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Evening star., 1960-06-24

A dispute that could shake
the character of historic La
fayette Square opposite the
White House for years to come
today famed out to both
Houses of Congress.
1t probably will be settled
next week in a Senate House
conference on the big Inde-
pendent Offices funds bill.
Conferees' action, in turn,
will be guided by a decision,
also due next week, on the
square in the House Public
Works Committee.
The question is whether to
build a new Federal court east
of the square or to preserve the
Dolley Madison and Benjamin
Tayloe houses and the old
BelaSco Theater now on the
site, on Madison place NV.
Congress so far has favored
the court. District residents
are fighting to retain the flavor
of old Washington by saving
the two houses and theater.
Lawmakers Aid Fight
Rallying to the support of
city traditionalists are Sena-
tor Cooper, Republican of Ken
lucky, and Democratic Sena-
tors Muskie of Maine, Nc
Carthy of Minnesota and Cru
ening of Alaska. In the House,
Representative T h ompSo
Democrat of New Jersey, stands
ready to make a last ditch
stand to preserve the square,
These four Senators today
announced they had vote d
against the Lafayette Square
site in the Senate Public Works
Committee. They urged Presi-
den Eisenhower to consider
shifting the location of the
court if Congress frees money
to construct it.
"The square now provides a
harmonious and beautiful set
ting for the White House, "
their statement said. Intro
duction of an office-type build
ing of modern architecture and
design will detract from the
character of the area.
"Such important areas should
be preserved to provide the
people of our country and of
other nations with a sense Of
history, traditions and beauty" "
they added.
The Senators warned that
one Office building might
follow another in the neighbor-
hood. Above all, "unimagina-
tive square block structures"
should be avoided in the
shadow of the White House,
they said.
Uphill Fight Seen
They are pitted against tre-
mendous odds. There is a
pressing need for new Federal
buildings in the Capital. The
budget for the court already
has passed both houses in diff
ferent forms.
More illusory. but perhaps
more potent is the influence of
Federal judges themselves who
want the court near the White
Evening star., 1960-06-24

Massachusetts, and Young OF
North Dakota.
Senate Unit Approves
The Senate Public Works
Committee, in surprise action
yesterday, voted. 9 to 4, for the
Lafayette square site, rejecting
an alternate location in South
west Washington.
Representative Jones, Demo-
crat of Alabama, who handles
public buildings for the House
Public Works Committee, ia
vors the Lafayette location.
too. He planned to discuss his
committee clearance today
with members. The next House
Works Committee meeting is
scheduled for Thursday.
Without Works Committee
approval, the court item could
be knocked out of the budget
on the House floor. With COM
mittee clearance, the court still
could be voted down. But mem
bers are almost sure to follow
the advice of their conferees
on the court.
A Citizens Committee 10
save Lafayette Square today
branded the Senate Works
Committee approval of the
court as shocking"
1T is to be hoped the de-
cision will be reconsidered and
that the public's views and
rights regarding the public
square will be given the con-
sideration to which they are
entitled" maintained Carl
Levin. chairman, and Hobart
A. Spalding, vice chairman.
Evening star., 1960-06-24
Homeowner Group
Meeting in Arlington

A former citizen of Jordan
will discuss the problems Of
persons in his native
land at a meeting of the Ar
lington Homeowners Fedora
ton tonight.
The speaker will be Aziz Audi.
The meeting will begin at 8
pm. at Broyhill Auditorium,
46l0 Lee highway.
Evening star., 1960-06-24

however, that even if the city
scrapes up local revenue, this
money could not be used for
the proposed projects.
Mr.. Mcmillan at the close of
the hearing, said that the COM
mittee hopes to take prompt
action on the tax bill.
Evening star., 1960-06-24

PEACHES LEE LOVINGLY
ACCEPTED the folds of
bunting and led the way
outside. Citizens, Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts and the color
guard of the American
Legion followed.
All departed from the
shiny new furniture, furnish
ingS and appointments of the
building except the assistant
postmaster of Middleburg,
Scotty Coma.
He had his assignment. He
was to play The Star
Spangled Banner" over the
public address system from
a large composite record
borrowed from a radio sta
ton.
He had no doubts about his
competence because the en-
gineer at the radio station
had showed him the groove
on the big record which
started the National Anthem.
From without he could
hear the officer of the color
guard shout, Present Arms!"
He could see them through
the window, a dozen shiny
bayonets going up into rigid
position and his boss, Peaches
Lee, making the first pull on
the halyards that would send
Old Glory to the top of the
mast.
But the loudSpeakers blaret
Way Down Upon the Swanee
River"
Evening star., 1960-06-24
The
Rambler
Recalls
FIoe-Ruisine Snofu
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The village of Middleburg
is half way between Alexan-
dria and Winchester on
Route so. The road is a
straight line for the most
part. 1t was laid out by
George Washington when he
was a young surveyor.
Middleburg is the heart of
the horse country. Upperville,
Warrenton and Leesburg are
on the outskirts.
1t has the Red Fox Inn,
an 18-century stone house
and the Middleburg National
Bank, and a new post office.
It's a very handsome build
ing, Georgian, late 18th
century-Style, a brick Struc-
ture quite consistent with
Middleburg's tradition.
The building was dedicated
Saturday, May %. Peaches
Lee, the postmaster, saw to
it that there was a fitting
ceremony.
He invited the community,
which includes some of the
richest and, of course, some
of the poorest people in the
United States.
About $50 attended. There
were functionarieS in uni
form, Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts and the color guard
of the American Legion's
Middleburg post.
The rector of the Episcopal
Church, the Rev. E. A. de
Bordenave, who somehow or
other is known as "Froggy,"
gave the benediction and told
a few jokes.
The Gallo spirit of the
occasion was continued by
the Deputy Assistant Post
master General in charge of
real estate, a Mr.. Kenneth
Rabidoux. His remarks about
the Importance of Middle
burg, the Importance of its
citizens and the Importance
of the new post Office were
we'll received.
Then came the ceremonial
sacrifice. A beautiful, i'm
maculate new national en-
sign with so stars was to be
flung to the breeze.
Evening star., 1960-06-24
HouseVotes
Purchase Fund
For Hill Site
Ruyburn Backs
SIS Million OutIuy
To Buy z Blocks

n Do nllllOH appropriation
to acquire two square blocks
of property near the Capitol
has survived determined op-
position in the House.
Speaker Rayburn personally
spoke for the appropriation
and others promised that THE
strong arm of the Government
will be tempered with mercy"
On a 252-to-141 roll call
late yesterday, the House de-
feated an attempt to knock
the SIS million item out of a
$49.215.700 supplemental money
bill for various Federal and
District programs during the
remainder of the present fiscal
year. 1t then approved the bill
on voice vote and sent it
to the Senate.
The Capitol Hill tract ques-
tion and a $2.9 million addi-
tional outlay for the Jefferson
National Memorial construction
project in st. Louis were the
only provisions to provoke
debate. Wrangling over the
Hill property purchasing pro-
posal was by far the longest
and most bitter.
East of House Offices
AS recommended by the
House Appropriations Commit
tee and upheld by the House
yesterday, the $5 million would
permit acquisition of property
located between independence
avenue and C street and be-
tween First and Second streets
Sc, directly east of the Old
House Office Building. The
property along independence
avenue consists mainly of bus
ineSS establishments.
Representative Jonas, Re-
publican of North Carolina, led
the unsuccessful fight to pre-
vent the purchase. He declared
that 40 or so businesses would
be evicted and that some have
incurred obligations for new
equipment and material that
they cannot pay off for several
years. He said residents of the
two blocks would have diff
Guilty finding other dwelling
places.
Moreover" he maintained,
I'VE would be taking all that
property off the District tax
rolls at the very time we are
refusing a request for an addi-
tional 81 million in the Federal
payment to the District"
He was referring to the APP
preparations Committees re-
fusal to grant that request. No
move was made in the House
yesterday to restore it to the
bill.
Rayburn Defends Plan
In one of his comparatively
rare speeches on the House
floor, Speaker Rayburn, who is
chairman of the House Office
Building Commission, defended
the planned acquisition as good
business and as fair to present
occupants of the affected area
This move can be tempered
with mercy" he told the House
"Those people won't be driven
out before they can find other
places and probably better
places. 1t may be two or three
or perhaps as long as five
years."
Mr.. Rayburn insisted, how
ever, that the property should
be acquired at this time because
it is a location that Lies in
a place where the Capitol
grounds must go if they are
expanded in the future"
Evening star., 1960-06-24

Massachusetts, and Young c
North Dakota.
Evening star., 1960-06-24
Lafayette Square Building Plans
Stir Lost-Ditch Congress Fight

House. One judge, Marvin
Jones of the Court of Claims,
is a Texas mentor of Senate
Majority Leader Johnson and
a lifelong friend of House
Speaker Sam Rayburn.
The situation is complicated
by the requirement that the
court building be approved not
only by the Senate and the
House on recommendation OF
their Appropriation Commit
tees, but also by the Public
Works Committees on both
sides.
Double Check Noted
1t is this double check on
Federal buildings which gives
Lafayette square preservation
lists their chance to block the
court construction.
But each day counts in the
situation. Here is how matters
stand:
A Senate-passed budget car
ries S13 million for the build
ing to house the Court OF
Claims, Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals, and the United
States Tax Court.
The House cleared the budget
without the court item.
Conferees have not been
named by the House. But the
Senate team to go to confer
ence consists of Democratic
Senators Magnuson of Wash.
ington, Hill of Alabama, Ellen
der of Louisiana, Robertson oi
Virginia, Holland of Florida
and Anderson of New Mexico
and Republican Senators Allott
of Colorado, Saltonstall Of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-24

$50 into the path Of tracor-trailcr
operated by Paul Kirk Kenney, 80,
bayfield,, Va Kenney was unable
to stop due to the snow-covered
road and the suddenness of the car
shooting in front of him.
But, Trooper Neoschel said, he
veered to the side of the road and
missed the car. In doing so the big
rig hit a panel truck that was at
tached to a house trailer.
The house trailer and panel
were parked off the road. The
house trailer was missed but $500
damage was done the truck. 1t was
knocked about 25 yards, the troop
CT said
The only person injured was an
occupant of the trailer who was
hit in the head by falling skillet
that was Jared from shelf in
the kitchen. She was Anna Belle
Simmons. She was not admitted to
any hospital.
After hitting the panel truck the
tractor-trailer jackknifed on the
road. Trooper Noeschel said he
charged Sweitzcr with failing to
come to halt at stop sign.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-24

Mr.. and Mrs Stanley Weesc, of
near Red House.
Mr., and Mrs. John Evans and
Mrs. Pauline Cooper visited the
Galcn Rohrbaughs, Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Cosner accom-
panied by his mother, Zela Cosncr
and children, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Harold Workman and family, of
Big Brownfield, Pa, on Sunday.
Mrs. Workman was formerly Miss
Annabel.e Cosner.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bittinger
and Carl visited the John Evans
family last Friday evening.
Allen Stone visited his grand
parents, MIR and Mrs. Elmer Sell
ders, last Saturday and Sunday
night
Sunday afternoon visitors of the
Clifford REALS were Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll Deem and Mrs. Porter
Jordan.
Miss Shirley Miller spent Tues
dav night with her grandmother,
Mrs. Dora Gordon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-24
Triple Crash Occurs
AT Allegheny Front

A car, tractor-trailer, panel
truck and a house trailer figured
in an unusual mishap on U. S.
route So at the intersection of
route 81 at Allegheny Front on
Monday morning.
State Trooper r. L. Noeschel,
of the Keyser detachment, said the
mishap occurred at $50 a M. and
was triggered by George Edward
SWcitzer. Al. of Kitzmillcr.
The officer said Sweitzer going
north on rutc AZ pulled onto route
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-18

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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14
BY LULIE PATTESON

For one who loves to delve into
the religious and social customs
Of our country for the past 200
years, the church clerk record
books are rich mines for such
facts. Especially has the writer
found this true of church and as
sociational records of the Baptist
denomination. not having access
to many others. Tho they are no
doubt equally rich in information.
The Baptists prize the belief
that every soul is directly re-
sponsible to God but the deacons
of each such church form a kind
of board to see that the honor of
the church is upheld by the lives
of the members. That those who
pledge themselves to live by the
church covenant, do "come out
from among them and be We sep
arate," as far as worldly amuse-
mentS, drunkenness, immoral liv-
ing, ETC.. is concerned. And if
the member brough before
THE CHURCH" insists on his
worldly living, then he is "separ-
ated" from the fellowship of the
church. Rather this is the STAN
dard the past generation held
Today, one seldom hears the
phrase Brought before the
church." as in past years.
The offenses for which one
might be called by the deacons
to come before the Church" en-
braced a wide variety of trans
gressions. For n lance one
church record has member dis
ciplined for hog stealing. Four
young members are summoned
to explain WHY they beat up the
fifth party. A young mother,
without Benefit of Clergy" is
promptly excluded. A lone sister
is called upon to explain how she
came into possession Of pig be-
longing to a neighbor. But she is
cleared Of any wrong intention,
since the party selling her the
pig had removed the ear brand
of the rightful owner, before sell
ing her the pig. 1t seems that in
those days, every hog owner had
a special brand or ear mark for
his stock. since those were the
days Of mo fence law" and pigs
were marked by various cutting
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14

people just have more dollar bills
don't ask about the value of
same) they vii buy much more
Of everything. More cars, for ex-
ample; ergo. more steel produc-
ton. The economy. given a mas
sive hypo by the Government,
will be off or a dizzy whirl.
There are times when the the
DRY will work like that, as this
country knows to its cost. But
people today are pretty sophisti-
Gated about initiation compared to
what they used to be. And even
initiation c mot automatically
create unlimited demand. There
is today no huge reservoir of
pent-up demand (as there was,
say, in l945) for initiation to work
on. 1t would be ironic indeed if
we were to pay the price of a
new initiation and not get the
promised boom.
Nor, even if it were desirable.
does it seem realistic to suppose
that expanded Government pro-
grams could put all the excess
capacity to use, at least short of
war. The Government is already
spending enormous sums for de-
Tense and for many less essential
project.
1t seems to us something of a
misnomer to call this capacity
excess" it could more properly
be called a reserve for future
growth. For there is every reason
to believe that this economy, if
left to its own incentives, will
grown and in due course use the
capacity and need more.
If, instead, we fall for the
propaganda that the Government
must try to force the growth to
an arbitrary percentage no mat
ter, what. we may or may not
get full production. But the
cost will be prohibitive, as it
must be when people indulge in
an excess capacity for delusion.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14
Double Check

What? no frost? This year has
run an all time record breaking
stretch on many things. Most
everything is so called by "in-
slant" Houses are equipped with
buttons the second you push
that pin in the wall somthing hap
pens we even got instant
credit. The great loss Of time is
in arriving at the thought Of
which button to press it still
takes time to think.
This being a four year cycle,
a presidential year, it's best you
folks thing about who you are
going to support for President.
This is free country and
we still have free elections. We
have two major parties de-
mOcracy started that way. 1t will
only run SO long as we have two
parties Democrats vote
Democrat and the Republicans
vote Republican. Any deviation
puts you in that other party
it's no getting away from it. I
tried it and l know.
They have always had what
they call now Democrats for
Nixon =. there amt no such ami
NAL. They are just fooling you
to sell your birthright and go
COP like lot of tohers l
know l was born on the Demo-
cratic side and | am going
to remain on the Democratic
side. After all it's the best party,
it's the one to be proud of and it's
the only one that has any answer
to our problems today Wake up
and get into orbit and get active
with the future of America. / am
for the Kennedy johnson ticket.
Thanks for reading.
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14
John Temple Graves
Eisenhower Americas First Citizen

makes a fetish of free enterprise.
Even Russia has found it neces-
sary to decentralize physically il
not ideologically. If Mr.. Kennedy
will add a few decades and CEN
turtles to his sense Of history he
will note its curve and slow down
this side of crackup of the From
tier
KHRUSHCHEV WA NTS a
street scene. not General AS
sembly. He wants an interna-
tional street scene of nations in
which he can strut. bully, swag-
ger and knife his way to gang
leadership.
His speech Monday was one
long presumption of what he
doesn't really believe in - peace
and democracy He talked Of "all
three groups Of states" his
communists, the west and the
'neutrals." and of United Ma
tons equally serving all" But
the free lands of the West can
never this side of damnation ex-
pose themselves to coalition by
communists and neutrals.
This isn't a matter Of letting
the people Of the world rule the
world.
Only the free lands provide a
true vote for their people. The
communists are dictator states.
And the "neutrals" include many
new African states whose people
are SO far from qualification that
they can provide no true vote.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14
L. D. WHITAKER
Church Discipline OF Long Ago

in the ear. Well that the neigh
borhood was sparsely settled, or
that pigs do not roam like cattle.
Dancing, forbidden by church
covenant, was the Tantalus Of the
Christmas season, and the Janu-
airy deacons meeting found many
to be summoned before the
church. That they were men of
deep conscientiousness, we feel
sure for we find them bordering
long and earnestly over the claim
by some Of the young dancers,
that there was no harm in dane
ing to vocal music, if no fiddle
was playing. The ultimate de-
cision is tho, that it was just as
wrong to dance to such songs as
"Phillis in the ballroom" etc, as
to the fiddle.
There is a bit of sadness in
the years just succeeding the
War Between the States, when
the number of those who repudi-
ated their church vows doubled
and we find twice the number be-
ing summonded after Christmas
holidays.
Perhaps it was the reaction to
sadness lingering in homes that
had loved ones in far off battle
fields; or the pinch Of the bitter
poverty existing in almost every
home. And the hoplessness of
the future for youth. For youth
Graves gaiety. action, brightness.
And heavy pail of grayness lay
all about them.
These meetings we're usually
held on Saturdays, SO that the
Sabbaths could be spent in spiri-
tual worship.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14

To be sure. one can argue with
the decisions of the steelmakers
and other industrialists which led
to SO much expansion Of capacity.
But that is wholly different ar
gument from the contention that
all capacity now existing should
be in use; it is simply an argu-
ment with the way a free econo-
my works.
And even now, who can prove
that the judgments were wrong
Plainly. there is excess capacity
in terms of 1850: it may not be
excess at all in terms of 1863.
Not to mention what even a little
war would do to the excess. Also,
one can easily imagine the abuse
Senator Kennedy and others
would be heaping on the steel
makers if they had not under
taken their expansion programs.
1t seems to us that excess ca
paclty of the type now existing
is not itself harbinger of recess
sion or depression. Presumably
we could go on more or less in
definitely at these very high pro-
duction rates. which tend to be
obscured by the emphasis on ex-
cess capacity. without falling
into a slump on that account.
What brings slump are steep
declines in demand and hence in
production, not as measured
against an ever-growing capacity
but against previously prevailing
demand and production rates.
Anyway. S ator Kennedy
thinks something should be done
about this idle capacity. Regard
less of the quality of some Of it,
it should all be used. full blast.
He hasn't said exactly how he
would go about it, but he is on
record as favoring more Govern
ment spending in general and
artificially created cheap money.
If that adds up to anything, it
adds up to a policy Of initiation.
The imitation theory is that Il
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14
Letters To Editor
Khrushchev Not
In Amelia County
Readers Report

Editor Of the Herald:
In reading your paper, Vol.7l,
dated Tuesday, October II, 1860,
Page 5A, Col. z, Item: Premier
Nikita Khrushchev. we note a
typographical error in the last
sentence: He is scheduled to
leave AMELIA Thursday.
We are happy that he has not
been here and hope and pray. he
never will have the opportunity
to come. We despise his propo-
ganda and wish he had never
come to our great country.
Three Anonymous Readers
from AMELIA COUNTY
Editors note: Our thanks to
the alert Amelia readers. Amen
to their sentiments!