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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21
Ford Dealer
Loses Suit

WINSTOM-SALEM, N. c..
Mar. 81 GA former automo-
bile dealers charge that his BUSH
ness was the victim of "eco-
nomic slavery" imposed by the
Ford Motor Co., was rejected to-
day by a Federal Judge.
Judge Roszel C. Thomson of
Baltimore concluded that such
market domination or distribu-
ton control as Ford may have
exercised. or such economic
captivity as it may have i'm
posed did not amount" to
monopoly in violation of the
Sherman Antitrust Act.
At the same time, the jurist
said great pressure was placed by
automobile manufacturers on
dealers to accept cars, parts and
accessories which they neither
needed nor wanted.
Asked S95s,00O Damages
Judge Thomson ruled that
Miller Motors. Inc, a former
Lincoln Mercury dealer in Win
ston-Salem. was not entitled to
the $958,045.l1 it sought in
treble damages.
He said the firm was entitled
only to $l.417.10 due it for re-
pair Of new cars which were de-
fective when received by Miller
Motors.
From 1852 until now, he said
the automobile companies, par
ticularly General Motors and
Ford, seemed determined to sell
even more cars. Substantially
increased quotas we're presented
to plaintiff and other dealers.
Brought 'BIitz' Sales
In most cases the volume Of
cars could not be sold in the ira
ditional manner: and the prac-
tice of holding blitz sales (sell-
ing more cars at a smaller profit
developed throughout the in
dustry."
During this period. Judge
Thomson said. Ford dominated
its dealers. But the evidence
shows no real discrimination"
against Miller Motors. he said.
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Tickets on Sale
For Blossom
Parade Here

Tickets for the four hour Ma
tional Cherry Blossom Festival
Parade April are now on sale,
the Festival Ticket Committee
announced today.
Henry Burroughs, chairman Of
the committee. said reviewing
stands for the illuminated pa
rade will be at Connecticut ave-
nue. and X street NV. Stands
for patrons will be erected in
the park areas from Thirteenth
and K to Seventeenth and K
streets NV, and fronting the
half block from the World Gen.
ter Building on K street to Sew
enteenth and K streets NV.
More than 200 units are ex-
pected to march in the annual
parade. College. high school and
civic bands and marching units
will represent all sections of the
country, according to Herbert D..
Ford. parade chairman. The So
festival princesseS will ride ga!ly
decorated floats, as in previous
years.
Tickets, which range from $1.50
to $3.50, may be purchased at
the Potomac Building g. Loan
Association, Trans-Lux Building;
American Automobile ASsocia-
ton. l7l2 G street NV; Drug
Falr, Seventeenth and K streets
NV; Tolber's Ticket Agency,
and the Willard, Sheraton-P Park,
Hamilton. Raleigh. Lee House,
Dupont Plaza and Statler Hotels.
Tickets also may be purchased
at the Greater National Capital
Committee Offices, 1916 K street
NV.
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Boost in Security
Payments Forecast
, the Associated Press


The Government expects that
In five years 10.250 900 persons
will be receiving approximately
SO billion a year in social security
benefits.
This would be an increase of
about so per cent over present
figures, the House Appropria-
tons Committee was told in
testimony made public today.
Robert M. Ball, deputy direc-
tor Of the bureau of old age and
survivors insurance, said the
figures projected through 1861
compared with 1857 totals of
7,740,000 beneficiaries and So
billion in benefits.
The social security trust fund,
from which payments are made,
now has in 1t $22.5 billion in
contributions from employees and
employers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21

Remember! Only U. S. Dept of Aeri-
culture Graders are IMPARTIAL in
Grading Meats for Quality! Food
Lane sells only pesk-of-perfection cuts
OF Government Graded ~. S.
CHOICE" beef. You just can't miss!
Look for the (USDA) stamp of Quail
ity approval and with Food Lane
P.S.G.' you Get DOUBlE-ASSUR-
ANCe = Protected. Selected and
Guaranteed to satisfy or your
money back!
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
WHY THAT DAM SHOULD never BE BUILT ON
HAw RIVER FLOODING new HOPE VALLEY
pu Rsuuoto
h,.o Ill., vu ~'-
Personol

There is something personal in my opposition TO
the building of the dam flooding New Hope Vahey'
40 acres of this land near harrington, North Caro-
lima. was grubbed and cleared out of the wilderness
by my hands and those of my two brothers. We
ditched the land plowed it, and roamed over It, ana
it's dear to us Over in the bottom land are some
beautiful scaly bark hickory trees, good for SOUR
res These trees still stand. There are some winding
footpaths through the woods. My father USED 10
walk these paths In the old cowpen back Of the
house can still feel the presence OF Mother milking
COWS and over beyond on little hill hes the remains
of my father and mother and those OF my llt'ie
brother | nope these are never disturbed by the
hands of man.
In 1917 nv Oldest brother volunteered into the
limited States Army He was shot down September
29. 1918, in breaking the Hindenburg Line He was
9ounded and is now patient in the Veterans Hos
pital was talking to him recently about what was
going to happen to the old homeplace how they
were going to cover it in water and dig up Mother
and Father He sat in silence, and finally sad, we
American soldiers who faced those machine guns IN
Europe thought we were fighting for freedom and
security We must have been mistaken
know you will say sentiment and personal feel
ings ought not to enter into the matter, but WheI
YOU leave out sentiment and personal 1eehngS ana
maybe Justice what do you have left? Communism
If we are going to take away the Churches that
have stood for 200 years take from the citizens their
inheritance break up family ties forever dig up the
bones of the dead and move them away and destroy
ones faith in life think it would be best to stop
talking about the Russians and their treatment OF
the ptiful Hungarians
To take ones property would set bad prece-
dent DESTROYING forever ones feeling of American
security and the security of individual property
rights in America.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
Why Build The Dam !

IFS not needed for electric power. It's not espe-
c;alv needed for flood control Major floods do not
occur often on the Cape Fear River 1t was pointed
out in the Fayetteville meeting that for every nome
dostroved in New Hope Valley eight homes would
be protected down the river. There Is lot OF dhle
ence in being destroyed and in being protected lha'
protection might mean keeping the water OH 'he
front doorstep once in 20 years. The dam on ia"
River would be no good for irrigation for the peo-
81 pe on the low Cape Fear 1t would be too Tar away
and too, it would be practically useless tor naViga
zion and for the people below the dam it would be
a recreationa joke
Viewing it from the standpoint of flood control,
those favorng the dam contend that 1t would De
beneficial to nearly 100000 acres of land situated
along the lower Cape Fear and that by flood conroi
145 600 acres of woodland would be improved, and
that g. 900 acres of tlable land would be greatly
benefited by building the dam How could the build
ing of the dam possibly improve 145,0OO acres OF
woodland situated below the dam when land that
overflows makes better timber than land that does
not overflow? And the $4,000 acres of tlable land
are mostly lowands bottomland not too suited 10
the growing of crops. And these bottomlands could
not he made very valuable to industry; most OF II
would be too far from growing towns or cities Both
from the standpoint of farming and industry the
benefits from the dam would be negligible in COM
parison to the cost.
Twice has the project been condemned; twice
declared unjustifed by the Army Corps of Engl-
neers A survey of the New Hope Valley project was
made by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1888. At
that time it was declared unjustifed. Another sur
nomically unsound. If the project was no good In
1896 why should it be so wonderful today?
We feel that when all the figures are in and
the facts are known the Army Corps of Engineers
will again declare the project unjustified
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
There Is No
Shortage Of Water

Four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered in
water There are just many drops of water in
the world today as there were million years ago
The water level in the earth may vary from time to
time, but the amount of water remains substantially
the same, and all the talk hear about the short
age OF water is political talk or some other kind
of talk.
There is plenty of water for everybody. North
Carolina has an average rainfall of So inches a
year This is far above the average for the nation
Our water supply can best be preserved and handled
by building small dams or reservoirs near the towns
or cities where the water is needed Treating plants
can be installed to purify the water.
system Of small dams or a series Of small dams
would serve the people much better than one big
dam away up the river. And way to finance these
smaller projects can also be found If it has to
take an Act Of Congress to do So Can't tell me
Congress can find money to build big dam but
can't find way to finance small one.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
What Good viii Il Do 10
Build q Dom on How Rivsrl

What good will 4 do To build dam on Haw
kaver, flooding New Hope Valley7 The people on
the lower Cape Fear River would not be benefited
much BY the DAM They would only be made to
believe that they would be greatly benefited.
What good would 1t do to prevent the lowlands
OF the Cape Fear River from overflownig once In
20 years?
How could the drought conditions on the lower
Cape Fear River be alleviated by dam $50 miles
upstream?
How much good would it do navigation to raise
the Cape Fear River foot? That additional foot
OF water might be there when the ships not there
and the ship might be there when the waters not
there.
The 145,000 acres Of timber land located along
the river would not be benefited one iota by the
building of the DAM and the tilable land along the
river could not be improved more than SIS an acre
should the dam be built and this would be negligible
IN comparison to the property losses in New Hope
Valley.
Why destroy $50 million worth Of property in
order to improve few acres of bottomland on the
Cape Fear River when this type of land is not
needed for farming nor industry? Why put the
high land in the soil bank and gamble on the low
land?
The sensible thing to do would be to let the
lowland grow the timber and the highland grow
the crops.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
If Something Must
Be Done

But if something must be done on the Cape
Fear River-if some money must be spent in order
TO create new Jobs or to Justify political aspirations
i would suggest instead of DESTROYING ali of that
valuable property in New Hope Valley or flooding
the people on the upper end of the river or its trbu-
tares to benefit the people the lower end of the
river little, let's go to work and dredge out the
Cape Fear River from the mouth of the river no to
Fayetteville; make it navigabe make Elizabeth
town and Fayetteville into seaport towns; above
Fayetteville clean out the Cape Fear River and it's
Of the river and flow swiftly toward its mouth
In this way we will have flood control and real
navigation.
This would cost some money, but if they can
find money to build an inland waterway all the way
from Maine to Miami they can find enough money
to dredge out the lower Cape Fear River.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
Recreation

We hear lot about recreation and that the
building OF the dam would be great source of
recreation. 1t might help fishing but it would de-
stroy some fine wildfe Don't you think from a
business standpoint it would be poor investment TO
destroy $4,000 acres of valuable land and make use
less 10000 additional acres of land in order to make
a place for few big shots to spree around on the
Fourth of July?
1t would be folly to destroy all the fine prop
erty in New Hope Valley just to make a place to
have little fun God gave US the creeks and the
rivers and the to fish n-the beaches to plav
or-and the mountains to look at-and think these
should be sufficient without destroying the land of
fathers.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
Big Dam Building or
Biz Dam FooIishness

Big dam buildng-or should say big dam
foolishness-has emerged as one of the major prob
lens Of our tme-and It's contagious. Every time
dam i mentioned the people will say, Pm for it,"
without realizing the consequences Of 1t. Speed
boats, picnic lunches. and gay times are all they
can see. No thought is given to the human suffering
the property losses and tax burdens to be incurred
by the building Of the dam There is no way to out
talk those favoring the dam. II the weather Is dry
they cry, "irrigation-drought relief" If tho
relief"
Take look at Texas, for instance. Only few
weeks ago they had the President Of the United
States In Texas showing him the bones Of dead cows
dried brush and cracks In the ground pleading for
drought relief Now they are standing on the same
spot Of ground, wastdesp in water crying for flood
relief. In running to Washington often to Ike
1t might be better to get roundtrip ticket-go after
drought relief and bring back flood relief.
l still think God knows more about making
and watering land than any living man.
This big dam buildin is not all it's corked up to
be- People do not realize just how useless and ex-
pensive most big dams really are.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
Project Unsound
end Unnecessary

In conclusion, want to give these reasons why
that dam on Haw River should never be built flood
ing New Hope Valley.
FlRSI, 10 cemeteries lie within the proposed
dam feel that the living ought to be able to man.
age their affairs without disturbing the dead When
grave is moved, something is DESTROYED that cam
not be brought back.
The SECOND reason why the dam should never
oe built IS that it would destroy too much valuable
property IN New Hope Valley entirely too valuable
section of North Carolina to be DESTROYED by poll
tics.
When dam is built in the West the property
within the dam may have little value because it NAV
be built around canyon or on vacant lands
Here in New Hope Valley it's entirely different,
Inc land within the dam may be worth more than
all the benefits to be derived from the dam
This property in New Hope Valley is wonder
FULLY located-in triangle of rapidly growing towns
and cities-Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh-and
TINS property is destined to become very valuable
venture to say that within 20 years much of this
property will be worth to it's owners from 81 600
to $4,000 an acre, with total value of $50 million
lhiS is entirely too valuable piece of property to
be destroyed by the water of anv dam.
The THIRD reason why this dam should never
be built is that the whole project is economically
unsound and totally unnecessary.
Is 1t economically sound to keen 40 600 acres
OF land under water perpeually in order to prevent
$4,000 acres from overflowinp once in 20 vearsq Ia
IL economically sound to spend $1,000 of the tax
payers money to make $10O improvement? From
'ne STANDPOINT OF flood control it would be finan-
cai mistake Major floods do not occur often on the
'ape rear River. There was one in August 1908.
another in September, 1923, October 1929. Sentem-
Der 1913; and a few others But the total nronertv
loss from all major floods on the Cane Fear River
Tor the last 80 years, since the closing of the
NVl war, has been approximately so million.
II the dam is built covering New Hope Valley,
'ne minimum property loss will be $40 million a
year. ana II the water stays over the valley for 90
years the property loss will be 5000 million.
is IL economically sound to build dam. causing
property loss of 5000 million to prevent q flood
damage of SO million?
AS see it, the whole proposition is the biggest
piece of political tommyrot to face the neonle of ou
good state in many day, and few more votes
neo" the dam than above the dam will never Justify
the building of the dam.
may be defeated, but I'm still fighting-figbt-
ing 10 preserve what our parents and grandparents
lett US in New Hope Valley-fighting to preserve
their last resting place.
Whatever happens may some way be found
to let those 1000 people residing in New Hone VAL
ley live on in peace keeping their homes and other
properties, leaving the Churches to stand. and the
bones OF our dead to lie unmolested
Signed: MARCUS A. STONE.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1957-07-05
By MARCUS A. STONE
q Native of the VALLEY

lhs following extracts aperecordng and sayings
Stone soken from time time opposition the building of the
dam on Ha,U River.)
N economically sound to build the dom cousinq prop
sy loss Of 5000 million prevent flood domose Of 50 mil
Iion2
As see the whole proposition the biggest piece Of po-
eo tommot to foce the people Of good mony
doy and few below the dom ton above the dam
will never justify me building OF the dam.
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the National Guard to prevent
indignation.
1T is my conviction tina,
the clear and frank answer Il
this question Is essential t.
marshaling the full weight Of
public opinion behind the effort
Of the United States to en-.
force the law" said Senator
Javits.
The Senator also expressed
his belief that the outcome Of
the Arkansas situation will
have great bearing on whether
the January session Of Con-
gress revives the section that
was eliminated from the new
civil rights law. This would
have enabled the Federal Gov
eminent to take the initiative
in trying to protect all civil
rights. including school inte-
grafton. Elimination Of this
section restricted the new civil
rights law to voting privileges
This civil rights bill IL not
adequate. as the Arkansas sit
uation clearly shows. to deal
with organized and entrenchec
defiance Of the constitutional
rights Of Americans" Senator
Javits added.
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! to keep the White House In.
formed.
He was In q strategic posi-
ton for the role of go-between,
He Is a close friend Of Mr.,
Eisenhower's key assistant,
Sherman Adams. He stood by
Mr.. Eisenhower's foreign aid
program and foreign policy
when other Democratic Con-
gressmen were opposing 1t.
Understanding Urged
He can and does stand as
a kind Of interpreter of the
views Of the South and the
North on integration, plead
ing for understanding.
For these and other reasons
he is highly persona grata at
the White House.
Mr.. Hays does not claim 10
be q close personal friend Of
Gov. Faubus. But" he says
with q twinkle. hes q Baptist,
too"
Brooks Hays. SO. q lawyer
and long time member Of Con-
gress. is q man Of many facets.
He is deeply religious -presi-
dent Of the e-million-member
Baptist Convention and one OF
the FIRST layman to hold that
ONCE, sponsor Of the bill that
created = special room for
prayer in the Capitol in WASH
ington, organizer Of the 81
year-old Brooks Hays Bible
Glass and deacon Of his church.
Hays Noted for wit
He Is witty-the amateur
cartoonist who created the
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friendly "Willipus Wallipus." !
legendary Arkansas beast with
eight legs. which became the
subject Of q debate in the
House.
And he is brave--the man
who countered Soviet pro-
posal to admit Outer Nom
golia to the United Nations by
proposing that Texas be adj
mitted. too. under the name
Of "Outer Arkansas"
Mr.. Hays is married and has
a married son and daughter,
Mrs. William E. Bell, and Steele
Hays, a lawyer.
He has served on the House
Foreign Relations Committee
and as Q member Of the Ameri-
can delegation to the United
Nations.
At home. he likes to draw and
write-funny stories about fun
ny animals. In Washington,
he is In wide demand as an
after-dinner speaker.
He has been talking about
going to Moscow to encourage
Baptist churches there.
Awarded for Prayer
He received an award from
the Freedoms Foundations OF
Valley Forge for helping create
the prayer room in the Capitol.
Reports have been current
for some time that Mr.. Hays
may be named Federal Judge
In Eastern Arkansas-and his
role as mediator in the Little
Rock integration struggle may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
Dixie Will Replace
Anthem in One Town

FOREST, Miss. Sept. Is Up.
Because Of current school in
tegration disputes. ''Dixie" will
replace "The Star-Spangled
Banner" a. the prelude NUM-
Der for al home football games
ct Forest High School this
season.
The announcement was
made by L. o. Atkins. super
tnlGelldent, and Hal Polk, band
director. It viii be the FIRST
time in local football history
that the national anthem has
not been played before the
kickon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-13
Girl Admits Tale
OF Attack Is Hook

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept.
Is R.-Police Sergt. M. H.
House said yesterday q 15-year-
old white high school girl has
admitted her story that she
was accosted by three colored
youths yesterday was q hoax.
Sergt. House said the girl. q
pupil at Glenn Vocational High
School, admitted she made the
story UP to keep from having
to attend classes.
The girl said first she had
been seized by the trio as she
walked across q parking lot.
A scratch on her shoulder and
rips In her blouse were done hy
her with Q safety razor blade.
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Jovits Cites SIowness
OF Indignation in South

Although more than three
years have passed since the
Supreme Court ruled against
segregated schools, only about
TOO out of 5000 bi-racial school
districts in the South have
been integrated. according to
figures gathered by Senatos
Javits. Republican Of New
York.
He made the figures public
last night in q telegram urging
Attorney General Brownell to
disclose now whether informa-
ton in the hands Of the Justice
Department shows that civic
order was In jeopardy in Little
Rock, Ark. as claimed by Gov.
Faubus in justifying his use OF
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caught in q hopeless and dam
gerous deadlock. Gov. Faubus
had ordered National Guards
men to keep Negroes from en-
rolling in . Little Rock high
school. A Federal Judge had
ordered the school to be in
tegrated.
Neither side seemed prepared
Ito bulge an inch.
Suddenly the news came that
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lend greater probability to the
report.
When that struggle FIRST de-
veloped. Mr.. Hays pleaded for
"re-establishing the spirit OF
calmness in which solutions can
be sought"
That. no doubt. will be the
same plea he makes tomorrow
when he joins the. conference
between the President and the
Governor.
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Gov. Faubus had asked for q
meeting with the President 81
Newport. r. La meeting that
carries the prayerftil hopes Of
people in Little Rock to end
the ugly situation.
Mr.. Hays says the meeting
was his idea.
Further, he says. II have
been transmitting information
on the situation to the White
House almost from the begin
ming. ! felt 1t was my duty
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gentle, widely admired Arkan-
sas Congressman.
He is Representative Brooks
Hays.
Mr.. Hays emerged Is the
mysterious emissary who helped
bring Gov. Orval Z. Faubus to
the conference tomorrow with
President Eisenhower.
Only two days ago. Gov.
Faubus and the United States
Government appeared to be
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RIGHT MAN AT RIGHT MOMENT?
Hays Urged Foubus
To See Eisenhower

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Sept IS OP-They say crisis
always puts the right the right role at just the right
moment
that's true the powderkee Arkansas this week.
with sparks flying between the and between the Federal
and State governments pointing from the first toward