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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-28

AS to those of us, who never hav-
ing read your paper, nor ever
having heard of Petal, Mississippi,
yet have strong feelings of SYM
pathetic understanding for an OBJ
scure editor in an obscure place,
who is SO utterly outspoken
against bigetty and so courage
ously devoted to justice.
Yours very truly,
WallacA Herbert.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-28
Ruston, Louisiana
March 20, 1857

March 70, 1857
Mr.. P. D. East
Editor, Petal Paper
Petal Mississippi
Dear Mr.. East:
l have recently read an article
regarding yourself and your news
paper in a current issue of The
Reporter. l am a native, white
citizen. of the South, a college
professor of some fifteen years
tenure in my present position.
In recent. months I have gone
out of my way to write letters of
scommendation to those fellow
southerners of mine who have
shown rare courage under fire.
have received some very crafty
ing responses.
| am happy to be able to ex-
press to you my delight in your
very courageous struggle there in
Mississippi. According to the ar
ticle in The Reporter you derive
a considerable compensation for
your Illustrations, in that people
read your paper and gain a little
extra courage for the troublesome
times at hand. To be sure they do.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-28

lican of them all and a politician,
Heavens above, to boot. That
would be old Morgan G.. Buckley
who got the nickname of the
"Crowbar Governor" when one
time the legislature up here could
Mt agree on who should be de-
clared governor in a very close
election. The Democrats up here
Just took the KEYS of the Capitol
and declared their man elected
because they had majority IN
the Senate. Well, my great great
uncle lust called. for some heavy
men, and, as he was the previous
Neglected governor, he just broke
down the doors with crow bar
and ran the state for the next
two years out of his own pocket
that is out of the pocket of the
Aetna Life Insurance Company
which he ran. And so it is with
my Mothers family.
Seems like every time, though,
that you shake the family tree a
nut drops out like myself.
AS for me, like l said I'm a hy-
brid. Pm a life long Democrat.
and I'd like to stay that way if
you people down your way will
permit me to do SO. like some
Negroes, some Catholics, some
Jews, and some white people. I'm
an Iconoclast because / don't hap
pen to like the present MAN in
the White House." l liked little
old Harry, myself. l like Augusta,
Georgia very much, too, but not
because of its golf. l liked its
flowers and the people who were
so hospitable to me when / was
at Camp Gordon down there.
That's the South I like to re-
member, and through your paper
l want to be reminded of those
days. That's when Ellis Arnall
was governor and. not those red
neck Talmadges l like Holding
Carter who seems to be a neigh
Dor of yours. l like the Atlanta
Constitution, the Charlotte OBJ =
Constitution, the Charlotte OBJ
server, and such like because the
Republicans can't pull the wool
over their eyes.
l served in the United States
Foreign Service until l couldn't
stand it any more which was af-
ter Mr.. Dulles took office. The
finest man / knew in the service
and the most intelligent and Gull
tured was Negro from New Jer-
sey, Herb Tate. The worst was his
boss and mine-the ambassador,
a rude corn-ball from Maryland.
! hope Herb is still alive and
kicking l think the ambassador
has kicked the bucket and may
be having quite time getting in
Up There if that's where he want
ed to go.
Do qualify for a subscription
or do you want one of my great
grand daddy's shinplasters as
proof of my Southern heritage?
Sincerely yours,
JAMES E. HEWES, JR.
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East Side

time get edge when and since ulcer
l don't get sore because stomach hurts
talking with who would listen before the address
was advised to "alk slow" was told that speaker could
speak Well talked slow By goy even paused
middle of words talked slow think they thought
speakers pause but wasn't was pausng to count
the speakers pulse which, might add, was mighty SLOW
at times
Actually the speech was flop thanks think the
audience failed understand what saying primarily pc
cause they couldn't hear
Could they have me- think they would have been
with perhaps good bit ahead But goly what speak
pausing business in the opening sentence
example, like this PRESID ENTDENT. Stopped in
middle Of the word President thank But hell Pappy
l was out of breath.
speaking the spoken word But
you well just isn't safe to speak Off the cf
capable of doing it Newspapers have messed
speakers than you can imagine by quoting sentence
there mostly out of context entirely And in these
days times it isn't very safe unless make yourself
perfectly and then it amt too safe.
did to turn this letter into a sermon, NUT this
would add, fact that what this country
could use beside good bit schooling for
reporters abstracng speech know of that such
easy but dammit, there obligation the part OF
to get facts somewhere near
that it would help keep speakers alive little longer
Well Pappy, that the speech delivered at billiard
University! received another invitation since return
ing not from billiard.
that sympathy to Billie and Karen Pappy that
wasn't very nice.
Kindest regards,
PS Pappy please pass the word of my availability for
assemblies orphanage openings wakes and other
diversified programs Of course, friend, for a fee.
pde.
Of course, I've changed my mind again Sunday l
had letter Mrs Sarah Patton Boyle at Charlotts
VILE Va. in which she said that the more speaks
the more confidence gains but that ones delivery
doesn't improve any appreciatabe degree And there
went my ambition to be speaker! AS told Patty in
letter her. I'd not infct my delivery anyone not
even the wees
However, please state state the pay rate in your
invitations.
Well after all, had to fill up the column with some
thing didn't I?
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-28

The average housewife will, in
her lifetime, wash enough cook
ing and eating utensils to make
about 70 stacks as high as the
Empire State Building Coz sto-
ries high) in New York
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Letters

Hartford 5, Conn.
March 81, 1857
Mr.. P. D. East, Editor
Petal Paper
Petal, Mississippi,
Dear Mr. East,
Having heard of your efforts to
save civilization with laugh, /
am enclosing a check for $500
hoping that this will start the
PETAL PAPER coming my way.
If l qualify for subscription,
would you bill me for a whole
year.
l qualify to subscribe because
my fathers family are from the
south. NV granddaddy on his side
was born in Baltimore His daddy
that's my great granddaddy--
was of Confederate smypathies
during the war between the states
and invested the family fortune
in Confederate shinplasters. My
granddaddy had to start all over
again and moved up here where
he ran an insurance company or
something.
BY the way my grandmammy
is a Smith from Virginia, or was
rather. l don't think it's the same
Smith that was saved by that
darkie, Pochohantas. My grand
nanny never used that kind of
language. She used to make
Maryland Baptist cakes which are
like hush puppies only they are
Mt made out of corn meal. You
can't get them any more these
days. She liked beaten biscuits
and Smithfield hams. So does my
father. MY granddaddy was real
Southern gentleman. He liked
Dickens, and, according to the
late Governor "Uncle Toby" Cross
of this state, he could recite
Scripture to support any argu-
ment no matter how ridiculous it
was. He liked bourbon and branch
water, too.
| One of my ancestors, collateral
ly, was a signer Of the Declara-
ton of Independence from North
! Carolina named Joseph Hewes.
He died without issue I'm told,
but he liked rum and good cock
fight.
You know the Declaration of
MISREPRESENTATION it says call
men are created equal only some
are more equal than others"
That's what he signed anyway be-
cause old Tom jefferson, who was
slave holder. told him it was all
right. TOM was something of a
radical, though, and don't know
as ] would want to be classed as
a descendant of someone who
knew him. You know what I
mean. It wouldn't look good,
that's all.
My granddaddy also was a very
tolerant man. l once heard him
say, II don't object to riding on
street cars with Republicans or
to eating in the same restaurant
as Republicans. But l do draw the
line at inter-marriage" That's my
granddaddy.
Now l want to be very honest
with you. While my daddy's side
of the family are pure Southern
as pure as Mountain Dew. Pm
actually a hybrid. My mothers
family are Black Republicans way
back to- the time when one of
them founded the Puritan Con-
gregational Church in Concord,
Massachusetts, and married into
the Emerson family which later
produced Ralph Waldo among
others. This minister had son
who went to see King Charles II
along with Increase Mather to tell
him where to head in on behalf
of the Massachusetts, Bay Colony.
/ e. III
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burg even better place in which
to live, prosper, and be happy.
| will appreciate your vote and
influence.
Respectfully,
Claude Pittman
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-03-28

Mrs. HeWes:
Indeed, for three bucks you can
have a subscription. And for ten
bucks you can have the whole
damned paper!
pde.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-12
Board Elects
Officers in
Montgomery

Adolph c. Rohland was elect.
ed president Of the Montgom-
cry County Real Estate Board
this week.
Other officers chosen at the
18th annual meeting. which wa:
held at the Kenwood Golf and
Country Club are:
First vice president. Henry w
Stoehr: second vice president
James c. Conley. and secretary
treasurer. jackson A. Kessinger
The board also chose two new
directors. Scott r. Brewer. jr.
Of Bethesda and Edward C
Holmead Of Silver Spring.
After the election, members
gathered for q presidents din.
ner to honor the retiring presi-
dent, H. E. Thompson. IT,. and
his successor. Several other
presidents Of the board at
tended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-12
REALTY REVUE

the Maryland Real Estate
Commission. who will discuss
examination of statesmen. anc
Earl Farr. Of Washington. ant
Thomas L. Phillips. Of Bethes-
da. who are to be on a 'breac
and butter" panel.
4 = hA
Two District men are among
ITO real estate counseling spe.
cialists who are listed In the
new directory Of the American
Society Of Real Estate Coun.
sellers, which has just beer
published.
They are Richard B. Hall and
Charles c. Koones.
4 4
The annual dinner and dance
of the Building owners and
Managers Association Of Met.
ropolitan Washington will gel
under way at $3.50 pm. October
"a In the Sheraton-Park Ho-
tel.
In its announcement Of the
event, BONA emphasized there
will be no speeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-12

More than 800 people from
all over Maryland are expected
to attend the eighth semi
annual Statewide Real Estate
Conference Of the Maryland
Real Estate Association next
Friday at the Francis Scott Key
Hotel In Frederick.
Edward r. Carr. Of Washing
ton. former president Of the
National Association Of Home
Builders, viii give the address
during the conference banquet
that closes the meetings.
other speakers from this
area who will participate In
the conference are Oliver M.
Walker. Of Washington, and
C. Edwin Kline. Of Silver
Spring. who will discuss mort
gage money: Ralph r. Ripley.
of Silver Spring. q member Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-12
Paint Won't Stick

The appearance Of your
house can be ruined II excessive
moisture is allowed to accumu-
late inside. Such moisture tries
to reach the outside air through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-12

the wall. II 1t reaches the sid
ing In sufficient quantity to
soak the wood. the adhesion Of
the exterior paint will be de-
stroYed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-12
ROHLAND HEADS BOARD

Adolph c. 1Rohland Qeft), new president of
the Montgomery County Real Estate Board,
receives the organizations gavel from the
outgoing president, Herbert E. Thompson,
IT,, after this weeks annual meeting at the
kenwood Country Club.-Star Staff Photo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-20
Scotland Divided

Scotland is small country divided
between highlands and lowlands. 1t fol-
lows, then, that the Scots themselves
are divided between Highlanders and
Lowlanders and 1t is all taken quite
seriously in certain circumstances. One
Of these circumstances pertains to mill
tary dress, in which the Scots are as
colorful in appearance as awesome in
combat fact that has been we'll estab-
lished through various kinds Of wars at
home and abroad. Right now there is
a small, but not cold, war going on in
Scotland itself on this matter of mill
tary dress. The Queens First Minister,
Sir Harold Macmillan, has dared coura-
geously II not wisely to arbitrate 1t.
In planning reorganization of Brit
aims defense establishment, the London
government decided that the Highland
Light Infantry and the Lowland Royal
Scots Fusiliers should be merged into a
single regiment. To an outsider, this
might seem simple enough but 1t is not
simple to the Scotsmen. The Highland
ers wear kits The Lowlanders wear
trews (tight-fltting tartan trousers).
The Highlanders do not wish to wear
trews. The Lowlanders do not wish to
wear kits. London insists that both
cannot be worn in the same regiment.
Sir Harold insists that the divided Scots
Nach agreement (peaceably) or both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-20
He'll Get the Money

One of the safest bets on Capitol
Hill is that Senator Mcclellan will get
the $4,000 which is needed to carry on
the work of his committee through this
January. For he and his colleagues on
the committee have made an excellent
start, and we doubt that any Senator
will balk at providing the funds to get
on with the job.
This request, when granted, will
bring to 100000 the total required by
the committee for its first year Of opera
ton. This certainly is not peanuts, but
Senator Mcclellan has given a persua-
Sive account Of past expenditures and Of
the committees future needs. Further
more, despite the notable achievements
to date, every Senator knows that the
committee has just scratched the sur
face Of the wrongdoings in the labor
management field.
The ultimate goal of the Mcclellan
inquiry is legislation to correct abuses
already disclosed and other abuses
which will be turned up in the future.
1t is not going to be easy to devise this
legislation and Congress will need all
of the information that the investigation
can produce. 1t is the job of the Nc
Clellan committee to dig up this infor-
nation, and we have no doubt that the
Senate will see to it that the investi-
gators are provided with the necessary
money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-20
Communist Beuchhend

Syria'S tortured journey into Com
muniSt political control appears to have
reached its destination with the events
of the past week end. Displaying openly
the power which had been emerging
gradually for months past, the pro-
Communist clique of young army officers
took over the military establishment and
launched an immediate purge of right
wing diSSenterS. After authorizing the
move, President Shukri al-Kuwatly,
whose profeSSed neutralism between
East and West had been weighted to-
ward an increasing friendlineSS for
Soviet Russia, left Damascus for Cairo.
His future role is uncertain, but there
was speculation that events had moved
too fast and too far for him to apply any
effective restraint even If he so wished.
Remaining in nominal political author
ity is Premier Sabri ASSali, who has
likewise been cooperative in the steady
build-up of Communist influence in
the country, and who in any case
probably does not have the power to
check the left-wing army group.
The course Of things to come is not
yet clear, but the picture obviously is
not a good one. Syria'S relations with
all her neighborS - Lebanon, Turkey,
Iraq, Jordan and ISrael-range from
bad to worse. She has been joined in
alliance with Egypt, but it is not yet
clear whether the Cairo government
will look favorably on open Communist
control in Damascus. At the same time,
Syria'S location in the middle of a group
Of states that are anti Communist and
currently inclined toward cooperation
with the West makes it a strategic CEN
ter for the operation of Soviet intrigue.
A fortnight ago a Moscow Damascus
economic agreement was announced as
supplement to an existing arrange
ment for Soviet arms assistance. Our
own relationship with Syria reached a
record low point in this same recent
period after Damascus made its absurd
charges of American plotting, and ex-
PEELED three of our embassy officials. In
retaliation, we have declared the Syr-
ian Ambassador here and an embassy
aide as persona non grata.
There is reason to believe there is
substantial Communist sentiment
in Syria, but these elements have been
unable in recent years to organize an
effective political party. The relative
weaknesses in the civil political struc-
ture left the way open for army fac
tions to carry on the struggle for power
with the present unfortunate results.
Unless concerted pressure from other
Middle East states forces another shift,
it looks as If the Soviet Union has estab-
lished firm beachhead in that area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-20
An Act of Foirness

1t is not too late for Congress to
assure just treatment for $4,000 present
and former Federal employees who hold
life insurance policies issued by dying
beneficial associations" The policies
and the associations are dying because
the new Federal Employees Life Insur-
ance Act, with its more generous in
surance provisions, is forcing the tradi-
tional employee organized groups out Of
business. In passing the act, however,
Congress authorized the Civil Service
Commission to take over the old policies.
The commission has been provided
with SUFFICIENT funds to assume respon-
sibility for only SIS, 900 of the outstanding
policies, however. The remaining $4,000
policies will not be able to pay of in
full unless Congress guarantees them
through special legislation. To do this,
the Senate recently passed bill which
would authorize the Civil Service Com
mission to use Federal employe inSur-
ance funds of the new system to validate
the old policies. The House is yet to act,
but it has received a favorable report
on the measure from its Civil Service
Committee. This legislation should be
enacted in fairness to large group Of
employees who, so far, have been dis
eliminated against in the carrying out
OF the original congressional pledge that
holders of the beneficial policies would
not suRer any loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-20
THINGS Have CHANGED

Seventy-odd years ago,
when I was a kid down on
the farm. I recall how proud
l was when i saw "Old
Glory" floating in the breeze.
I would swell up like a pouter
pigeon and strut.
Alas. that feeling no longer
prevails.
When I see thugs and
gangsters-released from jail
and brought to Washington
to testify before the Senate
Investigating Committee -
deliberately thumb their
noses at this body and sing
that too-familiar phrase. Il
refuse to answer for fear 1t
might incriminate me-" II
makes my blood boil.
And also when l see the
courts nullify laws which
have been on the statute
books for years for the pro-
lection of our citizens, there
by automatically freeing
from the jails criminals
serving time for violation Of
these laws.
No, this is not the country
/ was born in eighty years
ago!
Old Timer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-20
Riqht to Vote

The big issue now seems TO
be civil rights. What is Amer
lea coming TO. anyway? 1t
seems that there will be an
other Hitler. Stain or even
worse. when an Attorney
General or some Judge with
dictatorial powers can give a
decision instead Of q jury Of
IL people to weight the evi-
dence. There are still some
Americans in the Senate and
l hope many in the House.
/ think anyone. black or
white. should have a right to
vote If he is competent to
know what he is doing. Both
had that right in my native
State and should elsewhere
And all that are capable OF
doing so should not fail TO use
this right. They are stupid If
they don't.
VaAeh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-20
Henry George

september z, 1901, marks
the ll8th anniversary Of the
birth of Henry George. the
Prophet of San Francisco"
as the Duke Of Argyll deris-
lively called him in 1884; and
as Louis F. Post (one-time
resident of Washington and
Government official in the
Wilson administration re-
membered him with admira-
ton and affection in a vol
ume of personal memoirs and
interpretations of the great
economist written here some
80 years ago.
Prophet, indeed, has Henry
George become. and one is re-
minded of what Isaiah said
about prophets. Though the
name of Henry George has
been honored both in his own
country and throughout the
world, there are many people
who are unaware of his great
contributions to the science
of economics and social phi
losophy. His proposal that
governments should collect
all necessary revenue by a tax
on the site value Of land
gradually to eliminate all
other taxation has withstood
the onslaughtS Of Georges
severest critics, and after the
passage of over three-quar-
tiers of a century no one has
successfully rebutted his anal
ysis of the causes Of indus
trial depressions.
This remarkable thinker
Of Scotch ancestry and a
deeply religious family back
ground had scant formal
education. He had to work
hard to support his family.
especially during the depres-
sion Of 1873 which followed
the Civil War, but still found
time in a lifetime Of 81 years
to write books recognized
the world over as Of perma-
nent value, among the OUT
standing ones being, Of
course, Progress and Pow
erty." Science Of Political
Economy" and Protection or
Free Trade" Progress and
Poverty" has been translated
into a dozen languages and is
probably the most widely
read book on economics ever
written.
George died in 1897 and
two global wars and FIVE de-
pressions later 1t appears
quite probable that civiliza-
ton may be destroyed by hy-
drogen and atomic explosions
unless men mind their foolish
and greedy ways.
George Maravelas.