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Evening star., 1954-12-31
Hammarskjold Due
To See British and
French Officials
BY fhe Assoeiafed Press

LONDON, Dec. 31.-United
Nations Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold arrived here to-
day en- route to Peiping. where
he will seek the release Of IL
American airmen held as spies
and other imprisoned U. N. per-
sonnet.
Mr.. Hammarskjold, who left
New York yesterday. was met
at London Airport by Denis Al
len, British Undersecretary at
the Foreign Office supervising
Far Eastern affairs; Huan
Hsiang, Chinese Communist
charge d'affairs here, and VIII
liam Henson. acting U. N. di-
rector in London.
The U. N. official was to con-
fer with British Foreign Secre-
tary Sir Anthony Eden and fly
on tomorrow in a British gov
ernment plane.
Mr.. Hammarskjold will stop
in Paris for two hours tomorrow
for a conference with Premier
Pierre Mendes-France at the
latter's request.
Lodge Sees Takeoff.
Mr.. Hammarskjold carried a
tremendous responsibility as he
boarded United States Military
Air Transport plane at New York
Idlewild Airport yesterday after
noon. .-.-.
AS U. N. dignitaries clustered
around. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge. chief of the United States
delegation. stepped UP to Mr..
Hammarskpold and said:
"Mr. Secretary General, our
prayers go with you"
If Mr.. Hammarskjold's nego-
tiationS are successful, the
achievement would be certain to
bolster the U. Ms position as
arbiter of international disputes.
Ilya Tchernychev. a Russian
member of the U. N. secretariat,
will act as secretary general in
Mr.. Hammarskjold's absence. He
was among the U. N. officials who
saw Mr.. Hammarskjold off.
Will Talk to Nehru.
The British government plane
will take Mr.. Hammarskjold to
New Delhi There he will talk to
Indian Prime Minister Jawahar-
lal Nehru.
The next leg Of his journey,
to Canton, China, will be aboard
an Indian government plane.
From Canton, a Communist
Chinese plane will carry him to
the Red capital. He is expected
to arrive January 4 or 5.
In London Mr.. Hammarskjold
will pick up Prof. Claude H. WAL
dock. a British expert in inter-
national law. and Gustav Ny
Strom. a Swedish Lutheran mis-
sionary who will act as inter-
prefer.
Also accompanying Mr.. Ham
marskjold are Ahmed s. Bokhari
of Pakistan. who will become
U. N. undersecretary in charge
OF public information on the first
of the year; Per Lind. Swedish
diplomat who is Mr.. Hammar-
skjold's executive assistant; his
Norwegian secretary, Miss Aase
Aim; and William Ranallo, a
personal aide.
Mr.. Ranallo is the, only Ameri-
can in the group.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
BY froncis P. Douglas

Many wage earners will find
that with the new year more
money is to be withheld from
their pay envelopes for Social
Security. But the benefits they
will receive later on likewise will
go up.
The tax rate will remain un-
changed: 2, per cent paid by the
worker and 2 per cent paid by
the employer. The difference
will be that whereas this is now
being levied against the first
$500 of annual pay, after
January / it is to be assessed
against the first $4,000.
If the wage Garner doesn't
earn more than $4,000 year.
the deductions will be un-
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Embassy Aides Child, 7, Found Dead in Bathroom

vomiting about 2 pm. She said
she took the child to the bath
room where the child lost con-
sciousness. police said.
The mother said she then went
downstairs to answer the door
and when she returned the child
was lying face down on the floor
of the bathroom. The child was
pronounced dead at Suburban
Hospital. ..
An autopsy was to be per-
formed today by DR.. Frank j.
Broschart, Montgomery County
Medical Examiner.
Evening star., 1954-12-31

The two-year-old daughter of
a British Embassy official died
yesterday at her home. S West
Lenox street. Chevy Chase. Md,
Montgomery County police re-
ported today.
She was Kirsteen r. Sharp,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard L. Sharp. Mr.. Sharp is treas
ury establishment officer with
the British Embassy.
Police said the child's mother,
Mrs. Jane Sharp, told them the
girl had had a cold and began
Evening star., 1954-12-31

from him establishing that the
speedometer Of his police car
had been checked for accuracy.
State police speedometers are
checked on a regular schedule.
and troopers carry a card not
ing the date of each check to
meet courtroom demands.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Social Security Rates Rise,
But So Will Benefits at 65

CIldIlSCOp Will d IlldA1I1uIl VI
$72. In the future, however,
with the tax assessed against
pay up to $4,000 a year, the top
tax will be $84.
The maximum benefit for a
retired worker IS or over is now
$3.50, and a retired worker and
his wife, also over IS, receive
$147.80. These benefits have
been earned by the worker whose
earnings since 1850 have aver
aged $500 or more a month
($3,600 a year,.
Payments Increase.
Under the new Set-up, after a
year and a half the worker who
has made $3.50 a month ($4, 200
a year, gets $108.50 on retire
ment at IS. If he has a wife
over SIS the monthly benefit is
$162.80.
There are new provisions re-
specting how much a retired
worker receiving Social Security
payments may earn without los
ing some or all of his Social
Security benefits. These provi-
sions will be found more favor
able to many: less favorable to
some.
Under present rules a retired
worker loses a monthly Social
Security check for any month in
which he earns more than SIS.
In the future he is allowed to
earn $1,000 a year before any OF
his benefit, checks are withheld
But what may be disadvan-
tageous to some is that under
the new rule, earnings from any
employment or self-employ-
ment, whether covered by Social
Security or not. is counted in
computing the $1,000.
Formerly the retired worker
could earn any amount if he did
not work in covered employ
ment, and his Social Security
payments would not be affected
$1,000 Maximum Earnings.
Under the new law. if the
individual earns more than ST.
200 a year he will lose one
months check for each $50 OF
fraction of $50 in excess of the
$1,000. For example, if he earns
81 1.200.01 and up to $1.280, he
loses one months check. If he
earns 81 1,280.01 and up to $1,36(
he loses two months checks.
But the individual who neither
earns more than $50 in any one
month nor renders, substantial
service in self-employment doe.
not lose any benefit for thai
month. One result of this il
that a retired worker who hap.
pens to make more than 81 Loo
up to an unlimited amount, ir
fact-in just one month and re.
ceives nothing in the other II
months, would be deprived o1
only one check.
These rules do not apply after
the retired worker reaches the
age of 72. Then he may receive
Social Security payments re-
gardless of his earnings.
1t should be noted also that
income from rents, interest, div
idends, pensions. annuities ano
from insurance policies are not
counted. No deductions from
Social Security payments are
made no matter how much in
come from such sources is re-
ceived.
Benefits for Disabled.
Another new angle to the law
provides that a disabled worker
not retired. may have his earn
ings record frozen" This will
protect his benefit rights and
the amounts ultimately due him
The period of disability, once
established. will not be used in
figuring a persons annual earn
ings nor in figuring the length OF
time he must work to qualify for
benefits.
In order to be eligible for this
disability freeze, the disability
must have lasted more than siz
months, be expected to continue
and incapicitate the worker from
gainful employment. The in
Evening star., 1954-12-31
FOUND.

COCKER, red, male: vic. North Arl
Owner or Rood home. ia 7-6o55.
CAT. beautiful coal black, male Vicinity
good home in Va. XII. 9-3959
DALMATIAN. young, female; vic. North
Arl. Owner or good home. IA. 7-6055.
DALMATIAN, found 1000 block 3lst ST.
Sc. WASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE
LEAGUE. NO. 1-513O.
pOG, male. black. tan; found vic. chesa-
peake. S. Cap. stS S.w. Owner call
JO $500. Z. WARD .3ls
DOG, voung male. black, part cocker; vi
einity OF 0uinev st. Chew Chase. Oh.
4-5455. II
IRISH SETTER, red. male, Vic North
ArI. Owner or good home. IA. 7-6055.
SMALL WHITE DOG. Ions haired, T..
ears tan and black. harness. no tagS.
WA. 1854 bet. and 8 pm.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
LOST.

BEAGLE, black. tan and white. named
reward 5. Jo. seSso6 S; o. p6 6ocsv5lif sv54ss Nd
BICYCLE: red English racer. boy eriev-
ing. Reward. Ii. 6-S404. .
BLACK COCKER, strayed from Cleve-
Iano PARK area; tag No. 2652S. Re-
ward. Please phone EN-. 2-64S9.
'fe fetufnsd lfnsdeF with nth oont.nss intls'
q reward of $500 will be given. Ii.
CAT. large, yellow, male. lost 1903 33rd
evaad M Mount Wa Sains5 4s5os Md ca Ree sny 2s ts
week end. after weekdays.
CAT, yellow. white feet. white lip;
ylsinitS Wsr5 59So Blk lo, Wis ave. NV: re-
ere E5ay cn;a Thise Iss neck chest and
night: reward. f RA. s-9sss " NJ N'
CIGARETTE LIGHTER, rhinestones and
pearl pearl. in taxi PES 20. $50 pm:
COCKER. black and white. mos. fe-
Ei6eral tIi re reward. Ln IA. IA a.a4os aA E Es1 3 C.
DOG. wire haired terrier: name. Chippie:
vicinity Lemon rd.. Falls Church. JE.
EARRING-Opal and gold ANTIQUE ear
ring. lost vicinity Of l4th and H SITS.
NV. on Dec. 30: reward. RA. 3-S499.
ENGLISH TOY PUG, male. fawn colored.
black lace, ring tail; vic; Blagden ave;
NV. Dec. 80; reward. RA. 6-S574. .
EYEGLASSES, .woman's. green ard gold
ornamental plastic frame: vic. Ch. CHI
or Silver Spring: OIL. 4-I472.
FAMILY CREST RING. gold; mans:
Col. Col SorT No 1o'x AD 45sss nd EN- d0TnsSSS snssos
FRENCH POODLE. toy. platinum. vic.
Of -Four Corners-Silver Spring. Md.
IRISH SETTER, red, female. 'Tish,"
Gray around muzzle; lost December is
nr; Brentsville. Va; reward. Nokes-
Vile 31-N-31 or Nokesvi1ie 37-N-2I
LIGHTER Hippo. PAUL W. LEACH. VIVA
value. CO. 5-2S77. 81
MOTOR half Of furnace vacuum cleaner.
Reward GEORGE E. FRAZIER co.
low tail. brown wings: Vic 7o5 Emer-
son st ne. Dec -: reward. La, a.
PERSIAN LAMB MUFF. vicinity of Avon
al SfIe' MI Md.i and Queens Chapel rd'
TERRIER, white. female, black mark
chiiSdren'Ess = pei; reward R JR 4ns2s4.
TOY COLLIE, brown and white. vic.
sreen collar: taes: Po. s-sd62 q
WALLET brown, containing D. c.
drivers license. ESQ credit card, money;
"wednesday afternoon. Loew's Columbia
Theater; $40 reward. EN-. 2-2412. Il
WALLET. lisht brown. initials r. A. p:
vic. Raleigh Hotel. REWARD, S25.
Return of important papers. ROCCO
PANETTA. Call LA. 6-S99S. -
WATCH, Hamilton: vic, OF Giant food
store Wis. ave. and Newark st. EN-.
WRIST WATCH, lady's. white gold Dec
-. between 18th and Constitution and
or IN Union Station: name engraved
On back Call LU. l-5360. after 2
pm. Jan. ; on. --3I
SMALL WHITE PUFFY. black face. short
tail Lost vicinity 1929 ST. NV.
ee5 REWARD to person returning black
purse containing Identification. MRS.
GABRIEL HAUGE. $500 Lowell st. NV.
KE. 1885 .
BEAGLE HOUND, male, black and
white spots. mos. old, with red
harness; disappeared from home in
Chevy Chase. Nd. Of Wis. ave. be-
tween Bradley lane and Leland St,
children's pet: reward. OIL. 4-4305.
CAT-REWARD
Evening star., 1954-12-31

CAT-REWARD
Female. brown. tiger: right front and
left hind legs are red: identifcat ton
tag with Norfolk. Va, address, vicinity
Kent VillaSe, Mo. ALICE HEALY.
Spruce 3-1410.> -b
Evening star., 1954-12-31

sEAGLE HOUND, male, black and
white spots. 4 mos. old. with red
harness; disappeared from home in
Chevy Chase. Nd. Of Wis. ave. be-
tween Bradley lane and Leland St,
children's pet: reward. OIL. 4-43O5.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05

free press will not endure alongside an
imprisoned church. The two are dependent
upon each other and complementary to each
other. The press maintains freedom of the
mind and the church preserves freedom
Of the spirit. Both are necessary. Take one
away and the other is sorely distressed.
AS we embark upon a new era, the
atomic era in the worlds history. the i'm
portance Of this partnership between the
press, the church, the people is Of utmost
Importance Progress Of science is ad-
vantageous to the physical Well-being, the
press is necessary for the cultural we'll
being, and the church for the spiritual we'll
being. Scientific progress at the moment
cultural and religious fervor will not be-
come subjective to scientific progress. Sci
ence did not provide freedom for oppressed
people The principles Incorporated in the
great document Of liberty and justice, the
Constitution. remain the bulWark against
tyranny.
The newspapers observe this week as a
period not of set-praise but as one of self
apprasement The press in all sincerity
dedicates itself to the cherish task Of keep
ing people informed, and rededicates itself
to the trust placed in it by the vast, intelli-
gent, progressive and enlightened American
public. Through the light Of truth. freedom
and liberty can be maintained
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05
Basic Principles Of Freedom

WHEN the trainers of the Constitution Of
the United States Of America came to
grips with stating the broad principles
which assure freedom. ii was no coincidence
that three important rights were defined
beyond the shadow of doubt
1t is significant that Article Of the Bill
of Rights specifically sets out that Con
gress shall make no law CD respecting the
establishment Of religion, (2) abridqing
freedom Of press o. speech, CD abrdqment
Of the right to assemble peacably. Upon
these three definite principles rests the
continued freedom of the people of Amer
lea
Having experienced controlled press
and state-church the free men of the new
country placed these paramount in thei'
quest Of liberty. It is understandable that
the first civil announcements made by free
men in the first free country, in an atmo-
sphere Of liberty and justice, should have
singled out these three guaranteed.
In recent years the World has seen die
tators, autocrats. and small minority
groups take control of great peoples IN
variably the first step is to control the
press, to suppress free speech, and the next
is to control or abolish the freedom of re-
ligion-the church Take these rights away
and uncertainty, Suspicion division march
in. A free church does not exist where there
IS a controlled press. BIZ the same token a
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05

ton is 50 much CREATE, per man hour, than
production anywhere else in the World.
1t is the willingness of Americans to
really work, and to work long hours, if
necessary to get ahead, that sets most of
them aside from workers in other countries
1t is also generally known that L. S. IN
dusty employs machinery to far greater
degree than the industries Of other coun-
tries.
There are always some who are not
willing to work hard and who will live in
some areas, or who are not dependable and
cannot keep consistently employed. There
is small number who are the victims Of
fate and these deserve sympathy. But the
majority of people in the United States
who are willing to try hard enough can usu-
ally accumulate at least modest wealth.
and that is the difference
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05
Americas Production Secret

4 foreign newSman from lndonesia, Eng
= kie Tan, recently visiting in the United
States, expressed considerable Amusement
at the number Of poor people living in va
rious United States cities Shown sections
where slum conditions were very apparent,
and bad Tan seemed to be .noticeabIy sur
priSed
An explanation of this condition to Tan,
by an American who was conducting him
on tour Of the various slums, is. we think,
well worth thought
He was informed that to have wealth
in America, one must work, and that the
people Of America generally work for
what they have. This reflection was not just
one opinion, but is the collective Judgment
of groups of European business men who
who have visited the United States since
World War II to learn why L. S produc-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05
Letters TO Editor
Synod's Action
Is Not Final

Editor of Herald
Enclosed is a reply to What Mr..
Rogers has to say. My discussion
covers a wide territory e.. l have
tried to boil down What miaht
have been written.
For the past Is years the writer
has followed the debate on Or
ganic Union with keen interest.
He has had correspondence wih
those leaders faVorlng union.
As he sees the situation today
the leaders for Union. ATTENDING
this last Assembly felt that it was
now OF never with their Cause
Thsy employed every means With
in their reach to carry the day.
Every known method was en-
ployed They set the stage with a
new feature. racial segregation T.
They presented a Supreme Court
ruling that they played an active
part III securingi This Court de-
cision was the making Of a new
law rather than an effort To IN
terpret the Constitution.
The sause of Union was in des-
perate straits. They knew it
Hence their willingness to play
politics. This writer is clad that
this group IN our Southern Pres
byterian Church adopted and pre-
sented such measures They pro-
claimed to the world what they
would do 10 gain then point. They
thereby ran the risk of destroy
ing their own Southern Presby-
terrain Church
Let US never forget that at This
meeting Of our Assembly a strong
opposition group was present
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05
Double Check

On this October ONE 1854 with
millions Of people talking about
the weather. wondering if'n its
going to be like this always. and
when do We have frost ana what's
happened. and just 50 many
thoughts about the time of year
and weather. to me it's wonderful.
Even politicians are trying to
come out. then they read the
weather report Women Republi-
cans met in LynchbWe TO revive
/ interest in politics. sorter dead
/ ducks at this time. They are heap
/ ing all their energy on the 9th
/ District with the Democrats lead
/ ing BY a safe margin. outsiders
are most noticed Wherever OF
| whenever a Democrat drops out
they always put 4 Republican in
with a vengeance. Such crust can
not hold the pie
T Coleman Andrews paid his
respects to Virginia and criticized
+ the taking of tqxdodgers into So
F, ciety 1t seems that THE Dollar
counts in This also Il is the only
place the dollar has not lost any
An Overture from Tuscaloosa
Presbytery 1T expresses what the
present writer thinks.
Whereas. our Assembly Il
divided hopelessly On The question
Of organic union, and
Whereas. the progress of oul
own work is being impeded and
our efforts dissipated by a con-
tinual aeitation and
Whereas il appears extremely
doubtful that a sufficient number
Of Presbyteries viii be enlisted in
favor Of organic union,
Be is Resolved that this Pres
bytery request the General AS
sembly 10 dismiss TIM Committee
Of Union and discontinue all dis
cussion relating to the organic
union with any other denomina
ton
Sincerely
T. q. HARTMAN
222 Kalrama St, Staunton. Va.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05

After the first vote was taken.
and the opposition WAS seen to be
IL i minority group thev kept
quiet ana permitted the majority
unm0lested t0 VET the STAGE. and
map out Work for the SYNOD and
Pr sbytery.
When ia svnod of v,,,oinio net
IN stanton the 1fodera4o,. Ma
eented fhe yieu,s ~ H. n,aia,,i+v
N The las Assembly n didn,t
ms nonna,~ +hot +l,e N4odera+or
of the previous Assembly. and the
retiring Moderator of the Synod
of Virginia should have been men
Of the same mind and putposet
Can anyone think s02
HI might have elected Ill show
some Difference I'd Tile We'll known
sentiments cherished IN this
orthodox conservative aid strait
laced FIRST Church. stanton But
no. he was willing TO tell the Mary
Baldwin COLLEGE how il must run
its affair henceforthl
This meeting Of Synod could
not do any thing to change the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05
Babson Says We Can Have Peace And Prosperity

Babson PARK Mass, Sept 30
What we need more than any
thing in This country if we want
both peace and prosperity is a
better recognition of the Law of
Supply and Demand
4 Lesson from 1853
Many people have Indicated TO
me IN recent months a kind Of
fatalism about our economic out
look They seems to feel that
prosperity can be maintained only
in war economy Perhaps this
is because it has been SO many
wears since we have prospered
without a war A lesson that We
viii learn from the recession
which started in the summer of
1858 is that we can have both
peace and prosperity if we will
adjust ourselves to the Law Of
Supply and Demand
But lot Of research must be
done on consumer attitudes. on
finding out what makes people
buy. on how to create wants and
needs and how to develop appre-
Gladly more effective selling This
especially applies to all merch-
ants These are the ones who de
termine employment and business.
I wish / had a five dollar bill
for every person I have recently
heard say that he would buy a
new car if only someone would
really try to sell him one,
Lessons from 1929 and World War
During the peace years from
1929 through 1910. we lost in ma
tional output Of both goods and
services better than $500 billions
when measured by 1853. prices.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05

of its value Our tax official wants
to put mark Of the beast" on
EN- then their crowd would
be larger than ours You snub EN-
and you are on the spot you jest
got to muddle through.
Sure messed that one up about
c M Cowan last issue BY
any other name a rose is Just as
sweet. maybe, but | want you to
know that am mighty proud Of
your achievements Mack Cowan
Mayor Of Frederick and president
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05

vertising. prices start to fall. peo-
pie go out and buy and more
are employed
Instead Of letting business take
this course after World War II,
government subsidy and regula-
ton tried to keep business good
by holding prices high in the face
of declining demand. Pretty soon
initiation ballooned our whole
price structure. The subsequent
recession was in part a process of
reimbursement to this mistaken
attempt to keep prices high.
Work for the Consumer
Whether or not We viii have
another crash depends on the
kind of producers and merchants
who make up our economy The
way of economic salvation is to
work harder, produce better pro-
ducts at lower cost, and then sell
harder than ever before. New
markets for new products must be
developed When market is lost,
the sales organization had better
find another market rather than
appeal to the government
l forecast that research must
be encouraged to keep a concern
or city in comparatively strong
poSition-product research selling
research. and consumers research
Salaries must keep pace with the
times. The Law of Supply and De-
mand will require flexlbility and
adaptabllity by all Of US. But.
if We want both peace and pros
perity. we will learn how to live
under free working law of Sup
ply and Demand. This law we can
no more change than we can
change the weather.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-05
| Should Know

] 0 me, it seems q home is more complete
When deer old grondn7o is living there.
Moving Ground the house quiet feet
Or silently knitting in her old chair.
. her, with their woes the children oft ran,
And IN their young lives she played quite part
She told them stories Of the long gone days
When she wos young til they knew them by heart
In her Bible she loved for hours she'd reod
And the twenty third psolm read Der ond Ger
For Bible stories the children oft begged
And grandma Of these had an endless store.
To her potted pIonts, with core she'd offend
(lt seems that she could moke anything grow
She appeared to be wise in house plant lore
Which her mother fought her long, long ago
This Iody write Of was kind ond sweet
And oil about her surely should know;
Because il our home When wos child.
She was my grandmother long years ogo.
l. D Whitaker
Dedicated TO all the door old grondmothers