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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24

Also, Mrs. Lucien w. Bruce,
Mrs. P. F. Aylesworth, Mrs.
E. L. Gates, Mrs. John Rixse,
Mrs. Frederick Sheffield, Mrs.
Thomas T. Kincheloe, Mrs.
Edmund B. Edwards, Mrs.
Horace CHM, Mrs. Lloyd
George, Mrs. Christine
Heineman, Mrs. Charming M.
Bolton, Mrs. Clyde Romig,
Mrs. Benjamin S. Killmaster,
Mrs. James O'Neil. Mrs. Ver-
non Hagenbuckle and Mrs.
j. P. B. Barrett. N
All are members of area
garden clubs. Among those
to be represented in the show
are the Fort Belvoir Officers
Wives Garden Club, Pine
crest. the Garden Club of
Alexandria, the Belle Haven
Garden Club, Fairfax Gar
den Club. Potowmack Garden
Club. Beverly Hills Garden
Club, Yates Garden Club,
Little Hunting Greek, Pohick
Garden Club and River Port
Garden Club. b
Woodlawn is 2 miles south
of Alexandria on q. S. Route
/ and 3 miles west of Mount
Vernon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
nostalgia THOUGHTS
Five Who Came Here With FDR
VIII ReliVe History on June lst

Roosevelt staff is Louise
Hachmeister. the famous
"Hackie," who was chief
switchboard operator at the
White House throughout the
Roosevelt and Truman adj
ministrations.
Little interested in politics
back in 1924, she recalls
hearing the speech on a
headphone radio. but it didn't
make a particular impression
because she was not ac-
quainted with the Roosevelts.
Louis Howe hired me in
1892 to handle the rickety
switchboard in Friends Of
Roosevelt headquarters at the
Biltmore," she said. Louis
was difficult to know. But
once you got to know him,
he was a wonderful, beautis
full character"
Switchboard Seminal
During Howe's long illness
at the Naval Hospital, it was
"Hackie" who had to decide
which of Howe's dozens Of
calls and ideas should be put
through to the President Of
the United States, even in
the middle of the night.
None of these five "survi-
vors' Of the Roosevelt staff Is
portrayed in the play which
covers Roosevelt from 1920
to 1924, but they knew inti-
mately those who are.
They will be on hand to
revisit all the cherished
memories that Sunrise at
Campobello" will reopen: Of
the White House filled with
Roosevelt children, dogs and
relatives by the dozens, Of
staff picnics on the lawn, Of
Tommy the Cork" and Ben
Cohen bouncing in and out.
of Albany and the theatricals
for the Cuff Links Club, Of
Hyde Park. Mrs. RS cottage,
the Biltmore, and Madison
Square Garden. Il
Once more. the air viii
hang heavy with Louis Howe's
Sweet Caporal" cigarettes
just as it did that night they
all remember. &
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ous-looking little man with
thinning hair. enormous eyes
and a face as full of burrows
as a plowed field. A hacking
cough racked his frail body.
didn't see how he would live
out the day. But I worked
for him for eight years until
he died." she said.
And Another Book
Miss Stiles story of these
years and Louis Howe are
related in her book. THE
Man Behind Roosevelt" To-
day, she works for the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee.
Mrs. Mary Eben first met
Franklin Roosevelt and Louis
Howe in 1924 when FDR was
vice president of Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Balti-
more, and she was a secre-
ta1y in the insurance COM
pany's New York headquar-
tiers. She was there in Madi-
son Square Garden on June
26, later Joined up to help
out in the AL Smith head
quarters in the Biltmore
Hotel. ~
Louis Howe was a great
guy" she recalls. Not an
easy man to work for. He
expected everyone to work as
hard as he did for the boss,
which was constantly"
With Howe, she helped
make the maps of New York
State which were important
i'll plotting campaign strategy
for AL Smith and later for the
Friends of Roosevelt" group
which preceded Governor
Roosevelt's entrance into the
presidential race.
At the White House, Mary
Eben did research and library
work throughout the Roose-
welt and Truman administra-
lions. She retired in 1853 and
lives at the Albemarle apart
ments here.
People forget how great
Roosevelt was. This play does
much to revive the memory"
she said.
The fifth veteran" of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
By ELIZABETH CARPENTER
Contributing Writer

Contributing Writer
It was a night to remember.
The place was Madison
Square Garden. The date
was June 20, 1924. The mag
nif1cent voice was that of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
who haltingly walked those
few steps to the rostrum and
offered to the Democratic
Convention, "Al Smith, the
Happy Warrior.
Memories of the night and
the man, still fresh and dear
to a dwindling little group of
the early Roosevelt White
House staff, will be stirred
35 years later as this scene
climaxes Dore Schary,s Sun
rise at Campobello." The
Democratic Central Commit
tee of the District of Column
bia is sponsoring the opening
night performance June at
the National Theater.
1t will be the plays most
sentimental engagement. In
the audience will be many
who knew FDR when.
Most nostalgia of all will
be five Washington women
who walked with history. and
with FDR, in the years that
followed the sunrise at
Campobello: Grace Tully.
Leila Stiles, Katherine Casey"
Blackburn, Mary Eben, and
Louise Hachmeister. Three
of them now work on Capitol
Hill, two are retired.
The Yeomen
These women rode into the
high noon of Washington in
1888 already as veteran yeo-
men in the Roosevelt brigade.
Their days go back before
1882 when that gnome-like
little man, Louis Howe, was
mapping it all out in the
Biltmore Hotel.
They remember the night,
June rs, 1924, which changed
history. FDR's Happy War;
rior" wasn't nominated that
year. After 104 ballots. the
Democrats picked John w.
Davis. The speech had to be
remade in 1928. But it was q
night that proved to FDR, and
his newspaper friend and
strategist, Louis Howe, that
the infantile paralysis which
had stricken Mr.. Roosevelt at
Campobello would not cripple
his chances for the White
House.
Strangely, all five Of the
women who were to be so
closely associated with the
Roosevelts in the days ahead
heard that Happy Warrior"
speech. y
Where were they that night
and where are they now?
Pretty, blue-eyed Grace
Tully, secretary to Cardinal
Hayes at the time, listened to
the speech on an early radio
model at a neighbours apart
ment in New York.
I'VE had to pass the head
phones around, but no one
missed that m a gnif1ce n t
voice." she recalls.
In 1928 Miss Tully went to
work in the AL Smith CAM
paign, soon became a secre-
tary to Mrs. Roosevelt, and
then to FDR. She worked side
by side with Missy LELAND in
Albany, when Roosevelt was
Governor, and then in Wash
ington until his death. The
story Of these years she wrote
into a book, ''FDR, Ny Boss. I"
Today she is on the staff Of
the Senate Democratic Policy
Committee.
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"The great thing about
FDR was the easy, informal
atmosphere Of his Office"
she recalls. There was no
feeling that you couldn't go
in and out at any time to
take up any matter with
him."
Once in Albany, she re-
calls, she hadsworked late on
a speech with him, and re-
turned to her apartment
planning to arise early the
next morning and type it.
II prayed to my guardian
angel that I would hear the
alarm clock" she said. "but
I didn't. When I woke up,
I ran all the way up the
hill to the mansion and ar
rived just as the Governor
was leaving for the Capitol.
without the speech. I burst
out my apologies. but he
just smiled and said, Child.
I wish / could sleep like
that"
Miss Katherine Casey
Blackburn was on the speak
er's platform in Madison
Square Garden that fateful
night. As secretary to the
Woodrow Wilson Founda-
ton, she had worked closely
with FDR, dropping in and
out of the Roosevelt town.
house during the GONZALES
cence of his illness.
Never was ne dlscour-
aged" she recalls. "Once as
I prepared to leave, he called
to me to wait. He tossed
the rug off his legs and
slowly, with both hands,
lifted one leg over the other.
Now what do you think
about that?' he asked me
proudly. I stood there and
wept."
A Messenger
On the night of the speech,
Miss Blackburn was seated
by Josephus Daniels, as a
sort of messenger to Missy
LELAND.
Having only seen him
seated in a wheel chair those
last months, we were ter
ribly excited to see him on
his feet, walking on crutches
to the podium. 1t was a thrill
ing moment" she recalls.
Miss Blackburn, in 1888.
became head of the White
House division of press INTEL
ligence and produced a daily
mimeographed condensation
of the news which was circu-
lated to cabinet members,
top administration officials,
and. the President himself. 1t
was dubbed louis Howe's
Daily Bugle" and was de-
signed to keep officials in
formed on what the press was
saying about the New Deal.
Today, Casey" Blackburn is
a research analyst for the
House Small Business Com
mittee.
Miss Leila Stiles heard the
Happy Warrior speech down
in Kentucky where h r
townsfolk gathered to listen
to one Of the few available
radios that had been placed
on a strategic tree stump.
As a young newswoman
she went to New York to
write a column for southern
papers, met Louis Howe who
hired her for a temporary"
job for the businessman's
committee which Roosevelt
headed for the Al Smith
campaign.
est Osafr EIOSrrn xrr,a a C.rs-s :
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28

LAST CENTRAL A@FRT Extension officials
cturaf Nristanding left
Waadell A.
assistant Blrlglam +. w. Carson district
ID. L. Iiyernorc. L.
Walker management Specialist NP Lewis
agent county Lunenburg;
Robert mig marketing Specialist
agent No,t8Nay; Herbert assistant
A.
assistant Mecken
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
All Contests At lOngwOod
District Winners Emerge;
State Contest Newt Stop

Charlotte and Cumberland county
All members took the most blue
ribbon prlzes Ill the district III con
test held at Lonewood College Sat
urday Among the IS different VIM
ners. Charlotte proudly claimed
eight individual Blue ribbons and
one team blue ribbon Cumberland
emerged from the day long event
with seven individual Blue ribbons,
but failed To take any team events.
Along with the blue ribbons goes
the privilege # representing this
East Central District III the state
finals 10 be held at Blacksbprg III
June. At that time district winners
from all over the state will meet
and compete at the All Short
Course held ANNUALLY at NPI.
Nottowav and Appomattox coun-
ties each had six blue ribbon win
ners. and the four named counties
dominated the first place cate
sorles Other counties In tho l6-
county district were Well repre-
sented BY red yellow ana white
ribbon winners. There were t~o
blue ribbon winners n each event.
Conferred al Longwood
Jalman Auditorium was the cen
tral Headquarters for Tie events
that sent teams Of youths all over
fhc county The home management
hoHse al the Farlnlllle college
turned into huec laboratory as
the girls events centcred there.
Laundry bread making, dress hex
vae. canning, frcezlne. ctc. were
conducted al The home economies
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
Unopposed Candidates Are Declared
Party Nominees By Chairman Brock

State Senator j D. Hagood. Dele
gate John H. Daniel, five Prince
Edward county constitutional Of
ficers and two supervisors. all with
out political opposition. have been
declared Democratic nominees for
tho November general election.
Robert K Brock. party chairman
for Prince Edward county and also
chairman Of The Democratic Dr.
carnations for tho Fourth Soma
torial District and The 22nd Lc.i-
slative District. made The formal
declaration Friday
Dr. Hagood ! Fourth Senatorial
District includes Prince Edward
Charlotte and Halifax counties
Delegate Daniels 22nd Legislative
District includes Prince Edward
and Charlotte counties.
County Officers
Constitutional officers in Prince
Edward county declared nominees
were Frank N. Watkins. Common
Wedlth's attorney. j. W. Wilson
Jr.. treasurer. Horace Adams.
county clerk, V. c. Womack, COM
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
National News Summary
Modified Labor
Bill Passed By
9O-1 Senate Vote
BY H. v. LANCASTER, JR.

The Kennedy labor bill passed the
Senate SOL Saturday after nine
days Of floor debate 1t is designed
to GUST racketeers from a b 0 I
unions. It also makes the most ex-
tensiye changes in the Taft-Hartley
act since that law was adopted in
l947. Some of these changes are
strongly desired by organized labor
The bill nov goes to the House,
which is working on a similar mea-
sure.
The bill-ofrights amendment Of
fered BY Sen Mcclellan DARK
WHO headed the subcommittee
which uncovered corruption in la
Dor unions. was replaced Saturday
with a touchdown version proposed
rs Sen Kuchel R-CalifN The Sen
age adopted IS amendments and
killed n others. The one vote
AGAINST the final version was cast
hy Sen, Goldwater iR-ArizA
President Eisenhower's proposal
n end nuclear tests below an alti-
tuCie Of 30 miles will not solve the
problem according to Premier
Khrushchev The Russian leader re-
piled TO the Presidents personal eff
font ID end the deadlock at the
Geneva talks by saving the Soviet
Union would be satisfied only With
an agreement to ban all A-tests
However, he did not flatly reject
The Presidents plan. Eisenhower
had suggested that all tests on the
Garth 4 surface, below the sea. Of
iii the ain up to 80 miles be banned
as a start to complete test ban
Masked gunner seized Negro
prisoner from his Poplarville. Miss
iall cell Saturday and escaped will
him into the wooded hills OF south
ANN MISSISSIPPI The Negro wa
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
Considerable Damage Sustained In
Fire III kyoniie Plant Near Pamplin

tWo she'd but Dixon said the loss
sustained through inactivity Of the
plaHt would probably exceed thar Of
damage to physical facilities Moth
lng wa covered by Insurance.
A large quantity Of bags used for
hlppln4 Kvanite and some equip
ment was destroyed. The estimated
lus for the empty bags alone ran
up To $50 900. according to the com
paNy president A large quantity of
storcd Kyanltc was not salvage
ablc.
Firemcn from Pamplin, Farm
vile, Appomattox county and Char
lottc county brought the flames
under control in about As minutes
The Pamplin department remained
on the scene overnight to contain
the small blazes which occasionally
fiarcd up
While the firenen were still pour
ing on the water, Dixon and his
supervisors were mapping plans to
gel the plant back into operation.
a crash program aimed at getting
4 roof back over the machinery be-
fore rain comes was initiated on an
around-thc-clock basis Immediately
after the area cooled off. Shop per-
sonncl from the Willis Mountain
plant are assisting in the rebuild
ne project.
Unl1almcd thanks to the quick
ARRIVAL Of fire departments. were a
number Of loa d ed OF partially
loaded boxcars including a ship
nent 70 Japan standing adjacent to
the structure that burned.
Dixon said there was damage to
every single item in the plant but
he expressed the belief that the
nlill and storage silos could be sal
Vaged.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
Farmville District
Counties Plant
7,527,20O Seedlings

Despite snow, rain and fro
zen ground, both at the nursery
and in the fields, the forest
landowners in the ten counties
comprising the Farmville Dis
trict Of the Division Of Forestry
managed to set out over seven
and ono half million seedlings
this season.
This includes only the smaller
landowners whose orders were
handled through the District
Office. Larger landowners such
as the pulp and paper com
panics will probably give an ac-
counting OF their paintings at a
later date. BY counties, the
seeding totals were:
Amelia 329.1OO: Appomattox
l,209. 800; Buckingham 1872, 200;
Charlotte 865.75O: Cumberland
51O,60O; Halifax 1850, $50: Lun-
cnburg $4,000; McckIcnburg
367 900: Nottoway 85O.5OO. and
Prince Edward 477,7OO seed
lings.
The grand total was 1851, 200
loblolly pine seedlings planted.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
Successful TB
Survey Ends With
3,709 X-Rayed

The tuberculosis x-ray survey
Just completed in the east side Of
Prince Edward County has been
termed very successful by Dr. F. J.
Clements. southside health director,
and Mrs. Emma Anthony, eXec,l-
tive director Of the TB Association.
The survey has been so success
ful that another has been definitely
planned for next year in the west
end Of the county, as we'll as the
counties Of AppomattoX, Bucking-
ham and Cumberland
A total Of 3,709 persons received
free X-rays in the survey which
ended Friday. This compares fav-
orably with the 1887 that were
X-rayed in the last county survey
which was a countrywide one The
difference this year, is that the
survey was concentrated in the east
side of the county in an ''inten1
sive survey rather than al Tex
tcnsivc" ono
IhCfc were 90 citizens X-rayed
during the first week and 1927
x-rayed the last week
The Southside TB Association pre-
sented silver dollar to the oldest
person receiving the free chest
x-ray each day. Those receiving the
silver dollars included: Elijah Cali
more. 80, OF Rice; James Harris,
81 Of Hampden-Sydney: T. R.
Thomas. 81. Of Dillwyn: Frank Ran
dolph 90 Of Rt. 3, Cumberland;
George Shavers, 86, RI. /. Cumber-
land, A. T. Gray. SO. Farmvnle:
John Thomas Allen. IS, Farmville,
and o. B. Mason, IS, KeySvlle.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
Institute Speakers
Turn To Education
Oratory, Leaders

The ravages of the Civil War on
southern colleges; the place of the
Bourbon in southern economic and
cultural life; and the traditions of
oratorical eloquence were delved
into during Longwood Colleges
spring Institute of Southern Cul-
ture lectures Friday
The plight of Southern colleges
was told by Dr. Mary Elizabeth
Massey. professor Of history at Win
throp College, S. c. The ruling
class of the antebellum South,
called the Bourbon, was discussed
by DR.. John K. Bettersworth, dean
Of Mississippi State University.
David w. Wiley, assistant profess
scr Of speech at Longwood, traced
the development of pre-War oratory.
Southern colleges during the Civil
War faced many problem, Dr. Mas
sey said The physical effect of the
war on the a m pu e can be
summed up as destruction, dam
age and deterioration AS armies
from either side moved into the
area of college, commanding Of
flcers desired to use the buildings
for hospitals and troop quarters.
Others who wished to use the
building were war refugees.
Women Fare Better
A N o ng Wonen's colleges the
story was somewhat different. ac-
cordlng to Dr. Massey. In some
c a G enrollments actually in
creased. Salem Academy in North
Carolina grew from 254 students in
l86l-62 to 800 in 1886. Women S
colleges advertised throughout the
South that their campuses were far
removed from battle areas and
would be safe for students.
In the Richmond Examiner of
v Sept. 18, 1861, Farmville Female
Institute now LongWood College,
announced that it was located in
an accessible, healthy, quiet town,
far from the scenes Of danger and
excitement and other schools were
doing likewise within few months
after the outbreak of the war" Dr.
Massey said
Initiation hit colleges the hardest
Of any Single factor. Dr. Massey
stated. AT the University Of Wiz
ginia. the average professor S sal
airy III 1861 was worth S1,l1379 in
gold, but in 1864 it was worth only
S31 95." Student expenses could be
\ paid in produce, In January 1864,
Danville Female College set the
price Of board for 20 weeks at $500
Confederate currency or 5 bar
rells of flour and in the fall of
4 the same year Hollins announced
! the cost Of board to be $3.50 Con-
federate money or $50 in produce
at pre-war prices. AT Salem Fee
male Academy. board was quoted
VII s. per month in l861-62, but
in 1864 board had risen to
4 $3.50 per month
Many Close Doors
4 Many educational institutions
were forced to close during the
4 war. Only the Universities of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina Of the
eight state universities of their fore
runners il the South we're open in
the spring Of 1865. Most state mill
4 tary schools we're closed although
their cadets remained together in
the. service of their states
/ when the Civil War came to the
campus, it came with vengeance,
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
War. Antebellum South Viewed
In Four College Institute,
Symposium Lectures Friday
NatiolsaIism
tliai.yzeti E,.y
I>r. <'onamasger

Slavery and states RIGHTS were
the chief causes for the failure Of
Southern nationansm and defeat il
the Civil Wan. the concluding lee
turer III the var symposium at
Hampden-sydney College said Fri
day.
Defeat for TIE South VA not
fereordained, Dr. Henry Steele
Commager, Of Amherst College
Mas d eclar,e d. The South
of 1860 had more basic INGREDIENTS
Of successful nationalSm than eX-
isted in favor Of American nahona-
ism, which succeeded. in 1887. "
pr COmnager, formerly Of CO
fambia University ahd HarmsWorth
PROBES sor Of history at Oxford, ln-
cluded IN his summary Of basic
strengths Of Southern nationalsm
climate geography, uniformity Of
economy, homogeneous population
With le5s than two pei cent Of for-
eign Born language. religion, the
nation + greatest collection Of mill
tarv lGa derq. and a common
enemy Thu North.
Might Have Succeeded
with SGch strengths. otht' thing
heina eaIal Mia South hould have
made go of nadonalsa d.
C.f,,,5,,1e fro,+ ,tft,a,,e, ,.izaff i'm l,ie ao,,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28
Clothing Collection

MIL A Il. Gray. Of The Council
Of Church Women. sponsors Of the
Church World Service clothing col
lections, announced today the truck
would be here May 4.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-28

burg; Ryland G. Watts agent
county AppOmattOx;
agent Nelson; r. S. Ellis, d. b.
assistant county Amelia Morton
Charlotte Hughes C. county Nelson; G.
liam assistant county agent Dudley
Prince Edward kneeing in the ii.
Henry county agent Powhatan; Holmes agent
Amelia E. c. Truett agent Goochland;
T. c.. county agent Louisa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-13

terday with Senator Mcclellan,
committee chairman. calling
0limco kind Of yellow inside
and demanding that the JUS
tice Department move at once
to revoke his citizenship.
0limco. q native of Italy, was
naturalized in Chicago In 1898
after two prior turndowns be-
cause Of his long record Of arr
rests on many charges.
Senator Mcclellan sent
transcripts Of the testimony To
the Justice Department, De-
Tense Department and Internal
Revenue Service. requesting
follow-t through action.
The chairman asked the
Pentagon to blacklist the
Broadway Metal Co. Of Chicago,
In which Senese and Comforte
are partners. The company
was described as holding SUBJ
contracts for so per cent Of all
the metal work on Nike missile
sases In the Chicago area.
Senator Mcclellan ordered
papers drawn for an effort to
send Glimco and senese to
prison on contempt Of Congress
charges. Contempt Of Congress
carries penalties up to q year
In prison and a $1,000 fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-13

of Q catch .all refinery
mechanic" category. Jumping
many craft groups. ~
Mr. Hoffa swiftly made It
clear It was muscles that count
with him.
"The real question Is whether
you have the power 10 nego-
tate the proper classification, I"
he said.
First Vice President Howard
j. 0ibbon pointed out that 800
per cent Of petroleum products
IN America are carried by
Teamsters."
Mr.. Hoffa limited at a shut
down Of Standard OIL service
stations requiring bulk deliv-
cries. reminding, "Teamster
members recognize their obli-
cations to fellow Teamsters
who are in trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-13
!, Hoffa Will Try
.To8ETlrollAII
ESQ Unions

BATON ROUGE. Mar. IL
ItAP).--Jalnes Hoffa told 1900
independent oil refinery work
Iers here last night:
eJoin as and more than q
million tearnsters win help you
| night your battles with ESQ
Standard on Co"
The Teamste r president
brushed aside Q narrage Of crit
icism from 30 ALL Clio unions
IN The area for o bold invasion
|of this Deep South industrial
center alongside the Mississippi
River. .s
The offer posed q problem
for more than the local ESQ
refinery and the Independent
Industrial Workers Association,
which invited Mr.. Efoffa 70