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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Cumberland

Mr.. and Mrs E. r. Given and
Mrs. Virgil. Of Clendenin, w, Va,
were recent guests of Dr. and
Mrs. E. B. Nuckols.
Miss Shirley Atkinson. Of Rich
mond IS spending a weeks va
cation here with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs H. G. Atkinson.
Expected week end guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Meriwether V. Smith
are Mr.. and Mrs O. G.. May and
their daughters, Nancy and Jud-
it'll Of Charlottesville. Also, Dr.
Henry S Moseby, OF V.PI,
Blacksburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Banton
and daughter, Diane, of Rice,
were visitors Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert L. Adams. Jr
Mr. and Mrs. M NJ. George
had as their week end guests Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Speas, of Peters
burg, Stuart George, of Amelia,
and Mr.. and Mrs N r. Huskey
and children, of Midlothian.
Mrs. Margaret P. Boggs spent
a few days this week in Roanoke
visiting her brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs, J Leake
Pitts.
Miss Nellie Jane and James
Midkiff viii be hostess TO the
Lane, of Dendron, Sunday.
Last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Ar
thur Starting, OF Manakin, were
guests III Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
Hendrick home
Miss Pauline Corson, who has
been confined to her room with
severe cold, is improving. Guests
III the Corson home during the
week end included Rev. William
Orders Of Farmville. MI. and Mrs
John Wood, Of Buckingham and
family and Hugh B Flippen. OF
Ashland
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse w Gates
were guests last Sunday in tbs
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
i w Hill and family IN Richmond
! Mrs Fitzhush Bartol and sor
skipper Miss Grace Vogel, Of
Arlington, We're recent guests Of
Mr. and MIS- Frank Voael al
F" Glen Bernie
Mr. and Mrs Frank Nogel at
tended the house warming
given to Mn and Mrs Alvin
Vo9el. of Gainesville. Saturday
afternoon
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19

GOOD WEATHER for ducks is duck
soup" for YOU on washdays when you
team your Automatic Electric Clothes
Dryer with your electric washer You
never need to look at tell-tale weather
vanes or at tickle weather barometers.
Start at 8 and your washday can be
over before IL Not only that-you get
achiter, brighter lcash
They say; When it rains it pours. We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-09
Prescription for the Democrats
Porys Greatest Need Is Seen as New Leader Who Can
Rescue 1t From Trunonisn, Extremism Rodicoism

campaign making attacks on
both the patriotism and integ-
rity of Dwight Eisenhower.
Two wrongs. Of course, do not
make a right-and hence any
attacks by Republicans today
on Democrats as a party for
being too soft on the Commu-
nists in Government are as rep
rehensible as the attacks Mr..
Truman has been making.
There were many Democrats
in Congress like Senator Nc
Carran of Nevada who gave
Communist sympathizers no
quarter.
It sounds childish for GER
tain Democratic spokesman in
Congress, on the other hand,
to say they will not support
some of Mr.. EiSenhower's
worthy legislative proposals
just because some of his lieu
tenants are making speeches
attacking the Democrats. If
the recommendations the
President has made to Con-
greSS are really meritoriouS.
it would seem illogical for any
elected member of Congress to
reject them just because of
personal or political pique.
The truth is the Democratic
Party leadership has not re-
pudiated the mistakes Of the
Truman administration. In
stead Of deploring the fact
that Harry Dexter White was
permitted to stay on in the
Government Notwithstanding
the damaging FBI reports of
1945 and 1916 and also Mr..
Humans two letters Of COM
mendation of White after the
essential facts were available.
the Democratic strategists
have undertaken either to
smear Attorney General
Brownell personally or to
pooh-pooh the charges alto
gether. The right approach
should have been to condemn
all the Harry Dexter Whites as
having betrayed the conf
dence imposed in them and to
point out the steps that were
taken to eradicate Commu-
niStS IN Government. This
should never have been nor
should it be q partisan po-
litical issue.
The Democratic Party is still
regarded by many people as a
worthy institution which de-
serves to be given an oppor-
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No Doubt Now of Russian Aims
Berlin Conference Has Shown Our Woverine Allies
Thot KrenIin Policy Is Some Now as Under Ston
Constantine Brown

The Berlin conference has
failed in the detectives for
which it was summoned: a
peace treaty with a reunited
Germany. a peace treaty for
Austria and a lessening of the
cold war tension. But it has
given the free world a chance
to see clearly that the leopard
has not changed its spots.
Mr.. Molotov showed once
more to the bewildered allies
that the Red dictatorship
continues to strive as in the
past for world domination.
After Stains death and the
purging of Lavrenti Beria and
his supporters, Western Euro
peans and some Americans in
public life believed that the
new Soviet regime led by q
dictatorship but not by the
will Of a single dictator had
become more conciliatory. The
difficulty of obtaining accu-
rate information in Moscow
must have led the British and
French diplomatic mission to
believe this to be a fact. Their
reports prompted Prime Min
lister Churchill and French po-
litical leaders to insist on a
meeting Of the Big Four heads
of state.
President Eisenhower and
Secretary of State Dulles were
less trustful Of the Russians.
They turned down this idea
but agreed, under strong pres
sure from London and Paris,
to foreign ministers meeting.
Mr.. Dulles decided that a con-
ference at that lower level
could do no harm and might
do some good. His Judgment
was correct.
Before the Berlin confer
ence British and especially
French public opinion was to
the effect that the Kremlin
wished to put an end to the
cold war in order to reopen
the gates of East-West trade.
The British and French be-
lieved the propaganda that the
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Fletcher Knebel-
Potomac Fever

you amendment fight
Republicans merely trying to make that their
pars recent addiction to foreign affairs doesn't become chronic
East Germans start labor slowdowns against their
Russian masters The only experience in the world pleasant
than not working is not working for the Russians.
Senator Humphrey Minnesota Democrat Postmaster
General Summeed is trying to destroy him Southern Demo-
Gratis outraged They Humphrey removed from
the Senate 1t would ruin their indigestion.
Republicans say the fight over the Bricker amendment
hasn't put strain party feelings. instance
Bricker still likes Ike much used to-and Ike
out of his way speak to Bricker, either
White House conference highway safety Is going
aim at 40 per cent in fatalities It would be mistake
with fatalities aogeher-a fellow wouldn't have
thing to look forward to.
Democrats blast White Assistant Sherman
calling them leaders of Fear Deal" Democrats say there's
nothing fear right now will be three before they
possibly take over the country again
Agriculture Secretary Benson SURPRISES still
png The trouble with the surplus problem that cabi
officer has found rid Of 1t without
himself.
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only obstacle to a general i'm
provement of the world situa-
ton was the United States.
The "hysterical fear and sus-
picion of Communism" in this
country, 1t was said. paralyzed
the actions Of a well-meaning
administration which had been
frightened into doing nothing
constructive in foreign affairs
by the growing McCarthyism
in America.
It is fortunate that the Ber-
lin conference had been well
prepared in advance. The rep
reSentatives of the three West
ern democracies decided on a
common front which held firm
as soon as French Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault rec
ognized in Molotov's tactics an
effort to breach the Western
alliance.
Bidault overlooked, it is said,
the warnings Of some of his
advisers not to ignore Molo-
TOYS outstretched hand. He
disregarded the possibility that
he may be thrown out of Office
after his return from Berlin;
he burned his bridges behind
him and took the position that
France could not leave the
allied camp. It must be said
that rarely have French politi-
cal Office holders been willing
to take such chances.
Molotov's skillful maneuver-
ings boomeranged. It is too
early to shout victory or FORE
cast the future march Of events
in France. But it must be
noted that the overwhelming
number Of Partisan and pro-
vincial newspapers have in
dorsed Mr.. Bidault's stand, al
though he himself is not
among the popular politicians.
The French newspapers
mold public opinion probably
more than our own. In a
country which has only lin
tied television and where own
ership Of a radio set. particu-
larry in the provinces, is still q
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Lowell MeLett-
A. Lincoln and His Successors
Statement by Un-Aercon Activities Committee Raises
Question of What Honest Abe Would Have Thouoht

The Consumers Union de-
votes itself not only to prices,
but to the quality Of products
offered for sale. So about eight
years ago 1t found itself cited
by the House committee as a
subversive organization. A few
days ago the committee erased
the citation.
AFTER hearings and thor
ough study" the committee
announced. "the committee
finds there is no present justi-
f1cation for continuing this
organization as one that is
cited and future reports and
publications will reflect that
this organization has been
deleted from the list Of sub
versive organizations and pub
locations.
Representative Kit Clardy,
Republican. of Michigan, ex-
planned for the committee:
I'VE are always willing and
anxious to publicly clear any
individual or organization
whose name has been men,
toned adversely in our testi-
mony or records. If such lndi-
viduals or organizations will
contact the committee and
can present documented proof
of their loyalty we will gladly
and publicly exonerate them"
Which brings us back to
Abraham Lincoln. Wouldn't
the first great Republican have
thought the shoe belonged en-
the other foot, that the re-
quirement of documented
proof rested on the committee,
not the citizen?
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Dovid Lowrence

With Republicans striving
hard to develop unity in their
party, the big unanswered
question in American politics
today is when the Democrats
are going to do the same
thing. The problem really is
whether the Democratic Par
ty will take to heart the true
meaning of its defeat in 1852
or whether it is going to insist
stubbornly on pursuing the
same Inflated course and SUI
fer further defeats.
For the Democratic Party
has to choose between the dis
credited and deprecated lead
ership Of former President
Truman and a new leadership
that will recover the prestige
the Democratic Party once
had before 1t became the tool
of special interests and the
champion of privileged groups.
Today the Democratic Par
ty cannot count on the sup
port Of voters on the farms or
independents in the cities be-
cause the party appears to be
owned by labor-union bosses
who furnish most Of the cam
paign funds and campaign
workers. Also the Democratic
Party today cannot count on
the support of the vast num-
Der Of voters who think a
coverup job was done by the
Truman administration on
Communists in the Govern
ment. Nor is the party likely,
without some evidence Of re-
pentance. to win the support
of the citizens who think cor
ruption and lax administrative
practices were not ferreted
out by the Truman admins
tration.
The chief trouble with the
Democratic Party strategists
is that they have not faced up
to the necessity Of Kidding
their party Of Trumanism-
q far worse form of demagog-
uery than McCarthyiSm as
portrayed by the anti-Mc-
Carthyites. It Is ironical, for
instance, to hear various DEM
ocratic leaders in Congress
protesting Indignantly about
the "dastardly" attacks of a
general nature on the Demo-
cratic Party made by Repub-
ncan speakers, though not a
syllable Of protest ever came
from the same sources when
Mr.. Truman was going I'D and
down the land in the last
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BY the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9.-Faulty
weather forecasts can't be blamed
on the Government.
So said an opinion Of the
United States Court of Appeals
here upholding dismissal of suits
filed by six Kansas City firms
which sought more than 81 mil
lion damage resulting from the
1851 Kansas City flood.
The firms had appealed earlier
dismissals of the suits by the
Federal District Court at Kansas
City. They accused Government
agencies, including the Weather
Bureau of giving out misin-
formation about the flood dur
ing July of 1851.
Misinformation about flood
stages and food crests, the firms
claimed. failed to give them suf-
ficient warning against the flood
and as a result some Of their
property was damaged. Suffi-
cient warning. they claimed,
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World War i Ace
. Dies in Korea Crash
BY the Associated Press

BLOOMFIELD. N. j., Feb. O.
A jet plane crash in Korea has
claimed the life of Air Force Maj.
Michael BreZas, World War II
ace who was credited with shoot
ing down "a Nazi planes.
His mother, Mrs. Mary Brezas
of Bloomfield. said yesterday she
received notification of the
majors death in the Friday
crash.
During World War II Mai.
Brezas was the WITHDRAWING ace
in the Mediterranean theater. In
addition to the "a planes he shot
down, he destroyed eight others
on the ground.
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Of the party fat cats" To
paraphrase Disraeli, their
complaints are a calamity but
If they wouldn't vote the
money. that would be q ca
tastrophe. They voted 1t.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton is still not out Of the
woods with the national COM
mittee. It Is and will remain
for some time a stronghold Of
the conservative. nationalist
thinking in the Republican
Party to which the Bricker
amendment is dear and recip-
rocal trade a boyle.
This group keeps alive party
feeling against Gov. Dewey of
New York. 1t admires Senator
Mccarthy who was hand
picked to run against the late
Senator LeFollette by one Of
its principal counselorS, Tom
Coleman of Wisconsin.
Since its members are chosen
by their State organizations,
it has to be remembered that
they reflect opinions and
alarms the White House can
not ignore. Yet to increase
their power with vital forms
of patronage. as the President
did in his first year by ap-
pointment of two Mccarthy
friends to the Federal Com
munications Commission. Is
only q form Of suicide on the
Presidents part.
In his first real test, Chair
man Hall showed q gift for
political management. A Sec
ond and more important test
looms in the roll calls which
begin in Congress this spring.
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tunity some day to come into
power in the Executive as well
as the Legislative branches of
the Government. But to win
such a victory the Democratic
Party cannot allow itself to
become the party of socialist
saboteurs who, under the pre-
tense of being liberal" want
to bring on the economic chaos
that would ultimately invite q
destruction Of human rights as
well as property rights.
It is q curious thing that not
a single Democrat anywhere
who is being considered in the
North as presidential timber
has had the courage to adopt
a conservatively liberal pro-
gram or to take issue with the
radicals in the party who now
feel they can count on both
Truman and Stevenson to
keep the Democratic Party on
the radical side Of the fence.
The Southern Democrats,
moreover. have been treated
with considerable contempt by
the Northern radicals on the
issue Of civil rights-one of the
most perplexing questions Of
all times and one on which
genuine efforts to attain unity
have been conspicuously lack
ing. Also, with reference to
labor-management legislation,
the viewpoint Of Southern
Democrats has been ignored in
party councils, thus tending
to force a coalition with North
ern Republicans in Congress.
The Democratic Party has
been at its best with the con-
sentative liberalism of Wood
row Wilson. which unfortu-
nately was accepted only oc-
casionally by the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The time Is
long overdue for a new leader
to emerge who can unite the
Democratic Party and rescue
it from the extremists who act
as If they have q permanent
claim on the right to make its
policies. Usually new leader
ship energies either among
Governors Of States or mem
bers Of the House and Senate.
There Is no sign of such a
leadership as yet anywhere
and the Democratic Party is
losing valuable time letting the
public believe that it has per-
manently embraced Truman
ism.
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luxury. the printed word car
ries a good deal of weight. The.
French newspapers, with the
exception Of L'Humanite and
a few other Communist organs.
have found Molotov's stand on
all subjects presented so far at
Berlin definitely disappoint-
ing" Even neutralist journals
ceased, for the time being at
least, their clamor that Amer
lea intends to fight the
U. S. S. r. with nuclear weap-
ons and the blood Of European
soldiers.
There is an optimistic wave
among our diplomats now that
the "irreducible" opposition in
the French National Assembly
to the European Defense Com
munity plan, which provides
for inclusion of IL West Ger
man divisions in a continental
European army. may undergo
some important changes after
the Berlin conference ends.
Political forecasters, these
days, are even less sure Of their
ground than weather fore
casters. Molotov may have
some more tricks in his Red
bag. The powerful Communist
group in the Assembly may
demand Mr.. Bidault's head
when he returns to Paris.
Domestic politics may find
other parliamentarian groups
on their side to get him out Of
the government. All these are
definite possibilities. But there
is no doubt that the efforts Of
the Soviet foreign minister
have boomeranged and some
sections Of French public opin-
ion will see more clearly than
in the past the true detectives
OF the Kremlin's love" for
France.
Insofar as this country Is
concerned. the few who still
believed that something could
be done with the new regime
in the Kremlin" must see now
its aims in their full nakedness.
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Gift Horse Available

AUSTIN. Tex. (R.-The lit
tie Minneapolis schoolgirl with
a yen for a Texas horse can
have one if she comes to Texas
after it and rides it home.
The offer was received by
Secretary Of State Howard
Carney yesterday from Guy H.
Tommy Tomlinson of San
Angeles and Tulia.
Miss Andrea Michalik wrote
the Secretary Of State last
week seeking a sample" of
Texas. She said she would
prefer a horse and inclosed a
dime for postage.
There must be some ranch
man who has SO many he can
spare me one" she wrote.
Mr.. Tomlinson told Mr..
Carney he has a surplus of
horses, including one for An
drea. But Andrea will have to
claim the mare at his ranch
in Tulia and ride her home.
Mr.. Tomlinson said.
The dime? Mr.. Tomlinson
said he would refund that. too.
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Lowell MeHett-

Not much business Is being
transacted in either house Of
Congress this week and not
much will be during this month
Of February. The first half
Of the month is being devoted
to the memory Of Abraham
Lincoln, the second half to the
memory Of Andrew Jackson
and Thomas jefferson. This
requires a number Of the Re-
publican statesmen to scatter
over the country, stuff them
selves with Lincoln Day din
ners and, lest the people for
get. remind them that the
Great Emancipator was a Re-
publican, strange as 1t may
now seem. The Democratic
statesmen, in their turn, will
associate themselves and their
party with the virtues of the
first two great Democrats. BY
q gentlemen's agreement those
who remain in Washington
will not take advantage Of
these absentees and enact any
controversial legislation. Come
March the legislative record Of
the SD Congress will continue
to have the Senate's passage
of the st. Lawrence Seaway
bill as its one lonely important
achievement to date. Repub-
lican Chairman Leonard Hall
in the course Of a television
quiz Sunday mentioned the st.
Lawrence bill five times.
Considerable com mittee
work is being carried on while
the party orators are away.
The Joint Committee on the
Economic Report, for one, Is
holding hearings. Economists
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have been called from the
universities and big business
organizations to tell the COM
mittee whether the present re-
ceSsion really is a recession or
merely something imagined by
the prophets of gloom and
doom. The administration, Of
course, clings to the latter
theory. Sherman Adams, as
sistant to the President, came
out Of his White House bur-
row on Grounding Day, saw
his shadow and scuttled back
in, but not before he had ut
tered q phrase destined to be
immortal for q couple of
weeks. Fear Dealt" he
Snarled, in a cute take-oh on
Mr.. Truman's Fair Deal. Just
the same, he did see his
shadow and all economists
agree on what That means, al
though they seldom agree on
anything else.
If the joint committees hear
ingS are to mean much to aver
age citizens there is one group
that should not be overlooked,
as 1t has so often been In the
past. This is the large group
called consumers, the people
who pay the prices that make
up the cost of living. There is
now available to the commit
tee an organization dedicated
entirely to the interests Of this
group. It is called the Con-
sumers' Union and it has be.
come available for testimony
thanks to a generous impulse
on the part Of the House IN
American Activities.
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Doris FIeeson-
Dors FIeeson-
The OIdGuurd Likes Ike, but
New DeoIish Tinge Of the Teams Crusade Draws
A Joundiced Eye, But Victory in Fall Comes First

In its weekend meeting
here the Republican National
Committee acted much like
tired parents who are glad
to see their daughter married
at long last but are not quite
up to Dragging about their
new Son-in-law.
Committee tensions arise
chiefly from patronage trou-
bleS and the New Dealish
tinge of the Eisenhower pro-
gram. The pro-Taft wing,
still the committee majority.
feels it has been Disseminated
against in some areas. Other
committeeman protest they
will not ask their members of
Congress to vote for policies
such members voted against
while Democrats were in
power.
National Chairman Leonard
Hall and Publicity Director
Robert Humphreys deftly
sought to channel the emo
tional drive thus generated
into the service of the fall
campaign.
Hall, a big, smiling man,
joked with them about their
problems and, so to speak,
threw them the cabinet and
Eisenhower staff to work on.
With his humor, he combined
an incesSant practical remind
er that the true cure lay In
increasing Republican power,
which means capturing real
control Of Congress this fall.
His good temper and good
sense were effective and no
untoward Incidents marred
the outward harmony.