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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-02
University Group
Concert August 4

One Of four ensembles ran-
resening Bob Jones University
on tours throughout the country
this summer will present pro
gram Of sacred music at 7.4o
pm. Oh August at Bible Rap-
list Church Of Appomattox.
A male quartet and soprano
soloist. under the direction III
Ralph McGilvra. a member OF
the University faculty. will sing
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-02

Amelia Presbyterian Church
members have worked out their
problem in another way. A large
room in the basement which
they used for suppers and large
meetings has been divided into
three small class rooms. A par
tition between two small rooms
upstairs was taken away, al
lowing more room for a largef
class.
Young couples arc now teac'
ing together in this Sunday
school. They al meet togcther
each Sunday night for leader
ship training. This plan, better
Programs, the student pastor
project. together with work done
the lay members. and the reno
Vaiions mentioned above. are
credited with a great deal of
the increase noted at this church
The NPresbvterian sunday
school had an average attend
.ance ten years AGO Of 20 mem
bers. now it is thought small
WHEN trey have IS, including the
adults
The Rev. Milton P. Reid is
pastor Of the church and w. D.
Barr is tho present superin-
fendent Of the Sunday School.
He expects 70 leave ella
/ soon and will have to be re-
! placed
Methodist Plans
+ Trinity Methodist Church had
still another idea to take care
of its increase. There an adj
ditioanl five class rooms have
been built at the rear Of the
\ church building.
Attendance at the Sund a Y
/ school has about doubled in the
past ten years, according to
the superintendent, d. Hardy
Grigg. The average attendance
I Fer Sunday il now IS.
The work Of tie Rev. Ray r.
jenkins, nastor of the church
for the past six years, ard work
done by lay members. has done
much to contribute to the ex-
/ pension. Grigg SAYS. The Rev.
4 Herbert 4. White is the ne W
pastor Of Trinity Church.
I Christ Episcopal Church h a $
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-02
rHAI.s ODD,

| lent Webber ten dollars
Yesterday. Told me he was
atanded high and dry
That's strange l lent him
ten because he Gould hardly
keep his head above water.
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British Harmony

There appeared to be nothing
but the warmest harmony between
the tall Frenchman and his Brit
ish hosts during the course of the
visit. In contrast to the days of
World War II, when the De Gaulle
intensity and directness produced
many moments of unhappy fric-
ton with other Allied leaders, this
time there seemed to be a notable
singlenesS of purpose and genu-
inc cordiality. Even 85-year-old
Sir Winston Churchill, who once
remarked that the Cross of Lor-
raine was the heaviest of the
crosses he had to bear during the
war, embraced this aloof man who
unhesitatingly and somehow not
immodestly states that he has
'incarnated French legitimacy for
20 years"
The high spot of the visit was the
the Presidents address to the
House of Commons and the House
of Lords, assembled in the ancient
Westminster Hall Amid demon
strations of respect and affection
seldom offered any foreigner, Gen.
de Gaulle made a "shoulder-to-
shoulder" plea that included
pledge that France would cease
testing nuclear weapons immedi-
ately if the United States, Britain,
and the Soviet Union would destroy
atomic stockpiles and outlaw ,nu-
clear warfare.
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nedy, in Wisconsin, had demon
strated great strength in the
Midwest" adding that some Cali
fornia delegates would be favor
ably influenced toward the Mas
Sachusetts Senator after the first
ballot at the national convention
in Los Angeles in July. Earlier
estimates had been that at least
half of California's 81 delegates
were pro-Kennedy. ut will take
761 delegate votes to nominate.O
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of
Michigan. head of a 51-man dele
cation, also had words of praise
for Mr.. Kennedy's appeal in the
Midwest. His comment buttressed
reports that he was leaning toward
the Easterner for the nomination.
There was ferment in New Jer-
sey, too, where the strong Demo-
cratic organization in Hudson
County indicated it was ready to
switch to Mr.. Kennedy after a
f1rSt-ballot vote for favorite-son,
Gov. Robert Meyner. New Jersey
has Al delegate votes,
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Emergency State

The Negro protest movement,
backed by an unorganized but for
a while very effective strike of
Negro workers, had apparently
been squelched successfully last
week by vigorous government &C
ton. Under a state-of emergency
series of DEGREES, opposition ,ead-
ers both Negro and white have
been arrested and imprisoned, the
only two Negro political organi-
cations have been banned, Negro
residential compounds have been
Systematically searched for weap-
ons, and the pass-book system,
suspended right after the bloody
riot at Sharpeville which began
the three-week uprising, has been
reinstated.
South Africa's government has
made it plain that the United Ma
tions Security Councils resolution
of protest on the racial issue would
be ignored. I'VE will not hand
over control of South Africa to a
native (Negro) majority" de-
clared Foreign Minister Eric Louw
yesterday.
In London, the House of Com
mons on Friday, without single
dissenting vote. passed a resolu-
tion denouncing South Africa's
apartheid. The resolution de-
manded that the Union be re-
quired to defend its position at
the forthcoming meeting of the
Commonwealth Prime Ministers,
to begin May in London. There
have also been reports that the
Prime Ministers of some Com
monwealth nations - India and
Ceylon have been mentioned, as
well as Ghana-will move for
mally to expel South Africa from
the British community of nations.
Leaders of the Conservative,
Labor, and Liberal parties in the
House of Commons praised the
resolution, which was introduced
by Laborite John Stonehouse. Lib
eral MP. 10 Grimond, speaking
for his party, said "a real break
down in relations between the
white and colored races would be
q disaster from which the world
would not recover"
At the United Nations, Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold re-
peated his willingness to go to
South Africa for consultations
with Union officials. The Security
Council had urged such trip, but
the South Africans have been cold
to the proposal.
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Southern Success

Their road doubtless was made
easy, however, by the feeling on
the part of the Southerners that
they had been successful in bar
ring from the bill those provisions
of the administration original
measure which were most obnox-
ious to them.
In fact, if one were to re-read
the statement with which Sena-
tor Russell of Georgia, the Sou
thern leader, led the debate in
February. it would be seen that
the voting referee section is really
the only one left which rouses
Southern ire.
Even here. some Southerners
feel-and the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People does. too-that the situa-
ton in the South will not be
altered very much by the provi-
sion. A Southern challenge in
Federal court as to the provisions
constitutionality is also expected.
The House now must act again.
The Senate tackled on Is amend
ments, nearly all of which soft
ened the House-approved bill. The
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A Bondwogon?

But regardless Of the situation
today, a man cannot stand still If
a bandwagon is to roll. As Mr..
Kennedy himself said: THE
trouble with primaries is that you
have to win them ALL"
While Wisconsin did not bury
Mr.. Humphrey. it all but elm
mated him. West Virginia, where
the next Democratic primary fight
will take place on May 10, will be
Kennedy Humphrey rematch. A
defeat there could seriously hurt
Mr.. Kennedy's chances for the
nomination.
The situation in West Virginia,
private polls Notwithstanding,
would appear to favor Mr.. Hum
phrey. The State is estimated at
81 per cent Protestant. It is hit
by economic distress in several
areas and this should aid the
Minnesotan who has hammered
home the idea he is friend of the
poor and the downtrodden. And
the United Mine Workers Union,
strong factor in any West Vir-
ginia election, is said to be un-
friendly to Mr.. Kennedy.
While most of the speculation
IN the Wisconsin vote centered on
the Democratic candidates. the re-
suits were not without meaning
'or Mr.. Nixon.
The Vice President, who was un-
opposed and did not campaign in
the State, polled less than a third
Of the total votes cast. But he did
get a rather sizable number and
even Mr.. Humphrey warned (in
speaking to Democratic women's
group that the Vice President
was strong in Wisconsin.
And if one takes some Demo-
cratic estimates that 100000 Re-
publicans crossed over to vote in
the Democratic contest, then the
vote totals by party would be
seen to be quite close.
Mr.. Nixon, however, is q man
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For De GouHe:
Red Carpet

Another in the round of visits
between statesmen in advance
Of next months summit meet
ing took place last week.
French President Charles de
Gaulle met an enthusiastic
welcome in London.
In the language of diplomacy,
an exchange of views" is, curl
ously enough, exactly that. An
informal, non-binding and usually
"oft-the-record" conversation be-
tween principals, it has historically
been a valuable and convenient
method of contact.
These days, however, when per-
sonal diplomacy has so far re-
placed the traditional methods of
nation-to-nation relations as to
be the normal rather than the ex-
ceptional approach, the "ex-
change of views" has taken on a
new and greatly expanded sig
nif1cance.
A week ago today Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchev left Paris for
Moscow, having concluded an IL
day visit to France. Besides his
tour of French provinces. he had
had his exchange of views" with
President de Gaulle. On his re-
turn to the Soviet capital. Mr..
Khrushchev expressed himself as
very satisfied" with his trip and
his conversations.
Then on Tuesday, having had
only two days in which to organize
his own impressions and attitudes
after Mr.. Khrushchev's departure,
Gen. de Gaulle was off to London,
to be the guest of Queen Eliza
beth II and, in the course of his
visit, to exchange a few views
himself with Prime Minister Mac
milan.
His welcome was tremendous, so
much so that the usually imper-
turbable Frenchman was visibly
moved to tears. There was reason
Tor sentiment. Twenty years ago
Gen. de Gaulle had come to Lon
don as a fiercely' determined
French officer who refused to
share in his countrys humiliation
at the hands of Hitler'S war ma
chine. He remained during the
darkest days of the war, rallying
around his Cross of Lorraine
Frenchmen like himself all over
the world until he had built up
a force to be reckoned with. And
he personally led the Free French
into Paris after that city had been
delivered from NaZi occupation by
Allied troops which included the
underground French Maquis, whose
leader was Gen. de Gaulle.
Evening star., 1960-04-10
Defense:
Submarines

Defense Secretary Gates last
Wednesday asked Congress to
approve revision of the mill
tary budget to provide more
POlariS missile submarines,
Atlas ICBMs and a speed-up of
two early warning systems.
When Defense Secretary Gates
went before the House Defense
Appropriations Subcommittee last
January, the shout of missile
gap" by administration critics was
rising in volume.
Mr.. Gates rejected the criticism,
assuring the Congressman that
there will be, no deterrent gap"
that is, the United States is, and
will remain. strong enough to dis
suade any Nation from attacking
us.
The Secretary also made a
promise. He said that if the
Polaris submarine-launched mis-
sile system proved all right sooner
than expected, the administration
would ask for money to augment
the program.
Mr.. Gates made good on his
promise last week after 9 of the
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Evening star., 1960-04-10
Civil Rights:
A Step Forward

The Senate passed the civil
rights bill on Friday and sent
1t back to the House, where no
final action is expected until
after Easter.
Extremists are never entirely
happy with the decision of the
majority, which nearly always
represents some compromise.
So it is with the Senate's ver-
sion of the civil rights bill, a
moderate f1ve-part measure largely
concerned with helping Negroes
vote. 1t was passed, II to 18. Fri
day night.
Southern opponents called the
bill unconstitutional" and "pu-
nitive." Ultra-l liberals from the
Northern industrial States. al
though voting for il. called it a
pale ghost of our hopes of last
fall"
But the great majority of the
43 Democrats and 2S Republicans
behind the bill saw it as a Sig
nificant step forward in the bat
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tie for equal rights for all Amer
leans. Senate Republican Leader
DirkSen had an observation 10th
extremist groups might contem-
plate. "The fulf1llment of the
American dream is gradual
process" he said.
Credit for getting the bill
through the Senate after nearly
eight weeks of off-and-on debate,
is being given to Senate Majority
Leader johnson, who apparently
has not lost Southern support of
his presidential campaign, and
Mr.. Dirksen. They worked closely
together at almost every point
and had the situation under con-
troll from the start.
That they were able to get the
bill past the skillful opposition of
the l8 Southerners without a re-
sort to the unpopular and rarely
invoked rule of cloture. the shut
ting off of debate, was a tribute
to their generalship.
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Actual Count

But whether they are right,
the weighing of the results has
been much more difficult than the
counting of the votes, which went
like this:
Kennedy. 47S,9O7 for 40 per cent
Of the total Democratic and Re-
publican) vote and 20la dele
gates; Humphrey, 372,034 for 81
per cent and 101a delegates. On
the Republican side, Mr.. Nixon
got BAL ,463 for 20 per cent and all
80 G. o. P. delegates.
There was another factor, a
rather curious one, in the min
imizing of the Kennedy victory.
This was that there had been so
much talk of an overwhelming
sweep by the Massachusetts, Sen
ator that when the margin was
simply clear-cut, it was looked
upon with something of a jaun-
diced eye.
Actually, when the full back
ground of the odds facing Mr..
Kennedy are weighed, his feat Of
garnering more than 56 per cent
of the Democratic vote cannot be
lightly regarded.
First of all, he is a rich, Har-
vard-educated, fastener. q triple
indictment in many parts of the
Midwest. Add the fact that he is
a Catholic running in a State
where less than one-third the
citizenry are of that faith. This
is only the beginning.
Mr.. Kennedy's opponent is a
popular carnpaigner known as the
third Senator from Wisconsin"
who comes from next-door Min
nesota. Mr.. Humphrey is regarded
as a firm friend of the farmer, a
plus" in Wisconsin, and the State
AFL-CIO labor chiefs gave him
their blessing. James r. Hoffa, boss
of the TeamSters Union, backed
Mr.. Humphrey in the hope of
getting even with Mr. Kennedy
for his part in the passage of last
years labor reform legislation.
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Stop Kennedy

Finally, a stop Kennedy"
drive, sparked by supporters of
other Democratic presidential as
pirants who have eschewed vying
in primaries, was in evidence.
Thus, the Wisconsin State organ
ization for Senator Stuart Sy-
mington advised its followers to
vote for Mr.. Humphrey. And the
supporters of Adlai Stevenson,
strong in the Madison area,
backed the Minnesotan in an
effort to slow down Mr.. Kennedy.
All these factors, while sub
merged by some observers, were
evidently not downgraded by at
least a couple powerful Demo-
cratic professionals in the dele
gate-heavy larger States.
Gov. Edmund Pat) Brown of
California observed that Mr.. Ken
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The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Wisconsin as a Beqinninq

Senator Kennedy defeated
Senator Humphrey in the hOtly
contested Wisconsin primary on
Tuesday. Both men now point to
the May 10 West Virginia race.
After the ballots were all count
ed and the county-by county re-
turns analyzed in the Wisconsin
primary, the consensus of the po-
litical seerS was: Interesting, but
not particularly significant.
This opinion was based to a
large extent on a Judgment of the
Importance of these two factors
which, while they were major
ones, were difficult to assess with
any scientific exactness:
l. The religious issue. How
many Catholics voted for Mr..
Kennedy because he was a Cath
olic and how many Protestants
voted for Mr.. Humphrey because
he was Protestant?
2. How many Republicans
crossed over, as Wisconsin law
permits, and voted in the Demo-
cratic primary, where the only
contest was fought, and how many
voted for each of the Democratic
candidates?
In arriving at their mot par
ticularly significant" verdict of
the Kennedy victory, the political
punditS decided that more Cath
olics voted for Mr.. Kennedy,
proportionately. than ProteStants
for Mr.. Humphrey, and that more
Republican cross-overS did the
same thing.
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who prefers to run scared. The
Wisconsin vote, together with re-
cent Nationwide polls which
showed him trailing MIR. Kennedy,
the Democratic front-runner, for
the first time since last August,
has convinced him that he had
better begin to campaign with
a bit more earnestness. This he
plans to do. beginning next
month.
There is another reason for
his concern. Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New York, a popu-
lar liberal Republican who with
drew from the race for the nomi-
nation last December. last week
continued to act like a man who
was simply waiting in the wings
for the propitious moment. if
one should present itself, to re-
enter the race.
The leading story on Page l of
the New York Herald Tribune of
April 7 began this way:
Gov. Rockefeller indicated
twice today that he still has hopes
for the Republican presidential
nomination and that he is dis
tinctly cool to Vice President
Richard M. Nixon"
Mr.. Rockefeller. questioned by.
reporters, declined an opportunity
to repeat his definite and final"
decision not to seek the nomina-
ton for President But he threw
cold water on efforts of some
leading Republicans, including
former New York Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, to get him to accept the
vice presidential nomination on
the G. o. P. ticket. He repeated
that he would not consider the
No. 2 spot under any circum-
stances"
Evening star., 1960-04-10
THE FOREIGN SCENE
South Africa Holds
Line Despite Pressure

South Africa's Prime Minister
Hendrix Verwoerd narrowly es-
capped death yesterday when he
was shot by a white assassin at
johannesburg.
The policy of apartheid-abso-
lutte segregation, socially, eco
nomically, educationally, of South
Africa's Bantu CNegro) majority
has had no stronger supporter
over the last IA years than the
Prime Minister. Since the two
separate worlds" policy was first
put into effect by Daniel Malan
soon after the end of World War
II. Mr.. Verwoerd has been chief
architect and most uncompro-
missing enforcer of total white
supremacy throughout the Union.
Yesterday the Prime Minister,
sitting on a platform with his
wife and other government Off
cials at an exhibit in the Union
Exposition, was shot by a white
man in the crowd. The small
caliber bullet hit him in the right
cheek, inflicting a wound that was
described as mot critical" The
would-be assassin was captured,
beaten and jailed.
The assassination attempt was
the latest in a series of acts of
violence that began over three
weeks ago. Most of the victims so
far have been Negroes, killed by
police bullets during demonstra-
tionS and riots protesting the pass
book system by which Negroes
must identify themselves to move
from the Bantu residential areas
to and from their places of en-
ployment.
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Underground

A leader of the banned Pan
Africanist Congress, Mangalise
Sobukwe. managed to get word
out of his prison cell that the
$1,000 member Congress would
go underground and be more
militant than ever. And for the
second time, the dominant Dutch
Reformed Church warned that
"the course of events threat
ems to encourage despair in
spite of all well-meant endeavors,
Christ's kingdom does not know
the sword for protection"
Strict censorship of South AZ
rican newspapers was extended
to correspondents for the foreign
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House may accept the measure as
is and send it quickly to the White
House. Or it can call for a joint
Senate House conference to iron
out differences. Each chamber
would then have to vote on the
final, agreed-upon version.
With a short session, due to the
national conventions in July. in
prospect. Congress has little time
to spare on a renewed civil rights
battle. Many important pieces of
legislation have been slowed al
ready. 1t would, therefore, be
sensible and realistic for the House
to accept the Senate version so
that both bodies may turn to
other tasks.
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press last week. An editor of the
Montreal Star was arrested and
.Ihis copy seized by police Friday.
international criticism, Mr.. Louw
said in his remarks yesterday. is
OF no concern to the Union.
South Africa has gotten used to
being slandered for the past IA
years." he declared.
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to cross State lines to escape
prosecution for burning or
bombing of any building or
vehicle.
4. Require States to preserve
their voting records for %
months and make them avail
able for inspection by the United
States Attorney General.
S. Enable the Federal Govern
ment to provide for the educa-
ton of children of servicemen
if public schools near military
installations are closed.
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TheCiviI Rights Bill.

The five principal sections Of
the civil rights bill passed by
the Senate would:
l. Provide for the appointment
by Federal Courts of referees to
help qualified Negroes, who
claimed they were being dis
eliminated against, register and
vote in State. local and national
elections.
2. Make it criminal offense
to use force or threats to OBJ
struct any Federal court order.
3. Make it a criminal offense
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Defines Peace

The French President offered his
own definition of peaceful CO.
existence" in the course of his
Westminster Hall remarks. France,
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