European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 5, 1977 counselling shelter advice battered wives getting More help Washington up wife beating has become so serious the Federal govern ment is almost tripling funds to pay for shelters special phone lines and counsel ing for battered women. The government is taking a hand in a problem that apparently has been widely misunderstood by physicians the victims families and the women themselves the Law enforcement assistance administration reported sunday. The Leaa said it is helping finance 12 programs of counselling and seven other providing shelters and phone lines to give women  programs received $1.3 million Over the past three years a spokesman said but As an indication of More Leaa Jem Phasis we Are putting aside $1 million forthe next fiscal  legislation which is being considered by Congress would provide $60 million Over the next three years for emergency Shel ters and counselling for those who become victims of Domestic  number of husband battered women has been estimated at close to 5million a year. The new Leaa report said Many physicians fail to understand the problem. A woman was quoted As saying i told my gynaecologist that my husband was extremely violent and i was mortally afraid of him. Gues what the doctor said i should relax More. He prescribed  Hollywood comedy master Mel Brooks left gets together at a los Angeles eatery with the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock for some serious film Brooks and newest target talk about Brooks new Christmas Pic Ture High anxiety which he Calls a Salute to the Genius of  Brooks who stars in the film As Well As directing it pokes harmless fun at such Hitchcock classics As vertigo the Birds psycho spellbound and the lady  a photo Bell says Debs kept citizenship Terre haute ind. Up labor Leader Eugene v. Debs kept his  citizenship despite a conviction for espionage and sedition for opposing America s entry into world War i attorney general Griffin Ell said saturday Bell s opinion was obtained by  Bayh d-ind., and was made Public by the Eugene v. Debs foundation As Parton its Celebration of labor Day. The foun Dation said Debs died believing he had los this citizenship. Debs who lived much of his life in Terre haute was the socialist party candidate for president five times the last in 1920 when he was confined in the Federal prison at  was convicted in 1918, but served less than three years of his 10-year sentence before receiving presidential clemency. Bell s opinion the attorney general s opinion was sent to Bayh in a letter dated aug. 30. It said in part As far As i can determine or. Debs was never deprived of his United states citizenship. The statute under which he was convicted did not authorize loss of citizenship and there does not appear to Beany sentencing order which would have deprived him of  conviction resulted from a speech Debs made june 16,1918, to a socialist convention at Canton Ohio in which he criticized . Entry into world War  a jury convicted him the judge sentenced him to 10 years hard labor an barred him from voting or running for Public office for the rest of his  at Christmas president Warren Harding extended clemency to Debs on Christmas Day 1921, but Debs did not think his citizenship had been restored. He was preparing to Challenge the Situa Tion by voting in the november 1926 elec Tion and had been allowed to Register despite some opposition in Terre haute and throughout the country when hedged a week Short of the election. Last year Bayh and then sen. Vanc Hartke were successful in getting a Resolution restoring Debs citizenship through the Senate but when the House sought an opinion from the Justice department More confusion resulted. Two assistants sent Back opinion saying Debs could not vote or run for office in Indiana or Ohio but he did not lose his Federal citizenship. The announcement by attorney Gener Al Griffin Bell in Clear and concise Lan Guage removes All doubt about Deb s citizenship Bayh said. Rebels bar episcopal Bishop from taking pulpit Columbus Ohio a dissident episcopalians barred their Bishop from entering a Church to conduct service sunday after he suspended the minister for trying to secede Over the Issue of women priests. John c. Kraft a Lay Reader and former vestry Man at St. Paul s episcopal Church stopped Bishop John m. Krumm at the front Entrance to the 136-year-old Down town Church moments before the 8  and asked if he was there to Wor ship or conduct the service. About 20church members barred the Steps and in trance. When Krumm presiding officer of the diocese of Southern Ohio said he was there to conduct services Kraft asked him not to enter. After an Exchange of state ments the Bishop left with an attorney and the Chancellor of the diocese saying he would worship at a nearby Church and Pray for this congregation the Rev. G. Wayne Craig suspended by Krumm last week said later he was in his study at the Church preparing for the serv ice and not aware of what happened at thee trance. He made no reference to the confrontation during the communion service attended by about 20 of the 300 Church members. Craig sparked controversy by having his congregation vote on whether to secede from the National Church because of its decision to ordain women priests. An initial vote ended in a 104-104 tie and the minister planned to hold a second vote sunday. But Dwight Fullerton senior Churchwarden of the Church went to court to pre vent the second vote and got a temporary restraining order from judge Jay c. Flow ers of Franklin county common plea court. Another judge of the same court later ordered the voting to be held this past sunday and next but impounded All ballot until he resolves the question of whether the election is proper. Fullerton s petition said Church Mem Bers who wish to remain affiliated with the protestant episcopal Church in the United states of America would be harassed an suffer potential disenfranchisement if the vote was conducted he claimed the ear Lier tie vote amounted to rejection of disassociation. In suspending Craig the Bishop said he was acting on a diocese committee s report which stated that the minister had by certain acts and declarations abandoned communion with and has renounce the doctrine discipline or worship of the Church. Neither the Bishop nor the committee made Public reference to the Issue of women priests but the Craig said the sus pension was prompted by his stand on that Issue As Well As his opposition to proposed changes by the Church in the Book of common prayer. When Krumm arrived before the 8 . Service he was accompanied by Earl , a Columbus attorney and Samuel m. Allen a Cincinnati attorney and Chan cellar of the diocese. Kraft told the Bishop he would be Wel come to worship. I am Here to conduct the service Krumm said. Then we ask you not to enter Kraft responded. Father Craig has no right to conduct services Here the Bishop said. It is strange to be confronted by someone other than  Kraft said Craig was under contract to members of the Parish and the Only minis Ter authorized to conduct services. Morris who represents Fullerton told Kraft the Bishop has every right to enter. The consequences May very Well requite