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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-06-10
But They Need Help

We have case in point in the
story Of the young King Josiah He
was eight years old when he came
10 the throne His father. King
Anon. had been a bad man and
a bad king. so bad that his oWn
servants had q palace revolution
and killed him There must have
been something promising about
little Josiah. because we read that
the people Of the land made hun
king as we would say, elected
him This was remarkable. be
cause IN the ancient Near East it
was Just as il is in some Of our
neighborinR countries today. If
king or president is asSassi-
mated one OF the plotters is gen
orally the next king But the
people picked out little Josiah and
made him king Boy like. he did
nothing particularly worth men
tioning for eight years Then.
when he was 10 years old he
began TO seek after the God Of
David Now whenever a boy with
worthless parents turns out to be
fine character With a sincere
faith, Il is safe to guess that some
one has been there influencing
the boy FOR good Boys and girls
seldom develop into mature Chris
tisns without help Later We read
that Josiah was acquainted with
the best and most God fearing
men Of his time. and We can be
reasonably sure that this young
kings wise and steady leadership,
his growth in faith. his construc-
tive reforms. were spanked by
some OF these priests and prophets
who were his close friends
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-06-10
TssH.asers Are the Church Of
1emevrev

Whenever a boy or girl who hss
been confirmed or Joined the
church, stops going 70 church
and perhaps slips down from good
70 bad and from bad 10 worse,
thoughtful persons viii ask. who's
to blame" The fault may very
well be in the church. not in the
young people Boys and girl. need
wise help from older Christians.
Young people corning in,o re
church are aluay. commended
70 TIE fellowship e. TIE church
er Vor1. e TIA. esee. But hcv
much fellowship Dc they GET, A.
cMcer in church once com
planned that his church paid TOO
much attention 10 young people.
Young folks don't contribute, =
he said Not in money. Of counsel
But don't teen-sgers contribute
ars~.--r7
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-06-10

Prince Edward has been careful not I'd
set state pattern for integration 1t has
done nothing except TO comply with state
lau
Whether e. not Section ~ Of the Nlr-
glnla Constitution has been abolished b1
the I s Supreme Courts ruling is a ques-
ton yet to be determined In our opinion II
has been abolished
Judge Leon Battles finding that bonds
authorized prior TO the decision Of May II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-11-02
Judge 0uiz1es
Attorney in
Plea

RALEIGH. N. c., Nov. 2 R,.
The lawyer for Richard Kluck-
Hhohn ran into q series OF uues-
tions fro mthe bench yesterday
las he argued the appeal Of the
young University Of Chicago
graduate student from an invol-
untary manslaughter conviction.
1 Chief Justice M. v. Barnhill
put the questions to Howard
4 Manning as the attorney sought
to convince the court 1t should
order q new trial Of the strange
lease which grew out Of the kill
ling Of Miss Bernice Seawell. Of
Arlington. Va, from q hotel room
window here last May IS. Miss
Seawell. a Federal government
worker, was on a shopping tour
lat the time Of the staying.
Decision Later
The Supreme Court took the
case under amusement and will
give lbs decision later, probably
lin a month or SO.
Justice Barnhili first asked Mr..
Manning If the evidence did not
show Kluckhohn, 2l-year-oId son
lof Harvard University faculty
members. was dry firing his
German Lnger pistol when it
went on and killed Miss Seawell
in 4 parking lot Just outside the
hotel.
why don't these bare facts
make him guilty." asked Justice
lBarnhill. -
The youth has denied he was
.'dry firing. Z answered Mr.. Man
ming. and there was only one witt
Mesa Chapel Hill police Of
lficer-who testified Kiuckhohn
said he was. dry firing. I The Of
ficer's testimony, Mr.. Manning
added, was Inconsistent" with
the statements OF other witnesses.
Pulled Unconscionsly
Justice Barnhill asked II
IKiuckhorn denied pulling the
trigger and Mr.. Manning said
| Kluckhorn did not deny it but
that he pulled unconsciously
when he picked 1t up after clean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-11-02
Strike Called Off

OSAKA japan. NOV. q (H1.
All h,st one "a Japan's big 10
cotton spInnkss unions. compris-
Ing I'D 100 workers, had called
OH thelr strike for higher wages
|by last night Eight 81 the
unions settled their dispute with
monthly pay boosts averaging q
little over i dollar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-11-02
Alliance Guards Peace,
lStussen Tells Rritons

LONDON, Nov. 2 ca Harold
lStassen. special disarmament
adviser to President Eisenhower.
said yesterday prospects for
world peace will stay bright as
long as the United States and
Britain stand firm together.
Mr.. Stassen stopped over in
London to address the Anglo
American Society on his way TO
Geneva to join Secretary Of
State Dulles In disarmament
talks with Russia. France and
Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-11-02

tfacts9" he asked, without the
court ruling he was insane ct
the time the trigger was fired.
Mr.. Manning said the youth
was not seeking an insanity
ruling, but that pulling the trig-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-11-02

ling the weapon.
Later Justice Barnhill observed
that the youth had picked UP
1.-THE gun and fred it while 1t was
pointing out the window. How
ARE you going to escape those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-11-02
ALAN r AINE
EA. TIERS

Imported from England BY Wood
word q Lothrop Alan Paine Of.
Godolrine knits With fine wool
and cashmere yorns to plense'
sportsnen Of discerning toste n.
ehorcOol medium oroy, beige,
light Blue, navy ond hork eolors.
Cashmere sweaters shown, Sleeve
less 22.5O
Long sleeve puIIoyer $3.50
Other Aion Poine sweaters;
500 cashmere 500 wool bIend
Sleeveless. 100
Pullcver. 1000
Wool sweaters. Sleeveless 8.9s
PuIIover. 1885
VOL The Mems Store. 7nd Floor
oIso Chevy chose nnd AIexcndrIo
Evening star., 1955-02-11
DECATUR STREET.

Dear Sir:
lone does not have to go beyond
the confines of ones own garden to
observe many interesting things IN
nature.
Certainly bird feeding gives one
very pleasant way of getting acquainted
with the habits of birds.
lone may not see great numbers
of species in the backyard, but 1t is
good to know few very well.
II enjoy having two mockingbirds
come to my porch for raisins. One OF
them will perch on the kitchen window
and look into the room.
IF I fail to respond, it will fly up
in front of the window close to the
pane to attract my attention.
when I put out the raisins, 1t flies
down and scolds the other for taking
some!
Blue jays yell thief and come for
peanuts.
"Starlings and sparrows fight over
the slices of bread l throw out
1T rather enjoy watching the star
lings fight. One time one of these
birds got another down fiat on its back.
"They are such vigorous birds. They
enjoy baths SO much. have seen
several in the bird bath at the same
time, splashing and enjoying the water
like boys in swimming pool.
This morning / saw them find
broken place in the ice and take bath
as usual.
Evening star., 1955-02-11
A Real Good Neiqhbor

To the extent that the slipping of
friendly cup or two of coffee Is a mark of
good neighborlineSs, Western Hemisphere
relations should be considerably improved
by development in Brazil. This was the
decision by the Rio de Janeiro government
to increase its subsidy to Brazilian coffee
exporters, permitting quick and subStan-
tial wholesale price reduction in New York
and other importing markets. Almost as
quickly the wholesale price drops were
followed by slashes on the neighborhood
grocery shelves.
AS the greatest coffee growing nation in
the world, Brazil customarily supplies more
than 60 per cent of the coffee needed by u.s.
Unusual droughts and frosts were major
factors during the past two years in pushing
up the prices in Brazil. The crop supply
still is limited, but competition from other
producers prompted the recent subsidy
action.
Now that the chain of events has been
set in motion, it may be that the nickel
cup Of coffee, or the free second cup, again
will become part of our life and times
Evening star., 1955-02-11
New MONTGOMERY Manager

After looking long and far aaeld, Mont
gomery County has picked one of its own
residents for the important county manager
post, vacant since last May. From all
reports, the county made good selection
in the person of Melvin L. Reese, a Federal
executive.
While the County Council had sought
the services of a professional county or city
manager, Mr.. Reese has background of
industrial and Government management
that should enable him to shoulder his
county responsibilities with competence. He
has the advantage over an outsider of close
acquaintance with the county and its prob
lens He is a member of the International
City Managers Association. Mr. Reese de-
Evening star., 1955-02-11
Cool to Reserve Program

read with interest Col E. R.
Tausch's letter in which he stated his
case for the maintenance of an active
and, if necessary, compulsory military
reserve program in this country. l
would like to take issue with his views
and those of others who advance similar
ideas. and also consider some of the
basic principles underlying this ques-
ton.
I think the compulsory creation of a
large active reserve would lull us into
false security of confidence in numbers
alone. This might lead to an atmos-
phere similar to that which existed in
France when her confidence rested
mainly on the Maginot Line.
fail to see that weekly meetings and
annual encampments would actually
prepare the American soldiery to an
appreciably greater degree for future
conflicts than does the present two-year
active duty program. Despite his addi-
tional six years of reserve duties, SOL
dier trained according to principles OF
combat utilized in Korea might very
well find h nself totally ineffective in
any possible future conflict. For exam
pie. the foxhole warfare of World War
II quickly outmoded the trench-based
tactics of World War I, but was itself
soon shelved in favor of the bunker
combat of Korea.
am opposed to any program for COM
pulsory reserve obligations on the part
of veterans because think its negative
influences on our society would be
greater than its positive ones. and that
it would also be seriously inadequate,
due to the nature of communism. to the
task at hand.
ID. l. n
Evening star., 1955-02-11
By Charles E. TroceweN
ID. L. N.

Perhaps it is the everyday, the hum
drum, if we look at life properly.
Sometimes people who love the birds
are inclined to talk only about the
new and rare ones they see.
This is all to the good, just as 1t
should be, but behind the rarities and
the novelties stand the plain everyday
birds of garden and hedgerow.
"It is good to know few very WELL"
says our cheerful correspondent.
This is sometimes forgotten by those
who want to impress somebody I'M
pressing others, too, is good in its way.
but often 1t lis overdone. There Is
something to life that does not feel
the need for impressing, or making
show; perhaps the humble birds. such
as sparrows and starlings, know this
better than the boaster behind the
window.
After ALL isn't the common sparrow
some sort of relative Of the cardinal?
It is easy and pleasant and friendly
to make some sort of human noise,
when taking out food for the birds.
This way, they know what is coming.
but maybe they see the one with food
first of all, because they have very
sharp little eyes. That is one reason
why a cat seldom catches one. The
bell for the cat is not at all necessary.
All collar does is make ridge in the
fellows fur. And he must feel so silly.
The birds have lived with cats for mil
lions of years. 1t is mostly their keen
sight that saves them. not their hearing.
Evening star., 1955-02-11

Der of actual classroom teachers seems
larger than it is, and the pupil-load
thus sounds much lighter
But ask any English teacher. any
math or science teacher. and you will
discover the real situation, which is
heart breaking to those who want to
do a good teaching job. If you were an
English teacher with 160 students daily,
how many themes could you grade for
any one student in six weeks? And how
can our children learn English without
such practice?
AS a mother of several children who
will need good college prep courses,
have been waiting a long time for
school administrators to ask for addl-
tional salaries for academic teachers in
Junior and senior highs. understand
that in senior highs, the English. math,
and biology teachers average the heav-
lest loads, and that the Junior highs
are in more dire straits than the senior
highs. though they need smaller
classes because the children are more
"allergic to adult authority" at that
stage.
It is true Dr. Corning has asked for
salaries for so teachers for retarded
children, and this was callously cut by
the Commissioners (who seem to value
everything else above our children's
school needs. How much more do we
need help for our average and our
bright children, who are our only hope
for the future!
Instead of misleading averaging OF
pupil loads, suggest that the goal be:
mo class over 33 and no teacher with
more than four classes!" How many
salaries would it take to accomplish
this? Whatever it costs, it is worth it:
it would cost less than poorly educated.
even delinquent. children. and teachers
worn to nervous exhaustion.
If you care about our children, get
your citizens groups and PTA groups
to ask Congress to employ more "aca-
demic- subject" teachers; get down to
the hearings of the subcommittee on
appropriations for the District of Co
lumbla, which will be scheduled soon
and make yourself heard before the
1856 Appropriations Act is passed. IT
you don't care about your child's
schooling, nobody else will.
Aren't there other parents and teach
ers and good citizens who feel as do?
Worried Mother.
Evening star., 1955-02-11
Hiqh Court Oversteps?

Nowhere in the Constitution or any
of it's amendments is there any dele
CATION of power to the Federal Govern
ment to operate in the field OF educa-
ton. The Tenth Amendment says that
powers not delegated to the Federal
Government are reserved to the States
or to the people.
The Supreme Courts decision IN the
school segregation cases is not judi
cial Interpretation of the Constitution.
It is a political decision. grounded
not in law but in Earl Warren's notions
about sociology
The Supreme Courts job for the
United States is to interpret the law
instead of stating what 1t thinks the
law ought to be. 1t is up to Congress
to make the laws and change the laws
and up to the Supreme Court to in
terpret such laws.
Daniel B. Felker.
Evening star., 1955-02-11
The Message

I see it noD. The lamplioht shining on
The dark head bent aboUe his task, the
eyes
Dreaming into the future. And I hear
The pen scratch as words come; the
phrases t1ise
And eloquent and beautiful. e.. all
men
Created equal :" and the humble
thought
81. nor long remember :" but
indeed tCe do,
We do, oh mighty leader! Well you
wrought
A pattern so magnificent, so true
Time cannot change til PROUDLY our
hearts treasure
And giDe deDotion too. In last full
measured
GeroIdine Ross
Evening star., 1955-02-11
Burke Showdown Inevitable

The controversial Burke airport pro-
posal has been thrust forward again by
release of planning experts report to the
Fairfax County Planning Commission. And
the commissions immediate move to delete
the consultant's inclusion of the airport in
the countys master plan will add fuel to the
long -smoldering dispute. This is all to the
good, for the Burke airport issue cannot
be allowed to drag along interminably. A
showdown is inevitable-just as some off,
cials assert that an airport at Burke is
inevitable, despite opposition of some prop
erty owners.
ConSultant Francis Dodd McHugh, hired
by the county to advise on preparation Of
a master development plan for the growing
Fairfax area, refused to eliminate the Burke
proposal from his report, although urged to
do so by the Planning Commission. He con-
tended that an auxiliary Washington Ma
tional Airport at Burke, as authorized by
Congress, would be an asset to the county
and that, anyway, Fairfax County must face
the fact that the Burke area is the logical
site for a critically needed alternate air
terminal. He shares the view of Charles c.
Robinson, executive director of the Northern
Virginia Regional Planning Commission,
that the county should weigh the advantages
as we'll as the disadvantages of an airport.
Another fact that Fairfax County must
face is that the Federal Government still
has an 100000 investment in the Burke
SITE The Government holds title to more
than 1000 acres of land acquired for the
airport. 1t bought this land in good faith,
after numerous surveys had settled on
Burke as the best location for new airport
to relieve dangerous congestion at Gravelly
Point. Opposition by nearby property own
ers backed at the time by MarylanderS
plugging for use of Friendship International
Airport, near Baltimore, as an alternate
Washington terminal, caused Congress to
cut off further funds for the Burke under
taking, The project has been at standstill
ever since.
This absurd stalemate must be broken,
one way or another, before long. Perhaps the
survey of public opinion in the county ad-
vocated by Representative Broyhill would
be helpful in deciding whether the project
should be revived or killed. An airing of
views in the forthcoming public discussions
of the McHugh report, under auspices of the
Planning Commission, also should hasten
a final settlement of the Burke issue. While
the question remains hanging in midair,
public safety continues subject to the risks
of an overcrowded National Airport on the
Potomac River.
Evening star., 1955-02-11
In the Governments Interest

Since one of the purposes of pay-raiSe
legislation for the courts is to improve the
administration of justice, it is important
that prosecutors as we'll as judges be in
cluded in any pay bill finally enacted. Just
as the relatively low salaries OF Federal
jurists have discouraged some highly quail
fed lawyers from accepting appointment
to the bench, so the inadequate pay OF
United States attorneys and assistant at
torneys has made it difficult to obtain and
maintain competent prosecution staffs.
Only one of the two judiciary pay bills
pending before Congress gives recognition
to this important enforcement problem.
This is the one reported to the House by
its Judiciary Committee.
The Senate Judiciary Committee re-
ported a bill containing no mention OF
United States attorneys or their legal STATS,
despite urgent requests by the Department
of Justice that prosecutors be given pay
increases. These were to 60 along with
increases for judges and legislators. The
committee explained that the prosecutors
could be taken care of later in separate
legislation. But the chances of putting
through special raises for these officers of
the courts at some later time would be
rather slim. United States Attorney Rover
and other key prosecutors in the various
districts have reported to the Attorney Cen
eral their troubles in trying to hire compe-
tent lawyers to handle the Governments
side in cases which often pit them against
high-salaried lawyers in private practice.
The bill before the House, however,
would increase the pay of all United States
attorneys and their assistants, as well as the
assistant attorneys general An effort will
be made to secure House passage of this
measure prior to scheduled Senate action
on it's own bill 1t is to be hoped this move
will succeed and that the House version will
be accepted by the Senate in lieu of the
lopsided bill reported by the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
Evening star., 1955-02-11
Critical of School Board Member

At the risk of being misunderstood
by some of my fellow Americans, find.
nevertheless. that too must support
the resolution of the Brfghtwood Citi-
zens' Association asking for the re-
moval of DR.. Margaret j. Butcher as
member of the District Board OF Edu-
cation because of her seemingly dedl-
Gated services in the interest OF the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
After careful study of DR.. Butchers
status as member of the board, ! have
failed to discover any grounds for a
conclusion different from that reached
by the Brightwood Association. 1t is
Enthusiastically clear to me, and it should
be unbeatable to others equally as
observant, that Dr.. Butcher has very
definitely disqualified herself as an I'M
partial member of the Board of Edu-
cation by hiring herself out to the
NAACP as an interested" overseer OF
separate State integration programs.
The Board of Education"is body spon-
sored and supported by the residents
of the District of Columbia, and per-
ceive that DR.. Butchers responsibilities
and obligations are solely to these Dis
trict residents.
1t is also my understanding that edu-
cation boards are appointed, or elected,
to administer the education and train
ing programs for all the teachers and
schools under their juriSdiction-tiil
being done without any one member
becoming physically or publicly identl-
fed with any one group or with any
one school. I am aware, of course, that
in some localities-and perhaps it is so
here in the District-board members
are appointed or elected to represent
particular groups or particular districts
or wards But, again, I am forced to
fall back upon my understanding OF
the boards purposes, and in this wise
say that even in such representative
instances one hardly hears OF member
leaving his or her post to go on such an
expensive iaunt as that presently en-
gagged in by DR. Butcher. I am sure
that the millions of NAACP members
which comprise Anglo-SaXon and He
brew Americans as we'll as colored--
would prefer that this money be used
to either set up culture centers for
colored migrants from the South, who
need help in their change from one
social and economic environment to
another or used to provide a much
needed corps OF democratically-and
Christian trained social workers who
would visit some of those blighted Sums
and crime-ridden neighborhoodS and
see if they couldn't first get some OF
these previously unintegrated Americans
Evening star., 1955-02-11
BIomes All on YuItu Pact

The current disastrous turn of world
events would never have taken place
had it not been for the ignoble Yalta
pact, whose 10th anniversary falls on
February IL.
It was the crime Of Yalta which set
in motion an unending chain Of trag-
edies that has affected the course OF
postwar history.
On this fateful anniversary, one Won
ders how statesmen who directed our
foreign policy strategy could have been
so blind as to place their trust in the
Soviets who joined the war in 1929, as
Hitlers criminal partners, with the pur-
pose of carving up the world among
themselves.
AS the world sinks deeper and deeper
into Red slavery, it appalls me to think
there are still many Americans who.
while they would shudder at the
thought of permitting gangsters to do
as they wish in this country, advocate
Just such a policy toward the Red van
dals. These pseudo liberals, while giving
their blessings to the Red murderers
and robbers. denounce the intended VIC
tins of Red aggression for their refusal
to submit to their own self-destructlon.
After years of shameful appeasement
of wrongdoing, followed by vacillating
and unstable foreign policy. congress
sional approval of the presidential de-
cision to defend Formosa comes as a
welcome change.
Any hope of peaceful collaboration
with criminals is a dangerous Illusion.
To abolish war, aggressors must be
disarmed just as we disarm criminals.
In the meantime. the curse Of Yalta
will continue to haunt mankind until
the blunders of the past are rectified.
Charles RoZmarek,
President, Polish American Congress.
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