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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-24
SERVICES

DlICHlNG let us dig your
bitches, septic tanks. etc. by ma
chine. especially designed for that
purpose. Rural work solicited
Putney Plumbing and Heating
Phone ABB. Farmville. Va 4-21-tf
POWER and Hand Mowers sharp
ened and repaired Call us for
pickup. Motley Hdwe. Co. phone
302. 5-4-tf
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-24

TTMBEELArJD and cut over land
highest prices paid Landon At
kins, Realtor Planters Bank
Bldg. Farmville. Phone BOOM or
1873. 6-24-tf
Stage CUTTER used cutter.
Thomas l. T.mbellake. Jl Balls
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-24

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1883 NASH custom con-
vertible Nash rambler. HYDRO
matte Transmission, white side
wall tires Excellent condition
Call o.. see John F1eenor. q. Vega
noke Hotel Phone 3I5 1908
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-24
FOR SALE

sTOVEWOOD: Dry kindling
blocks and stove length. Special
prices for quantity orders. Buffalo
Shook Co 12-9-tf
RESTAURANT = For sale by
owner. with A. B. c. license and
taxi business, if desired. been in
business since 1888. New stainless
steel equipment, new floor and
newly painted inside and out
side. This is a money maker and
can be bought cheap A. E. Crate.
Jr., Coffee Shop. Farmville, Va
7-2D-.}
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HOUSE Farmville, unfinished
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-24
1850 CHEVROLET

4 dO0r 9eddn, SP1SiQT DeLuNe
Complete with c}I accessories.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-24
1851 STUDEBAkER

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1854 OLDSfOBILE

Holiday Coupe Hydromotic
transmission Ivory & Blue
finish. White siStewoII tires
Excellent condition.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-24
1853 CHEVROLET

Fully equipped WITH automatic
transmission, power steering,
A-door, 2-tone green finish
ROdiO and Heater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04

This particular memo also noted that
Republican Senator's were not responsible
for the statements in it except such as
they are willing to indorse."
The hoped-for effect of this is to put
the Communists in the same political
camp with the Democrats, while leaving
an escape route open for Republican Sem
atorS with sense enough to use it. 1t is
a shabby piece of business, and it seems
to us that the Republican leadership, If
smart, will move in fast and put stop
to it.
What is little hard to understand
is the uproar on the Democratic side of
the aisle. Why are Senators Sparkman,
Neuberger and Humphrey trying to choke
off, in its infancy, this abundant source
of ammunition? Certainly the voters are
not going to pay any attention to Com
muniSt Lightfoot. But the staff of the
G. O. P. Policy Committee, given time,
might come up with some more boners-
all of which the Democrats could convert
to their own uses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
H-Bomb Deaths

Those perennial antagonists-Dem-
ocratic Senator Jackson and Defense
Secretary WilSon-found themselves in
accord on one question last week. It
seems to us, however, that both were
mistaken.
This rare agreement came with
respect to testimony given the Symington
subcommittee by Lieutenant General Cav
in, the Army'S research and development
chief. General Gavin told closed session
of the subcommittee that full-scale
American nuclear attack on Russia would
kill several hundred million" people, in
Guiding many in surrounding countries.
He also agreed that ITO H-bombs dropped
on the United States would kill or MAIN
70-mllion people and leave large areas
uninhabitable for generation. This
testimony was subsequently approved for
publication by Vice Admiral Arthur C.
Davis, who is in charge of cenSoring
closed-SeSsion testimony. Admiral Davis
took the position that this information is
more or less a matter of general knowl-
edge, and that his job is to delete only
security data.
Senator Jackson announced, however,
that he was shocked" by the release of
the information. 1t was a major blum
der" he said, from the standpoint of our
relationship with our allies" Mr.. Wilson
seemed to be substantially in agreement
with this viewpoint.
We do not see much merit in their
positions. If hundreds of millions of peo-
pie would die in a nuclear war, it is
hardly a kindness to withhold this in
formation from them. 1t seems to us that
they have right to know the truth, and,
knowing it, that they might just possibly
be able to exercise restraining influence
on potential war-maker Furthermore,
the Symington subcommittee set out to
publicize as fully as possible, subject only
to security considerations, the story of
nuclear warfare. Why complain when it
succeeds in doing just that?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
Tempting Fate

The Grand Canyon air collision was
exactly the type of tragedy which avia-
ton experts have said could result from
the growing air-traffic congestion at the
National Airport here. What more than
the Arizona disaster is needed to bring
action by the administration on the
stalled Burke airport project?
Hope that the lesson has not been
lost has been generated by the reported
decision of the Commerce Department
to go ahead with the stalled Burke
project, If Congress grants the funds
The CAA has asked for S31 million
with which to resume the undertaking
In nearby Virginia. The final decision
Will be up to Congress. In the past it has
refused to appropriate further money for
the Burke plan.
The Senate Commerce Committee,
after extended hearings, strongly rec
commended that an auxiliary air terminal
be built at Burke without further delay
In the interest of aviation safety. TeSti-
mony showed that air-traffic congestion
at the National Airport is dangerous and
growing worse. The Federal Government
already has spent nearly 81 million on
land in the Burke area as a site for an
airport. Congress shut off further appro-
priationS after protests had been received
from property owners and others-in-
Guiding advocates of Baltimore's Friend
ship Airport as substitute for second
Washington airport.
The Senate committee considered
these objections carefully and rejected
them, by large majority vote. We hope
that the administration and Congress,
this time, will resist political pressures
and accept the committees advice. Fur
ther dillydallying is risky, with human
safety at stake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
Smear Sheet

1t looks as though the Democrats, If
they will just be patient, may have their
campaign issues handed to them on
silver platter by the G. o. p opposition.
Let us take, for example, the case of
the memorandum which has just been
put out by the staff of the Senate Repub-
lican Policy Committee. This little gem
a really monumental piece of stupidity
calls as its main witness one Claude
Lightfoot a Communist who has been
convicted under the Smith Act. The
memo relying on this convicted conspir-
ator as its authority, says; THE official
Communist line has now been announced:
The Republicans must be defeated and
all support thrown to the Democrats A
Democratic Party victory is essential
A spokesman for the committee staff
says these memos are sent out for such
use as Republican Senators may see At
to make of them in their speeches, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04

/ looked forward to reading
the series Of articles by Vic
tor Riesel. Mr.. Riesel has
great deal to say, and certainly
he has earned a license to
say it.
Racketeering in labor union
circles has been the subject
of number of commentaries
over the past 20 years. Unfor-
tunately. those who have
sought to publicize the facts
in this connection have uni
versally been criticized as re-
dictionary labor baiters. or
worse, and the position of
racketeers in labor unions has
actually been protected by the
Government in many instances.
Truthfully. it must be rec
ognized that Mr.. Riesel's suf-
fering will be in vain unless he,
and people like him, receive
the support of the press. which
is supposedly dedicated to the
principles Of justice. Unfor-
tunately, the working meh
whose civil rights are destroyed
every day by racketeering tao
tics Of labor union leaders
have no Civil Rights Commit
tee, Americans for Democratic
Action, or NAACP to publiciSe
their plight. Further, the more
respectable elements In labor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04

They packed their picnic things
Dhen lunch ,DdS over
And Uent TO match the little
torn band gather.
The drum-roH broke the air
like mdrbled thunder
And then then sang the
anthem all together.
NeWly 1Dhite-iced for the oc-
cdSion's sake,
The bdndStdnd Smelled OF
paint and shoue like
cake,
Hinged NTH Sky-tilted faces
pink NTH sun
And pure content for sum
mer Just begun.
At the songs end, the starred
and Storied banner
Stirred. but the croiUd in the
enchanted manner
OF holidays stood While a
moment rolled
Silent as one tear down a
face oro,Un old.
And then the children oalloped
bdcb TO climb
on the iron cdnnonS turned
TO TOYS by time.
Virginia Brosier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
u. S. Crimes Abroad

observer" may quote all the
Constitution he wants, but
that does not reach the issues
involved in the Supreme
Courts decision to uphold the
courts-martial in the cases of
the two civilian women tried
for crimes committed over
seas. The jurisdiction to try an
individual for a crime belongs
to the state, country, or ma
ton in which the crime was
committed. If a crime is COM
mitted in Virginia by a citizen
of North Carolina, the citizen
of North Carolina is tried in
Virginia under Virginia laws
and North Carolina has no
right to try the individual at
all. Likewise. if a crime is COM
mitted in England by a citizen
Of the United States, the
United States has no juris-
diction to try the individual
unless England has relin-
pushed its sovereign right in
such cases to the United
States. Looking at it CONVEX
sely. if an Englishman COM
mits a crime here, do we have
to return him to England to
be tried for it? No. because no
crime has been committed
against England.
Consequently, foreign coun-
tries have sole. jurisdiction to
try crimes committed in their
country and foreign courts are
not bound by our Constitution.
Since so many of our citizens
are in foreign countries as a
result of our troops being
there, some method had to be
devised to protect them by
our laws if possible. When Con-
gress gave courts-martial power
to try such civilians, it gave
those citizens the rights of our
theories of law and our con-
cept of sentencing in respect to
the individual crimes and the
right to habeas corpus. No such
rights are had in foreign
courts.
Is it better to be tried by a
foreign court, in a foreign
tongue and you may not I'M
derstand land there is no
guarantee of an interpreter),
under strange laws that may
sentence you to life for what
we consider a misdemeanor?
Or had you rather place your
self under the jurisdiction of
United States court-martial?
Take your choice.
X. n. Carroll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
TronquiIizers Disturb Psychiotrists
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

same time concerned about
the apparently widespread use
of these drugs by the public
for relief of common anxiety,
emotional upSets, nervousness
and the routine tensions of
everyday living. Casual use of
the drugs in this manner is
medically unsound and consti-
tutes a public danger. The
tranquilizing drugs have not
been in use long enough to
determine their full range,
duration and medical signif1-
canoe of their side effects.
Use of these drugs is no more
to be encouraged than use of
any other drug except where
proper medical diagnosis de-
termines that drug is indi-
Gated to maintain the life and
functioning of a person. Pre-
scribing a drug for emotional
illness carries with it an obli-
CATION for continuing appraisal
and supervision by physicians
fully aware of the psychiatric
symptoms involved"
Several Investigations
Several far-reaching inves-
legations now are underway or
planned for the near future.
the association points out.
One already has been
launched in Veterans Admin
istration hospitals. Others are
being started by the United
States Public Health Service
and the National Research
Council.
1T is important" the state
ment continues, Ito be aware
of subtle pressures that COM
bine to foster public misun-
Outstanding and misuse of the
drugs. There is the eagerness
of the public and of ply
sicians themselves, for good
news about a new treatment
for psychiatrlc disorders. This
tends to foster popular stories
based on optimistic reports OF
early and limited research, be.
fore such findings can be re-
produced and validated. There
is normal competition among
pharmaceutical houses to re-
fine, promote and sell their
own particular products. This
competition should not in
volve physicians in public
relations enterprises directed
toward premature announce
ment of successful USE of par
ticular products.
The National Association Of
Science Writers now is investi-
eating a particularly fragrant
case a few months ago in
which apparent pressure was
brought in Washington to put
over" a tranquilizer, some Of
the claims for which later were
disowned by the manufactur.
erS themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

west section-almost in Mary
land-ordered 6 pounds of the
precious ingredient.
When it came in, some one
forgot to put her name on it.
The other ladies. arriving all
steamed up for dextrose, got 1t
all.
The clerk wondered, he said,
why the sudden rush on dex-
trose. but not having read
the magazine, thought nothing
of it.
Now the lady arrives to get
her previous six pounds.
Your six pounds" gasps
the clerk. Il didn't know it was
all for you"
What has become of my
dextrose?" she walls.
III order you some more"
says the clerk. catching on at
last.
But you can't" the lady
cries. i tried a wholesale drug
house, and they haven't got
any. either!"
So the rest of us. male and
female alike. will have to wait
a while, to try this latest
miracle diet.
The calories in it were 900.
Now, any diet with 900 CAL
cries worth of food in a day
will reduce one just as we'll.
of course.
But that will be an ordinary
reducing diet, and this new
liquid diet. based on mothers
milk. is a novelty. and by be-
ing unlike the ordinary daily
diet, probably would work
better, at least for a time.
The novelty. in reducing, has
its place, because it helps to
make people do what they
know they ought to do, that
is, eat abstemiously. at least
for a time.
A famous British doctor. in
the old days, when told that
his brother doctors were cur
ing many with a new opera
ton, replied: Cure all you
can, now, before the cure fails
to work"
1t is the same with reducing
diets. A new one may reduce
you, especially If it is a novelty,
with some new ingredient in
1t. but the old one will do it,
too, if you will stick to it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
Not Too Late

Although the request for inclusion Of
the District in pending Federal aid for
schools bill is belated, it is not too late
for Congress to assure Washington
schools of proper share of the funds.
The money in question is to be given to
"Federally impacted" areas for extra
costs of construction and maintenance
neceSsitated by Government expansion.
Under previous appropriations for this
purpose the suburban areas of the Capital
have been granted millions of dollars
since World War H. District schools have
never shared in this aid. however despite
the extra impact" of Federal growth in
Washington during and since the war
emergency.
1t is said that Congress left the Dis
trict out of the Unprecedented program
on the theory that local schools benefit
from the Federal payment toward District
expenses But the Federal payment has
not kept pace with the increased cost Of
schools as the number of Federal en-
ployes here has grown Furthermore,
Congress has included the District in
other forms of Federal aid. including
highways, and hospitals Why should
schools be singled out for exclusion from
Federal aid?
1t is hard to understand why District
Building and Franklin School officials
have waited so long in the session to press
the Districts case for share In the
impacted- school funds. The inaction
conceivablv could cost the District sub
Stantial slice of the money to be ear
marked for schools in the Washington
Metropolitan Area. We hope Congress
will recognize the business of the city's
claim-late as it is-and amend the legis-
lation so as to bring the District school
system into the special-aid program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04

union circles are not apt to be
too critical of racketeering
elements in their ranks when,
on frequent occasion, as in the
recent Westinghouse strike, the
Perfect Circle" strike, and
the Republic Aircraft strike,
they themselves destroy by
violence the rights of workers
who would rather work than
strike.
Joseph c. Wells.
I think that you did the
public a real service in car
rying the series of articles
written by Victor Riesel on
labor racketeering. firmly be-
lieve that the only way the
public is going to become fully
aware of the implications of
this real menace to society is
by the courageous action by
such a man as Victor Riesel.
James G.. Michaux.
The articles by Victor Riesel
have proven most interesting
and informative. 1 used to
read his column in the New
York papers and am glad to
nave had an opportunity to
following his writings here.
Elizabeth r. Martin.
l want to commend your
paper for publishing the RE
sci articles on racketeering.
They were stimulating and
present an important chal-
lenge.
David J. SapOsa.
Victor Riesel's series has
certainly been fair and has
not MADE any dramatic state
ments just for the sake of be-
ing dramatic. l think this is
the kind of background ma
terial We need.
Ruth HerzOg.
Since the AFL-CIO merger
there has been more or less
talk about the removal of COM
munists and racketeers from
labor unions. After reading
the third article by Victor RE
sci on labor lords racket
eerlng activities in labor unions
and watching Riesel's story on
TV June 30. l am more fully
convinced than ever that the
only effective solution is to
outlaw union shops.
Such law would set the
pres sen thy union-enslaved
working man free to ignore
orders of labor lords to strike
and to continue on his Job
without fear of having his
head Dashed in or shot down
like dog or perhaps have
acid thrown into his face. We
cannot boast of being free peo-
pie as long as a man must
join labor union before he
can work.
NiSh Showers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04

A new and dangerous drug
addiction may be getting a
grip on the American people.
During this year, it is esti-
mated, druggists will fill more
than IS million prescriptions
for so-called "tranquilizers"-
reSerpine and its variations un-
der a dozen or more trade
names-which first we're intro
duced about three years ago,
chiefly in psychiatric practice.
These drugs undoubtedly
have proved a boon in treat
ment of disturbed and unruly
mental patients. They do not
actually cure any psychosis
but, eminent psychiatrists
claim. they put patients in a
quieter and more cooperative
frame of mind where they can
be treated more easily by other
methods. Nobody knows how
the drugs work. Some have
claimed that they are not more
than gentle means of knocking
a person out.
From the first these drugs
have attracted an enormous
amount of publicity. AS one
after another has been intro
duced various manufacturers
have gone to great lengths
to advertise the merits of their
own particular products. 1t
seems that, largely as a re-
suit of this. the public has
got quite false ideas and these
have been shared by practicing
physicians.
Easy to Prescribe
1t is claimed, perhaps with
some validity, that the tran
quilizers relieve tensions and
anxieties, which are the basic
elements in all sorts of sup
posed illness. They are easy
for a doctor to prescribe. They
seem to do the job and are
not very dangerous.
1t now is being realized more
and more. however, that they
may have quite bad side eff
fects. The apparently indis-
criminate prescribing of these
drugs, to say nothing of their
use without prescriptions, has
alarmed the American PSYCHE
atric Association.
THE profession of psychia-
try says an official statement
issued by the Association yes
terday, recognizes with en-
thusiasm the development of
tranquilizing and other drugs
for treatment of psychiatric
disorders over the past four
years. The evidence is that
these drugs are effective in
making disturbed patients in
mental hospitals more readily
accessible for treatment.
"PsychiatristS are at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
Montgomery Airport

Inc montgomery County
Council seems to have very
distorted sense of values.
These worthless have decreed
that the school budget shall be
drastically .slashed. 1t seems
we're too poor to spend the
money to properly educate our
children.
However. the council appro-
PIRATES 100000 for an airport
that will be the greatest ex-
pense and most worthless
white elephant imaginable.
Too small to accommodate
commercial aircraft, it will be
roosting place for private
aircraft of Sunday flyers"
If we're very lucky, maybe
Montgomery County can hold
down its losses to a few hun
dred thousand dollars a year
on this airport. The number
of small airports going bank
rupt every year clearly shows
what a losing proposition this
business is.
The contention that it will
attract industry to Mont
gomery County" is an insult
to the intelligence of any I'M
biased person.
So we are to have an air.
port. with the thunder of
motors, the danger of a plane
crashing on somebody's house
and the myriad other incon-
veniences it brings.
The most ridiculous action
of all, however, is the plan to
build a drag strip" where hot
rodders can race their autos.
This will really bring people
to Montgomery County. Well
have visiting hot rodders from
the District, from Prince
Georges County, from vir-
gfnia. Maybe, if the fame of
our drag strip. spreads, we'll
attract hot rodders from
Pennsylvania and from the
entire Eastern Seaboard.
Can't you picture it? Hun
dreds of happy hot rodders
speeding joyously on strip
paid for by the taxpayers OF
Montgomery County?
These legislators are doing a
fine thing for Montgomery
County. / hope all the voters
will remember them on cleo
ton day. David A. Heller.