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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
Rice

Mrs NJ. @. Hit and Carolyn.
OF Richmond. spent Saturday
with Mrs. B. G.. Bass and Bobby
Bass. of Alexandria. spent Sunday
with Mrs. Bass and visited theii
father. B. c. Bass, who is improv-
ing at Southside Hospital
Mrs. J. B. Vaughan spent sew
eral days recently with her daugh-
ter. Mrs D. A. Pulley. and Mr.
Pulley In Norfolk Mrs. Vaughan.
Mrs. Pulley and daughter, Pamilla
Sue. spent several days With Mrs
Vaughans daughter, Mrs. S. j.
Simon, and Mr. Simon in Athens.
Ga. Mrs j. c. WilkerSon, Of
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
MARCH DRAFT

The Army has announced that
it's draft tor March will be for 49,
900 men The March quota is the
same as that announced for Feb
ruary. when the Selective Service
call was reduced from the $4,000
level maintained since last July.
Including the March quota, L.
$4,000 men have been drafted or
slated for involuntary service
since resumption of Selective
Service in September 1850.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
HEALTH REINSURANCE

In his health message President
Eisenhower asked Congress for
a system of Federal "reinsur-
ance' Of private health insur-
ance plans, expanded research on
cancer. heart, and other major
ailments. and increased vocational
rehabilitation assistance.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12

methoxychlor zineb malathion
should be effective in controlling
insects and leafspot diseases. For
details. write the VPI Agricultural
Extension Service, Blacksburg.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12

Farming is the basis of most
Of the nations wealth: therefore
everyone should be interested in
agriculture prosperity.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
Types Available

Types Available
The following varieties are now
being marketed FOR the spring
planting IN 1854 -Blackmore Pre-
mier CatSklu. Sparkle, Dunlap
Tennessee eauty. Tennessee
Shipper, Tennessean, Klondike.
Albrltton, and Massey Other yir-
us-fIee varieties are being increas-
ed and Will be available next
year
Amos suggest that strawberry
beds from these plants De isolated
as much as possible from ether
strawberry planting ana sprayed
or busted regularly 10 control Inn
seCts and diseases a mixture Of
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12

Saturday and called on friends
at Wylessburg while returning
home.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12
Strawberry Disease
Now Eliminated

This year. for the first time.
virus-free' strawberry plants are
being offered home gardeners and
growers.
John Amos, plant pathologist at
VPI. says the vmus-free plants
wre made p ssible by Joint pro
gram conducted by the L S, De
partment Of Agriculture. plant
Lynchbug, visited Nh and Mrs
Vaughan last Thursday
Nh, and MS. w. S. Weaver were
dinner guests OF MI. and Mrs.
Herman jenkins Tuesday eve
ming.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-12

athion should keep the plants re-
asonably free Of virus carrying
Evening star., 1954-05-03
In Defense of williamsburg

The article on the first page in The
Star of April %, headed Williamsburg:
Fake, Phony-But Charming?'", as
described by the London Daily Mirrors
American correspondent, Ralph Cham
pion, is just what is expected Of a
SNUG British reporter.
wonder If Mr.. Champion realizes
that American tourist dollars help
keep up the castles and historical CEN
tiers in England, including Stratford-
on-Avon? I feel that it is particularly
bad taste to make fun of Rockefeller's
restoration of our beloved Williamsburg.
If the British people wish to sell their
treasures to the American people, that
is their concern and private business
and not the business of mediocre
correspondent.
am British by descent and it makes
my blood boil to read such tripe that
British reporters write their news
papers about America. They should
be proud that this country and the
American people want to restore beauti-
full homes and churches that were IN
existence in the Colonial days when
it was under British rule. Maybe if a
communist country was restoring Will
liamsburg. it would be restored as
labor camp or as an atomic factory.
Ethel B. TiIsOn.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
BY Charles {. Trocewen

The permanent ones make bare
spots in the grass, but usually this
makes little difference, since the seat
is over the spots.
One way of getting around this Is
to move the chairs or benches every
week or two.
Light garden furniture is easier to
handle. and more in the modern man
ner.
just what the modern manner" is
seems difficult to say.
It is a cross between pretended
sophistication and carelessness. Per-
haps the two are the same. They are
attitudes Of mind, based on mass ap-
peals to vanity and pseudo Snobbery
that has both its good side and its bad
side.
The modern manner afilicts US. at
the same time it pleaseS. The old
fashioned dooryard garden was q show
place only to few, since it was COM
monplace to most. There is more lei
sure today, but 1t seems to be mostly
for critical people to look around and
And fault.
The garden seat or bench let's the
useless criticism lash out favorite
press headline, at poor little offense-
less flowers. The conversation for the
time being Is shifted from the higher
levels to one very near the ground. And
If we ever expect to get back to the
original sanity Of mankind. that Is the
level we viii have to seek. Seated, we
are that much nearer TO the good earth.
Evening star., 1954-05-03

workers and the teamsters-whose unions were
the three involved-the strongest bond In the
luncheon meeting probably was sharing Of
rvalries and dislikes within the circle of labors
leadership.
For example, John L. Lewis has led his
United Mine Workers out Of both the CIO and
the AFL and has tangled personally with Presi-
dents Walter Reuther and George Meany OF
those two organizations. Dave Mcdonald Of the
Steelworkers Union and Dave Beck of the Team
sters Brotherhood, likewise have quarreled
openly with Mr.. Reuther and Mr. Meany al
though their unions are powerful members of
the big labor bodies.
Aside from their announcement that they
will work closely together for Government action
on unemployment and on legislation national
and State-the three conferees did not indicate
any other important plans. It is likely, in fact,
that each of the three prefers to test the work
ing relationship before considering anything
more binding. Although there has been specu-
lation that q third national organization might
result from this partnership, there are reasons
to believe the rank and file of the steelworkers
and OF the teamsters might be reluctant to leave
the CIO and AFI. respectively.
The timing of the luncheon session and its
implication Of new front" Of about 100000
workers may have been significant in one regard
The Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee meets
in Pittsburgh later this week. New. contract
demands will be drafted then and the pattern
which enlerges eventually in the steel industry
Is apt to prevail in large part for all other major
industries this year The steel unions position
in this regard may be strengthened by the alli-
ance Just formed.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Welcome to Mr.. Massey

An old acquaintance and gentleman Of
distinction in public life returns to Washington
today when Vincent Massey, Governor General
Of Canada, arrives for an official visit Mr..
Massey, who as Minister opened the f1rst Can
adian Legation here in 1927 is repaying the
visit which President Eisenhower made to OF
tawa last fall.
It is, Of course, a matter of lasting good
fortune that the neighboring countries of
Canada and the United States enjoy such a
relationship of mutual friendship and respect.
TO the people of both countries this has be-
come the normal way of life but one need only
to read Of and reflect on the sentry-manned
and barbed-wire frontiers of Europe, for ex-
ample, to realize the extra elements of peace
and security which we have in North America
Canada today is standing on the threshold
Of what appears certain to become period of
tremendous economic expansion. Much of the
development of the potentially wealthy and
powerful Dominion already has been Joined
with our own economic structure through cap
ital investment joint ownership and manage
ment, and finally through exchange of the
goods and resources of the two countries.
Political understanding is an essential coun-
terpart to the healthy maintenance OF this
economic kinship. The exchange of visits be-
tween the two chiefs of state will help to keep
this political relationship sound one.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
This and That !.

with best wishes,
yours respectfully, L. M"
The furnishing Of the garden has
taken giant strides.
There are even coucheS on rollers to
be wheeled in and out of the sun at
will.
It is probable that the sun-tan> vogue
of the last 20 years has seen its peak,
and that from now on more persons
will take to the shade.
After all, the sun is powerful. and
older persons need to accept Its rays
with much caution.
Yet its appeal is tremendous.
We are all children Of the sun,
though we may not worship it, as some
ancient races did.
The garden seat has an ancient
lineage, going back to early Rome and
beyond.
The desire to drop down and rest
while strolling around flower garden
seems to be a part of the picture It
comes about for physical and mental
reasons. In the first place we have
knees. and they seem to want to bend.
In the second. we have minds that tire
easily when held to one theme In
the home flower garden the theme Is
flowers. To get the most from their
observation we need to take our minds
of them. for space. If by no more
than physical act.
So let the back yard have . few
seats.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Orchestra Campaign

Every great musical organization needs
friends, and the National Symphony Orchestra
is no exception to this rule. But Washing
tons premier harmonic group has unique
claims upon public approval. It is, first of all,
the highest musical expression of the Nations
Capital as a. residential community. The
artists who pool their talents in its concerts
represent not only the whole United States but
most particularly this Federal Center in which
they live and work. Their neighbors have rea-
son to be proud of them. In % brief but
crowded years the orchestra, originally led by
Hans Kinder and now by Howard Mitchell,
has met every professional requirement made
upon it. The record Of its achievement COM
pares favorably with that of other bodies of
the same character.
1t follows that the National Symphony is
a social, cultural and even a business asset to
Washington. The story of its services to edu-
cation is familiar to everybody. Wherever it
plays it contributes to the spirit of democratic
civilization which Jefferson described as ''the
pursuit of happiness"-an important objective
of fellowship pledged coincidentally to life
and liberty. The money spent for its support
almost exclusively, except for the fees paid to
imported soloists, is spent locally.
Friends Of the orchestra are familiar with
these facts. But greater number of friends
are needed. The current campaign Is designed
to raise $3.50 900, and 1t is hoped that generous
part of this amount may be given by people
who never have helped the National Symphony
before. Among the new friends will be many
who have come to live in Washington only
recently Also there undoubtedly viii be some
who have known the orchestra's work for
long while but who previously have not Joined
In its maintenance.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
CHEVY CHASE.

CHEVY CHASE.
Dear Sir:
"The home gardener should not over-
look the desirability Of having COM
Portable chairs here and there.
st recently visited friends who
wanted me to see their yard. as they
called it, and could find no place to
rest bit.
81 am an old lady of "a, and my
feet are not as good as they used to
be, when / skated, believe 1t or not,
from Highway Bridge to Alexandria.
In those days the river often frcze
over. We also skated on the ponds at
the National Geological Park In the
face of such widespread freezes in the
old days, it is difficult to believe that
winters are as severe nowadays.
81 would cali upon all my friends,
and by extension all owners of gar
dens, to provide plenty of chairs and
seats.
In a recent trip through a store ]
saw many kinds Of neat chairs. some
of which could be lifted easily and
taken in at night.
''Since my childhood all sorts of
rain-resisting materials have come. into
use. many of them excellent for the
garden.
People seem to me much more care
less today than when was child !
am sure that II I had left any cushions
out In the yard and it happened to
rain would have received Q mild
spanking.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Sky Pioneers

Brave pioneers. those tho Of Kitty
HdtDk,
Who launched that fYaH craft
against the SKY;
UnmindtM OF the totont0lk's whispered
talk.
They rent the tallacy. MAN cannot
fy."
Frontiersnen in the field of
lifting -posDer,
! With fashioned lUfR0 spGrs, fabric,
tdut and ftetD-
To stay aloft proud seconds OF an
hour
One scared brief heights long
dreamed of by the ttDo.
Could they haze knotcn, In brother
unison,
Who tossed a coin to make that
virgin fight,
That from this embrionic skeleton,
Man ,DonId ssrpass the eagle DAY
and night.
He mould look dotDn from his strfft
chair OF ease
on Tallahassee or the Hebrides.
Elsie McKinnon Stroehon
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Letters to The Star

will not let It be known that they con-
slider that the time and energy Of the
Senators on the committee should be
devoted to more important national
issues demanding attention, and that
the head Of the Army. and his as
sistants, should be freed to attend to
the grave and serious situations that
threaten to weaken the position Of the
United States in various parts of the
world.
The sooner this show comes to an
end, the better it will be for all those
taking part in it and for the country.
Daniel M. Greene.
4
One of the concomitants Of the tele-
vision show currently running at the
Capitol-and don't mean the thea
ter-is the hearty. infectious laugh Of
Secretary Stevens.
Despite the snarls Of his opposition
and the implications of dishonesty cast
his way. the Secretary expresses q
sense Of humor that only an honest
man could show.
This writer ordains a plague on both
houses Of the totalitarians, but sees in
Evening star., 1954-05-03
A Disappointing Report

IL is evident that the Payne subcommittee
OF the Senate District Committee is not i'm
mune to the feeling of Illustration which
engulfs just about everybody who wants to
md cure for Washington's transit troubles
The subcommittee's long report, based on nine
months OF investigation, hearings and analysis.
reflects this Illustration. There is no panacea
for the city's transportation troubles in any of
its recommendations. For that reason the
report brings the long Senate inquiry to a
disappointing conclusion
There is no dearth of suggestions for pos
sible improvement of transit conditions in
general and of the Capital Transit Company
In particular. Unfortunately, however, the
SubcommitteeS two outstanding recommends
tions-one for reorganization of CTC's board
of directors and the other for control of CTC
dividends by the Public Utilities Commission
are OF dubious merit. In fact, the suggestion
for legislation to require the transit company
to include three public interest" directors on
its board is inconsistent with the subcommit-
tees wise rejection of the idea of public own
ership Of the utility. Certainly any plan to
give the Commissioners q voice in choosing
part OF the company's dictatorship would be
step through the back door toward public
control, circumventing both the principle and
the law which requires that directors be stock
holders If the requirement for public in
terest" directors is to be applied to Capital
Transit, it would inevitably apply to all public
utilities operating in the District That would
be manifestly absurd, and would accomplish
no constructive purpose.
OF even less merit is the subcommittee's
proposal that the PUG be given power to regu-
late dividends of local utilities. The report
comedies that it could find nothing illegal
about the financial operations of the Wolfson
management Like others concerned with the
draining of the company's surplus earnings and
the apparent trend Of that management to
milk the assets dry, the subcommittee has
sought some way to protect the company's
fiscal structure.
But 1t seems to have overlooked one very
practical weapon already in existence. This is
the franchise under which the monopolistic
company is permitted to use the public streets
here, franchise which contains provision
which well might discourage any reckless
abandonment of Washington by the Wolfson
group.
That provision, according to the PUG, re-
QuireS the company to remove all tracks from
the streets and restore them to original con-
dition II service is abandoned, requirement
that would make such abandonment highly
expensive. If there is any question as to the
meaning OF this clause, Congress should make
it clearly effective in the case Of any threat
to unload the company.
The real meaning Of the Payne subcom-
mittee report seems to be that the Senators
have no workable ideas concerning what to do
about the transit mess. The nearest they came
to realistic plan was in their Endorsement of
pending legislation for an area-wide study of
the transportation problem, with q view to
possible regional regulation or operation.
Evening star., 1954-05-03

the trend of many investigations of
communism duplication of the pro-
cedures by which Hitler. Mussolini
and the antecedents of Molly Molo-
tov came into power. Many of the
button-wearing McCarthyites. if ex-
amined pSychiatrically, would be found
to be but 1854 brand Of the Ku-
Kluxers, the blue and brown shirters,
the America Firsters and the Fascists
Of past decades.
Every age has its lunatic fringe.
Their knowledge of history and their
understandings are limited. It often
produces the Booths. the Guiteaus and
the other asSassins as reason fails and
they become overt. The non-intellec-
tual Communists fall in the same cate
CORY of dupeS.
Fortunately. the great majority Of
Americans still can laugh like Bob
Stevens. Nevertheless. While enjoying
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Threesome in Labor

The informal alliance created over lunch
between three of the country's biggest labor
unions is more rejecting Of the discords within
the labor movement than of any trend toward
harmony. While there are, of course, interests
which are common to the miners, the steel
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Ioyolty' Of Insurance Agents

President Eisenhower has been warm
ing the American people against hyS-
terra of fear and suspicion which could
wreck our democratic way OF life. In
my opinion perfect example of such
hysteria and the evils. it could cause
is the loyalty affidavitS which insur-
ance agents in the, District of Colum-
bia are required to sign.
What security, military. or state Sc
secrets are involved in the insurance
business? What positive values can be
obtained by inquiring into the so-called
political beliefs, past and present, Of
this particular branch of the private,
governmental business world.
But the dangers of such q program
are many. Every insurance agent in
the District will be in continual jeop-
ardy of an attack on loyalty grounds
from any co-worker, superior, client,
or neighbor who could complain,
anonymously, to the Insurance. depart
ment about the agent. The insurance
department would then become In
volved in loyalty procedures, hearings
and Investigations.
Furthermore, as Commissioner r. F.
Camalier Originally pointed out, Il in-
surance agents are to be given loyalty
tests, so should every other licensed
individual. namely, lawyers, doctors,
plumbers, electricians, shop keepers
even car owners. The main purpose Of
the loyalty program as applied to Gov
ernment workers. especially for Sc
curity reasons, is lost sight of in the
insurance departments move.
This program and its possible conse-
quences would lead us to a sort of
creeping totalitarianism," which is
Just what we are fighting against I
strongly urge Commissioner Camalier
to reScind this loyalty" procedure and
to order that all, signed affidavits on
hand be destroyed.
Ralph b. Coster.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1954-05-03
Mccurthy-Stevens-Schine Affair

I wonder which will be more i'm
portant, or which will affect future
peace or war? Will it be the amount Of
time and attention given to finding out
whether preferential treatment was
given any one man? This could be
found out very quickly if. in the finding
out, each side didn't have to be chest
thumpingly right" Or might it con-
ceivably be the shrewd and undistracted
thought and time we could put into
the conference at Geneva on problems
which are possibly, of bit more inn
portance to us all?
Mary Abrahams.
x
AS the Mccarthy Stevens hearings
are progressing, they threaten to con-
tinue for weeks, or perhaps months.
They present good show on tele-
vision, but am wondering if the tax
payers and voters will not become dis
gusted with the whole thing before the
hearings are ended and let it be known
how they feel. am wondering II they
Evening star., 1954-05-03

w. N. Connor, representing the Lon
don Daily Mirror, uses some strong Ian
guage in expressing his disapproval OF
the way the Mccarthy hearings are
being conducted. Well. if he feels that
way about it, why doesn't he go home
and put on a campaign to stop his
government from seeking further hand
outs from the American taxpayers and
put the people over there to work for
q change. I, for one, am fed up with
helping to support them and their So
cialistic government. They might also
try ferreting the Red spies out Of their
own house. / remember in the not-too-
distant past several in top-secret posi-
tions who have escaped behind the Iron
Curtain.
John C.. Brown
Evening star., 1954-05-03
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASk1N SEhVACE.
@. Where did the Persian cat
originate?-L. z. r.
A. The original home Of the Persian
is unknown. though the name indi-
Gates that 1t may have been Persia.
Cat associations are now using the
term Long Hair" to replace Persian"
@. Is the Conscience Fund Of the
United States Treasury still In ex-
istence?-S. DO.
A. Yes. Begun over hundred years
ago. it has reached q total Of over
81 million in anonymous contributions
from citizens who think they owe the
Government money because Of income
tax evasions, falsifications. or neglect
in past years. Sums ranging from
2 cents for postage stamp to $11.0 900
have been received.
Evening star., 1954-05-03

farce and comedy as Rome burns, let's
not forget there is method in the mad
ness of the proponents of disunity and
un-Americanism.