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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Over One Million
Pine Seedlings Set
In FarmviIIe District

over 200 landowners purchased
1902 $50 pine seedlings for plant
ing in Falmville District OF Vir-
ginia Forest Service, W G Haag.
forester here reports.
With the exception OF $4,000
shortleaf pine, white pine and
yellow popular. seeding sold were
all lobolly pine, Hays reports Lo-
holly is the fastest growing pine
and the best adapted for most
Piedmont soils, he says.
Survival OF planted pines is us
ualIy above 90 percent, SO the
planting season has seen roughly
1000 acres Of land, iu-suited TO
agriculture, turned into piantat-
ions OF tree farms
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04

MIS-. Garland QueenSbury gave
Y Baby Shower at her home at
Meherrn. Thursday night honDr-
ina Mrs John Bub. OF Green Bay
Many. lovely gifts were presented
" tha little stranger Guests from
here Were Mrs Lucille Nunnally
Mr>. " H. Price. Mrs. c. T Redd
ana Mrs r r Redd
A. r.. Francis, agent OF South
e!n Railway, u taking two week
vacation. While off he and Mrs.
FraneIs viii visit relatives at
s mIthIIeld. Capron Newport
New~ ana Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22
Elizabeth Children
To Join Royal Tour
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Feb. %. Queen
Elizabeth's children. Prince
Charles. 5. and Princess Anne. 3.
will leave England for the first
time in April to join their par
ents on the last two. weeks OF
their world tour.
A Buckingham Palace an
nouncement yesterday said the
children with Charles governess
and Anne's nurse, will sail April
IS aboard the new royal yacht
Britannia from Portsmouth. The
Queen and her husband. the
Duke of Edinburgh, will meet
the yacht in Tobruk. Libya, May
/. From there the royal family
will sail home together via
Malta and Gibraltar.
The Queen and her husband
are in Tasmania. Australians is
land state. Their common
wealth tour. which started last
November % from London. is
about half completed.
A palace spokesman yesterday
brushed aside a report by high
Spanish officials that the royal
family might skip their planned
visit to Gibraltar on May 10-11.
"The royal tour will 60
through as planned. the spokes-
man said. There is no sugges-
ton OF any. change"
The royal visit to Gibraltar
Is resented in Spain. which still
is bitter over the 241-year-old
British occupation of the for
treSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22
Army-McCo rthy Statements

Following are the terts of
statements issued yesterday By
Army Secretary SteDens and
By Roy M. Cohn on behalf OF
Senator McCGrthy::
Statement by Stevens :.
I have directed Brig. Gen.
Ralph w. Zwicker of Camp
Kilmer. N. j.. not to appear
before Senator (Joseph RI
Mccarthy on Tuesday in New
York.
I am unwilling for so fine an
officer as Gen. wicker to run
the risk of further abuse. At
a closed hearing in New York
last week Gen. Zwicker suf-
fered humiliating treatment
only because he carried out
actions which were his. official
duty and executed an order he
had received from higher
headquarters which he was re-
Quired to execute.
I cannot permit the loyal Of
f1cers of our armed forces to
be subjected to such unwar-
ranted treatment. The pres
tlge and morale of our armed
forces are too important to the
security of the Nation to have
them weakened by Unfair at
tacks on our officer corps.
/ have in my possession a
sworn affidavit by Gen.
Zwicker regarding the Ian
guage used when he appeared
as a witness at the executive
session referred to above. I
am sure the other members
of the Senate Permanent
Subcommittee on Investiga-
tionS will be shocked when
they have AN opportunity to
read the transcript Of the tes-
tirnony.
I have asked Senator Nc
Carthy to supply me with q
complete copy Of the original
transcript exactly as recorded
by the official recorder at the
hearing. Thus far, I have not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22
Unitarians Challenge
Loyalty Oath Tied
To Tax Exemption
By the Associated Press

Los ANGELES. Feb. o.
The First Unitarian Church of
Los Angeles challenges State
law. requiring a loyalty oath of
non-prof1t organizations seek
ing tax exemption, as "a frontal
assault on freedom of religion
as guaranteed by the First
Amendment.
This is the church whose pas
tor, the Rev. Stephen H. Fritch-
man. refused to testify before
the House Un-American Activ-
tiles Committee on the ground it
sought Ito invade the intimate
confidence of the confessional"
Mr.. Friedman was listed by
the committee as a sponsor of
mo less than % pro-Soviet or
CARNATIONS"
His congregation voted yester-
day to instruct it's trustees tc
decide against signing the loyalty
oath. The trustees chairman
Attorney Robert Schmorleitz
said the vote, taken secretly
was 206 to 81. He said Mr.
Friedman did not participate in
the discussion before the vote.
Will Seek Court Test.
Mr.. Schmorleitz said the
church will ask for the tax ex-
emption, nevertheless. land let
the matter of the oath be tested
by the courts" The exemption
would amount to about $1,000.
A 1853 amendment to the
State revenue and taxation code
provides that the property tax
statement for churches and other
non-prof1t groups include a 10y
atty oath if tax exemptions are
sought. The oath, now printed
on tax statements. includes a
statement that the organization,
or its official representative.
docs not advocate overthrow of
the United States or the State of
California by force or violence
or other unlawful means nor adj
vocate support of a foreign gov
eminent against the United
States in the event of hostilities. {"
Called Threat to Freedom.
A statement from the church
said:
1.-THE new California statute
requiring a declaration of po-
litical opinion from churches and
other institutions, in return for
tax exemptions, is a frontal as
sault on freedom of religion as
guaranteed by the First Amend
ment of the United States Con-
stitution.
1.-THE use Of the taxing power
to command declarations of
opinion seems to the members
OF the First Unitarian Church of
Los Angeles. as to many other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22
Stevens
Continued From First Page

OSAAVAAAANA - AOAAA - A. oO Z oSCst
when he carried out the orders
Of his superiorS.
Mr.. Stevens said he had q
sworn affidavit from Gen. Zwick-
er regarding the language used
when he appeared as a witness. -
Pentagon officials said Secre-
tary Stevens will read Gen.
Zwicker's affidavit when he testi-
f1es tomorrow.
Senator Mccarthy said in New
York. Stevens is loyal man,
but apparently is being made a
dupe by holdovers from the
previous administration"
The Senator said he had Or
dered the public hearing to-
morrow:
a. Because Of the tremendous
Importance to the country of
the Army'S attempt to coddle
and promote Communists, and
then claim special immunity
from legislative investigation
and exposure Of the rnalefac-
tors, and
"2. So that this issue cannot
possibly be beclouded by I'M
warranted complaints that de-
velopment of unfavorable facts
constitutes abuse of the wit
ness"
Questions Army's Authority.
He added, in statement:
1.-THE issue raised by Mr..
Stevens is whether the Army is
supreme over the Congress, over
Government agencies and the
American people, and can enjoy
special dictatorial immunity in
covering up its own wrongdoings.
can illustration of this cover
up is the statement under oath
by an officer involved that if. he
told the truth and gave the facts
about the treatment of this fifth
amendment Communist, he him
self would be court-martialed by
the Army"
Members of Senator McCar-
thy's subcommittee displayed
mixed reactions to Mr.. Stevens
stand, which apparently was
taken after considerable consul
tation within the executive de-
partment. A Defense Department
spokesman said Secretary Ste
vens conferred with Defense Sec
rotary Wilson and Deputy Sec
rotary Roger M. Kyes before is
suing his statement and also that
the matter had been talked over
with members Of President Eisen-
hower's staff. He said, however,
he did not know whether Mr..
Stevens intention to issue a
statement had been brought di-
rectly to the Presidents atten-
ton.
Potter Defends Stevens.
Among the subcommittee men,
bers, Senator Potter, Republican,
Of Michigan. defended Mr.. Ste
vens' reply to Senator McCarthy's
demand for the officers appear
ance as perfectly proper"
Senator Potter also said, on
an NBC radio-TV show yester-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22

GEN. RALPH w. ZWlCkEk.
Told not to appear at Nc
Carthy hearing.
day, he does not believe the Army
is withholding any information.
Other subcommittee members
said in interviews they had not
yet received any official word
from Senator Mccarthy or the
Pentagon concerning the fight.
Senator jackson, Democrat,
Of Washington said, II am going
to investigate it personally to
find out what's involved here.
There may be some fundamental
questions involved concerning
the right of the executive and
legislative branches"
Senator Jackson said he
planned to check with Francis
P. Carr. the subcommittee chief
of staff, and request transcript
of the testimony given by Gen.
Zwicker.
II am not going to judge
anything" he said.
No Report to Mundt.
Senator Mundt, Republican.
Of South Dakota. who usually
served as acting chairman Of the
subcommittee>when Senator Nc
Carthy is absent. said he has
received no recent report from
Senator Mccarthy. Senator
Mundt said Mr.. Stevens visited
me in my Office last week and
told me that Gen. Zwicker had
advised him he resented some
Of the language used in the
questioning"
Senator DirkSen, Republican,
of Illinois. said he was mot
familiar with the precedent"
under which Mr.. Stevens might
instruct officers to refuse to
comply with Subpoenas.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat.
of Arkansas. said he is not at all
sure that Secretary Stevens has
any authority to instruct subor-
dinates to refuse to obey a sub
ponea but that "the question OF
whether the executive branch
can tell its people not to reveal
certain information to the legis-
lative branch is an old ques-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22

religious people, to be an i'm
proper invasion Of the rights Of
conscience.
while Unitarians yield to
none in the degree of their 10y
atty to their country. they also
yield to none in their determine
ton to protect religious. phil
osophical and political freedom
for every American.
THE pattern of Assembly Bill
239. if not stopped now, will
reach beyond teachers, public
officials and churches. It will
reach every single citizen at
every point Of his life, and Amer
lean freedom of opinion and
conviction will have disappeared.
1t is against this disaster that
we are standing today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22
Pokiston Says Aid Plea
Is Based on Peace Aims

KARACHI, Pakistan. Feb. %.
P-Prime Minister Mohammed
Ali announced today that Paki-
stan has requested United States
military aid within the scope of
United States mutual security
legislation.
He added:
"Pakistan made the request
for the purpose of achieving in
creased defensive strength, a
higher and stronger degree of
economic stability designed to
foster international peace and
security within the framework
of the United Nations charter
Before making this formal re-
quest. Pakistan informed itself
OF the requirements of United
States mutual security legisla-
ton and finds itself in agree
ment with them.
"Pakistan desires to make it
clear that the assistance that il
has asked for will be utilized for
the purpose Of maintaining and
promoting stability, providing for
its own legitimate defense and
for putting itself in a position
enabling it to participate in the
United Nations system of collec-
tive security"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22
Nehru Seeks Truce
In Indo-China, Raps
u. 5. Aid 10 Pakistan
BY the Assoeiossd Press

NEW DELHI, India. Feb. %.
Premier Nehru called today
for q cease-fire in Indo-C China
"since it would seem a tremen-
dous pity that this terrible war
should continue when q serious
effort to meet and discuss this
problem" is scheduled April &c
at Geneva.
1T is desirable, I think. to
have some kind of cease fire
without any party giving up its
position" Mr.. Nehru told Par
lament.
u. S. Officials Doubtful.
THE Associated Press re-
ported in a United Nations
dispatch Saturday night that
Mr.. Nehru was planning such
a step. Commenting in Wash
ington yesterday. diplomatic
officials said they doubted Mr..
Nehru or any one else could
succeed in arranging a cease
fire in Indo- China before the
Geneva conference starts.
French Embassy officials have
made it plain they do not rel
ish Indian Intervention. Also
there is no clearly defined lire
along which to mark the COM
bat zones of each side as there
was in Korea.)
Speaking in a lower house de-
bate on President Rajendra Pra-
Sad's. inaugural address, Mr.
Nehru reasSerted midas indie
pendent foreign policy with the
declaration:
"On no account, whatever the
occasion may be, are we going
to allow any foreign troops to
land in India"
Attack on U. S. Cheered.
Deputies cheered as Mr.. Nehru.
in a renewed attack on proposed
United States military aid to
PakiStan. said:
I'VE do not want to enter into
this circle of hatred. violence
and fear that is the cold war
and We do not want others to
do so either"
Mr.. Nehru declared that Gin
stead of adding to the security
of the region" United States
military aid to Pakistan will add
Ito feelings of insecurity in Asia. "
Evening star., 1954-03-14
Judge Prescott
ToGive Talk

Judge Stedman Prescott Of
Rockville. Associate Judge of the
Sixth Judicial Circuit of Mary
land. will address a meeting Of
the District Society. Daughters
Of Colonial Wars. to be held at
1880 pm. tomorrow in the OAR
Chapter House.
The speaker will talk ON the
topic. "Maryland's Lost Boun-
daries." He will be introduced
by Mrs. Arthur G. Houghton,
honorary State president.
Mrs. Allen r. Wrenn. State
president. will preside at the af-
fair. She win introduce Mrs. JOS
eph Barnett Paul, national pres
ident of the society. who recently
returned from visiting the State
societies in Alabama and Geor-
gia.
The group will be guests of
Mrs. Clark A. Riden, president of
the Chapter House Corporation.
She will be assisted by the fol-
lowing hostesses: Mrs. James NJ
Haswell. Miss Mildred Chancel-
lor. Miss Faustine Dennis, Miss
Ann Singleton. Mrs. Jerome A.
ESker. Mrs. John Morrison Kerr,
Evening star., 1954-03-14
@. O. P. Evening
Group to Meet

Mrs. Katherine G. Howard,
deputy administrator of the Fed
eral Civil Defense Admins
tration, will address dinner
meeting of the Business and
Professional Group of the League
of Republican Women of the
District, at $50 pm. Tuesday, in
the Burlington Hotel.
Mrs. Howard will talk on the
subject, Changing Civic Respon-
sibilities of Women. She will be
introduced by Mrs. Roy E.
James. director of the group.
Mrs. Clifton Young, wife of
the Representative from Nevada
will lead the pledge of allegiance
to the flag.
Entertainment will include
solos by Mrs. Ray L. Margetts.
Mrs. Parker West, chairman of
hostesseS, will be assisted by
Mrs. Florence MCGEE, Miss Ber-
nice Dircks. Miss Louise Shat
tuck and Mrs. H. H. Norair.
Evening star., 1954-03-14

at s pm. The class is for both
beginners and intermediates.
intermediate bridge will be
taught by Charles A. Lyons in q
class beginning Monday night,
March %, and a beginners
bridge class will start the evening
of April /.
A morning class in Early Amer
lean tin painting will be taught
by Mrs. Harmon Briner and will
begin Thursday, March IS, at
10 am.
An evening "streamlining"
gym class for women also Is on
the agenda Of the Alexandria
YWCA. Based on elementary
techniques of modern dance. It
will be taught by Mrs. Elizabeth
Schaler. beginning April 8.
Those interested in the various
courses are urged to register in
advance. as each class will have
a minimum and maximum en-
rollment. Further information
may be obtained by calling the
association headquarters.
YW-Wives' Luncheon
An activity Of the Alexandria
YWCA designed for home
makers interested in making
new friends is the YW-Wives
Club.
This group will have a pro-
gram on interior decoration and
flower arrangements at its
luncheon to be held Thursday at
the Cameron street head
quarters. Mrs. Clova Demaine,
decorator consultant, and Mrs.
Constance McElhinney, who has
received recognition in various
flower shows, will be guest
speakers.
Mrs. T. S. Moulton was re-
Gently elected president of the
club. Other officers include
Mrs. Y. S. Leong. vice president;
Mrs: r. E. Simmons, secretary;
Mrs. James Keith, treasurer, and
Mrs. L. w. Burns, public rela-
tions chairman.
Evening star., 1954-03-14
Alexandra YWCA
Offers Instruction
Spring Classes Stort Soon;
Open to Men and Women

Courses ranging from ballroom
dancing to making hooked rugs
will be available in the spring
term Of adult classes being Of
fered by the Alexandria YWCA.
Registration already is under
way for the session, scheduled to
begin the last week in March.
The class in ballroom dancing
will meet weekly at historic
Gadsby's Tavern at 402 Cameron
street.
Most of the courses, however,
will be taught in the YWCA
headquarters at 602 Cameron
Street-formerly the home of
Frances Parkinson Keyes, we'll
known novelist, who did much to
restore it according to old Alex
andria tradition.
Mrs. Harold E. Finnegan,
chairman Of the education pro-
gram, pointed out that the
classes are open to both men and
women.
Judging from previous expert
ence, even the hooked-rug course
to be taught by Mrs. Augustine
L. Bresnahan may attract one
or more men students who find
rugmaking an interesting hobby.
This popular course will be
available this spring in both
daytime and evening units. A
morning class will begin on
Thursday, March rs, at 10 am,
and the evening class is sched-
uled to open Wednesday. April
Z, at 8 pm.
These probably will be the last
classes given by Mrs. Bresnahan
in the Washington area, for she
and her family expect to leave
in the early summer for Natick,
Mass, where Mr.. Bresnahan is
to be transferred by the Quar-
termaster Corps.
Louis Maxim will be the in-
Structor in the course in BALL
room dancing which is scheduled
to begin Wednesday,, March "a,
Evening star., 1954-03-14
Club to Hear
by


Members of the Speakers Bu-
reau OF the Rock Greek Women's
Republican Club will give the
program at the clubs monthly
meeting to be held at 1920 am.
tomorrow in the Woodward and
Lothrop auditorium at Wiscon-
sin and Western avenues.
Mrs. Constantine Brown will
be moderator and will introduce
the speakers.
Mrs. Edgar Quayle has Sc
lected Speaking That Wins"
as her topic. Other panelists
and their topics will be Mrs.
Henry Weeks, Republicans Cut
Cost of Government" Mrs. T.
Paul Freeland, THE Fallacy of
the Independent Voter" Mrs.
Louis Brecht, Primer of Re-
publicanism;;" Mrs. Charles
Squire. Challenge to Women"
Mrs. Harry Dunn, The Farm
Problem, and Mrs. John Wer-
neke, American Birthright.
Honor guests at the meeting
will be Mrs. Homer Ferguson,
wife of the Michigan Senator;
Mrs. Everett Dirksen, wife of the
Illinois Senator; Mrs. Carroll
Kearns, president of the Ma
tional Federation of Republican
Women, and Miss Constance
Bennett, stage and screen star.
The speakers bureau was
originated by the club president,
Miss Louise Gore. who has per-
sonally directed its activities.
Mrs. Walter H.~ Mporman is
chairman of the committee
heading up its work.
Miss Gore pointed out that
the objective of the bureau is
to inform various women's
groups on the principles and &C
complishments of the Republi-
can Party.
Evening star., 1954-03-14
Tea Planned
BySorority

Associate Justice Of the Su-
preme Court and Mrs. Harold
H. Burton head a list of distin-
guiShed guests invited to a tea
to be given by the Omicron
Chapter Of Kappa Beta Pi In
ternational Legal Sorority this
afternoon from 4 to o'clock in
the OAR Chapter House.
Mrs. Lenore Ehrig, dean of the
chapter, will receive guests, as
sisted by officers of the chapter
and a number of grand officers.
Others invited to the after
noon affair include: Judge and
Mrs. Henry A. Schweinhaut.
Judge Burnita S. Matthews,
Judge and Mrs. Walter M. Bas-
tian. Judge and Mrs. Luther w.
Youngdahl, Judge Mary Barlow,
Judge Mildred Reeves, Judge
and Mrs. George P. BarSe, DR..
Roland Kinks, president of Ma
tional University School of Law,
and Mrs. Kinks, and Orville WAL
burn. dean of the National Uni
versity School of Law.
Still others are: Mrs. Wiley
Rutledge. Mrs. Elizabeth Cox,
Miss Helen Newman, librarian
of the Supreme Court: Repre-
sentative Ruth Thompson OF
Michigan, Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey
Munter. Mrs. Daphne Robert
Leeds, assistant commissioner Of
patents, and Miss Catherine
Cleary, assistant to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
Also among the guests will be
women students of the National
University School of Law, deans
of the sorority's five other local
chapters and province and grand
officers.
Evening star., 1954-03-14
A|pho XiDeIto to Hold
Homecoming Celebration

Members of Alpha XII Delta
Sorority at the University of
Maryland will hold an all-day
homecoming today in celebration
Of >the chapters goth anniver-
sar'y on the university campus.
A luncheon and program of
speeches will be features of the
affair.
Climax of the days events will
come at 4:30 o'clock this after
noon with the burning of the
chapter house mortgage.
The Colonial-style dwelling. at
45l7 Knox road was built in 1887.
with accommodations for 25
members and a house mother. It
also has ample space for enter
tanning.
Twenty-four girls became
charter members of Alpha XII
Delta when the chapter was in
stalled. with the cooperation of
Miss Adele Stamp, dean of
women at the Maryland Univer-
sity. on March /. 1884.
Miss Stamp will be among the
honored guests attending today's
anniversary luncheon.
Alpha XII Delta for two con-
secutive years-1942 a~d 1913
held the Panhellenic Scholarship
Cup at the University of Mary
land. The chapter also won the
National Achievement Award Of
Alpha XII Delta for excellence
Of chapter management in 1947
and again last year.
Seven Alpha XII Deltas have
been tapped at Maryland Univer-
sity for Mortar Board for their
leadership in campus activities.
Evening star., 1954-03-14

and many others have held mem
bership in honorary sororities.
The Maryland chapter also has
led the Alpha XII Delta college
chapter roll eight times for top
contributions to the National
Philanthropy Fund. The national
fraternity presently is sponsoring
schools for rural children Of this
country and providing annual
scholarships for graduate study
by Dutch students.
Evening star., 1954-03-14
Little Club Benefit

A benefit dance, under aus
pices Of the Little Club, will be
given tonight at Coral Hall, 4723
Marlboro pike, Coral Hills, Md.
The club, which has a limited
membership of SO, will turn over
the dance proceeds to local char
tiles as well as their regular
contributions to such organiza-
tions as the Cancer Society
United Jewish Appeal and the
American Red Cross.
Evening star., 1954-03-14
Art Club Meetinq

The Columbia Heights Art
Club will meet at 1880 pm. to-
morrow at the home of Miss
Anne Darlington, 1910 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
Assisting hostesses will be Mrs.
Elsie S. Jackowski and Mrs. Lewis
D. Vieman, club president.
Evening star., 1954-03-14

Mrs. Harold L. Maynard, Mrs.
George F. Warner and Mrs. Roger
Williams.
Following the program a tea
will be held when members will
be given an opportunity to greet
Judge Prescott and Mrs. Paul.
Evening star., 1954-03-14
To Meet Tonioht

A game night will be spon-
sored by the Business and Pro-
fessional Chapter of B'nai Birth
Women at 8 o'clock tonight at
the Willard Hotel. Refreshments
will be served.