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Evening star., 1960-02-22

judith ANDERSON mot Tiger
at the GateSD.
When I asked if this meant
that Washington would be see
ing the first 13-week cycle Of
plays, instead Of the second
and current cycle, WTOP'S Bob
Adams said no, that the plays
would be chosen from both
groups.
Few fans will demur at this
intriguing change, provided,
perhaps, that Tiger" which
was joyously received by the
critics. is included later on.
WTOP hasn't picked the
plays to follow "Medea" yet.
but it has set up the time and
day schedules. a tricky feat of
program engineering consider
ing the problems Of pre-empt-
ing network shows. The follow
ING will give you an idea:
plav No. 2-Sunday, March
6. 2::30 pm.
No. 3-Monday, March IA,
1890 pm.
No. 4-Sundav, March 20.
2:30 pm.
No. 5 Friday, March 25
1920 pm.
No. 6-Sunday, April 8, 2::3O
pm.
No. "Wednesday, April 8,
7:30 pm.
Alert Station WTOP-9 has
Evening star., 1960-02-22

TonghtS top ShoDs preuetDed BY TV Keys stat.
Uho attend rehedrSdS match screenings and Gndlyze
scripts in New York HolyDood and elsewhere. Their
opinions are offered as guide to area UieOerS.
Father Knows Bes-The Big Test" Thanks to Billy Gray
this recut version of old episode in which Bud
pected of cheating his hghschool physics
Bob HOpe-The coming political campaign gets the spotlight
Hope finds candidate in Waly Cox cast as simple
behop. Hope and Cox also do amusing bit playing
pair of bulfghters smitten with Ginger Rogers. Ginger
dances to Il Got Rhythm" and joins Hope for Bain the
Jack" and Golfer Jimmy Demaret, Milie Perkins and
Tony Randall make appearance. $3.50 pm, WRC-4.
Danny ThOmas-Theres quite hasSe wedding guest
list and Danny has opposition in the person Of
Jack Haley, who strongly playing Pat Han
ninganS dad There's lot of yelling in this one, but
series fans to like it, They'll also like Haley here
for the first time. pm, WTOP-9.
TV Theater-Face to Face" tour de force for James
Gregory farmer who kills his wife in fit OF jealous
and then spends the rest of the show hearing noises
panickng Plenty Of fuzzy spots but at least gives
Gregory chance to break out of his Barney Rudtsky
"LawleSS Years" mold. $50 pm, WRC-
Steve RIen ShOw-With guest stars Martha Raye, Tom
Steves return to New York consistently funny
with several high spots. Ex-regular Tom Poston
Joins the incumbent funny in a rendezvous with
Aliens bureau of standardS-thiS time famous shoe
company the of the laughs The question man
has higher quotent winners than usual and Martha
Rave gets laughs during demonstration showing the
new vogue for honest commercials. Most amusing show
of the day. Color 1000 pm, WRC-4
Evening star., 1960-02-22
ON THE AIR
Hold That Tiger
NEEDED Is First
BY BERNIE HARRISON
Star TV Critic

There several vital changes WTOP9's Play y-of the
Week lineup drama fans please stand pencils and caen
dar at the ready.
The underway Saturday night at 1890
O'Clock mot Friday and the play will "edea" starring
Evening star., 1960-02-22

A civil engineer tries to con-
vince his fiancee two can
live on $35 a week. Barbara
Stanwyck, Robert Young.
1850
.l:15, WTOP (9)-l960 Winter
Evening star., 1960-02-22

Olympics. Women's 1000
meter speed skating, results
and summary to date.
1880, WTOP (9) - The Late
Show. Time Out for Muir
der"
Evening star., 1960-02-22

|! man With
IA CAMERA
Charles Bronson stors
as free-Ionce Photoe-
, ropher Mike Kovoc in
Eye Witness"
III O'CLOCK
final

/ Joseph McCoffrey opens
. this hoIf-hour news round
up with National News,
followed by Louis Allen
with the Weather.. Morrie
SieeeI with Sports, Local
| News with Del MoIkie and
Bockstoee with Bunny
Wneck.
Evening star., 1960-02-22

Washington, D. C.. Mondoy. FebrUor n. 1860
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
TV Fixes Scored

ROBERT Montgomery, the actor who has
stutored President Eisenhower so success
full, has told the Federal Commune
cations Commission, that he was amazed
when the television networks and adver-
Using agencies claimed they knew nothing
of rigging on quiz shows until the fixes
were publicly exposed.
This is a serious Indictment of the tele-
vision networks and advertising agencies
involved, for it is to say that they should
have cleaned up their own backwards long
before the fixes were publicly exposed -
in the summer Of 1858.
Among other things, Montgomery said
81 am sure the Commission was as much
bewildered as were those of us in the bust
ness and the general public by the state
ment on the part of the networks and adv
ertising agencies that they knew nothing
Of these practices.
"Certainly, it seemed a most peculiar
statement for any business man to make
that he did not know that his most widely
advertised and most profitable product was
a phony.'
In other words, Montgomery is saying
that it was fairly general knowledge -
for six months to a year before the public
exposure broke, that these quiz programs
were phonies, or at least widely suspect.
If that was the case, then there is no lust
ification or excuse for the failure of the
networks and advertising agencies to clamp
down on the rugged shows, to clean them
up. and give the public honest entertain
ment
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ?, 1860
Sales Tax? Not Now!

needs, pruning it to essentials. Then, pro-
vide the funds necessary by increases with
in the present tax frame work. Certainly a
major change in Virginia's fiscal policy
should receive most careful consideration
and unhurried action. A complete study
could be made within the next year with a
view of reporting to a special session if
necessary, or to the regular session in 1862.
Changing tax policy within 60 day deli
beration, with as many currents and cross
currents as seem to be in this legislative
session is not a good move. We are sure
that special taxes may be found to provide
the essential needs of the present. At any
rate careful deliberation, intense study and
projections of future needs should be con-
sidered in an atmosphere Of cold business
approach before major changes in the fiscal
policy such as retail sales taxes are made
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
j. Marvin Brown

be the law of The land, not the
dubious law of one court S decision
in one case but the fundamental
law Of the Constitution 5 deepest
principle. The principle is named
the Tenth Amendment but actually
it pre-dates the Constitution itself
it implicit in the frame of the na-
ton as q nation.
Great Robert Taft invoked ii only
nine years ago. yet how long ago
and far away that seems i'll the
talsehood that has fallen on our
people from our Court. He invoked
1t at Durham, N. C., in a speech
specifically opposing Federal ab0li.
ton OF separate schools III the South
AvoWing his own unflinching op
position TO segregation, h plit the
situation very simply, IA do not
think, he said the Federal gov
ernment has the constitutional liQhl
to require q state ID change it>
established system Of education. =
That is an answer with which
North-South Nixon coalition car
sweep this country to victory anc
peace
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
Letters To Editor
Pubic "Hoodwinked"
In Financing

Editor of Herald:
Each day thousands of people
obligate themselves to finance com
panies with no thought given as tC
the obligation they are making
In my opinion many of these com
panies are taking advantage Of the
public. the very people which the
state authorizes these companies tC
serve.
A typical example came to my
attention recently A loan with 8
financing charge Of 1894. 90 for 3
period Of two years was made. A
charge Of $3.50 was assessed as q
penalty on each payment not re
ceived on due date. Two collection
calls by the finance company were
made due to two-months arreage
in payments and charge of SOB .O(
was added to the note.
In an effort to assist a citizen.
called the company to whom the
payments were to be made as
shown on the payment record book
Unable to acquire information j
was necessary to call two 0 t h e !
firms, at cost of $474.
The loan had been in effect fol
eight Of the "a months, and the to
tai interest and service charge fol-
the life Of the loan "a months
was 1884. co. Yet when the loan was
refinanced the finance company re
funded only $4,000, thereby charg
ing $4,000 for eight months. o.
abe ut tWo-thirds of the original ser
vice and interest charge for at thirG
of the stipulated usury.
Not only the lack Of efficiency
impressed me but those firms seem
ed not to appreciate the exhorbitan
charges made and collected. They
are cold-blooded, discourteous, witt
nc human or community interest
l wonder if our lawmakers real
lie that the public is being hood
Winked under provisions of Vir
gina law? Evidently it is one way
to make the poor poorer and the
rich richer.
John H. Warner
Farmville, Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02

land and are not built upon.
Wall Street, however, does moi
know whether it would be possible
to return to their rightful owners
the stocks and bonds which may
some day be confiscated. No one
knows, as not enough confiscations
OF stocks and bonds have occurred
TO provide the answer. A "hedge
against initiation may not be toe
hard to obtain; but a ''hedge against
conflscation' is a much more diff
cult matter.
1860 Stock Market Very Important
now see no possibility of such
conflscation here: but the very
thought of it may be a reason or
softening stock prices. The sellers
OF stocks certainly appear more
anxious to sell than the buyers are
to buy This is what the Street calls
technical reaction. The DoW-JOnes
Industrial Average was about 500
year ago. 1t reached a high of 678
IN August and another high of 685
on January 5. 1860. Then it began
to slide off and is not futtering
around $50 No one knows whether
we are yet in real bear market;
but investors should surely sell
enough stocks now to get out of
debt.
The American people are much
like a flock of sheep. When a few
leaders jump over wall. the ma
jority feel obliged to follow. This es-
pecially applies to Congressman,
who should be our real stabilizers;
too many of them, however, think
they must follow the leaders" in
order to be reelected. For this
reason, I sincerely hope that both
the stock market and general bust
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02


Senator Talmadge's School
Amendment of last year, reworded
to fit objections without changing
its rock-bottom constitutional point,
is being reintroduced. 1t declares
that every state shall have exclu-
sive control of its public education
but must not deny the right to
schools ;'equal in every respect"
without regard to race or religion.
This is the separate but equal
principle under which the South was
operating with the blessing Of the
Supreme Court prior to 1854.
But there would be a difference
None of us can seriously contend
that the South as providing equal
schools or making an honest effort
before Gov. Byrnes got busy in
South Carolina. But given another
chance now. the South would break
its neck to provide such schools
1t has learned its lesson. There
would be this net advancement of
Negroes" even though the desegre-
cation decision would be negated
Senator Talmadge thinks hi s
amendment has a chance.
1t is hard to believe.
But others have learned lessons
too, since 1854 And it means much
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
Double Check

These are times when ones mind
is strained out of keller 1t takes
cool head to recover sufficient to
keep the body striveing at its best.
With Spring around one corner and
winter peeping at the much publ
cized prosperity. it looks like it
might be cut plum short
The most wrangling legislature
is all tied up and no telling What
the results may be There VIII be a
lot Of argument and very little done
Politics are Just o02in2 out All over
it's hard to see how they can
do any thing Some Of the SolonS
been following the other side and
often come up with an invitation Ill
their pocket to come to the aid of
the party. It's really humihating the
way they are being called. Still the
least Of our needs is the sales tax
I'm against it in any form
Everything is super-duper these
days This imported influenza ID
has infiltrated the bodies of people
and given a rise in sales to NEW
new drugs unheard Of before Get
ting 'em took amt so bad but get
ting them out of your system is
rOugh-man-rough they are still
experimenting with the human ami
NAL. It's just plainly survival of the
/ fittest and the suffering is all yours
Thanks for reading.
! Yours.
II Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
NO COMMENT
sy JAMES w. DouTHAT

WASHINGTON. Jan. ar Power
it'll support is developing IL Con
gress for a thorough study Of labor
management relations to deteInnne
what legislation il desirable III the
national interest.
There Is little. II anv. chAIee--
Earring another Gripping BATON.
vide strike - for congressional
action during tht 1850 el~cUou-y ear
session.
Opinion seems to be rather gCn-
eral that an election yeal-o}her
things being equals not the best
time to obtain non political agree
nent on what labor reform legis-
lation is needed to protect the free
enterprise system and the nation S
future prosperity.
But there is increasing sentiment
ii powerful circles for a colnprc-
hensiVe examination of the labor
management problem 50 that leEiS-
lative action can Dc taken At All ap-
propriate time on The basis Of facts.
Just when legislation might be en-
acted is uncertain al the present
! time. But those Who desire acapn
| point to this history:
u The Taft-Hartley Act was
/ passed in 1917. over President TIu
mans veto, following public ind!g
ration at a series of crippllra
nationwide strikes
2. The Landrum-Gljffin Labor Re
form Act was passed in 1859 follow
ing public Indignation at tha reve
lation Of union corruption BIZ. the
/ Senate Rackets Committee headed
I by Senator .McClellan tD-frk.c
As for the future, Vice Presiden
| Niyor-who took a leading part il
settlement Of the Steel contro
\ ersy- Is one Of those Who believes
as he puts it, that The people Of IN,
/ nation will not tolerate aaothel
+ massive struggle of tlls type lit lis
I steel irdUst1y'
| Consequently. he intends to con
tinua to study Tho problem "with .
view 10 determining what IeaIs
5atlNe action nipht be taken Mhlcl
t9Hl2 provide batter protection t0
tHo pahl4c interest III taa settlt!mla
I III labot ln4nast.neGt disputes a.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02

ness will continue good until after
the November elections. Otherwise
both Republicans and Democrats
may make promises which could
lead to seizure of the voting power
OF certain securities. This must be
avoided at all hazards.
Why Was the Steel Strike Settled?
Frankly, it was because of labor's
threat to have the Federal Govern
ment seize the voting power of the
steel stocks. Although confiscation
OF certain stocks and bonds may
come some day. what Wall Street
now fears is that union labor may
try to force transfer of the voting
power of the big steel, motor, and
certain other stocks over to the
Federal Government and gain for
labor direct representation on the
boards of directors. The next step
would be the confiscation of the
voting powers of the big mutual
IunQS ana lie insurance companies.
Finally, I ask what will happen to
Florida, California, and other states
to which retired people are now
flocking if our corporations are SO
handicapped by labor unions and
inflated costs that they can make
no money with which to pay into
pensions? Those who are already
retired, of course, have nothing to
fear; the corporations have depos-
tied enough money in trust COM
panies to fully protect employees
who are already retired. Both in
policies and insurance |
stocks should be safe investments. !
These will be protected by Con-
sress. whoever holds the voting
powers of the stocks.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
THE rARMvn1E (va) HERALD, TUESDAY FEBRUARY e. 1860
John Temple Graves
Talmadge's Proposed Amendment

thine has taught US both a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02

IMPOSITION Of a retail and use sales tax
in Virginia would be significant change
in policy Tax policy in Virginia, adopted
during the administration of Governor
Harry F. Byrd, sets aside ntanglbleS and
income for taxing by the state and tangibles
and real property for taxing by the localI-
ties. This policy has been successful for the
past 80 years resulting in Virglnla's out
standing position in fiscal affairs. Al gaso-
line tax is set aside for use by the State
Highway Commission, a policy which has
been successful Those who use the high
ways pay the costs. In its simplest form
that is the present fiscal policy of Virginia.
Under this system the State has been
operated with a balanced budget, and
practically without debt, the State of Vfr-
ginia occupies place of preeminence
among the States of the Union. Virginia's
fiscal policy has been exceptionally sound.
1t is true that this policy has assigned
to the state the most lucrative tax sources.
Political subdivisions, counties, towns and
cities especially in the urban areas, have
been hard put to provide needed facilities
for an expanding population. Some have
borrowed to their limit, and still need funds.
Real relief must be found in these cases.
Oddly enough representatives from these
urban areas with needs are against the
Governors sales tax proposal. Possibly
they may be won through compromise
assigning more funds to the localities.
Under the Governors program there is no
definite percentage to be returned to the
localities. 1t is thought that about third
of the tax paid would be available to the
localities during the bennium. The state
would use what was necessary to finance
its needs and return the balance. This
could, in the future, mean that the state
could need all of the tax. leaving nothing
to be returned to the localities. Be that as
it may, the imposition of a general retail
sales tax is definite change of fiscal
policy, and needs serious and unhurried
study before it has been saddled on the
people Of Virginia never to be repealed
Sales tax proponents have not satisfied
the people that all of the appropriations in
the budget represent real and urgent needs
OF the state. There is no end to desirable
capital expenditure proposals. Every citi-
zen knows full we'll that in business or in
private desires for capital improvements
are endless Acquisition of capital improve
ments are made as income increases, or
when profits can be made on investments.
In the latter case funds are borrowed and
repaid from profits on the investment. The
state might consider following this general
practice of private business
The General Assembly might find it
expedlent to go over the budget item bv
item and determine the urgency of the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
Farmers Union
Against Sales Tax

Editor of The Herald:
The State Farmers Unions Board
OF Directors met on January 20
1860 in Richmond, Virginia, and
voted against the Sales Tax. The
Union is not against raising suf-
flclent taxes to support our State
and Local Government, but feels
that Sales Tax would tax the
people who are least able to pay
same.
Our Board of Supervisors are in
| touch with our local Government
needs and they know how much
money is needed to operate our
needs. If it is necessary they could
raise the local real estate taxes 10
per cent, which would be about an
average of SIS 90 or $1,000 for each
property owner. In this case each
would be taxed according to the
benefits received.
Farm organizations have reached
an agreement on new tobacco legis-
lation, in face of recent disputes
and will ask Congress to establish
and support the 1859 level as the
base, with supports thereafter going
up or down according to the index
OF prices paid by the farmers, much
TIE same as the old parity formula.
Chances of passage are good. The
Senate Committee on Agriculture
formed a committee to investigate
and report what would happen to
Agriculture by 1865, If there were
no price supports or restrictions on
production. Mr.. Ellender, chairman
OF Senate Committee, on Agricul-
ture and Forestry, came to this con-
clusion, that the net income of n
billion dollars. less or one half of
the 1852 income, which would be a
drop of As per cent from the 1858
level. The following prices would be
on key commodities, if there were
no support: wheat 80 cents, and
corn 80 cents per bu.; rice $500
per cwt.; cotton Is cents per h.:
hogs II cents and cattle Is cents.
These are not facts reported by the
Farmers Union or the Farm Blu
eau. but are facts furnished by the
Government.
A. w. Lewis
President, Farmers Union
Of Prince Edward County
Prospect, Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02
Babson Discusses Wall Street Nervousness

Babson Park, Mass. Jan. %. Wall
Street friends of mine who were
bullish few months ago, then later
advised caution, now write me that
they are confused"
Russia's Temporary Success
People who have visited Berlin,
East Germany, Warsaw, and Mos
cow come back with this feeling:
Although Communism and Mr.. K.
will probably go out of existence,
yet the campaign to gradually
eliminate private property is some
thing you should not overlook.
All over Europe tendencies in this
direction are observed What is now
going on in Cuba is reflection of
what we see in Italy, France, and
even West Germany. This tendency
is beginning to confuse Wall Street.
even the most bullish. They still
feel, however, that if the evils of
labor unions and initiation could be
checked. then 1860 might see even
higher stock market prices than
have yet been reached.
Land VS.. Stocks and Bonds
It is true that in the history of
most land seizures and confiscations
of tangible property the land has
usually been returned to the origi-
nal owners. But where private
property has been confiscated and
then covered by large state-owned
or municipal owned apartment |
houses, as in Warsaw and Moscow.
return of the land seems impossible.
In short, there is a good chance
that the sugar lands of Cuba which
have beeF taken from American
will be returned to
hem so long as they remain farm
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-02

Meeting the Challenge of the times, a
Massachusetts high school has just institut-
ed 1O-week course in baby sitting It's
good to know that we will soon be surpass-
ing the Russians in something.
News
Evening star., 1960-04-03

May 10th Fashion Design"
comes under fire. THE
BIRTH OF A DRESS, an ex-
citing film following the de-
sign Of q dress from the
board to the consumer win
be shown. Custom Design"
will be outlined by Mr..
Charles Dunham Of George
town, and The Decorative
Arts" by Mr.. John Greer.
AID. interior decorator and
consultant.
May II Fashion Show
manship" with Mrs. Ruey
Messenger, director Of public
relations, publicity. fashion
coordination. julius Garfinc-
kel g. Co.; Fashion Windows
and Display" Jean Gazabat,
display director, The Hecht
Co., and Jane Rogers. ad-
vertiSing director Of Bonwit
Teller, Philadelphia, partic-
ipating in the seminar.
Fashion training course
certificates will be awarded
to those who have attended
five and six sessions Of the
lecture series.
Co-chairmen for the event
are Mrs. Ruey Messenger and
Mrs. Eleni Sakes Epstein.
Mrs. JeSsica Grice. regional
director of the Washington
Fashion Group. has named
Mrs. Virginia Moran Plum
mer, registrar. for this Ses-
sion of the fashion training
courses.
Evening star., 1960-04-03
IT'S A DATE

ton Welcome Wagon Club
following the 1890 pm.
luncheon at the Merlands
Country Club. Modelling by
members Of the club. For
reservations, contact Mrs.
Francis Aschard.
WEDNESDAY
Luncheon Fashion Show by
the Hecht Co. in the Colo
nial Dining Room and Town
Room Of the Sheraton-Park
Hotel between noon and 2
pm. Call the Town Room
for reservations.
Art and Fashion show at
Temple Beth Ell in Alexan-
dria at 1890 pm. for the
Uniongram Dessert Lunch
con meeting. Lansburgh's of
Shirlington will present a
colorful spring line of FASH
ions along with contributions
from their art department.
Vincent & Vincent hair
styles. Members will model
with Phyllis Freedlander CO.