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Evening star., 1960-10-14
Decision Issue of Campaign

was really no difference"
between the candidates spoke
a bit too soon.
Most of the things which
most Of us were talking about
only a week sgo-farm prices.
civil rights and all that-are
still being mentioned. of
course, in this campaign
cavaran, and in Mr.. Nixon's
as well, which this CORES
pondent himself shortly will
join.
But how much do these old
and homely things now really
weigh in the great balance
now so silently, almost secre-
lively. being drawn up by the
American public? Have we
reached a point where a pres
idential election is really to
be settled, to a degree never
before known in history, not
in the East but in the Far
East, not in the Middlewest
but in the middle of a world
struggle, not in the vast
stretches Of this continental
land but on rocky pinpoints
across the world whose very
names are still unspellable to
millions upon millions?
"One world" is it? 1t is,
indeed.
Evening star., 1960-10-14

So. he buzzas from the early
fall roses in the South to the
autumn chrysanthemums Of
the North. And then swings
back once more all for the
sake Of a theoretical impact.
Reporters have no time to
talk with local sources. Their
typewriters click away on the
buses in the parade and on
the aircraft in flight. Police
escorts keep things moving.
Now and then the reporter,
searching for answers, sees
an old friend who may know
something.
What do you know" he
calls out.
Nothing" he shouts back.
Get aboard" says the Sc
cret service man, I'VE are
about to move"
In New York there was
time, at Fordham Univer-
sity, to talk with New York
Republican leaders. They
confirmed they had asked
for more civil rights talk
and a tougher line. They
got it. including a stirring
defense of the Southern
sit-ins.
In Ohio one learned the
G. o. P. State organizations
had been more diSmayed than
generally was believed by the
first debate. 1t was necessary
to send out urgent messages
and get the boys back to work
again. They had to recapture
the initiative.
In Tennessee one learned
the State can be carried for
Senator Kennedy unless the
religious factor goes deeper
than they believe. This is an
oft-repeated story. In Indi-
ana, an old Ku Klux State in
the '20s, the anti-Catholic
feeling is believed stronger
than in the South.
Without question the air.
plane, which has made it
possible to cover as much in
a week as a train tour could
Evening star., 1960-10-14
DORIS FLEEsoN
Nixon's Shorpened Campaigning

polls, visited a number OF
registration Offices in key in
dustrial areas. She noted
many relatively young cou-
Piles signing up, often hold
ing babies in their arms. She
was able to establish that
the union leaders didn't
know them nor did they
prove responsive to efforts to
draw them out on the sub
ject of their jobs, their poll
tics or their hopes. .
It is a truiSm in this cam
paign that many voters seem
to remember neither the de-
preston nor the New Deal;
they make clear their feel
ing to the campaign orators
that their political thoughts
If any are elsewhere and
often are Of rather recent
vintage. 1t is the old story
of what have you done for
me lately?" Very possibly
they are in this nuclear age
wondering what is about to
be done to them in the
future.
The Vice President is gam
bling that he can arouse
today's voters again on Que
moy and Matsu, on what he
calls defeatism on COM
munism. Senator Kennedy is
sticking to his new approach
guns while pledging stronger
defenses. The State Depart
ment is equally unhappy
with both at this point, pre-
ferring to encourage neither
Chang nor Khrushchev.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Nixon and Kennedy Viewed as Risking
Election on Quemoy-Motsu Islands

coup. They sense an oppor-
tunity here to take and to
exploit a tough" line lead
ing the public to conclude
that the Republican ticket
would best maintain peace
through strength"
But Senator Kennedy's
people, too, see the thing as
a great opportunity: and
they, too, will not finch from
its dangers. They have al
ways been aware that Mr..
Nixon has a certain edge in
his claim of greater expert
ence in dealing with cold war
problems. But here, they
think, Mr.. Nixon has let his
foot slip in such a way as to
open himself to the belief
that his experience has led
him into recklesSness.
Thus somebody is surely
going to turn out to be wrong,
terribly wrong, about it all.
The only answer of any value
will be given by the voters on
election day. There is not
yet a chemical trace of re-
liable, dispasSionate evidence
as to what a majority Of
those voters think now or will
think in the polling booth.
Over-simplifying - as Of
course the Kennedy Nixon
argument itself is being over
simplif1ed in the suddenly
rising partisan passions-it
comes to this: Does the
public believe Mr.. Nixon'S po-
sition is altogether too
"tough?" Or does it believe
Senator Kennedy's position
to be far from tough"
enough?
And through all the vast
uncertainties lying here, one
ironical fact at any rate.
CLEANS through as clearly as
the sunshine of this achingly
beautiful early fall: Those
who said in August that there
Evening star., 1960-10-14
WILLIAM S. WHITE

EN- ROUTE WITH KEN
NEDY.-The great sleeper"
of the presidential campaign
has now turned up over the
little islands of Quemoy and
Matsu of Free China's
stronghold Of Formosa.
The G. o. P. presidential
candidate, Richard M. Nixon,
and his principal advisers
have reached a basic decision
and a fateful one-to press
the swelling issue to the end.
Mr.. Nixon has left the i'm
preston that If he should be-
come President he would
fight to defend those off,
shore islands from any Red
Chinese conquest--not con-
cede ian inch of free terri
tory" anywhere, as he puts
it, to the Communists.
Senator Kennedy has re-
fused to accept in advance
any such policy of implied
commitment Of American
forces. So Mr.. Nixon now ac-
cuses Senator Kennedy of a
woody thinking" attitude
just short of appeaSement.
Senator Kennedy now ac-
cuses Mr.. Nixon of a "trig-
ger-happy" attitude which
might put this country into
nuclear world war over two
dots of land and rocks not
in and of themselves vital to
the defense Of Formosa. For
mosa itself he. too, would de-
fend at all cost.
No greater political gamble
has ever been undertaken
by both sides-in any presi-
dental campaign over bits
of ground so small and so
far away. Mr.. Nixon's people
privately concede that here
tofore he possibly had been
running a bit behind Sena-
tor Kennedy. They see the
new issue as a chance to re-
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Khrushchev NEEDLES in Elections

Of Formosa and the people
of the Philippines that, II
Senator Kennedy is elected.
there may be q change in
American policy. This tends
to weaken the alliance in the
Far East between the United
States, Formosa, the Philip
pines and South Korea and
has subjected 1t to new
strains, which the press dis
patches from those countries
have revealed in the last few
days in commenting on the
American campaign speeches.
Most dangerous of all to
the defense policies of the
United States today are the
Communist inroads into Bri-
tain. where the British La
Dor Party indicates now that,
If it comes into power, Amer
lea may be deprived of her
nuclear bases there. This
would weaken the retaliatory
power of the United States
and would be worth a great
deal to the Communists in
the event of war.
The movement in Britain,
inspired by the Communists,
started out as a debate mere
ly on banning tests" 1t
now has taken on all the
aspects of a crusade to ban
the bomb" Meanwhile, the
Soviet Union refuses to agree
to an inspection system to
guarantee her good faith in
banning tests.
The Communists make
headway when the Western
countries are lulled to sleep
by cries of "hysteria" and
"McCarthyism," which seem
to be the customary way to
try to stifle protests against
Communist inflltration in
every country in the West.
Mr.. Khrushchev may not
appear to have gained much
by his visit to the U.N. it
self, but he has managed to
help embarrass the American
people in their presidential
campaign and, if the Eisen-
hover administration is re-
pudiated next month with
a vote of no confidence"
by the majority Of citizens
who go to the polls. Mr..
Khrushchev will surely claim
credit for his part in bring
ing about that result.
(Copyrisht, 1960)
Evening star., 1960-10-14
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Nixon and Kennedy proceeding with caution They
note that the other big debate the Yankees won most
of the pontsbut the Pirates went home with the money
compromise is in the ofng in the campaign dispute
over small islands. Kennedy cede Quemoy and Matsu
to Nxon-n return for Manhattan.
Khrushchev waves his shoe in the U. N man OF simple
tastes he prefers take of his shoe before putting his foot
In his mouth.
Cabot Lodge favors Republicans appointing Negro to
the cabinet Campaign Manager Len Hall favors Re
pubcans appointing substitute for Lodge the ticket
in Alabama.
Campaign what-they win or lose, 1t has been
a clean campaign" The buns. They not only don't
bother to smear me, they don't mention my name
O. Does choleserol in milk heart attacks? A. How
many cows do you know with coronaries?
Evening star., 1960-10-14
RALPH McGILL
AirpIone Compoigning's Fast Pace
Makes 1t Straight News Getting Job

Campaign Notes: In 1860
it seems rather plain that the
best way to learn something
about the progress of a can
didate is not to accompany
q him.
No matter which political
label the candidate wears,
the airports all tend to look
alike. The crowds are about
the same. The bands sound
like bands the world over.
The placards differ only in
names. They are also dis
mally unoriginal. Indeed, the
only one which had a touch
of brightness was held aloft
at Philadelphia by a Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania student.
where's Checkers?" it asked.
Mr.. Nixon explained that his
dog is now getting quite old
and suffering from arthritis.
1t was an hour later before
reporters recalled that Check
ers first became known in
the TV defense in 1852, which
was eight years ago.
There is a deadly routine
to them. The parade from
airport to hotel or auditorium
reveals the effectiveness, or
lack of it, of the organiza-
tion. There is a good crowd
or there isn't. In Cleveland,
Ohio, 1 stayed outside the
huge, hot auditorium and
counted buses on the side
streets. There we're fifty
seven, testifying to a sound
precinct level job of getting
out the faithful.
The candidates make three
towns a day by using air
craft. They also "hemstitch." !"
That is to say. they move
from one region into another
and then back again. This
costs more money, but the
research and poll boys say
this makes sense because it
creates more impact. If a
candidate remains in one
region until he has covered
it, he become less a story.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Edith Piuf Planning
Comeback in Paris

PARIS, Oct. IA (AP).-Edith
Piaf is getting ready to sing
again in public. The husky
voiced chanteuse has been OPP
Grated on several times in the
past two years for a liver all
ment.
This ailment," she told
newsmen yesterday, allowed
me to discover my true friends.
I was often surprised" Miss
Piaf said her first appearance
would be on Decamber 20, in
Paris.
Evening star., 1960-10-14
DAVID LAWRENCE

Nikita Khrushchev has de-
fed all the rules Of fair play
in diplomacy-he has delib-
erately interfered in a ma
tional political campaign in
side a foreign country.
BY coming to the United
States in the midst of a pres
idential contest and carrying
on q sustained attack against
the policies Of the Eisen-
hover administration, he has
endeavored to arouse the
American people to repudiate
their own government at the
polls.
Mr.. KhruShchev knows
we'll that all over the world
the American presidential
election is being watched by
foreign governments and
peoples, and that the out
= come of the contest is being
awaited to learn primarily
whether the American peo-
pie have given a vote of
confidence" or have voted
mo confidence" in the pres
ent administration.
Mr.. Khrushchev in his
speeches has dwelt on various
aspects of the foreign-policy
issue that is being debated
by the supporters of Vice
President Nixon and Senator
Kennedy. He keeps emphasiz-
ing the U-2 issue and goes
out of his way to embrace
Fidel Castro at a time when
opposition speakers in the
campaign are blaming Com
munist ascendancy in Cuba
on the Eisenhower admins
tration.
Even the dormant issue of
admitting Red China to the
United Nations was revived
by the Soviet Premier dur
ing his visit here. He knows
full well Democratic Party
speakers in the campaign
have begun to hint that Red
China eventually will be ad-
mitted and that the United
States soon will start appeas-
ing the Peiping government
through negotiations that
plead for concessions to this
country in return for a will
Evening star., 1960-10-14
Activity Believed Intended to Achieve
Voter Repudiution of Administration

ingness to admit Red China
to the U. N.
At a time when there is
discussion of the subject OF
admission of Red China to
the U. N.-the recent vote on
which has been referred to
by Democratic Party speak
ers as a defeat for the United
States-the issue of Defend
ing Quemoy and Matsu is
brought up. There is natu-
rally a good deal of confusion
about it, and plenty of dema-
goguery. The United States
has never taken the position
that Quemoy and MatSu in
and of themselves are strate-
gically important and worth
defending by our forces. Nor
has Vice President Nixon
modified in the slightest de-
gree the position taken by the
Eisenhower administration.
which is that America will
defend the off-Shore islands
only if a military operation
is begun that can threaten
Formosa.
For, since nobody knows
just how far the Red Chinese
will go if they attack the is
lands, the American military
judgment has been and is
today that it is better not to
be explicit about what the
United States will or will not
do militarily. AS a matter of
fact, there have been inter-
mittent bombardments of
the islands the last several
years, and the United States
has not become involved in
any counterattack or defense
of the islands themselves.
To say now that the is
lands will not be defended
means telling the enemy that
it is all right to begin an all
out attack on them and that
perhaps the United States is
weakening in her determi-
nation to defend Formosa,
too.
1t is also of great advan-
tage to Mr.. Khrushchev to
have American speakers de-
defended. 1t tells the people
batting just now whether
Quemoy and MatSu are to be
Evening star., 1960-06-22
wear tropical slacks

Our tobes are piled high with wide ossort-
ment Of blends, patterns and shades, all with
the finest Of trimmings all designed to
fit e. all wash n wear. These trim, shape
retaining sIocks are ideal for these humid,
hot doys and the suIty weather ahead. Choice
of pIeoted Or plain front styles in grey, olive,
brown, tan, blue and black Sizes 29-42.
MEMS CLOTHING-Wnshinoton Street Floor:
Langley Park and Shirlington, First Floor
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24
Cub Scouts Meet

Farmville Cub Scouts will hold
their a W ard 5 night meeting
Wednesday, May Is, at 7::30 at
the Modern Woodman Hall This
vi be the last meeting of the
year for the Cubs as they get
ready for the summer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24

There were 81 hospital patients
Monday morning.
Patients Admitted
Miss Ja.et Godsey. Cumber-
land. Billy SteIl. Blackstone: j..
Frank Coleman. Prospect: Mrs.
c. c. Harvey, Curdsville: HUI
bert Robertson. C-ewe; Miss
Susie Wilmer, Crewe; George
Davis. Keysville; Mrs. C. H.
Howe. Prospect; Mrs. Elizabeth
Schaible. Hampden-Sydney.
Also, Clifton Dowell. Hamp-
den Sydney; Miss Jacquelyn
Yeats. Green Bay; Miss Sarah
Lirscomb, Fal1nville; Coley Gee,
Siler City. N. c.; Mrs. Coley
Gee. Siler City. N. c.; Mrs.
Frank Muto. Farmville; Miss
Shirley McFadden. Farmville;
j. w. Allen, Cumberland. and
Mrs. Virginia Watkins, Black
stone.
Birth
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Womack
Charlotte c. H. girl, May ~.
Colored Patients
Helen Christian. Farmville
ard Annie Forbes. Farmville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24

q beaver uses its tail as a
rudder when towing branches or
logs and to strike the water a
resoundirg Whack to warn other
beavers of danger.
Sports Afield
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24
Development
Continued from page ID

division of industrial develop
ment, and manufacturing and
service corporations Of state
wide organization.
The 1875 page report was
capped with advice that success
lies in hard work, careful plan
ming and "a genuine desire for
program of economic develop
ment." 1t advised that economic
development was inextricably
tied to manufacting, but that
long-range planning and achieve
.nent of good community prog
ress in other areas Of develop
ment. must precede the securing
Of industry.
Must Create Jobs
Specifically, it warned the area
that it must expand its indus
trial complex or lose half of its
farm population in the next &c
years. To stem migration from
the region, the counties must see
that some 800 job opportunities
are created annually to keer
pace with, and hold. population
increases from the birth rate
excuses over deaths and natura,
job attrition.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24
Mrs. w. H. Brown
Dies At 90; Rites
Held On Monday

SCOTTSVILLE, May % A
funeral service for Mrs. Brady
Fletcher Brown. 80, who died
Saturday at Virginia Beach, was
held Monday at pm. at Christ
Episcopal Church, GlendoWer
Albemarle county, with burial in
the church cemetery.
The wife of William H. Brown.
a former mayor of Scottsville.
she died while attending the
State Democratic Convention
with her husband.
Besides her husband. she is
survived by five daughters.
Sara. Katherine, Libba. DOrrie
and Martha Brown; an infant
son. William Brown, all of
Scottsville: a sister. Mrs. c. E.
Stevens, and her father. Mar
shall Fletcher, both Of Char
lottesville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24

What one thing makes Berlin
stand out in your memory?
The people, their character and
courage, they don't let anyone
impress them, they have the
bilitv to laugh. and even
Though they are afraid they
don't show it" Dr.. Lysbeth
Mtmcey gave that answer Fri
day afternoon when she talked
to the Farnville AAUW mem
bers at their annual picnic at
Mrs. L. B. Franck' S home near
Cumberland.
Dr.. Muncey, a professor Of
history at Sweet Brian College.
was the recipient of an AAUW
Fellowship for study in Berlin.
She described her impressions
of life within the divided city.
Life is very insecure there.
the people are anxious about
their future - and it was par
ticularlv so in the last few weeks
before the summit conference.
Whenever there is such a world
crisis, the Russians seem to put
pressure on the people Of East
Berlin. This in turn is felt by
the people Of West Berlin. The
presence Of British, American.
and French armies in the city
give the West Berlin people con-
fidence, although the presence
Of these forces irritate the Rus
SLAMS considerably, said Dr.
Muncey.
"Berlin's isolation 1l0 miles
east of the Federal Republic
with Russians in control of its
eastern sector. the Soviet desire
to force the Western powers
completely out Of the city create
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24

Convention
Continued from page L

resolutions committee. Of which
Almond was chairman. voted
22-8 against Almond and for
instructing the delegates 0 r
johnson. The convention dele
gates upheld this with l.042 to
521 vote.
Another defeat for Almond
came en- the recess" votes.
This resolution emphasized that
the state convention could be re-
convened by the Democratic
State Central Committee. This
emphasized the fact that h e
Virginia convention reserved the
right to disavoW the national
oarty ticket if it doesn't like
the way things 60 at the Los
Angeles convention in July.
The LOYALTY Oath business
was kept under cover during
the convention and not allowed
% jump UP and disrunt the
gathering. Whether someone
will turn it loose at Los Angeles
is a question Virginia Demo
Gratis will have to wait to see
answered.
E. Blackburn Moore was elect
ed permanent chairman of the
convention. There had been
rumblings from the Almond
camp that this Byrd henchman
would be replaced. But he
wasn't.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24

The Cumberland County Rural
Development committee is push
ing for industry as one of its pri-
mary electives. In May. the
committee reviewed rural indus
trialization efforts carried out
successfully in Arkansas. where
emphasis has been placed on
area promotion.
At that planning meeting. the
suggestion that counties and
towns in the surrounding area
work together to attract indus
try since location of an industry
anywhere in the area would
benefit all was advanced.
A pilot project of the State
Rural Development Committee
the industrial committee in Cum
berland revealed plans for es-
Enlistment Of two industries
during a meeting with Federal
authorities last fall. Joe Elem
ing, chairman of the committee
reported that an organization of
local men was interested in set
ting up a rock crushing plant,
and a charcoal processing cen
ter.
Amelia Busy
In Amelia county, the devel-
opnent association sees a sew
age system as the first require
ment for improvements needed
to be attractive for industry
That requirement moved closer
to reality when the board of sup
ervisors approved enlargement
Of the sanitary district earlier
this year. and aughorized a firm
OF engineers to proceed with a
cost estimate of the proposed
system.
Charles A. Holman, III, is
head of the organization which
has been working on the sewage
project, a project considered
| necessary to get industry.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24
"Outpost Berlin" Is Subject For
Local A.A.U.W. Branch Lecture

a constant tension" the speaker
stated. Dr.. Muncey, in her talk
about Berlin women, spoke of
the courage they have shown in
adjusting their lives and those
of their families to such circum-
stances. They help the Western
forces keep Berlin a lively, mag
netic city-a symbol of the free
world outside the Iron Curtain.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-05-24
Drivers Warned
Continued from page y

NAOltlllGtQ IL Olll page II
The mayor said, however,
tte! the Police Department eX-
poets to remain alerted to the
growing problem. and officers
have been instructed to take
prompt corrective action.
Fatality Possible
It will be a terrible, shock
ing catastrophe if a thoughtless
youth kills a child on our streets.
Under present conditions it
could easily happen to the SCR
row Of a stricken child's family
as well as to that of the par
ents of the guilty driver. I APP
peal to our young drivers to
exercise more mature Judge
ment, and l also ask our people
to take action through a formal
juvenile complaint when they
see dangerous violations of traf-
fic laws" Mayor Watkins said.
The screeching of breaks, the
scream of rubber following a
violent pressing on car accelera-
tors have become common
sounds in some sections of the
community and on outlying
roads. In some cases investigat-
ing authorities have observed
skid marks of many feet.
Some of them entirely too long
to have avoided hitting a child
they add knowingly. Perhaps an
innocent child happily riding a
bike in the dangerous twilight
hours.