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and CongresSmen-two by State
wide vote and the rest by con-
gressional districts.
Thus. Senator Mundt's new
proposal would retain the second
part Of the earlier plan, which
he had co-sponsored.
During the March debate OPP
ponents Of the two-part plan at
tackled II as contradictory. They
also claimed it would give added
weight in the election of Presi-
dents to small. one-party States.
But Senator Mundt said his
new proposal would exactly
equalize the weight. Importance
and effect of each ballot of each
voter cast in a presidential elec-
ton, no matter where he lives, 4"
adding:
THE resolution would end the
unfair, unrepresentative and dis
torted general ticket system,
whereby a States entire electoral
vote is cast for the candidate who
receives. perhaps, a single popu-
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toral vote goes to the candidate
winning the most popular votes.
Senator Mundt said in a state
ment he believes his new plan
would meet objections raised by
some Senators during considera-
ton of the previous electoral re-
form resolutions.
Under Senator Mundt's new
proposal, each State would elect
two presidential electors at large.
1t would choose its remaining
electors by popular vote in dis
tricts corresponding to those in
which Congressman are elected.
A joint session of the House
and Senate would name the
President, if no candidate got a
majority of the electoral vote.
Under the main proposal
shelved by the Senate, a State
would have been gwen the OPP
ton of dividing its electoral vote
among the candidates in proper
ton to their popular votes, or it
could have chosen electors the
way it now elects its Senators
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month for the 2.5 million persons
now on the State rolls. and
some would get as much as $7.5C
more per month.
How Change Would Work
Under present law, the Fed
eral Government pays $40 Of
the first SIS and matches State
payments above that point ur
to a ceiling of SIS.
The Long amendment would
require the Federal Government
to pay $25 of the first $50, and
meet half the cost of an addi-
tional $35 in States which pay
. total of SOS a month.
The administration is oppos-
Ing the Long amendment and
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President Eisenhower ha:
called on the American people
to use Memorial Day to ''beseecf
God to guide our steps into ths
paths leading to permanent
peace"
Mr.. Eisenhower made the pies
in his annual proclamation set.
ting aside May 80 as Memorial
Day.
The text of Mr.. Eisenhower's
proclamation follows:
Whereas mankind through
out the ages has constantly
sought for an enduring peace
founded on mercy and justice:
and
Whereas we are humbly
aware that only through divine
guidance can we find the course
which we should follow to
achieve permanent peace, and
the strength and courage to pur-
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lar vote plurality in contest in
lvolving millions of votes, thus
virtually disenfranchising all
other voters.
mo longer win one area Of the
country dominate the election
Iof a President, under this resolu-
ton,
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Senate Unit May Finish
Social Security Bill Today
BY J. A. O'LEARY

The Senate hopes to report out social
security bill today after voting variety
beralze the Federal share of State welfare programs
The most important awaiting decision proposal
OF Senator Long Democrat of louisiana
payments
The amendment mean an increase of at least SIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
MundtP roposesNew PIonPresidenf Asks
TO Revise Electoral Setup peare pravers
BY the Associated Press

snaor Mundt Republican of South Dakota. up today
with proposal for revising the electoral
electing Presidents and Vice Presidents.
Last March n the Senate sent back judiciary Com
mitee various proposed constitutional amendments designed
replace the system under which States entire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-03
Admiral King S
Will Is Filed

Fleet Admiral Ernest j. King
World War II Chief of Naval
Operations. left an estate valued
at more than $166,000, it was
shown yesterday in a petition
for probate of his will filed in
the Register of Wills office at
District Court.
Admiral King died on June
25 in the Portsmouth IN. H.
Naval Hospital at the age Of n
His home here was at 291s
Forty-third street NV.
Under terms of his will. the
estate is to be placed in trust
for his widow, Mrs. Martha E
King, who is to receive the in
come from the trust for life
After her death, his son and six
daughters are to share the bulk
of the estate. The will also pro-
vided for requests of $500 each
to several institutions after Mrs
Kings death.
The son and six daughters
are: 1t. Comdr. Ernest j. King
jr.. Mrs. Elizabeth Van den Berg,
Mrs. Eleanor Hampstead. Mrs
Martha Stuart Smith. Mrs. Clara
Howard, Miss Florence Beverly
King and Mrs. Mildred Nc
Reynolds.
Institutions that eventually
will receive $500 each are
the Navy Relief Society, the
Naval Historical Foundation, the
American Cancer Society. the
Crippled Children's Fund, Alkor-
an Temple. Ohio, and st.
Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-03
Democrat Quits
Post in Wake Of
Hodge Scandal

CHICAGO, Aug. 3 (P-Caught
in the focus of newspaper pub
licity involving the Hodge scan
dial. a Democratic chief deputy
Cook County treasurer has re-
signed his job.
John E. Sullivan quit his post
yesterday after newspaper re-
ports that he now is a director
and once was first president of
the Bank of Elmwood Park.
Orville E. Hodge, ousted Re-
publican State auditor charged
with plundering State funds Of
perhaps more than a million
dollars, was big stakeholder in
the suburban Elmwood Park
bank. Hodge had closed the
banks predecessor, the First
State Bank of Elmwood Park, in
1853.
Sullivan quit after confer
ence with his boss, Cook County
Treasurer Herbert c. Paschen,
who is the Democratic candidate
for Governor.
Treasurer's Statement
Mr.. Paschen issued a state
ment announcing the resigna-
ton. 1t said:
I have received Mr.. Sullivan's
resignation. l will not tolerate
any questioning about the activ-
tiles Of anyone in my Office. ]
believe public Office is a public
trust and one must be beyond
reproach."
Sullivan said in a statement:
i have done nothing wrong,
either from a legal or moral
standpoint, but I do not wish to
embarrass Mr.. Paschen in any
way. Furthermore, my health
Will not stand the strain"
Sullivan was one of those
called before a Federal Rranc
jury investigating the Hodge
million-dollar State check cash.
ing scandal.
He told newsmen he took ove]
the presidency of the Elmwooc
Park Bank at the request of Buc
Schneider, vice president of the
Continental Illinois Nationa
Bank & Trust Co. He said il
was agreed he'd serve only g
year.
Mentioned by StrattOn
Sullivan's connection with the
oank was referred to in a radio
address Wednesday night by Re-
publican Gov. William G. STRAIT
ton. who was making a report or
the States action in the Hodge
case.
Meanwhile, Hodge, the central
figure in the complex scandal
was reported i'll and in seclusior
In his swank Lake Springfield
nome.
Hodge is scheduled for ques-
tioning today by two investiga-
tors for the United States SEN
ate Banking and Currency Com
mittee. He is to be questioned
about the influence of the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corp
over banks in Illinois.
Both the Federal Government
and State have indicted Hodge
for mlshandling State funds
Federal indictments also name
Edward A. Epping, Hodges tor
aide, and Edward A. Hintz, re-
signed president of Southmoor
Bank & Trust Co., Chicago, fol
conspiracy to misapply 1912 ,0OC
in federally insured bank funds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-03
What your skin
does for you

How does q cut finger 30 mys-
teriously heal itself? :. What
causes excessively oily or dry
skin? =. Why do we turn pale
with fear or anger? Why is
it dangerous to remove a scab?
In August Readers Digest
read facts about natures mir
acle-your skin.
Get August Readers Digest
at your newsstand: SO articles
oflasting interest, including the
best from leading magazines
and current books, condensed
to save your time.
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$50 Boys for Comp

About $50 boys between 8 and
Is are due to leave the Central
Branch YMCA at $50 am. to-
morrow for two weeks at Camp
Let's, near Edgewater. Md. This
is the fourth and final session
for the all-boys camp this
summer.
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
Ycar-End Fund
Report is Given
Super isors
Board Notes
States Hike
In Pay Shares

Prince Edward county's~ board OF
supervisors devoted most of the
July meeting Thursday to financial
matters designed to get the 1869
fiscal wear off to sound start
Members noted that a little finan-
cial relief arrived as the new year
started with the Commonwealth
jumping its share Of the salaries
Of the county treasurer and com
rn'es'"ner Of revenue from one
third to one half
That proportion was agreed to by
the 1854 General Assembly. which
put the effective date off. however.
until July |. 1856 The re-arrange-
ment of adminSt ative expenses of
the two offices included the State S
assuming cost of some equipment.
and both officers were authorized
about 5000 for purchase of office
machines and supplementary equip
rent between now and December
81
Audit Contracts
Chairman Edward Carter report
ed to the board that he had con
tracted. as earlier authorized, with
the Richmond firm of Atkins and
Pennell to make the audit Of county
accounts for 1856 at cost of
$625. The same firm will audit the
School Text Book Fund at cost
of $l20
Supervisors authorized the new
fiscal years first transfer from the
General Fund for school operations
in the amount of 9.780 81. 7 h
sum will provide for July opera
tons. according to the report of
School Superintendent T. j Nell
Waine
McIlwaine handed the board
financial statement of school opera
tons, debt service and capital out
lays for fiscal 1856 It listed re
ceipts from all sources of 1867, 1893
and expenditures of S665. 52l 81 and
accounts payable chargeahle to the
fiscal year of 81 .306 06
School Financing
The superintendent S report show
ed a June 80. 1856 balance of
1892 06 The supervisors approprl- t
alton of 50 1901, plus the small
balance add together to the $40.
go 81 which McIlwaine said will be
required for July
The board approved its share Of
a 81 500 increase in the salary of
division C h DOL superintendent.
authorized by the 1856 General AS
sembly. The county's share will be
$3.50, and the payment will be made
so monthly incto Observation-Disclosures
in $40 monthly increments to that
portion already being paid by the
county.
County Treasurer j W. Wilson.
Jr.. gave the board end-of fiscal
year statements showing the follow
ing fund b lane G S: General
Fund. SAT 1925. and Dog T a x
Fund. So. 739 OF. Both funds are still
subject to accounts due and charge
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
Three Farmville CAP Cadets Will
Receive Training at Langley ALB

The program will be run by Vir-
GINA CAP Wing Staff members I'M
der supervisor Of Langley ALB
personnel
The enc3mpment is open to any
member of the CAP who is 1913
years Of age.
Last year Farmville sent six ca
cts to the training program.
Highlight Of the course will be a
ride in T-33 Jet trainer T h j S
ride will given to the cadet who
makes the highest grade on his
final exam.
squaron Commander Cash stat
that the Farmville Squaron
needs member Preferably senior
members who have had training in
first aid. radio. communications or
military drill. No previous military
training is necessary, Cash ex-
planned
For information about member
ship contact W l.. Cash at Leggett's
department store, or visit tn e
squadron at its weekly meeting on
Wednesday at the Farmville Air
port As e 2 pm
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10

and officer installation Of t h G
Amelia Lions Club next Saturday,
July Ia. at 7:45 pm. That program
would include a dinner. charter
night ceremonies and dancing.
Other club officers installed Fri
dav BY Robert Burger, past deputy
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10

with correct net weight Harris
said
In his letter. Harris told the board
we feel this service is of direct
benefit to both the consuming pub
lie and merchants The testing pro
gram has been well accepted in
those Jurisdictions where we have
been making regular tests
The board of supervisors about
three years ago requested the Dc
partment to institute the periodic
checks in Prince Edward county
The service is on an optional basis
but where it is requested. field men
make regular visits which arc fol
lowed up by reports to the super
visors
The tests were conducted here by
j. A WilkerSon. and NC Il d G d
checks of computing. counter bag
ing. warehouse. livestock. hopper
and platform scales. The report in
Dictated that about 10 per cent Of
scales tested are found incorrect
due to normal wear on sensitive
parts of scales during the year
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
H-SC Contracts With
Slater Corporation
For Food Service

Hampden-Sydne College h a S
completed arrangements with the
Slater Corporation, of Phlladel-
phia. Pa. food service manage
ment company. to take over the
Commons, where students are fed,
beginning in September
Dr.. Joseph c.. Robert. college
president, said the change has
been made with the hope that the
new system and professional tech
niques developed by the vast
Sla Ter organization will mean an
Improvement in the quality of
food and in the nature of the
service beyond what could rea-
sonablY be expected with local
and small-scale operations.
Hampden-Sydney becomes the
eighth educational institution in
Virginia served by the Slater Cor
poration Longwood College inSti-
tuted the system two years ago.
The college football squad re-
turning earlier than the remain
der of the student body will get
the first opportunity to sample"
the fare under the new system
Slater will appoir a system man
ager. trained by the rganization
but will keep most of the present
EMPLOYEES.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10

Farmville CAP Squadron will
have three representatives at the
l2-day training camp at Langley
Ar Force Base from July $50,
Cadet Sergeant Robert Watson.
Farmville: Cadet G. r WhitloW.
Tuggle. and Cadet Emmett Tub
by FERGUSON. Meherrin, will rep
resent the Farmville Squad ron.
They left Monday morning for the
Air-Force sponsored program.
These cadets along with approx
mately 500 other cadets and senior
members from Virginia and West
Virginia will undergo a rugged and
informative II days as Air Force
Men
Courses will include aeronautics,
lessons in radar, control tower op-
Grafton, flight construction. gu n
merry. altitude tests, and military
drilling
This is part Of national program
by the Air Force to prepare itself
and its civilian counterpart, the
Civil Air Patrol. for emergencies
The CAP cadets will be treated as
Air Force personnel and viii have
complete use of Air Force facill-
ties
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
stote Reports to Supervisors
IS Per Cent Prepackaged Commodities
Found Sh0rtweighed In State Tests

Weighing and measuring devices
in use in Prince Edward county
compare favorably in accuracy with
the state average, according to
tests just conducted here by the
Weights and Measures Section of
the Department of Agriculture.
In a report to the county board
of supervisors. Thomas c. Harris.
Jr.. Section supervisor. said nine
per cent of the scales tested were
inaccurate The State average is
about Is per cent.
The same percentage of inaccur
acy was found among case inc
pumps and grease measurers Here
again. the average stateWise is
about l6 per cent. Pumps rejected
by inspectors must be re-inspected
Correct devices are marked with a
red and black approved Stlcker.
State inspectors are giving in
creasing attention to prepackaged
commodities because of the wide
acceptance of this type of mer-
chandising by the buying public In
their inspection he"e, field men
checked 3a2 packages and found ia
short. or 36 per cent
Prerackaeed commodities found
in short weight are ordered of +
sale until reweighed and marked
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
Judges to Decide
Jurisdiction First

Expected arguments on the
question of public school de-
Ia. on in Prince Edward county
did not materialjze as a special
hfee- Judge COuro convened at
R Edmond Monday morning for a
hearing on a motion by NAACP
attorneys aSk.lg Tor A prompt
and reaS enable start" toward eli
ninatiOn of race as a basis for
separate schools
Instead the areum m s. before
A full Federal DISirlct Courtroom
were spplied to the question of
which court should hear the argu-
men.s on the 4lotlon.
Substance of the legal discus
sions centered on r1e question:
Which court should act-the
pecial three Judge court or the
one judge Federal District Court
a. Richmond over which Judge
Sterling Hutchinson pres des,
Decision This week
1t was agreed that the three
judges will reach a decision on the
question Of jurisdiction between
now and September |
When attorneys for the liti-
giants Prince Edward countys
school board and superintendent
and the Commonwealth, on one
side. and 2l3 Negroes. former r.
r. Motion High School students
gathered at Richmond Monday.
the three justices on the special
Court were:
John j. Parker, chief Judge of
the Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit. Sterling Hutche-
son, Judge Of the Federal District
Court at Richmond and Albert
V, Bryan, District Court Judge at
Alexandria.
Last week Judge Parker had
suggested the possibility that the
special court might dissolve it
self because the business before
it we're matters Of Jurisdiction for
a sfnele-iudge court.
Exchange of Motions
The motion filed in April by
Negro attorneys said The de-
PENDANTS will Indefinitely continue
to operate segratcd schools "un-
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
While State Average Goes Upward
Retirement of $4,000 In School Bonds
July I Keeps County Debt On DounS,ude

80 f,a,,,.4 tt,,,,, ,,.,.,l, ,.l.,3.,.,..-. ~.
I'LL, ..','- ',,.'N-.7 IA ,.,,
=. - ano "a, a., eac Xxx MIN l. 90
- .,,s ,.,' 81 '''''' owe
''.Y' ''''' ~ '''''''
NE rapidly dWindi'nS deh' N old
Sch'ol oohnS' i'hahced II t'e l3zh-
- per iou ny hId1 iAteildl diStl lct,
VIZ o' fed"ced pN >9.0oo III the
~ itil, iiScdl yeai Wiieh 4 \
dr''Vl' natures on May + we
iii'l VIII ieaFe "hiF So'ooo remain
''i- III '''c H'"""i p"i'u dtp' account.
Fer Capita Figures
In the last report Of J Gordon
Bennett State Auditor. covering The
95i-35 fiscal wear the average per
aplta debt Of the states counties
vas $65 70 Prince Edward was be
low the average with a per capita
lcbt Of S40q2. and that going
downward
Expenditures made hv tho cnun-
tics for tic same fiscal year
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
Down Under Club Tells of Visitor
Lions Is For Men, But Woman Brings
Farn1riUe. Australia Clubs Together

Lions International is an organi-
cation of men, but it took woman
to get the Farmville club and the
Murwilmmhah. Australia. club to-
sether
The woman is Miss Ell2aDeth
Burger. of Farmville, who is on
States Field Hockey Association
team.
On June II. the u S team played
the Murwillufnbah team winning
40. That evening Miss Burger was
a guest of the Lions club in the
Down Under city. and spoke on
the subject Of women's hockey in
the Z. S. and the teams expert
ences on the international tour
Secretary Writes
Derek Budd, secretary of the
Australian club. dispatched a letter
to Robert Burger, Farmvllle club
secretary reporting on the game
and Miss Burgers talk. "Our vlSi-
tors made the evening a very en-
lCyable one for us and we hope We
made il the name for them" the
Aussie clubman wrote Burger read
the letter here Friday.
During the meeting here c. F,
Wilson was installed as president
for 1867 and F. G. Webster. re-
firing president, was awarded h e
traditional ieweled past presidents
pin He was congratulated for his
leadership during the year. too.
Club members voted to provide
two annual college scholarships OF
$3.50 each Primary emphasis will
be given to local students attending
H a m Q d n-Sydney and Long
wood. but other county college tu-
dents may be considered. also The
club has awarded scholarships In
the past, but this is the start of a
regular annual award plan
Amelia Invitation
Members were invited to attend
The first anniversary Ladies Night
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-10
Sh7 400 A'-;~r< to~. Wees
HIS Co!leoe, Hospital Receive First
PAYMENT Under Ford Grants
sh7 400 h--i~r< Ln-t WeeEs

Hampden Sydney col lege and
Southside Community Hospital last
week received the first Of two pay
ments Under grants from h e
Ford Foundation originally an
ounced three months ago
The HIS check for S45 900 is part
Of a $3.50 million grant to $50 private
educational institutional to help
raise faculty salaries
The hospital received a check for
S22. 300 half of its grant and part
of the Foundations 200 million dis
tributon to $500 voluntary. II
profit hospitals to improve and ex-
tend their services.
College Grateful
I'VE are extremely grateful for
this help in the important realm of
PROFESSIONAL sa laries' Presi-
dent Joseph c Robert. of Hamp
den-Sydney College said upon re
celpt of the part payment The
Ford Foundation grant is generally
acclaimed as the largest single gift
for educational purposes ever
made, he added
I'VE must not forget however.
that the grant underscores rather
than settles the financial problems
Of the colleges. At Hanpden-S ydeny
for example. the income from the
grant Will represent approximately
one per cent of our annual budget.
And. of course. we shall not have
available for use that income for
many months to come" Dr.. Robert
explained
1T is extremely gratifying to see
the growth of what we may call
corporate citizenship. The annual
aid from the Virginia Foundation
for Independent Colleges. supported
by Virginia industry. is most en-
couraging Total contributions to
that Foundation, in which Hamp-
Sydney holds membership. went
over a quarter Of a million dollars
last year.