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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17
BCNC Holds Meeting
Program Committee
Maps Plans for Year

A meeting Of the program com
mlttae Of the Buckingham Coun-
ty Woman's CLUB Wa held OF
Thursday July IL. at the home
of club presiden. MIS-. r. II Bfuca
ut Buckingham.
Mrs Cleveland Jones. first
vice president. y eX-olucio CHAIR
man of the program committee.
Tentative plans were made 70,
the activities OF The club for the
coming year.
TIE program committee Is com
posed Of heads of departments Of
the Womans Club. The members
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17
Buckingham Teen age Group Meets Tuesday
Nights At Curdsville Community Center

There is nothing for our teen
ayers to dol" How many times
have you heard that remark?
Well, you had bstter not say it
anywhere in Buckingham county
Last year the Buckingham
County Womans Club asked the
Ei-Y club at Buckingham Central
High School to conduct a Youth
Survey" Of What the school age
boys and girls would like 10 do in
their spare time.
! The result CT the survey showed
that the group wanted a place to
dance, play ping-pone, horse
shoes. and other games. They
wanted participation to be spon-
taneous, nothing required, no.
body TO boss them. Also the youths
wanted this recreation most in
the summer, since the school
activities occupy Their time during
the winter.
Taking the results of this sur
vey. the CurdSville worked out a
summer program of teen-age en-
| tel .ainment. Mrs. William Chap
pell is chairman of the Grange
Youtl Committee. and WITH the
| help of Miss Frances Garrett, Hi
Y sponsor. worked on. one
nigh "a week get together for the
youths of Buckingham county.
The RESULTS are unbelievable, :
Said Miss Garnet There have
been from IS to 40 people here
every Tuesday NIGHT. and they all
have wonderful time Each
week a bunch Of new faces show
up"
T n e Curdsville COMMONLY
Center, Inc. is used as the meet
ing place. The Center is the old
Curdsville School that was pur-
chased by group Of citizens
backed by the efforts Of the
Grange
Where do most of the boys and
girls come from? All corners of
Buckingham county and TIL E
county includes 1868 $40 acres.
Each week there are four adults
that are assigned to be present.
These chaperones are picked from
various parts of the county also
Inc!denly the chaperones seem
to have as much fun as the
YOUNGSTERS 1t is often hard to
distinguish the adults from the
energetic tsen-agers.
IRE only requirement to join
the club IS a slight membership
fee and the few rules of the club
must be adhered to- Anne JOHN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17

ham county. the youngsters will
membership fees. Actually there
are no officers, as the group wants
dance to anything from the Bee
Bop Bueey' To the Star Spang-
led Banner"
AsIs. Judith Corson. dramatics
instructor at CenJeral High is
donating her abilities IN helping
group put on a one act play
They hope to raise enough money
troll The play and other activities
70 heip finance a dance the last
Tuesday III August
Plans are not complete on the
dance, but from the ideas it VIII
be "a event that no one will want
t0 miss Naturally this is limited
to members only /. viii be a
sam5-formal affair (fo~ the in.
formation Of the timers. tins
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17

means the girls can get all dress
ed up evening gowns and the
boys can wear their regular sun
day suit
Things start popping on Tues
nay evening anytime from 7;30
on. Some of the boys come early
enought to get i'll a quick game
softball, and OUT door horseshoe
pitching goes on until quitting
time 1t does get dark but that
jus: adds to the skill requirements
Of the horseshoe pitchers
Refreshments are sold on the
honor system basis. You help
yourself and put your nickel IN
the cup over the drink box
If all of this sounds too good TO
be true. lust drop by the CurdS-
vile Community Center some
Tuesday night, Young or old
youll have pleasant time
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-17

Watkins M Abbit. win sive the
keynote address opening The Jul>
27 convention at the Mosque in
Richmond All party member
may a-tend the convention but
only the elected delegates may
cXerc;a the right to vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-21

Irious opposition to exemption
from the bus mileage tax and
said, THE propriety Of elimin-
Iating the gross receipts tax, con-
sistent with the requirement OF
appropriate conversion from
Istreetcars to buses) would like
wise be made a matter of proper
adjustment.
5. The company proposal:
That CTC be exempted from pay
ing any charges for snow re-
|moval "a charge assessed against
I"street railway companies" but
mot against bus companies. City
officials have pointed out that
potential all-bus successors to
etc would not have to pay it,
Mr.. BrOadwater-"This charge
lis a holdover from the old mon
Iopoly days. Today all vehicles
use the streets now also used by
Capital Transit. Truck feet
operators. taxicabs, other transit
companies and individual mo-
florists pay these charges through
normal taxation. The present
charge is discriminatory and in
equity should be removed"
Mr.. Spencer-ThiS would per-
init etc TO pillow or sweep snow
from its tracks across street
intersections, making it neces-
sary for the snow to be removed
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transit rider Of substituting un-
economic operations. The fix-
ing Of 40 cents per mile is less
than bare bones cost of opera
ton and is not intended to pro-
vide any profit to the company
The present fringe parking lot
operations and owl service, some
of which do not produce suffi-
|cient revenue to pay the oper-
ator's wages and gasoline costs,
are examples"
Mr.. Spencer-ThiS ignores
the company's general obligation
to furnish service and facilities
reasonable safe and adequate
and in all respects just and rea-
sonable.' Self-determination of
levels of service is unprecedented
i'm transit or any other public
utility operated by private enter
prise so far as we have been
able to ascertain"
8. The company proposal: To
make its own decision on con-
verting from streetcars to buses.
Mr.. BrOadwater-"It is to the
greatest interest of the company
and the transit rider to deter
mine the economics of streetcar
operation versus bus operation
as the area of transition becomes
a factor. There is no doubt that
the public prefers a modern
'streetcar to a modern bus. Any
quick or arbitrary conversion
without regard to the economic
factors or public preference can
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existence of the obligation has
no doubt influenced market
values Of the companyT stock. as
well as the accumulation Of
large sums of cash and market
able securities by prior manage
ment. The removal Of the obli-
cation at this time would con-
stitute an unwarranted windfall
to Capital Transit stockholders.
Z. The Company Proposal
That it quit paying Public Util-
tiles Commission costs.
Mr.. Broadwater-"The present
P. U. C. has found reason to
institute investigations and hire
experts to investigate every
conceivable phase of its opera
lions. A full-time auditor is at
the company's Office at the COM
pany's expense. These charges
can be likened to paying the
hangman at ones own hanging"
Mr.. Spencer-This would save
etc what has been an average
cost of $4,000 a year and sit is
a standard provision applicable
to all local utilities and has not,
to the commissions knowledge,
been the subject of serious OBJ
lection by other utilities"
8. The company proposal:
Freedom to abandon or reduce
service on any line which does
not produce an average passen-
ger revenue of at least 40 cents
a day per operating mile.
Mr.. Br0adwater-It sis in
tended to relieve the regular
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result in greater costs and less
revenue"
Mr.. Spencer - This would
ignore ANY consideration Of the
public interest the economic
advantages of conversion to an
Iall-bus system are recognized by
all experts in the field, even those
relied on by the Capital Transit
Co., who make the issue only the
time within which same should
be accomplished. The so-called
public preference is urged
against the best public interest
with the protection of which the
Commissioners and this Congress
are charged"
10. The company proposal:
That it not be required by law
Ito issue free transfers.
Mr.. Br0adwater - 1.-THE law
specifically states that free trans
fers shall be issued between
street railway lines but is silent
on free transfers between buses
and Streetcars. The trend
today is charge for transfers
as the means of easing the pres
sures for higher direct first pay
ment fares. Within Capital
Transit'S system millions of
transfers are used each year.
The cost of printing these trans
fers alone is in the neighborhood
of $4,000 annually. The oppor-
tunity to institute a small trans
fer charge, if it appeared neces-
sary, would be provided by this
proposal"
Mr.. Spencer-"Although a
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provision for fixing of q charge
for transfers. In the discretion
Of an appropriate agency. would
not be Objectionable. we are un-
able to concur in the suggestion
that, in effect, the company
should set its own charge there
fore"
ii. The company proposal:
Wipe out a requirement for
special school fares.
Mr.. Broadwater-"The present
costs still represent a subsidiza-
ton of a preferential group by
the regular and majority Of
transit riders. A family with
school children is not now sub
sidized by other utilities or by
any other producer of family
needs. It is a discriminatory
fare, held over, again. from the
old monopoly days"
Mr.. Spencer - Reduction in
regular rates of fare for school
children is conventional prac-
tice in transit regulation, sup
ported by equitable considera-
tons too plain to require COM
ment. Raising school fares to
adult levels might well mean
that many children would not be
able to attend school with the
regularity now attained. On the
recent increase for school fares
from 3 cents to w cents, pa
tronage from this source has
dropped 80 per cent. We do not
believe this provision to be in
the public interest"
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by the District. The terms Of
this act would not be operative
against an all-bus enterprise
nor unwarrantedly oppressive If
conversion to an all-bus system
were promptly and conscien-
|tiously undertaken.
6. The company proposal:
That CTC be freed from paying
for street re-paving between and
near tracks unless it does the
work voluntarily, and that etc
not be required to pay for rip
ping up tracks when it abandons
streetcar service unless it does
so voluntarily. Under this pro-
vision. abandoned tracks would
become District property.
Mr.. BrOadwater - Re-paving
liability still exists because rail
lines supposedly operate over a
right of way exclusive of all
other traffic-no longer valid
under present vehicular condi-
tions. The charge is in
equitable and another holdover
from the original franchises
granted in the horse car days"
MIR. Spencer-This would "ab-
solve Capital Transit from an
estimated gross obligation of
$1l million to the District of
Columbia in respect to removal
of streetcar tracks. The
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OF Commissioners.
recover the higher costs. The
commission since 1948, without
exception, has fixed rates which
have produced less financial re-
suits than those predicted by the
commission experts and most
certainly less than the company
considered necessary to earn a
fair return. The above provisions
would provide the opportunity
for rates to be put into effect
and would place the
responsibility on the company
to retain rates which would tend
to increase riding instead of re-
ducing riding
Mr.. Spence-A Z per cent re-
turn would equal approximate
ly So million annually before
Federal income taxes" and Gig
nores the rights of transit riders
to the benefits of reasonable
fares self-determination of
rates by private enterprise is en-
tirely incompatible with the uni
versally accepted principles of
public utility regulation and un-
doubtedly would incur consider
able opposition from consumers.
3. The company proposal:
That utilities commission pro-
cedures for determining CTC's
property depreciation be frozen.
Mr.. BrOadwater-"The P. U. C.
has changed its depreciation
policy without just cause but
rather to serve its immediate
policy. AS an example, in 1858,
after holding that the deprecia-
ton rate was too high and re-
ducing such rates, the P. U. c.
within a period of eight months
reversed its policy on the basis
that the depreciation was def
cient. There were no circum-
stances in the intervening period
to warrant the change"
Mr.. Spencer-"Depreciation is
a practical concept. constantly
subject to revision to reflect OPP
Grating realities. f.. This is not
possible of exact determination
for all time by a statutory for
mula."
4. The Company proposal:
That CTC be exempted from the
'city's bus mileage tax (Which it
does not pay and the gross re-
.ceipts tax (Which applies only
ito street railway companies"
and costs etc nearly 100000
a year,. Potential successor all
bus companies have been Of
fered exemption from the bus
mileage tax.
Mr.. Spencer-Offered no Sc
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the etc rate base, upon which
the company's rate of return is
calculated in setting fares, be
frozen at $19.012.963.07 dts level
last February 29). plus 81 mil
lion in cash working capital. plus
an allowance for material and
supplies and plus the deprecated
value of new property purchased
after February 90.
Mr.. Br0adwater-"The rate
base quoted above is the original
cost of the property less de-
probation. The present fair
value is several million more
than the rate base. The purpose
of this proposal is to establish a
firm basis for rate-making pur-
poses on which no controversy
can arise in the future"
Mr.. Spencer - This would be
"a legislative determination OF
value which we believe to be I'M
precedented 1t would no doubt
bind the determination of value
in the event that taking over
of Capital Transit assets and
operation by a public authority
became necessary at some future
time. . It annuls the duty OF
the Public Utilities Commission
to review the question
whether or not the company's
rate base should not be set at a
level rejecting the current value
of the company's property
viewed realistically 1t annuls
a recent tentative finding of the
Public Utilities Commission that
a deficiency of $2.4 million exists
in the company's depreciation
accounts. 1t fixes the value
of the company's property at an
amount over four times the value
basis for 100 per cent of the
company's stock in 1949, when
present management bought
control. and when the company's
assets amounted to substantially
more than they do now"
2. The company proposal:
That etc set its owner rider
fares so long as it's rate of re-
turn does not exceed 7 per cent,
with special provisions for settl-
ing disagreements.
Mr.. Broadwater-"He Heretofore
there has been a lag between
petitions for rate increases and
the fixing of rates which have
extended over a period as long
as a year. Rates have always
been fixed after additional costs
have occurred and the time ele-
ment has made it impossible to
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CTC Sets Forth Terms
And Spencer Answers

the proposals made by J. A. B. BroadWateT.
president of the Capital Transit Co.. minimum require
nentS company to consider continuing in business
and the comments them made By President Samuel
Spencer of the District Board OF Commissioners.
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Spencer of the District Board OF Conn
l. The company proposal: That recover
the CTC rate base. upon which commiss
the companys rate of return is exception
calculated in setting fares, be have pre-
Sro,ay, Of c1 nj q o62 NJ fifS lnvel Suits tho
Evening star., 1956-08-19
Glen ToyIor Losing
Idaho Senate Race

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. Is R.-
Frank Church, young Boise-at-
torney, forged into a l35-vote
lead over former Senator Glen
Taylor today for the Democratic
nomination to oppose Republican
Senator Herman Welker.
Unofficial returns. corrected
after official canvasses in about
half of the States "A counties
gave Mr.. Church 27,919 votes and
Mr.. Taylor 27,784.
State law calls for canvasses
Ito be submitted to the Office oi
Secretary of State James H
Young by Monday. The State
Board of Canvassers is supposed
to go over them August 81. Both
candidates have said the winner
will not be determined until the
official canvass is completed.
Senator Welker won renom-
Iination by about 1900 votes
over his nearest rival in Tues
days primary election. But Mr.
Church and Mr.. Taylor. 1946
vice presidential candidate of the
Progressive Party, became locked
in a see-saw vote battle which
remained undecided four days
after the polls closed.
Evening star., 1956-08-19
Cheering Throng
Greets Kefuuver
On Return Home

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Aug. 10
(P).-Estes Kefauver, tired but
still quick with a broad smile
and a ready handshake. came
home today to the warm cheers
of hundreds of admirers.
The tall Tennessee Senator,
returning from Chicago as the
Democratic vice presidential no.
minee. appeared moved at the
enthusiastic reception at the air.
port.
Estes! Estes KefauverI"
screamed the throng, waving
gay banners and placards under
a bright sun and 100-degree
temperature. Welcome home,
Mr.. Vice President"
1T makes my heart full to see
all of you good people here" the
Senator said in a brief talk. II
am happy to be home in Tennes-
see with my fellow Tennesseans. I"
The Senator and his wife
Nancy then went by private
plane to McMinnville, about rs
miles southeast of here. for a
reunion with their four chill
dren at their farm house.
The Kefauvers plan to relax
next week at Blowing Rock, N. C..
Evening star., 1956-08-19
George Will Leave
For Europe Aug. 81


Senator George, Democrat OF
Georgia, said yesterday he will
sail for Europe August 81 as
President Eisenhower's personal
representative to Paris talks
aimed at strengthening the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton.
The dean Of the Senate and
retiring chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
told reporters he plans converse
tions with British diplomats in
London before proceeding to
Paris for the international con-
ferences beginning September
IL. The talks were aimed at
developing ways to expand
NATO and make it the more
effective.
He said he will sail from New
York aboard the liner United
States. accompanied by Mrs.
George and State Department
representatives to the confer
enceS.
On his trip, Senator George
said, he will go as the Presidents
emissary, but will be on the Sen
ate payroll.
Senator George accepted the
assignment recently on the day
he announced he would not seek
reelection to the Senate. His
term will expire in January.
Evening star., 1956-08-19
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C. A" AT
SUNDAY. 10

180 days for each project tc
permit study by the Senate and
House Armed Services Commit
tes.
2. A limitation, implied by the
Senate committee but not ex.
Ipressly stated. on the percentage
of servicemen at each post fol
whom Capehart housing coulc
be provided.
3. A requirement that the De-
fense Department take over, BY
purchase or condemnation. al
the old "Wherry Act housing al
military bases where the new
Capehart housing is to be built
Better Houses
A Pentagon spokesman said II
was yet another provision which
prompted Army engineers this
month to defer the opening OF
bids on hundreds of houses al
such installations as Fort Bliss,
Tex. and White Sands. N. M.
The reason. he said. is that
Congress authorized the spend
ing of up to $16,500 on each
house instead Of the earlier $13.-
500 figured.
The Army. in other words, was
authorized to build bigger and
better houses. In many cases it
may specify three bedroom units
Evening star., 1956-08-19
Bottle to Retire
From Politics

CHARLOT TTESVILLE, Va,
Aug. 18 (R.-Former Gov. John
S. Battle, who played a promi-
Inent part in the platform delib-
erations at the Democratic Ma
Itional Convention and was Of
fered by Virginia as a favorite
son presidential candidate. said
today he plans to retire from
politics.
He called the 1856 Democratic
convention his "last fling at
politics" He said his retirement
applied to politics on the ma
itional, State and local" level.
Asked if his political retire.
Iment will be permanent, Mr.
Battle said: 81 think it will be
permanent; hope it will"
Mr.. Battle said his withdrawal
from the political scene comes
because 1--WE just got to prac-
tice law to make a living. ! think
I've served my time in politics. y
Evening star., 1956-08-19
TRUMAN
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move had started a bandwagon
that nothing could have stopped.
Politicians may always specu-
late on whether Mr.. Truman
could have won If he had
launched his drive months be-
fore the convention. Certainly
by the time he made his move.
virtually all of his old friends
and former administration peo-
pie were already committed to
Mr.. Stevenson Most of them
urged him against taking the
step that he did. And most Of
them tonight are sad that he
made it and that he went down
in such heavy defeat.
For. while they did not follow
his leadership, their affection
for him surmounted their feel
ings that he may have injured
the party cause. And they are
hopeful that he can be brought
into the campaign as a force
in States where the New and
Fair Deals still have their strong
est attraction.
Evening star., 1956-08-19
Trumun to Make
Labor Day Speech

KANSAS CITY. Aug. 18 R.-
Harry S. Truman said tonight he
has no present plans for the
presidential campaign this fall.
Il have no talks planned at
this time" he said. Il will be
assigned speeches through the
National Committee. will work
through them and do whatever
can to elect a Democratic Pres
tdent."
He has been scheduled for
some time to make a Labor Day
speech in Milwaukee. He said it
would deal primarily with labor,
but u usually get around to poll
tics when I'm making a speech" :"
The former President was in a
iaunty mood on arrival home
from the convention in Chicago,
and said he had no plans for a
rest.
! will be in my office Monday
morning as usual" he said.
Evening star., 1956-08-19

exrect that 100000 houses Tor
service families will be erected
on schedule over the next three
years.
Yet there are watchdog clauses
in the new laws which would
permit q quick scaling down Of
military housing plans If. as now
seems probable, the strength OF
the armed forces is reduced next
year.
Back Of the legislation was
strong pressure for curbing the
program in areas where builders
and real estate firms feared the
new housing would depress
rentals and damage the market
for new. private construction.
Congress Responds
Congress responded to the
pressure by writing safeguards
Evening star., 1956-08-19

instead Of two-bedroom DWELL
lngs which had been programmed
under the old spending ceiling.
Both the Wherry and Cape
hart lows are devices to pro-
vide rental housing at or near
Federal bases without putting
the Government directly into
the home building or real estate
business.
Under the Wherry Act. named
for the late Senator Kenneth
hart laws are devices to pro-
some $4,000 dwellings were built
in postwar years at a cost of
about $700 million on land
leased from the military near
bases.
Evening star., 1956-08-19

into two bills passed in the final
days of the session. One measure
was the military construction
bill, belatedly revised after Pres
ident Eisenhower vetoed the first
version. The other was the omni-
bus housing bill. which amended
the Capehart housing law Of
1855.
Dale Bellamah. albuquerque
N. Mex, builder and chairman
|of the National Association OF
Home Builders, acclaimed the
legislation as victory for pri-
vate enterprise"
Provisions Cited
Mr.. Bellamah cited provisions
which. in his view, might slow
up and curtail the program
These included:
/. A waiting period of up to