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Evening star., 1960-01-19
Surrender, Sir?

Harold Randall, who OBJ
jectS to pensions for Con-
federate survivors, has just
provided every reason for
revival of the term damn
Yankee" He needs to be re-
minded of the fact that some
people in the North were so
fond of having the South in
the Union that they fought
and died to keep it. His plan
to let the Confederate States
pay pensions to their SOL
diers' children could also in
clude a provision TO let the
Confederate States set up
their own government and
treasury, thereby giving the
Northerners the surprising
privilege Of taking care Of
only their "own people" pay
ing all their own taxes, A.
nancing their own wars and
leaving the South free to
pursue its own interests.
which is merely what it was
trying to do in the first place.
This should take care of the
enemies" once and for all.
Virginia II. Mckee.
I read, with mounting
anger. the letter by Harold
Randall.
I agree that the 20 people
now receiving Government
pension checks should be in
veStigated. If any should
have other means of support,
by all means their checks
should stop,
Many Southerners, who
would have had the means
to support themselves in their
old age, lost their lands and
family fortunes during the
bloody reconstruction OF the
Southern States. Should
these checks be stopped If it
means these old people would
have to go to the poor
house?
AS for Gen. Lee being COM
pared to Benedict Arnold, I
smart under the implication.
Robert E. Lee did not fight
for himself. He fought GAL
lantly and bravely for the
homeland he loved so dearly.
Lee and the thousands of
men who fought for the Con-
federacy would, indeed, be
traitors had they deserted
their homeland and the only
way of life they knew.
I am confident Gen. Lee
would not take away a small
pension from someone who
would be destitute without it.
Compassion would forbid it.
Since Southerners are not
exempt from taxes. I fail to
see why Mr.. Randall feels the
money given to the pensioners
comes out Of Yankee pocket
books.
Mr.. Randall is a prime ex-
ample of a money-gr -grubbing
Northerner.
Nancy McClelland.
Harold Randall, self-styled
great admirer of Robert E.
Lee" said, e. but tech
nically he was just as much
Of a traitor as Benedict Ar
mold, although Lee fought for
what he thought was right
and Arnold for Benedict Ar
mold" 1t would have been
closer to the truth had he
said that Robert E. Lee was
as much a traitor as George
Washington. the difference
being that Lee lost, whereas
Washington won.
Lloyd L, Kelly.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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Evening star., 1960-01-19
Self Defense

Herbert SOmmers.
Evening star., 1960-01-19
Not In but Not Out

Lloyd E. KelI.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04

visit on Saturday. 1t was a great
pleasure to see them again. They
now live in PoWhatan County.
Mrs. H. II, DobbinS paid a short
call in the same home op Sunday
night before attending the srrv-
ice at Providence Church. She is
always 2 most welcome visitor
Mrs. ard Deem ard
daughter and Mrs Grace Davis
and her daughter. al IT Rich
nopd, were guests of MIR. and
Mrs. A. + Webb and Mrs. W. J.
Hubbard. Sunday.
II would seem very unkind to
send news from Belona, and not
mention the dear birds as they
are SO attractive. State birds are
more beautiful than usual. They
enjoy the food served them. OF
course. Dickie is still the boss.
he eats many raisins.
/ trust everyone is looking
after the birds. as it is very
cold, and they need attention.
They are Gods creatures.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04

mother, Mrs. G. w. Thompson.
in Amherst.
Mrs. Alton Perdue, her daugh-
ter, Beth, and son, Alton, Jr..
motored to Lynchburg on Sun
day to spend the day with Mrs.
Perdue'S mother, Mrs. Alvin
Noel, and Mr.. Noel.
InA-CreWe on Sunday for
visit with her grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. B. P. Childress, were.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald J. Flip
pen and infant son, Jay.
Visiting relatives in Peters
burg Hospital on Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Boyer and
son, Billy.
Mrs. Mary T. Williams.
Amelia county home dcmonstra-
ton agent, was in Charlotte.
~ c. on Monday to attend a
school for home demonstration
agents on kitchen space savers.
Scheduled for next week are
three home demonstration club
meetings. Namozine Club VIII
meet on Monday. March Z, at
1870 pm. at the Community
House. Pine Grove Club will
meet on Wednesday. March 8.
at pm. in the home of Mrs.
R. t. Heath, and Mannboro
Club will meet on March 10, at
2 pm. with Mrs. w. C. Ford
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04
Amelia Golf And Country Club
STAGES First Murdi Grus Dance

AMELIA. Mar. 3 - The most
interesting news around Amelia
the past week was the Mardi
Gras dance for members at the
Amelia Golf and Country Club.
Saturday night.
Dressed in costume and mask
ed, a prize was given for the
best woman's costume, the best
mans and the best couples.
Mrs. Armistead Harvie in a
clowns costume won for the
WON IN; Ones Hammer as
Charlie Weaver for the men;
and Mr.. and Mrs. T h m a S
Stark. III. as Tweedledum and
Tweedledee, for the best couple
in costume.
Approximately thirty couples
appeared for the dance and
agreed that it was one of the
best held at the club. It was the
first Mardi GraS they had ever
had, and members hope to
make it an annual affair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Ether
edge. Of "Alanton", London
Bridge. and Norfolk. visited her
sister. Mrs. Thomas Stark. Jr..
and Mr.. Stark last week end
They were here for the Field
Trials at Camp Pickett.
The Rev. w. C. Poston, of
Washington, was the overnight
guest of his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. William C. Poston last
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Sydnor
and Miss Emily B. Mason, all
of Petersburg. were rec e n t
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B
Mason.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart
TONNES last week end were her
niece. Mrs. Thomas Hemmick.
and Mr.. Hemmick, of Balti-
more.
At 'Travel0gue'
Mrs. William Jefferson, Miss
Selma Hindle, Mrs. E. A. Leh-
man and daughter. Miss Helen
Lehman, attended the recent
Travelogue at the Mosque in
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bah
cock. Mrs. Clifford Gray an d
Edward Hooper, both of Rich
mond. attended the funeral of
their uncle, Ross Hudgins, in
Norfolk last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Gordon Dick
erson were the guests of their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Dickerson. and
their young daughter in Rich
mond, last Sunday.
Mrs. H. C. Rucker entertain
ed at two tables of bridge at
her home on Friday afternoon
Her guests we're Mrs. j. D.
Rand, Mrs. E. H. Burke, Mrs.
S. v. Wheeler, Mrs. Thomas
TX, Jr.. Miss Lawrence
Baugham. Mrs. Harry E. Mar
lowe and Mrs. j. B. Mason.
Mrs. w. A. Mortimer and
daughter. Nancy. were in Rich
nlond on Saturday. They stopped
by on the way home to see Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Zimmerman
and had nice visit with them.
On Sunday. they and Mr.. Nor
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04

Miss Virginia Owenu. Of rhlla.
d.lphia. and friend are visiting
relatives near The Court House
II is always 2 great pleasure tn
see Miss Owens at Emmanuel
Church as she was brought ur
III the county. and is a member
Of the dear old church.
Mrs. Joe Matthews and Bruce
Matthews. of Raleigh. N. c., re-
Gently spent some time with the
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Matthews
at the manse. They enjoy the
infant son of the Matthews.
Mrs. Calvin Bell has been quite
sick as the flu paid her a visit.
Her son, Carlton. has been on
the sick list too, but he went
back to school or Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil McGloth-
lin paid Miss Birdie Baugh q
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04
Florida Vacations End

BELONA. Mar. 3 Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Brauer returned
from Florida last week, Their
friends arc glad 10 welcome
them home.
Mrs. Effie Blapdford has also
returned from Florida where she
spent q most ENJOYABLE time
Now. she Is visiting relatives III
Virginia.
The service at Emmanuel
Episcopal Church was conducted
by the Rev. Wilson Stitt at Ills
am. on Sunday. His spiritual
message was enjoyed by all
present. Some Of the members
were absent due to sickness.
Mrs. w. A. Nixon and Billy
Nixon. Of Orange, visited Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. D0bbinS last
week.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-03-04

timer visited Byrd A. Page at
Mcclure Veterans Hospital and
Lester Wallace at the Masonic
Home. Both are doing very well.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Boyer
and daughter. Kristie. were
overnight guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James w. Royal and Lin
da on Saturday They attended
the Mardi Gras dance at the
Amelia Golf and Country Club.
Linda and Kristie enjoyed play
ing together as they used to
when the Boyers were residents
of Amelia.
Friends Of Norman Hutchens
will be sorry to hear that he is
a patient at Mcguire Veterans
Hospital
Here From Arlington
MI. ana MIS-. Ben Ruckef, OF
Arlington, spent the week end
with his mother, Mrs. H. c.
Rucker They left on Sunday.
taking Mrs. Rucker home with
them for a short visit.
Week end guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Craig Asfman were Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Sowder and
daughter. Nancy. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gray Norman and daugh-
ter. Karen. ali Of Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. T h 0 N a D.
Lewis, their daughter and son,
were week end guests of her
Evening star., 1960-05-24
RALPH MeGILL

Our U-2 flights over Rus
sia gave us valuable informa-
ton. They revealed military
installations in unsuspected
areas. They confirmed the
heavy concentrations Of in
dustry in the Urals.
But we really need an in
telligence device which will
reveal knowledge of what is
going on in the Russian
mind. .
For some time. it has been
apparent that Soviet public
opinion makes itself felt, even
though there is no possible
way for the people to ex-
press opposition. For the past
year Soviet newspapers have
carried editorial rebukes of
public apathy. There has
been criticism that the So
Wet citizen does not any
longer appreciate the great
sacrifices made by the men
who made the revolution
and that they think too
much about comfort. Pre-
mier Khrushchev, himself,
revealed the WEAKNESS of the
people under Stain. That
Soviet masses welcomed the
easing of tensions and the
appearance Of more con-
sumner goods was undenied.
Their wish for peace is pro-
found.
All these factors must be
considered. There is a grow
ing belief here that the
Central Committees report
ed opposition is not to Mr..
~
Evening star., 1960-05-24
Khrushchey Viewed as Wanting
Democratic President to Talk to

Who killed Cock Robin in
Paris? Was it the admins
tration's blundering admis-
sion of U-2 espionage or was
it the brutal .Khrushchev
tactics? This has already be-
come an election issue.
The performance Of the
Red boss leads some observ-
ers to the conclusion that the
power drunk Mr.. KhruShchev
intends to choose next No
vember an American Presi-,
dent of his own liking. He
was unequivocal at Paris
when he said that he would
have no further dealings
with Mr.. Eisenhower but left
the door open for another
summit next year.
At the same time Mr..
Khrushchev announced that
he will have no truck with
Mr.. Nixon, the only Re-
publican candidate, whom
he has contemptuously COM
pared with a goat in a
cabbage patch" Hence, the
inescapable conclusion that
Mr.. Khruschev would talk
only to a Democratic Presi-
dent.
The "crowbar and sledge-
hammer" speech by Adlai
Stevenson in Chicago only
two days after Mr.. Khru-
schev had inSulted the
United States in the person
Of our President must have
been music to the Soviet
Premier. 1t would not be sur
prising If the Kremlin saw in
him a man who could be
handled in a future summit,
for Mr.. Stevenson is by no
means out of the presiden-
tial race.
Mr.. Khrushchev's views on
John Kennedy are uncertain
although the young hopeful
joined in the chorus that the
administration had killed
Cock Robin. According to re-
Evening star., 1960-05-24
Democrats Risk U.S.. Boomeronq

Council statement has been
indorsed by Adlai Stevenson,
former President Truman.
and Senators Symington and
Kennedy. But House Speaker
Sam Rayburn and the DEM
ocratic Majority Leader of
the Senate. Lyndon john
son, have risen above par
tisanship to stand by the
President. They concur In
the idea Of q formal inquiry
to get all the facts, but they
are not blaming their own
Government at q critical
time in the conduct of our
foreign relations.
A full discussion will, of
course, inform the Ameri-
can people on matters they
may not have noted be-
fore. Thus, when Adlai
Stevenson says Mr.. Khru-
shchev gave Mr.. Eisenhower
an "out" by affording him
a chance to say the flight
of Francis Powers was "un-
authorized" what would the
same Democrats have said
about Mr. Eisenhower when
a congressional inquiry sub
sequently revealed that he
had actually given a general
authorization for such flights
four years earliera Wouldn't
the Democrats have had
some basis then for crying
out that the President had
not told the truth and that
"the integrity of the word
OF the United States has
been put into doubt?
But Mr. Eisenhower pre-
ferred to tell the truth to
the whole world. For this he
is being pilloried, and, in
stead Of rallying behind their
Government, many OF the
Democrats, including the Ad-
visory Council. are encour-
aging Mr.. Khrushchev to
believe that the United
. States is divided and that
the President, to whom the
conduct of foreign relations
is specifically delegated by
the Constitution, does not
speak today for the Govern
ment of the United States.
This is hardly the way to
win elections. 1t could turn
out that the abortive at
tempts to play politics with
the summit conference fias-
CO, and to blame Mr.. Eisen-
hover for something Mr..
Khrushchev did, will put the
Democrats on the defensive
when they get on the stump.
Patriotic feeling in America
runs deeper than political
partiSanship.
(copyTight, 1900
Evening star., 1960-05-24
Free Worlds Great Need Is Some Way
To Look Into Soviet Mentality

Khrushchev's policy, but to
his method of implementing
it. Red China's protest is said
to have been critical of Mr..
Khrushchev because he gave
the impression that commu-
nism and capitalism could be
friends and intimates. In
formation here is that the
Chinese denounced this as
dulling the theological edge
Of Marxism. If Mr.. Kru-
shchev and Mr.. Eisenhower
were such good friends, then
it was not so easy for Com
muniSt leaders to convert
others to the opinion that
only communism offered the
good life. If Mr.. Eisenhower
was a good man and one
who wanted peace, then
communism's insistence that
only it sought peace for q
troubled world was under
mined. Mr.. Khrushchev, they
said, had gone too far in his
personal association with
capitalism. U.s.
The U-2 incident, and the
temporary insistence we
would not abandon such
flights. repeatedly caused the
Central Committee to react
most violently. 1t was almost
certainly a collective decision
to send Mr.. Khrushchev to
Paris with a written state
ment on policy and with
mimeographed copies of his
statement ready for distribu-
ton in three languages.
The best information now
is that the summit session
Evening star., 1960-05-24
CONSTANTINE BROWN =. -. 60
Summit Failure an Election Issue

the Labor Party be returned
to ONCE.
The results Of the Geneva
summit were negative for the
free world but served to
strengthen the then shaky
B & K team in Russia as
well as in East Germany,
Poland and Hungary where
the serfs had become rest
less.
Finally under the illusion
that relaxation could be
achieved after Mr.. Khru-
shchev had served an ulti--
matum on Berlin in Novem-
Der, 1858, Mr.. Eisenhower.
agreed once more to hold
another summit parley. It
was to be one of a series
which we were assured could
possibly lead to peace. He
agreed once more to particle
pate in a tragic farce which
would only help international
communism.
The record of the last II
years shows clearly that the
free world can expect no adj
vantage from personal diplo-
macy since it lost every time
it met the Red dictators in
secret conclaves. Despite this
indisputable record, our polit-
ical men do not seem to want
to learn their lesson. Today
when Mr.. Khrushchev's call
culated insults are still so
fresh in our minds there is
already talk among profess
sional politicians to continue
"at a more appropriate mo-
ment" these utilities known
as summit conferences. They
say that it is better to talk
than to fight, without telling
the propagandized public.
that there is another alter
native - to answer the cold
war with the cold shoulder.
The position of Mr.. Khru-
shchev would be seriously
endangered If the free world.
were to treat him and his
regime as an outcast with
whom there is no point in
arguing.
Evening star., 1960-05-24
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike prepares to address the Nation the Paris con-
ference He has his for Khrushchev last
of summit"
The House committee legislative oversight may probe
the U2 MISUNDERSTANDING its to the committee
executive overnight.
There nothing wrong with open skies policy but
did have to combine it with open skulls policy?
Q-Why Republicans stretching their Chicago con-
venon to four days? A-Some want to postpone the
nomination of Nixon until the last possible moment.
With rs metaphors still out the literary crque of the
Paris conference stands KhrShchev torpedoed summit
with q crowbar and q sedge hammer.
Evening star., 1960-05-24

friends. This is one case
where the verdict-which is
expected to be pro-America
will not be the end Of the
story. -.
What the diplomats will be
assessing for their home Offices
will be Americas capacity to
pick itself up from the floor
overcome past mistakes and as
sert confident future leader
ship. A mere assertion of mo-
rality and basic goodwill will
not do that job; it will not be
enough for the Russians to be
proved hypocritical; Americans
must show stamina and brains
The main burden falls on
Chief American Delegate Hen
ry Cabot Lodge whose expert
ence fortunately includes
journalism, Congress, World
War II combat and diplomacy.
1t is, perhaps, only fair that
his vital role, handed to him
on the eve Of the Republican
National Convention, might
give him a shot at the nomi-
nation for Vice President.
A major architect of the
Eisenhower draft in 1852, Mr..
Lodge had the misfortune to
be running that year for re-
election to the Senate against
the then Representative John
F. Kennedy, whose star quality
is now so apparent. He had
always been too modern in
spirit and too internationalist
for the old guard congressional
leadership; in a gesture toward
it, President Eisenhower, al
Evening star., 1960-05-24
Prevalence of Soviet Spying Is Viewed
AS Giving u. S. Initial ADVANTAGE

Repair Of the American
world position has begun in
the United Nations with the
debate on espionage. Many
reasons raise it above the
level Of a mere diplomatic
exercise. .-.... ....-l
The obvious one is the
part played by the U-2 in
telligence flights In the
break-up of the summit
meeting. No matter how
blame is assessed for the
breakup. that meeting ex-
pressed the worlds hunger
for peace and its fear Of
nuclear war. All its partic-
ipants are therefore on trial
in the court of world opin-
ion.
The prevalence of spying
gives the United States, an
initial advantage in the
argument; Soviet use of
spies is so universally ac-
knowledgedi that its COM
plants would be ludicrous If
they stood alone. Other ma
tions also know that they
are not exempt from human
error; their anxiety in this
instance comes from the
fact that the stakes in terms
Of survival are so high.
The United States, in
short, is in a tight place.
How it gets out of it and
the means by which it
wrings a favorable verdict
from a well-disposed court
will be studied carefully
everywhere, especially by its
Evening star., 1960-05-24
The Minds of KremIin Leaders

would have gone of as
scheduled but for the U-2
incident. This, and the
bungling of it, was a dis
aster. 1t is certainly true that
Mr.. sKhrushchev, by his
boorishness and vulgarity did
turn public opinion strongly
toward Mr.. Eisenhower.
But. the hard headed
career men in our Govern
ment privately admit that
Mr.. Khrushehev scored sub
stantial gains and that we
are much the poorer. They
point out that we now can
not very well resume the U-2
flights. This one source of
intelligence is ended. We will
be seriously restricted in fu-
ture use of our airbases. We
may lose some. In these days
of reassessment, European
comment is noting that Gen.
de Gaulle some time ago in
sisted on removal of all
atomic bombers from France.
The Russians did not win
everything. It is still believed
here that they need to have
an easing of tensions and
a settlement of the Berlin
problem short of war. They
can hardly want to set the
world of on an all-out
atomic arms race. But Mr..
Khrushchev. by his rabid
arrogance, has made all but
impossible any future nego-
tiations. 1t is possible he may
have overplayed his hand
with his own people and the
Central Committee. He may
f1nd he has undermined his
usefulness at home.
All this is for the future.
Evening star., 1960-05-24
DAVID LAWRENCE

Many, Of the Democrats in
Congress. as well as the DEM
ocratic Advisory Council, are
trying to make a campaign
issue out Of the charge that
President Eisenhower gave
Soviet Premier Khrushchey
the opportunity to blow UP
the summit conference. But
the issue may boomerang
against them.
For, as the New York
Times pointed out in its edi-
torial yesterday, Mr.. Knru-
shchev at Paris used the U-2
incident as a pretext" and
admitted in his Berlin speech.
q few days later that his
primary reason was the firm
Western stand on Germany
and Berlin indicated in what
he termed the Sharply and
arrogantly provocative
speeches of Secretary Herter.
Undersecretary Dillon and
Vice President Nixon"
On the same page appeared
also a Paris dispatch from
c. L. Sulzberger, the eminent
commentator on, world af-
fairs. who writes that Mos
COW has never objected to
unnamed reconnaissance by
our Tiros-1 Photographic sat-
elite" and that, as Gen. de
Gaulle tried to argue with
the Soviet Premier, "the new
Soviet space ship was cross
ing France 18 times a day"
even while Mr.. Khrushchev
was clamoring in Paris about
the U-2 affair. Mr.. Sulzberger
reveals also that Russia has
known for four years about
the U-2 flights and that the
Soviets knew at least since
June, 1859, that in West
Germany we had put togeth-
er. from U-2 pictures, a topo-
graphic map Of Russia" ..
The implication Of the
Democratic Advisory Coun-
cil's statement that, If the
plane episode hadn't oc-
CURED, all would have been
sweetness and light at the
Paris summit conference is
hard to believe.
Even more baffling is the
reasoning Of Adlai Stevenson,
who, in his Chicago political
speech the other day, said
that when Mr.. Khrushchev
gave the President an out by
suggesting that he was not
responsible for ordering the
flight, the President proudly