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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
~ REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Bomb Test Ban-A 7 first Step'?

Just as earlier optimism about
prospects for q significant start
on disarmament was beginning to
fade, dramatic developments last
week brought renewed hope that
a first step" was in prospect at
last.
The Soviet Union, in q swift
reversal Of position. accepted the
principle OF international inspec-
ton as part Of a proposed two or
three year moratorium on nuclear
weapons testing. The Russian
switch was effectively timed and
cleverly presented. In effect. the
Soviet delegate to the London
meetings of the United Nations
Subcommittee on Disarmament,
Valerian A. Zorin, broke with his
proposal confused and discourage
ing impasse.
Any plan calling for an end to
nuclear bomb testing was assured
Of an eager world reception. In
creasing concern everywhere over
the possible effects on humanity.
present and future, of the radio
active fallout caused by test ex-
ploSions guaranteed universal in
terest in any plan to end them. In
the United States Congress, recent
public hearings had dramatically
emphasized the deadly potential Of
fallout, despite scientific disagree
ment on its actual present dangers.
Last April. the renowned humans
tartan, DR.. Albert Schweizer. had
appealed to the world for an inn
mediate halt to nuclear testing.
Noted scientists IN many countries
had echoed his plea. warning Of the
serious genetic effects Of radiation.
The Soviet suggestion Friday that
tests be suspended was in itself not
new. Moscow's worldwide propa-
ganda apparatus has dwelt steadily
in recent months on the radiation
danger. with. Of course. particular
emphasis on the tests conducted by
the United States and Britain. In
disarmament talks. the Russians
have called for an outright ban on
nuclear weapons, cessation of their
manufacture. and the ultimate de-
struction Of existing stockpiles. But
the Kremlin always rejected all
proposals from the West
demanding a fool-proof interna-
tional inspection system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Step Forward
For Rights Bill

false alarm win have demon
strated the close liaison between
the condition Of an illustrious in
testlne and the fate of humanity"
And the London Daily Sketch ran
a BURBERRY pie recipe along with
a warning to its readers to beware
the second slice.
The digestive fiareup focused at
tention again on the various plans
for clarifying the procedure to be
followed when President is dis
abled by accident or illness.
The Constitution, while providing
for the succession of the Vice
President to the presidency when
the Chief Executive becomes dis
abled. makes no provision for de-
termining who shall say whether
or not the President is too inca
pacitated to perform his duties. 1t
has been suggested that should a
President 60 into a long coma. the
country would be leaderless.
On March 30. Mr.. Eisenhower
asked Congress to resolve the ques-
ton. His proposal would provide
that the President himself should
declare his disability in writing.
and if unable to do SO, the Vice
President on his own initiative
should become acting President
after receiving written approval Of
majority of the cabinet.
This proposal was greeted coolly
by the constitutionalists of Con-
gress who feel that the unelected
cabinet has no proper role in such
a procedure. House Speaker Sam
Rayburn said he did not think
much" of the idea and added that
the Nation had gotten along well
for 1913 years without any such
procedure and probably would con-
tinue to get along without it.
But last week. Chairman Eman-
uel Celler of the House Judiciary
Committee said that q special
judiciary subcommittee would start
consideration soon of the various
proposals that have been offered
as solutions to the constitutional
ambiguity.
Among the other proposals was
one that would set up a commission
composed Of Supreme Court justices.
congressional leaders and admins
tration leaders to determine at
what point Presidents disability
requires succession by the Vice
President.
With only a few more weeks Of
this session remaining, and much
to be done. it is not likely that
Congress will dispose Of the matter
before next year at the earliest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16

Although rs per cent Of the
population of Jefferson County.
Miss, is Negro, the voter registra-
ton books are 100 per cent white.
The same Is true Of Madison Parish.
La, which has population of Sc
per cent Negroes, and Wilcox
County. Ala. where Negroes COM
prise 70 per cent of the total pop
ulation.
Northern proponents Of civil
rights legislation have commended
that such situations do not reflect
merely voter apathy, but rather an
outright prohibition against Negro
voters.
President Eisenhower's civil rights
bill. which will reach a final vote
in the House tomorrow, seeks.
among other things, to force white
registrars in the South to open the
books to all qualified voters. white
or black. The measure would per-
init the Attorney General to seek
injunctions in civil law against
anyone who deprives another of the
right to vote. Contempt cases
arising from such injunctions that
are flouted would be decided not
by a Jury. but by a Federal judge.
The South has attacked the bill
on this score, charging that it
would abridge fundamental right.
This challenge has found sympathy
among some members of Congress
outside the South. 1t was an Illinois
Republican. for instance, who last
week introduced an amendment to
the bill which would require q jury
to hear such contempt cases. But
most Northerners. who insisted
that Southern juries are reluctant
to convict whites in civil rights
cases. successfully fought down the
amendment, 1919 to 1877, in the bills
most difficult test.
House passage Is regarded as
certain for the bill, which also
would set up g commission to in
vestigate complaints of civil rights
violations, and permit the Federal
Government to step into such cases
before State remedies have been
exhausted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
The Budget:
Soil Bank Wins

President Eisenhower's efforts to
solve the problem of agricultural
surpluses-the key to ending most
Of the farmers woes-have been
marked by small victories and large.
defeats. The net effect Of these
attempts has been only to slow
very slightly the movement Of farm
products to Government ware
houses.
But last week Mr.. Eisenhower
won a significant victory for a key
program of his farm policy. 1t
came in the form of a new lease on
life, courtesy of the Senate, for his
soil bank program. The House on
May II voted down 1858 funds for
the banks acreage reserve section
in a Midwest split Of the
farm bloc.
On Tuesday night the Senate
passed the 1858 Agriculture De-
partment appropriation bill. and
included in it were funds for the
acreage reserve program. Since
House defeat Of this item was by
only a 5-vote margin, l92-l87.
there seemed little doubt that the
program will be continued by q
House-Senate conference.
The entire agricultural bill. as It
left the Senate. amounted to
$3,668. 972.157, or about $500 mil
lion less than the amount Mr..
Eisenhower had requested.
The Senate also approved
$2.885. 290, 781 for the Departments
of Labor and Health. Education
and Welfare. Although this was
almost 500 million less than the
President had asked, the Senate
voted for s32 million more for
medical research than Mr.. Eisen-
hover had estimated was neces-
sary.
AS the budget now stands. with
final action in both houses on six
major appropriations bills, almost
SIS billion has been, or soon will
be, removed. Three Of the bills
Treasury-Post ONCE, Commerce
and State, Justice and Judiciary
have been signed into law at
$456,845,284 less than requested in
the Eisenhower budget.
The House has cut 1862 ,S15. 100
from four other bills upon which
the Senate also has passed. remov-
ing $950,864.510. These are bills
providing funds for the Agricul-
ture Department. the Departments
Of Labor and Health, Education
and Welfare. independent Offices
and the District Of Columbia.
In addition, the House has cut
about SIS billion from Defense
Department appropriations and $50
million from Interior Department
requests, neither of which has yet
been considered in the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Wave ofFuture:
A Letdown

The intercontinental balIistic mis-
sile dubbed the ATLAS" is designed
to carry an atomic or hydrogen
warhead for $500 miles at $4,000
miles an hour with a maximum
altitude Of 800-1 500 miles.
Last Tuesday the Air Force fired
an Atlas from its launching site at
Cape Canaveral, Fla. The l00-foot-
long missile did not reach a speed
OF $4,000 MPH or an altitude OF
300 miles. Nor did 1t travel $500
miles.
1t shot up about 5000 feet into
the sky and then exploded In a
blossom Of flame, its white hot rem
nants cascading into the sea.
The Air Force commented that
valuable information was gained as
a result Of this test" II was obvious
that one bit Of information gained
was that II you don't build EN-
right. they won't work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Senate Hurdle

Civil rights proponents have al
ways found the Senate, with its
own peculiar. institution" the fili-
buster, to be their most formidable
obstacle. Marathon deliberations
IN Senate subcommittee and COM.
mittees more often than not
effectively kill off any civil rights
measures even before they reach
the floor. This year. for instance.
civil rights bills have been in the
works for So months and are not
yet on the calendar.
But there is a better than even
chance now that maneuver being
planned by Northerners will bring
the issue to a head on the Senate
floor very soon-possibly as early
as Tuesday.
Their plan is to receive the
House version of the bill imme-
diately after House passage and
move thai 10 be placed directly on
the calendar. subject to call for
debate at any time. This would
bypass the judiciary Committee Of
Mississippi Senator James .. East
land. civil rights opponent.
The success of such strategy
would depend on favorable ruling
by Vice President Richard Nixon,
who only last January handed
down a ruling on limitation of
debate that. in its Interpretation,
broke precedent and struck at the
principle of unlimited debate. Mr..
Nixon has not indicated how he
would .ule. but Northerners are
confldens and Southerners seem
fearful.
If Mr.. Nixon rules against the
Southerners they can appeal, but
q motion to lay the appeal on the
table, which is not debatable, prob
ably would be successful. At that
point the House bill could be placed
on the calendar Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
The President:
Brief Illness

when you or I have an upset
stomach it isn't news. When the
President has an upset it's a diff
ferent matter" James c. Hagerty,
White House press secretary, was
talking to reporters about the mild
case of indigestion that caused
some discomfort to President Eisen-
hover and considerable concern to
the Nation early last week.
True. pain in the Presidents
stomach is big news simply because
1t is a presidential pain. But the
public concern arose at least in
part from recollections of two pre-
vious reports of presidential stom-
ach disturbances-both Of which
turned out to be serious illnesses.
At 8 am. on September "a, 1855,
It was announced that the Presi-
dent had had a mild digestive
upset" At noon this announce
ment was repeated. with the added
assurance that Mr.. Eisenhower's
trouble was mot serious" At 2:35
pm. Mr.. Hagertys assistant, MUIR
ray Snyder, revealed that the
President had suffered heart
attack and had been hospitalized.
And on June 8, 1856, Mr.. Hagerty
announced that Mr.. Eisenhower
had IAN upset stomach and head
ache" Four hours later he re-
vealed that the illness had been
diagnosed as ileitis and that the
patient had been hospitalized. The
President was operated on the next
day.
1t was natural, then, that the
Presidents upset stomach" last
week found the press supersensi-
tive to any presidential pain. Re-
porters tried to learn what Mr..
Eisenhower had eaten in the pre-
vious "a hours. (Secretary Of State
Dulles blamed a slice Of BURBERRY
pie for the trouble.) Many papers
printed an hour-by-hour "chro-
nology" of the Presidents stomach
ache. The Associated Press re-
called to its members that 1t had
compiled an exhaustive piece on
ileitis some months back and that
editors might find 1t useful. Vice
President Richard Nixon met with
newspapermen. The stock market
faltered. but then recovered about
as quickly as the President.
The upset stomach-and this
time that's all II was-also was
page one news in Europe. In
Paris. lie MoHd noted that this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
EPIDEMIC INTO PANDEMIc?
New Type of Flu Threatens G|oboI Coveroqe

fast-moving epidemic and nothing
in its kit to fight the disease.
A veteran fighter Of epidemics
added another ominous shadow to
the picture. DR.. Karl F. Meyer,
one OF this country's top author
tiles on the behavior of virus dis
eases in populations, said:
This epidemic is going around
the world"
It is doubtful that the epidemic
VIII anywhere near approach the
dimensions and deadliness Of the
worldwide pandemic Of 1888 be-
cause 1t appears to be a mild kind
of disease. However, 1t could in
crease in virulence as 1t spreads,
DR.. Meyer said.
Mild or deadly, he added, 1t will
go on probably until fall or winter,
and the speed and extent Of spread
will correspond to the volume and
speed Of travel between the already
infested areas and the rest Of the
world.
Air Trcvel Contocts
This is where air travel turns up
a new kind Of health problem. The
flu virus requires about three days
to produce sickness. A newly in
fected person can board a plane
in the Pacific area and 90 halfway
around the world before he shows
symptoms Of the disease. Mean
while he can exhale the bug in the
presence Of fellow travellers and so
propagate the chain Of infection.
The current epidemic was weeks
old before the United States Armed
Forces Agency recovered samples Of
the virus and sent them to Amer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Italian Politics.:
FHsthond View

Italy was without a cabinet for
the second time in a month last
week as Premier Andone Zoli. a
Christian Democrat with coalition
support, resigned rather than de-
pend on Fascist votes.
The right-wing Socialists under
Giuseppe Saragat, whose detection
toppled the previous cabinet of
Premier Antonio Segni, hold a key
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Around
The World

The emotional Juror over the
case of Specialist &c William s.
Girard. accused of causing the
death of a Japanese mother of six,
was not Gained by reports last
week that another soldier had con-
firmed japanese charges that
Specialist Girard had lured the
woman within range of his gren-
ade-launcher.
Japan's Premier Nobosuke Kishi,
due in Washington this week for
conferences with President Eisen-
hover and top officials. was re-
ported seriously concerned over the
effects Of the case on Japanese
American relations.
In Washington, Federal Judge
Joseph C. McGarraghy took under
advisement written arguments for
q writ of hdbeds corpus on the
accused CT. The soldiers family
has retained lawyers in an effort
to block plans to try him in Japa-
nese civil courts under the Status
of Forces agreements. (See two
articles on the case on Page A-27)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
New Instructions

Mr.. Stassen few back to London
Thursday, clearly under new and
circumscribed Instructions. Reports
that he had been reprimanded by
Mr.. Dulles. with the express APP
proval of the President, came from
high and responsible = but not
willing to be quoted-sources in the
administration.
The reports were denied with a
laugh by Mr.. Stassen: the State
Department would say only that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Foreign Aid:
Cuts Avoided

Two important components of
the Eisenhower administrations
foreign policy scored significant
gains in Congress last week. The
Mutual Security Act foreign add
went to the Senate floor and sue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Army Rule in Haiti

The political confusion in Haiti.
just beginning to take on some
semblance Of stability under the
provisional presidency Of Daniel
Fignole. was renewed Friday. An
army coup forced Mr.. Fignole's
resignation and exiled him; not
a shot was fired as a three-man
military junta. led by Brig. Gen.
Antonio Kebreah, took over the
government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Conodo's Upset

Canadian voters last Monday
ended 20 years Of Liberal rule in
an unexpected upset. While the
Conservatives, led by John Diefen-
baker. failed to win a majority in
the House of Commons, it appeared
likely that Prime Minister Louis
st. Laurent would resign and let
Mr.. Diefenbaker form a Conserva-
tive cabinet pending new elections.
AS Of yesterday. however. the dis
mayed Liberals were still comforting
on their course of action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
France Tries Again

France had its 22d postwar
Premier Thursday as Maurice
Bourges Maunoury, q Radical So
cialist. squeaked through the
National Assembly with a margin Of
as votes. Even as Mr.. Bourges-
Maunoury announced his cabinet.
French mobs in Algiers were attack
ing Moslems in reprisal for the
bombing by Algerian rebels Of an
Algiers night club. week ago.
Mr.. Bourges- Maunoury. a con-
sentative. is committed to continued
vigorous military repression of the
Algerian rebellion. But he. like his
predecessor. Guy Mollet. must also
find some way to pay for the
project. Paris predictions on Mr..
Bourges Maunoury's future are
gloomy: He will fall as soon as he
demands q new tax program.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-02-22
sTuMpY POINT PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Meekins
spent the week end at Fort Bragg
with Mrs. Bill Siegrest
Mrs. Larry Midget and son Cor
don of Manns Harbor visited rela-
tives here Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston Midget,
Charlie Brinn, Mrs. Rita Gray,
Mrs. Ed Midget and Margaret
Midget were in Belhaven Friday.
Mrs. Wilma Midget and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. C. Hooper were in Manteo
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Hooper, Mike
and Debbie and Mr.. johnson of
South Mills visited Mr.. Hooper's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Hooper, for the week end
Randy Midgette, small son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston Midget is
recuperating from a recent illness.
Randy was rushed to Albemarle
Hospital. Friday evening after be-
ing stricken suddenly with a con-
vulsion followed by partial paraly-
sis in one side.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Payne visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Nixon in
Manteo Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Monette and
Vickey were in Engelhard Sunday.
Mrs. D. M. Gray spent Friday
night in Elizabeth City with her
father, C. w. Mann, who is i'll.
Mrs. Floyd Hooper and Wilma
Midgette visited their husbands in
Norfolk, Sunday.
Mrs. Horace Hooper, Mrs. Geo.
Wise, Mrs. Luther Payne and Jane
were in Washington Friday. Mrs.
Annie Harris returned home with
them from Duke Hospital.
Thurston Midgette returned to
the Lightship at Frying Pan Mon
day after spending his leave with
family.
The W.S.C.S. met at the church
Monday night for the Spiritual
Life Meeting, Mrs. Becky Midgette
leader.
A study on PauPs Letters to the
Church was led by Mrs. Willie
Hooper, Chairman Missionary Edu-
cation. Mrs. Florine Hooper taught
the fourth chapter of the book.
Nine members were present.
The business meeting for March
will be held at the church Friday,
March 1st at eight pm. The change
in dates is due to the meeting for
church school workers in Manteo
March 8, and 9Th.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-02-22
DUCK PERSONALS

Mrs. Iva Jordon, Jack Coronet,
Douglas Coronet of Norfolk spent
the week end with Mrs. Jordon's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Tate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Hines of
Virginia Beach spent Thursday and
Friday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Scarborough
and daughter of Norfolk spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. D. Scarborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Whitson of
WaterliIy, Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ.
Baum of Norfolk visited Mr.. and
Mrs. S. B. Whitson on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Scar
borough, Lewis Scarborough and
son, Ronnie spent the week end in
Charleston, S. G..
Mr.. and Mrs. Woody Barnes of
Norfolk, Mr.. and Mrs. P. N. Morse
of Waterlily spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Griggs of
Spot spent Sunday with Mrs.
Griggs' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
A. Spruill.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-02-22
NEW HYBRID CORN
VARIETY ANNOUNCED

N. C. 46, new midseason to
early yellow hybrid corn will be
available to North Carolina farm
ers this year, it was announced
yesterday by John C. Rise, Direc-
tor of the N. C. Crop Improvement
Service.
Rice says the new hybrid is
adapted to most areas of the state
and has become popular in the
Coastal Plain and Piedmont sec
tions. 1t was developed by the N.
C. State College Experiment Sta
ton.
IN. C. 46 has excellent stalk
strength, showing only 9 per cent
lodging in the Official Variety
Test for short season corns during
the past season." Rice said. He
pointed out that averaging lodging
percentages of the other short sea-
son hybrids in the test was Is per
cent.
According to Rice, N. C. 46 is
about equal to U. S. 282 and the
grain quality is excellent. at has
good weevil resistance for an early
corn and the lowest percentage of
exposed ear tips of any of the
short season corns in the Official
Variety Test" he declared.
Farmers who have tried this va
riety, said Rice, are we'll pleased
with it's excellent stability and low
ear replacement, which makes it
easier to harvest with corn
picker.
For full season demand, the reg
ular N. C. hybrids will be available
to farmers, Rice declared. "The
ideal 1856 growing season will re-
suit in high quality seed grain
being placed on the Market" he
reported, "and N. C. 81, the states
most popular yellow hybrid, Dixie
80 and N. C. AZ will be readily
available"
Those farmers desiring white
hybrids will be able to get Coker
81 and Coker Oil, which have re-
ceived wide acceptability from the
milling trade, Rice said. He also
pointed out that a limited amount
of U. S. 523W and Dixie II, two
additional white hybrids, would be
available.
Dixie 20, a very popular white
hybrid adapted to all areas of the
state will be available also, Rice
announced.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-02-22

Week are to provide members q
special occasion for evaluating past
achievements and making plans
for future activities on their farms,
in their homes, and in their COM
munities; to inform the public, in
Guiding parents, of the value of
All training; to interest other
young people in enrolling in local
clubs; and to recognize the inn
portant part played by local lead
ers, and to enlist more public
spirited, youthful-minded citizens
in volunteering for this service.
One of the highlights of the
week involves North Cardinals
Earl Davis, Wayne County All
member, who is the National Lead
ership winner. Davis is one of six
national leadership, achievement
and citizenship winners who will
spend part of National All Week
in Washington, d. c., giving ga
Report to the Nation. They will