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and might be elected by the
absentee ballots. Counting only
the five, Democrats are up to
38 to AZ in the lower house.
This was achieved in the
face Of another Eisenhower
landslide which they managed
to cut from 100000 in 1852 to
100000 in 1856. a reversal of
the situation in most States.
The California story under
scores the growing Importance
of the West. especially in the
Democratic Party which made
its only significant gains there
except for Pennsylvania. 1t &C
counts for the demand of
Western Democrats for greater
party recognition; their belief
that they can challenge the
South for leadership.
Actually. the legislatures are
important backgrounds in
many States as the decennial
census approaches, because
much change is indicated. The
battle over reapportiorment
will be as hard-fought in those
which lose population. and
therefore House seats, as in
those which gain. possibly
more so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-29
DORIS FLEESON
Political Struggle in California

Generally speaking, gains are
expected in the West and
North, losses in the South and
Midwest. Since the conserva-
tive coalition which dominates
Congress is a Southern Demo-
crat-Midwest REPUBLICAN, affair.
it could be the start of a slow
but important change in the
national political pattern.
In part impending changes
result from the tremendous
Negro migration which shows
no signs Of slowing up. The
South conceivably will find it
self penalized in Washington
for its proSegregation atti-
tudes, for while its Negroes
don't all vote. they count in
the census which forms the
basis of the distribution of
House seats.
The growing West and North
are already in the van Of the
fight for civil rights, both Re-
publicans and Democrats.
The role played by popula-
ton change in politics of
course stems from the fact
that the House is limited by
statute to ABS members to be
apportioned among the States
according to population. The
limit was set to prevent that
body becoming utterly I'M
wieldy.
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Writer for Tito Seeks
Asylum in United Stotes

Soviet revolt that it regretted
it was necessary for the Soviet
Union to intervene. Later Mar
shall Tito said in a speech in
Pula, Yugoslavia. that the de-
cision to unleash Soviet troops
in Hungary was "a fatal error. ("
Denouncing the Tito govern
ment, Mr.. Levi said:
''Djilas was not arrested for
anything he did but for an
opinion he expressed. And the
Hungarian people should have
been allowed to decide what
kind of government they want,
without intervention from any,
one"
Mr.. Djilas is a former vice
president of Yugoslavia. He
was arrested in Belgrade after
an arCicle he wrote in the New
Leader. anticommunist publica-
ton in New York, accused Yu-
goslav communists of surren-
dering their basic principle of
independence from Moscow by
failing to condemn Russia's use
of force in Hungary.
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Nation Has Little Unemployment;
Heavy Industry to c CHALLENGE West

straw mat, soft to bare feet
and for sitting. Beds consist
of padded quilts hung out the
window for airing each day
and then rolled up in the
corner. A primitive clubhouse is
in the back.
For all their lack of plumb
ing, freezers,, gas ranges and
other luxuries that our labor
ing men have, the Japanese
are very clean. The family
bathes daily in a public bath
house. Each person first scrubs
himself with soap, rinses off
with a pan Of water. then all
plunge into a common tub
and soak in hot water. The
cost is about 5 cents a day.
The average Japanese does
not have a radio, television or
photograph, The main luxury
as well as necessity for the
better-of laborer is a bicycle.
In spite of this simple living
the children are rosy-cheeked
and healthy and their families
seem content. On Sunday
(Which is not particularly a
religious day in Japan it is
papa instead Of mama who
carries the baby on his back
and goes calling on his
neighbors-that is, if he is
not working as so many of
them do on Sunday.
There is little, if any, I'M
employment in Japan despite
the teeming population. The
government sees to that by
refusing to use even the most
elementary new tools in pub
lie works. / witnessed the re-
pair of a street. The pneu-
matte drill which we use in
tearing UP the hard surface
was replaced by scores of men
with pickaxes. The concrete
mixer" consisted of three
buckets. Hundreds of men and
women of all ages did the work
which would have been done in
any Western country by a team
Of a dozen or so men.
In contrast to these are the
shiny American and British
high priced cars bowling
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Recrimin0tions Called Understandable
But No Way to Solve Suez Crisis

This is a time to keep things
in perspective. 1t is not a time
for recriminations. The out
burst of anti-American feel
ing in the British and French
press is understandable. No
body likes oil rationing.
1t wasn't the American
Government which blocked
the Suez Canal or blew up the
pipelines in Syria. These we're
the consequences when ma
tional passions were aroused.
The problem now is how to
cool things down-not how
to inf1ame them more. The
British editorials which point
to the disruption" of the
Western alliance and the
angry expressions of some of
the Conservatives in the
British Parliament who think
America is not cooperating
in getting oil to Europe, but
is chastising the British and
French for their Use of force
will not help move things
toward a solution.
If there is to be a post
mortem on mistakes and errors
of policy in the last few years
Americans could refer back to
the British restraint which
stopped the United Nations
armies from using maximum
military power in Korea and
securing a victory there Yet
one of the London editorials
proudly claims now that
Britain backed America to
the hilt in Korea"
To conduct international re-
lations in a world of turmoil is
very difficult, indeed, especially
in a world that has not been
truly stabilized for a long, long
time.
America is not the only coun-
try where there is grave con-
Germ about what the British
and French started when they
sent their forces into the Suez
area. Canada. too. is having
its internal debate on the sub
ject. Lester Pearson, foreign
minister at Ottawa, says the
whole British Commonwealth
came near dissolution" a fort
night or so ago. He asserts
boldly that Canada will not be
tied up either to Britain or to
the United States in shaping
policy.
Clearly any tendencies to "go
1t alone" are ominous. Even
when the United States en-
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Montana Power, Washington
Water Power. Pacific Power
and Light, and Portland Gen.
eral Electric.
Secretary Seaton's terms for
development and utilization of
power in his Pleasant Valley
high dam project, as well as in
partnership" projects which
he has said he will submit to
the new Congress, will be
closely scrutinized to see if he
intends to make basic revisions
in the Eisenhower administra-
ton conservation policy which
voters in the Pacific North
west aSSailed with their ballots.
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POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

hundred British Conservatives denounce United States
foreign policy Democrats with patriotic indignation No
Lmes are going to get with accusing Secretary Dulles of
having foreign policy!
Iraq and Syria threaten fight Neither side having
H-bomb they figure it's safe ahead kill other
Politicians glossary: Public hearing-A wo-week congress
sional junket Navy ship
Yankee Democrats cunning for Senate Leader
Johnson OF Texas They running
the Senate like suburb of start running like
borough of New York City,
Expected Moscow radio report Olympic games
rastS being routed in all events American aScists fleeing
droves-one lap ahead"
Screwball: An orange juice vodka screwdriver in
tall glass.
Republicans plan four victory inaugural balls
hover Huge demand for tickets from all the Repub
lican Congressman who opening Washington
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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Nov
20 (R.-The United Nations COR
respondent for Yugoslav Presi-
dent Tito's Communist Party
newspaper has resigned to seek
political asylum in the United
States.
Correspondent Jakov Levi pro-
tested Yugoslavia's initial defense
of Soviet intervention in Hun
gary and the arrest of Milovan
Djilas, a critic of Marshal Tito.
Mr.. Levi has been correspond
ent at the U. N. for the news
paper Borba since 1858. He said
he did not know whether Amer
lea would admit him as an exile.
The official Yugoslav news
agency. Tanjug said shortly
after Russian troops moved into
Hungary to crush the anti
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TH0MAS L. STOKES
New HeWs Canyon Development

one high dam, but was de-
feated when the White House
turned the pressure on Repub-
licans, who lined up solidly
against 1t.
They expressed skepticism
and suspicion likewise about
the Seaton high Federal dam
at Pleasant Valley in the FPC
hearings. They suggested that
this might be a way to get
Idaho Power Co. "off the hook"
so it would not have to build
the third dam which the Sea-
ton project would obviate. They
also contended 1t would kill of
another favored project of the
public power adherents in the
Pacific Northwest, which is
the proposed Nez Perez dam
at the confluence Of the Snake
and Salmon Rivers. That. they
claim. is absolutely essential to
the proper development Of the
whole Columbia River Basin.
The Snake is a tributary of
the Columbia.
Salmon in the Salmon River
offer a handicap to the Nez
Perce. but its proponents
brought in expert testimony
before the FPc as to how the
fish could be lifted up over
the dam for their spawning
season.
Secretary Seaton and his
critics seem to agree on one
point: That is. opposition to
the private utility combine
getting a foothold in this i'm
portant part Of the Snake
Columbia system through their
Mountain Sheep-Pleasant VAL
ley project. The Secretary says
he is against It. Its opponents
in the FPc hearings have at
tackled the combine as monop-
olistic in nature and as con-
trary 10 the Public Utility
Holding Company Act Of 1895
which broke up big utility
holding companies. Three OF
the four companies we're sub
salaries Of Electric Bond and
Share. one Of the chief tar
gets Of the Holding Company
Act. and all now have relations
with Ebasco. the engineering
afhliate Of Electric Bond and
Share. The four companies are
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Secretary Seoton's Plan for Federal Dam
And Private Power Setup Discussed

Cabinet officers as we'll as
the Supreme Court often fol-
low what Mr.. Dooley called
"the Fiction returns"
That seems to be the case
now with Secretary of Inte-
rior Fred Seaton. He has been
analyzing the November 6
returns in the West and Pa
cific Northwest to find out If
policies Of his department
need revision. Plainly the an
Swer is yes" The returns,
especially in Oregon, Washing
ton. Idaho and Montana,
showed a lack of confidence
in his predecessor. former
Secretary Of Interior Douglas
Mckay. who Is native to that
area. coming from Oregon. He
was defeated in his attempt
TO win the Senate seat Of.
Senator Wayne Morse, Demo-
crat. who made a major issue
OF what he called the Mckay
"give-away" policies on con-
servation Of natural resources,
as did others running for ma
tional. State and local Office in
the Pacific Northwest who won
handily.
Now along comes Secretary
Seston. who succeeded Douglas
Mckay a few months ago,
with a big Federal power
project proposal in an obvious
effort 70 appease the aroused
Pacific Northwest. His intent
Is plain because he has picked
out a raging point Of contro-
versy identified with former
Secretary Mckay during the
election campaign-Hell's Cam
yon in the Snake River along
the Oregon-Idaho border.
You may recall that Secre-
tary Mckay acquiesced in
turning over development
there to the Idaho Power Co.
which was given a license BY
the Federal Power Commission
to build three low dams-at
the Oxbow. Brownlee and Little
Hells Canyon sites. as con-
trasted with support By the
previous Truman administra-
ton for one high Federal dam
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TOKYO (By 1AirmaiD The
Western style hotels in Tokyo,
particularly the old Imperial,
are as damned as American
hotels are at convention time.
Unless you have reservations
well in advance the chances
are you will sleep on a mat in
a shabby third-rate Japanese
inn.
In the vast lobby and dining
rooms Of the Imperial you will
hear spoken almost every Ian
guage on earth-English, Ger
man, French, Czech, and Rus
sian, among others. The ordi-
nary tourist has a difficult
time finding a place to sit
down because every group Of
chairs is occupied by sound or
fly-by- might businessmen max
ing deals with the Japanese,
buying and selling in millions
Of dollars.
Japan is a booming country
in which the former rich have
become even richer than be-
fore the war while the poor re-
main as poor as ever. The con-
trast between the shabby little
nondescript shops in which
wares are displayed and the
lAmerican-like marble build
ings housing important busi-
nesses is shocking.
The Japanese industrialists'
aim no longer is to flood the
world markets with small
shoddy goods. but to chal-
lenge the Western enter
prises in heavy industry.
Japan lacks raw materials for
this purpose. 1t has to i'm
port most of the needed coal,
pig iron and other materials.
But it has an advantage over
Great Britain (and possibly
some time in the future.
America as well) because of
the unbelievably low cost Of
labor. New factories and up
to-date machinery only add
to the advantage.
The average wage Of an in
dustrial worker is about $50 a
month. A foreman in the
brand-new seamless steel pipe
factory receives $4,000 yen
($69) a month; that is to say.
less than an average worker in
the United States receives in a
week. His needs do not COM
pare with those of his counter
part In America, Britain and
France, or Germany. The
Japanese working man has not
changed his diet in centuries.
It still consists mainly Of fish.
rice and seaweeds. Only oc-
caslonally does he indulge in
the luxury of eating pork or
beef. Fowl is unknown except
to the well-to-do or the rich.
Neither have the Japanese
changed their living habits. A
family with five children lives
in a one-room house which it
can make into two or three
rooms with the traditional
sliding paper doors.
A furnace or cooking stove
is unheard of except in the
homes of the rich. The Japa-
nese heat their homes with
habachis, large earthen jars
filled with sand. in the middle
of which is burning charcoal.
This same brazierlike habachi
is used for cooking. Furniture,
Of course, presents no problem.
In the center Of the room is
a large low table. The floor
is covered with the traditional
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as the best means OF develop
ing the full potentials for
power. flood prevention, navi-
cation and reclamation.
Now, subject to approval by
the Budget Bureau. Secretary
Seaton, it is learned author
itatively, has decided to SUBJ
NIT to Congress a proposal for
a high Federal dam which
would be built at the Mountain
Sheep-Pleasant Valley site in
the Snake River downstream
from the OK Bow and Brown
lee dams Of Idaho Power Co.
1t would eliminate the third
dam at Little Hell's Canyon,
which it has been reported
Idaho Power never intended to
build anyhow, as that area
would be flooded by the pro-
posed Seaton high Federal
dam. The estimated cost Of
the Seaton project is 1858
million.
II it were authorized by Con-
gress, that would kill of the
proposal by combine Of four
private power companies
known as Northwest Pacific
Power Co. to build two low
dams at Mountain Sheep and
Pleasant Valley. The combines
application for a license Is the
subject Of current public hear
ings before the FPC.
In those hearings, the Sea-
ton high Federal dam project
at Pleasant Valley, about
which there have been rumors
for several days, has been in
terjected by spokesman for the
Hell's Canyon Association and
the Northwest Public Power
Association. Both these organ
izations are opposing the pri-
vate utility Mountain Sheep
Pleasant Valley license appli-
cation. They still are active
for one high Federal dam at
Hell's Canyon despite its defeat
in the Senate last session when
Senator Morse tried 70 get
through the Morse-Pfost bill
70 nullify the FPC license 70
Idaho Power and authorize the
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deavors now to strengthen the
United NationS--trying not to
throw her influence to any side
but merely pleading for a
course that can lead to a
peaceful Settlement-the brick
bats come just the same.
Then there's the matter of
paying for the Suez mess. The
United States is expected
abroad to put up the cash to
get the oil so that the automo-
bile users of Western Europe
can enjoy normal conditions
once more. American taxpayers
are generous but will not. be
browbeaten by French or Brit
ish spokesman in the press or
in the parliaments. Congress
holds the purse strings and is
sensitive about foreign criti-
cism.
The demands for America
to side with Britain and
France and forget everything
else that has happened will
only add to the complications.
London and Paris should know
that American hearts are close
to the British and French peo-
pie, no matter what the issues
or the criticisms. President
Eisenhower tried to express
just that thought in his brief
statement from Augusta on
Tuesday.
But when all is said and
done. a realistic course has to
be followed by the United
States. A policy has to be
shaped to At the changing Cir
cumstances of a troubled world.
1t will not avail to have the
United States play the part
of a leader who tries to boss
the show and tell other ma
tionS what to do. There can be
only an appeal to reaSon-a
setting forth calmly Of the
basic principles that must
govern all free nations in their
relations to each other and in
their efforts to liberate the
oppressed peoples in those
lands where dictators still hold
sway.
America is not on any,
body's side except the side
of justice. The questions that
have inflamed the world IN
recent days are susceptible
of solution if there's a return
to considerations Of moral law
in the world.
Obviously the Soviets have
been at the bottom Of the
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Who's Cuckoo?

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. % [P).
The operators of a jewelry
store here decided their window
sign offering free estimates on
watch repairs wasn't quite
enough come-on. They added
this bit: Cuckoo clocks psyche
analyzed,"
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SOCIETY SLANTS

Miss Marguree Goodman, presi-
dent at the recent meeting of the
Merry Homemakers Club held in
the home of Mrs. Minnie Coleman
1910 Banks street, recently. The
members were led in a brief devo-
ton by the chaplain; Mrs. Jean
Wilkinson.
The roll call was answered with
their dues and Thanksgiving quo
tation. Later each member exhibit
ted a Christmas gift idea. Among
the many things shown were apron,
kitchen towels, unique dishcloths,
pot holders, children's wear, GRO
cheted doilies and novelties.
Following the adoption of the
minute, the treasurer and secre-
tary gave their annual report
Plans for the Christmas party will
be completed at the December
meeting to be held with Miss Mae
Ella Washington, Dec. II. Mrs.
Mary Francis Rawls, the newly
elected chaplain will bring the
Christmas story at the next meet
ing.
New officers'were elected as fol-
lows: Mrs. Christia B. Hudson.
president; Mrs. Ruth Miller, vice
president; Miss Mae Ella Washing
ton, secretary; Mrs. Minnie c.
Coleman, assistant secretary; Mrs
Rosie Mitchell, treasurer; Mrs,
Mary Frances Rawls, chaplain; and
Mrs. Jean P. Wilkinson, reporter
Miss Marguree Goodman was ell
ected recreational leader.
The committee and project lead
ers will be appointed at the next
meeting. Members enjoyed samp-
ling the delicious pumpkin pie that
was baked by Mrs. Terry. Mrs
Coleman, the hostess, assisted by
Miss Elissie Jones served delec-
table luncheon of tuna salad, It'd
bits, and drinks to the following
Mesdames Sadie Hill, Beatrice
Goodman, Corales Young, Mar
guree Goodman, Mae Ella Wash
ington, Ruth Miller, o. V. Camel
Jean P. Wilkinson, Essie Broad
water, Mary Frances Rawls, and
Rosie Mitchell.
All members are urged to be
present at the December meeting
and bring their dues along.
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Louin, Miss, were conducted from
the Bethlehem Methodist Church in
Bay Springs Sunday, November 18
with Rev. Riley officiating.
Burial was in the Sylvester
Methodist Cemetery, Newton. He
was survived by his wife, Mrs
LESSEE Wells Whitfield; five small
children, Linda, Sam, Lillian Ann
Derrick and Billye Sue, all of Bay
Springs; his father and step-moth.
err, Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Whitfield
of Newton, Miss; four sisters
Mrs. Yvoun Mcfarland, also OF
Newton, Mrs. Helen Curtis of Hat.
tiesburg, Mrs. Joy Manner ane
Miss Julia Whitfield, both of Los
Angeles, Calf, and many other rel
atives and friends.
Bay Springs Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
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BEREAVEMENT

BEREAVEMENT
The faculty and student body OF
Carver High School extend deep
est sympathy to the Pickett fam
lily in the passing of Mr.. Rafe Pick
EFT, Sr., Nov. z6, 1856 at $50 am,
the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Pick
EFT and father of Rafe Pickett, Jr.,
stationed in Korea, Marvin a jun
Tor in Tougaloo College, Edward a
sophomore in Cohoma Jr. College,
Lanston a junior in Carver High
School, Alton, eighth grade, George
sixth grade and three girls Alzeda,
Lou Ann and jeanette, in elemen-
tary department Carver High
School.
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a
lar, he credits his success more
to the power Of prayers" than
to hard work and determination.
He noted, however, that his lot had
not been an easy one.
II come from the depths of
southern Negro poverty" the soft
spoken South Carolina minister
remarked. II went to a church
college with only seventh grade
education, worked to support my
sick mother through it all. And
now l have received degrees from
Boston university.
1T can only be explained by the
power Of profound prayer, as a
triumph of faith over circum-
stance" He added the triumph is
Goods not NINE"
Rev. Montgomery also used the
occasion to point out the through
lessness behind opposition Of the
Supreme Courts school desegrega-
ton decision. He said one of the
facts which has been swallowed
by the "unreasoning response" is
chat there are more educated Ne
groes in the South and the desire
of oppressed people to fight back
Rev. Montgomery has another
effort afoot. He is planning two
books on the religious and racial
situations. One is to be an inspira~
tional autobiography and the other
a philosophic-theological examina-
ton of racial discrimination.
Patronize Our Advertisers
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Card Of Thanks

We wish to express or- sincere
appreciation for the kindness and
sympathy shown us during our re-
cent sorrow in the loss Of our hus-
band, father, and son-in-law, Willie
(Jack) Whitfield.
Your prayers, visits, cards, food,
words of sympathy and the beau
tiful floral arrangements were ap-
preciated greatly.
For friends as you, we shall ever
be grateful and may God bless each
of you for helping us bear our sor-
rows.
The Willie Whitfield Family.
The Lester Wells Family.