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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-13
Scottsville

The Rev. Webster L. simons
Jr.. rector Of Episcopal Churche,
In st. Anne's Parish installed new
officers in the St. Johns Guile
and Auxiliary 1t their meeting
Tuesday night In the Parish Hall
They are. president. Mrs. J. w
Castiel. uce-president. Mrs. vii.
liam, H. Brown: secretary. Mrs
r. r. Noon. Jr.. treasurer. Mrs
E. o. White. Mrs. Webster L. 81
mons. Jr.. is program chairman
and Mrs. q. T. Goodwin is devo.
tional chairman. Mrs. Simons
outlined plans for the years pro-
gram on the theme Of Worship
The Baptist Missionary Unions
Of the Scottsville Baptist met
Thursday with the following host
ess: The Mamie b. David circle
met with Mrs. John p. Elliott. Jr..
the Lottie Moon circle met with
Mrs. Russell Henderson as CO.
hostess. the Annie Bell circle met
with MRS. w. J. Smith and the
Elizabeth Hale circle met with
Miss Joyce Mason.
Mrs. James Guy. OF Richmond.
is spending a few days with her
mother Mrs. M. N. Dunn. Mrs.
Dunn spent Christmas in Rich
mond with Mrs. Guy and family.
Mrs. 8. s. Richardson. Of Rich
mond visited her son-in-law and
daughter the Rev and Mrs. John
P. Elliott. Jr.. and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Doddier
and children spent Christmas in
North Carolina with Mrs. Dorriers
people and visited here for sew
eral DAYS with Charles r. Dor
rier and Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roach
and David visited her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Ownbv in Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Mullen and
children. jeanne and Barbara
Jean. of Falls Church visited Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson Dansey for sew
eral days.
Miss Susan Huffman. of Char
lotte. visited Miss Dorothy Dansey
for few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Caldwell have
returned from their annual trip
to Florida. They visited Mr.. and
Mrs. N. T. Sclator in Winter Ha-
ven. Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. john
son at Winter Park and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hunter Moon in Jackson
vile. Fla. stopping for short
visit with the Sclators and john
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Cleveland
visited Mr. and Mrs Nelson and
Mr.. and Mrs H. S. Seay in Nor
folk for few days. They spent
Friday of last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Norvell Cleveland in Fred
erick. Md. and also visited Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Williams in Gull
pepper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Kurt of Ar
lington spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
2 Miss Mary E. Glover visited her
sister and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. F. Viccellio in Norfolk the first
of the week. Mrs. Viccellio and
three boys drove home with her
on Friday and returned to Nor
folk Sunday.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-13

Jimmy. and Joe and Bryant An
derson.
Rev. J. r. Hodges will preach
next Sunday. Jan. IS. at 1880 p.
m. at Mt. Zion Church. Sunday
School will be in the morning at
10 a. m. but no preaching service
that morning
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-13

Duane::~ Mr.. and ms. Ddw6fd
Trice. Of Vernon 1ltll: NJ. 40
Mrs. Earl Phaup aAd family. 81
riliwyne and M. and Mrs. Leelie
Phaup and L. b.. Ernest, rftce
and ALVIN Dalton, Of Fafhvills. z.
Miss Mamie pavis has returned
to her home after q months visit
with the Earl phaups.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Mpren -anA
family and Mr.. and. Mn. John
Farmer spent the New, YeAT's
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-13

THE CAMERA ARTIST
Creative Photography
ll4-A No Main st. Phone 989
Farmville. Va
PRINCE EDWARD MILLS, INC.
Merchant Millers
Seal of Virginia High Patent Flour
PEN Poultry-Dairy and Stock Feeds
Farmville, Va.
GARLAND AND HARDWOOD. AGENTS
Insurance That Insures
100 North Main Street
Farmville, Va.
NEWCOMB AUTO PARTS, INC.
Wholesale Auto Parts g. Equipment
Farmvile, Va.
FARMvlLLE FURNITURE co.
Farmville, Va.
LEGGETT'S DEPT. STORE
Farmville. Va
Take Someone TO Church with you Sun
day-You1l Both Feel Richer For It.
FARMVILLE ESQ SERvICENTER
Atlas Tires Batteries g. Accessories
WaShing-Lubrication
AAA Service
Phone II Farmyille. Va
TAYLOR MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
Contractors-Building Material
Quality Millwork
Phone 400 Far1nville, Va
NEWMAN CHEVROLET SALES co.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
CONSTANTINE BROWN
New Oyertures in Direct Conflict
With Policy Laid Down by Lenin

Front, during which the Soviet
Union had decided that the
best strategy and tactics look
ing toward the containment
of the Fascist powers. Ger
many and Italy, and the
eventual weakening of the
Western democracies, lay in
establishing a working unity
among all left-wing parties
and movements, whether
Marxist or not. The Spanish
Civil War. and manifest Mos
COW duplicity eliminating in
the deal with Hitler in August
of 1889. put an end to the
United Front.
After World War II the line
hadn't changed at all. But
today things are different in
deed. At the Twentieth Party
Congress, concluded recently in
Moscow, Comrade Khrushchev
made an appeal for a new
United Front, and was actually
full Of praise for the Socialists.
Pravda, in later editorial,
backed the new line with a
new brand of Communist logic.
These days. the Reds now say,
the only differences between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
DORIS FLEESON
He Fovors Wide-Open Convention;
Reoord for Horrimon Weighed

Former President Harry S.
Truman favors a wide-open
Democratic convention and
thinks things can be settled
to his satisfaction in it.
He is philosophical about
the party's troubles with can
didates and policy. 1t doesn't
matter very much, he says;
just let things go into the con-
vention and we'll get the nomi-
nee and platform we want.
To close associates he laughs
off speculation that he might
himself be drafted in a con-
vention deadlock. KNOCK all
that stuff in the head" he or
ders them.
They are the people who
know him best and they point
out that in most cases the
source of speculation about a
Truman draft was never either
for Truman or the Demo-
Gratis. They cite several other
good reasons for attacking
such speculation.
One is named Bess Truman,
another Margaret Truman.
Wife and daughter approved
Humans decision to step down
four years ago and have not
changed their minds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
KremIin's Turnubout on Socialists

the Socialists and the Com
munists are theoretical"
But there are graves all over
Europe containing the fare
from-theoretical bodies OF
hundreds of thousands of sin
cere Socialists, whose only
crime was in being parliament
tary-minded and opposed to
the naked terror of the Krem-
Inns bloody regime.
There are many signs point
ing to a Socialist rejection Of
the new Communist approach
so long as the Kremlin has not
repudiated the still-existing
practice of dictatorship based
on terror and secret police.
Surely the black and dripping
record of Communist betrayal
and sabotage cannot be for
gotten by the Socialist leaders.
among whom are powerful
voices and even heads of state
in vital European and other
nations.
There can be no realignment,
no reunion, of the Social DEM
ocratS of the world with the
present regime in Moscow. No
progress for democracy lies in
the adoption of a practical"
association with democracy's
major enemy.
We can remember Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03

The activities Of Frank
Mckinney. the last Truman
national chairman. are solid
evidence. Mckinney admits
that he is rounding up sup
port for Gov. Hartman Of
New York and called the
recent meeting in Denver of
Midwest leaders for that
purpose.
Participants in the Denver
meeting describe Mckinney as
bearing down heavily on
Truman's regard and affec-
ton for Hartman. McKin-
ney's own relations with Tru-
man are close.
Just how far the former
President would carry the
Hartman banner is not so
clear. Above all, Truman is a
practical politician. and he
always wants to win. He has
helped Hartman as a friend
but it is improbable that his
friendship would include fore
ing the New Yorker on q
reluctant convention.
Although they feel sure
their old boss cannot be
tempted to run again, many
Democratic politicos are just
as glad he has a long trip
abroad scheduled to start
early in May. 1t will keep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
DORIS FLEESON
Truman Laughs off Talk of a Draft

him away from temptation
until the end Of July.
Mrs. Truman is accompany
ing him and their travelling
companions will be Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Woodward. Dur
ing the Truman administra-
ton Woodward was chief Of
protocol in the State Depart
ment and later Ambassador to
Canada.
The party is taking great
pains to avoid political en-
gagements or activities. Yet
it is certain that the sponsor
of Greek-Turkish aid, the
Marshall Plan, NATO and the
Communist containment policy
will have a tremendous recep-
ton in Europe.
The Democratic National
Convention will begin August
Is. II the proposed Truman
travel schedule remains intact
it will give him only two weeks
to catch up to developments
and step into an operating
role with the party managers.
Democrats note also that
Margaret Truman selected as
her wedding day the date Of
the annual Embarrassing din
ner here, which this year Is
dedicated to Woodrow Wilson.
The wedding will serve to keep
Father Truman out Of the
smoke filled rooms in Wash
ington hotels that week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03

Among the many surprising
developments attending the
current wave of self-brain-
washing inside the Soviet
Union, one of the most I'M
looked for has been the Krem-
Inns overtures to the long
hated Socialists of the world.
Lenin himself, the sainted
and anointed of the Commu-
mist hierarchy. made the break
with the Socialists of Russia
and Of the world during and
after the october. 1917, revo-
luton. He ordered the abso-
lutte destruction of the Men
sheviks, or Social Democrat
wing of Russia's Marxist move
ment, and set Russia on the
path of warfare against the
Social Democrats of the entire
world.
Basically, the Social Demo-
cratic parties consistently OPP
posed the concept of the die
tatorship Of the proletariat,
that tyranny of the party
leadership set forth by Lenin
and Trotsky as the sole means
whereby the Marxist state
could come into being. They
were, therefore, classified as
counter revolutionary" and
murderously suppressed inside
Russia and bitterly fought
elsewhere.
To democracy, perhaps the
most tragic aspect of the
Kremlin's warfare on the
Socialists was the destruction
of the Weimar Republic in
Germany. There, the Com
munists, representing the
largest and most powerful
party in Germany except for
the Social Democrats, fought
the Socialists with such feroc-
ity that the Red party leader
ship eventually came to prefer
the Nazis over the Social
Democrats, figuring that, in
the showdown, the Nazis under
Hitler would fail, but not until
after they had destroyed all
vestiges of representative
democracy within Germany.
Then the Communists would
move in.
That was not the outcome,
and the bloody history of
World War II was written be-
cause Of it. Yet Moscow, in
its vindictiveness and cynical
betrayals, failed to learn much
from the lesson.
1t took the destruction and
carnage of World War II to
batter the Soviet Union into
even a temporary acceptance
Of Social Democratic elements,
yet even here the betrayals
and the blood baths went on.
Polish Socialists learned too
late the evil intentions Of the
Russians toward them when
the Nazi attack had been
turned back and Poland was
on the point of deliverance.
In the '30s, Of course, there
was the period Of the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
Political Memories Refreshened

dependent voters is that 1t has
insisted on a partisan type of
government in which men of
business experience are barred
and only theorists persons
often with preconceived judg-
ments that lack practicality-
are appointed. The difference
between those with actual ex-
perience, either in the law or
in business problems that con-
front government, and those
who have had no experience
whatsoever is often revealed
in the time it takes for many
of these same appointees to
learn their jobs.
The most significant factor.
however, in the controversy
over administrative law" was
not touched upon by Mr.. But
Ter in his speech. For years
the Democratic administra-
ton felt that the commissions
and boards should have an
unlimited right to determine
cases on the basis of the
facts" as they saw them. For
many years even the right to
review the acts of administra-
tive commissions and boards
was denied or limited by the
New Deal laws to such an ex-
tent that these same boards
and commissions became in
strumentS of autocracy. 1t
was only in later years, upon
the protest of the opposition
throughout the country -
mostly lawyers-that statutes
were finally enacted safe
guarding the rights of the
individuals who appear before
governmental boards and COM
missions.
The struggle to establish
due process" under admin
istrative agencies has been a
long and arduous one, and the
abuses of the Bill of Rights
were quite numerous for many
years under the Democratic
administration. Now that
there are proper safeguards
in the law, there is an artifi-
cially inspired cry about i'm
proper appointees. 1t probably
will be heard often on the
stump in the coming cam
paign.
The Democratic Party
critics will not be satisfied I'M
til they can again pack" all
the governmental commissions
and boards and. if by chance
the Democrats should win the
1856 election, it is a foregone
conclusion that they will
remake many of the boards
and commissions under the
New Deal formula Of parti-
SanShip.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
Communist Gets
Contempt Term

NEW HAVEN, April 3 (P).-
Robert c. EkinS, legislative agent
of the Connecticut Communist
Party and one of the defendants
in the long Smith Act trial
which ended here last Thursday,
was sentenced to six months in
prison yesterday for contempt of
the Federal District Court.
Ekins. the only one of the
Smith Act defendants to take
the stand during the trial. was
adjudged in contempt because
he refused to answer a question
about the full identity of a man
named John" whom he said he
had met on a New York street.
In a statement to newsmen,
Ekins said. Il would never be
able to live with my conscience
If I had been the cause of an
innocent person losing his job"
Ekins, a 47-year-old sculptor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
BY the Associated Press

Investigating Senators have
accused the Navy and Air Force
of discriminating against small
business firms in handling their
defense contracts.
The Senate Small Business
Committee headed by Senator
Sparkman. Democrat of Ala
bama, described itself in a report
TO the Senate yesterday as
sharply critical" of practices
found in three cases studied. One
of these, it said. showed some
Navy buying officials had been
"untruthful" to a bidder.
In summary. the committee
said it found the secretaries of
the Navy and Air Force and
other top officials issuing well
meaning directives" designed to
assure small businesses of a fair
share of defense contracts. But
the Senators said they found
lower ranking officers "woefully
short" OF action to make the di-
receives effective.
GIN Leads in Contracts
Meanwhile, a Defense Depart
ment report reflected a trend
toward increasing concentration
of military contracts in fewer
companies. 1t dealt with the
distribution of contracts in the
five years ending with the month
Of June. 1855; in the last two
years of that period and in the
last six months.
For the Ave years, which in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
Democratic Patience Wearing Thin

The Yankee wing of the
Democratic Party recognizes
that to run strong enough in
the country outside of the
South to win it must rely
heavily on labor and minorities
in big urban centers. including
Negroes. and on farmers. 1t
therefore cannot compromise
on economic issues or civil
rights to WOO the South as
that would ALLEVIATE elements
elsewhere that are essential to
victory.
But, by remaining progress
sive on economic issues the
party--or so the Yankee wing
sees it-probably could hold
many Southerners who are
keenly interested in such is
sues, as was demonstrated in
the way Harry Truman carried
a number Of Southern States.
Farmers and labor have be-
come important factors in
Southern elections.
Whatever the party can hold
in the South would be counted
a gain in the strategy being
discussed by the Yankee wing.
Their losses probably would be
TO a third, segregation party
like the l948 Dixiecrat move
ment rather than to the Re-
publican Party which offers no
choice to segregationists, as It's
stand certainly would be as
strong as. II not stronger than,
that OF the Democrats.
The Yankee wing Of the
Democratic Party is hopeful
that II President Eisenhower
calls a conference on the school
indignation problem, as he
hints, that II also will include
some Yankees, Democrats as
we'll as Republicans, so they
can try to explain themselves
and their views to the South
erners.
They think they have a right
to be recognized as a problem
and TO be understood, even as
have the Southerners all these
many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
Senators Say Navy, AT
Neglect Small Business

Icluded the Korean War period,
the department reported it
awarded a total of $123,260, 000,-
900 in prime contracts. Half Of
that business went to "a firms.
In the last two years Of the
period, however, IS companies
got half of all military business.
And in the last six months Of
the period, half the total went
TO "a companies.
Top Companies Listed
For the five-year period, the
following 10 companies headed
the military contract list, with
the percentage of the total going
to each:
General Motors, Sc per cent:
Boeing Airplane Co.. AS per
cent; United Aircraft Corp, "a
per cent; General Electric Co.,
80 per cent; Douglas Aircraft
Co.. 80 per cent; North Ameri-
can Aviation. Inc, 2.8 per cent;
General Dynamics Corp, (air-
craft and submarines. 2.5 per
cent; Lockheed Aircraft Corp,
2.5 per cent; Curtiss- Wright
Corp. l8 per cent, and Republic
Aviation Corp, l.3 per cent.
Two universities were among
the top 10 contractors. Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
was No. 81 on the two-year list
with OF per cent of the total
value of the military contracts
and Johns Hopkins University
was 84th with OIL per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike he doesn't like the That should
cnch the husband vote Later the Republican candidate
will make his appeals to other minority groups.
Senator Kefauver opens his Florida campaign against
Stevenson Politics funny Every Kefauver
the leaders all congratulate fellow Symington
White House Assistant Sherman Adams the
craticcontroed Congress of doing anything Shabby
politics Everybody knows that doing anything the job
of the Republican Party.
April is the deadine for giving the Republicans
of whatever the Democrats overlooked.
Government filing cabinet place where they keep copies
OF the letters that trace troubles to plumbers the
administration
specialist out of Is social drinkers
alcoholic The other is know when to qut-when their
to buy the next round
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
Yankee Wing Seen Ready to Call South's
Hand on Threat of Party Secession

with the spectacle of Southern
delegations holding rump ses-
sions and then walking out Of
the convention in a huff.
Yankee Democrats allow
that the martyr act has about
run its course.
Furthermore they have sud-
denly walked up to the fact
which has been apparent a
long time--that the party can
do without the South. 1t
doesn't need Southern votes to
win. Franklin d. Roosevelt.
for example, would have won
every one Of his four success
sive election triumphs without
the support of a single South
ern State.
Franklin D. Roosevelt never
had to compromise with the
Southland knew he didn't.
Harry Truman refused to COM
promise with it in either Of the
two fields where compromises
always are demanded by the
South: Cd Economic reforms
and 90 civil rights. Conserva-
tive interests which still are
powerful in Southern politics
and with Southern members In
Congress baked at many New
Deal-Fair Deal reforms which.
however, finally we're enacted.
some after long delay, despite
bitter and effective opposition
by Southern members OF Con-
gress who found allies among
Republicans.
The civil rights issue. for
merly embodied in the mere
prospect Of civil rights legis-
lation still not enacted, now
is concentrated about an ac-
complished fact, the Supreme
Court public school integra-
ton decision. That has, at one
and the same time, increased
resentment am ong many
Southerners and given Negroes
everywhere a goal which they
now are determined to realize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
Buffers Attack on Scope of Agencies
Recalls Policy of Roosevelt Tenure

would pick out Republicans
who leaned toward the Demo-
cratic Administrations point
of view.
At one time-under the New
Deal and the Fair Deal-more
than IS per cent of the judges
on the Federal bench were APP
pointed from the Democratic
Party. The excuse usually
made was that, because the
power of appointment was
vested in the President and
the Democrats were in power
continuously for 20 years. it
was natural that there should
be more Democrats than Re-
publicans. But in past admin
istrations Presidents of the
United States have felt that
they must select the men best
qualified for the post rather
than look to their own party
always for such selections. In
no other time in American his
tory has any political party
had as many as IS per cent of
those appointed to the Federal
bench who came from one po-
litical party.
Mr.. Butler in his speech re-
ferred to the National Labor
Relations Board and stated
that two of its members and
a general counsel had been
appointed whose background
stamp them Enthusiastically as
lifelong advocates and parti-
sans of management and un-
sympathetic to the full and
fair application of the collec-
tive bargaining and organiza-
tional rights that Congress
had set out in the National
Labor Relations Act"
This assumes that men with
background knowledge of
labor disputes can never be
impartial and must necessarily
be ineligible for service on the
board if, for example, they
have served as corporation
lawyers.
To generaliZe with an attack
on all appointments made by
the present administration, on
the ground that they comprise
appointees who are disquali-
fled because of previous expe-
rience, is to say that only men
without experience in par
ticular field-such as labor
management relations - shall
be appointed to Federal boards
and commissions.
One of the reasons why the
Democratic Party has been
losing ground with many in