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Evening star., 1951-07-24
Constantine Brown:
AdmiroPs Death Is Blow to Novv
Operations Chief Literally Worked Himself to Death;
Wos Strong Supporter of Mitory Link With Spain

The Nation. Is mourning the
death Of the sailor statesman,
Admiral Forrest p. Sherman.
Admiral Sherman was q
fighter. not only on the sea but
also in the councils Of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. When he lost
out. sometimes because of strong
political influences, he did not
complain, but he never gave up.
Tomorrow is another day."
ne used to tell his intimates, and
ne resumed his battles as soon
as the opportunity presented
ITSELF. The late Chief Of Naval
Operations literally worked him.
self to death. He had his hands
fun from the day he succeeded
Admiral Louis Denfeld, whose
unprecedented dismissal, be-
cause he opposed policies which
he believed would sink the
Navy" severely impaired the
morale Of men afioat and
ashore.
The Navy's personnel looked
on the new chief with suspicion.
because he had been jumped
over seven other men who were
senior to him and thus appeared
to be the favorite of the men
who had caused the most Sc
rious upheaval in the Nays
history.
1t took Admiral Sherman only
a short time to gain the conf
dence Of his service. First indi-
cations that Sherman was all
right" came when he refused to
comply with the suggestions of
his civilian chiefs to give the ak
to a number Of rebels" those
who had brought to public at
tention the mistakes which were
made by the Pentagon to the
detriment Of the Navy and Ma
rine Corps.
BY using skill and tact Ad-
miral Sherman managed to re-
verse the previous decisions Of
his civilian superiors and OBJ
tanned everything that had
been refused to his ousted
predecessor.
Thus the outbreak Of the Ko-
rean war found the Navy better
prepared than It's sister serv-
ices. But the struggle to achieve
this had already begun to un-
dermine Admiral Sherman's
health.
In the light of the new
emergency the battles he had
fought in the Pentagon and In
Congress appeared picayunish.
He worked relentlessly for in
terminable hours. The profess
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yond human power to satisfy.
All the nations of the At
lantic alliance want to deal
with him personally. He must
entertain and explain to COM
mittees Of Congress. Visiting
f1remen from the United States
pour into Paris and want to see
the man they regard not only
as a great military leader but
possibly our next President.
One Senator expressed amaze
ment that any Kansans were
left at home to suffer In the
flooded valleys of the Kaw; he
thought he saw them all in
Paris inquiring the way to Ike's
headquarters.
That the general is conscien-
tious to a fault In his efforts
to win friends and influence
support for his enterprise was
universally conceded. He met
the Foreign Relations Senators
at their plane on a Sunday,
foregoing the weekly golf which
his aides try to insist on, and he
hriefed them personally on the
Sunday they departed.
The untimely deatl- of Ad.
miral Sherman, Chief of Naval
Operations, at 81, Allowing
upon efforts similar in nature
to those Gen. Eisenhower is
making. has deeply impressed
the generals supporters here.
They will insist that he take
note and give himself-and
their high hopes-a break.
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Lowell MeHett:
Lowell WeLett:
Not the Heat, But the Humidity
Sooner or Loter 1t Gets Everybody in Washington
AS Witness the Strange Case of Senator Ives

In Washington it amt the
heat, it's the humidity.
Senator Irving M. Ives, New
York Republican, sat down to
dictate a speech he was to de-
liver at Colgate University. The
occasion was the annual con-
ference held there on American
foreign policy. The Senator is
a serious and fair-minded man:
at least, he means to be fair
minded. Like many good Ameri-
cans not so close to the scene
he has been troubled by the
partisan spirit in which some
of our statesmen approach the
subject of foreign policy. In his
opinion the world situation is
too dangerous for that sort of
indulgence. Politics should be
out.
So he dictated little lecture
to those of his colleagues who
fail to appreciate the damage
domestic politics can do us as
We face ruthless enemy bent
on world conquest.
1T is most disturbing" he
declared, "that so many Ameri-
cans appear to be more inter-
ested in disparaging and dis
crediting Mr.. Truman than in
licking communism and dealing
appropriately with the dan
gerous problems which beset us.
II would be blindly bigoted if
I were to condone the preju-
diced criticism and fault-find-
ing of those who condemn
everything which Mr.. Truman
does. solely because he is the
chief apostle of the New or
Fair Deal"
The Senator was going good.
Those were pretty generous
sentiments, coming from hard
and fast Republican, one who
believes that his own personal
hero, Gov. Dewey, should have
the office held by Mr.. Truman.
The Senator was going good
and then the humidity got
him.
Perhaps you are not ac-
quainted with the humidity of
Washington. There's nothing
quite like it. Other places may
be as hot in the summertime
hades, for example. although
they say the heat there is dry
and you don't mind it. Other
places may be as humid, but
the atmosphere Is saturated
- e -
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Sherman Exhausted by Dual Job
Strain Of Operating the Navy and Making Broad Policy
On the Joint Chiefs of Stoff Contributed to Death
Dovid Lawrence:

Overwork and the strain Of
trying to do a dual job-op-
Grating the Navy and making
broad policy on the Joint
Chiefs of Staff-undou doubtedly
contributed to the death of Ad-
miral Sherman at the age of 54.
Not many days ago this cor
respondent was talking with the
admiral about the strain of his
immense responsibility and
pointing out that, in reality, the
task of being Chief of Naval
Operations was a full-time job
and so was membership on the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. It was
apropos of a discussion in these
columns of the Importance Of
an amendment to the National
Defense Act which might re-
organize the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff as a policy-making body
separated from operating re-
sponsibilities.
The idea was to modify the
present law so as to create a
Chief of Naval Operations, a
Chief of Staff of the Army, and
a Chief Of the United States Air
Force, each with full jurisdiction
and command of his respective
operations. The Joint Chiefs,
on the other hand, would be
composed Of three high officers
one each to represent the
Army. the Navy, and the Air
Force-with a rank commensu-
rate with the position, probably
a five-star rank. The Joint
Chiefs would be the planning
body, the board of overall
strategy and the institution
which would act as advisers to
the Commander in Chief as
well as to the Secretary of De-
fense. The fourth member of
the Joint Chiefs would be a
Secretary General. He would
prepare agenda and would have
no vote, as at present. AS for
the duty Of presiding. this
would rotate among the three
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Navy's top career oficiel at So
that he reached the present
agreement with Generalissimo
Franco which brought Spain to
our side.
While the death Of Admiral
Sherman is a heavy blow to the
Navy, there is no dearth Of sue.
cessors for the naval-diplomatic
position which Is now open.
His close friend, Admiral Rob-
ert Carney, is first in line. But
Admiral Carney is badly n. eded
in Europe, where his position as
commander In the Mediterra-
mean requires great diplomatic
skill as well as professional
ability.
The logical successor, in the
eyes OF the whole Navy, Is Ad.
miral Arthur Radford, who like
Admiral Sherman is a naval
air officer of great ability. He
at present commands the fleet
in the Pacific and could be
spared because that aree has no
diplomatic problems.
The main obstacle to Ad-
miral Radfordt appointment Is,
however. the extreme frankness
with which he spok in the
hearings Of the House Armed
Services Committee In October,
1949.
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with nothing worse than water.
Here 1t is saturated also with
politics. After a few weeks it
Is apt to get you down.
Normally cool and collected
statesmen cease to be them
selves in our muggy weather.
Shirts soggy with political per-
spiration, they become unpleas-
ant company. No aid to dain-
tinesS has yet been devised,
whether of the soap or the
squirt-gun variety, to make
them anything else. And this
can happen before the arrival
of the dog days, when, as every
body knows, some of the states
men actually froth at the
mouth.
Well, anyhow, the humidity
seems suddenly to have hit
Senator Ives and he found him
self mentioning Mr.. Truman's
utter lack of leadership" his
personal shortcomings" his
contempt for "the legitimate
prerogatiyes of Congress and
the "abominable" manner of his
dismissal OF Gen. Macarthur.
He couldn't refrain then from
referring to "a most dubious
foreign policy in the Far
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certain phases. just as Gen.
Collins spent a good deal of
time contracting the Korean
operation and Admiral Sherman
recently spent a good deal of
time on the Mediterranean
planning.
There are plenty OF instances
in the record which show the
Joint Chiefs to have been un-
acquainted with matters OF the
highest Importance on the policy
side. This is due to a lack Of
time to be as thorough as is
needed.
The law of 1947 has been inn
properly called the "unifica-
tion act" for nowhere in the
law does that term appear. In
stead. the emphasis is on "inte-
grafton Under the ConStitu-
ton. there is no power, explicit
or implied, which permits the
Commander Chief to dele
gate his responsibility to any,
one else. Hence, the Toint
Chiefs of Staff, as a body, be-
comes very important as the
principal military adviser Of the
Commander-in- Chief.
To get the maximum value
out Of the Joint Chiefs, 1t should
sit constantly and be possessed
Of a staff of its own large
enough to examine strategy
problems and functions of the
armed services constantly with
out becoming enmeshed in bud
getary questions or inter-serv-
ice rivalries.
Admiral Sherman was the
ideal type for membership on
the Joint Chiefs. but he had an
exhausting experience in try
ing to do two jobs. Maybe Con-
gress will see the lesson and
begin to study the functional
organization of our highest
military board. For the ques-
ton is intimately related to ma
tional safety and long-range
defense planning.
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this point that an election was
also coming up in the United
States next year. Ignoring the
crude interruption, the Senator
swept on:
In addition to these prob
lens. Gen. Eisenhower, against
the advice Of many Of his staff,
has also come out for a Euro
pean army as distinct from the
national armies first planned.
This is basically French move
arising from French fears of
German rearmament. It will in
evitably mean further delays for
the Eisenhower goals.
sIt is plain that Gen. Eisen-
hover is deeply committed to
his job. He talks Of it with
great emotional fervor and cru
sading zeal; the practical de-
tails are explained by Gen.
Gruenther lIke's chief Of
Staff)."
Democrats were considerably
entertained by Senator Brew
ster's admiration for Gen. Eisen-
hover as an inspired European
leader. One reported that the
Senator had displayed an un-
selfish willingness to cooperate
with such Truman Democrats
as also preferred to keep Ike on
the other side Of the Atlantic.
The returning Senators were
unanimous on one point: Ike is
doing a superb job and the de-
mands on him are almost be-
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sional job as chief Of staff Of the
Navy and member of the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff was complicated
by diplomatic problems which
faced those four men, and Ad-
miral Sherman never bowed to
political expediency.
With his colleagues he re-
allied that the policies Of the
State Department were not ac-
tually giving us the rounded
global defense we needed. With
his keen analytical mind he
realized that without the par
ticipation Of Spain and Turkey
the Western nations would
never accomplish the task of
preventing or successfully op-
posing Russian aggression. He
spoke bluntly and sometimes
locked horns with powerful po-
litical figures in the Govern
rnent.
Only two days before his
death he sent a report to the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee about the vital Importance
OF the Eastern Mediterranean
and the necessity Of giving more
adequate support to Greece and
Turkey.
Admiral Sherman was a
strong supporter of a military
agreement with Spain, regard
less Of how inopportune our
allies considered it from a po-
litical and theological point of
view. "It is men, fully trained
and equipped, who win wars,
not soap-box orators" he said.
And it was the deepest satisfac-
ton in his life-probably even
more than having become the
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Doris Fleeson:
Brewster Grabs for Headlines
eisenhower indispensable in Europe at This Time
Declares Moine Senotor Toft Lieutenant

The indispensable man is
with us again.
According to Senator Brews-
ter OF Maine, Taft lieutenant,
he is Gen. Eisenhower. The
catch is. however. that in the
Brewster view. Ike is "indis-
pensable in Europe at this
time"
Senator Brewster made this
inspired grab for the political
speculation headlines imme-
diately on his return from a
look-see at the North Atlantic
alliance with fellow-members
OF the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. None Of them
apparently had the nerve to
approach the general directly
on the personal questions that
are in the forefront Of every
politico's mind.
Thus the field was clear for
Mr.. Brewster to rush in where
the bandwagon searchers feared
to tread.
Gen. Eisenhower is indispen-
sable in Europe at this time"
proclaimed the man from
Maine. I'VE have a long. hard
road ahead there. France has
no government, Italy has no
government, an election is COM
ing up in England"
A Senate correspondent ia
miliar with Senator Brewster's
key role in the Taft campaign
for the Presidency suggested at
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representatives of the armed
services.
In discussing the plan, Ad-
miral Sherman agreed that the
duties of membership in the
Joint Chiefs has increased inn
measurably. but he believed each
member could also retain OPP
Grating responsibility.
Actually" he said, my
Deputy Chief Of Naval Opera
tions practically runs the Navy"
This correspondent then men
toned that, while the admiral
did spend q good deal of his
time on the broader aspects of
policy making, he really could
not delegate the responsibility
for making final decisions on
naval operating matters. He
had to tackle many of the
housekeeping problems of the
Navy just the same and give
attention to intricate matters
OF budget and personnel policy.
When one notes the amount
of time the operating chiefs of
the services spend in conference
with one another and with the
stats of other services, as well
as with the other departmental
secretaries and the Defense e.
partment's committees, 1t be-
comes apparent that the ma
tional military establishment is
topheavy with committees that
take too much of the operating
mems time.
The American people have
the idea that the Joint Chiefs
is the supreme court, so to
speak, on military policy and
planning. They put a lot of
trust in 1t as an overall board.
Actually. the members of the
Joint Chiefs spend much Of their
time taking care OF the prob
lens OF their own services.
They do not function as a su-
preme policy making group ex-
cept intermittently. The ten
dency Of the Joint Chiefs itself
is to delegate to one member
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East and unsavory disclosures
concerning State Department
personnel and activities" and
from saying, '"The confusion, in
competence and questionable
practices which so patiently ex-
ist in certain administrative
agencies have reduced public
confidence in the administration
and in Government generally"
The Senator deserves credit
for trying. If his speech didn't
turn out to be a perfect example
OF non-partisanship in foreign
policy it has to be remembered
that sooner or later the weather
gets everybody in this mans
town.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10
William Floyd Powers
Dies At Tiny After
Long Illness

William Floyd Powers, Y, died
at his home at Tiny last Wednes-
day, May 2, after a long illness. A
complication of different ailments
brought the end.
The deceased was the son of
Charles C. and Nancy Powers and
was born and reared on the head
of Frying Pan. He followed the
occupations of merchant and far
mer. With the exception Of few
years spent in Granger County,
Tenn, and two years in the vicin
ity Of Richmond, he lived all Of
his life in his native community.
He was married to Ally, daugh-
ter of Elijah T. Sutherland, of
Nora. He had been a member of
the Sulphur Spring congregation
of the Primitive Baptist Church
for many years.
Surviving are one brother, 81.
r. Powers of Bee; one sister, Mrs.
Elzina Kiser of Carrie; and the
following children: H E. (Bud)
Tiny; Noah Powers, Detroit; Mrs.
Ira Deel, Nora; Simpson D Pow
ers, Haysi; a married daughter,
Rausa of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs. Nell
lie Harrison, Richmond; Sidney
Powers, Detroit; and Miss Reba
Powers, Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services were held at
the Sulphur Springs Church Fri
day, with the following ministers
in attendance: Hadley Edwards,
Martin Edwards, German B Suth
erland, and A. r. Singleton. Bur-
ial was in the family cemetery
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10

crazy are being put to the test as
never before.
On May 18, Bishop Kern will
be in Clintwood Methodist church
at IL a m to preach, and at the
close of the service he and our
beloved district superintendent,
the Rev. A. N. Williams, who is
travelling with Bishop Kern, will
have lunch with the official board
and their wives and Rev. and
Mrs. D G Leidig. the pastor
1t is very essential that the
membership of the Clintwood
Methodist church dismiss all 9TH
err engagements and attend this
all-important service, the oppor-
tunity of a lifetime to hear such
distinguished world character
as Bishop Kern. The whole truth
of the matter is, you cannot af-
ford to miss it, because of his
presence and message, and your
fellowship can mean no little to
your church's future
We are inviting the nearby
Methodist churches to be with us,
and all denominations in the sur
rounding communities, including
the general public as whole. We
will be delighted to have you and
rejoice with you in the blessing
which awaits you.
D. C. LEIDIG, Pastor
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10
LONzA NEWS

Several people of this commun-
ity attended the funeral OF Mrs
Edith r. Cleek at the Pickett
Cemetery Sunday.
Trulah Musick spent Saturday
night with Fern Cochran and An
tia Gibson spent Sunday night
with her.
Fern and Merville Cochran
called on their sister, Mrs. Ed
Hurt, and family Sunday evening
Those on the sick list this week
are John Deel, Allen Musick and
Dave Yates.
Roger Lee Musick visited Billy
Joe Musick Sunday evening.
S. P Cochran called at the
home of Orie Rose Monday even
ing.
Kenneth Lee and Harry Lynn
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nc
Cowan OF Caney Ridge, spent g
few days last week with then
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
MCGOWAN.
Sunday visitors at the home OF
Estus Musick were Mrs. Sue
Sweeney and daughter, Mary, OF
Elkhorn, KY, Mrs. Jimmy Deel
and daughter of Tivis, Mrs Tom
nlie Hill, Jimmy Musick and fam
lily and Guy and Clyde Amos.
Dolly Amos spent Monday night
with Joan and Betty Sue Musick
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10
JAMESTOWN NEWS

Saturday night and Sunday will
be the regular meeting time at
Valley View. The pastor, Rev. Asa
Hughes, will be present. Rev. Ce-
Gil Ramey of Clinchco will be
there for the Sunday night SER
vice
Prayer services are held every
Thursday night. You are invited.
Mrs. Willard Hughes and Mrs
Maynard Beverly We're in Rich
lands Tuesday. On the way they
called on Sarah Jane Yates at
VanSant and took dinner with
Mrs. Fred Fleming at Raven,
Mr.. and Mrs, Burns Hughes
were dinner guests of Willard
Hughes and family Sunday.
Mrs. Emory Deel had another
serious operation Friday, and at
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10
GEORGES FORK

Mrs. Maggie Horne base return
ed from a visit in West Virginia
with her daughter, Mrs. Leora
Wilson.
Sgt. Roger McFal left Friday
morning for his station in Califor
MIA. He will then go TO Alaska,
George Dutton spent a night
during the past week with his
daughter near Skeetrock.
Mr.. and Mrs, L A Ratliff and
daughter were visiting Mary E
Meade Thursday.
Mr., and Mrs, Junior Buehanan
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10

FOR SALE OR RENT-Five-
room house, 20 acres land, good
orchard, good truck patches, 2 gar
den spots. Located at Skeetrock.
See Aldo Senter, Ri. / ,-Clintwood
Cat Ghost Rocks (3tc 4-26)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10
Bishop Paul b. Kern'S
Itinerant Visit

Paul B. Kern, bishop of the
Nashville Area of the Methodist
Church, which includes the Hol-
ston Conference, is making four
day itinerant tour of the Big
Stone Gap District dedicating com
pleted churches and parsonages,
and officially opening the new
Norton Methodist Church for ser
vice, and visiting and preaching
in various charges, including a
service in one of the coal camps
of the Stonega Coal and Coke Co,
The Bishop is making this OBJ
servation survey hoping to in
spire those with an aggressive out
look, to give words OF encourage
nent to those who have d diff
cult situation, and to challenge
the entire district to her best nm
dertaking under God for these try
ing and critical days we are fac
ing when Christianity and Demo-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10

visited at the home of Bascom
Bise Sunday evening.
Mrs R. D. Hibbitts celebrated
her 50th birthday Tuesday, May
l. She received several nice pres
ents
Lillian Cassidy was shopping in
Coeburn Wednesday.
Eugene Addington and sons
and Clarence Cox and son were
fishing in Clinch River Sunday.
EIba Watson bought new cow,
Mavis Bowman spent Tuesday
night with Sally Cox, and Sally
spent Wednesday night with Ma
Wis.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nichols
and children, Elizabeth Adkins,
and Mrs. Eugene Addington and
daughter were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elba Watson Sun
day. They also visited Mrs Clar-
ence Cox in the afternoon.
The one-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Wayne passed
away last week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10
last report, was doing fine.

last report, was doing fine.
Tenny Mullins has returned
home from the hospital at john
son City, Tenn.
Mckinley Hughes spent last
week in the Abingdon hospital.
Edna Hill left Friday for Roam
~oke to look for employment
Nova Meade of Pound spent
Wednesday night with her sister,
Eva Yates.
Simon Branham and family
were dinner guests of Mrs. F A
Hughes Sunday. Also, Mr. and
Mrs. Radford Moore and others
called on her.
Mrs. George Ramey, Sybil
Ruth, Moysle and Bob Ramey and
Helen and Arthur Johnson OF
Home Creek called on George
Ramey Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy Rose OF
Clinchco called on Mrs. D ] Da-
Wis Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Avon Reedy call
ed on Gussie Mullins and family
Saturday night
Mrs George Ramey and Ruth
Beverly called on Mrs. D. M
Yates Sunday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10

FOR SALE-4-room house, re-
finished inside, running water,
lights, completely modern. Two
acres land, one acre bottom, one
acre in young orchard. See R. C.
Gibbs, Camp Creek, Phone Clint
wood 4726. (3tp May 81
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10

Then there is Sleepy Jake, with
out other name, SO far as I know.
Like all Greeks, he is such devot-
ed Democrat that he can conceive
nothing good in Republican.
Jake is at a total loss to reconcile
the contradiction about Icen, Sill
cox. Can no understand" he
says. 'Icen, he good man and he
lend me money whenever l want.
But he's Republican And Jake
shakes his head in bewildermeni
over the puzzle he cannot solve
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-05-10
LITTLE ADS

FOR SALE OR LEASE-Four-
room house, with water, plenty
storage rooms, nice big lot. House
just papered and clean. Good To-
cation at Mcclure, Va. See or
write Mary Childress, 1854 n
HELLER ST., Pikeville, KY. Phone
222-J, Pikeville. (4tp S 10 SD