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Evening star., 1959-12-27
Planning Key
To Urban Aid
By the Associated Press

The Federal housing chief
called yesterday for intercom-
munity urban planning to head
of a trend toward muscle
bound metropolises with
stranded suburbs, overtaxed to
maintain minimum service"
Housing Administrator Nor
man P. Mason, in making the
plea. also announced that his
agency will base its aid to COM
munities on the degree Of area
wide cooperation shown by the
individual localities.
This policy, Mr.. Mason said,
Is in accord with the 1859
Housing Act which authorized
$50 million to help State and
urban planning activities. Mr..
Mason said it directs that such
grants shall ito the maximum
extent feasible, cover entire
urban areas having common or
related urban development
problems"
Planning Scope
How this will be implemented
was explained in a separate
statement by David M. Walker.
Federal urban renewal COM
missioner.
He said States applying for
assistance for smaller towns
will be required to show that
such planning will embrace
the total urbanized area, in
cluding fringe areas and ad-
joining localities.
Metropolitan, State and re-
gional planning proposals must
encompass unified planning for
the area involved rather than
only portions Of it, Mr.. Walker
said.
Such planning also must
cover the basic essentials for
sound urban development. This
includes comprehensive land
use studies to guide residential,
commercial and industry ex-
pansion and projections of nee
esSary public works-such as
streets. throughways, schools.
sewer. water and recreational
facilities.
$50 Million Allotted
Congress has allocated $40
for urban renewal plan
ming. About SO million has been
committed and appropriated.
50 million has been
appropriated for the current
fiscal year that started July l.
States or communities must
the Federal grants.
1T Is estimated that in the
next decade our urban popula-
ton will increase by another
80 million persons, Mr.. Mason
said. "Uuless we prepare now to
handle this influx properly, we
can destroy the very benefits
that urban living offers.
I'm many Of our more con-
gested urban centers, we have
already painted ourselves into
a corner. We have to tear up
the fabric Of our communities
to force a way through.
Decisions to deal with
urgent urban preSsures too
often are desperation acts.
Speedways are plotted on the
drafting boards that slash their
way through some of our
soundest and best neighbor-
hoods"
Mr.. Mason AIDED that prop
erly directed urban growth can
enrich the growing communi-
ties of home owners but fail
ure to recognize the urban chal-
lenRe can undermine il -
Evening star., 1959-12-27
WHAT AMERICA THINKS
38Pct. ct.Quizzedin Poll
Il See 1860 Prosperity

NEW YORK 26-About weeks What America Thinks"
SO per cent of all Americans poll shows
think 1860 will be more One year ago 56 per cent
prosperous than 1859. this thought would
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Eager Beavers

COME years ago the late H. G. Wells,
~ eminent British historian, praised the
methods of disseminating information in
the United States and declared that our
people We're eager to learn and greedy to
know"
With this compliment out Of his system,
Mr.. Wells raised the question whether we
are not sometimes little hasty to know"
What he meant was that we prefer to read
digests instead Of assimilating book, and
that we have tendency not to study an
issue or subject thoroughly.
Undoubtedly, most Of us skim through a
book in search for startling, shocking or
surprising information, instead of soberly
seeking to understand the authors argu-
ment and testing his conclusions by timely
thinking on our own part.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Double Check

Happy Thanksgiving to all you
dear readers for whom l am
most Thankful for. So let's make
this a real Thanksgiving Some
eager beavers are trying to knock
the fire out of Thanksgiving by
pushing Christmas right on it. Well
there is time for all things
lets take holidays as they come.
Business IS agoing to wait any
how.
We get in some of the biggest no
good mixups every once in a while.
We're not out Of the TV fixing in
vestigation when some guy crawled
out and yelled Cranberries
contaminated and everybody
started getting sick
Virginia's chief agricultural
chemist, he's a Berry. said per
sonally intend to buy and eat
cranberries for Thanksgiving and
see no reason why you shouldn't do
the same. Some Teller must have
been agin the raisin of the things
mabe he just didn't like EN-.
No merchant will ever get rich sell
ing the cranberry. and folks amt
going to die eating EN-. They are
mostly for looks anyhow.
l had most wonderful visit in
Dillwyn that's the friendly
town on the C and O Rry in Buck
ingham County where the invention
of Cinder blocks has been such a
blessing. Every two story building
is a skycraper. R. B. Ransom and
Sons. they got a full line drygoods
notions. groceries and furniture !.
it's pleasure to deal there. Ran on
to Church Huddleston, the walking
poet, and he's looking to the stars
for inspiration.
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
NO COMMENT
By JAMES ". DoUrHAT

Washington, D. g., Nov. le The
outcome Of the determined effort
now being made by railroads to
end fredericksburg may have
! far-reaching effects on industry. 1t
certainly will affect the cost Of
transportation to the public
\ Also, if the railroads can break
the shackles Of ancient. uneconomic
work rules, 1t will give encourage
ment to other industries which are
also handicapped with ollt-lnodel
work rules.
A prime example Of out-mOded
practices in the railroad industry
/ is that pay rates allow a basic
days pay for just 100 miles for
the crews operating passenger and
through freight locomotives
\ The feather bedding" rules. the
railroads estimate. involve cost Of
$500. OOO,0 900 annually.
Many Of them border on the
ridiculous They are, in effect, rules
to provide made work" jobs.
Rigid work rules bar road crews
from working in railroad yards, and
vice versa, and prevent railroads
from extending train-creW runs in
keeping with steadily rising train
speeds.
Particularly striking examples
are cited by the railroads as fol-
4 lows:
Three Pays For One Job
In one referee's decision Still
plaguing rail operations. yard
employee was awarded an extra
days pay lor a few minutes work
outside yard limits, while a road
employee got days pay for the
same work he did NOT do, but
claimed he should have done. That
is three days pay for one task 4
two for the yard man, one for the
road man
"A road freight engineer recently
got an extra days pay as yard
engineer for moving his train q
few car lengths in a freight yard. !
The negotiations now going on be
tween the railroads and unions were
made possible by the expiration Of
a three year moratorium on work
rule changes.
What is the effect on the rail
roads and the public Of feather
bedding
Theodore Short. chairman Of the
Western Carriers Conference com
mittee, says that more than 500 .00t
Jobs have disappeared on the com
peution-hit apd Observation-Disclosures
ed railroads over the past 10 years
Potomac Spray
The Advisory Panel Of the Senate
Labor Committee on revision Of the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24

Taft Hartley Act is resulning its
deliberations after having been in
active the past several months. The
panel was set up to function until
December 81. 1859: presumably.
therefore. its report will be filed
some time before that date
Three out Of four households in
the United States have telephones.
according to recent report by the
Bureau OF the Census Area
differences in business climate, in
Guiding labor rates and labor pro
ductivity. are among the principal
items considered by industry when
making expansion or relocation
plans. This was the consensus of
30 officials Of as many concerns
who met here recently under the
auspices Of the Department Of Com
merce to discuss plant relocation
problems. More than a score
of House and Senate members have
indicated they will press for re-
examination Of the emergency dis
putes section of TaftHartley when
Congress convenes Despite a
three per cent numerical drop in
the Federal Government civilian
employment in the l954l959 period.
the dollar payrolls are up 80 per
cent. according to the Senate-House
Committee on Non Essential Fed
eral Expenditures The reason: pay
increases voted by Congress
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Letters To Editor
straining At Gnat
Swallow "A Camel
Editor, Farmville Herald:

Editor, Farmville Herald:
l sure am getting fed up with
this talk about fixed quiz shows.
Two or three years ago. l told my
friends that these shows were fixed
and that answers were furnished to
contestants.
P. T. BaInlun faxed the public
with hoaxes for many years and
The public loved it. think it was
he who said "A sucker is born
every minute. Wrestling matches
are fakes but they are permitted
on television. Why don't they ban
Santa Claus?
Congress spends time and money
investigating quiz shows but they
do nothing about labor unions who
are injuring our economy to the
extent of many billions of dollars
The unions are not only causing
our economy to suffer severe losses
but they are also destroying jobs
for millions Of our workers. Hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars worth
Of foreign made goods are flood
ing our markets due 10 the fact
that labor unions have demanded
and gotten such high pay that goods
manufactured in this country cost
so much to produce. due to high
labor costs. that we are no longer
able TO compete with foreign made
goods and we are losing our foreign
markets DO not the labor union
/ leaders know this? | believe that
they DO know it but they just don't
give a DARN as long as they can
hold their high salaried jobs. Their
idea seems to be. The public be
damned as long as we get ours"
How long is the public going to
keep putting up with the conditions
that prevail in our country TO-
day?
Respectfully yours,
l.. D. Whitaker
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Babson Discusses World War iii Possibilities

j ferences are unimportant" and are
gradually being eliminated. On the
other hand. they claim, the conflict
between Communism and Free En-
terpriSe is economic and fundamen-
tai. They believe that coexistence
Of economic differences is impos-
sible and that one system must
ultimately be destroyed. They be-
lieve that Russia is continually get
ting stronger through self-sacrifice
while the Free Nations are con-
stantly getting weaker through
luxury and easy living.
A. Warming to America
In short, l am hoping that the
United States, Great Britain, France
and the other Free Nations will have
great spiritual and economic
awakening. We cannot go on watch
ing the stock market and following
the latest styles of dress and en-
tertainment. We must make our
religion real, our politics unselfish,
and we must educate our children
to sacrifice It is not enough to
say that Communism cannot win
as it does not believe in God to-
day. It can believe in God tomor-
row. and then what?
In conclusion-we cannot continue
leading our present artificial lives
and getting softer, while Russia
continues to concentrate on funda
mentals and grow stronger-for per-
haps twenty years or more. but
not forever. Hence, we may ex-
pect peace for another generation.
Furthermore, countries hou d
carefully watch China, which could
be deciding factor as to when the
fatal day will come.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Destroying Moscow


In case World War III should he
started either by Russia or by the
United States, which latter | be
lieve could never happen. Moscow
and other Russian cities would be
destroyed. as well as New York
and various other American cities.
Whoever might start or even win
such a World War III, Moscow
would be destroyed whether or not
we could destroy the big steel
plants and military centers in East
Russia and Siberia. l am sure Mr..
Khrushchev does not now want Mos
COW destroyed. 1t is a wonderful
and beautiful city, the pride and
JOY of his heart
The foregoing should prevent
World War III from coming now.
However, this does not mean there
may never be a World War III aft
er Mr. * dies. When talking with
prominent Russians, / insisted that
Communism and Free Enterprise
could peacefully coexist in the
world. as do the Catholics and
Protestants who once were con
stantly fighting each other T he
Protestants. when they got into
power, cut off the heads of the
leading Catholics; while the Catho-
lies burned at the stake the lead
ing Protestants when the Catho-
lies got into power. know well
about this as my own ancestor, the
Reverend John Rogers, was the first
Of these to be executed by h e
Catholics.
The Russian Answer
The Russian leaders answer this
by saying that intelligent people
are now realizing that religious diff
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Band Boosters To
Stage Thanksgiving
Dance In PoWhatan

The Powhatan Band Boosters
Club viii sponsor Thanksgiving
dance, Friday, November n. at
8 pm. in the Powhatan War Me-
mortal Building
Music will be provided by the
MoOnshinerS
Proceeds from the event will be
used for the replacement Of band
uniforms and the reconditioning of
instruments owned by the club.
Mrs. Raymond Hudson is president
of the organization. which in no
small way is responsible for much
of the success of the band. The
club has. in previous years. pur-
chased sheet music and instru-
ments, a certain number of uni
forms. ETC.. to make certain the
band remains a permanent part of
the school.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24

On the Ocean-en route fr m
Russia to the United States. No
vember 10. AS l write this, my
last report while on my two months
trip. think my American readers
will be interested chiefly in my
idea as to the probability Of World
War III in our time.
The Dove Of Peace
Everywhere in Russia you see
replicas of the Dove of Peace" In
restaurants it appears on the frost
ing Of your cake. in stores it is
printed on the wrapping paper, and
it also appears on postage stamps
while the children in the parks are
encouraged to feed the doves that
fly about. Every speech empha-
sizes that Russia is for peace while
the United States is anxious for
war. Even our guide asked us
why 1.-The United States is so
anxious to fight Russian W by
Communism cannot be allowed to
help the Russian people without
hurting the United States We are
unfairly represented as very
warlike nation.
The Russian newspapers carry
stories of how we fought an d
destroyed the native Indians who
once owned so much of our land.
They relate how we stole" Texas.
New Mexico, Arizona, and Cali
fornia from Mexico, which was
their rightful owner. The m a in
American news in the Russian
newspapers is about our treatment
Of the Negroes at Little Rock. Il
am told that this has let up some
since Mr.. Khrushchev has returned
to Russia. They now talk about the
Spirit Of Camp David.")
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Realistic Diplomacy

We must approve Of every form Of govern
ment we recognize. In the past Americans
have been somewhat naive about recognize
ing foreign governments and the fallacy in
our reasoning has been that we recognize
only'those governments which have our APP
prevail.
America is having difficulty maintaining
the Republic form Of government provided
in the Constitution. The growth Of feder
alism and dominant central government;
the usurpation of the states reserved pow
ers the unlimited powers Of the federal
government to tax. especially the income
tax, presage fundamental changes in our
form of government.
II Spain is happy under dictatorship,
or India is happy with its benevolent auto
cracy. there is 10 reason that our govern
ment should not work closely with them for
their betternlent and our own interests.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
John Temple Graves
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ACTION

CATION decree. Atlanta is still the
mecca OF North business and com
nercial attention But the bitter
gap between city and state can
bring strangulation at last in many
ways, including economic. Especi-
ally as II is less and less offset
by national public favor.
Increasing sympathy with tn e
South and recognition Of its resist
ance as based on American prin-
ciple begin to Isolate the Gate City
JAMES r. BYkNES THINKS the
Nixon visit to Russia and the talks
with khrushchev eased cold war
tension. And he says that no mat
ter how We disapprove OF Soviet
deeds we cannot refuse to talk
with them about preserving
peace" Mr.. Byrnes' compound Of
realism with love for country. re-
gion and state. plus experience is
more great posts than any other
| South Carollnian ever. Calhoun moi
excepted, make you hope the South S
free delegates and free electors, il
they come. Will have a -arrang-
| ed benefit Of his wisdom. prestige
and experience.
MIR. EYRNFS SHINES in q wick
ed book which Regnery has just
published "Roosevelt's Road tc
Russia, By George N. Croker
The Wickedness is in sight of Roose-
welt idolators only but their name
4 is legion still The war President
4 Is pictured AT Yalta as not only
SICK but beWitched with long
\ beMltcllnent that has made him
\ Soviet Russia secret and perhaps
unEnoWln9 ally in a hidden wal
tg0lnp on with the official World
War. and Surviving il. Russia & wal
to inherit the earth by hook OF
CROOK Mr.. Byrnes was at Yalta bn
az Director Of Mobilization. not vi
Secretary Of State F'DR never tolt
him what was going on knowing
he would not approve
If this book Il wicked, TIL
wickadness is aggravated by it.
easy reading
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Hosp ital Patients
Enjoy Newspapers

To: The Farmville Herald. Gray's
Drug Store. Leggett's. McKay's
Tastee- Freeze. Owen-Sanford Drug
Co.
In a gracious community spirit
you supply the rooms at Southside
Community Hospital with The
Farmville Herald, The Times Dis
patch. and the Richmond New S
Leader.
The patients spend pleasant mo-
ments scanning these papers and
keep informed by your thoughtful
ness.
1t seem to me that you merit
public thanks for this kindness.
so-Thank you very much.
Mrs. Mercer o. CLARK.
keysville, va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24

issued by any President, came in 1899, when
George Washington ordered a day of
Thanksgiving for the adoption OF the Con-
stitution President Madison also set a day
to give thanks for the peace during 1873,
but it WAS not until the time Of Abraham
Lincoln, III 1862, that we had a national
Thank giving proclamation. setting apart
the last Thursday in November as day to
be observed
Our Thanksgiving Day in the United
States, then. is relatively young, but it has
taken hold more firmly than any other
Thanksgiving Day in any other country.
and has spread to the various corners Of the
world.
It is one Of our most-enjoye holidays, a
coorfu observance and an inspiration. TO
many Americans it signifies the coming
end Of the Year the completion Of most Of
the harvesting Of the year, the end Of the
football season and the beginning of several
hunting seasons.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Thanksgiving Service
Set Al Thomas Chapel

The Methodist Youth Fellowship
of Thomas Chapel will have a
special THANKSGIVING service Wed
nesday evening.
The public Is invited to the SER
vice. set for 7,3o pm. Miss Joyce
Martin viii have charge Of the pro
gram
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Thankful Thanksgiving

THIS year Thanksgiving a national re-
ligious festival is ninetyslx years
old 1t began in 1869 and credit for begin
ming the observance is usually given TO Mfs
Sarah ]. Hale.
Less than one month separates Thanks
giving this year from Christmas. which
means that these two national religious OBJ
servances are only twentyelght days apart.
However, Thanksgiving unlike Christ
mas - is not 50 highly cOmmefclallzed.
Thanksgiving was originally regarded
with almost the same reverence as was
shown for Sunday. 1t was customary for
families to attend religious services and
afterwards to gather around the table and
a bounteous dinner, including turkey and
pumpkin pie
III some instances churches were decorat
ed with farm products in order that the
members of the congregation might see
what they had to be thankful for.
The first Thanksgiving proclamation,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24

DROOF that times change i the announce
ment that President Eisenhower. Of the
worlds leading democracy. will visit dicta-
tor Francisco Franco. Of Spain, next month
The visit will mark the first time l. 5.
President has visited Spain.
Now President Eisenhower-in response
to an invitation delivered last August -
is going to visit Madrid. and dictator Fran
co. 1t would have been quite tactess If
President Eisenhower had flown from
France to Morocco and not visited Franco.
Those who will object to this visit should
remember that the United States has major
air bases in Spain. that the Moroccans are
running us out Of Morocco. ard that we
have had trouble with both Morocco and
France. and very little from Spain.
In fact. our relations with Spain have
been cordial. and our air bases there are
considered to be secure. Franco, Of course,
must look to the West in his bitter anti
communism. and if the day ever comes that
the communists gain control Of Europe,
they will no doubt remember him and the
Spanish Civil War of 1862
All Of this brings to mind the ancient
AKIN which is followed 50 we'll by the Brit
ish Foreign Office. In dealing in interna-
tional affairs. one does not deal only with
those people, or those governments, of
whom he approves He deals with the gov
ernments which exists as of today, and
deals realistically in the best interest Of
his country
Therefore, in international relations it is
forms of governments, such as Yugoslavia
and Spain, in the case OF the United States
This does not mean We approve of these
forms of government, although the people
support it at present Nor does it mean that
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
Editor Of Herald

Just want to thank YOU for The
Herald and tell you how much
enjoy it. delivered not at my door,
as at home to my bed in the hos
pital. As | have said before / think
this IS fine public service !.
Mrs. Z. F. Striplin
Farlnyille
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24

For living rooms. dining rooms. bed
rooms, hollis. Exceedingly easy to
apply. 10 brush marks. New deodor-
led alkyd formula.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24

TAFT in my talk Of thtr League
brought devoted applause Pet some
Of the ladies love not really Taft
but Mccarthy.
Every conservative organization
in the country should have d com
nittee on Taft 10 study the actual
record and philosophy Of this states
man who was the accepted leader
of conservatives yet who was 50
much more liberal small II than
some of these ladies that they
would excommunicate him if they
could exchange ideas.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24

For concrete floors and exterior ma
sonny metal and wood surfaces. Syn
thetic rubber base.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-09-03
Health Head
Gives Talk At
Apple Creek

DR.. Robert A. Haines, Direc-
tor of Mental Hygiene and Cor
rection, will be speaking at the
P.V.A. meeting Sunday, Sep
tember 18th, in the new Rec
reation Building at Apple
Creek State Hospital, in Apple
Creek, Ohio, at 200 pm.
His subject, What are the
plans for Apple Creek State
Hospital now. and in the future
What can P.V.A. do to help"
The Boy Scouts Troup of the
hospital viii be dedicated at
this meeting.
Lewis M. Floyd, President of
P.V.A. cordially invites those
who are interested in retarded
children to attend this meeting.
For more information call RE
2-73s3.
The group is sponsoring 4
Square Dance, Western Style,
Fri, Sept. 25 from s pm. until
Donations will be
S1.00, proceeds will go to sup
port P.V.A. For information
call RE 2-7383.