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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Senator GoldWater's Advice

CENATOR Barry Coldwater, leading
- Republican conservative spokesman,
has warned that the Republican Party
cannot adopt radical tack, form Of
"me-tooism," to the Democratic plat
form of 1860
Goldwater says that if the Republi-
cans follow this course they will be
committing themselves to certain de-
feat in November Rather, he believes
that the Republicans must stand for
Individual liberty, less centralized gov
eminent, and genuine conservative. con-
stitutional administration.
He acknowledges the fact that there
are fifty million registered Democrats
in the country to only thirty million re-
gistered Republicans He says the Re-
publicans will need to get all of their
votes, and pick up fifteen million votes
from the Democrats and the approx
mately fifteen million Independents who
usually vote
Vice President Richmond Nixon and
ms runnlng-mate, now that they face
strong Democratic ticket and a radi-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

some of the other programs out
lined II the Democratic plat
form.
These include federal subsidies
to aid cities perform such To-
cal activities as clearing their
slunls, diSposlng of their sewage.
educating their children. trans
porting suburban commuters to
and from their jobs. and com
batting Juvenile delinquency.
Some of the other proposals
would provide federal subsidies
for aiding depressed areas and
for combating stream pollution,
Another would establish Fair
Employment Practices Commits
sion to limit the right of en-
ployers TO select their EN-
ployees.
The platform also commended
the Democratic program could
be carried out and still have a
balanced budget and a surplus
with no increase in taxes, ex-
cept during a recession or ma
tional emergency.
But the way was left open for
possible tax increase. in these
words
If. therefore, the unfolding
demands Of the new decade at
home or abroad should impose
c Z 4 national responsibilities
that cannot be fulfilled without
higher taxes. we will not allow
political disadvantage to deter
Us from doing what is requir-
ed"
In the meantime, the platform
contemplated obtaining greater
revenue BY collecting billions of
dollars which are owed to the
Federal Government but not
now collected, by closing tax
loopholes, and by expanding
the economy to provide a larger
tax base.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

An old gentleman in the midwest
consulted a doctor about his heart.
Every time he took deep breath, he
said, he could hear his heart squeak.
The doctor went over him carefully,
but found nothing amiss. But he pre-
scribed bit Of lubricating oil for a
small pulley on the old gents suspend
ers.-Christian Observer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Babson Discusses Competition

BABSON PARK, MASS. JULY
Il - | am not now forecasting
World War III, but neither the
United States nor Russia can
continue to spend such vast
amounts of money on missiles.
rockets, submarines, etc. Either
there must be a reduction in
ornaments (Khrushchev is as
anxious for this as we are), or
World War III is inevitable.
However. my message this week
is on the subject of COMPETE
TON, which will be the lam
munition" Russia will probably
use to fight the cold war.
Foreign Competition
During my last trip to Ger
many, l was astounded at the
competition which is developing
there. Not only are wages very
low, but the efficiency of the
workers is very high. German
industrialists are continuing to
make new machines which can
even replace their own workers.
This applies to plastics, textiles.
and many other products. It
seems as though this competi-
ton from Europe will cause UNI
employment in our country soon
er or later.
Added to the competition from
Europe, we also have m u h
from Japan. l could give IL
Illustrations which would seem to
you unbelievable. These involve
a great variety of articles rang
ing from table doilies, which sell
for two cents apiece, to radios,
cameras, and even television
sets. It all seems fantastic.
and detrimental to American
manufacturers and wagework-
ers. The only concerns which
can possibly profit from it are
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

big concerns such as Sears Roe.
buck, Montgomery Ward. an
the chain stores which can buy
and sell in tremendous quaint.
ties.
Competition With Ourselves
Before World War II, the lead
ing manufacturers were content
to make their own products
but they have now added pro-
ducts of others which, in many
cases, have no relation to their
basic products. This not only
causes overproduction, but it
reduces profits. I fear that the
average United States business
man may be caught in a
squeeze, with increased costs
but with inclining prices for his
products.
Let me give a few illustra-
tons of this domestic internal
competition. General Tire now
manufactures missiles! General
Mills has wandered away from
its basic food products to make
precision Instruments! Textron,
basically a textile manufacturer,
is buying into various new bust
nesSes with which it has had no
experience.
Expansion VS.. Diversification
While there is no legitimate
reason for much of the above
diversification, there is justifi-
cation for companies to expand
in their own lines. Pittsburgh
Consolidation Coal is becoming
increasingly active in the field
OF organic chemicals; this is
wise. American viscose, a ma
Jor producer of rayon and nylon
yarns and cellophane paper, has
now legitimately gone about
into the plastic-chemical field.
1t is wise for a company to
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

An election candidate was addressing
a crowded meeting when a heckler de-
manded to know if he were in favor of
prohibition.
Candidate - l am CHEERS from the
temperance supporters not Gas he went
on, prolonged cheers from the rest of
the audience) going to tell you.
Then there was silence from everyone.
Carthage Evening Press
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

MOOlle FTeSS-ReglSteT nOL6S Ilat
this pre-dateS Emancipation and
makes the Senator not just a
politician but a miracle man.
EDITOR OLIVER EMMERICH
in The Jackson, Miss, State
Times, thinks I'VE are a bunch
Of sapS if we fail to weigh the
platforms and candidates and
vote for the better one All
this stuff about the Democratic
Party being the party Of our
fathers is just so much junk.
They are as different as a Sa-
hara Desert camel and a Rhode
Island hem"
WISELY PUBLICHER BAR
RYE WALL, of The Prince Ed
ward County Farmville, va,
Herald. notes that other sec
tons of the nation may lose their
enthusiasm for a party con-
trOlled by radicals and liberals. =
After all. those who rode the
South and the Constitution down
at Los Angeles are many miles
from a majority of Americans.
They are one wing Of one party
1t may well be, too, that other
sections will see that plantations
OF the civil rights plank are an
expression Of plantations in the
platform entire. There are voters
all over the country, Editor Hol-
land, of The Birmingham News.
reminds us, who do not want
big government to become syn
onymous with the designation
America and who would
dread such an extension of gov
eminent as the overall platform
recommends and which the civil
rights plank graphically drama
RECALLING HOW KENNEDY
colrted the South with com
mencement speeches and other
appearances after the 1856 cleo
ton, Editor Caleb King. Jr., asks
If this lis a man 50 hungry for
the Presidency that he can WOO
one section and then do an about
face at the risk of hypocrisy?
If principles mean SO little to a
man in seeking votes, wouldn' t
this weakness show later if he
We're Chief Executive?T
THE DEMOCRATIC Be
TRAVAIL" Editor Waring heads
another comment in The Charles
ton News and Courier. He avows
that neither the candidate nor
the platform is acceptable to
South Carolina" He calls the
civil rights plank the ''most in
sulting in history" Although well
aware, he says, ''of the reluc-
lance of South Carolinians to vote
the Republican label, the Demo
cratic label has lost its mean
ing . Richard M. Nixon cannot
afford to talk like a States
Democrat. We do not expect it.
He cannot be more hostile than
the Democrats are to Southern
interests.
EDITOR ORNDORFF', in The
Roanoke, Va, Times, looks not
very hopefully to Kennedy for
help against the platform: I'll
ever a document stating a
party's position on domestic is
sues deserved to be repudiated
by its candidate this one does
But Kennedy's enthusiasm anc
emphasis indicate a pride d
authorship and promise it more
weight than any in this century
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
PHILosoPHIc CROOK

Judge - notice that, in ad-
dition to- Incorporating $500
you took a considerable quantity
OF valuables in the form of rings.
watches and other trinkets.
Prisoner Yes, sir: renem-
bered that money alone don't
bring happiness.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
FRANKLY SPEAKING

Passenger who hasn't enjoy
ed the rough weather.. IT II e
Ship seems to tip a good deal
steward. "
Steward. Yes, ma am! How
ever ! assume it's merely try
ing to set good example for
the passengers.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

to realize where.
AT any rate watch the Republican con-
ventlon and you may expect to find
the same sort Of promises that the De-
mocrats made in Los Angeles.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

The economic troubles of the world
would be solved if there were enough
fortunes to 90 around.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
John Temple Groves
"See Generally Myrdal'

Mobile Press-Register notes that
this pre-dates Emancipation and
makes the Senator not just a
politician but a miracle man.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

SELECTION OF JOHNSON
may placate many Southern
political leaders and office
holders says Don Ewing in The
Shreveport Times (which covers
East Texas as well as Northwest
louisiana but not necessarily
the electorate. He recalls that
such a move didn't in 1913, 1852
and 1856. Power politics ran
roughshod over delegates to
nominate Kennedy and then over
the delegates, and perhpas Ken
nedy. too. to give him johnson.
There should be no more ques-
ton as to whether Johnson po-
litically is Southern and con-
sentative :"
EDITOR HENRY CAUTHEN.
in The Columbia, S. c., Record,
also sees the people against the
politicians: There. will be, Of
course. efforts by Southern fpo-
litical leaders to persuade
Southerners that Senator Ken
nedy was Just talking but such
a suggestion is inane."
OF Johnson's post-convention
promise to Negro delegates that
il they support the ticket they
will find they have made more
progress in four years than you
made in the last 1914 years." The
Evening star., 1960-07-24
Scouts Christen
Wheuton's S New
Regional Park

Over 500 Montgomery Coun-
ty Boy Scouts have become the
first persons to use the new
Wheaton regional park.
The Scouts - complete with
tents, hatchets, bulging KNAPP
sacks and occasional cases of
poison ivy-Wound UP a two
day camporee at the park yes
terday.
Camporee Director Richard
C. Schlenker of Wheaton said
it was one of hundreds of SINH
lar camp-outs held across the
country in conjunction with
the national Scout jamboree at
Colorado Springs, Colo.
First permit for use of facil-
tiles ct the 496-acre park was
presented to the Scouts Friday
by John A. Floyd, Montgom-
cry County member of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission,
which is developing the park.
Evening star., 1960-07-24

were still tentative. but he
added that the ship would be
run by a corporation which
will be called Potomac River
Lines. Inc.
The Freestone is presently
moored at Freestone, Va. where
it has been out of operation
since 1858 when it lost its slot
machines. The ship caused con.
troversy because it was an.
chored of Virginia but in
Maryland waters.
Virginia officials were an
gered that there were slot ma
chimes aboard and that whis-
key was sold by the glass. Fin
ally, the Maryland Legislature
passed a law in 1858 which cost
the ship its gambling machines.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
Commissioners CoIIHoIt
Of Expresswoy Unwise

The District Commissioners
have told the chairman Of the
House and Senate District
Committees it would be unwise
to stop work on the Twelfth
street expressway.
Engineer Commissioner A. C.
yelling added his personal
view yesterday that there is
no question" construction of
the underground expressway
will go ahead as scheduled.
Hating the project, the
Commissioners say, might cost
up to $1.S million.
The Senate District Com
mittee, acting on the recon-
mendation Of the Joint Com
mittee on Washington Metro
politan Problems. composed of
both Senate and House mem
bers, had urged reconsidera-
ton Of the completion schedule
of the roadway to take into
account tentative subway plans.
But the Commissioners have
replied that District highway
officials believe, after further
study, a subway could be built
Evening star., 1960-07-24
THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. c.
July n, 1860
Metro Area 3;
S. S. Freestone Slated
To Be Night Club Here

A former slot-machine haven
the S. S. Freestone-will be
brought from Virginia to WASH
ington next month, but the
slot machines will be missing
B. B. Wills, a local excursion
boat operator, said that the
Freestone, previously known as
the S. S. COLCHESTER, has been
sold to two local men who plan
to use the ship as a floating
nightclub.
The nightclub, due to begin
operation about September IS,
will be anchored at Maine ave-
nue. and Seventh street S.W.,
next to property owned by Mr..
Wills.
Mr.. Wills said that plans as
to the operation of the ship
Evening star., 1960-07-24
Bendheim Rejects Rebuilding Plan
Of 24-BIock Area in Alexandria

yesterday, I'VE ought to direct
Mr.. Beggs to begin to restudy
the plan with the idea of put
ting back some of those old
houses that are not truly sub
standard houses"
Special Meeting Considered
A special meeting of the city
council will be called to con-
slider the urban renewal issue,
the Mayor said, if there is not
time to discuss it at the Tues
day meeting.
Mayor Bendheim expressed
a desire for a more moderate
plan last week. He said he felt,
''in favor Of some high-rise
apartments" but added, I'VE
don't need six" He proposed
instead that existing stand
ard housing be replaced by CO.
lonial-type housing similar to
Alexandria's Yates Gardens.
The Mayor said he felt that
during the redrafting Of the
plan. Mr.. Beggs should consult
closely with interested citizens
and merchants groups.
The renewal proposal has
split public opinion. "A prac-
tical plan" to its proponents,
it has been termed immature
and childish" by some who op-
pose it.
A policeman snorted, They'll
never do anything about King
street-this place would be a
lot better of If they'd forget
that George Washington ever
lived here"
Opposition Is Vocal
Some members of the Old
Town Civic Association met
yesterday to map ways to op-
pose the plan.
Latest volley In the barrage
of criticism fired at the plan
Evening star., 1960-07-24

along the western side of the
depressed highway even after
1t is completed.
In a letter to the Capitol
Hill committees, Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin stated
that the double-tube subway
being considered could be a
part of the highways wall or
be placed close against it. 1t
also could be constructed so
that it would not interfere at
all with the highway work now
under way, he said.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said either
of the alternatives would in
volve only minor" costs later.
He said that stopping the
project, restoring service on
Twelfth street and settling with
the contractor and for materials
would cost on the order of
SIS to $1.8 million"
The letter, sent to Senator
Bible, Democrat of Nevada, and
Representative Mcmillan, Dem
ocrat of South Carolina, was
Evening star., 1960-07-24

came from the president Of the
Yates Gardens Citizens Asso-
citation.
I'VE have only to read the
papers to know the Illustration
and folly Of bulldozer renewal
such as in Southwest WASH
ington." William T. Davies, the
group president wrote to Mayor
Bendheim.
Mr.. Kerr said last week the
project would probablyI be car
ried out In phases: I'VE want
to do it different from the way
they did it in Southwest"
Evening star., 1960-07-24
By JOHN NEARY
Star Stad Writer

Alexandria Mayor Leroy S.
Bendheim has rejected the
city's controversial urban re-
newal proposal.
Mayor Bendheim will ask the
City Council to join him in a
move to have the plan re-
drafted by its author, John j.
BeggS, a New York consultant.
Unveiled only last week, the
proposal calls for the demo-
lition of nearly every structure
in a 24-block area to make way
for high-rise apartment build
ings containing from 750 to
1900 family units; a 200-unit
motel, and a double phalanx of
office buildings along King
street. The proposal would
leave standing such structures
as City Hall and Gadsby's
Tavern.
The plan, aimed at revitaliz-
ing the King street business
district, was presented as a
preliminary sketch" by John
Y. Kerr. of the Redevelopment
Housing Authority last week.
Old Structures Threatened
Gross costs of the project
under the current proposal
have been estimated at $18
million. Federal urban re-
newal funds would set the city's
share of the cost at nearly 81
million.
A study by the Historic Al
exandria Foundation shows the
proposal would affect 241 Struc-
lures a century or more old,
John Howard Joynt, the groups
president said. g..
Several citizens groups have
expressed opposition to the
proposal.
Because of all the excite
ment raised" the Mayor said
Evening star., 1960-07-24

released after inquiries be re-
porters. The letter ended:
1T is the unanimous opinion
of the Board of Commissioners
that it would be least costly
and in the best interests of the
Government and the public at
large to continue the present
highway project without in
terruption."
Evening star., 1960-07-24
County Posts Offer
For BIust information

PEARISBURG, Va, July %
(AP) The Giles County
Board of Supervisors has posted
a $500 reward for information
leading to the arrest and con-
viction of those responsible for
a dynamite blast last Sunday
at the Virginia Limestone Co.
near Klotz.
The explosion caused more
than $4,000 damage to a heavy
crane mounted on a railroad
car at the strikebound plant.
Twenty-seven of the % work.
ers at the plant have been on
strike since June 20. They have
asked a 10 per cent wage in
crease.
Evening star., 1960-07-24

This sketch shows the urban
Alexandria At the top the picture motel Below that six high
rise buildings between and Cameron streets with
existing houses remaining Queen New business buildings
shown at the bottom along King mall with parking the
OF the buildings Another shows the parking front of the King
street buildings City Hall and Gadsb Tavern would remain at Cam
ROYAL
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Butler Plans
PartyHearings

Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler is planning
a series of hearings on what
the party's 1860 platform
should contain, before the DEM
ocratic convention in Los An
geles starting July IL.
He is expected to announce
details of the hearings, to be
held around the country, at a
news conference here tomor-
row after his return from a
Florida vacation.
The hearings will attempt to
develop Democratic views on
various issues that will be con-
sidered by the conventions
platform committee.
A platform subcommittee ap-
pointed by Mr.. Butler will be-
Evening star., 1960-03-06

gin It's own public hearings ir
Los Angeles on July 5.
Mr.. Butler is said to be con-
sidering at least 10 separate
hearings. A party spokesman
said people "of national stat
ure" will be invited to take
part in the hearings.
Craftsmanship of the plat.
form drafting committee is an.
other matter confronting Mr.
Butler and party leaders. Rep
!resentative Mccormack of Mas.
sachusetts indicated to Mr.
Butler last year that he die
not want to serve again.
Mr.. Mccormack, House ma
jority leader, headed the COM
Evening star., 1960-03-06

mittee in 1914, 1852 and 1856.
His decision leaves three top
convention places to be filled.
Speaker Rayburn has an
nounced that he will not serve
again as permanent chairman.
The third open spot is that of
convention keynoter.
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Mitchell to Be Feted

Howard Mitchell, conductor
Of the National Symphony Or
chestra, will be honored at the
18th anniversary banquet of
the Potomac branch, Holland
Society of New York, on March
26 at the Army and Navy Club.
Evening star., 1960-03-06

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Evening star., 1960-03-06

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