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Evening star., 1960-03-30
SoYiets Twist Facts About u. S.

new capacity for the four
years ending in 1861"
The report further says
the new capacity which the
United States will install by
1865 will make Americas
total 245 million kilowatts,
or two-and-a-half times the
Soviet Unions total capacity
in that same year.
It is an old trick of the
Communists to issue mislead-
ing statistics. If, for instance,
the Soviet Union-which.
except for a few cities. Is
a country Of darkness and
has today only a small per-
centage of lighted homes
should in 10 years double
the number of Illuminated
dwellings, these still would be
relatively few as contrasted
with the United States. But
the Soviets would boast of a
100 per cent increase and
compare it with an increase
of a few percentage points
a year in this country.
Some of these boasts are
believed in this country. A
letter the other day from a
reader pointed out that he
had read that the Soviet rail-
roads carry more freight
than American railroads do.
Yet Soviet mileage is only
76.432 compared to Ameri-
can mileage of 218.399. The
fact is the highways are so
poor or nonexistent in many
sections of the Soviet Union
that the railroads have to
carry most of the freight,
whereas in America trans
portation for freight is avail
able now by air and by truck
as we'll as by train.
The SovietS keep spread
ing misinformat;on about
America over the air waves
and seem to have no scruples
about telling untruths. 1t
is most unfortunate,
however. that the so-called
cultural exchange program"
is being used to serd official
visitors here from the Soviet
Union who go back home and
tell their people untruths
about the United States The
only thing that Americans
can do is to expose such
twisting Of the truth not
only to the people in this
country but to listeners and
readers all over the world.
(copyrisht 196o)
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Vice President Found Still Needing
To Prove He Is Farmers Friend

One risk Mr.. Nixon has
clearly assumed. 1t Is an open
row with Secretary Benson.
Mr.. Benson has publicly de-
scribed Mr.. Nixon as a par
ticipant in forming admins
tration farm policy and EN-
braced the Nixon cause. It
: seemed to reporters at the
time that Mr.. Benson had q
warlike gleam in his eye
which was not meant for the
Democrats.
The question now Is how
far Mr.. Benson will 60 to-
ward joining other right
wing Republicans who are
starting to, advertise their
dissatisfaction with Mr..
Nixon. South Carolina Re-
publicans. for example, have
just pledged their l3 con-
vention delegates to Senator
Goldwater Of Arizona, the
outspokeri conservative head
of the Senate Republican
Campaign Committee.
Possibly by pure coinci-
dence this happened last
Saturday, the day President
Eisenhower had q tentative
date to visit a military in
stallation nearby. One re-
port said he also planned to
call on the meeting Of his
fellow-R Republicans as well
and it is certain that some
Of them at least would man.
age to call on him if he
were in their State. In any
case. the President suddenly
cancelled mis- South Carolina
Evening star., 1960-03-30
S. WHITE
Men and Democratic Party Described
As Fearing Strong Feminine Ballot

Two very large American
groups have great If entirely
different reasons to fear "the
women's vote" in this years
presidential election. These
are the male sex and the
Democratic Party.
The concern of the men. in
this 40th anniversary year
of woman's suffrage can be
simply stated. Let's face it,
there is a strong probability
that for the first time in his
tory more female than male
votes will be cast and that
women will begin to control
our polltics-in both parties
even more than they have
been doing.
This is a threat to tradi-
ton which all men can prop
erly fear, whether they be
Democrats. Republicans, in
dependents or what now.
You don't need to be a parti-
San-except a pro-male par
tisan-to look with less than
satisfaction on this prospect.
You only need to be a mem
Der of that large band, the
highly unexclusive American
male club.
Women long since have
been spending most of the
money earned in the United
States, even though most of
it is earned by men. Now
they are on the point of doing
most of the electing. too.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
DORIS FLEEsoN

Vice President Nixon made
it definite in Lincoln. Nebr.,
that he was cutting loose
from the Eisenhower Sec
retary Of Agriculture. Ezra
Benson, and the Benson
policies. He also promised to
have a farm program all his
own. sa
Republican National Chair
man Morton hacked him up
in Iowa with q two-pronged
attack on. the Democrats.
first, for failing to enact new
legislation and second for
planning to inflict the Bran
nan farm plan on the coun.
try If they should win the
presidency, -.t -
What all this proves prinei-
pally Is that farmer dis
content Is a fact of political
life this year, with Republi-
cans aware they are on the
defense. This will be news
only TO those who were not
sure until last week that
Senator Symington was q
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President.
The Vice President has still
to find a way of proving that
he is the farmers friend
without jeopardizing his sta
tus as champion and heir
apparent of President Eisen-
hover. Senator Symington
has still to prove that he is
much more than the resid-
uary legatee of the Truman
administration.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
PoIuris Subs Port
Is Dedicated

CHARLESTON. S. c., Mar
80 AP).-The first port for
arming the deadly ballistic
missile Polaris submarines was
dedicated here yesterday.
Missiles will be assembled,
checked out, stored or loaded
aboard the feet balliStic sub
marines at the new facility. 1t
Is built on an 800-acre reserva-
ton 7 miles up the Cooper
River from Charleston Harbor
Representative Mendel Rivers,
Democrat Of South Carolina
said in a speech prepared for
the dedication that this base
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The Women's Vote in 1860
AIS

ing as large a grand total
vote-that Is, in both parties
-as the men. The grand
total female vote was esti-
mated by the Gallup people
at 30.7 million; the male vote
at 500 million.
Now the latest census fig
ures put the adult female
population for this year at
55,661 600 as against a male
population of 52,37S,o0O. And
the future gets tougher for
man the farther the Census
Bureau looks into it. In 1870
adult females will outnum-
Der males by 4.688,000; in
1880 by 5,454,000.
Women thus could be de-
scribed as the most pro-
foundly unsecret land un-
quiet) weapon of the COP.
for this November-and for.
later. To sharpen up this al
ready sharp weapon is the
purpose of Mrs. Clare B. Will
liams. the Republican Ma
tional Committees female
chief, in the eighth annual
Republican Women's Confer
ence which brings 1000
COP. women here for par
tisan basic training April 2
to April S.
The Democrats have a very
savvy ladies' chairman, too,
in Mrs. Katie Louchheim.
There is no doubt, however,
that the fundamental Demo-
cratic problem today is to
find a way to appeal to more
women - who on the whole
seem to prefer the more-or-
less conservatism of the Re-
publicans to the more-or-less
liberalism of the Democrats.
Maybe there is one other
point, too. This correspond,
ent has long suspected =
and never proved-that the
fact that the COP. is usu.
ally considered more desirable
socially has not done the
COP. any harm with the
ladies.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

The Democratic Party's
anxiety. on the other hand,
is strictly partisan = and
strictly business. For the
Democrats certain unpleas-
ant facts are all too clear:
For many years each sue
cessive presidential election
has seen more and more wnm-
en- voting. For example, 80
per cent more women voted
in 1852 than in l948, as
against only Is per cent more
men. In 1948 women made
up 46 per cent of the Repub-
lican vote; in 1882 they made
up 50 per cent; in 1856 they
made up 52.5 per cent.
Already. therefore, Repub-
hcan women have been out
voting Republican men in
that party.
Moreover, in all recent MIS-
tory the "women's vote" has
been more and more Repub-
lican. In 1852. according to
figures based on surveys by
the nonpartisan American
Heritage Foundation, women
represented 46.5 per cent of
the total vote cast for DEM
ocratic candidate Adlai e.
Stevenson and 51.9 per cent
Of the total vote cast for
Republican Dwight D. Eisen-
hover. In 1856 women rep
resented 46.2 per cent of the
Stevenson vote and SIS per
cent of the Eisenhower vote.
To put it another way. an
estimated 1877 million wom-
en- voted for Mr.. Stevenson
in 1852 against 17.6 million
for Mr.. Eisenhower. In 1856
the total women's vote for
Mr.. Stevenson dropped to IL
million while that for Mr..
Eisenhower rose to 1877 mil
lion. And in 1856 women
came within an inch of cast
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will only become completely
successful in its operation If
it is never utilized for its ulti-
mate purpose"
Mr.. Rivers, member of the
House Armed Services Commit
tee, said, Like the fire extin-
guisher, in our home. like a
doctor on emergency call. like
the fire insurance we obtain,
we hope we will never see this
base put to its wartime use"
Nineteen officers and 200 en-
listed men, plus about 100
engineers who will act as tech
nical advisers, will staff the
assembly plant. Comdr. Harry
C. Cox, q specialits in naval
ordnance and a native Of
Himingway, S. c.. will be in
command. ..
Evening star., 1960-03-30
DORIS FLEEsON
Nixon Rejecting Benson Policies

trip "on account of the
weather."
This left him completely
in the clear. Senator Gold
water. however, outspokenly
describes the South Carolina
action as a sign Of conserva-
tive Republican discomfort
with Mr.. Nixon's liberal lean
ings as the campaign APP
proaches. Senator Goldwater
said he had warned Mr.. Nix
on and Senator Morton about
it but would support Mr..
Nixon this fall.
An old-line Texas Repub-
lican, Mike Nolte, has also
attacked Mr.. Nixon as a
sure loser in the election. He
has been seconded. to the
surprise OF practically no
body. by Harold Stassen.
Except for Senator Gold
water. these are feeble straws
in the political wind. They
do follow an ominous Cali
fornia poll which shows the
Vice President slipping in
his potent home State. s.
Perhaps they do no more
than briefly highlight the
obvious difficulties of the Vice
Presidents position in which
he must both defend and
fight. He has been picking
the people he wants most to
please: Republican moder-
ates. Independents and now
farmers. He has still to bow
toward his critics in his par
ty in any substantive way. It
is possible that he feels their
criticism helps in the places
where the major electoral
votes lie.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
DAVID LAWRENCE
Cultural Exchange Visitors Revealed
In Untruths on Return to Russia

What's the use of having
q cultural exchange pro-
gram" and exchanges of
visits" with the Russians if
they merely go back home
and tell their newspapers un-
truths about the United
States?
And, what's worse, press
services, which used to try
at least to get the other side
the same day, have neglected
to do so, and the untruths
often get reprinted inside the
United States and other
countries without rebuttal
Thus. for example. Pre-
mier PolyanSky of the Rus
sian Republic" who toured
the United States recently
for three weeks with a group
of other premiers of Soviet
Republics" has just written
in Pravda, a Communist
newspaper. that only the
children of the wealthy go to
college" in America. A press
dispatch from Moscow in the
last few days reports him
as writing that, although
universities in the United
States are we'll equipped.
most of them are private and
students have to pay $700
to $1,000 tuition yearly. He
adds:
: This fits the pocket only
of wealthy parents"
But if the visiting Russian
officials had taken the time
to get facts which were
readily available to them,
they would have found that.
according to figures from the
U. S. Department of Educa-
ton, approximately so per
cent of the students in Amer
lea are enrolled in State or
city universities and colleges.
Also out of the total enroll
ment, even in private COL
leges, at least a fourth are
in institutions which are
church-supported. The visit
ing Russians would also have
learned that the tuition in
the public institutions-State
and city universities and COL
leges-averageS only $168 per
year, and that the average
for private colleges is about
$6l5 per year.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Possibilities of Rockefeller Place
On Nixon Ticket Are Appraised

President has demonstrated,
that position has prestige
and possibilities which have
developed out Of the assign
ments given him and the
manner in which he has
carried them out. In l948
Senator Alben Barkley tied
down the vice presidential
nomination by a rousing key
note speech which jerked the
delegates out Of what was an
almost apathetic stupor of
disinterest and pessimism.
1t is already quite plain
that tie Republicans need
Gov. Rockefeller. Pollsters in
all the primary States report
the voluntary observations of
voters who wish the New
York Governor were on the
ticket. President Eisenhower
cannot delegate his high and
almost inexplicable popular
ity to Mr.. Nixon. No man
has ever been able to transfer
this Intangible quality. But
Gov. Rockefeller can add it
because he possesses 1t on
his own. This, too, Is a
mystery. No one can measure
what it is the public senses in
a man or a woman which
causes them to feel a warmth
and a kinship for such per-
sons or to view them with
detachment.
A source quite close to Gov.
Rockefeller discounts a pres
idential draft of the Cover
nor. No man can speak with
complete certainty. But those
who should know say there
presently is no remote pos
sibility he would agree to a
White House request. And
those who argue it would be
bad politics, suggesting more
Evening star., 1960-03-30
RALPH MeGILL

NEW YORK.-Old dreams
die hard. And in COP.
politics, Gov. Nelson Rookie
feller is such a dream. AS
word comes in that farmers
in Wisconsin without ques-
ton are disenchanted and
polls indicate that as Of now
the Democrats would carry
that State, there are those
who are increasingly deter
mined the dream must some
how be revived.
A belief still persists here
that If the Wisconsin pri-
mary reveals a sharp defec-
ton from the COP, Gov.
Rockefeller will receive an
invitation to the White House
and that when he emerges
he win be willing to accept
the vice presidency on the
ticket with Mr.. Nixon. The
hard-nosed argument for
this Is that one does not
refuse an all-out request
from the President and
secondly, that the Governor
is. in politics to stay and
cannot turn down the party
If it does, indeed, nominate
him for the place.
1t is not quite that simple.
The President will hardly do
this. The move would have to
come from the Vice Presi-
dent. And it is not incon-
ceivable he will make it. 1t
is believed he already wishes
Gov. Rockefeller to be the
keynoter. This could easily
be a part Of the plan. AS
the Democrats have no one
standout for the nomination,
save that Senator Kennedy
is far ahead. the Republicans
have no personality for Sec
ond place. And as the Vice
Evening star., 1960-03-30

Also, if the Russians had
taken the time to inquire.
they would have discovered
that, even in the private in
stitutions Of all kinds, a large
number Of students work
their way through college.
Thus. at Harvard. Yale and
Princeton the students work.
ing their way or receiving
outside aid in the form of
scholarships or loans repay
able later in life total close
to 40 per cent of the enroll
ment, and this has ranged
between 35 and 40 per cent
for the last ten years. In
deed. when the United States
Government, through the "GI
Bill of Rights" was aiding
college students. the percent
age in the private colleges re-
ceiving aid rose to IS per
cent.
Another untruth which
the Soviet press has been
circulating in the last few
days relates to the produc-
ton of electric power in Rus
sia as compared with this
country. A Reuters dispatch
quotes an article in the So
Wet governments newspaper
IzTestia, declaring that the
Russians will surpasS Amer
lea in IS years in capacity
to generate electricity. The
newspaper comedies Russia
has only about a third of
the electric-power capacity of
this country today, and then
goes on to assume that the
United States will stand still
in the next Is years while
Russia catches up.
American power experts
who visited the Soviet Union
in 1858 and 1859 reported in
a study prepared for the
Joint Economic Committee
of Congress recently as fol-
lows:
I'VE were told that Rus
sia plans to install so mil
lion additional kilowatts by
the end Of 1865, which would
bring the USSR's total
capacity to something over
l08 million kilowatts.
BY comparison. we have
under construction in Amer
lea 81 million kilowatts of
Evening star., 1960-06-17
FAIR WINDS OR FOUL

LOWER POTOMAC AND CHESAPEAKE BAY-To.
morrow. fair northwest winds. 10 to 20 knots. Sunday
outlook. for; winds voriobIe, about 10 knots-tcom-
piled by United Stotes Weather Bureou.)
Evening star., 1960-06-17
FORE AND AFT
Novigotors to Test Skill
At SeIby Boy Rendezvous

The Potomac River Power
Squadron will combine its Sec
ond navigators' contest of the
season with a picnic, Sunday.
at Selby Bay Yacht Club on
South River.
These contests test the skills
boatmen have learned in the
Squadron's annual elementary
and advanced classes on pilot
ing. seamanship and small boat
handling.
The first contest took place
at West River Yacht Club.
Twelve boats competed and all
IL finished the course. Winner
was Jim Hilbert's Shamrock
with a score of 3 seconds late.
Sailfish, owned by Chris
ArmacoSt, finished 80 seconds
early to take second place.
Third was Carl Smuck's Sandra
Jane with a score of 81 seconds
early. Biggest error of any
boat was 5 minutes and 81
seconds.
In a navigators' contest,
five courses and running times
are given each skipper in
sealed orders to be opened
5 minutes before the starting
time. The navigator must then
calculate the course and speed
Evening star., 1960-06-17
THE LOG BOOK

GIBSON ISLAND YACHT SQUAD
RON-Start Of cruise week tomorrow
ST. MARY'S WATER SKI CLUB -
Open championships to-
morrow and Sunday on Abells Wharf
at Leonardtown, Nd.
POTOMAC RIVER POWER SQUAD
RON = Rendezvous and navigators'
Club.
WEST RIVER SAILING CLUB
Start Of 17-dsy club cruise tomorrow
SEVERN SAILING ASSOCIATION
Open regatta tomorrow and Sunday
OF Annapolis.
Evening star., 1960-06-17

required to return the boat to
the starting point at the pre-
determined time.
50
Miss Nancie Rideout, star
of Cypress Gardens water ski
show and national women'S
water-ski champion, is coming
from Florida next week to visit
marinas in this area and give
water-ski tips.
On Tuesday she will be at
Yeatman's Marina in the new
Baileys Crossroads shopping
center all day.
- -
Next week the National
Yacht Club will start its 1860
summer series in the Potomac
River of Hams Point.
There will be two races at
1920 pm. each Sunday starting
June 26 and continuing July
10, II and "a and August Z, IA,
81 and %.
For further information con-
tact the Race Committee chair
man, Kenton Hamaker, or the
secretary-treasurer, Sunny
Kierst. The club also is con-
sidering a cruising class rendez-
vous or other program for the
July 4 week end. Those inter-
Evening star., 1960-06-17

eSted also should contact Ha-
maker at KE. 8-5751.
The Severn Sailing Associa-
ton will hold its annual re-
gatta tomorrow and Sunday
of Annapolis.
Nearly 100 sailboats are eX-
pected to take part, including
Cadets, Penguins, Snipes, Com
e ts, Gannets, Day Sailors,
Hamptons, MobjackS. Inter-
national las, ThiStles. Light
ming and CatamaranS.
The regatta is open to all
sailboat owners. Entry blanks
may be picked up at the Sew
ern Sailing Association, 1911
First street, Annapolis. Races
will start at 10 am. and 2 pm,
Saturday. and 10 am, Sunday
The Lake Jackson Boat Club
organized last year, is inviting
all powerboat operators on the
lake to join.
Plans are underway to mark
all underwater hazards, to hold
information sessions with
Evening star., 1960-06-17

Power Squadron members. to
recognize junior boat operators
and to have social events.
Commodore is John Cotting,
vice commodore, George Clark:
treasurer, Harold Henegar; re-
cording secretary, Earl Hughes.
and corresponding secretary,
Russell Geller.
-COVELL
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-09-30
Rites Thursday
For Miss Davis, IS

DILLWYN, Sept. 29-Miss Nan
ME Beadles Davis. 85, daughter
of the late Joshua and Mary
Guthrie Davis, died Tuesday at
the home of her nephew, Crosby
Phaup, with whom she made her
home.
She was born in Buckingham
county September %, 1875. There
are no immediate survivors,. ex-
cept a number of nieces and
nephews A funeral service was
held at pm. Thursday, Septem-
Der 20. from Smyrna Methodist
Church at Sheppards in Bucking-
ham county with burial in the
church cemetery.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-09-30
Hospital Neus

There were 60 patients in the
hospital Thursday morning.
Patients Admitted
Mark Fathbruckner, CreWe;
Marvin West, Pamplin; Mrs. N,
A. Bacon, Red Oak; Mrs. A. C.
Terrell, Wylliesburg; Fred Par
sons, Cullen; c. H. Lafoon,
Farmville; Miss Mary Spe a s,
Cumberland; Mrs. w. j.. Akers,
Blackstone; r. b. Station, Buck
ingham. Mrs. Joe CraWley,
Farmvllle; Mrs. c. J Allard, ST..
Cumberland: Mrs. Ray Shook,
Keysville; Mrs. 0. X. Epley
Kenbridge: Mrs. Gladys Yeats,
Rice. and R. H. Wilburn,
Amelia.
Births
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Fore,
Farmville, boy, September 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Norton,
Crewe, boy, September %.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. KRISTEN,
Meherrin, girl, September %.
C0lOred Patients
Mildred Hepburn, Chase City;
Lucy Bayne. Fort Mitchell, and
Coleman Morton, Farmville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-09-30
Mrs. w. A. Dawson
Dies: Rites Held
On Thursday

SCOTTSVILLE, Sept. 29-Mrs.
Frances ROlStOn Dawson. 40,
wife of William A. Dawson. Jr..
died Wednesday at a Charlottes-
vile hospital.
Besides her husband she is sur
vlved by her mother, Mrs. Lula
F. ROlston. of Harrisonburg:
son. Billy Dawson, Of Scottsville:
two daughters. Miss Anne Daw-
son, of Kingsport, Tenn, and
Miss BeSs Dawson, of Scottsville:
two brothers, Frank Rolston, of
Pompano Beach, Fla. and Sam
uel Rolston. of Harrisonburg, and
a sister. Miss Elizabeth Ralston.
of Washington.
A funeral service was held at
2 pm. Thursday at Scottsville
Methodist Church. with burial in
Mt. Zion Methodist Church Gene
terry. near ESmOnt.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-09-30

Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Dunlap,
7 Jr.. and children visited rela-
tives in Roanoke last week end.
Mrs. William Thompson and
children. Billy and Beth. Of Vir
ginia Beach, returned home this
week after visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wilson.
MIR. and Mrs. Calvin Tuck and
family attended the State Fair
in Richmond. Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Rison. III.
have moved from Putney Street
to SOB First Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Wall Jr
will entertain their bridge club
Saturday evening.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-09-30
Old Abilene

Sept. % - Note change in time
of services at Beulah Methodist
Church: Suncay School, $50, and
preaching. 1920. each Sabbath.
Miss Halle McCraw spent the
week end with Mrs. Mamie Chap
pen.
Mrs. Elizabeth Denis is spend
ing several days in Richmond
with her siSter-in-laW, Mrs. Clar-
ence Driskill.
MIR. and Mrs. George Blanks
have received a message of the
death Of their son-in-law, George
Thompson, who lived in Rich
mond.
Mrs. Mabel Fowler spent the
weekend with her mother, Mrs.
Helen Driskill, and Mr.. and Mrs
Tom DriSkill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Davis,
their children, Albert, Jr.. Mary
Blake and George, and Miss
Mabel Davis motored to Rich
mond Friday evening to attend
the wedding of Buddy Gordon.
Tucker Keiser, Of Denver, Col,
is spending several days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Murl
Keiser.
Mrs. Effie Dickerson and her
brother, Leslie Green, visited
their sister, Mrs. Nell Harris. in
the Southside Community Hos
pital Sunday evening.
The Misses Mary and Ruth
McGehee spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Niece
hee.