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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
Any Threat to Peace Over Divided City
Called Real Concern Of World Group

from an international-law
standpoint. with the problem
OF Berlin. but II would be a
salutary development II the
controversy could be extri-
Gated from is present
straitjacket and raised 10
the level Of judicial settle
ment long ago envisaged by
statesmen Of the world as the
best means Of solving legal
questions. For essentially. the
Berlin issue involves legal
rights and the attempt by
one party TO a contract TO
nullify or cancel II without
consideration for the rights
Of other parties.
When Britain. Russia and
the United States won the
war against Nazi Germany, 1t
was only by agreements
which they made with each
other, and later with France,
that zones we're drawn and
arrangements made for oc-
cupation troops. To this day,
while West Germany has been
given her independence and
now Is recognized as a sover-
eign state by all four Of the
powers which entered into
the agreement to occupy vari-
GUS parts of Germany, no
such Arrangement has been
made to cover East Germany
or East Berlin, For the So
Wet Union, therefore. to issue
an ultimatum and endeavor
by duress to compel the West
ern Allies to negotiate a
change in the agreement
which they do not favor is a
violation of every basic prin-
ciple Of international law.
There is a world court at
The Hague-set UP under
the United Nations Char
ter-which can hand down
decisions on such matters,
but the Soviets have never
indicated that they would
submit the issues for deci-
sion by such a tribunal.
Even if the legal rights OF
the West were affirmed,
there still would remain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
DAVID LAWRENCE

GENEVA. - Although Sec
Rotary General Hammar-
skiold Of the United Nations
has been severely chastised
by various British newspa-
pers for suggesting summit
meetings through the United
Nations, there Is more 10 the
suggestion than meets the
eye. Actually. the secretary
general says he meant meet
ings only under the aus
pieces" OF the United Nations
- q sort Of arrangements
committee. But this, II is
realized. could only be the
beginning OF a large partic-
ipation.
Obviously the problem Of
Berlin concerns only the four
major powers which will be
represented by their foreign
ministers at the conference
here next week. and nothing
would be gained at this stage
by setting up alternate ma
chinery. But there may
come a time when a threat
of war over Berlin becomes
concrete, and then 1t would
be the duty and obligation
of the U. N. Security Coun-
Gil to take up the whole
matter.
II is true that the Soviets
would have a veto there, and
It is also true that the Gen.
eral Assembly-where a ma
jority vote can pass resolu-
tions Of recommendation
has no real power to settle
anything, but the restraining
influence Of such procedures
has already been effective in
previous crises.
Unfortunately, the whole
concept Of a four-power con-
ference only serves to res
urrect the old ways of diplo-
macy and to seem to give
prestige to the theory that a
few powers can by direct ne
gotiation make satisfactory
settlements of delicate mat
tiers in dispute. 1t is, of course,
a fact that the four powers
are the only ones concerned,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
United Nations and Berlin Issue

from the Soviet viewpoint
the problem OF how 10 change
the status OF West Berlin.
Obviously. negotiation Is
called for under the circum-
stances.
But there would be q differ
ent atmosphere In the world
II the Moscow government
had approached the matter
from q legal standpoint and
with the desire to negotiate
changes on a voluntary basis.
There is no doubt that the
isolation Of West Berlin Is
unsatisfactory TO all sides
and that the best solution
lies In allowing East and
West Germany 10 unite or
TO so their separate ways
through a choice made by
both IN a free election min-
hibited by Soviet troops or
pressure.
The German people natu-
rally want unity and should
be permitted TO have IL.
Whatever temporary device
Is suggested 10 maintain the
freedom of West Berlin is
not likely to remove the prob
lem from an atmosphere OF
tension. II will be recalled
how the world was beSet with
a constant threat Of a war
of revenge after the War Of
1870 deprived France Of its
province Of Alsace-Lorraine
and kept 1t for decades under
German jurisdiction. The cry
for restoration of Alsace-Lor-
raine has its counterpart to-
day in the mounting demand
for a uniflcation Of all Ger
man peoples within a single
government.
The secretary-general Of
the United Nations may be
a bit premature in offering
to hold summit conferences
under the auspices of his or
ganization. but any threat
to peace is the concern Of the
United Nations. 1t is not too
early to begin promoting once
more the ideals of the United
Nations as an instrument for
the maintenance of peace
and the settlement Of inter-
national disputes, both Of a
legal and a nonlegal nature.
(copyright, 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Geneva Seen Offering Some Gain

partners can be made the
most generous and useful
ever granted by the large to
the small.
There is no reason, for ex-
ample, why the smaller pow
ers cannot make proposals
to the actual negotiators for
the West. the Big Four, as
the conference goes forward.
There is thus no reason why
the smaller powers cannot
indirectly, but nevertheless
Importantly; influence the
conference, itself, through
tn cir recommendations to
their bigger allies.
If this is done, as there
is every reason to suppose it
will be, all the power of the
West will properly feel a part
of whatever bargain is struck
or rejected at Geneva. And
all the power of the West
and this is after all the true
and ultimate safeguard from
the Soviet Union-will re-
main truly together.
Thus, without coddling our
selves with wishful thinking,
it is possible to say that be-
fore a single negotiating ses-
sion has finished at Geneva
a substantial Western vic
tory is already within our
grasp. This is a victory for
all-Western unity. And it is
all-Western unity that most
of all, in this and every sue
ceeding conference of any
and every kind, will be the
real target of the Soviet
Union.
Such a victory would be a
fitting reward in the late
evening of life to a man re-
Gently a visitor here, Sir
Winston Churchill. 1t was
this man, more than any
other, whose mind drew up
the Western alliance when it
perceived II years ago that
the Iron Curtain was de-
scending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
Former President Viewed as Leaving
Roncor Behind as Did AIben Barley

for a public figure are always
easier when that persons
ambitions are behind him.
Harry Truman is seeing hap
pen to him the same process
by which his friend Alben
Barley, once a truly con-
troversial figure in Kentucky
and national politics, was
raised to the eminence of a
party saint even in Kentucky.
Today Mr.. Truman says
that he may consider return
ing to the Senate when he is
80. 1t is one Of his little
jokes.
Whether his popularity in
his party still has power be-
hind it remains to be deter
mined. He failed in 1852 to
influence the Democratic Ma
tional Convention toward his
choice of Averell Hartman.
He blamed his failure on wait
ing until the last minute be-
fore stating his choice. This
time, he says, he will give
his judgment earlier.
What influence the former
President will have remains
to be seen. The affection in
which he is held in a party
for which he still works so
hard and gives so much will
insure his being listened to
respectfully, more so than in
1852. But, as he so well
knows, it is the younger gen.
erations which must bear the
burden and do the deeds. The
ultimate decisions will be up
to them.
Mr.. Truman's happiness
these days is not the care
less kind. He cares very much
what happens to America and
to mankind. What is remark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08

On the sound principle That
once bitten is twice shy, all
but the most smile-happy
optimists are emphasizing
that the Big -Four Foreign
Ministers conference at
Geneva has no guarantee OF
even a modest success.
This is as it should be. 1t
will do nobody any good to
forget that the trail Of inter-
national meetings with the
Soviet Union is studded with
the ruins of Western hopes.
1t is a trail well marked, in
a word, with broken Russian
promises.
Indeed, the West may be
hard put at Geneva to find
enough justification land al
most any kind Of justification
will do) for agreeing to hold
the real conference toward
which the world is looking.
This, of course. is a summit
meeting between President
Eisenhower, Prime Minister
Macmillan of Britain, Presi-
dent DeGaulle of France and
Nikita Khrushchev Of the
Soviet Union.
All the same. it is never
useful to approach any OPP
portunity in the fixed notion
thatnothing good can posi-
bly, come from it. And quite
apart from this general prin-
ciple, there is practical and
specific reason to look toward
Geneva with a basic and real
istic If limited confidence.
For the profound fact is
this: Whatever may happen
at the actual conference table
in Geneva, the leading mem
bers of the Western alliance
have wisely prepared to main
tain the unity of all in the
West in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
SCARCE RAINFALL
BECOMES SCARCER
DOWN IN Ell PASO

Ell PASO, Tex. (AP).-
Ell Paso's rainfall is almost
an inch below normal for
the calendar year. In fact,
it hasn't had an inch of
rain.
The Weather Bureau here
reports rainfall for 1859
has totaled 0.43 of an inch,
we'll below the average of
1.39 inches for the first
four months of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
DORIS FLEEsON

Harry S. Truman, the hap
py American, is rs today and
enjoying every minute Of it.
Dinners all over the United
States will help him celebrate
and, as he heartily approves,
will help replenish Demo-
cratic Golfers.
Having reached a ripe age
and remained still green
and smiling" as few great fig
ures of his time have done,
with the notable exception of
Sir Winston Churchill, Harry
Truman has discovered that
he can do without rancor.
except possibly that reserved
for Richard Nixon. He has.
in. fact. gained in his easy
ability to communicate with
his fellow man on any level.
His feelings are duly recipro-
Gated. Very few Americans
have room for rancor toward
Mr.. Truman.
Harry Truman's wisdom
has encompassed the fact
that the fountain of youth
lies in the new generation. He
has not an iota of bitterness
toward the young for possess
ing something he has not.
The lectures which he has
been giving young men and
women at Columbia Univer-
sity and elsewhere are de-
hvered with delight. They
constitute something impor-
tant to him. He hopes that
out of his rich and in some
ways unique experience he
can give to the rising genera
ton insights which will make
both the privileges and re-
sponsibilities of full adult
hood easier to bear.
Wide acclaim and affection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08

and artists and an exag-
gerated estimate OF the real
Communist. military and
economic might are the pal
liatives which our leadership
provides 10 arrest and cure
the dread political disease
which in the long run will
destroy the tissues OF free
dom which make this coun-
try the best In the world.
There have been attempts by
people In the last stages Of
this political disease TO ham
die It by heroic means The
German and Polish out
breaks against the Commu-
mist tyranny in 1853 and
1856 showed that these sub
jugated people reached the
conclusion that only drastic
surgery could cure the can
Ger from which they we're
suffering.
The Hungarian rebellion in
1856 and the more recent
revolution in Tibet, a long
distance from each other,
should have opened the eyes
of those who believe that we
can coexist with the Commu-
nists. They did not. The pow
erful free world which relies
on the power Of its ideals
more than its formidable mil
itary strength watched the
sacrifices of these little peo-
Piles with cheers and noble
words Of encouragement, but
with arms folded. 1t was too
proud to fight or even inter-
vene automatically to put an
end to the slaughter of these
people whose crime was that
they wanted to be free.
There is an increasing APP
probation by politicos in the
hub of the free world that
cancer can be arrested only
by drastic means, otherwise
its cells get into the blood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08

White that West Point and
Annapolis may now want TO
duplicate the Air Academy's
facilities and improvements.
Gen. White, a West Point
graduate, told Senator Syming-
ton, Democrat of Missouri, that
there may have been some
errors in judgment" by those
in charge of building the Air
Academy but in general,
there's nothing out there that
I'm not proud of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
CONSTANTINE Brown
Educating u. S. to Summit Talks

stream and spread all over
the body. Political as well as
physical cancer can be cured
by heroic methods. When the
patient is too scared 10 sub
NIT 10 such treatments his
demise is inevitable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
Truman Enjoying Lite at IS

able about him is that with
all his knowledge of what we
face, with all his concern, he
remains a happy man. He
has risen triumphant from
threatened defeat himself.
The light of victory still
shines for him in the dark
hours.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-01
Moscow Has Few
World War II Scars
BY EDWARD H. SIMS
Special Writer

This is the third article Of a
special series covering Vice Presi
dent Richard Nixon's trip to Mos
COW. the U. S. Fair in Moscow,
and other events,
Moscow This huge capital
which eighteen years ago this month
anxiously watched the approach Of
large German armies from the
West. shows practically no sign, o.
scars, from World War H.
This Is surprising to vete n
European travellers, who can find
evidences Of destruction. even today
in Germany. England and France
Moscow was damaged largely by
air raids. although one of Hltler's
divisions did approach its outskirts
as far as the outer tram line, in
early December. l941
This, however. was as close as
the German army ever came, and
This was not close enough to enable
German artillery to raze structures
in the city.
The air raid damage has been
repaired, and in addition, ire
mendouS building program has been
carried out since 1850 Correspond
ents who accompanied Vice Presi-
dent Richard Nixon to Moscow re-
Gently, and who had been stationed
in this city either during the war
or Immediately afterwards. were
frankly impressed by the scope Of
the building program in Moscow
and the number of new buildings
on hand.
Moscow University, for example.
has been built only in recent years.
One housing development, which
the writer visited is designed 70
house 100000 persons. and stretches
for several miles The buildings are
of masonry, and while construction
is of a low grade. the size Of the
project is unquestionably impress
sive.
In spite Of red trolleyS, which are
Very similar to the trolleys one
finds in Germany. and brightly
colored buss es. motorcycles n q
policemen. policemen war " h | e
coats. black knickers and boots. and
red epaulets Moscow is drab- Most
Of the buildings are constructed Of
yellow or tannish masonry. but Of
a dull shade. People definitely do
not dress we'll. and the passenger
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-01
Fall Armyworms
Making Inroads

Fall arnvwornls are making their
annual inroads on Virginia crops
now reports Arthur P. Morris, as
sociate entomolog!st at VPI.
Corn. sudan, sorghum and pearl
millet are among the crops falling
victim to the armyWorms.
Morris explains that the fall
armyWorm is visitor from the
South. 1t is unable to overwinter
in Virginia. but ordinarily arrives
in the state in July and damage
starts showing up two to three
weeks later.
Fall armyworms can be con
trolled with DDT toxaphene. or en-
-drin. Crops treated with DOT or
toxaphene cannot be fed to dairy
animals or animals being finished
for slaughter. Crops treated with
endrin can be used for hay or ensi-
lage if a minimum Of As days
lapses between treatment and harry
est.
County agents can help identify
arnyworns. and can also give de-
tails on control.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-01
correspondent Of Belgrade.


Moscow's surrounding land is
mostly flat, well stocked with trees,
and covered with an attractive
green at this time Of year. Despite
this, and the places Of obvious his
toric interest, with good music, bal
let and art to be appreciated. the
average American would feel some
what exiled in Moscow, if he were
forced to remain here for a long
PEI 100 of time.
NO doubt he could learn much,
about Russian history, the Russian
people and about other things, but
it would be an unusually drab life,
c on ia " interspersed with
methods Americans feel are inef-
ficient, Inconvenience, incredible
delays, and quite drab
No doubt the Russian people are
generally honest, and one does not
feel that he must be on guard
against thieves all the time. as in
Paris, and no doubt the Russians
are basically good people, who
are inclined to be more friendly
than otherwise. However, their his
tory has been hard, and they have
had very little freedom and have
developed little Imagination or in
dividuality. as a race, even though
achieving great progress is organ.
lied efforts, and this adds up to a
dull life BY American standards.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-01

cars are not impressive, and
the trucks. doing SO much construc-
ton work. appear to be ram
shackle.
bends as it goes through Moscow.
are usually Indifferent, or even cool
to Americans It is probably not
that they wish to be unfriendly, but
they have been so stepped in anti
American indoctrination that they
do not exhibit the immediate open
arms attitude which is found in
50 many European countries. Nor
does one see many people laughing
on the streets, interestingly enough
The roads and highways seem to
be fairly good around Moscow. al
though there is surprising number
Of dirt roads on the outskirts Of
Moscow, and the city is not over
crowded with traffic There are
few bicycles, compared to 5 u h
cle-havens. for example. as
Amsterdam or Rome.
In front of Moscow University,
from hill overlooking Moscow and
the Moscow River, one gets his best
panoramic view of the Russian
capital. The hill is quite high. and
the river makes several sharp
bends as it goes through Moscow
Directly across the river is { h e
Lenin Stadium, which is huge and
impressive structure, and then. fur
ther IN the distance. is the wide
spread of Moscow itself
Very few Russians speak English,
and this is not a criticism, since
probably fewer Americans speak
Russian However, this makes it
extremely difficult to get around.
except through the assistance of Of
fetal guides, and these official
guides ali work for 'Intourist. >
Intouris 4" is the official tourist
service Of the Soviet Union, and
one must pay $1,000 per day. for
deluxe accommodations. regardless
and this includes his room. hi !
meals and several other services.
including the services Of an inter
prefer o. guide when available.
Unlike the picture in the minds
Of many Americans. the average
Russian is not large person, and
is somewhat similar in size and
build to the average European One
would find more tall Americans on
the streets Of Washington, for ex-
ample. than their counter parts on
the streets Of Moscow
There are few good restaurants
IN Moscow and lack Of color and
pace which is characteristic Of
every communist country the writer
has visited three in all T G
similarity between tho drab ap-
pcarance Of Moscow reminds this
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-01
Adopt Restrictions,
T. Pugh

At meeting Of the Board of
Directors of the Virginia Dark
Fired Tobacco Growers Marketing
Association, Inc, held in the office
in Farmvlle, Virginia, on August
10. 1859. the following resolution
was passed unanimously:
Whereas, in May. 1859. one Of
its former members was called
from this earthly sphere to his
home ABOVE. Sylvester T. Pugh was
elected by his peaple to the first
Board Of Directors upon its Or
ganization in 1882. He served con-
tinuously for 81 years. until he
retired from his own choice in
August, 1858. During this time he
was regular in attendance and his
Judgment was respected and
sought on all matters
Therefore. Be it Resolved. that
we the members of the Board Of
Directors Of the Virginia Dark
Fired Tobacco Growers Marketing
Association Inc, do bow in humble
submission to the will of our Heav-
emily Father, VINO doeth all things
veil and commend his loved ones
to the care and comfort of Him.
Who alone can fill the needs of
anyone
The members of this Board. not
only shall miss his wise counsel.
out shall miss his friendship and
association enjoyed in the past.
Be it Further Resolved, that
copy Of this resolution be spread
upon the minutes of this meeting.
copy sent to Mrs. Pugh and a
copy be published in the Farmville
Herald
THOMAS B. HALL, JR.
] H. GARRETT
THOS. B. HALL
ADV Committee
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