consider tentative
and partial agreements reached
during negotiations. The un
ions favor this provision because
the railroads have made tenta
tive suggestions that would
soften the impact of the work
rules proposed in 1959.
Senator Morse. Democrat of
Oregon, protested the commit
tee-approved bill as a “straight
proposal for compulsory arbi
tration" and said that when it
is taken up in the Senate he
will offer Mr. Kennedy’s pro
posal as a substitute.
Other amendments proposed
on the Senate floor are ex
pected to concentrate on pro
cedures for disposing of the
subsidiary issues. There is con
siderable opposition to binding
arbitration of issues other than
the ones involving firemen and
crew sizes.
The administration’s bill re
lying on the ICC to settle the
dispute avoided using the word
"arbitration,’’ and Mr. Wirtz
maintained that arbitration was
not involved. The committee
bill, by contrast, calls the pro
cedures arbitration.
The administration, organ
ized labor and many business
men outside the railroad in
dustry oppose on principle leg
islation compelling labor and
management to submit to bind
ing arbitration. They fear
compulsory arbitration would
weaken collective bargaining
and lead to Government con
trols on wages and prices.
Air Training
Surgeon Named
Brig. Oen. Larry A. Smith
has been appointed surgeon of
the Air Training Command to
replace Maj. Gen. M. S. White,
who will take over the post of
Federal Air Surgeon of the Fed
eral Aviation Agency. He begins
his new tour of duty October 1.
Gen. Smith is a native of
Noonan. N. Dak , and a gradu
ate of the University of North
Dakota and the Northwestern
University Medical School.
He holds membership in the
American Medical Association.
Aerospace Medical Association,
the Air Force Association, and
the American Hospital Associa
tion. His wife, the former Jean
Johnson of Columbus, Ohio,
resides at their family home
in Minot, N. Dak.
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