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Buckingham Central Hi-Ltes
Hi-Y Leaders At Model Assembly

Thursday, AprI %, Rowlett
Bruce. Anne johnson. Betty
Bruce, 10 Ann Agee. Allan Shep-
herd. Corson Spencer. and Gene
Steger along with their H-Y
sponsor. Miss Frances Garnett left
for Richmond to attend the Hi-Y
Model General Assembly 10 be
held in the capitol
There We're over 800 Senators.
Representatives. and Advisors
present The LEGISLATURE conyen-
ed Thursday night to hear the
reading Of the bills Friday and
Saturday were spent hearing
passing and defeating bills. There
was social Thursday night and
q banquet Friday njaht Every
enc agreed that tins was a most
interesting experience and 1t en-
lghtened everyone as to how The
government run.
The group returned home about
4 O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
FLA Spr 'ng Rally
Thursday. April N m mber
of the +. II A accompanied by
MIS- Dorothy Morgan and Mrs.
Bruce The chapter mother att
tended The spring Rally Of the
Jolly Five Federation 1t Gooch-
land
At the Rally Miss WhlhoHo
presented Marshall District with
the plaque for beng the out
STANDING chapter Mrs Sheffield
from the recreation department at
charlottesville demonstrated some
games that would be good TO use
with q larger group
Each chapter gave a skit telling
.ot some phase of Home Economies
work BUCKINGHAM Central cave
'hfee pantomimes Of Families
! oselher Those taking part in
them were Bula Fender cynthia
patterson Alice Raeland. Theresa
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-30

TErockmorton Edna Ftzwa ter,
Nsat&aret Fitzwater. Mary Lee,
SulIe Spencer. Jean Thomas
FAizaheth Senger, Dorothy May
Ayres, and Laura Ayers. Doris
Agres was the narrator jose
pline MaXey presented Mr.. Bruce
With a red rose to snow our appre-
citation for all She had done for
tie the club Johanna Stillfreed
aade q talk on Home Life in
Germany and South America,
The followina officers were
e.ected for l954-1955, president,
lame Prohitt from Fluvanna. vice
president Shelby Jean Shumaker
f.om Marshall District secretary.
Diana Chids from Louisa. his
tprian and reporter Betty Brown
t.om F'uvanna; song leader. Jul
ian Williams from Louisa.
The meeting was then adjourn
ed by Jane Profitt the l954-1955
ares dent.
Open House
On .the evening Of Wednesday
4.prl p open House was held at
y c Il S The parents visited the
@achers from $50 to 800 and
Nefe served refreshments. After
GINS The parents gathered in the
Guditorum and saw TIE first act
Ct the senior play Be Happy Go
Wackt' The Band and Combined
Bows I and Girls chorus added to
tle program with selections BY
Zach.
Mr. Snoddy Talks to Students
Aprn 81, Mrs Spencer's home
room had charge Of the assembly
mogram We sane America and
Eorson Spencer introduced the
9peakeI Jack Snoddy He offered
some suggestions on safe driving
Nnd traffic accidents. He SAD that
because the speed limit is SIS, that
Hoesn't mean it is a safe speed to
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-30

drive a car The audience seemed
70 appreciate his advice.
Honor Roll
Students placed on the BCHS
Honor Ron. numbered 50. included
on the list were:
Eighth Grade; Hubert Bryant,
Jessalyn Baird, Betty Jean Go
win, Leroy Phaup, Sue Agee, Eu-
nice Fender, Betty Mills. Margie
Moss. Jane PENNINGTON, ElInor
Sans Linda scruaes. and Patri-
cla White.
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Goochland Hieh school Tbus-
day April %. A plaque was award
Cd ID Marshall District Hi4 h
School Chapter.
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ne fhey returned I'd heir nome
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sn-2n illed the REGULAR fourth
sunday higAt appointment at Mt
zion Church The Rev M Clark,
@ao h3a 0een recommended to the
he.H q Churches Will preach a
l.tlt sermon at Mt zion Sunday.
May aJ u o'clock
Alr ana Mrs, Eddie Woodson-
oI OK Omon were Sunday after
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-30

Mr and Mrs. Floyd Goodman.
2f TmMllo visited Nh, and MS.
Dawson joyce. Sunday might.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Nash and
Mrs Eta Meador visited Floyd
Rucker and sisters, Monday after
noon,
Nns Harvey Rucker and Mrs.
Winston Carter visited Mrs Wade
Shelton IN r chmond Thursday.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-30
Household Hint

Line cosmetic or toiletry draw
erS with aluminium foil. Spills will
be easy to wipe up, and the silver
shine makes an attractive drawer
lining, as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Bricker Would Guard Nation
Ohoon's Proposal Held No Legosc Controversy at Al
But Necessary Protection for Americas Constitution

repeated by so respectable
newspaper as the London
Times that the controversy
over the Bricker amendment
is just a piece of Republican
isolationiSm and that it Is
merely a fight between Gen.
Eisenhower and some "reac-
tionary"' elements in the Re-
publican Party.
It takes a two-thirds major
ity to get a constitutional
amendment adopted by the
Senate and anybody who re-
ports the news from the
National Capital effectively
would know that the "a Sem
ators who showed their inten-
ton several months ago to
support change along the
lines of the Bricker amend
ment or a substitute wouldn't
be doing so If it was just a
partisan Republican affair.
Nor is it accurate to spread
the fiction that this is just q
fight between President Eisen-
hover and his party or that 1t
somehow concerns only Gen.
Eisenhower's conduct of for
eign policy. For the truth is
the abuse of the treaty power
has been going on for many
years and if not remedied will
go on long after Gen. Eisen-
hover ceases to be President.
Perhaps the clearest explana-
ton of why the Bricker
amendment has gotten so
much momentum at the grass
roots" in both parties in the
last four years was given to
the Senate recently by Sem
ator Bricker himself. He said:
Most of the opponents of
this resolution seek to elevate
treaty law above domestic
constitutional law. They seek
to codify all fundamental
human rights-civil, political.
economic. social, and cultural
in q law superior to that Of
sovereign nations
Most of the opposition to
this treaty -control amend
ment comes from those who
yearn for the domination of
a supernatural government.
Some of them would surren-
der national sovereignty i'm
mediately: others would des-
troy it gradually by means Of
United Nations treaties and
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The Kremlin's concept of
security is to leave Germany
hanging in the center Of Eu-
rope with a limited army.
Mr.. Dulles has commented
that this would give Germany
the possibility Of becoming
the balance of power in Eu-
rope. perhaps playing one side
against the other, "a concept
unacceptable to the United
States"
This is accurate but there
is nothing that the United
States can do to prevent it.
The German situation was not
created by Germans but by
the Great Powers and the di-
vision between them. which
also involves the division of
the German nation. West
Germany already has evolved
as Europe'S premier industrial
power and an almost COM
pletely sovereign state. with
her own diplomatic instru-
mentS.
West Germany will certainly
have an armed force. which.
again, cannot be prevented I'M
less her former enemies are
united forcibly to stop it. Since
both sides are wooing Germany
and both fear a war over Ger
many. nobody will.
The size of the allowable"
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force is not important. Once
q nation starts to arm, exter-
nal controls progressively
diminish, especially in a situa-
ton where intervention may
touch of a general war The
question of size is secondary to
the question of organization
and power Of rapid expansion
Nobody doubts German mill
tary efficiency.
An armed West Germany
will have greatly increased
bargaining power. It will use
that power to effect the re-
uniflcation of the divided ma
ton. Nobody can criticize this.
Any nation not utterly deca-
dent would do so. Identification
can only be with Soviet con-
sent. To obtain this. German
diplomacy will play of one
side against the other. pre-
cisely as Mr.. Dulles has FORE
told.
The EDO is no answer. even
if it were a reality. 1t assumes
that a situation can be frozen
along a line that cuts through
a strong nation. and that Ger
many can be checked by her
defense associates. But by
whom can she be checked? BY
France? Great Britain? How?
There is no political govern
ing authority above the West
European nations in sight.
Each would remain sovereign.
even within the EDO. which
project would be in fact a
military coalition including
the United States. Nobody
could prevent West Germany
from eventually withdrawing
from that coalition except by
war, which would mean inter-
national. or general war.
To persuade Germany to
withdraw would be the aim Of
Soviet diplomacy with reunifi-
cation-which the Soviet alone
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Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

House Speaker Joe Martin the future religion
the fall election Republicans
the right sides cnch they've already started
Howard Hughes buys out RKo pictures for s2a million
There's fellow with unlimited faith the Ike administration
After ALL country that through
rule survive anything.
Ike he'll exchange
nation with allies idea
date few of the secrets that Russia has stolen.
The Eisenhower decides breakdown of 1900
employees fired security will long time
instance Democrats guilty of
other things.
Congress for better retirement plan Congress
This is in the best American tradition Of self
every man should look out for his own future.
Summerheld deletes from speech
wrongly attributed Abraham Lincoln
cans Lincoln these days. you're
he issued the Emancipation Procamaon-or
country club
The allies reject RuSSa demand troops in Austria
About the only thing allies hope salvage out of the Big
Four conference now is the table
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Gonstontine Brown
y. S. Policy Growing Realistic
Analysis Shows Thot We Have at Long Las
Assumed the Necessary GIoboI Attitudes

France and Italy. is such that
the course those governments
and people may take is UNI
practicable.
In the past we gave assist
ance to Europe on an emo
tional rather than a practical
basis Those nations which
had suffered aggression from
our wartime enemies were
given priority treatment not
only economically but politi-
cally as well. The NATO be-
came an exclusive club on
which we predicated not only
Edrope's but our own defense
system. While the present di-
rectors Of our foreign policy
still believe that this costly
enterprise will not go into de-
fault, they are looking to a
possible future when we may
be sorry that we have been
wishful thinkers.
The possibility that treaties
and agreements may become
scraps Of paper is unpleasant
to contemplate. But we must
always remember that under
the impact of threat of yio-
lence from outside. nations
have been compelled to renege
on their pledges in the past.
These diplomatic facts Of life
have moved the administra-
ton to give considerably
greater impetus than was con-
Sidered necessary in the past
to our agreements with Spain,
where eventually much of our
air striking power is expected
to be located.
Nobody knows yet what the
final results Of the Berlin con-
ference will be in regard to
Western Germany. Nobody
knows what the French Parlia-
ment will do in regard to ad-
mission of German forces into
a European army. But plans
were definitely agreed on in
Washington late last fall
whereby if our French ally
continued to drag his feet on
that vital matter of Western
defense, we would give the
Bonn government the green
light to proceed with limited"
rearmament.
Spain and Western Germany
have one important advantage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Doris FIeeson-
Ruyburn Holds the Kew Spot
Both Leader and Symbol, the Texan Now Occupies
Position Of Critical Importance for the Days Ahead

When Representative Sam
Rayburn of Texas picked up
the Democratic trumpet last
week and blew a loud partisan
blast on it, the battle on the
Eisenhower administration was
joined. From now on, every
Eisenhower proposal will be
severely judged on it's own
merits and little, can be taken
for granted by the White
House.
No minority leader in the
history of Congress has had
a greater responsibility than
rests on Mr.. Rayburn'S shoul-
ders during the violent months
ahead.
He is both leader and SYM
Dol, a Staunch pillar of the
party and a bridge between
factions. His influence extends
into the Senate to an unusual
degree because the Democratic
leader there. Lyndon Johnson.
is also a Texan and was for
merly a Rayburn lieutenant
in the House. Senator john
sons natural Difference to his
old Speaker is reinforced cur
rently by the fact that john
son is up for reelection this
fall in a pro-EiSenhower State
with an ambitious governor.
Democrats fathered the well
fare state but they are among
the most ruggedly individual
istic of politicians. It is un-
likely that they will ever stand
still to let one of their num-
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Constantine Brown

There are Cassandras In
Washington who weep that
there have been no basic
changes in our foreign policy
which, they say. continues
rudderless In the stormy inter.
national seas.
A dispassionate analysis Of
our international relations
shows. however, that the trend
today is to create new defense
positions In areas where the
governments and the people
share whole-heartedly with US
the determination to resist the
Red encroachments regardless
Of consequences to themselves.
The transition from the
policies Of the previous admin
istration, which believed that
our first and most important
line Of defense was Europe. has
encountered inevitable OBJ
stacles. There were those In
our public life who remained
convinced that the name Of
Chang Kai-Shek was Synono-
nous with corrupt and ruth
less dictatorship. hence any
attempt toward a real CO.
operation with that leader was
anathema to them.
There were others in public
life who considered Spain and
Francisco Franco far more
dangerous to the free world
than Mao TSe-tung and Mar
shall Tito. And there are still
many inside and outside the
Government who consider
Prime Minister Nehru as the
quintessence Of democracy and
a pillar Of ASiatic defense
against Communist penetra-
ton although some think his
present and past actions may
demonstrate the opposite.
Under such conditions it Is
natural that the changes in
Our foreign policy should have
been slow and scarcely no.
ticeable to the public eye.
There is a fervent hope in
Washington that present al
lianceS will survive the shocks
administered by the MuSco-
vites. But nobody in the Gov
eminent has the temerity to
forecast what may happen in
Europe within the next few
months or years. The politi-
cal atmosphere. particularly in
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w 10 Award Medal
AT Dinner tomorrow

Presentation by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the Gen.
Omar N. Bradley Gold Medal will
be made at a Congressional din
ner at 1880 pm. tomorrow in
the Hotel Statler.
The event will be a highlight
OF a three day national confer
ence of department commanders
and national officers. The ses-
sion was to open this morning
at the hotel.
The medal is awarded annual
ly to the person judged to have
made the greatest contribution
to national security in 1853. The
presentation last year was made
to Jim Lucas, Scripps- Howard
war correspondent. President
Eisenhower and members of
Congress have been invited to
the dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15

by less formal agreements.
Some would organize a supra
state on a global scale while
others would first establish q
regional government"
The cry against a world
government" to be established
through an all-powerful inter-
national body in which the
United States can be outvoted
and its Constitution Sabotaged
has been raised throughout
the country by various local
organizations. The opponents
disavow any such purpose and
vigorously denounce any such
objective. But the fact is that
the Supreme Court. has ruled
in one case that treaties can
upset domestic law and the
effort now is to close that
loophole.
There are some who call
themselves liberals" who say
the Constitution is good
enough as it Is and shouldn't
be changed. But it's been
changed % times against the
advice of the so-called "reac-
tionarieS" who always want to
let things alone.
It is significant that Sena-
tor George has come forward
with a substitute for the
Bricker amendment. and it
doesn't differ too much from
the Bricker proposal. If the
Georgia Senator in his amend
ment specified that treaties as
well as executive agreements
were not to be given the status
of internal law unless sane
toned by action Of Congress,
the Ohio Republican and the
Georgia Democrat would be
rather close together.
The basic object is to pre-
vent a future President from
agreeing to some action by
one of the numerous subsi-
diary bodies of the United Ma
tons which would take away
Il
erage person looking on won-
ders what harm can come
from saying in the Constitu-
ton itself that this cannot
be done, even if there is little
likelihood that Gen. Essen
hover would ever allow his en-
voys to sign such an agree
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Dovid Lawrence

Many people are writing
in to ask what the Bricker
amendment controversy is all
about. It seems they can't
find out from a reading of the
conflicting views and COM
ments contained in the press
dispatches because the whole
thing appears to them to be a
legalistic controversy and they
want to know what's back of it
all.
Certainly it is confusing to
find. for instance, so eminent
an organization as the Ameri-
can Bar Association after sew
eral years of study advocating
a change in the Constitution
and yet to hear from individ-
ual lawyers of prominence that
somebody has started a con-
spiracy to hamper President
Eisenhower in his conduct of
foreign policy.
It is, of course, a contro-
versy over the meaning Of
treaties and whether by merely
signing an agreement with a
foreign government a Presi-
dent can commit the citizens
of the United States to a
course of action that normally
would require both houses OF
Congress to bring about only
by the passage of law.
But back of the Bricker
amendment controversy is
something deeper. Senator
George of Georgia. a Democrat,
who has held the important
posts of chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
and chairman of the Senate FL
nance Committee, and who is
widely regarded as an able
constitutional lawyer, stated
the issue in its simplest form
to the United States Senate
the other day. He said that
he did not want ANY Presi-
dent to make an agreement
with Turkey that will preclude
me from killing a cat in my
back alley at night" Then
he shouted:
Neither do I want him to
negotiate an agreement with
India that will preclude me
from butchering a COW in my
own barnyard."
These are blunt words but
they certainly should dispose
of the smear argument spread
throughout this country and
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Thomas [. Stokes
Minor Bills Bear WATCHING
One Little Unmentoned Measure Would if Passed,
Give Consumers q Most Cnstk Srnree
Measure Would, if Passed,

here acknowledgements at
one end of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and the regulatory COM
missions at the other down.
town. You have to do that be-
cause those who are forever
trying to weaken regulation to
their interest, and against
yours, work both ends of the
street just to be sure.
The operation now at the
Capitol centers around the bill
mentioned earlier-HR 5976 it
Is. It almost sneaked through
the Senate in the confusion at
the end of last session, and
would have but for Senator
Douglas, Democat, Of Illinois
who caught the trick with his
eagle eye and objected. Twice
this session he stopped its
enactment by his objection
when 1t was called on the
calendar. Luckily he'll be
around this week to speak up
again and fight the measure
when it comes up in more
regular order. as was an
nounced last week by Senator
Knowland Of California, adj
ministration leader
The best way to tell the
story Of this bill is to go back
where, 1t started. The story
begins with the East Ohio Gas
Co., which challenged regu-
latory Jurisdiction by FPC,
claiming it was subject only
to State regulation. The FPC,
in decisions both in 1943 and
1947, asserted its jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court upheld its
authority. This led to a bill
in the Senate designed speci-
fically to exempt from FPC
regulation the East Ohio Co.,
and others like it which were
operating exclusively intra-
state.
But when the bill. 8 1884,
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was examined carefully. it was
discovered that it went be-
yond the original simple in
tention. It also exempted from
FPC regulation companies that
clearly had interstate charac-
ter. including companies that
sell natural gas in interstate
commerce for resale, or whole
sale, as well as those transport
ing natural gas in interstate
commerce for direct sale to
industrials for hire. Since the
time Of John Marshall, the
Supreme Court has held that
jurisdiction Of the Federal
Government under the COM
merce clause Of the Constitu-
ton extends to, and includes,
wholesale sales within States.
In q report on June 9, 1851,
the FPC opposed the bill. That
was In the SD Congress. The
Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee revised the bill to
meet FPC objections. It then
passed the Senate. but the
House did not act.
Now we come to the present
bill, HR SOTO, which started
its career in the SD Con-
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over other European countries
in the present struggle against
Red imperialism: They are
determinedly opposed to com.
munism in any shape or form.
In this policy of creating q
chain Of towers to oppose the
Muscovite imperialism, the
administration turned neces-
sarily to countries in the Near
East and Asia, where the OPP
position to the Muscovites 10
equally relentless.
In l947 we began helping
Turkey to build up its military
strength. The limited assist
ance-not exceeding 81 billion
was put to such good and
careful use that Turkey today
has one of the most efficient
armies in the free world. De-
spite the reluctance of those
who feared to offend India s
Prime Minister Nehru by arm
ing Pakistan, a final decision
was taken by the White House
to proceed at the earliest pos
sible moment with assistance
to the Karachi government to
build up its armed forces.
Two troop divisions which
had to be withdrawn from
service because of lack of funds
will soon be reactivated. In
the meantime negotiations are
underway for construction of
air bases which could provide
homes for American planes in
case Of need. Plans are in
existence to reorganize and
modernize the present limited
police forces in Iran and Iraq.
At the same time our per-
suasive new Ambassador to
Saudi Arabia. George Wads-
worth. who speaks Arabic like
a native and has spent most
Of his career among Arab
people. is expected to convince
the Saudian government that
it need have no fear of the
U. S. S. r. If it decides to mod
erniZe its own forces.
Thus while only a couple Of
years ago our military and
diplomatic strategy was based
mainly on the Atlantic
concept, today it has assumed
the necessary global aspect
with the accent on military
realities and not on emotions
and sentiment.