davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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boyant Nkrumah, views with
alarm what he considers to be
Ghana's "eXpansionist" plans.
British Togoland, home of most
Of Ghana's Eve peoples, voted by
a 80 margin in a plebescite to
join Ghana when the latter state
became independent in 1858. In
tegration was approved by the
United Nations.
I have accepted it as a fact"
says Olympic but it doesn't stop
him from pointing out that an
Eve majority along the coast
against union with Ghana was
overwhelmed by a favorite vote
from the peoples of the interior.
i warned" says olympic. him
self a Eve, they we're going to
have an Irish problem on their
hands"
The Associated Press Eevsfsaturss
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The Effect

There is little doubt that in
some sections of the South where
the Negro has deemed it wiser to
stay home on election day neither
this measure nor any other con-
ceivable Federal edict would pro-
duce any startling changes in cur
rent practices.
While it may not be as simple
as signing up for a credit card,
the way will be opened by specific
Federal law for the qualified Negro
to vote if he wants to. This alone
would support Attorney General
Rogers description of the new
measure as one of historic sig
nificance."
Mr.. Rogers. whose brain-child
the voting referee plan is said to
be, appears ready. willing and
even anxious to test it in the
courts.
The other major parts of the
bill now ready for Mr. EisenhoW-
er's consideration would:
o Make it a crime to obstruct
Federal court orders of any type by
threats or force.
Q Require State election officials
to preserve their records for %
months after each election and
permit inspection by the United
States Attorney General.
Q Make it a crime to cross
State line in fleeing from hate
bombing or burning of property.
. Authorize the Federal Govern
ment to provide free schooling for
the children of military personnel
in areas where public schools have
been closed for any reason.
The unhappinesS of the ultra
liberals and the NAACP and the
fact that two sections of the ad-
ministration's original seven-point
program were dropped makes it
certain that the civil rights push
will gather momentum in the
coming months.
AS more and more of the l8
million Negroes exercise their
voting right, the two major po-
'litlcal parties will vie increasingly
for their support. The platforms
to be written for the Democratic
and Republican National Conven-
tionS in July will be a tip-off on
what Congress may be asked to
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Royburn Support

Last week, Speaker Rayburn
made it clear that he is back of
the health plan idea, but is not
for the controversial and compul-
sorry Forand proposal which some
critics believe might be an OPEN
ing wedge for "socialized medi-
cine"
Chairman Mills of the House
Ways and Means Committee, the
group which sidetracked the For
and bill last month in a 16-to-9
vote met with Key Democrats in
an apparent effort to gain agree
ment for an option" plan.
This plan would operate within
the Social Security System and
would call for higher taxes for
everyone covered therein. But the
pensioner would be given a choice
of taking disqualification insurance
or a higher retirement benefit.
The administration is opposed.
Meanwhile. Health Secretary
Flemmlng wound up series of
conferences with interested ma
tional organizations and outlined
voluntary plan which he said
was stronger than the one rejected
by Republican congressional lead
ers a few weeks ago.
This plan repeatedly involves a
joint Federal-State system, with
the insured also contributing on
sliding scale-according to in
come.
Vice President Nixon. who, as
the Republican presidential nom
inee-apparent, will have much at
stake in the disposition of this
problem by Congress and Mr..
Eisenhower, has been keeping in
close touch with DR.. Flemming.
The new plan may be taken up
by the President and G. o. P. con-
gressional leaders at a White
House meeting on Tuesday.
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HeoIth::
Activity

New Democratic and Republi-
can proposals for medical aid
to the aged were drawn up last
week as the prospects for af-
firmative congressional action
in the field improved.
With less than three months to
go before the first of the two big
national political conventions
opens. the Capital was buzzing
with activity in both parties di-
rected toward forging a passable
bill for medical aid to the aged.
When the results of the week S
meetings and maneuverings were
weighed. it appeared reasonably
certain that Congress will not let
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Togo, a New Country
With Peculiar Problems

UNLIMITED guests left behind by
the retreating colonial powers are
beginning to haunt the newly in
dependent peoples of Africa.
The latest specter will hover
over the ceremonies at LONE next
Wednesday when the little West
African state of Togo becomes the
18th fully independent nation on
the once Dark Continent.
The boundaries of Togo we're
fixed first by agreement between
Great Britain, France and Ger
many and later by Britain and
France alone after World War I
forced Germany out of the colo
NAL field and the French and
British divided Togo between
themselves.
No one cared-and few even
noticed-that the arbitrary border
between French and British Togo
sliced up the homeland of a huge
tribe called Eve like a geograph-
ical salami.
Now it's important.
Upwards of 100000 members of
the Eve pronounced ay-va) tribe
live under French administration
in soon-t to-b independent Togo.
Nearly as many live in what is
now independent Ghana, the old
British Gold Coast colony.
Even before Togo acquires in
dependence the Eve issue has
caused friction between Ghana
and Togo and hard feelings be-
tween Ghana's Prime Minister
Kwame Nkrumah and Togos Syl-
vanus Olympic.
Nkrumah sees a simple answer
to the problem: Integration of
Togo as the seventh province of
Ghana.
The Togolese, particularly Olym-
pio, see it differently. olympic,
avoWedly no admirer of the fam
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Continued From Page B-1
can be determined only after Pres
ident Eisenhower, as expected,
signs it into law and the Attorney
General tries a case or two in
volving alleged discrimination
against qualified Negro citizens
who want to vote.
The voting rights section is the
key to the f1ve-point bill cleared
by the House, 288 to 95, on Thurs
day after the Southerners made
it plain they would not engage in
an au-out effort to delay its pass
age.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People is
on record as saying the measure
will actually make it more difficult
for Negroes to vote. But in view
of the steady and significant in
crease in numbers of Negro vot-
erS in the South in the last dec
ade, this may be dismissed as the
reaction of a group which can
never admit that it is satisfied
until all its goals are met.
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of something we once read in
some textbook of elementary eco
nomics. And there is, of course, a
rather elementary sense in which
it is true.
In a growing town without a
local newspaper, it may occur to
someone that there is an unsatis-
fed need, and so perhaps there is.
Far more often, however, in our
complex society, the demand is
created by the supply. The public
may not buy everything it is Of
fered but it seldom imagines any
thing that is not there to buy.
Whoever creates the supply must
usually create the demand as well.
So it is with the press. The public
may have been taught to accept a
certain idea of what a newspaper
Cor a motion picture, or a tele-
vision program) should be, but
they could as easily be taught to
accept something else. There is
little validity in any current con-
cept of what the public is sup
posed to prefer. The newspapers
have. therefore, potentially, an
educational mission. There is no
reason why they should not i'm
prove the public taste in news
papers, and also in prose style.
question, however, if that is exactly
what they are many of them do
ing. There are grounds for be-
lieving that the public expects lit
tie and obtains, if anything, less.
What English Encompasses
The English language is
splendid medium in which to ex-
press story or an idea. 1t lacks
the laconic quality of the Latin
or the austere precision of French.
What it offers, among other
things, is vast choice of words
Colored by the past usage of a
diversified literature. In an early
work of wide circulation, the Book
of Common Prayer, the wealth of
the language is Illustrated in the
mere redundance of the style. The
scripture moveth us in sundry
places to acknowledge and confess
our manifold sins and iniquities
while forbiding us to dissemble or
cloak theEl before Almighty God.
In each Fair of words, one is Of
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THE NATIONAL SCENE

do in the civil rights field next
year.
1t is safe to say, however, that
new moves to set up a permanent
commission to guard against job
discrimination by Government
contractors and to provide for
Federal financial aid to communi-
ties seeking to desegregate their
schools will be made.
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Defense:
Blasts

Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris
last Wednesday blasted our de-
fense policy as senselessly dedi-
Gated to an "overkill' philOs-
Ophy.
A special Gallup Poll published
last Monday showed that only one
American in five believed we were
spending too little on defense.
More than half those expressing
an opinion said the budget was
about right; one in five thought
we we're spending too much.
The poll supports a belief which
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this presidential election year go
by without responding in states
manlike fashion. This is to say
the odds are increasing for the
enactment of health insurance
legislation.
The one major question to be
answered is: What approach shall
be taken? The Democrats lean
toward using the Social Security
System as the vehicle. The Re-
publicanS prefer Federal-State
plan under which membership
would be voluntary for the indi-
Vidual.
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a CRITICS LITERARY LAW
=: Parkinson on Why 'Newspopermen Can't Write

latin and the other teutonic origin.
In this way the language offers
the later writer (who may lack
the Tudor taste for synonyms a
choice among words of very SINH
lar but not identical meaning. We
writer's in the English tongue are
thus offered continual alterna-
tives. We can hesitate or pause.
We can choose or select. Then
comes to mind, sometimes, the ap-
propriate or suitable word, seen
to be fitting or apt. But the point
is that the words, though similar.
are not the same. There are fine
shades Of meaning and differ
enceS, OF course, in sound. The
words appropriate suitable 'fit-
ting or apt do not mean exactly
the same thing; and, even if they
did, we should have to decide
whether the rhythm of the sem
tence suggested a word, at this
point, Of four, three or two syl-
tables, or perhaps merely of one.
When, during World War II. a
German aircraft landed on a
British airfeld by mistake, its
crew then realizing their error and
wisely taking of again for France,
some officer at the Air Ministry
had the task of preparing the cir
cular in which the event was de-
scribed. At the end of a terse
narrative some comment seemed
desirable, if only for the guid-
ance of others. After deep
thought the officer, whoever he
was, wrote as follows: This is
unsatisfactory" He might have
used any one of a variety of
words; appalling 'horrifying,'
'scandalous,' 'reprehensible, dis
gushing 'disgraceful' or bad But
he rejected them all and, very
rightly in my opinion, chose 'un-
satisfactory For a number of
subtle reasons, he evidently con-
cluded that this would have the
biggest impact. 1t had. I, for
one, have never forgotten the
comment or (aS a RESULT the in
cident to which it referred. Were
I still serving in the Army or Air
Force, it would be one possible
situation, of many, which would
consider and against which I
should seek to provide. A similar
signal from flagship Good fol-
lowed after pause by the further
signal God has had much the
same effect in immortalizing an
error which future naval officers
may seek to avoid.
Too Much Repetition
Mention of this masterpiece in
understatement should remind us
of the wealth of our language. 1t
should also perhaps suggest that
screaming headlines have blunted
their effect by repetition; so much
so that the quieter announcement
actually attracts more notice. 1t
would be as well, perhaps, if some
editors would realize how much
and how little sensation their
readers can be expected to digest.
If there is political crisis every
day, if a schoolgirl is raped on
every front page and another
murdered in time for each late
edition, the effect of novelty is
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Not Even Necessities
For British M.P.s

American Congressman, particu-
larly their research facilities and
the mechanical secretarial equip
ment at their disposal.
British M.P.s are demanding,
to quote one: the same working
facilities which a businessman
has. =. This means an Office, a
desk, a telephone, a filing cabinet
and a secretary"
Like most British controversies,
the state of affairs at Westminster
has roots stretching a long way
back. The trouble started in 1884
when the great architect, Sir
Charles Barry, was commissioned
to rebuild the Parliament Build
ing which had been destroyed by
fire.
1t was his original idea to ex-
tend the palace with a building
covering what is now called the
New Palace Yard-the large fore
court beneath Big Ben and the
OAONh 4ONNls II llllO lldAl DtBD
done the MP.s would not now be
jammed together like rabbits in
a warren. But he failed to finish
it off.
Property Of the Monarch
Another difficulty is the status
of the Parliament Buildings as a
Royal Palace"-the property of
the monarch. ct was used by
King Canute. the best part of a
thousand years ago, as a bed
chamber And even now. tradi-
tionally, it can be used for Sleep
ing by monarch the night before
his coronationD
AS Royal Palace the build
ing is controlled by the Lord Great
Chamberlain-an hereditary Office
under the Crown. Labor MPS are
demanding that this time-hon-
ored custom should cease and a
committee of MP.s be given con-
troll. The government is refusing,
though it has promised other i'm
prOvements.
To keep the record straight, it
should be added that not all M.P.s
share this craving for improve
ments.
Said Michael Clark Hutchison,
Tory MP. for Edinburgh, for ex-
ample: Il do not want any change
whatever. am delighted with the
House and the Palace of West
minister. I do not want a room
for myself. I do not want tele-
phone. 1 detest that instrument
enough already and I shall cer-
tainly take what steps l can to
prevent one being foisted on me-"
Worldwide Press Service.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
By JOSEPH GLADSTONE
Contributing Writer

LONDON. - Rival Labor and
Conservative Party Members of
Parliament have joined forces to
attack the government.
The issue which has produced
this extraordinary unity is their
working conditions in the ancient
Palace of Westminster.
For some 300 years the Honor
able Gentlemen land LADIES' have
put up with the inadequate ia
cilities of this honored symbol
of Britania. But no longer. Their
eyes have been opened by the
marvels of Capitol Hill and coun-
terpart housings in some European
capitals. And a heated debate is
now going on to get Members bet
ter accommodations
M. P.S of both parties are de-
nouncing the Mother of Parlia-
ments in such terms as medieval
monstrosity" and "neo-Gothic
horror"
Most pungent have been the
remarks of one Lady Member who
has declared bluntly that the his
toric halls and noble corridors Of
st. Stephens are offensive. They
always" she says, "reek of fried
fish,"
Excluding the Speakers and
Ministers in the government, there
are about $50 back-bench M. P.s
at Westminster. And for them
there are only 78 desks which they
share. They have no Offices, no
separate telephones. The single
personal facility of each is a small
wooden locker-such as they had
in their schooldayS. They work
with their secretaries-who are
few and expensive-in draughty
corners and corridors.
No Scots for Some
Indeed, they scarcely have any,
where to sit. The Commons itself
is designed to hold about 400 of
its $50 Members.
Hug Gaitskell, Leader of the
Labor Opposition, is complaining
that in a Parliamentary Party of
285 Members, only 3 have rooms
to work in.
There are-according to one
MP. who counted them-iust "a
armchairs in the reading room. 1t
is being alleged that the reading
rooms and smokerooms have been
made as uncomfortable as possible
by succeeding generations Of
Party Whips" so that Members
can easily be reused and driven
out into the Division LobbieS.
During the debates, there have
been repeated referenceS-envious
ones-to the facilities enjoyed by
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'Purkinson's Law

"Parkinson's Law" the IA
nous satire on administrative
bureaucracy, is based upon two
premises:
l. Officials want to multiply
subordinates and
2. These subordinates make
work for each other.
AS applied in England, the law
shows" that regardless of the
volume of work to be done, the
number of Government en-
ployes will automatically in
crease at an annual rate of Sc
per cent.
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HOUSE

HR 8601. The Civil Rights Act
Of 1860. Approval by the House of
the Senate's amendments to the
bill, thus sending the measure to
the President. Senate's amend
ments agreed to 1885 ID l65-
83; r 123-12, April 81, 1860. A
yea was a vote supporting the
Presidents position.
FOR: Brewster. Democrat Of MARYLAND;
Falon. Democrat Of Maryland Folev.
Democrat OF Maryland Friedel. Democrat
Of Maryland; Garmatz, Democrat OF Mary
land. Johnson Democrat of Maryland;
Lankford. Democrat Of Maryland Bailey,
Democrat Of West virginia: HeChler. Dem
ocrat Of West virginia Ree. Democrat Of
West Vlrglnis Slack. Democrat Of West
Firginia: StaggerS Democrat OF West Viz
ginls, and Moore, Republican of West viz
Elnia.
AGAINST: Abbitt. Democrat Of VIRGINIA:
Downing Democrat OF Virginia: Gary.
Democrat Of Virginia; HARDY. Democrat Of
Virginia, Harrison, Democrat of Virginia;
,Ienninss. Democrat Of Virginia: Smith,
Democrat Of Virginia; Tuck, Democrat Of
Virginia Broyhlll, Republican Of virginia
ard Poh. Republican Of Virginia.
Compiled by Confessional Quarterly
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NEARBY VOTES

Following are the votes of Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia
members of Congress on major
roll calls last week:
SENATE
Nomination of James R. Durfee
to be a judge of the United States
Court of Claims. Confirmed 69-15
ID 38-l5; R 3l-0), April 20.
FOR: Besll, Republican Of Maryland: Byrd.
Democrat of Virginia: Robertson. Demo-
crat OF virginia; Byrd, Democrat Of West
virginia; Randolph. Democrat of West Viz
einia
NOT VOTING: Butler, Republican OF Mary
land.
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The Students Future

SNdOCht9
The character and fate of these
schools of journalism must de-
pend, to large extent, upon those
who can offer employment to their
graduates; most of whom. ad-
mittedly, are not even destined
for journalistic career. 1t would
not be difficult, therefore. for edi-
. tors to set certain standards. both
. by stating a preference for grad
yates who have not studied jour-
o nalism and by stipulating that
those who have should possess a
. good knowledge of shorthand,
typing, typography, composition
% and preciS. should myself tend
to assume. that journalism is best
. learnt on a newspaper staff and
that the best training for it would
, be a sound course in languages,
economics or history. There can
!. be no greater fallacy than this
modern notion that everything
should be learnt at school.
My other point concerns what
the public is supposed to prefer. I
- was recently reading that excel
lent work The Insolent Chariots
by John Keats. Only upon one
point did I differ from him and
that was in his still lingering as
sumption that supply is. at least
TO some extent. created by de-
. mand. This is the relic, perhaps,
, 1960-04-11
Public Notice

A representative of the Tax
Division. Department Of Fin
ance, st. Thomas, VI. will be
in the Offices Of the Depart
ment of Finance, Christian
sted from Thursday, April Z,
1860 to Wednesday, April -,
1860, to assist taxpayers who
may encounter problems in
filing Income Tax Returns for
1859. For appointments please
call TELEPHONE No. CA between
the hours of 800 am. to 1900
noon and 100 pm. to 500 pm.
Walter j. M. Petersen
District Supervisor
T-8-11-12
, 1960-04-11
CALL FOR BIDS,

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
cate, will be received at the
Department Of Property and
Procurement, Division Of Pro-
curement, Christiansted, St.
Croix, Virgin Islands, until
HOO AM, April ", 1860,
and then publicly opened for
the following:
| Ford Station Wagon. va
l Ford. 4 DR.. Sedan. 6 cyl.
j Ford Station Wagon,
6 cyl.
! Chevrolet, s cyl
The Government reserves
the right to reject any Or all
bids, to waive any informality
in bids and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder. to accept any
tenn in the bid.
Copies of invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision of Procurement, Chris
Itiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
stands.
CARLOS DOWNING
Commissioners Of Property
and Procurement
Per:
Alphonso RomreY
Administrative Assistant II
9-11-12
, 1960-04-11
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. CROIx, CHRISTIANSTED JURISDICTION
In the Matter Of the Estate Of
EMMELINE A. MOLTKE, PROBAT No. "a 1883
Deceased.


Pursuant to an order of the District Court of the Virgin
Islands dated April 7th, 1860, the undersigned hereby gives
notice that he will render his final account in the above en-
titled estate on May 18th, 1860, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
of the said day at the Office of the District Court in Chris
tiansted. Any person having objections thereto should then
end there appear and show cause why said accounting should
not be approved.
Dated: April 9th, 1860.
Charles E. Lynch
8-11-19-25 ak Executor
, 1960-04-11
NOTICE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands,
u. S. will hold its Quadrennial Insular Convention
on Friday, May s, 1860, at $50 Pm. at the Catholic
High School Auditorium on the Main Street, in the
City Of Charlotte Amalie, st, Thomas, Virgin Is
lands, u. S. for considering the following, viz
, 1960-04-11

Election Of Officers for the ensuing
four years.
Election Of Delegates and Alternates
to the National Democratic Conven-
ton scheduled to meet in the Los An
geles Memorial Sports Arena, 1899
South Figueroa Street, in the City Of
Los Angeles, State Of California, on
the 18th day of July, 1860, at 500
o'clock in the afternoon, PDST) for
the purpose Of selecting nominees for
President and Vice President Of the
United States of America, to adopt and
promulgate a platform and to take
such other action with respect to any
other matters as the Convntion may
deem advisable.
Instructions to Delegates attending the
said Convention.
Platform.
Such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
gistered Democrats are requested to
Joseph Alexander. Chairman
mocratic Insular Committee Of
the Virgin Islands, U. S.
Evening star., 1960-07-24

2722 s. CLEVELAND ST. ARL
s 1850. FLA, for this roomy brk
home with full bsmt.; vac: fenced
lot; S4OO dn., S76 pymt., less than
rent.
Evening star., 1960-07-24

SMITH Z DONNELL
ia. 7-616l Realtor ia. 1881
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ROOM TO ROAM

A brick ranrbler on a beautiful a.
acre wooded lot. There are fire-
places in the 23-ft. living room
and 30 IT. recreation room, a side
There is 4 paddock and S-Sorss
stable which can be converted
into garage. Adjoining 94-acre lot
also may be purchased. S26,50O
Evening star., 1960-07-24

SELECTED HOMES
1874 s. HARRISON ST, ARL.
Choice rambler home with big ga
rase for S16.25O Has entr. foyer,
large liv. rm. with frepl., ranch
sized kit. Vac, immed. poss.
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TOOKERS)

LINCOLNIA PARK
New rambler, 3 bedrms., 2 baths,
de luxe kit, large liv. rm., . fire.
places, full bsmt, large workshop
on end Of carport: "a acre wooded
lot S22,s50. DIR: Out Shirley
and turn left on Lincoln ave.
Open house Sun No agents. FL.
4-1R1R or XII S-1nn3
Evening star., 1960-07-24

GI LOAN WITH S99 PYMTs.
Goes with this brK. home with
ssrase Has full bs.nt. with pan
ed lot. very close-in loc., walk to
everything
MILLER REAL ESTATE co.