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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-20
Nol'ton-Hall
BetrOthal Told

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy NOEL Norton.
of Burkeville. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Ber-
tina Lois. to Nunnally Joseph
Hall, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hall, of Amelia.
The wedding will take place in
April
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-20

MI and Mrs. N. c. Stevens and
SON, NorVin. Of Arli leton, were the
week end guests of her parents,
Mr. ara MIS-. u. 7 Billings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Dim View of High Bench

Since the Supreme Court has
set itself up as the judicial
dictator and the law of the
land and since the Democrats
civil rights plank convention
delegates at Chicago accepted
the court as the law of the
land, then why go to the ex-
pense and trouble of electing a
President and another Con-
gress? Why not abolish the
executive and the legislative
branches of the Federal and
State governments and turn
the country over to the courts?
migrating schools in the
Nations Capital has not gone
of as smoothly as the public
has been led to believe. This
New Deal-Fair Deal Supreme
Court is just another one of
the Roosevelt-Truman chick
ems coming home to roost. and
although the dyed-in-the- wool
New and Fair Dealers would
never admit to it. they don't
like the courts ruling any more
than we Democrats and Re-
publicans like the court de-
stroying States rights.
Nish Showers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
A Good Start

The United Givers Fund is off to a
good start. We hope the experience Of
the Advance Gifts Unit is indicative OF
the reception by the community at large
OF the new one-package campaign The
preliminary solicitation of business firms
and individuals proved to be highly sue
ceSSful, with 95 per cent of the contribu-
tors giving at least 20 per cent more than
they did in last years Chest and Red
Cross drives. Both campaigns are COM
bined this year. 1t is essential, therefore,
that the gifts be large enough to meet the
needs of all 1872 agencies joined in the
expanded UGF drive.
The main campaign does not begin
until October l. Meanwhile UGF officials
must complete organization of 10000
volunteers who will canvass the city and
surrounding areas. The main burden OF
making Washington's first venture in
united giving an unqualified success will
fall on these civic-minded men and
women. Their task will be made easier
If the public co-operates by welcoming
them and giving generously The future
of the new single drive-for -all plan is at
stake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
The Party Lines

Now that the political par
ties have selected their candi-
dates and the national con-
ventions are history, we can
have a few serious thoughts
about what our eyes have seen
and our ears have heard.
When all this is summed up
and we project our thinking
into the future for the next
two months we will. no doubt,
have so many things in mind
it will De somewhat difficult
for most Of us to think straight
on the political issues that are
before the American people.
However, if we lay aside
party Affiliations and dwell on
fundamental principles we will
have less to worry about in de-
Gliding now TO vote when No
vember rolls around. From my
way of thinking. 1t all adds up
to the fact that Mr. Eisen-
hover is the one who should
be our next President, since
his policies Of freedom and
prosperity appear TO be more
in line with the true American
way Of life than those Of the
present Democratic Party. The
two conventions portrayed a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08

Now that new owners have
taken over Capital Transit,
they are liable to make it an
all-bus operation. And buses
are dependent for fuel on stuff
that goes away to war. It's as
simple as that. and as tragic.
if we ever get caught with our
trolley wires down.
This is no nostalgia defense
of streetcars as such. They
are dirty, sometimes, and de-
pendent on a central supply
system for their propelling
power, and if one breaks down
everything behind it is tied
up until the cripple is either
repaired or removed. On the
other hand. they're more COM
Portable, as a rule, than buses.
They don't change their routes
for trivial reasons, and leave
would-be passengers waiting a
block or two away, wondering
why they don't come, as I and
lots of others have had happen
with buses. But most impor-
tant of all, our National Capt.
tails local transportation won't
be paralyzed because of lack
of fuel, if and when war strikes.
Deacon Reynard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Sensible Get Together

The District Commissioners and the
Board of Education are doing the right
thing in getting together to consider the
needs of Washingtons schools.
City and school officials are to make
a joint study of class sizes in our schools
and those in some other cities. The aim,
as explained by Commissioner McLaugh-
lin, is to see whether other cities figure
their teacher needs as we do, and how our
class sizes compare.
School officials convinced Congress
they needed more teachers this year, and
some were granted. The School Board
feels it needs still more. The Commits
sioners haven't committed themselves,
but they have indicated they would like
to present a common front with the
School Board when the budget goes to
Congress. This IS to the good, and gives
school officials chance to make case.
There is one point worth remember
ing. Comparisons with other cities
doubtless will be interesting. But as
Board of Education President Sharpe said
at the session with the Commissioners,
Washington has some special conditions
which may invalidate some comparisons.
Washington schools must be fitted to
Washington, not somewhere else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Stondordizino Collateral

Municipal Court Judge Leonard P.
Walsh has made move, long overdue,
to bring the precinct collateral system
under direct control of the court. For
many years the Police Department has
been left pretty much to itself in the
fixing Of collateral In various minor cases.
The department never sought this re-
sponsibility in the first place, but it has
carried out the assignment as conven-
fence to the public.
Under the new plan, worked out
Jointly by Judge Walsh and Police Chief
Murray, station clerks will continue to
take collateral, but under specifically
delegated authority from the court and
with the aid of list of minimum and
maximum collateral assessments APP
proved by the judges. This should be
helpful to the police, who, up to now,
have had no guidance from the court
except in the field of traffic offenses.
Neither Judge Walsh nor Chief Murray
was able to find any similar order from
the court to guide the precinct COM
manders in fixing collateral in nontrafflc
cases.
II is not surprising, therefore. that
collateral for similar offenses has varied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
For Elephants Eors

May / contribute a third.
and possibly a final, bit of
doggerel in the elephant series
that have appeared in The
Star since the convention in
San Francisco?
When / was a child there
was a nonsense rhyme we used
to chant on occasions that
went like this:
II asked my mama for fifteen
cents,
To see the elephant jump the
fence:
He jumped so high, he reached
the sky.
And never came back till the
Juth of Fourly."
This bit of childhood lore is
an appropriate reply and a
sufficient rebuttal to the senti-
ment expressed by Lucille
Agniel Gaines who prophesied
her ,trumpeting creature would
beat those long-eared" dom
keys.
Not so. According to my
verse the elephant will jump so
high in November that not
even the Juth of Fourly will
witness his return.
Al II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Better News From Cairo

There is reason Tor laSC-mlnuCe en-
enlargement in the announcement from
Cairo that the Suez negotiations shave
not yet reached the final stage and are
still going on" For only few hours
earlier, the word had been that the con-
ferences between the five-nation COM
mittee and President NaSSer Of Egypt had
come close to their end, and without con-
Structive result.
In making his more cheerful report,
Chairman Menzies of the five-nation
group also announced that his committee
had met for two hours this morning and
that it planned another session before
seeing President NasSer again, probably
tomorrow. There was no suggestion in
this rather brief communique that the
next meeting with the Egyptian president
would be merely for the purpose of saying
goodbye. Instead, it seems more reason
able to infer that the committee itself is
drafting some further proposals for
Colonel NasSer and that the conference
door may remain open long enough for
some genuine progress to be made.
Earlier there was surprising state
ment attributed to an unidentified Egyp-
tian informant that the Menzies group
had no authority to negotiate any kind of
compromise with the Egyptian leader.
That is, the groups instructions were to
present the international control plan and
to consider nothing else. 1t should be en-
phasized that this information comes from
an unnamed Egyptian Sorce and it may be
without foundation. But if it is true, the
mission to Cairo takes on something Of
farcical aspect. For the Western powers
could hardly have expected NasSer to sign
meekly on the dotted line, and if they did
expect such a submission they should
have realized that the Egyptian President
could not and would not risk the loss of
face at home that such backdown would
entail We hope that there will soon be
Forthcoming full and frank report OF
the instructions which the Menzies mis-
sion took with 1t to Cairo and of the
negotiations which took place in that
Egyptian capital.
Meanwhile, it would be we'll to keep
one essential fact in mind. The Suez
Canal is still operating The ships are
going through and there has been no
evidence of any purpose or effort to dis
criminate against Western shipping, and
Nasser is reported to be ready to guaran-
tee that there will be none AS long as
this condition prevails it is foolish for
anyone to talk of forcible reoccupation Of
the canal zone. The time for serious
consideration of such drastic and dan
gerouS measure will come when Egypt,
either wilfully or through incompetence,
begins to choke of the flow of oil and
other supplies upon which the economic
life of Britain and Western Europe so
largely depends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Still the New Nixon

Vice President Nixon very definitely
was wearing his new oratorical suit when
he addressed the American Legion
convention.
The Vice President eschewed bombast
and demagoguery. He did not say any
thing that even Mr.. Truman could con-
Strue as an Indictment of the Democratic
Party for treason. In fact, he even COM
mended the Democrats in Congress for
being as keenly interested as the Repub-
licans in doing right by the veterans
bit of rather faint praise, as we think
about it. For what politician isn't?
The name of Stevenson was never
mentioned, but Mr.. Nixon threw few
verbal punches in his direction-deploring
and disputing suggestions that H-bomb
testing might be stopped, that an early
diScontinuance of the draft is possible
and that the prestige of the United States
is at an all-time low throughout the
world. Mr. Nixon's major fire was
reserved for the Communist conspiracy
and what he described as its continuing
and even growing menace to the United
States. This is theme which Sorely
temptS a political candidate to pull out
all of the stops, but Mr. Nixon cannot
fairly be accused of going overheard.
In 1852 and 1854 the Californian
was a rugged-and controversial-cam-
paigner. He will be carrying a heavy
share of the G. o. P. campaign load
during the next eight weeks. But in his
San Francisco acceptance speech, and
again in the talk to the Legion, he
adhered to anew tone of moderation and
restraint. 1t looks as though he may
have learned his lesson for when he
campaigns in this vein he is less vulner-
able to counterattack. and he may prove
politically more effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08

vivid picture of how these
major political parties of our
country operate. The Demo-
cratic Party seems to be obli-
gated to or bound by individ-
uals, policies, or organizations,
which have the appearance of
totalitarianism, while the Re-
publican Party appears to be
entirely free from such pres
sure or obligation.
1t is a point worthy of note
that even though Mr.. Eisen-
hover has held high positions
Of authority, including the
highest Office of the land, he
has never had the slightest
appearance of being a dictator.
He is a sincere and humble
person, yet he has moral
courage and steadfastneSS to
the extent that he does not
give way to any special class
in order to gain their favor
and support. Truly, our Presi-
dent is a great and outstand-
ing American and should by
all means be given a chance
to pursue his policies for an
other four years by having
another term in the White
House.
Eisenhower Supporter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
No End of Draft in Siqht

Adlai Stevenson would have stayed
on f1rm ground in his American Legion
speech had he merely expressed hope for
an end of the draft "at the earliest pos
sible moment consistent with the national
safety" But he went further than that.
He held out "the possibility-hopefully
but responsibility that within the fore
Seeablea future we can maintain the
military forces we need without the
draft" Yet he offered no facts or pro-
posaIs to justify this optimistic prediction.
Mr.. Stevenson spoke of the urgent
need" to encourage trained men to re-
enlist, rather than to continue to multi
ply the number Of partly trained men as
we currently are doing" But he did not
mention that the armed services have
been doing everything in their power to
encourage longer enlistments and to
recruit volunteers. Nor did he mention
that the very existence of the draft is
an important factor in encouraging vol
unteerS to enlist (for longer than the
two-year draft term) in the Navy, the
Air Force and the Marine Corps. officials
assert that to end Selective service would
be seriously to impede recruiting OF
volunteers.
AS a matter of fact, the services
would much prefer to operate on a vol
unteer basis than on the basis of COM
pulsory service. Many of their disciple
nary and morale problems would be
solved II recruiting alone could fill the
need for personnel But hard experience
has shown that, in peacetime, the men
required to maintain the military estab-
hshment at desirable security levels
cannot be obtained by voluntary re-
cruiUng system. Inducements of higher
pay, improved methods of administering
military justice and other postwar re-
forms and benefits have failed to fill the
ranks. And Congress repeatedly has
rejected the sort of universal military
training program that military manpower
authorities have proposed.
Continuance of selective service was
the only alternative to serious depletion
OF defense forces in a critical cold war
period. If Mr.. Stevenson has any solu-
ton to this grave national defense prob
lem that has escaped the notice of our
military leaders, he should offer it to the
Nation without further delay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08

Army game" passing the
buck to subordinates-and
that he has avoided coura-
geous leadership of the Nation.
And he tackled the President
on the ground that he, Eisen-
hover, was administering the
Government only in favor of
the rich, pointing to his mil
lonaire cabinet"
Only a few short weeks ago.
in Chicago, Mr.. Truman was
engaged in making another
venomous attack--on Mr.. Ste
venson. He accused the candi-
date of lacking a fighting
spirit" of being a "defeatist"
who could not win the coming
election. Mr.. Truman did his
best to prevent Mr.. Stevenson
nomination by the Democratic
National Convention, and to
substitute on the ticket a mil
lionaire who could buy up the
Eisenhower cabinet ten times
over-a millionaire he wanted
to make President. Mr.. Tru-
man failed utterly.
Stevenson Promises Much
Just how high level" is Mr..
Truman making this CAM
paign? And just how many
voters are going to pay atten-
ton to him? 1t looks as
though he has done his best
to resuscitate the old Red issue
AN issue which has never yet
done the Democrats any good
at the polls.
Mr.. Stevenson, in his cam
paign to date, is making APP
peals for votes to various
groups, promising them the
sky without regard to the
peoples interests as a whole.
Could be it will get him
somewhere. It is possible, how
ever. that too many voters will
come to believe he, is cover
ing too much ground. To his
American Legion audience ne
seemed to do just that. His
talk of doing away with the
draft fell fiat, as did his advo-
cacy of doing away with fur
ther atomic weapon tests.
Doing away with the draft
may be popular with some
persons, but it won't strengthen
us here or abroad. The Amer
lean people have too often in
the past hurriedly disarmed
themselves. A lot of our pres
ent troubles might have been
avoided if this had not been
done in 1916 and the years
that followed.
When we are trying to
tell our allies in Europe to
strengthen themselves. sugges-
tons from a presidential cam
didate that we may be going
to take the easy way over here
are not calculated to inspire
confidence.
It's still too early to say how
this political campaign will
wind up. But there seems little
doubt the voters have begun
to make Up their minds how
they will vote November 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08

Democrats Seen Headed for Trouble
By GOULD LINCOLN

The Democratic campaign
is of to a running start. But
where it is running and into
what is another question en-
tirely. Presidential Candidate
Stevenson, Vice Presidential
Candidate Kefauver and that
persistent campaigner, former
President Harry S. Truman,
have been carrying the ball.
Some of the happenings to
date have not been entirely
encouraging. For example, Mr..
Stevenson was booed--as we'll
as cheered-at the American
Legion convention in Los An
geles. He opened up a vista Of
relaxed national defense-with
the military draft tossed out Of
the window - seemingly in
search Of the votes of mothers
who do not wish to have their
sons taken into military serv-
ice.
Next, word comes from New
York that Mr.. Stevenson had
better not speak in Harlem
next week, as had been sug-
gested. for fear the candidate
would be booed there. The Har-
lem Negroes, it is said. are in
censed over the civil rights
plank Of the Democratic plat
form. holding it to be weak and
wishy-washy.
Truman's Comments
Then along comes Mr.. Tru-
man with his comments that
he does not think Alger Hiss
was Communist spy, and that
the House Un-American Activ-
tiles Committee and its in
quiries were "red herrings." Mr..
Truman inspired a Democratic
Congressman, T. James Tur1-
ulty of New Jersey, to sug-
gest to Adlai Stevenson that
he muzzle Mr.! Truman and put
him on a slow boat for China.
Apparently, Mr.. Tumufty does
not think Mr.. Truman is per-
forming any service for the
Democratic campaign. Even
tually, Candidate Stevenson
will have to indorse or repu-
date Mr.. Humans statements.
No one believes, however, that
Mr.. Stevenson could ever
"muzzle" the former Presi-
dent.
Pursuing further his cam
paign-though he is running
for no offlce-Mr. Truman de-
livered a venomous personal
attack on President Eisen-
hover and the conduct of his
Office at a meeting of the
Political Science Association
here last night. outside of
the bad taste in using this
meeting as a forum--his speech
was billed as nonpolitical-it
is more than doubtful that Mr..
Truman can convince the
American people that Dwight
d. Eisenhower is a Shirker,
who places personal popular
ity ahead of the interests Of
his country-as Mr.. Truman
sought to do.
Mr.. Truman said that Mr..
Eisenhower has played 1.-THE old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
Cystic Fibrosis

The Washington, D. c.,
Chapter of the National
Cystic Fibrosis Research
Foundation is most happy to
learn through The Star of the
interest of Mrs. Eisenhower in
cystic fibroSis and the case of
young Craig Wooten. We are
glad that. through her efforts,
a CT child will be receiving
the care he needs.
We should like to correct the
impressions given by the story
in The Star that cystic
fibrosiS is a rare disease and
that it is always fatal. CT
is known to affect at least one
child in each 600 live births
in the United States, and pres
ent estimates place the prob
able incidence much higher.
The fatality rate is high-CF
has taken at least five lives
in the Washington area since
January 1956-but the rate is
being reduced each year. With
earlier diagnosis, the use of
antibiotics to combat lung in
fections, and certain dietary
controls and supplements to
improve the nutritional status
of these patients, many cases
are being sustained into the
teens and even into adulthood.
Much more research is needed
before the problem Of cystic
fibrosis can be overcome, and
a primary function Of the Ma
tional Cystic FibrosiS Research
Foundation is to encourage and
support such life-saving re-
search.
We offer our best wishes.
through your paper, to young
Craig and his parents and ex-
press our appreciation to our
First Lady for her kind at
tention to his needs.
Mrs. w. w. Wells,
Vice President, Washington
D. c., Chapter, National
Cystic Fibrosis Research
Foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

'Lots of people do it," she
said.
There is some belief in SCI
entific circles, according to Mr..
Jones, to the effect that coffee
is a better drink with some
thing in 1t.
Either cream or sugar, or
both, they say. because these
additions smooth down and
make less intense the action
of the stomach on the brew.
In other words, according to
this way of thinking, straight
coffee is more likely to irri-
tate the stomach. And from
constant irritation, aided by
too much heat. many unwanted
maladies can come.
The heat. of course, is a
problem all its own.
Scientific gentlemen who
drink coffee often may be seen
solemnly waiting for the brew
to cool.
One wants it hot, it is true,
when one gets it. Nothing is
worse than a lukewarm cup of
coffee.
"As black as the devil, as
hot as hell" is the motto in
one Of Washington's favorite
old-time coffee emporiums.
Let the cup in hand cool
first.
Then drink. but see to it that
a bit OF cream, or some type
OF sweetening. is added.
Templeton Jones, connois-
seur, prefers honey.
1t is rather drippy, it is true,
but its own wonderful taste
adds something to a cup Of
coffee which can be had in no
other way. he says.
The drinker must expert
ment in the exact amount.
because too much is not as
good as just right.
But since this is true of
coffee in all its aspects, this
is just another reason for ex-
perimenting with honey.
Plain clover honey. Jones in
sists. is the best. The taste
is wonderful, but not too won
derful, as are the fiavorS Of
some Of the medicinal honeys.
Maple sugar in coffee?
Temp Jones says he still
isn't sure.
He will try that next time.
maybe some cool fall day when
he has waffies for breakfast.
Yum, yuml