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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26

Several years ago the Legis-
lature brought some small
measure of order into the jun.
gle of tnagible property assess
ments by setting the retail in
ventory level at 500 in all but
a few small counties.
Now comes Prince Georges
with a last-minute, uncoordi.
mated move to get a bigger ex.
emption for its merchants than
any other county in the State.
The Sun is right in saying that
the bill is not truly local and
that it should have been refer
red to the Ways and Means Com.
mittee rather than to the Prince
Georges County delegation as
a select committee.
My complaint is against the
way the thing is being handled
rather than against the bare
idea of reducing inventory as
sessments.
AS matter of fact, / am on
record lin a 1857 report to the
Northrop Committee and the
Legislative CounciD as favoring
the ultimate elimination of all
tangible personal property tax
alton, as has already been done
in New York. PENNSYLVANIA,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26

Delaware and Hawaii.
1t Is by far the most inequit-
able tax on our books; it is very
hard to enforce, and IL is an
open invitation to dishonesty In
otherwise honest taxpayers.
But the elimination of per-
sonal property taxation should
be done on a statewide basis, in
an orderly manner, and with a
substitute business tax to re.
place lost revenue, to the ex-
tent that such may be neces-
sary.
Another bill to bring some
uniformity into the personal
property tax exemption field is
the one by Delegate Clark 3D.,
Howard) and a large group of
co-sponsors to exempt dairy and
beef stock under the age of two.
years. Wicomico County has
had a similar law for several
years; Clark's bill would make
it statewide.
l checked with Wilton Allen in
the Assessment office at Rock
vile. He said the revenue loss
to Montgomery County would
be small, because most of the
assessed value in livestock is in
dairy cows and purebred bulls
over two years old. He said his
office would be glad to be rid of
the feeder stock assessments,
which produce more nuisance
than revenue.
Manufacturing Machinery
While on the subject, permit
me to observe once again that
the Montgomery County Coun.
Gil has the right land has had it
since 1914 to exempt manufac-
turing machinery from taxation
by a mere resolution of the
Council.
1t has been estimated that the
revenue loss could be offset by
an increase of less than one
cent in the general tax rate.
Most of the neighboring coun-
ties Including Prince Georges,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26
On Easter from P. 1
Good Friday
ObServanceS

morrow. The Rev. William H.
Mercer will deliver the message.
The B ethe S d a Council of
Churches will hold noon to 3
pm. Good Friday services to-
morrow at the Bethesda First
Baptist Church. DR.. George
Davis, professor at Crozier The
illogical Seminary in Chester,
Pa, will preach on the last
word. Other messages will be
given by Rev. F. L. Farris, st.
Andrews Methodist Church;
Rev. A. c. Young, Columbia
Heights Christian Church; Rev.
Harry Mcknight, Briggs Baptist
Church; Rev. Lloyd G. Brown,
Bradley Hills Pre- byterian
Church; and Pastor Otto c.
Schuetze, Christ Lutheran
Church of Bethesda.
The BrOOkevIlle NJ e t h o dist
Church will be host to seven
other Methodist churches In the
area at Good Friday services to-
morrow from IL noon to 3 pm.
Seven ministers will speak on
the Seven Last Words of Christ.
Tonight on Holy Thursday there
will be an Easter sermon drama
at the BrOOkeviIle Methodist
Church at 8 followed by a Holy
Com m un on service for the
churches Of the BrOOkeville-Mt.
Carmel Charge.
The Service of the Changing
Colors of the Cross will be held
at the Boyds Pres byte ria n
Church tomorrow at 8 pm. for
the Observation-Disclosures
area Protestants. The Rev. Fred
McCorkle of the Poolesville
Presbyterian Church will supply
the pulpit. An exercise around
the cross displaying colors of
special significance will be the
highlight Of the evening. A Com
munion Meditation Service will
be held tonight at 8 at the
Neelsville Presbyterian Church
with the Rev. Daniel c. Manson
Of Jamestown delivering the
sermon.
DR.. George w. Davis of Ches-
ter, Pa, will be guest speaker
during a Spiritual Life Mission
ut the Twinbrook Baptist Church
starting tonight and culminat-
ing Easter Sunday. Services, to
which the public is invited, will
be held at 7:45 pm. tonight, to-
morrow, and Saturday, at the
Broome Junior High School, in
Rockville. The Spiritual Life
Mission will be CONCLUDED with
a baptismal service led by DR..
Davis on Easter Sunday at 7:30
pm. at the Bethesda First Bap-
list Church.
The Rockville Methodist
Church has invited the public
to its Good Friday musical serv.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26
Public Support Asked
By Library Backers

new Bethesda county building on
the site of the existing Bethesda
Elementary School.
If this scheme were utilized,
greatly increased parking facili-
ties on the schools playground,
less than a block from the L.
brary, would add to its use by
the community.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26

Ice at 8 p.m., at which the choir
will sing "The Seven Last Words
of Christ" by Theodore Dubois.
G. Bernard GeIvin is Organist
for the choir directed by George
Messick. SOlOists will be Mary
Gale, soprano; Jack Reeves, ten
or; and Glenn Kaiser, baritone.
The combined choirs of the
Church of the Holy Communion
and st. Johns Episcopal Church
OF Olney, will sing the Gabriel
Faure Requiem" with orches-
trial accompaniment tomorrow
evening at 8 at st. Johns church.
Mr.. James Valient, rector, in
vites the public to attend this
musical Good Friday service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26
In Bethesda

Bethesda residents have been
urged by the Bethesda Public
Library Advisory Committee to
state their support for funds to
enlarge the existing library at
a county budget hearing next
Monday night.
The portion of the hearing to
be devoted to public libraries
will begin at 9 pm. in the Rock
Vile county building auditorium.
An item in the miscellaneous
capital construction program
section of the budget earmarks
$750,000 for a new Bethesda
county building, parking facili-
ties, and for additions to the
Bethesda library, county
spokesman said. The budget
item was not apportioned.
A recently submitted report
by the county's Coordinating
Committee suggested building a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26
Wheaton Street
Job Approved

The County Council this week
approved a $228,000 public
works Improvement project of
streets, curbs and cutters, and
storm drainage for Lexington
ST., Newport Mill I'd. and Law
renee ave. in Wheaton.
The county will a bsorb
$4,000 of the cost while abut-
ting property owners will be as
sessed $4,000 for front-foot
benefits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26
Inside Annapolis
By Blair Lee III

ANNAPOLIS, March %. -
When is a '1ocal bill" not a local
bill?
The Baltimore Sun, in an edi-
torial last Sunday said that H.B.
SAT, introduced shortly before
the filing deadline by the Prince
Georges County delegation, is
just such a bill.
lib. CAT would increase the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26

Howard, Baltimore and Anne
Arundel have long since done
this-but not Montgomery.
was reminded of this mat
ter by an article in last Sundays
Washington Star, which an
nounceo that H. w. Lay & Co.,
of Bethesda, manufacturers of
potato chips and "Fritos", was
about to build new 100000
plant.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26

exemption o n
the assessment
of retail inven-
tory (stock in
trade) by re-
ducing the as
sessnent level
from 500 of
full cash value
to 500 but
in Prince Geor-
ges Co u n t y
OnlVl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-26
d. McBain,
Ice Plant
Owner, Dies

David McBain, who with his
late father operated the Rock
Vile Ice Co. for Is years and
more lately, owned and oper-
ated the Gaithersburg Ice Co.,
died of heart ailment Satur-
day in Montgomery County
General Hospital. He would
have been 81 next Christmas
Day.
A Clarksburg resident, Mr..
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-10
Several Sick, Find
Ashby Community
Place To Recover

There is quite a list of recoveries
this week to report.
Mrs. James Spicer is improving
in Richmond Memorial Hospital
following major operation last
week.
r. E. Speas. who spent several
days in the Southside Hospital. is
recuperating at his home here.
Mrs. Edd Ehrhart IS confined to
her bed following a fall which caus-
ed back injuries
Mr.. and Mrs. william Clements.
of Hampton, visited Mr. and Mrs
w. E. Bagby. Saturday.
Recent luncheon guests of Mi.
and Mrs E. W Sanderson were
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ w.
Gracey. and sister. Miss Jan e
Gracey. of Blackstone
Visit the Ehharts
DR.. and Mrs. Mitchell Byrd. of
Williamsburg. spent the week end
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E
c. Ehrhart Mrs. Ehrharts great
niece. Miss Mary Fisher, of Buck
ingham, spent several days in the
same home.
Jimmy, Jocelyn. Roger an
Pamela. Of Chatham, returned home
following ten-day visit with their
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. P.
Sanderson.
Mrs James Nelson spent a week
with relatives in Radford Since re-
turning home, Mrs. Nelson has visit
cd Mrs. James Spicer and Mrs. B
c. Mahan in Richmond.
Benjamin c. Mahan. former
resident of Ashby. was buried Mon
day. June 6. at Washington Me
mortal Park.
Mr.. and Mrs c. G. Sanderson
entertained at a family dinner Sat
urday night Among those present
we're Bobby Sanderson and Miss
Suzanne Carter. Of Richmond,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Heller. o.
Fredericksburg, spent the week END
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L
K. Ford
Among those attending services
at Thomas Chapel Sunday were
Mrs. Ernest Trice. Marie and Kay
of Richmond, Mrs Benjamin Trice
and daughter. of Crewe. Both fami
lies we're spending the holidays al
their cabins at Lakeside Village
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Sandersor
and w. P. Sanderson visited in New
Kent County Sunday They a ]
visited Mr.. and Mrs. James Wal
ton in Richmond.
Mrs. j. G. Sanderson and Pamela
Marie visited Mr. and Mrs Walton
Tuesday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-10
cortersviI!e News
Mrs. Trice Leaves
For California

Mrs. Laura Trice is leaving this
week for California.
Mrs. Laura Trice and Mrs. John
Irving with guest from Richmond
spent the week end at Mrs. Trice' S
home here.
Dr.. and Mrs. Henry Pierson, Of
Richmond. were guests Of the Whit
locks recently.
Mary B. and Jennifer Sheldon. Of
Toano. are spending this week with
the Robinsons in the village.
Miss Nemle Morrisette is visiting
with Mrs. L. A. Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Harrison and
daughter. Dirty. of Newport News.
are spending week here
Mrs Dixie Moore and children
are visiting Mrs. ~ P. Snead
Mr.. and. Mrs. Hugh Peasants.
Jr.. and children spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Nc
Alden near Brodnax
Jack Blanton left Sunday to at
tend BOYS State at Blacksburg.
In Paratroops
Billie Sutton Joined up with the
paratroopers the past week and is
in training at Fort Jackson, S. c.
Rev Kenneth Clark is assisting
the Rev Robert Woodson in a re-
vival at Nellysford this week
Mrs. Warbrnton. of Washington,
D. c., visited his sister here during
the holidays.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-10

The fourth of July celebration in
Scottsville was attended by APP
proximately two thousand people
Miss Weslie Arlene Lenahan was
crowned Miss Scottsville 1859 by
Mayor W. R. Pitts.
She rode in the parade following
the coronation surrounded by mem
bcrs Of her court in a convertible
driven by Sonny Goode The cele-
bration began with a baseball game
between Scottsville and Stanards-
vile; Scottsville won % to 3
Immediately following there were
contests. The first place winners
are given in each: Balloon blowing
boys from 5 to 8. Roy Maxey.
WheelbarroW race, to IL. Jackie
Hammer and Charles Crickenberg-
or, 10 to Is Keith DENLY and Tinka
Hannum: Three-legged race, 9 to II
Kent Carter and Bruce Dorrier; IS
to Is. Keith DENLY and Tinka Han
mum. Sack race, to 8. Gary
DENLY: 9 to IL Brian DENLY 13
to Is tie between Roger Spradlin
and Keith DENLY Bubble Gum con
test. to 8, Linda Rittenhouse. 9
to IL Denny Hall. Potato Race, 5
to g. Joseph George Hughes: 9 to
II Gordon Zimmerman, 10 to Is,
Tinka Hannum Teams to thread
needles. Beth Goodwin and Shirley
Giannini Climb the creased pole
Johnny Kent. prize s.. Pea Race.
9 to u. Joyce Hampshire. Is to
IS. Judy Skeen; 20 yard dash. 5
to Gerry DENLY; Brenda Shu-
maker: 40 yard dash, Bran DENLY
and Alice Faye Noble; 100 yard
dash. Keith Cenby and Claire Dor
rier, 100 yard dash over Is. Alvin
Smith, Jr., and Hazel Patterson.
The parade was led by Mayor
w. R. Pitts. followed by the drum
and bugle corps from Covington
Post No 1893 Veterans Of Foreign
Wars. Color guard from Scottsville
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-10
Sc0ttsville Gala Fourth OF July
Celebrations Attracts Two Thousand

Post No 1859 Veterans of Foreign
Wars, led by Commander w. r.
Moody Others in the parade in
cluded the VFW float, motorcycles
from the Motorcycle club in Char
lottesville, Scottsville Boy Scout
Troop No 81. clown riding jack
ass the Scottsville Volunteer Fire
Department and an assortment Of
commercial floats, horseback rid
ers. and Mrs Moody. president Of
the VFW fAuxiliary in colonial cos
tune riding in buggy.
There was street dancing on the
parking lot behind the bank build
ing until IL pm. The celebration
was sponsored by the Scottsville
chapter Veterans of Fereign Wars,
Post No 1859
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-10
Clyde F. Steger
Makes Dean List

Clyde Eugene Steger is on the
dean's list of distinguished students
in the University Of Richmond dur
ing the secord semester which
ended last month
Steger. secretary of the Philo-
logian Literary Society, is the son
of Mrs Ruth H Steger, OF Bucking-
ham
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-06-04
News Items from Claridon

Pastor next Sunday June z.
Would like everybody to be
at church.
There were graveside SER
vices for Henry Wilmot o n
last Monday afternoon at the
Claridon Center Cemetery.
The Women's Fellows h i .
served a dinner Tuesday May
26 for the Burton Chamber
of Commerce.
Mrs. Robert Richmond and
daughter of Columbus, Ohio
spent several days at home
of her parents over the week
end.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-06-04
HAVE YOU MET .

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer j.
Trivison, of 95 Vincent Dr.,
Chester? They have recent
ly moved here from Euclid
Ohio. Mr.. Trivison is gen.
eral foreman at Lincoln
Electric Co. Cleveland. The
have a son, David, 16; and
a daughter Patricia, Is, a
Freshman at Ohio Univer-
sity.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-06-04
Parade May Festival Hilghlght Nevbuy Celebration

parade the school honor of
sponsored
lighted Newbuys o Memor
The parade arranged by the American Post
tors Saturday well
Legion in their hall Immediately following
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-06-04
BY MRS. HOWARD ENSIGN
Phone f.. ClaridOn 6-6217


Memorial Day was obServ-
ed in Claridon Saturday, in the
usual way. State Senator Ro-
bert Cook was speaker. Phi
lip Adams was in charge for
the day.
MRS. Bernice McGill Web
ster and Mrs. Millie (McGilll
Hartman of Geneva Ohio at
Day. Their girlhood h o nj e
was the house which is now
Corey Hospital. They moved
from there about sixty years
ago.
Mrs. Bella Wilmot receiv-
ed word recently that h e r
sister in law, Mrs. Harri-
son RaWley is quite i'll j n
FIT. Lauderdale, Florida.
A farewell pot luck lunch
con was given in Congrega-
tional Social Hall Monday in
a farewell for Mrs. Grove.
Mr.. Christensen and family
plan to move into Parsonage
Monday June /. Mr.. Christen-
son will start his duties as
Evening star., 1959-11-15

twice before sitting down with
the Russians at the summit.
AS matters stand now, the
Western chiefs will meet in Paris
on December 10 to coordinate
policy and map strategy. The
meeting will take place near the
conclusion of Mr.. Eisenhower's
extended trip to European and
Asian capitals. And according to
the agreement made last week
between the French and the
British, there will be another such
meeting in early March. just
before the March IS arrival of
Mr.. Khrushchev in Paris for a
15-day stay.
Western diplomats respond with
shrugged shoulders to the inevita-
BILE question: How were GEM de
Gaulle and Mr.. Adenauer able so
easily to prevail over United States
and British wishes for an early
East-West summit" 1t is obvious,
they reply, that the West must
approach the summit with as great
a degree of unity as possible. Since
a summit with the Soviet Union
would be almost academic without
the presence of France in person
and West Germany in spirit. it
follows that French and German
reservations are controlling.
Mr.. Eisenhower last week added
two more capitals to his original
itinerary. (See map on page B-D.
One of them, Madrid, brought
raised eyebrows-but no formal
protests-in some Western cap
itals. The other, an offshore visit
Evening star., 1959-11-15

military programs are the real
keys to our defense problems, last
week fired a counter-attack broad
side in the direction of those who
see magic in further concentra-
tion of military authority.
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, In q
Veterans Day speech, vigorously
backed the present Joint Chiefs
system as one that contains -
built-in check against the ex-
cesses Of a single individual, q
single concept or a single interest"
The Chief of Naval Operations,
no burning advocate Of the mas
sive retaliation policy. asked what
would have happened in the re-
cent past If the concept of COM
plete reliance on the threat of
nuclear devastation to maintain
freedom in the world had been
wholly accepted. His answer:
Certainly the results Of Leb.
anon. Taiwan Strait and Berlin
would have been different. Berlin,
the islands in the Taiwan Strait
and probably other places would
have been Communist by this
time"
In what Admiral Burke said
was an unmistakable conviction
on his part that there lies in any
single chief of staff system the
danger of reliance on one weapon
or one capability.
Evening star., 1959-11-15
Steel:
Recovery

The giant steel industry was
getting back on its feet a good
deal quicker than had been ex-
pected, with United States Steel,
the biggest producer of them all,
already back to so per cent Of
capacity.
More than three-fourths Of the
100000 members Of the striking
United Steel Workers of America,
ordered back when the Supreme
Court upheld an 80-day Taft
Hartley Act iniur"t'"'' on Novem-
ber 7, we're on the job.
Instead of engaging in Slow
downs" which had been feared.
the returned workers we're eXhib-
iting a surprisingly high morale
and productivity.
Another pleasant surprise was
that damage to the big furnaces
during the 116-day shutdown.
caused by the longest and costliest
steel strike in history, was less
than anticipated.
Despite these encouraging re-
Continued on Page B-k
Evening star., 1959-11-15
TeIevision:
BetterLot

When the television quiz scam
dal broke on Capitol Hill few
weeks ago, a lot of people won-
dered where the Federal Commu-
nications Commission was while
all the hanky- -panky was going on.
Chairman John c. Doerfer took
the early position that the FEC
had no authority to police quiz
shows. 1t was a matter largely
for the networks and stations to
handle.
Then President Eisenhower pub.
licly expressed his distress at the
frauds ana directed Attorney
General William Rogers to invess
tigate. Mr.. Rogers talked with
FEC members, among others.
Last Monday, the FEC bestirred
itself 1t announced that it would
hold its own inquiry into fixed
quiz shows, commercial bribery,
such as the plugging of certain
songs by disc jockeys for a fee.
and offensive commercials.
The general reaction to this
news: Better late than never.
Evening star., 1959-11-15
THE FOREIGN SCENE
Solidarity Key to the Summit

Perhaps mindful Of Benjamin
Disraeli'S observation that "the
secret of success is constancy to
purpose" Western statesmen last
week were diligently trying to
agree on the character of purpose.
A summit conference between
East and West was now definitely
a long way of. Without the for
mality of exchanges on timing, it
was readily apparent that the
timetables already announced for
President Eisenhower, French
President de Gaulle, and Soviet
Premier Khrushchev make any
East-West meeting impossible be-
fore April of next year-maybe
even later.
But the time is not to be wasted.
Already there are clear indica-
tions Of progress:
On Thursday, after a tWo-day
visit to Paris, British Foreign Sec
retary Selwyn Lloyd proclaimed
an important meeting of minds"
between London and Paris on out
standing Western problems. Mr..
Lloyd had conferred with Gen.
de Gaulle, Premier Michel Debre.
and Foreign Minister Maurice
Couve de Murville. At the con-
cluSion of the discussion, both
nations hailed "a better under
standing" of mutual problems.
And as a clincher to the new
found harmony, they disclosed
that Gen. de Gaulle would
pay a state visit to Britain's
Queen Elizabeth next April S.
Since Mr.. Khrushchev is sched-
Evening star., 1959-11-15

annual yield is consumed, the
Flemming statement provoked the
immediate wrath Of the growers,
who denied there was any danger
to humans, and Congressman from
the producing States.
Some critics called FOR the Sec
retary's resignation. Others de-
manded that the Federal Govern
ment pay an idemnity ESTIMATED
at SIS million) because the bot
tom had dropped out of the mar
ket.
The imperturbable Mr.. Flem-
ming stuck to his guns. His posi-
ton: He had received the danger
signal reports and it was his duty
to issue the warning. He said he
hoped the inspection reports would
clarity the situation before the
holiday, but added that he did not
plan to eat cranberries for his
Thanksgiving dinner.
Last night, as the inspections
continued, the Government seized
a shipment of cranberries in Chi
Evening star., 1959-11-15

with Tunisian President Habib
Bourguiba aboard the cruiser Des
Moines anchored off TuniS, was
not unexpected in view Of the
Tunisian Presidents aStute efforts
on behalf of peace in Algeria.
Spain's Generalissimo Franco
and his iron dictatorship have
been "off- limits" to most of the
Western world since the beginning
of World War II. Franco Spain
has been denied membership in
the United Nations, in the North
Atlantic Alliance, and in most
other European endeavors. The
Generalissimo's open support for
the Axis powers in World War II,
the Fascist nature of his regime,
and bitter memories of the Span
ish civil war have made him and
his country political liabilities in
the West, particularly in Norway,
Britain and France,
Evening star., 1959-11-15
Campaign Troppings

When Mr.. Rockefeller took of
for California many of the trap
pings Of an election campaign
were present. Forty-three re-
porters, wearing big Official
Press" buttons, flew out to the
coast or were there to join the
Governors caravan for the four
day trip which also made stops in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Entering the Nixon backyard,
Mr.. Rockefeller knew that the
going might be tough. AS it turned
out, he didn't know how tough.
1t was the same story in San
Francisco as it was in Los Ange-
les: A cordial, polite reception.
but no indication that he had
convinced any Republican Party
officials that they should leave
the Nixon bandwagon.
There was little Joy in the
Rockefeller camp. When a re-
porter pressed the Governor on
his candidacy. he got this reply:
Il register events, impressions and
people. So far as I am con-
cerned, ! am Just registering"
Meanwhile, Mr.. Nixon. consid-
cred far out in front for the NOM
ination, was pursuing a 'non-po-
litical' tour of Wisconsin and In
diana. He hit three themes: The
farm problem is one of the most
urgent domestic issues; he had a
familiarity with international per-
sonalities and problems and the
G. Q. P. must end internal dis.
sension If it is to win in 1860.