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Evening star., 1954-01-19
Butter for Russia While u. S. Uses OIeo?

paign to Danish butter that would
make quite q dent in the farmers
complacency.
How about it. women? Shall we all
get together on this one? Shall we
say Butter for Americans in proper
ton to its abundance or butter for
the Russians and voluntary but
vociferouS ban against its conSump-
ton among an aroused and increasing
group Of citizens?
Winifred w. Rogers.
4 4
like to speak my mind regarding the
irony Of any one in the United States
even suggesting selling surplus butter
or other dairy products to Russia. Why
is the Department Of Agriculture afraid
to let our own people benefit from
this surplus? I. for one, instead of
using butter sparingly, as I have be-
cause Of its high cost, would gladly
welcome the opportunity to buy butter
for the luxury Of cooking with 1t as
well as having 1t for more liberal table
use.
Think Of the happiness this admin
istration could bring to the American
families by bringing down to reason
able levels the price of milk for chill
dren. The item most essential in
infants and children's diets is milk.
Yet its price makes it luxury many
poor families can hardly afford. Milk
could easily become the main beverage
on the family table three times a day
If only it were not so expensive.
would love to be able to afford to
bake cake occasionally for my family
Of six using butter for shortening! But,
oh no. give the butter to the Russians.
They'll appreciate it more than the
housewife and pay us back with
stab in the back.
Catherine M. Dominic.
Editors note: Commerce Secretary
Weeks says he will not grant an export
license to send surplus butter to Russia
at a price considerably less" than that
being paid for it by American house.
wiveS.)
Evening star., 1954-01-19

Does that make the farmer shudder?
All right. sell our butter to the Rus
slams My children like it too-they
can taste the difference under three
layers of peanut butter (also supported,
but as yet apparently no surplus of
problematic size) plus jelly. They
could be a real boon to the farmer
in a normal economy.
But if the farmer must have his
supports in the face of everyone else's
pinch. let us show him that he cannot
have his cake and eat 1t too. Let US
remind him that producer without q
consumer is Of no value. that the two
are interdependent. With SUFFICIENT
determination and enterprise I believe
the housewives could put on q cam
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Wants Clean Sweep

A year after the Republican Party
took over in Washington. these glaring
facts still exist:
Entrenched New Deal Democrat hold
overs still run our Government.
The holdover New Dealers represent
a political fifth column and are now
waging campaign Of sabotage and at
triton in an effort to discredit and
finally topple over the present admin
istration.
The change" for which the people
voted has not been forthcoming. The
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Hero in $4,000 Theft

note that Treasury Secretary Hum
phrey sent letter Of praise to the
chief of the Investigators for having so
quickly solved the Bureau Of Engraving
robbery I wonder if he sent letter to
the man who really broke the case. Mr..
Grant? Mr.. Grant should be crowned
American No. citizen for 1854.
BENJAMIN F. Hall.
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Letters to The Star.

noble and beautiful speeches of Presi-
dent Eisenhower will not produce that
change"
If the Republican Party wants to
carry out its own policies. it must have
its own kind of people to do it. Demo-
crat holdovers certainly cannot be the
right kind of people. because they do
not believe in Republican policies.
Anthony J. Lucero,
Young Republican.
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Breaking the Language Barrier

Mechanical genius appears today to be
penetrating . barrier never quite successfully
leveled by the worlds greatest scholars. It Is
the barrier that exists between languages-the
twilight zone wherein the translating Of one
language into another often results Ia con-
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Questions and Answers i.
By Gould Lincoln

A reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star 1nforma-
tion Bureau 1900 Eye st., NV; Washington
hostage
Evening star., 1954-01-19

Pen-7ao111es may be used II letters c0rry
Urtters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1954-01-19
BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE.

@. Does carrying weight on the head
improve a womans posture?-W. N.
A. This is a generally accepted fact.
Women in foreign countries who Gus
tomarily carry baskets or jars on their
heads almost always have a straight
body line.
Evening star., 1954-01-19

@. Please name some of the foreign
boxers who earned large sums in the
American ring.-G. H. L.
A. Georges Carpenter Of France,
Louis Firpo from the Argentine. Max
Schmeling, q German, Tom Heeney OF
Australia, and Arturo Godoy. another
Argentinian.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

AlFIlIID
B, Ted K>aAr

Some people think a compa SIS
will point the way back homo.
1t will do no such thing All a
compass will do Is tell you in
what direction north lies and
Of course, east south and west
But if you use your bean alonG
with your compass. you can keep
from getting turned around and
bewildered
No man. not even an Indian.
has any sense of direction So
claims Col Townsend Whelen In
an article ii Sports Afield mag
azine. Set any m an down in
country that is strange to him
on day when he can't see the
stars and sun or previously identi-
fled landmarks. and he quickly
gets hopeleSsly lost unless ne
has a magnetic compass in his
pocket.
Your compass need not be an
expensive one. but choose one in
which the north end Of the
needle is Enthusiastically marked
Some have one end OF the needle
bright and the other black and
when you're mixed up you can't
remember which is which
The best maps for any part
of the United States are the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
Double Check

Even with all the blast and CON
glomerations there appears very
little early prospects of any World
War at this time If WarmongerS
there are, their attempts are SO
far fruitlesS and even with the
Russian continued pressure on the
so-called soft spots" in q free
world they get nowhere nor do
think they have any hopes. But
we sure do help them keep lis
worried and that's the big pay
off We don't want Communism
any more than these communistic
to have democracy but the buys
what run the minis won't let EN-
have it and we Jest use so
much communist or ism to sad
die our complaints and grievances
on. II we called 'em what they
are, they'd sue US. but call EN-
communist and given the time
TO prove they amt they got
nothin to sue with. It's keeping
the paper mills and the ink fac
tories humming it's got lot
Of people disguised with TV and
radio so they can 60 back to work
and ventualy forget the whole
thing
Prince Edward County is run
ming a II month sheriff campaign.
going to be mighty hard on
the adjoining candidates. We
can't stand over six months of it
down here in Cumberland.
It's like looking at the moon
Many times I have looked at the
moon, but these last few nights
is the first time I have ever had
the moon to look right back at
me. sending out a four way beam
My guess is hot weather.
Thanks for reading. yours
J MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
Our Obligation to Alma Mater

Business giving to the colleges seems
necessary because of financial troubles
which have plagued even the strongest
private colleges since 1915. These troubles
We're caused largely by initiation which
double educational costs and by reduced
endowment funds. In 1912 private colleges
paid one-fourth Of their expenses with
earning from endowed funds. Today they
are able to pay only slightly more than 10
per cent.
College financing is further complicat-
ed by the fact that almost every college
loses money on each student To charge
the full amount necessary to cover costs
would limit higher education to the wealthy
and eventually destroy our American
system of democracy
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
SILK WORMS

Silk worms ore being studied now
BY scientists to find
The key TO the greet mystery Of
The functions Of mans mind
In Richmond's Times Dispatch rood
A piece, the other doy,
How silk worm brQins are studied in
a scientific way
Some nerve cells in q silk worms broin,
A scientist suspects,
MQy regulate the instinct that
We find in some insects.
These cells within the silk wOrm's bron
Are found in one sn1oll spot,
And weigh no more thon ink thot's used
For periods, like this dot
When body six worms first arc formed
They then know all they con;
And to their knowledge do not odd
throughout their whole life sp0n
Two zoology professors
Have studied for five terms
To ascertain how time is set
For spinning, by six worms
These doctors feel these things found out,
Perhaps, will more light shed
On memory and knowledge stored
Within the human heed
W1Qt regulates the SIX worm mind
Or 50 understood,
Ato not yet" hormones, drying UP
Within tiny gIond
When this small qlond, these men removed
The worms commenced to spin,
IhOugh With it in it wos not time
For spinning TO begin
Worms in carbon dioxide qQs
Could there no spinning do;
And even when they we're removed,
Their spinning doys we're through
When placed il carbon monoxide
It could not spin SO good
But when removed, it soon commenced
To spin as six worms should
The worm s obiIity to work,
SILK and cocoons TO spin,
Depended on the injury
To sn1QIl brain cells within.
These doctors say, when they have solved
The instinct mystery
They viii then find how memory works
IN folks like you and me.
L. D Whitoker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

sympathetically when her lawyer spoke of
'woman's forgetfulness" They threw the
case out, commenting 1t may be observed
that the courts are not unmindful that age
so far as our sisters are concerned is smgu-
larly relative. Gallantry exacts an aprreci-
alton and understanding Of our lady';> age
as one of the most gracious virtues in men
Her husband was with her and thought
the whole thing funny. Just how gallant
was he?-Winchester Star
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
Guest Editor
On the Hook

Along with others We have been
asking ourselves for some time
why 1t is that young farm workers
until now deferred by reason OF
their important occupation from
military service, have suddenly.
or 50 it seemed, become subject TO
the draft
1t is now obvious that no male
betewen the ages Of Is and IS is
exempt, except in very special
cases, from military service. and
that the draft law which now
governs us is not the Selective
service law but the Universal mil
ltary training act.
Now we know. but we're not
satisfied
| Congress could not stand the
popular pressure against UNIT in
/ 1852. so it pigeon-holed the bill
| But by slow, quiet, it seems some
times almost furtive stages. it has
| developed law that is much more
| drastic than the UNIT prosposed.
/ And 1t has taken us folks at the
! grass roots, even our draft
board officials, almost two years
i to realize it
II is comforting somehow to
know that SO well-informed
public figure is Senator Harry F
Byrd did not himself realize the
act is called the Universal Mill
farY Training and Service Act
But it is not COMFORTING. it Is
disturbing. to realize that even
/ some intelligent well-infOrmed
draft board members did not real
nc until very recently that in
1853 Congress quietly extended
nc draft age from 26 to IS years
# age
Although we do not share the
| opinion, we do sympathize with
| he statement of the record" of
; county official who said that
! 49,. =
1oiiE'rSS aIo not nave the quits to
I'M Nh 50 ConRreSsmen arc
ndlna behind local draft board
members whose Job it is to bear
| ne brunt Of complying with laws
hat few knew existed.
Even If Congressional acts and
supplemental selective service reg
'"''oiiS lof miIitafY service were
~ "aopteo lui''FeiY' ana we
III, p'ileVe 'IeE were. there has
y '''' " oe an uIl"Li'1fheSS at
~ H' lioia' leVeL % educate
o'''1 Ni'h. except py surprise,
- '''S "oilea'lo'lS.
ns Ine tiihe Z young Loudoun
4, II workers Hot instructed mat
MS occupation did not defer
''iii' aho
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

rays of the sun other than that they are
extremely powerful. Some patients are ex-
posed to the rays Of the sun as treatment,
especially tuberculosis victims, but it is
safe to assume that if beneficial results
can be secured, there is the possibility of
harmful effects
We 40 not go into The question Of pig
mentation, which explains why some peo-
PIE are easily sunburned and others are
not. It is we'll for everybody to be temper
ate in exposure until well-tanned
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
AID TO TURKEY

Turkey Will receive 100000
600 worth Of military aid from
the United States in the next IL
months, double the amount Of as
sistance originally planned, &C
cording to reports from official
quarters. following the visit of
Premier Mendarss of Turkey The
delivery of supplies Will be speed
ed as much as possible.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
Watch Sunburn

THE death Of q twcnty-four-yca man
from sunburn is reported from another
state aud the tragedy should serve to warn
All persons and especially far-sknned
people. that it can be dangerous to expose
ones' self unduly to the rays Of the sun.
It is not always the brightness Of the
sun that causes fatal burns On slightly
overcast days. the solar RAYS can filter
through and be as powerful as the bright
sunlight.
WE do not know too much about the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
Here Lies Israel
Lesson for June II. 1854

N THE graveyard OF nations
there lie many whose very
names are strange to US. But
among all the unfamiliar names
Plus, Lydia, Elam and many
another-there is one we all
know: Israel 1t was a going ma
ton for about 200 years. Seen
through the eyes of other nations
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
CT ATEN1NLA

The rise Of Communism iii
Guatemala is almost certain 10
come before the o'4anizauon of
American States St4ne time be-
fore the end of this month since
q sufficient number Of me member
states have agreed to meet for
that purpose Under the RIO dc
Janiero pact eleven Of the II ma
tiort in the organizations must
agree before a consultative meet
INC can be called
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
MEXICO

In order to reduce the imports
of luxury goods. Mexico has i'm
posed higher tariffs on long list
Of products. The higher imports
had been expected since Mexico
devalued the peso some SIX weeks
ago.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

1t was small pota-
toes" as we know
from inscriptions
which have been
dug up in recent
years by the ar
oh a Of og i S t s
spades; it covered
no more Of the
earth's surfa c e
than New Jersey
does. But in its
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

Is the past, business corporations have
been slow to support the independent
colleges, since many of them are liberal
art institutions. Businessmen have chosen,
instead, to make gifts to institutions pre-
pairing men and women directly for in
dustrial Jobs
Recently, however. business leaders dis
covered that the liberal arts colleges bene-
it business enterprise Just as directly as
do the trade schools. They point to the
high percentage Of business executives
trained in the liberal arts colleges as iusti-
feation for corporation gifts Also, they
have begun to regard the non-tax support
Cd colleges as representing free enterprise
in the educational world
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

of necessity will be far change from the
successful system developed during the
past.
In communities where there are a few
Negroes it is conceivable that some schools
can be deseRregated without harm to the
students OF to education. But. in Southside
Virginia, where the school populations are
about equal, desegregation will present
problems incapable of solution. 1t would
create conditions and frctions which would
be detrimental to both races educationally,
economically and socially and would Sly
ME racial development, integrity and re-
spect Under the guise Of psychology, phil
osophy, religion or some ar-fetched influ-
ence on international relations, we, the
people, who live in this section are faced
with a real problem.
Sometime prior to the school session Of
1886, a constitutional convention may be
necessary to enact basis for new system
of education. 1t may be determined best
to wipe out the balance of Article TX
dealing with education and Public InStruc-
ton and rewTite the entire section We
through the notification Of Section l40,
providing for segregation of races the
present system of education in Virginia
will require a complete overhauling. The
legal tcchnCalitieS we must leave with
others who are more Vcrsed in the subj ect
We commend to our readers both white
and Negro careful consideration Of the
problem. We are victims Of this proposed
change after generations of understand
ing between ourselves. Members of the
Supreme Court officers and members Of the
NAACP. others who live in an entirely diff
ferent relationship one with another, reli-
gious socialists and others have no great
stake in SO radical a change The are looking
at us and wondering Just how adjustments
will be made. They have no interest in US
other than to carry through a philosophy
of desegregation. Are we being misled, ex-
plotted, and made subjects of experiment
taton? TO some it is a philosophy. to us
it is a reality. To them it means nothing in
adjustment. to US it means total read
iustment an entirely new relationship be
tween races
Unless some way can be found to con-
tinue segregation in schools. it may mean
a serious blow to public education
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
A Lady and Her Age

IT might have been a genuine Nosey Par
ker in the New York government that
had lady charged with falsely giving her
birth date on three separate auto registra-
tions she filled out M 1852 September
6, 1914 September 6, 1915; and September
{, 1918. Since that was the sequence Of her
applications. it simply meant that she was
getting younger all the time.
The three justices Of the Court of Spe-
clal Sessions IN New York City listened
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

don't wont, this may seem like q
minor complaint But during this
time Of "normalcy and peace.
this lack Of information has
meant real hardship to young
draft-age men and their families
1.-THE Blue Ridge Herald Pur-
cellvllle Va.J
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
Virginia Public Schools

IL considering public education in Nir-
ginia for the immediate future, there
is only one fact that we can be sure of now,
namely, that the public schools in Virginia
Will continue the coming year July |. 1854
June 30, 1855, under the present establish
cd system of Virginia Governor Stanley.
the Virginia Board of Education and At
torney General Almond have stated this
policy Enthusiastically, Even in this policy
there is a possibility that some change
may be made in Prince Edward County
for the suit decided by the t. S. Supreme
Court originated in this county and tech
nically could be made to apply to this coun-
ty in Virginia alone. The experimentation
BY the t. s. Supreme Court could effect
the Prince Edward School system immedi-
ately. However, we can understand with
reasonable assurance that the schools will
operate throughout Virginia under the
present Virginia system and Constitution
for another session
Virginia public education has been
predicated upon segregated schools accord
ing 10 race. The Virginia Constitution,
Article X, Section 1919, states The Gen
cral Assembly shall establish and maintain
an efficient system of public free schools
throughout the state" And Section l40
states, White and colorcd children shall
not be taught in the same school Certain
other requirements are set forth in the con-
stituuonal article ON education such as the
literary fund use, requirement Of state
financial support for primary and gram
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25

own eyes it was important.
what nation is not? When Israel
was just little older than the
United States is now, it crashed
TO nothing and since that time
has been only an unfra grant mem.
ory, a dead nation. The writer of
II Kings II wrote its obituary.
The Nation Forgot God
What killed Israel? The nation
did not die Of old age. for 200
years is not very long time for
a nation TO exist and prosper.
Something killed that country IT
might be said that it committed
suicide-but what was the name
OF the poison which it swallowed?
In one word, il was sin. But that
does not tell us much. 1t is like
giving disease on a death Ger
tlticate as the cause Of death
What disease? What sins? Look
ing over the record as II Kings
II sums il up, we can see that Sc
rlouS SIN which was the root Of
most others; forgetting God The
nation forgot what God had done
for them in times past, they for
got that he is a God Of righteous
ness, they supposed he did not
specially care what they did 50
long as their tithes were paid up
and they had good record of at
tendance at public worship They
had reminders Of God all over
the place, but these were idols,
images Of beasts. They used the
word God without realizing
either the goodness. the greatness
or the holiness Of the only true
Cod
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-25
Porodox and PoroIIeI

A nation can be simply peppered
with religion and yet lose the salt
Of morality. In ancient Israel
the name OF God was everywhere:
religious obserVances were going
on under every green tree" as
the prophets said But the more re
ligion they had. the less morality
Israel died Of a kind OF moral dry
rot, in the midst OF shrines with
out number DR.. H. P. Van Dusen
has recently made thinking Chris
tianE sit up and take startled
notice with these two sets Of facts
On the one hand since World War
II church membership has in
creased till today il is at an all
time high Church attendance is
also at an all-time high. Religious
reading is popular Young PEG
pie are interested in religion more
than for years past But on the
other hand, alcoholism has IN
creased enormously; divorce has
shot up; juvenile delinquency has
multiplied drug addiction has in
ere ased; sexual morality is sink
ing to a lower level Can it be that
in America as in Israel We fail
10 gear our religion into our be-
baylor? Can it be that perhaps
for all our religion we really
have mace an idol of the Dollar?
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