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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15

nations. A great need today is
confidence
OF course, in discussing the sane
tity of a contract, an individual,
corporation. or nation is justified in
knowing that the contract was not
obtained dishonesty by nlsrepre-.
sentation, coercion. or bribery 1t
| is possible that some contracts for
drilling oil were obtained under
rather unsayory conditions, but no
such claims have been made in con
nection with the high-grade oil com
panies now suffering from the Suez
dispute Possibly it would have been
better to have had the Suez Canal
contract. when originally drawn.
made subject to renegQtiations SINH
| lar to the renegotiati0ns that the
oil companies have already gone
| through These Suez renegotiations
could have been under the juris
| dsction of a committee of account
ants and economists approved BY
| the World Court The committee
could employ an international and
impartial lawyer. upon whom all
parties would agree. Their de-
cisions, however. should strengthen
the Importance of the sanctity Of
contracts and not undermine or inn
pair same In closing, let me say
that my appeal in this column may
not dc any good but. as Congress is
now organizing and as the Suez
negotiations are in full operation.
do want my millions of readers to
be thinking over this message.
| (These opinions of Roger w. Bah
son are published in this paper
every Tuesday,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15

T'HE hue and cry in this country is grow
in to limit the powers Of the United
States Supreme Court. The arguments in
favor of such limitation do not depend
on one issue.
For example, a perfect case can be made
against the unlimited power of the Su-
preme Court if one will study the destruc-
ton Of Pennsylvania anti-sedition law by
the court Another perfect case against I'M
limited power Of the court can be seen IN
the multiplying of New York State Law
concerned with the hiring of Communists
by New York State.
Still another perfect argument against
the unlimited power of the court can be
made when one considers the possibilities
Of unlimited contempt powers as excercis-
ed recently by Federal Judge Robert lay
lor, in the Clinton. Tenn, school segrega-
ton case.
The Federal Judge in this instance took
away the freedom Of speech of an entire
community and if one considers seriously
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15
Disaster Brings
Reawakening to Ord

Dear Editor.
When disaster strikes elsewhere,
1T is only natural to wonder how
our own community would react
to q similar blow
Shortly before Christmas, a
boiler explosion all but denolish-
ed the magnificent new high
school at Ord, Nebraska. and ser
iously damaged a $4,000 addi
ton still under construction. To-
tai damage was estimated at
| $3.50, 900 And while there was in
surance coverage of various types
on the buildings. there was no
boiler insurance. Thus the town
of Ord, population 2,239, takes it
on the chin financially. And
emergency facilities are being
provided for the 315 high school
pupils for the duration OF the
winter : at least
In The first issue of the THE
ORD QUIzE following the blast,
Editor E. r. Apking wrote an ed
itorial headed, DISASTER IS
OPPORTUNITY" = from which
we quote:
1T will be somewhat of a shock
for both faculty and children to
return, to the type of school
| curl icGlum and study that their
| parents and grandparents used
And we of the community
must be patient, understanding
and cooperative in this transi-
ton period. AS parents and
school patrons We must help
along the efforts that teachers
will be making with home stu
dy, home reading and home re-
creation to replace the gaps
that the school formerly filled.
There little doubt in this ed
itor's mind that OrditeS will do
just that. We don't believe that
a community of which we are
pretty proud would do any diff
ferently.
/ 1T will be good for all of us
We have become so accustomed
to having the school raise ouI
children for us. that We have
. taken all the things they do as
! an accepted thing. And nov
that we have the opportunity
to participate in child-guidancf
and bringin' up in a degrees
that we never realized. before
let's make the most Of it.
Our schools have been tax
paid baby sitters for a gooc
many Ord youngsters from the
time the youngsters were able
to toddle off to Kindergarten
Here's, our chance 10 get reac-
quainted with our kids a hea-
ven sent opportunity to rees-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15

Democrats, Republican and Cock
tail parties. There was no way of
telling which from tother. they
got mangled so did the gag.
The only thing we join with
Britain in is debts and jokes.
the misery Games for free.
The Eisenhower speech was full
of "gimmee" and come help. me
please. Dean Ateheson roared and
Hungary lambasted the United
states before the UN; twitle dee
ana 'tweedle dun, if there is any
thing left please give me some.
Thanks for reading. and yours
for more Of it.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15
BABSON DISCUSSES CONGRESS

Babson Park. Mass. Jan. 10. Now
that the senators and representa-
tives have become organized, we
are able to make a rough analysis
Of their ability and training.
Too Many Lawyers
1t appears thatNkbout three quar-
tiers of both branches of Congress
are lawyers. AT first glance. this
seemsI reasonable. as their job is
to make laws; this, however, should
be the work of professional clerks.
The congressman should confine
their efforts to questions of policies.
Lawyers. by training, are in a poor
position to determine basic poll
cies. Lawyers, by training, are in
win cases. whether the defendant
or prosecutor is right or wrong. The
very fact that there are two parties
to each suit though only one party
can win, and that both sides are
represented by attorneys, is definite
AhsQ%AtNt tltdk iitiii Vi AitC dltSli
are wrong! In the eyes of a stats
tician, this is very poor record
II one half of the bridges built
by engineers collapsed. something
would be done about it,
Ninety per cent Of the legislation
today is economic. This applies to
agriculture. to manufacturing. to
general business. and even to pen
sions for individuals. There should
be no gambling connected with such
legislation. A table for multiplied
ton, division. or addition allows for
no compromises II is the same with
policies, they are either right or
wrong. They should not be settled
out of court or in cloak rooms All
this means that three quarters of
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tablish the family group. Let's
do i'll"
Mr.. Apking. we think. takes not
only a philosophical but rather
profound view of the misfortune
that has befallen his town. So
much so, in fact, that it gives us
to wonder whether many another
community may not profit from
his reactions without having to
suffer a catastrophe before fac
ing up to the facts of life. Ger
tainly, there are other places
where parental responsibilities
have been largely shifted onto the
teachers Shoulders and where
family life has suffered accord
ingly.
Sincerely,
Bob Taylor
Washington. D. c.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15
Court Usurpation of Powers

the implications of such procedure, regard
less of the emotional or other aspects in
volved, he will realize that the danger in
allowing any one person to take away the
civil rights of SO many Americans is far
greater than any danger which the judge
was attempting to correct.
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia Demo
crat, recently charged that the Supreme
Court was following "preemption doc
trine," which means that the court is at
tempting to construe the intent" of Con-
gress on it's own, even though Congress was
not actually, or clearly, making its intents
known in many of these fields
The issue is not sectional one, and
statesmen from every section of the coun-
try should join in the effort to curb the
power, and the eyer-growing and danger
Gus authority of the judiciary. A curb now
achieved wisely and constitutionally, by
Congress (the Constitution gives Congress
the right to outline the jurisdiction of the
judiciary will prevent more severe, and
perhaps dangerous, reform at later date
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15
Ike Sets The Stage

president Eisenhower, who has been
working hard on major speeches in re-
cent weeks, is about to deliver three major
messages. The first will be delivered Thurs
day. as the annual Presidential State-of-
the-Union speech to joint session of Con-
gress.
The second, an outline Of the budget for
fiscal 1868 (Which includes the twelve
months from July, 1857, through June of
1859 will not be made in person but will
be sent to Congress in the latter part of
January
Shortly afterward, the third m or
speech, an economic report to the Congress,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15

will also be sent to Capitol Hill. These ma
jor speeches do not, of course include the
Presidents short address upon the occa-
sion of his second inauguration, which will
occur on January 21st. The Inauguration
Address is expected to last about twenty
minutes.
The most news-catching speech of the
three mentioned will probably be the Pres
idents State-of -the-Union address, partly
because the President delivers it in person
and partly because it will contain a general
outline of the entire Presidential program
for the new Congress
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15
DARLINGTON HEIGHTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pickett and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillian, of
Burlington, N. c., spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bobby Rodgers, of
Penns Grove, N! j., spent last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Lamberth
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15
Shrub, House Plant
Care To Be Discussed

Albarts S. Beecher, VPI land
scape specialist. will conduct a
training session for Amelia coun-
ty Home Demonstration club yard
improvement leaders Wednesday
at 10 a m at the Union Bank
and Trust company.
Beecher will discuss the care
and pruning of shrubs and house
plants.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15
New Atomic Energy Method

s0UT in California a team of twelve SCENT
~ lists from the University Of California
recently announced they had discovered a
process to produce atomic energy which
required neither uranium nor the million
degree heat necessary in thermonuclear
reactions.
1t is revolutionary discovery, but one
which has been limited at by the Russians
previously The process is not yet develop
ed to the extent where one can safely pre-
dict its application on practical scale.
However, the possibility that it can be
used to produce atomic energy for com
mercial uses is considered great and if this
process paves the way to the development
Of such program, it will be discovery of
great Importance
The discovery came about when the scien-
fist reviewed 00-bubble-chamber photo
graphs. The bubble chamber is a scientific
device being used in atomic energy work.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-15

The scientists studying the photographs
discovered that medium weight atomic
particle Ga negative mu-meson) acts as a
catalyst to make hydrogen nucleus fuse
with deuterium nucleus at low tempera-
ture on rare occasions They counted fiji
teen such incidents in an analysis of $4,000
photographs.
The scientists will have to find suitable
catalyst which has properties similar to
those Of the mu-meson, but which would
last at least ten to twenty minutes. Such a
catalyst would permit millions of energy
producing reactions in a very short period,
and probably release enough to operate
heavy equipment and fulfill majo energy
needs
AS far as the average citizen is concern
ed, if the process is ever fully developed
and if possibilities prove to be realities a
new cheap source of power will be the end
result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21
7 runquiIizer
Prescriptions
otuI Millions
BY the Associated Press

The Food and Drug Admins
tration has told Congress that
doctors in 1856 wrote "a million
prescriptions for tranquilizer
drugs.
This data led Chairman Fog
larty, Democrat of Rhode Island,
of a House Appropriations Sub
committee, to remark, EVERY
body wants to be happy"
1T is a laudable desire" OBJ
served John l.. Harvey, Deputy
Food and Drug Commissioner.
The exchange, at a subcom-
mittee hearing last month, was
published along with other pro-
lceedings today.
Mr.. Harvey said that eff any,
thing new and exciting comes
out and there is a lot of pub
licity on it. there are always
spurious products that come
out"
Tranquilizers were no excep-
ton. Mr.. Harvey showed the sub
committee a drug he described
as "a triple bromide which has
been on the market for some
years and said it had recently
been advertised as a tranquilizer
that could be bought without a
doctors prescription. Mr.. Fog
arty noted that the price had
been raised from about cent a
tablet to over 8 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21
IFDA Center Plans
Listed at Heurinq

Although a presidential ban
exists on new Federal construc-
ton not vitality needed. planning
for the new Food and Drug Ad-
ministration building on Third
street. between c and D streets
S.W. is going forward.
This was disclosed today in
the appropriation hearings OF
the Department of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare. But if the
ban continues a year hence
the length of time it will take
to complete preliminary archi-
tectural drawings by a Seattle
Wash, firm--it may be necessary
to get direct appropriation OF
go into rented quarters, the
hearings show.
Representative Fogarty, DEM
ocrat of Rhode Island, chairman
of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee handling the de-
partmentS appropriation bill,
said of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration:
I'VE are building up your de-
partment, your personnel and
raising your appropriations with
the expectation you would have
a new building to go along with
it"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21

Chandlerville. So he skipped
town.
But memories of unpaid
debts kinda gnawed around the
edges Of my mind all the time, "
he said.
Yesterday morning, with a
fiStful of cash, Mr.. Pitcher showed
up in Jacksonville TO make good
Nobody remembered him. No
body remembered the debts.
But Mr.. Pitcher came prepared.
He hauled out the old bills and
insisted on paying. Jenkinson
Grocery got $273.20; Swift e. Co.
division headquarters $28.l9;
Cain Milling Co. SIS. and Ehnie
g. Bros. confectioners SO.
At the end of the day, Mr..
Pitcher pronounced himself
"tickled pink-this is the hap
'piest day of my life"
There was Just one debt I'M
paid. Mr.. Pitcher said he still
owes a wholesale grocery house
in Peoria. H., SGT. but he can't
remember the company's name.
He said he left the record Of that
one at his home in st. Louis. and
will take care Of 1t on May /.
Mr.. Pitcher said he worked at
various jobs in st. Louis until
he finally got job as clothing
salesman. That one he held un-
til he retired a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21
President Queried
On Watch Imports
BY the Associated Press

N9f ny Anc hoSOciulcu FFcbh
Fifty congressman have asked
President Eisenhower to explain
the role of a new Treasury De-
partment inter-agency commit
tee on watch imports.
They wanted to know Just
what the new committee is going
TO do.
Four Senators and A Repre-
sentatives. three of them Re-
publicans, sent a telegram TO
the President saying they have
objected TO Government efforts
TO curb imports of Swiss watches
and fear the new group may
work against United States
watch importers. The telegram
was released to the press yes
terday by Representative Eber-
harter, Democrat of Pennsyl-
Vania.
Watch imports already are
being studied by several other
Government agencies. the Con-
gressmen noted.
They said they we're troubled
to find the new inter-agency
group will be headed by the
Treasury Department, an agency
which has sponsored a long Sc.
ries Of measures against the
watch importing industry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21

IN a prepared statement for the
subcommittee of the House
Committee on Appropriations
released today.
This new method of detecting
small but steady blood losses
involves the tagging" of the
patients red blood cells with
radioactive sodium chromate
and Analysing subsequent stools
and samples taken by passing a
rubber tube down the intestinal
tract.
Hitherto, methods of merely
examining the stool for traces
of excess blood were not as work.
able because of the amount Of
blood that had to be lost before
it could be observed.
Loss Measured
Scientists at the institute
showed it was possible for a
patient to lose as much as a
pint of blood a day without de-
lection by commonly used tests
This new method reveales the
loss of a small fraction of this
amount.
Usins the rubber tube to take
samples of fluid in the intes-
final tract makes it possible tc
pinpoint the site of the Teak
of blood into the tract.
This method has been demon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21
Zhukov Fitness Order
Hits Officers BeItIines

MOSCOW. Mar. q lP).-Be.
medaled Soviet generals and ad.
miralS sadly refused extra help.
ings OF borsch. pancakes and
sour cream today and instead
fiexed unaccuStomed muscles in
setting-up exercises.
It's because Marshal Zhukov
Soviet Defense Minister OBJ
served pointedly last week that
too many military men were get
ting too fat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21

But. he added. "The full poten-
tial of the program has never
been reached due mainly to the
fact that the hospital has had nc
specific funds or personnel as
signed to research as such" He
said much of the research has
had to be conducted on staff
members own time.
Would Broaden Program
"The hospital proposes in 1855
TO establish a research unit tc
supplant partially the relatively
unco-ordinated research possible
in the past and to broaden the
program. :"
DR.. Overholser told the SUBJ
committee that:
we are planning a co-opera
tive venture with them (the ma
tional inStitute) at st. EliZabethS
Hospital. but in addition to that
I am sure there is an urgent need
for us to have a research organ
ization OF our own to make ade-
quate use of the tremendous re-
servoir of clinical material that
We have in a field which is very
under-researched even yet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21
White House
Farley Benefits
Are Questioned

Department of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare officials recited
benefits resulting from the White
House Conference on Education
but Representative Fogarty
Democrat of Rhode Island, re-
manned unconvinced, hearings
today revealed. 1t cost nearly
$4,000
Mr.. Fogarty was chairman OF
the House Appropriations SUBJ
committee that heard testimony
on the departments appropria-
lions for the coming fiscal year
After listening to the recital
by the departments top educa-
tors, Representative Fogarty
observed:
mot Convinced Yet"
II hope something eventually
will come out of the White House
conference that we can point tc
with pride that will help educa-
ton. but you haven't convinced
me yet"
DR.. L. G. Derthick, commits.
sioner of education. said of the
conference:
II think one of the outstand.
ing results was that it concen.
trated the attention of tens oil
thousands and even hundreds Of
thousands of people on the need.
and problems of education thai
have been going on for some
time. 1t rather dramatized them.
In response to Mr.. Fogarty'.
question: For a couple Of
Imonths?". DR.. Derthick replied
Eyes. it did do that intensive
job and / think a lot Of those
people will never get over it. lr
other words. at the grassroots
they have a new feel and a new
concept for education"
QuestiOner Persists
DR.. Derthick said: Il think w
! will be the beneficiaries of thu
outcome for a long time to come
I think the people are more re.
i ceptive."
| But Mr.. Fogarty wanted spe.
) cifics.
DR.. Wayne o. Reed, assistant
: commissioner for educationa
services. told the subcommittee
Il think the results Of the
White House conference would
show up more at the local ano
State level than we have seen at
the national level. the national
picture. from the standpoint CT
specific /. 2. 3 accomplishments
Cites Sharing of Ideas
"One Of the followups has been
, that representatives of Is ma
tional organizations come into
. the Office periodically and share
ideas back and forth and have
the Office Of Education prepare
fact sheets IN various areas OF
public education.
DR.. Derthick declared: 1T is a
little hard to measure the in
tangibles. but believe the in
tangibles are there"
Figures placed in the record
. showed the conference had $780,
900 available. but only S439. 724
was obligated and there was on
February II an unoblieated bal
ance of S260.275.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21
Bigger Benefits
Cited inF|uoride

The value of f1uoridating
drinking water to prevent tooth
decay is proving greater than
expected. the National Institute
Of Dental Research says.
Government scientists also re-
port that recent studies indicate
the practicability of new chem
ical processes which cut by two
thirds present costs of fiuoridat-
ing public water systems.
The report on fiuoridation
studies was made to the House
Appropriations Committee last
month by DR.. Francis A. Ar
mold, jr.. director Of the Dental
Research Institute-part of the
Public Health Service. His tes-
timony was made public today.
Additional Value
Among other things, DR..
Arnold reported that fiuoridation
has been found to be of special
value to children at the time
they begin to lose their baby
teeth"
Earlier studies, he said, found
that fluoridation drinking water
is effective in preventing tooth
decay if used from birth.
!. DR.. Arnold said additional evil
dence now shows that cavities
also are prevented in children
who begin drinking fluoridated
water just prior to or shortly
after the eruption Of their
permanent teeth"
Among older persons who al
ready have their permanent
teeth, the reduction in tooth
decay after drinking fluoridated
water has been found to range
between Is to 80 per cent, he
said.
Less Costly Material
He said the cost Of fluoridating
public water systems can now be
greatly reduced through a new
process using less costly cluor-
spar. or calcium fluoride, on
which pilot studies have been
completed.
The institute said that If the
new process were used by Balti-
more, for example, the chemical
cost of water fluoridation would
be reduced from $4,000 to $685.
600 a year-a saving to the city
Of $4,000.
For farm families without &C.
cess to public water systems, the
institute has perfected a port
able fiuoridator now being tested
in homes in Montgomery Coun-
ty. Md, and in Michigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-21

expensive and apparently much
slower procedure of lease-pur-
chase"
n The committee cited undue
delay" in the department con-
structing buildings previously
authorized by Congress. II
called on the department to
present building plans now being
considered under lease purchase
IF they feel it is still important
to proceed with plans for such
buildings"
, The committees action. ii
adopted by Congress, fore
Swallowed the possibility that
lease purchase might die in a
couple of years to be replaced
by direct appropriations for new
Federal construction.
Instances Cited
In taking its stand today. the
committee cited instances OF
delayed construction in the
department.
The outstanding example
which is costing the Fedora
Government not just thousands
of dollars but actually million.
of dollars. is the proposed build.