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Evening star., 1959-11-22
BY ROBERT L. PELL
Star Staf Writer

The Voice of America is wait
ing for a slow boat from Sey-
chelleS.
When it and several other
ships from such diverse places
as Samoa. the Solomon Islands
and Somaliland have docked
and delivered their mail, Voice
officials will be ready to pick
is winners in their worldwide
English-language radio contest
The Voice set up the con-
test in order to get some idea of
the composition of it's English
language audience. A chance
to win one of Is tranSistor ra-
dios donated by American
manufacturers was offered to
any listener outside the United
States who sent in a letter OF
card with his name, age, ad-
dress and occupation and the
name of the Voice program on
which he heard the offer made
The first announcement went
out across the world on Novem.
ber /. Within days, airmail let.
ters began pouring in, plus 6
cable from Norman Hedderley
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Voice Radio Contest Awaits Entries
From Listeners on For-FIunq Shores

"a. meteorologist at HALEY Bay,
Antarctica. 1t read Apologies
cable but next ship 1860" Since
then more than $4,000 re-
Sponses have arrived in WASH
ington from hundreds of places
around the world.
They have included cables
from ships at sea. letters in
Braille, magnetic tapes to show
how well a particular program
was received. several cheese
cake cards (among them a
beautiful Tahitian maid" from
the Fiji Islands) and a "Sput-
mix" postcard from Archangel,
Russia, bearing the message,
The Soviet Sputnik-the first
in the world" in six languages.
1t was sent by a German sailor.
The responses have brought
with them a colorful and eye
catching collection of stamps.
There are temples, elephants
and dancers as seen in Laos;
Sputniks, postwomen and views
of cities sent from Russia, and
flying fish from Seychelles. The
most lavish postage seems to go
on letters from Nepal. Envel-
lopes and cards from that dis
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Council to Get
Conflict Report

Montgomery County's Con-
flict of Interest Committee, ap-
pointed to make a study in the
wake of stormy 1858 Demo-
cratic primary, will submit its
report to the County Council
Tuesday.
The committee was headed
by Frederic P. Lee, a former
County Council president.
In the 1858 primary, warning
Democratic factions were split
by several issues. the most
hotly-debated Of which in
volved conflicts of interest
among officials appointed to
county agencies.
George E. Ijams, a Republi-
can member Of the committee
declined to say what the report
recommends. He stated, how
ever, there is nothing explo-
sive" in the report and that il
was agreed upon unanimously
by the five committee mem
bers.
Evening star., 1959-11-22

tant land adjoining Tibet ar
rive covered with a colorful me-
lange of temples and birds.
The first replies to arrive in
Washington came by air. But
regularly mail items now are
beginning to come in and Voice
officials will not pick the win
nerS until they are sure every
thing from Seychelles in the
Indian ocean,, Samoa and the
Solomon stands Gin the South
Pacific, and Somaliland Tin
Africa has arrived. Airmail
items from these places have
been among those received, but
shipboard mail may not arrive
until early January. All entries
have to be postmarked by No
vember IA.
Most of the replies received
have been from the United
Kingdom. India and the Phil
ippines. Listeners in Commu-
mist countries have sent several
hundred responses, including
300 from YugosIavia. $50 from
Poland. 40 from Hungary, 90
from Czechslovakia and about
20 from the USSR.
Evening star., 1959-11-22

recommendation is needed by
both District and Virginia in
order to evaluate several bridge
proposals and how each would
tie into an integrated highway
network, Mr.. Aitken said.
Bridge Tie-in Plans
On the Washington side, the
Three Sisters Islands bridge
would connect with the pro-
posed Potomac River freeway,
the Glover-Archbold parkway
which Mr.. Thompson OPP
poses-and the extension of
the George Washington Me-
mortal parkway.
On the Virginia side, it
would tie in with the George
Washington Memorial park
way and would also take some
traffic from the new Interstate
Route 66.
The District highway direc-
tor believes that the Three
Sisters Islands is the most
logical site for a crossing up
stream from Key Bridge
Other proposals are for spans
at Arizona avenue and at Ne
braSka avenue.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Land Price BIockino
Laurel Detention Unit

mandale road site is in a rural
area, and its purchase by the
welfare department should not
provoke a barrage Of opposi-
tion from nearby residents.
Mr.. Waxter said the two
story brick home would be
similar to one his agency
opened a few weeks ago in
Baltimore. Funds are appro-
priated for the new building,
which would take about a year
to erect. he said.
The home would have about
10 beds for children awaiting
hearing in a juvenile court.
These youngsters now are held
in Jail, in overcrowded State
training schools or released to
their parents.
Juvenile Facilities
Thirty beds will be for ju-
veniles undergoing menta !,
physical and adjustment studies
prior to their return to jul
venile court and a final DISPOSE
ton Of their cases.
The average stay in the
home for these youngsters
would be three weeks, Mr.. Wax
ter said.
The other three sites rec
commended by planners were a
25-acre tract in a rural area
north of Glenarden woods west
of the proposed Circumferential
highway. A tract just south
of Greenbelt on the north side
of Glen Dale road and ada
cent to the Baltimore-W Wash
ington parkway. and one just
north of the abandoned sew
age treatment plant in Green
belt.
Evening star., 1959-11-22

Director Harold L. Aitken said.
Preliminary engineering draw
ings for a bridge at this site,
just above Key Bridge, were
submitted to the planning COM
missions co-ordinating COM
mittee last March, Mr.. Aitken
said.
No Action Taken
At that time, the committee,
headed by Harry T. Thompson,
director of National Capital
Parks. was asked to make a
recommendation on two tenta-
tive plans for the spans loca-
ton and road connections. A
subcommittee since has sub
mitted its decision on the plans,
which we're drafted by an en-
gineering consulting firm. but
the co-ordinating group has not
acted. Mr.. Aitken said.
Highway officials have tried
unsuccessfully to get action on
the matater, Mr.. Aitken report
ed, and will have to make an
other attempt.
Mr.. Thompson could not be
reached for comment on Mr.
Aitken's statement.
The planning committees
Evening star., 1959-11-22

Plans for construction of a
Juvenile detention home near
Laurel in Prince Georges
County must be abandoned if
the land cost is not reduced.
This became apparent yes
terday after the Maryland At
torney Generals Office ruled
that $4,000 appropriated by
the legislature for acquisition
Of a site must also pay for en-
gineering, appraisal and trans
fer of title.
Thomas j. S. Waxter, d.
rector of the Department of
Public Welfare, said the Laurel
site now must be abandoned
or a lower price negotiated.
He said welfare department
officials, who have searched
two years for a detention home
site III the suburban Maryland
area, plan to reopen negotia-
tionS on the Laurel tract in
an attempt to bring the land
cost and incidentals within the
budget appropriation.
The department holds an op-
ton to buy the land for $35 900,
the full amout appropriated by
the legislature.
The l0-acre tract is on the
south side of Ammendale road
just west of Indian Creek and
adjacent to the Christian
Brothers Institute, south OF
Laurel.
Land Appraised
Land appraisers retained by
the State had valued the tract
at only $4,000 an acre, Mr.
WaXter said.
He said the agency still will
consider three other sites ir
Prince Georges recommended
for the detention home by the
Maryland-National Capita
Park and Planning Commission
Planners approved the Laure
site but said the others are
more desirable.
I'VE wanted a site between
Hyattsville and Rockville anc
feel this would be ideal" Mr.
Waxter said of the Laurel loca.
ton.
Negotiations definitely art
still open, according to Rowland
Nichols, the Laurel realtor anc
agent for the landowner.
The welfare department
wants to build the home, esti,
mated to cost $3.50, 900, to serv,
Prince Georges, Montgomery
Ann Arundel, and other south,
ern Maryland counties.
Sites Rejected
Two sites were selected nea
Burtonsville, in Montgomer,
county, but we're rejected il
the face of opposition from
residents.
Mr.. Nichols said the Am
Evening star., 1959-11-22

ner served in the Public Hous-
ing Administration in Fort
Worth. He was assistant to the
regional director during his last
three years there.
On March l, 1854, he became
executive director of the Little
Rock Housing Authority. He
has been secretary treasurer of
the Little Rock Urban Progress
Association since April /, 1859.
Mr.. Banners professional af-
include the National
Association of Housing and Re-
development officials and the
National Housing Conference.
He was national president of
the former group in 1861.
Mr.. Banner and his wife, Mrs.
Mary Holbrook Banner, have
three children.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
ORGANIZER
Abe Lincoln
Called Great
Team Man.
BY JOHN w. STEPP
Star Stan Writer

GETTYSBURG. Pa, Nov. 81.
Abraham Lincoln must have
turned over in his tomb today.
He was called, in the best
Madison avenue fashion. a
team man."
The characterization cropped
up in the closing lecture of
the Civil War Conference spon-
sored by Gettysburg College.
Historian Robert v. Bruce
chose as his theme Lincoln,
Organizer of Victory" He de-
tailed the Presidents endless
struggle in the first years Of
the war to find the right ci-
villains for all the vital admin
istrative jobs and the right
generals who could win VIC
tories instead of scream for
more reinforcements while they
did nothing.
Winning Combination
1t was not until 1864, nearly
three years after Fort Sumter,
that he found what Mr.. Bruce
called the winning combina-
ton:
Quick-tempered, domineering
Edwin Stanton for administra-
ton: knowledgeable Henry w
Halleck for liason and tech
nical advice; and U. S. Grant FOL
strategic brilliance and driving
force in the field.
Lincoln's own role in the set
up?
According to Mr.. Bruce it was
"to supply wise counsel, the CO.
ordination of military and polit'
ical considerations and the gen.
eral direction of the team. A
modern command system had
been evolved in which Lincoln
was not the sole organizer oi
victory, but rather the organ
izer of organizers"
Equipped for Task
That the President was we'll
equipped for the task can not
be challenged, the historian
added. Though he had found
no keen pleasure in the work
of war, though he lacked a Ma.
poleonic genius for the busi.
ness, he did have a great minc
and indomitable spirit and ar
answering purpose. and these
at last had made him an out
standing, even a great, organizer
Of victory"
The three-day program II
addition to the lecture series
also featured Civil War era
songs presented by the choil
and band Of the historic littlt
Lutheran college around which
much Of the Battle of Gettys-
burg ragged early in July, 1858
At the close of Yesterdays
session, the third annual "re-
membrance service" of the
Grand Army of the Republic
was conducted at the battle.
field monument Of the last sur.
vivor of the Union Army
Among the speakers we're Maj
Gen. A. J. Drexel Biddle, ad-
jutant general of the Pennsyl-
vania Commonwealth, and ma.
tional officers of the organized
sons and daughters of the
union veterans Of the Civil War
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Two Are Appointed
To Resources Bourd

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 81 (AP)
Tawes yesterday an
nounced the appointment Of
two prominent educator -scien-
fists to the Board of Natural
Resources.
They are DR.. Ronald Bam-
ford, dean of the University of
Maryland Graduate School,
and DR.. Donald w. Pritchard
director of Johns Hopkins
Chesapeake Bay Institute.
DR.. Bamford was appointed
as member-at-large and DR.,
Pritchard as a representative
of the Western Shore succeed
ing Charles S. Dell.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Urban PIonner Hired
To Revive Downtown

Knox Banner, executive di-
rector Of the Little Rock (Ark.D
Housing Authority and secre-
tary-treasurer of Little Rocks
Urban Progress Association,
yesterday was named executive
director of the National Capt.
tai Downtown Committee.
Mr.. Banner, IS, will take Of
flee February /. Robert C.
Baker, president of the Down.
town Committee, said Mr.. Ban
ner's job will be undertaking
an action program to rejuve-
nate Washington's central busi-
ness area"
Mr.. Baker said Mr.. Banner
was selected from among 80
leading metropolitan planners
on the strength of his work in
Little Rock. Mr.. Baker called
Little Rocks urban renewal
program "one of the most note
worthy in the Nation"
The Downtown Committees
blueprint calls for spending
100000 a year for two or three
years to revitalize the down.
town area. The retailers them
selNes would pay for the re-
development through weekly
subscriptions ranging from SIS
to $40, depending on volume
of business. Mr.. Baker said "a
considerable part" of the
budget has been pledged. The
Downtown Committees pro-
gram was announced July l.
A native of Fort Worth. Tex,
Mr.. Banner attended public
schools in that city and was
graduated from Rice Institute,
Houston, where he was a mem
Der of Phi Beta Kappa. He
served in the Navy in World
War II.
From 194s to 1854. Mr.. Ban
Evening star., 1959-11-22
z Teen-Age SoIoists
To PIuy at Center

Two teen-age artists will be
featured in the first concert for
young people sponsored by the
Jewish Community Center, at
3 pm. Friday in the center,
Sixteenth and @ streets NV.
Soloists will be Bryant Hayes,
17-year-old clarinetist, and
Anne Herfindahl, 15-year- -old
pianist. Both are winners of
musical competitions.
The concert will be free and
open to the public.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Sites Rejected

Two sites were selected near
Burtonsville, in Montgomery
county, but we're rejected in
the face of opposition from
residents.
Mr.. Nichols said the Am
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Talk on Art, Religion

Edith Porada, assistant pro-
fessor Of archaeology at Colum-
bia University, will speak on
"Mesopotamian Religion as Re-
f1ected in Art" at 4 pm. to-
day in the National Gallery Of
Art.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Three Sisters Islands
Bridge Delay Attacked

The District Highway Department director yesterday voiced
concern delay in getting recommendation on the
proposed Three Sisters Islands bridge from National Capital
Planning Commission committee
The decision whether the span built is needed
in order to design several major highway projects Highway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
September IS

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The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Ike Asks Only Sl36 Million
For Loans To Power co-ops

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
President Eisenhower asked Congress
to let Rural Electrification Admins
tration loan $136 million to electric
co-ops in the year ending June 80,
1860.
A year ago the President asked
for $3.50 million for 1958-59. and
Congress gave him this plus $167
million more.
The drop in the Presidents budget
request-from $3.50 million to $136
million-isn't all that it seems, how
ever. That's because a year ago REA
officials expected to have $63 mil
lion in unused lending authority to
begin the current year. This year they
estimate they'll still have $1O9 mil
lion to carry over on July 1, 1869.
The reason officials expect a big
carryover to start 1959-6O is that
a year ago when the President asked
for only $3.50 million in new lending
co-ops tumbled over each
other to get their applications in.
Then when Congress gave REA more
than twice what the President asked, |
coop people quit worrying about |
REA's running out of money and |
postponed borrowing.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Economic Citizenship In d.

power exercised by our workers or
ganizations has never been brought
home to these peoples. The fact that
our workers who are organized car
make decisions which affect their
wages, hours, working conditions and
even legislation is unbelievable to un-
Travelled Communist workers. Yet,
believe that this type of economic cit
izenship is something that they desire
and crave more deeply than any par
ticular type of political government.
1t is my belief that our failure to
accept the complete American way
of life and to sell it's good points to
the workers of the world is one of
the main reasons why we have not
been more effective in world lead
ership.
Not too long ago, this country of
ours was known as the New World,
a world that rejected the old ideas of
privileges of the nobility and the dis
tinction of classes. We refused to be-
lieve that some men were born to rule
politically. We refused to believe that
the Creator had divided human kind
into two parts-those capable of Civ
ing orders and those capable of taking
orders.
We have made great progress in the
political field. But we have been
dragging our feet in the professional
and economic walks of life. These
fields also cannot be completely DEM
ocratic unless the voice of the people
is heard through their duly elected
In helping the Family of Nations
to see that America is still the New |
World, we all have a great response
oility and challenge to our talents.
First of all, we ourselves must be-
ong to our appropriate professional
and economic organizations with a
sense of pride and responsibility.
Secondly, we must work despite op-
position and criticism to the fulfill
nent of the American Revolution-
lamely, full operative, representative,
political and economic democracy.
May God hurry the day when we
can stand on the stage of world
affairs and speak as a people which
elects its own political, professional
and economic leaders and goes to
bed at night with the conviction
that it can live full, healthy, se-
cure and happy life without being
asked to sell IFS xouI 4o anv roI;t;r.I
theology.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

Farming !. :. like any other industry ;.
needs the eficiencies and economies of
specialized departments.
The farm business needs a sales de-
partment and purchasing department
). someone to counsel on insurance
and credit and many more depart
ments to work out important problems.
If it weren't for cooperatives, most
farmers couldn't afford these special
lied services. Purchasing cooperatives
supply materials and products of high
est quality at lowest possible cost. Mar
keting cooperatives help improve the
quality of produce and sell it at the
most favorable prices. Mutual iasur-
ance companies provide protection at
lowest cost. Credit associations lend
money for farm operations.
These cooperatives make farming
more business-like and more profitable.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Continued From Page Two)

lence are national problem. Unions
have their share of this problem. How
ever the answer to bad unions is not
no unions but good unions.
According to our leading law jour
mails, changes in policies, personnel
and techniques of the National Labor
Relations Board giving preference to
employer interests have had more eff
feet on weakening and frustrating
unions and bleeding them of their
funds than any legislation passed on
the federal or state level.
Especially in the south, the penaliz-
ing of unions, because of their liberal
and American stand on civil rights,
and because of their opposition to
segregation, has brought organization
efforts practically to a standstill.
All of these factors, including many
more that could be mentioned, ac-
count for the opposition to the organi-
zation of 40 some million American
workers.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

hens Uur Free Economy
FARMERS UNION GRAIN & FEED
co.
Glasgow, Montana
EQUITY COOPERATIVE ASSN.
of Geraldine, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Sidney. Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
LewfstOwn, Montana
EQUITY COOPERATIVE ASSN.
of Brady, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL & SUPER
SERVICE STATION of GIasrow
FARMERS UNION ELEVATOR co.
of Belt. Montana
FARMERS UNION ELEVATOR co.
of Chinook, Montana
FARMERS UNION GRAIN co.
of Peerless, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Wolf Point, Montana
FARMERS UNION ELEVATOR Co.
of Rudyard, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Bnker. Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Nashua. Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Havre, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Lindsay. Montana
r. u. GRAIN & SUPPLY co
Billings. Montana
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
MUTUAL INSURANCE CREDIT ASSOCIATE
FARMERS UNION CENTRAL
EXCHANGE
FARMERS UNION MARKETING
ASSOCIATION
FARMERS UNION GRAIN terminal
ASSOCIATION
Wherever there is
q human need
COOPERATIVES
CAN MEET 1T

Balance Wheel That Strength,
LAUREL COOPERATIVE ASSN.
Laurel, Montana
FARMERS UNION TRADING co.
Fairview, Montana
#. U. OIL & SUPPLY COMPANY
of Hinsdale, Montana
FARMERS UNION EXCHANGE
KaIispeII, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Plentywood. Montana
FARMERS UNION ELEVATOR co.
Wolf Point. Montana
SIDNEY COOP MARKET, sidney
Groceries-Ments-Lu
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Circle, Montana
FARMERS UNION TRADING co.
of Butte, Montana
FARMERS UNION ELEVATOR co.
of Joplin. Montana
FARMERS UNION COOP OIL co.
of Richey, Montana
FARMERS UNION COOP ASSN.
Cut Bank, Montana
FARMERS SUPPLY COOP,
of Conrad, Montana
FARMERS UNION SUPER SERVICE
OF Chinook. Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Townsend. Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of GIendive, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Great Falls. Montana
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Opheim, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Steveasville, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of Peerless, Montana
POWER FARMERS ELEv. co.
of Power, Montana
FARMERS UNION GRAIN co.
of Poplar. Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Roy. Montana
WTNIFRED FARMERS OIL co.
Wfnifred, Montana
FARMERS UNION ELEv. & OIL co.
of Pendroy, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of joplin, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
of FIaxvfIIe, Montana
FARMERS UNION CO-0PEKATIvE
Niles City, Montana
Equity COOP ASSN. OF HARLEM
Elevator and OIL Stations at
Hnrlem~-HoHIand--T
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Of Geyser, Montana
FARMERS UNION OIL COMPANY
Frofd, Montana
DAGMAR #. II. TRADING co.
Dagmnr. Montana
FARMERS UNION GRAIN co.
Nashua. Montana
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

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