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Governor Expresses
Thunks to Persons
Who Helped in Elmer.

Governor Merwin yesterday
expressed to the people OF the
Virgin Islands his deep appre-
citation to all those who gave
Of their time and energy in
helping to make sure that the
people who were. evacuated
from their homes and those
who required to take shelter,
would be adequately provided
for.
The Governor particularly
expressed his thanks to Radio
Station VISTA, the Home
Guard, the Clergy, Govern
ment Employees who were on
the job and all other groups
who worked together as q
team in this emergency.
, 1960-09-08
Roturidns AmongMo
Generous Contribute
To Hurricane Victims

Among those contributing
to the aid Of victims Of the
hurricane in Anguilla are the
members Of the Rotary Club
of St. Crox. They contributed
an amount exceeding 1915 is
cash in addition to clothing,
shoes and other items badly
needed.
Michael Du Shant, Secre-
tary Of the Red Cross said that
some Of the cash collected will
be used to purchase building
materials and other items that
are badly needed and are not
among the items given in by
contributors.
Mr.. Du Shant said that the
response for aiding a neighbor
is greatly appreciated.
Seventy-five per cent Of the
on AnguilIa have been
Continued oil page Al
, 1960-09-08
ST. Croix Relies to
Aid Stricken British
Islond Of Anguillq

Residents of st. Croix re-
spending to appeals for aid,
have been contributing food,
clothing, supplies and cash
through the local Red Cross
Chapter for the people Of An
guilla whose condition is des-
perate. Volunteers are assist
ing Michael Du Shant, the Red
Cross Secretary, in getting the
supplies together for ship
ment.
Thus far, 0 n e thousand
lbs. of food has been Hown to
the island by courtesy Of an
airline and DR.. Conrad Ste
vens, Municipal Physician,
went along. He is familiar
with the island and knows
many if not all the people
there. Thus he will see that
, 1960-09-08

the supplies IS handled BY the
right persons. He Will also
give what medical help he can,
make q survey Of the needs
and report back to st. Croix.
Two more boats are being
readied to take supplies; one is
the "Endeavoro which went
TO St. Thomas and will bring
back whatever contributions
they have and then pick up
he balance here. The Endora
Edwards is being loaded and
will depart this evening and
be in Anguilla within twelve
hours.
, 1960-09-08
Governor. PhYsiciun
Visit Anegudu. Virgin
Gordd With Med. Sup.

GOVernOr MerWln, Dr. war
ZEN Smith, Lieutenant McCor-
mick of the Coast Guard boat
stationed in st. Thomas, Vir-
gin Islands and Mrs. Johnson
from the National Red Cross,
Washington, p. G., flew to
Anegada and Virgin Gorda on
September s, 1860 to check on
W h a t assistance might be
needed for the people Of Ane-
gada and Virgin Gorda.
The Governor stated that
the Government Of the Virgin
Islands would render all as
SlStance possible, and ne was
sure the people Of the Virgin
Islands would do likewise in
trying to alleviate the suffer-
ings a n d hardships which
would prevail in the areas
damaged by hurricane Donna.
The Coast Guard amphibi-
GUS plane was loaded with
medical supplies in Puerto
Rico, and picked UP the Cover
nor and his party at the Harry
S. Truman airport, and de-
parted to the stricken areas.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-02-11
A Book
Review
A CHURCH SCHOOL. BY Ralph
McGill. Abingdon Press. New
York Nashville so pages. So.

Unpretentious Ralph McGill, 1t
seems safe to assume, would
rather be writing about pleasant
things, would rather not be turn
ing out copy which causes the
blood to boil in many quarters
and which makes his name an
epithet to some subscribers when
the morning Atlanta Constitution
arrives in Georgia towns.
How satisfying it is when an
editor can write commentary
about topics dear to the hearts
of his readers when he can,
with honesty, predict a bright
and wholesome future for his
area, praise the general course
of public action and editorialize
about the salubrius regional
climate.
AS a combatant of extremist
groups, soft spoken and hospit-
able Ralph Emerson McGill does
not look the part. There is Moth
ing of the reform zealot in his
manner.
But McGill, despite his easy
going exterior, has a core OF stub
born purpose which makes it i'm
possible for him to trade the dis
charge of professional duty for
1noo1 ncfnono
This quality has led him to face
headon the tangled dilemma OF
the South, with all its passionate
alarms and resort to extreme pro-
cesses-to take an answering
stand for the minority viewpoint
in his state in the face of certain
opprobrium.
1t also led him last year to re-
ceive a Pulitzer Prize for "cour-
ageous and effective editorial
leadership in the midst of trou-
bled times"
In this book are % of his plain
spoken editorial columns, start
inc with the one, "A Church, A
School," which brought him ma
tionwide acclaim and the Pulit-
ger award. This opening column
was written shortly after the dy-
namiting of a Jewish temple in
Atlanta and high school in
Clinton, Tenn. 1t ends with this
admonition:
For a long time now II has
been needful for all Americans
to stand up and be counted on the
side Of law and the due process Of
law-even when to do so goes
Continued on Page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-02-11
Mansfield, Texas

Mansfield, Texas
Dear P. D.
Your January ID Petal Paper
finally arrived, with its story
about the OARS book-burning
campaign. Man, / admire you
more and more. How you could
control your feelings the way
you do in your remarks is mi
raculous to me. You know what
those dear souls are going to do?
I'll put a bet on it. They'll ban
my book in Mississippi on the
grounds of my Un-Mississippi ac-
tiVities.
Lord, all of this has been set
tied and solved so often | don't
know how you bear to live in
the midst of such Sitting stu
pidity. The Scholastics proved
in the middle-ages that the au-
thor's personal qualities should
not enter into any evaluation OF
his work. The work itself is the
sole criterion of judgment. Oscar
Wilde was only being a good
Thomist when he wrote: ''The
fact of a man't being poisoner
is nothing against his prose"
Yet, here in this enlightened
age, these women are saying
that no matter how proper the
work, we cannot have textbooks
by authors who are not fit to
write them. What dumb-eyed
sponsorship of the ignorant and
the mediocre, especially when
their basis of judgment is SO per-.
| sonal, so disreputable. BY this
standard Cor parallel ones of au-
thors' fitness
Lord, everything that is great
in literature and thought can be
| banned, for by the prevented
standards of someone, somewhere
(or some group, somewhere any
human who has ever lived can IN
some way be judged unfit-and
this of course does not exclude
! the Biblical writers.
The reasoning of the OAR in
this instance could be destroyed,
shattered and shredded by any
freshman student in philosophy
who has had only three classes
in logic. What this sort of an ex-
/ ample does to the school child
is infinitely more damaging than
any possible harm he could suf-
fer from reading these textbooks
especially those in which Nc
Leish is cited.
This reasoning is an embodi-
ment of the most obvious Of the
logical fallicies, the argumentum
ad hominem appeal to tn e
Mam-an attempt to discredit
the opponents argument (work)
by discrediting the opponent
himself. Frequently it takes the
form of mere name-calling. 1t IN
wolves an attempt to destroy the
opponents reputation. (Krey-
chez.
This was common knowledge
1000 years ago. | would happily
offer to the Mississippi OAR a
brief list and description of the
traditional fallacies of logic
(Which lead to fallacies of judg-
ment) as an aid to them to pre-
vent their showing themselves in
4 quite such an innocent light, (for
this sort of innocence is too en-
barrassing) but l feel sure they
would find these corner stones of
right reason unfit"
They must indeed have con-
tempt for the minds of Missis-
| sippians-for the fallacies are
most often employed because
they have remarkable way of
making a permanent impression
upon an unreflecting mind"
/ Continued on Page 81
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-02-11
BY P. D.

And now again. attention the of one
Clyde of the mail received since last September
premes remembered Mr. Kennard who attempted
Mississippi Southern College Hateburg and arrest
charged with liquor possession and reckless driving The ma
ory received asked Whatever happened to Clyde
briefly the OF the col
ege the Forrest County poke then released on
bond Justice of the Peace court and fined as recall
dollars He appealed the case to county court ana the
upheld he paid the fne but don't Know
that may appeal higher court In event.
doesn't really matter purpose his arrest has been served
So any misunderstanding let again
that treated with respect and courtesy while on the
MISC last September by the administration faculty. ana stu
obviously thumpedu charges were in no way
with the college insofar I've been able determine In
deed mattered little what anyone on the may
felt the school let's be realistic about
rather clear the matter OF indignation don't
think it's right a ALL but it's hell clear
Enough DEPRESSING Last month"; the 26h there appeared In
daily Haesburg letter from Clyde kennard
addressed to the editor read with interest and houg II may
interested in whatever happened Clyde
something well as what Mr. kennad
thinking could comment at length on the letter out Wouo
indeed haven't the do it. However, basica
ly say with the soft SELF of Kennad but dis
of skrtng the law OF the
Nat Be that as it herwith is the letter:
the problem of indignation which faces our
this time prompts to offer statement not IN DEFENSE OF
my Mississippi Southern College, but
PLANTATION position public school integration
Mississippi State supported four year
college situation home makes it difficult
for education On this account
unable attend school for nearly five BY
Mississippi Southern College problem would be solved as could
home and attend school,
aware OF the race PROB
nothing constantly occupied thoughts
that those
who benefited by policy OF
vae the that this segregation
what the cost ourselves and f
generations.
Unfortunately, perhaps have been able to myself
anyone able that this really the
Mississippi to follow at this critical juncture in
history.
Those separation theory generally
saw Negro White students the schools would
mixing White and Negro blood to the extent OF des
troyng result of their and social
history developed moral habits until would be
degrading for them associate with Neg
70 advanced ho
lasticay would be injustice to Negro
them in the class Neg
ro development White students this would end
even development which they capable making
themselves racy negrated Negro teachers
other income here in Mississippi
the State completely employment and schools main
Negro people facilities and teachers to those
White then the schools equal total
Although, underestimate the Importance
attach being certain racial have not
discern noticeable difference other than color between
q good White and good Black and Yellow
commission of eminent social scientists
study colleges and universities which have
Continued PageD
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-02-11
Cleaned From Our MoiI =
Views And Opinions From Readers

Rights. In the name of Jeff Davis.
Madam. I'm sorry.
PDE.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-02-11
P. O. Box 1874
Jackson Heights, N. Y

P. D. East:
IRE: New York Times story on
you January llth.)
1t serves you right You are a
fanatic, and a stupid man to ex-
pose your family to such hard
ships, socially and otherwise. In
my opinion you are a HALF
BAKED INTELLECTUAL. You
fell for the northern propaganda.
We UP here DO NOT want to
associate with negroes. The poll
ticians don't either. They carry
on for the almighty VOTE.
/ am European born but my
sympathy is with the Southern
whites. It's terrible to have ne
groes everywhere. Mississippi has
more colcrel than white. AS it
is, we have here MORE killings,
more raping of white women by
negroes than ever before. The
ignorant are growing arrogant,
BELLIGERANT. The rabble ne
gro has been AROUSED.
Better class negroes stay out OF
it. The better class n e 6 r o
LOATHES his own KIND and
YOUR KIND. / was told this by
one.
You ARE stupid man, indeed.
j. Bouey
(Mrs. M. S. Bouey)
Madam:
AS the late Mr.. Mencken used
to say. You may be right" Any
way. your first paragraph re-
minds me Of what my sainted ole
grandpappY used to say to me.
Son. 20 railways gotta watch out
fer them damnYankees. They're
full of propaganda" / guess ]
just wasn't looking out when ]
read the Constitution Of the Unit
ed States and then that north
ern propaganda" The Bill Of
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-02-11
Castro Valley, Calf.

Castro Valley, Calf.
Sir:
In a recent edition you printed
the brief biography of Jesus,
which you called Zone Solitary
Life" and said that the author
was unknown.
Not so! The author was Phillips
Brooks Q835-93) the great poet
preacher of the Episcopal Church,
Bishop of Massachusetts, who also
wrote the words for 20, Little
Town of Bethlehem"
Sincerely,
(s) Eleanor Sekerak.
Roslyn, ~ Y
Dear p. D.:
It is hard to overestimate adj
vertising's power to influence
public opinion. / have wondered
if there were people in advertis-
ing who would be willing to try
something which, as far as |
know, has not been tried, with
the urpose of lettering race re-
lations: would they let us see,
now and then, Negro and Orient
al models in ads in our national
publications, newspapers, and on
T.V.? Cor instance, in super
market scene, might we see white
and Negro shoppers, as we do, IN
fact, see in our supermarketsO
I would hope that this might
be done quietly and matter-of-
factly. Simply an admission that
our citizens of minority groups
wear fashionable clothes, buy
cars, brush their teeth and have
headaches. / think they would
be encouraged to see themselves
thus represented # this innova.
ton should be accepted by the
public, we would all have reason
to be encouraged.
Sincerely,
Cicely de Neergaard
(Mrs. w. F.)
Evening star., 1960-09-11
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30.9S
Evening star., 1960-09-11
HUNTER TEA CARTS

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shelves. lex28x33" high. 20.9S
lip. Teo wooon with 4 built-in VOL
nut Morlite matching snack troys
in diomond pottern. Cart size,
34xl 7x35". Troys, l6xl4x22".
The set, 20.9S
Evening star., 1960-09-11
ARTISAN HANDWOVEN BASKETS
90 each
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for all home decorating needs We hove mony of these
finely coed boskets from which choose you'll just have to
and browse You're to find severo that fit in with
your decor theme. Your.choice, 100
Evening star., 1960-10-21
Report Of Decline
In Prestige Denied
By White House
Ry the Assoeiated Press

The White House denied yes
terday that a presidential COM
mittee on United States infor-
nation activities has reported
a decline in United States
prestige.
Accounts to that effect are
grossly in error" said Mans
fleld p. Sprasue. chairman Of
the committee. in q statement
released By the White House.
I'm the nrst place." said Mr..
Sprague, "this committee has
made no report. In the second
place. 1t has made no findings.
I'm the third place, while 1t
is true that this committee Is
concerning itself with ways and
means Of Improving Govern
ment activities in the inter-
national information field, the
committee has made no con.
clusions as to the status Of
United states prestige
abroad :. y
Mr.. sprague said it is his
personal opinion. based on ali
the facts Of which ] am aware, +"
that the United States Is today
the most respected Nation in
the world and It's prestige is
pre-eminent.
Evening star., 1960-10-21
FILM

Continued From First Page
shows President Franklin D.
Roosevelt at Yalta).
But there are exceptions, the
story goes on:
"The brave men of Greece
were about to be subjugated by
communism. But the new era
knew how to produce men who
did not yield to communism.
Europe was recovering from the
devastation of a war. Greece
needed help. A young Con-
gressman, Richard Nixon. saw
the situation (here the film
shows Mr.. Nixon in Greece.
Help was sent (clips show the
arrival Of United States goods
in Greece. The Communists
were stopped"
Italy also was devastated by
the war and needed help. the
Aim points out with pictures
and commentary. Young Con-
gresham Richard Nixon" saw
they received it, says the COM
mentator. There is a picture of
Mr.. Nixon meeting the late
Pope Plus XII.
Dramatic shots of the 1856
Evening star., 1960-10-21
U. S. Studying
NATO's Arms

The State Department said
today it is studying with the
United States NATO allies
long-range military plans but
has reached mo final conclu-
sions and has made no pro-
posal."
Press Ofhcer Joseph Reap
gave this response when asked
about reports from London
and Paris that the United
States has proposed to provide
the NATO military command
with separate atomic weap-
on capability centered in mis-
Sile-equipped nuclear subma-
rineS.
!, Mr.. Reap said: "As we have
indicated previously. studies
are under way in the United
States Government in connec-
ton with NATO long range
planning. While questions in
volved in this planning have
been discussed informally with
NATO. the United States has
reached no final conclusions
and has made no proposal"
Evening star., 1960-10-21
Eligible Voters
Put at 80 Million
d. the Associated Prom

A Democratic campaigner
forecast today that more than
80 million Americans will be
eligible to vote in this years
presidential election.
representative Frank
Thompson of New Jersey,
chairman Of his party's ma
tional voters registration COM
mittee, estimated that more
than rs million men and wo-
men have registered for the
November 8 election.
This, he said, is an increase
Of nearly 9.5 million over 1858,
and the increase may top 10
million.
The total, he said, does not
take into account Alaska and
North Dakota, where voters
are not required to register, or
Idaho, Nebraska, South Caro-
lima and Utah, where registra-
ton still is in progress.
Evening star., 1960-10-21
ENVOY
Continued FrOm Firxt Pare

Continued From First Page
red. Dressed in a cutaway and
striped trousers, he jumped to
his feet and lunged toward the
speakers rostrum. He called
out in German at the top Of his
voice and waved his program
Then he stopped and turned
around to leave the hall. But
after a few steps he turned
again toward Mr.. Erhard and
shouted more protests. These
words again were drowned in
the general uproar.
Mr.. Erhard looked puzzled
and hesitated. then continued
with his speech. His words also
were drowned out.
An unidentified German OH
cial in formal dress took the
Soviet Ambassador by the arm,
pulled him around and nudged
him to the exit.
Later in the day, the West
German government and the
Soviet Embassy expressed re-
gretS.
A West German government
spokesman said HanS-Joachim
Won Merkatz went to the Soviet
Embassy to express the govern
ment's regrets to Mr.. Smirnov
The spokeSmen emphasized it
was a diplomatic formality and
by no means an apology.
The spokesman said a similar
expression of regret was re-
ceived from the Soviet Embassy.
Evening star., 1960-10-21
Pastors Talk
Is Sent Out
Anonymously

MIDLAND. Tex, Oct. 81
(AP).-The pastor Of the First
Baptist Church of Dallas said
last night he did not know who
distributed copies Of a sermon
he made opposing a Catholic
for President.
The Rev. w. A. Criswell said
ITO distribute the sermon
anonymously would be a proce-
dure for which I would have no
explanation at ALL" He was here
for a revival.
The Justice Department in
Washington said yesterday ii
was conducting a number OF
investigations into current
campaign literature. Among the
items dealing with the religious
issue was the pamphlet repro
ducing DR.. Criswell'S sermon.
In the June sermon, DR.. Cris-
well opposed the election OF
Senator Kennedy because Of his
Roman Catholic religion.
Ofhcials of the Justice De-
partment said all of its in
vestigagtions were to determine
whether any of the distributions
of political material were in
violation Of a Federal law which
requires that sponsorship be
clearly stated. Some repro
ductions Of DR.. Criswell's
sermon failed to identify the
sponsors. they said.
In another development, a
Evening star., 1960-10-21

in some areas are not as IA.
vorable to the Republican can.
didate as those he was report
ing, he said "the reports we are
getting universally are either
as favorable as we had hoped
for or more so."
Mr.. Klein said polls just
taken for the Nixon organlza-
tion by Claude Robinson, Inc,
Of Research Park, Princeton,
N. J.. in four States show; Ten
nessee, So per cent for Mr..
Nixon and Al per cent for Sen
ator Kennedy: Kentucky, So
per cent for Mr.. Nixon and 42
per cent for Senator Kennedy;
Pennsylvania. So per cent for
Mr.. Nixon and 81 per cent for
Senator Kennedy: Illinois, the
same as PennsyIvaaia.
He added that preliminary
reports on q poll being taken
In California make US very
optimistic" about that State.
He also called attention to q
newspaper poll recently pub
lished in Texas which showed
Mr.. Nixon leading Senator
Kennedy a to 80 per cent on
October l3 as compared to q
Kennedy lead Of 20 to SO per
cent in August. The October
figures showed II per cent un-
decided, with about 6 per cent
leaning toward Mr.. Nixon and
5 per cent leaning toward Sen.
ator Kennedy, he said.
Mr.. Klein said Ray Bliss,
Ohio State Republican chair
man, reported a poll in the
Ohio 18th congressional dis
trict, which he described as
normally Democratic although
1t went for President Eisen-
hover in 1856, showed Mr..
Nixon with a A to II per cent
lead now as compared to a 48
to Al per cent Kennedy lead
in July.