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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-14
TIE IIIeArueb. Full Report
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Fair tonight low, 3d. Some cloudiness and
little change in temperature tomorrow.
Temperatures Today
Midnight IS 8 a.m.-6l Noon ----73
1 a.m.---60 10 am.---68 pm.---76
Temperature Humidity Index today. 81.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
London Charges
Candidates Shun
3 Great Problems

JUNCTION CITY, Kans..
Nov. 20 (AP).-Former Gov.
ALI Landon says potential
presidential candidates are fail
ing to discuss three great prob
lens confronting this country.
He also criticized President
Eisenhower.
Mr.. Landon. 1886 Repub-
lican presidential nominee,
listed the problems as a divided
military command, the declin-
ing value of the dollar and what
he called trends toward a totali-
tartan state.
A divided command now
exists, he said yesterday, not
only within the Pentagon but
between the top military
echelon and the Commander in
Chief.
Despite repeated assurances
from our President that he was
going to bring order out of con-
fusion in the Pentagon, he has
completely failed to do So" Mr..
Landon said. THE nearest
any of the presidential candi-
dates come to discussing this
intolerable and dangerous situa-
ton is criticizing our President
for cutting the military budget" "
Evening star., 1959-11-20
RALPH McGLL
Nixon's New Hampshire DiIemm|

By midnight the tide had
turned. Gen. Eisenhower slip
ped slowly ahead and in
creased the lead.
That did it. From that mo-
ment on the belief grew that
Senator Taft could not win.
The professionals Of the
party did not relax. They held
on. Their committees tossed
out delegates for Gen. Eisen-
hover and seated those for
Senator Taft. A floor fight at
the convention reversed the
committees. The log jam
erected by the pros broke.
Gen. Eisenhower swept to the
nomination.
1t is the memory of this
which concerns the Nixon
supporters. There is amateur
support for Gov. Rockefeller
in New Hampshire. 1t has
enthusiasm and energy. 1t
lacks the guidance of a pro-
feSsional hand such as that
of Sherman Adams, who
directed the Eisenhower cam
paign in New Hampshire. But
it is not entirely lacking in
ability.
In a sense the Nixon camp
could not have a worse man
to be helping than former
Secretary Of Commerce
Weeks. He is essentially the
Old Guard type. He will
ALLEVIATE labor and the in
dependents. He also will
arouse comment which will
cause it to be noted that the
old Senator Joe Mccarthy
elements are active for the
Vice President against Gov.
Rockefeller.
The political pot will boil
more turbulently as the weeks
move on.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Hompering Anti-Red Efforts

licenses. If a loyalty oath
were prescribed for all such
licenses, the Government
would have every constitu-
tional right to make that a
requirement.
There is a big campaign
on nowadays to get Federal
aid to education all along
the line. But one thing seems
certain - those who want
such benefits will have to
conform to the conditions
laid down by the Federal
Government. It is strange
that when other require
ments that interfere with
freedom of association" are
imposed by the Federal Gov
ernment-aS, for instance,
in connection with employ
ment practices-there is not
much protest from the heads
of colleges or from the in
veterate champions of free
dom of association" Thus,
it isn't even a law of Con-
greSS but an executive order
under which companies that
have Government contracts
may have them revoked if
the Presidents Committee
on Government Contracts
finds that discrimination is
practiced in hiring because
Of race, creed or color.
In the case of labor unions,
Congress has gone even fur
ther and imposed criminal
penalties to meet the Com
munist menace. The labor
reform bill adopted at the
last session prohibits any
person who has been a mem
Der of the Communist Party
in the previous five years
from being on the staff, in
any except a clerical capacity,
Of a labor union or Of an as
sociation of employers deal
ing with any labor organiza-
ton.
Congress either has to re-
peal all restrictions placed on
the extension of Government
grants or privileges or be in
the position of favoring one
class of benef1ciaries of Gov
ernment money as against
another. What is needed is
an extension, rather than an
abridgement, Of the loyalty
oath program.
Copyright, 1959)
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Rockefeller Conceded Big Advantage
Over Ex-Governor in Likinq for People

ernor was confronted with a
forest of Nixon buttons. Their
wearers did not boo Rocky"
But they made it all too
plain that they were now
backing his rival for next
years presidential nomina-
tion-Vice President Richard
Nixon.
From such an experience
Mr.. Dewey would have re-
coiled in gloomy displeaSure.
Gov. Rockefeller, for his part,
sees this sortie not as a mis-
fortune but as a positive gain.
To adopt so sunny a view un-
deniably takes a vast opti-
mism. This quality he surely
has and, entirely nationally or
not. it infects all those about
him.
Are the Rockefeller people
down-hearted? Not in the
least. They argue with real
enthusiasm that the mission
into California, Mr.. Nixon's
home State, really has a plus
rather than a minus meaning
for the future. They don't
exactly claim California will
wind up on the Governors
side if he takes the expected
decision to go all-out for the
nomination. But they do
claim Mr.. Nixon's grip on
California looks stronger on
the outside than it is on the
inside.
A later column will explore
the positions likely to be
taken by Mr.. Rockefeller in
Evening star., 1959-11-20
WILLIAM S. WHITE
New Man Runs Dewey Wing

the months ahead. For the
moment, the purpose is main
ly to report on the vast
change in Dewey Republic
canism" since the Governor
became its head man.
Mr.. Dewey for years con-
trolled the G. o. P. appara-
tus in New York with an alb
solute toughness that was
frankly exhibited d. There
never was a moment when
dislike of him was not strong
among many Republicans.
But there also never was a
moment when respect for his
competence and strength was
lacking in any G. o. P. group
whatever.
Gov. Rockefeller on first
ascending to the top had an
exactly reverse problem.
Practically every Republican
liked him. But many Repub-
licans questioned his capacity
to run the very difficult shop
that is New York Republican,
ism. He has now set these
doubts at rest. And this, so
far as 1860 is concerned, is the
big news from New York.
Mr.. Dewey mastered the
Republican organization by
telling people what to do
and no nonsense about it.
Mr.. Rockefeller has mastered
it by persuading them what
they should do. He is GER
tainly no abler i leader than
was Mr.. Dewey. But he is in
much better position nation
ally, because he really likes
the crowd - and the crowd
really likes him.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

sents a still unpaid deficit from
the last campaign, though con-
tributionS in recent months
have hardly been enough to
pay the overhead at national
headquarters.
State organizations have
paid only $300,5S6 of their
assigned quota of $1,187,5OO for
1859.
Mr.. Butler suggested that
the financial crisis could be
resolved if each of the 100000
party members receiving his
letter would send in 81. But
contributions of $5 or more
would be doubly welcome, he
said.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

NEW YORK.-The force
long called Dewey Republic
canism"-the Eastern-baSed
and relatively liberal party
wing that has controlled ev-
cry national COP. conven-
ton since l940-is under the
most definitely new kind of
management.
The old boss, Thomas E.
Dewey, had enormous skill as
a political tactician. He had
great administrative ability.
But he had a fatal shortcom-
ing, which he could no more
help than he could help it
that his hair was black. Eli
ther he never could really like
people in the mass, or he
never could appear to like
them in such large numbers.
1t is too early to estimate
the new boss, Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, with an equiva-
lent certainty. But some
things already can be said
with confidence:
/. If not yet the master
tactician, the Governor has
now developed into p very
creditable one.
2. He is not far behind
Mr.. Dewey in administrative
know-how.
3. And Gov. Rockefeller
really likes people, practically
all of them all the time. Not
even a Skeptical political
writer doubts this after ex-
posure to the human facts Of
the case.
Here is a man who returns
beaming and buoyant from
the most exhauSting of en-
counters with party workers
and voters as in the recent
trip to the West Coast. To
nearly any other politician it
could hardly have been a
happy journey. For the Gov
Evening star., 1959-11-20
BY ROBERT E. CLARK
Star Staf Writer

Democratic fund-raisers seek
ing to stay a jump ahead of
the bill collector are mailing
100000 party members a plain
tive appeal for contributions of
anything from 81 up.
The message from National
Chairman Paul M. Butler is
simple and succinct: Now is
the time for all good men to
come to the aid of the party.
The letters recite what Mr..
Butler describes as these grim,
down-to-earth facts:
THE rent is past due three
months.
Salaries for our loyal en-
ployes are paid only by neglect
ing bills for printing, transpor-
tation, rent. supplies, etc.
"Our creditors cannot be ex-
pected to go along any longer.
They deserve to be paid and
party headquarters cannot be
closed down"
Squabble Over Seats
The party's financial troubles
have already stirred up a
Squabble over 1860 convention
arrangements. in an effort to
pressure Democratic State or
ganizations into paying up theV
quotas to the national COM
mittee, Mr.. Butler announced
recently that States in arrears
would be penalized in the as
signment of convention seats
and hotel reservations at the
convention.
Formal protests of the arm
twisting techniques applied by
the national chairman have
come from three States, Texas,
South Carolina and Ohio, and
several others have made their
sentiments known privately.
Complaining of the Butler
plan yesterday in Toledo, where
the Young Democratic Clubs
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Rubber Plant Built

LONDON.-A new synthetic
rubber plant at Hythe, England,
built at a cost of nearly $18
million and expected to employ
400 persons, will turn out TO-
900 tons of synthetic a year
under full production, making
Britain Self-sufficient in gen.
eral-purpose synthetic rubber.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Pat President" headquarters in Cali
fornia He's candid the only candidate running who
hasn't made cross-country tour to deny it.
Unhappiest man in the world: He made fortune on
fixed TV quiz show-and invested in cranberries
Ford drops its line of Edsel Detroit has changed
1t used to think that when asked for light he wanted
the Statue of Liberty.
House committee probes "payola" to big-time disc
jockeys. It's explained that when makes 100000
year he has to supplement his income to the tax.
What this country needs is flter-tip cranberry
Senator Symington Ikes administration is 'coos-
sal failure In politics this is serious charge-ike limiting
to wife that she has several annoying shortcomings
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Vice President Must Decide on Riskinq
Close Race With Rockefeller There

Hampshire primary of 1852.
That was to have been his
year The party professionals
wanted him as they now
want the Vice President. BY
and large, a lot of amateurs
were running the Eisenhower
campaign. The General him.
self was in Europe bolStering
NATO.
The primary began with
Senator Taft a heavy favor
ite. I recall the tremendous
energy which the Senator
put into it. Snow still lay
heavily on the land. Snow
plowS were out in the north
ern reaches of the State. Our
motor caravan Slithered along
the roads from town to town.
The Eisenhower slogan,
Taft can't win," was hurt
ing. The Senator was deeply
stung by it. In talk after talk
he met it. saying, "They say
I can't win. Well, I always
have won. And my last win
was my greatest one. I
proved I get the votes"
His fiat voice was emphatic.
But it did not convince. He
wore himself out. I recall
coming on him in the Office
Of the sheriff at a county
courthouse. He was alone and
looked. when I turned into
the door, weary and dis
couraged. Yet, he went right
down to the wire a favorite.
He had most of the profess
sionals and the newspapers.
At about 1890 that night
he was so well ahead his cam
paign workers in Manchester
started a victory celebration.
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Butler Mails 81 Pleas
100000 Democrats

Of America are meeting, Gov.
Michael R. Disable of Ohio
declared:
Even a collection agency
gives you five days notice be-
fore it sues you. But we didn't
get any notice.
The Democratic National
Committee owes about $500, 900
in back bills, Mr.. Butler said.
The biggest part of this repre-
Evening star., 1959-11-20
DAVID LAWRENCE

Leading universities and
colleges have every legal
right to refuse to participate
in a Government-loan pro-
gram requiring student bene-
flciaries to sign loyalty af-
fidavits, but it may be
questioned whether the ex-
ecutiveS of these educational
institutions realize the extent
to which they are striking
a blow against their own
Governments efforts to
thwart Communist espionage
and subversion inside the
United States.
When the Congress set up
the program for loans to coll
lege students, it included the
requirement that any student
getting loan. in addition to
taking the oath of allegiance,
shall file with the United
States Commissioner of Edu-
cation an affidavit declaring
that the student docs not
believe in, and is not a mem
Der Of and does not support
any organization that be-
lieves in or teaches, the over
throw of the United States
Government by force or
violence or by any illegal or
unconstitutional methods"
The college presidents who
are objecting feel generally,
as one of their number said
in a public statement, that
the affidavit requirement is
an "affTont" to students. It
is further argued that it
would present no barrier
to those it is designed to
CATCH" as such persons would
lie anyhow.
But that's precisely the
reason for the oath" itself.
1t is difficult to prosecute a
Communist or Communist
stooge in this country today
because Of technicalities
raised in various court deci-
Sions, and about the only way
to ferret them out sometimes
is by means of perjury indict-
mentS. Thus. Alger Hiss
operated for a considerable
time in behalf of the Com
munists while he was work
ing in the Department of
Evening star., 1959-11-20
RALPH McGILL

Sinclair Weeks, former
Secretary of Commerce, re-
portedly has been delegated
to spend considerable time in
New Hampshire on behalf of
Vice President Nixon. Of late,
he also has been in the South
asking how the State COP.
organizations feel. Most of
them are Eisenhower Repub-
licans and are strongly for
Mr.. Nixon.
The New Hampshire pri-
mary is March 8, 1860. If
Gov. Rockefeller should win
it, he might. we'll leap from
that to another victory. Two
of these might very we'll
bring him the nomination.
If Vice President Nixon
doesn't enter he may lose it.
If he enters he must win an
impressive triumph. Even a
close win will hurt-there-
fore, the furrowed brows in
the Nixon camp and the de-
ciSion to leave no stone un-
turned. And there are many
stones in New England. Some
urge that a write-in cam
paign be so organized that
the Vice President can win
without formal entry. Others
want him in there speaking
and pumping hands.
Hence, the decision by Bos-
ton lawyer Weeks, time
cabinet officer, great and
good friend of Richard M.
Nixon, to spend a lot of time
in New Hampshire.
What hangs heavy-heavy
over their heads is the mem
ory of the late Senator Rob-
ert A. Taft and the New
Evening star., 1959-11-20
Student Baking Over Loyalty Oath
In Return for u. S. Funds Criticized

State, but he wasn't caught
till years afterward when he
lied in testimony before a
congressional committee and
went to jail on a perjury
conviction.
1t is unfortunate, therefore,
that the college presidents
who have decided to deprive
needy students Of Govern
ment loans, rather than let
them sign a loyalty oath. are
not willing to cooperate with
Congress in the difficult prob
lem of breaking down the
Communist apparatus. 1t is
well known that the Commu-
niSts operate on the campuses
of many colleges. They do so
in Latin America and in Eu-
rope and Asia. Many of the
propaganda efforts of the
Communists are dependent
on student demonstrations,
timed carefully to exploit GER
tain controversial issues.
To select one group and
not others for the loyalty
oath requirem m e mt is, of
course, discrimination, and
Congress has been slow to
make it a general require
ment covering all Govern
ment benefits or privileges.
Nevertheless, today every
person who works for the
Federal Government, wheth-
er appointed or elected, must
take the loyalty oath. This
includes hundreds of thou
sands of people. Just why the
colleges should feel so dis
turbed over requiring stu
dents to do something every
official or clerk in the Gov
ernment must do is a little
hard to understand.
The Federal Government,
of course, has every consti-
tutional right to impose a
loyalty oath or any other
condition as a basis for
granting a contract or a
privilege. Today newspapers
cannot get second-claSS mail
privileges without submitting
to certain conditions laid
down by the Government.
The same is true of radio and
television stations in getting
Evening star., 1959-11-20

Democrats renominate Adlai F.
Stevenson for President, Mr..
Stevenson will become the Will
liam Jennings Bryan Of my
generation"
Mr.. Hays is a backer of the
presidential aspirations of Sen
ator Kennedy, Democrat of
Massachusetts. Mr.. Hayes told
a radio news conference (Capi-
tol Cloakroom) he thinks Mr..
Stevenson is about the only po-
tential Democratic nominee
who would lose the election
next year.
Mr.. Hayes later told report
ers he admires Mr.. Stevenson
but regards him as a certain
loser.
Evening star., 1959-11-20

teleVlSlon probe as an example
Of what he called Republican
misadministration of such
agencies as the Federal Com
municationS Commission.
He blamed the television rig
ging scandal on the Eisenhower
administration in a speech at
Cambridge, Mass, Wednesday
Today he asserted that "the
pollution and perverSion of
television" occurred while Of
fetal Washington sat by dumb,
stupid and indifferent"
CriticiZeS Appointments
The Governor called Mr..
Eisenhower's appointees to head
the six major Federal agencies
Incredible"
'"The bumbling, inept, myopic
John c. Doerfer, chairman of
the Federal Communications
Commission, who let TV come
to a pretty pass in the TV quiz
cases, is no accident" said
Gov. Meyner, HE fits the pat
tern Of other Big Six appoint
ments. which have been
mediocre or worse.
What is obviously needed
in Washington is active and
continuing direction from the
top, an insistence that the de-
partments of government carry
out their appointed tasks, and
the regulatory commissions dc
just what Congress created
them to do-protect and pro-
mote the public interest,"" he
said.
Gov. Meyner, often men,
toned as possible dark horse
for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1860, contrasteo
the number Of Republican anc
Democratic contenders in the
field.
He said the G. o. P. has two
candidates with a question
mark.
THE question mark is my
esteemed fellow Governor, Mel.
son Rockefeller of New York
who is looked upon with q
jaundiced eye by the Ole
Guard" said Gov. Meyner.
so it is possible there will
be only one G. o. P. candidate
when spring rolls round agar
next year." he said.
RRkNEA aRE->
Evening star., 1959-11-20
MeynerC Calls President
Passive Custodian

TOLEDO, Ohio Nov 20 (AP).-Gov Robert B. Meyner of
New Jersey today described President Eisenhower "a passive
custodian in the White who takes action only
problems reach crisis proportions"
Gov Meyner in speech prepared for delivery to the
National Young Democratic Convention cited the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-19
Two Outstanding Speakers
Two Outstanding Speakers
Defenders Third Annual Convention
Set Saturday, Sunday In Richmond

More than | 900 delegates and
guests are expected at the third
annual meeting Of the Defenders Of
State Sovereignty and Individual
Liberties to be held this week end.
May % and "a at the Hotel John
Marshall in Richmond.
Former Governor Marvin Griffin,
Of Georgia. will be the speaker at
the banquet on Saturday evening at
7 pm. The banquet is expected to
draw capacity attendance.
Richard Arens, staff director of
the House Un-American Activities
Committee, of which Congressman
William M. Tuck is a member. will
address the convention at pm. on
Sunday
Mr.. Arens is perhaps the best
informed man in the United States
on Communist activities in this
country r. B. Crawford, state
president Of the Defenders, said,
and he will present us with some
very 5 startling and Informative
facts There is no admission
charge for the Sunday afternoon
session
The Rev. Henry Davis, Of Lunen
burg county, will conduct devotional
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-19

services for the delegates at II am.
Sunday.
The Defenders convene at 2 pm.
Saturday with a welcome address
and reports from officers of the
State organization. A full report on
legislative action of the Defenders
will be made by William B. Cooke,
Jr., chairman of that committee.
One of the hlghlights of the meet
ing will be a discussion of commit
tee recommendations for l959-6O.
This will include other than Just
legislative plans The educational
program of the organization is one
Of the big detectives to be discussed
at the meeting.
Invited for the convention are
representatives from all of the
Southern states, Crawford said.
Chairmen Of the various commit
tees for the convention are as fol-
lows: resolutions committee, Ernest
W. Goodrich, Surry: legislative pro-
gram committee, j. j. JeWett, Mid
lothian; church committee, Francis
West. Martinsville; and private
school committee, E. j. OgleSby,
Charlottesville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-19
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With Help OF Pixie
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History Excels Fiction
May Day Actors Proue

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everyone knows who eved that
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-19

The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture will continue the long-term,
or conservation reserve, program
this year, however. Under this lat
ter plan, in which farm producers
agree to take the land out of pro
ductive use for at least 10 years
the county will have | ,585 acres put
to such use as grass and legumc
cover and pines.
1t is not known yet whether the
producers shut off from the acre
age, or year-to-year. reserve Will
return to crop production OF will
resort to some form Of idllng the
land through such practices as
cover crops.
More Tobacco
Donald CAN'T. ASC office mana
ger, said he believes most farmers
will choose to go back into produc-
ton, particularly those with labor
available to assist with tobacco
raising.
If the land is put back in pro-
duction. it will add to last year 5
acreage Is per cent more of dark
fired land and 1877 per cent of total
flue-curcd land.
Farmers also had 36.2 acres Of
sup-curcd land in the acreage re-
serve 20 per cent of the county
total OF this crop and most Of
that was converted to dark-flred
production last year during the
USDA's switchover program. In
that program, all farms had to
choose one type Of tobacco and stop
production Of both sun-cured and
dark-fired. Most producers elected
to convert to darkflred allotnents.
No farm allotments were lost
while the land was in the acreage
reserve of the Soil Bank, so that the
productive auotments continued IN