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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-26
Compoisn TotoI S4.o44

Prince Edward County rolled up
total of $4644.92 for the March
Of Dimes this week end. with re-
ceipt of a S233.50 check from the
Farmville High School Student
Cooperative Association.
Virginia Bass. of Rice, SEA pre-
sident, presented the check at an
assembly at the high school Fri
day The March of Dimes was the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-26

Abbitt reported that the farm
population has dropped from 50 per
cent Of the total to only 70 per cent.
and this u per cent is getting only
six per cent Of the national in
Taking a look at the soil bank
program. Abbltt said that it has not
/ Continued OF page 81
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-26
Farm Population Decreasing

F arm Population Decfeaslhs
While farm prices have been
dropping, said the fiehtingmad
Congressman. industrial "a e
have increased so per cent, and cor
poration income has gone up IS per
cent. Something is drastically wrong
with the farm program, he said
pointing in the vague direction Of
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Soviet Spy

Rudolf Ivanovich Abel may or may
not have been successful as a Russian
espionage agent in the United States.
The reports of his arrest say that he
specialized in military and atomic spy
ing, but they do not say whether or
to what extent he was able to break
through our own security barriers. AS
a matter of fact, this is something that
may never become public information.
For it is doubtful that the Government,
even at Abels trial, will want to let the
Russians know how we'll, or how poorly,
their agent actually has done.
Despite this paucity of information,
there are two differences which may
reasonably be drawn. One is that the
Abel case puts something of new twist
on Soviet espionage. Heretofore, the
Kremlin has relied principally on what
might be called legal" espionage agents
those who come into this country with
some kind of diplomatic status and who
abuse the privileges which that conferS.
But Abel was the sleeper type. He
slipped into this country nine years
ago from Canada and has posed as an
American. This suggests that the Rus
SLAMS are operating on two fronts. Per-
hapS our own counterespionage agen-
cies have been making things too tough
for the legal" agents. Perhaps the
Russians are trying to prepare them
selves against the day when there may
be a severance of diplomatic relations,
which would result in their diplomatic
agents being shipped home. Or it may
be that they simply are working both
sides of the street.
The other inference is that we
should not be too quick to assume that
the Communist threat has abated to
such an extent that we can afford to
sit back and take things easy. An as
sumption that this is the case is i'm
plicit in or seems to be implicit in some
of our recent court decisions and the
comment on them. But If the Kremlin
has taken the trouble to slip one Abel
into this country, the reasonable as
sumption is that there are others like
him stacked away in key spots. Abel,
judging from the news reports, went
undecided for nine years, and finally
was caught more or less by accident.
If there are other Abels spotted around
the country, and there probably are, we
eSsarily difficult for the FBI and the
other American security agencies to root
them out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11

ably sure that the West Germans are
not going to decide their votes on the
basis of such propaganda. For they are
an exceptionally well-informed people,
and one of the things they know beyond
any doubt is that the Kremlin, although
1t has made all sorts of solemn promises
to the contrary, refuses to permit unfet-
tered nationwide elections solely because
they would sweep away the Communists,
thus wrecking Moscow's evil ambition to
win mastery over the entire country.
Mr.. Khrushchev's current junket ap-
parently is serving only to emphasize
the bleak and criminal nature of Soviet
policy on that score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Khrushchev on Germany

In his speech to the RUBBER stamp
parliament" Of the puppet East Ger
man Communist regime, Nikita Khru-
shchev has spewed forth a characteristic
potpourri of Soviet lies, thinly yelled
'peace-loving, freedom loving" policies
of the USSR. In that respect, every
thing he has Said-including his dark
hints about how the Kremlin is develop
ing rockets capable Of hitting the United
States with hydrogen-bomb warheads-
must be viewed as being quite as stale
as last weeks bread.
Nevertheless, regardless of its lack
Of novelty, this latest Khrushchev ha-
rangue is interesting and even signifl-
cant in the sense of indicating that Rus
sia's revamped collective leadership" is
uncompromisingly determined, as far as
Germany is concerned, to adhere to es-
sentially the same policy as prevailed in
Stains day. This is policy that can
be summed up in few words: It's main
objective is to keep the country divided
unless or until 1t can be reunited in
way that would bring the whole of it
under Communist control and thus con-
vert 1t into another captive land COM
pletely subservient to Moscow.
To that end, Mr.. Khrushchev has
reaff1rmed in East Berlin that the free
dom-loving" Soviet Union is as resolved
as ever not to let Germany be reunited
on the basis of genuinely free vote.
Instead, before the present partition can
be ended, Chancellor Adenauer's gov
eminent at Bonn must first negotiate"
with the traitors Of the stooge Red
regime, and It must do so on the Krem-
Inns terms of enslavement. AS for the
Chancellor himself, the Soviet Commu-
mist boss has accused him Of plotting
with the "imperialists" particularly
American "imperialists"- war Of
aggression" in which the German people
would be used as cannon fodder" Pre-
sumably, despite Mr.. Khrushchev's pious
disclaimer, this hackneyed and utterly
mendacious charge, along with numer-
Gus other lies along the same line, is de-
signed to promote DR.. Adenauer's defeat
in next months West German elections
4 But the free wNld can be reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Returning Traveller

MOST men, returning to their native
lano from an extended tour of distant
parts, are filled with fresh impressions
which they will discuss with little or no
urging. Obviously. Adlai Stevenson is not
an exception to this rule.
He is just back from three-month
trip to Europe and Africa, and one of the
f1rst items on his agenda was a press
conference. According to the reports.
ne was not unprepared-having armed
himself with written statements on
economic and political Developments
abroad, the status of disarmament ne
EQUATIONS, and, for good measure. the
civil rights bill and the appointment of
Mr.. Gluck as Ambassador to Ceylon.
On the whole, he took rather dim
view OF things, generally for reasons
which reflect no credit on the Republi-
can administration in Washington. For
example, he found degree of energy,
progress and hope in Europe "uneuualled
In a hundred years" This stems from
the PRONUNCIATION of the Marshall Plan
by the Democrats; but, unfortunately,
this bright outlook is being beclouded at
the moment by an northumberland"
inspired by our Republican we gather)
Self-righteousness. Mr.. Stevenson sug-
gested that a six-month moratorium on
self-righteouSness would be good thing,
which probably is true, although it is
not clear why he suggested six months
instead OF, say twelve months or six
years.
Mr.. Stevenson, presumably because
he did not go to Ceylon, refrained from
discussing the international ramifica-
tionS Of the Gluck affair. He noted, how
ever, that it represents cynical pay
ment Of political debts" and we gather
that such debts will be paid in different,
though unSpecified, coin when the Demo-
Gratis return to power. Mr.. Stevenson
stuck to safe ground In his civil rights
comment, since in that situation it is a
little difficult to know where one should
stop blaming the Republicans and start
blaming the Democrats, or vice versa. He
was not sure that the bill would accom-
plish its purpose, but he prefers this
bill to no bill at all--this last being a
comment which seems at least to reflect
some difference Of opinion with Mr.. Eli
senhower.
Seriously Mr.. Stevenson's COM
mentS suggest that he has come back in
good form and in good spirits. We well
come him homeland await the next
chapter in the commentaries OF the
travelT returned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
For the Public Good

On behalf of the recently
organized Health and We'll
fare Council of the National
Capital Area / would like to
express appreciation to The
Star for the excellent news
and editorial coverage you've
given the Health and We'll
fare Council during its for
nation.
The citizens who organized
the Health and Welfare
Council and who have been
active volunteers with one
or more of the areas plan
ming groups feel confident
that the new organization
pooling the total resources
of the existing separate
groups - will bring about
more and better health. well
fare and recreation services
to the people Of the National
Capital Area.
We look forward to your
continued cooperation and
interest in the welfare of the
people Of the National Cap
ital Area.
Caesar L. AiellO.
President. Health and We'll
fare Council. National
Capital Area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Rodor 'Breokthrouoh'

DR.. John r. Dunning, one of the
worlds top atomic physicists and dean
of Columbia University'S School of En-
cheering, is man inclined to measure
his words lest they give an exaggerated
impression of what he regards as scien-
tiflc reality So it is significant that he
has hailed as IAN outstanding break
through" the latest development in the
field of radar.
AS worked out by a group of CO.
lumbia scientists, under an Air Force
research contract, the development is
reported to have increased radar's eff
fectiveneSs many hundreds of times
without requiring any increase in the
power needed to operate the equipment
involved. In other words, the range of
detection has been enormously extended
Ito an unprecedentedly high level''-
with new techniques that require no
additional fuel and promise to effect a
vast improvement in such sky-watch
warning systems as those located in the
Arctic region.
Much of this development still re-
mains in the secret category, for reasons
OF security. But DR.. Dunning, among
others, has left no room for doubt as to
its Importance. In fact, as he has put it,
1t constitutes probably the greatest sin
gle advance in radar" since 1899, and
there is every reason to believe that it
will have tremendous military value, and
a great deal of nonmilitary value as WELL
Thus, as far as defense is concerned
defense against supersonic aircraft and
long-range miSSiles-it points the way
to systems of extremely distant detec-
ton that will allow enough time for ef-
fective counteraction against the fast
est types of bomberS and the deadliest
rocketing instruments of intercontinen-
tai mass destruction.
1t is noteworthy that DR.. Dunning,
In referring to all this as a "major"
achievement for the security and well
rare OF our country, has made point of
coupling 1t with the recent development
OF computing machine which the Co.
lumbia announcement has described as
vital to new air defense system" Re-
ceiving its basic data from long-range
radar, the machine-an electronic de-
vice OF immense calculating speed1is
already capable of automatically direct
ing interceptorS to move in "for the kill"
against oncoming enemy aircraft.
Presumably, as DR.. Dunning has in
timated, such combination-the COM
puter operating in concert with radar
in its most advanced form-can be de-
veloped into great and effective de-
fensive weapon not merely against the
man-piloted jet bomber, but also against
the intercontinental balliStic missile. If
this is the fact of the matter, then the
significance Of the Outstanding break
through" at Columbia can hardly be
exaggerated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Helpful Project

Since your newspaper is
widely read in this area. you
may be interested in publish
ing an item concerning a
civic Improvement project re-
Gently accomplished by the
Edgewater Lions Club.
Street signs have been
erected throughout tn e
Mount Zephyr and Engleside
areas Of Fairfax County. in
GLIDING markers for Rich
mond highway. This project
was approved by the United
States Post Office Depart
ment, the State of Virginia
Department Of Highways and
the Fairfax County Planning
Commission.
This convenience will pro-
vide the residents Of these
areas with a specific address
for use by doctors. fire de-
partment, police. mail and
other deliveries, direction for
visitors, etc.
A. ID. HOtchkisS,
Past Chairman. Civic I'M
provements, Edgewater Lions
Club. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Peanuts for D. &.

My compliments to you on
the very informative article
in The Star concerning the
big bite the Federal tax COL
lector takes from the resi-
dents of the District. Con-
sidering that a pretty good
job is being done with the
money. have no objection
to the taxes I pay to the
Federal Government. I do
think, however. that it would
be quite refreshing and much
to the point to follow this
article with another one
pointing out that while the
Federal Government collected
$428 million during the past
fiscal year from the District.
what the Federal Govern
ment gives back to the sup
port Of the District of CO.
lumbia government is hardly
peanuts.
Time was. you know. when
the Federal Government
shared $3.50 with the Dis
trict citizens in meeting the
cost Of the local city gov
eminent. AS time moved on,
however. the Federal Gov
eminent has paid less and
less and has taken more and
more. Harry &. Uhl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Three Coins in the Foun-
tain" is a phrase which has
caught the fancy in a popular
song. Millions Of coins would
be eagerly cast into the re-
juvenating waters if there
could but be found the foun-
tain Of perpetual youth, but
the healing spray of such
tossing waters by mortals has
never been found. We know
that so far as our perishing
bodies are concerned. the date
with death must be kept.
please give your age" That
is sure to be one requirement
on most missionaries. 1t is
the inevitable interrogation
which meets one at gateways
leading to employment. edu-
cation. insurance. hospital ad-
mission and a dozen other
avenues. II heads the pro
cession in any array Of vital
statistics. During the last
few years. a new biographical
emphasis has come into vogue.
In any magazine or press ref
erence to one who for any
reason is in the public eye.
following his name there is
added his age. Such nota-
tons ignore EmerSon's re-
mark. I'VE do not count a
mans years until he has
nothing else to count"
A mother from Erin's
Green Isle said to her son,
Run across the street and
ask how Old Mrs. Casey is"
Of course. meaning friendly
inquiry about the health of
her venerable neighbor. But
the lad put the emphasis on
the wrong word and, for his
pains in seeming to raise a
sensitive subject. returned
with the indignant answer:
Mother, Mrs. Casey says to
tell you it's none of YOUR
business how old she it," But
it is the business of very life
how old one is. not in years
but in spirit and attitudes.
The mere calendar question
How old are you?" may in
woke an accurate answer
which is nevertheless Of no
more vital significance than
what is rung up on a cash
register has to do with what
is finally done with the
money. The centuries have
been told that Methuselah
managed to wear out 969
yearly calendars as his days
rolled by, but the record of
anything worthwhile which
he did is blank. The One from
whose birth this day is reck-
oned ended His earthly life
at 33. When Mans Best Man
hung at the place where
hates worst terminated His
earthly career in early man
hood, Not one golden hair
was gray on His crucifixion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11

Of age raised its ugly head
on the day when the boss
delicately mentioned the fact
that she had reached the
retirement age. Said she,
Il went out as gracefully
as possible saying airily.
'Shucks! A little touch Of
ammo domini never hurt any,
body"
Her retirement is turning
out to be just another phase
of her useful life. Here is
the real test of age. do you
live by your enthusiasts or
by your Establishments? BY
your faith or by your fears,
by your cynicism or by your
beliefs; by your disgusts or
by your admirations: by life's
betrayalS or by its fulfill
ments? One is never old who
still is able to feel the zeSt
and wonder of adventurous
living. the glad surprise of
the unexpected; who never
allows periods to bowl over
exclamation points; who
keeps the heart open for new
and fragrant friendships and
the mind open for some new
truth to dawn in glory as
fuller light is hailed. On a
day when the mourners went
about the streets. ! followed a
little procession to the GEM
etery where we laid to rest
one for whom calendar years
will be no more reckoned.
She was an octogenarian-
liked to be called an octo-
geranium. and that was
more appropriate. The years
had brought their thorny
problems, for she was early
widowed with a family to
bring up. The latter years
had brought much of afflic-
ton but in her Bible was
found a piece of paper which
l held in my hand amid the
flowers of the funeral Serv-
ice and on it was printed in
faintest type a verse which
pointed to The Fountain.
Here are the lines she had
treasured:
God keep my heart dttuned
to laughter ,Dhen youth
is done.
When all the days are gray
days coming after
warmth and the sun.
God keep me then from Bit
terneSS, from grieUing,
When life seems cold:
God keep me lODing and be-
lieDing
As I QrOw old.
No matter how many
birthdays are marked up. old
age will never come to one in
whose life that beautiful
prayer is answered. because
The Fountain has been
found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11

prophecy. William E. Glad
stone. who wanted to retire
at 81 thinking he was
through, in his late 80's
looking back over the last
quarter Of a century said.
Had / even died at three
score and ten, fully half my
work would have remained
undone.
It was mine to sit with a
college, board of trustees with
one who at 90 was alert to
every question raised. In dis
cussion. he was on his feet
more often than some men
at 65 around him. He spoke
with playful humor yet with
scorn of a member of that
group who had sent his
resignation because he had
reached the age of 70. What
is the matter with this
youngster?" demanded this
vigorous leader within sight
of a century, Il had been
graduated from Yale before
he was born" What a fallacy
it is with the record of hu-
man achievement before us
to stress so much the pass
ing time which adds years
to life and to neglect the
infinitely more significant
process which may add life
to years. The most exciting
and sensational revelation
that can come to a human
at any stage of the journey
across the narrow isthmuS
of mortality is you don't
have to grow old" That de-
cision is not determined BY
calendars but by character
and caliber. That is the path
to the fountain. The secret
Of secrets is not to look
young but rather to be
young. The Fountain Of
Youth is within you. One
who had reached 70 recently
remarked that the question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
THE GAME OF POLITICS
Lubor's 'Urioh Heeps'
By FRANK r. KENT

the whole thing because IT
thought it would put the
company over the barrel" No
one will deny that this was
an extremely serious charge
and that laughing it OF is
pretty low-grade stuff.
For these two men to now
throw around themselves a
cloak Of respectability and
denounce their colleagues as
"unethical" and unfit" to
belong to their group is re-
voting to those who know
the facts. It is particularly
revolving to see them &C
cepted at their own valuation
by newspapers and so-called
liberal" journalists who
know the truth. They are the
two outstanding "Uria h
Keeps" of the labor world, as
old Mr.. Baruch would say,
China eggs" Despite his
acquittal, Mr.. Hoffa is not in
the clear yet. Not only has
the Mcclellan committee
plenty Of other data upon
which he can be brought into
court, but his new plans for
the expansion of the team
sters union are so far-reach.
ing as to justify fear all over
the country. It would, as
Senator Goldwater said, give
him control of the Nation.
Joe Louis Incident
Several things contributed
to the general shock of the
Hoffa acquittal. One was that
the jury was composed of
eight Negroes and four
whites. Another was that Joe
Louis, former heavyweight
champion. was in the court
to see, as he said, what they
are doing to my friend. jim
my Hoffa." Besides being a
hero to practically every Me-
gro in America, Joe's ex-
penses were paid with team
ster union dues. A third
thing was the extraordinary
way in which the press in
general hush flushed" the
racial jury majority and Joe
Louis presence and state
ment. 1t was printed. Of
course. but not commented
upon. If there was anything
more unethical than this Joe
Louis incident, it cannot now
be recalled. Yet. no protest
along this line has emanateo
from that ethical pair-the
Messrs. Meany and Reuther.
Nor. so far as noted. has any
outcry come from any bar
association. judicial author
ity or civic organization.
That extremely articulate
group-the Americans for
Democratic Action. which
hardly ever neglects an OPP
portunity to articulate-has
been completely silent on this
subject. Perhaps future de-
velopmentS may throw some
light upon the reasons for
this reticence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Lafayette Park and to pre-
serve our old State. War and
Navy Building.
1t is also hoped that Rep
resentative Thompson will
fight to retain the present
limit on the height Of Office
buildings against those who
would commercialize our
Capital and destroy the fea-
lures which lend to its charm
and distinction.
Miriam Holmes.