The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-08-26
Washington
News Report


concentration is now shifting from
legislative issues to election issues
but the two are closely related sub
lects. both ccntering IN Washington
What happens al the polls IN the
various states just two months from
now will decide the composition 81
the 33th Congress
II The 31th Congress was not the
was number Of history making
laws were enacted and the Con-
gress worked surprisingly well with
4 President Eisenhower, considering
solid control III the hands 81 ptmo
cratic leaders over on the hill
There Is every reason to believe
that stormier a Y S between ~
executive and legislative WIneh
might encountered during the two
year reign of the Both Congress
For one thing. the potential candi
dates IN the Senate and elsewhere
Will be actively seeking political
issues on a national scale ana
everyone will know that Mr. E.iscn-
hoWer'S term and powers Of politl
cal patronage are fast expiring
AS the election approaches, Re
publican hopes continue 20 improve
but the big question IL now Who
Will win the election. as far as
Congress is concerned, but whether
the Republicans can come Oh fast
enough to have even a chance IA
November Right now they are out
OF it, but with The economic re
covery underway there are some
who think That 4 peaceful settle
ment Of the Middle East crisis and
prosperity Will get the g. o. P.
back INTO Tie bali game
IN the Senate it would be 4 near
miracle For ID the upper lrglslA-
tive body more G. o p seats are
AZ stake and many Of the Demo.
cratic separations are III the solld
South lln,icnlablv, however. i +
llnlor major party niay not lace
The dcbaclc some expected as 4
certainty only three Or f5nf months
ago
The Next Moon Shot
The failure Of the Ain Force N
first moon Shot emphasizes again
that Il. $ security 10 the field ol
secret missiles and rockets work IN
/ far f,4at
Force. o. many ton officials therein
did not want advance publicity VII
the moon Shot try ~ Aaeust.
KNOWING that II miehi fan aMd
that pubic relations results mi3.ht
be somewhat SIMILAR 70 lll,sc ex
prrienccd by 81" MANY with iia ll
fated VANGUARD prolect, An effort
Was nlae. n hccp ihe MI nn INK
spectacular experiment
But ofice aeain oar security wa
poor Someone talked the nurc
eot around aHd finally There Wa.
NJ seciff TIN Ar Force MA A.
besi " aEed rldicnle WI aHnonnr
ng befoFr the test that ID Woult
probably fail but newlthelt the
failure got widespread publicity
And stories the following aav
that no one VAS surprised aNe
really expected the shot ID succeed
helped but little.
The next secret has nlreaa;
leaked out too The Air Force Wil
try again in September rs Aid Nh,
Navy and II that service caH1
make il on the second thu tho
Army might Dc given lis chance
In the Vanguard fIasco. | w Z
Army succeeded when fincn its
chance II would embarrass ire Aif
Force t the same thina happened
IN September.
China and A-Bonbs
The grim news from Warsaw is
that Russia has agreed W give
China atomic weapons and modern
missiles This makes the Chinese
threat to Formosa more ominous
than It has been heretofore. just
what the y s, Seventh Fleet could
or would do III the event that these
modern weapons were employed by
the Chinese Reds against the Matsr,
Islands or other islands is d good
question.
But one thing is certain. T u Z
Chinese are more aggressive than
the Russians, if recent history proves
anything. and the next really
serious world crisis may bob up IN
Asia, which would bc in keeping
with the communist program Of
keeping the free world off balance