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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-11
Club Calendar

MODERN OCDM An OF
AMERICA - Tuesday, July Ii,
8 pm. at the center.
REBEKAH LODGE = Friday
July IA. 8 pm, at the Odd Eel
lows Hall.
PRESBYTERIAN RICH
8 pm. Circle 4 with Mrs. Lloyd
Mckay: Circle 5 with Mrs. j. A.
Wilkerson, CO hostess. Mrs.
Woodrow Townsend; Circle 6
with Mrs. Willie Welchlin; Cir
Gle 7 with Mrs. H. E. Southall.
Tuesday, July II, 10 am, Cir
Giles L. 2. and will meet at the
church. Hostesses are Mrs. Epsie
Vale, Mrs. c. H. Shapleight, Mrs.
Herbert Stokes and Mrs. T. A.
McCorkle.
BAPTIST CHURCH WINS NV
Mission study class. Monday,
July 10, 7:30 pm. at the church.
Book Christian Sharing Of
Possessions. Teacher = Mrs.
Richard D. Inge. A social will
follow.
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roses and yellow carnations.
bridesmaids we're Mrs.
Gloria L. Brakeman. sister of
the groom. of Lynchburg, Miss
Linda LcSueW, Of Arvonia, and
Mrs. F. c. Ogden, Of Charlottes-
vile, Miss Lynn Kay Brakeman,
of Lynchburg, was the flower
girl. The attendants wore dresses
Of light blue silk organza with
cummerbunds of harmonizing
shades Of blue Their hats were
matching bandeauX Of small
pearlized leaves.
The best man was Bernice
Harrison Morcom. of Madison
Heights. Ushers were Charles
Ayres. of New York, Charles t.
Patton. of Annandale, and Allen
G. Ritter brother of the bride.
Of Arvonia.
A reception was held in the
social hall of the church. After
Southern wedding trip the cou-
pie will be at home III AMMAN
dale.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S.sW. Putney
were recent guests, of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. " Putney in Saluda.
Mrs. Henry L. Whitehead, Jr..
and children, of Charlotte. N.
c., are spending a week with
her arents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert B Crawford Mr.. White
head was a week end guest.
Capt. Julian T. Putney. of
Ashevllle, N, c.. aud Miss joyce
London, of Inca, N. c., spent sew
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. S.
w. Putney.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Fitzpat-
rick and son, Cabell, Jr.. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter G. Robertson, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter G. Robertson,
Jr.. and Mrs. John Spence Coop
er were Holiday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Mott Robertson at
"Motrosa" in Concord.
Randy and Bill Flory, of Wood
bridge, and Lloyd and Taylor
| Putney, of Kingsport. Tenn, are
visiting their grandparents, Mr..
! and Mrs. S. w. Putney.
Miss Pamela King, of South
Boston. was a recent guest of
Miss Fay Martin. Miss Martin
returned with Miss King for a
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Noel
visited their daughter, Scottie, at
Camp OkahahWis, Sunday.
/ Mrs. Patsy Travis. Mrs. Edna
PARCEL and son, Hommy, of DAN
Vile, were holiday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Stokeley Fulton.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Walter G. Rob
ertSOn, Jr., OF Naples, Fla. ana
her mother, Mrs. John Spence
Cooper. of Sydney. Australia,
are the guests of his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter G. Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Kyle Baldwin
and daughter. Ann, and Ann
Gray Brooks visited their daugh-
ter. Margaret, at Camp Okahah-
wis, Sunday.
Mrs. w. L. Turns, Mrs. Fran
ces. Craft, Mrs. Nancy Hutton.
Mrs. Ruby Weaver, Miss Bar
bara Jean Weaver, Miss Mary
Yeats. and Miss Barbara Elliott
spent several days at Virginia
Beach.
Mrs. William Flory and chill
dren. William, Jr., and Anne, of
| Woodbridge, and Mrs. John V.
CaSteen, Jr, and daughters.
Carolyn and Anne, of Ports
mouth, were recent guests Of
their parents. Mr., and Mrs. S.
W. Putney
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The marriage of Miss Linda
Faye LeSueur. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank LeSueur. OF
Dillwyn. to Wiley Fielding Al
len. son of Mrs. Richard Allen.
of DillWyn, and the late Mr. Al
len. took place June Is at 4 pm.
in Browns Chapel Methodist
Church.
The Rev. Howard Edwards
Jr., performed the double ring
ceremony. Bealah Mae Hellard.
of Buckingham. sang Per
feet Love and Promise Me
Marvin Dunkum sang The
Lords PRAYER. accompanied by
Mrs. Frances Falls.
Given in marriage by her
father. the bride wore a dress of
Chantilly lace over taffeta. fash
ioned with a portrait neckiine.
fitted bodice and full skirt. Ter
veil fell from a crown of seed
pearls She carried New Test
ament with white roses.
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Charles Shorter. Jr., now as
ISOLATED with Collins Funeral
Home here, attended the recent
meeting of the Virginia Funeral
Directors Association at the
John Marshall Hotel, Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. E. NJ. Foster
are spending few days at
High Point, N c., on the south
ern furniture market.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Hoffman
and daughter, Ruth. spent the
holidays with his father, H. w.
Hoffman, in Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. c. M. Redd is visiting
her son-in-laW and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. R. A. LeCorchick, in
Richeyville. Pa.
Mrs. c. Lloyd Arehart and
Mrs. B. T, Taylor. Jr., spent the
week at Massanetta Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Wright,
Jr., and son. Allen, of Fredericks-
burg. spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Peery.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. l.. Lancaster
Jr., and sons, I,eitch and Bill,
spent the holidays in Clarksville,
Md. and Upper Marlboro, Md.
Mrs. w. A. Watson, III, and
children and Mrs. L. M. Pairet
are spending the week at Vir-
GINA Beach.
Mrs. j. T. Doyne, Jr.. and
daughters, Ruth and Marie, and
Susan Southall spent several days
with her mother. Mrs. c. F.
Blanchard, and her brother and
sister-in-laW. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Blanchard, in Rose Hill, N. c..
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Taylor
and daughter. Elizabeth, spent
the week end at THE Mar
shalls.' at Virginia, Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Rurper
and family have returned from
spending a week at Virginia
Beach.
Sgt and Mrs. Lyle Meeks, of
Myrtle Beach, S. c.. were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E i.
Southall. Gary Meeks, who has
been visiting here, returned home
with them.
Franklin Bruce and son, Lex.
Joined Mrs. Bruce at Virginia
Beach this week end.
Richard Cralle. Jr.. Jimmy At
kins and Donald Gates spent the
week end at Virginia Beach.
Col. and Mrs. D. w. Paulcttc
have moved to Fourth Avenue
Extension.
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Miss Ritter Is Bride
OF Robert Lee Luyne

The marriage of Miss Mary
Catherine Ritter. of Charlottes-
vile, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Gillespie Ritter, of Ar
vonia, to Robert Lee Layne, Of
Annandale. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest D. Layne. of Lynchburg.
took place July 8 at pm. in
West Lynchburg Baptist Church.
DR.. Allan B. Stanger. of
Lynchburg College, officiated.
Given in marriage by her
brother. the bride wore a white
floor length gown of tulle over
taffeta, designed with a snug
bodice which came to a point at
the waist. The short sleeves and
sweetheart neckline were edged
with re-embroidered lace motifs
and sprays of lace flowers were
scattered over the skirt. The
veil of French illusion fell to the
fingertips from lace bandeau
embroidered in seed pearls. She
carried prayerbook shoWered
with white orchids. stephanotis,
and French white carnations.
Miss 10 Ann Davidson of Dill
lwyn. was maid of honor. She
wore light blue floor length
gown of silk organza with
cummerbund of harmonizing
shades of blue Her hat was
matching bandeau. She carried a
semicircular bouquet of Chalice
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perso na me- ufion

Eugene Forester. Jr., of Rich
mond, was a week end guest of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Forester.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Bran
don and daughter. Rachel, of Mt.
Auburn, ILL.,, will arrive today to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris G. Smith.
Mrs. Otto Egret, of Nutley, N.
c., was guest of Mrs. w. A.
Schroeder, Thursday.
Marilyn Gresham is spending
a few days with her cousin.
Sylvia Gre h a m, in Colonial
Heights.
Miss Sarah Orange has re-
urned after spending her va
cation with relatives and friends
in Roanoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Coe visited
her brother and sister-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Jacobs. in
Siler City, N. C.
Mrs. Matte Lee Orange of
Roanoke, spent the week end
with her sister, Mrs. Minnie Bon
duWant.
Dr.. w. w. Elliott. of Durham
N. G., ard Miss Virginia Jones
Of Raleigh, N. c., were recent
guests of his mother, Mrs. James
Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs Morris G. Smith,
Jr.. and children, Gil. Gordon
Kirby and Kim, spent several
days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris G. Smith, before
leaving for Attleboro, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth w. Lane
and son Bill. spent several DAYS
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
.. w. Lane, in Surry.
Mrs. Asa Smith has returned
after weeks visit with her SON
in-laW and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Palmer, III. in New
port News. Ann Cary and Eliza
beth Palmer returned with their
grandmother for a visit.
Nancy Gail Gillian attended a
luncheon at the home of Miss
Wendy Lowe in Richmond Sat
urday, honoring Miss Sunny Mar
tin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Smith, OF
Richmond, and MIR. and Mrs. E
3. Felty, of Lynchburg, were
week end guests of their mother
Mrs. c. M. Smith.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Cum
hey and son. Eddie, have return
ed from spending several days
in Richmond with her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
F. Edwards, and family.
Mrs. j. B. William S and
daughter, Bobbie Scott, have re-
turned from Laurens, S. c.,
where they attended the Thomp-
son-Bollinger wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Morton left
Saturday to make their home in
Onancock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronnie Frazier,
of Oxford. N. c., spent the week
end with her grandmother, Mrs.
NJ NJ. Layne, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Hudgins
and son. SWeeny, of Oklahoma
City, Okla, were recent guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Williams.
Jane Parker. Mary Jane Mar
tin and Eleanor Redd are at
tending Girls State at Radford
College.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. M. Fitzgerald
and family are now living on
WILDWOOD Road
Miss Ruby Smith has re-
turned to Washington, D. c.,
after spending her vacation
visiting relatives here.
DR.. w. Otis mcClung and
Danny Locklar attended a Sun
day School conference at Eagle
Eyrie.
Mrs. Walter Bruce and chill
dren are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy v. Dennis.
in Grundv. Mr.. Bruce was a
week end guest there.
Mrs. Annie Meadows is spend
ing her vacation with relatives
in Washington. D. G.
Mrs Richard Inge and daugh-
tiers, Diane and Jane, were re-
cent guests Of her mother, Mrs.
c. Martin. in Lynchburg.
Mrs. T. w. Smith is visiting
her sisters. the Misses Lula and
Robbie Pugh and Mrs. S. H.
Matthews, in Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Warner
and daughter. Trina Laura. spent
the week end in Bedford with his
sister, Mrs. Frank Gordon, and
family.
Mrs. George Fitzgerald spent
the week end with her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Britton, and family in
Charlottesville.
Mrs. Herman Rag gland,
Frances Ann Atkinson and Pa
tricia Mckay spent the week in
Norf folk with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Bowe and family.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Kyle Baldwin
spent Thursday in Lynchburg
visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bald
win, and had a day of golf at
the Boonsboro Country Club.
Mrs. j. j. Marshall has re-
turned from visiting in Alexan-
dria. Washington, D. c.. and
Wilmington, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Shields
and family. Of Huntington, W..
Va, are visiting his mother, Mrs.
F. S. Shields.
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Ashburn-O rsborn
Vows Exchanged

Mrs James Monroe Cook. Of
Mt. Airy, N. c.. announces the
marriage of her daughter, Lo-
retta Orsborn, to William Cecil
Ashburn. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Lewis Ashburn. of Cum
berland county.
The marriage took place in Mt.
Airy, June Is. The couple is re-
siding in Cumberland.
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Edwards McClary
Vows Are Spoken

Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon
McClary announce the marriage
of their daughter. Margaret
Carol. to Landen Jerel Edwards,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fransco Ed
wards, of Buckingham.
The marriage took place June
80 in Florence. S. c.
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Mrs. Monroe Evans.
Miss Glenn will be married to
Frank Coleman, of Prospect, Sat
urday. July Is.
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Shower Honors Miss LaNette Glenn

Miss LaNette Glenn was hon
ored with a surprise shower at
the nurses home, Thursday after
noon. July 6, by Mrs. Mabel
Yarus. Miss Mary Womack and
Evening star., 1961-01-31
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

President Kennedys Union message paints
a gloomy picture Jack realizes that for every solution
he offered last fall, there's actually problem.
Ode to the Santa Maria: There once was q tropical
cruise with moonlight dancing and At the end
Of the sport they vowed to make port-but knew
which to choose.
The New Frontiers emphasis may be on YOUTH but 1t
takes Speaker Sam Rayburn TO- and Congressman Howard
Smith, 49, to show the youngsters how to stage real feud
Russian high jumper does a record feet inches.
Under communism kid will to almost any lengths to
get away from 1t all
Drug companies at Senator Estes Kefauver's
investigation Of prices But Kefauver proud
drug the market.
The administration tightens secrecy Democrats can't
who favored them during the campaign by
raising salaries they'll tighten the presss burden by putting
out less to write about
Evening star., 1961-01-31

Does President Kennedy,
who shows that he has o
firm grip on the helm. intend
to guide the ship Of state
toward the dangerous wa
tiers Of appeasement and CO.
existence with the Commu-
mist bloc?
This question has been
paramount in the minds Of
many political leaders in
Washington and among the
diplomats Of many friendly
and neutral countries.
The intention Of Premier
Khrushchev to use the two
American flyers who sur.
vived the shooting down Of
the RB-47 plane had been
rumored in knowing circles
in Washington soon after
the Kennedy victory at the
polls. The Russian dictator
has never concealed his
hopes that he could do busi-
ness with q Democratic ad-
ministration, and he made o
number Of official and pri-
vate statements to the ef-
feet that the American-So-
Wet relations could be re-
stored to where they were In
the days Of Franklin Roose-
welt II Mr.. Kennedy became
President.
The strong inaugural
speech Of the new Chief Ex-
ecutive raised the hopes Of
many that America has
found itself again" and
raised some slight misgivings
in Moscow and Peiping. But.
according to reports from
Moscow. the manly words Of
Mr.. Kennedy were taken with
q grain Of salt.
This column mentioned on
January z that Mr.. Khru-
shchev was expected to free
the two American hostages
as a sop to the new admini-
stration. The Russian dicta-
tor expected in exchange a
radical change involving a
greater flexibility in the
United States attitude to-
ward coexistence. When this
reporter raised the question
with q number Of friends Of
the President-elect he was
told that such o Russian
gesture. while probable.
would not change the long
range views Of Mr.. Kennedy.
They pointed out that the
RB-47 had been shot down
in international air space
and the case paralleled the
attack on the Panay in 1887.
Under these circumstances,
friends Of Mr.. Kennedy said,
1t was unlikely that he would
Evening star., 1961-01-31
Presidents Report to Congress

present recession and could
conceivably make 1t worse?
On the military side, the
Presidents proposals win be
welcomed as q sound policy
of protection. AS to the words
addressed to foreign nations.
Mr.. Kennedy's advisers gave
him the right counsel. He
does not minimize the Com
munist threat. Indeed, he
pointedly drew attention, for
instance, to Latin America
as an area in which Com
munist agents seeking to ex-
plot that regions peaceful
revolution Of hope have
established a base on Cuba,
only 30 miles from our
shores" Mr.. Kennedy de-
clared flatly, amid applause.
that Communist domination
in this hemisphere can never
be negotiated"
There was, moreover, q
note Of restraint in holding
forth the olive branch Of
negotiation with respect to
other world problems. Mr..
Kennedy made an eloquent
plea for support Of the
United Nations. and warned
smaller nations not to aban-
don their ideals. Perhaps
most significant was the
Presidents statement that
mo Atlantic power can meet
on its own the mutual prob
lens now facing US in de-
tense, foreign aid, monetary
reserves, and q host Of other
areas"
, Most important in the
whole address was the fol-
lowing succinctly worded
statement:
The first great obstacle
is still our relations with the
Soviet Union and Commu-
mist China. We must never
be lulled into believing that
either power has yielded its
ambitions for world domina-
tion-ambitions which they
forcefully restated only q
short time ago. On the con-
trary, our task Is to convince
them that aggression and
subversion will not be profit
able routes to pursue these
ends"
This utterance transcends
all others in the address and,
II pursued by MIR. Kennedy's
cabinet and other advisers. 1t
will 90 q long way toward
removing fears that the new
administration will try to
appease our potential enemy.
tcopyriSht. 1s6D
Evening star., 1961-01-31
Message Called q Bid to Ex-CoIIeogues
Of House and Senote to Get Moving

were listening did not need
to have the message spelled
out for them. Everyone Is
being extremely civil-so far.
But the conservative coah-
ton of Republicans and
Southern Democrats which
proposes to maintain q veto
Of the new President through
the Rules Committee can't
say it wasn't warned.
The President may not win
the struggle, but he will give
it the old college try. In
political terms, the mid-term
congressional campaign and
the next presidential race
started Monday.
The Kennedy people are
sincerely dismayed by what
the President called the pres
ent "morasS Of committees.
timidities and fictitious
theories" If they felt their
footing were more sure. they
would not be In such o hurry.
They had hoped not to be.
With some exceptions. they
have been slow to note the
entrenched positions from
which the congressional con-
Servatives operate. They are
almost bound to make some
blunders when they tackle
them.
For Democrats, the prob
lem is to overcome Southern
conservatism without party
partition. For Republicans.
the task Is to hold on to their
Southern allies but avoid the
label of Goldwater conserva-
tive.
Evening star., 1961-01-31
Memories of q Fox Hunter

with protest. hollered out:
What in the blank do you
think you are doing over
there anyhow"
A silence fell. and Wild
cat Stevens moved to the
window Of the room, pushed
the window on up and an
swered. real mild like:
Blowing fog horns and
drinking whisky. What In the
world did you think we were
doing?"
And then he gave him o
real fine blast that ratified
all the doors.
I don't know If there Is
any finer sight than to keep
up well enough and to cut
across to some vantage point
and manage to sight a fox.
I've managed 1t maybe a
half-dozen times. To see the
old red come out Of the trees.
his brush low, his tongue
lolling out, and weariness in
every move-to watch him
pick his way, jumping from
log to stone to show up the
dogs, and then to disappear.
is an exciting prelude to the
next scene.
The hounds come close be-
hind. breaking from the
woods, and all piling up there
where the fox worked out his
little tricks. But. finally.
some old grizzled hound will
pick up the trail again and
they will 60 off, believing
and crying the wild, sort Of
savage, music Of the chase.
The Irish said the Druids
began fox hunting and point
out that only the fox Is
hunted with ritual. They
said. too. never to trust q
woman with q face painted
like a fox's. But I don't
know. Anyhow. I'm proud to
have a fox hound named
after me.
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Official u. S. Attitude in Recent Days
Viewed as Giving Rise to Questions

act differently from FDR
when that American gun
boat on patrol on the Yang
tze River was bombed by
japanese planes. Mr.. Roose-
velt demanded immediate
apologies, indemnities for
the crew members killed or
wounded and payment for
the physical damage caused
by Japan's completely un-
warranted hostile action.
Surely, 1t was said by those
who had received hints Of
Mr.. Khrushchev's intended
"magnanimous action" Mr..
Kennedy would not be sat-
isfied with the mere liberia
ton Of the American flyers
who survived the piratical
attack by Soviet fighter
planes.
To the surprise Of those
who seem to have misread
Mr.. Kennedy's mind, the
liberation Of Capts. John r.
McKone and Freeman B.
OlmStead was received by
the Chief Executive as an
act Of friendship by the
Soviet government which,
he said. would open the way
to Q new era In Soviet
American relations. There
was not even q hint that we
expected as an indication OF
goodwill, II not apologies, at
least some friendly explana-
tions for the unwarranted
attack by the Red fighter
planes on July l, 1860.
Within "a hours Ambassa-
dor to the United Nations
Adlai Stevenson stated at q
press conference that he per-
sonally believed that Mr..
Kennedy would be happy to
meet with Mr.. Khrushchev
should the latter visit New
York during the session of
the u. N. General Assembly
which resumes next month.
Evening star., 1961-01-31

horse all day and Jump rail
fences with something like
a fury. No fence was too
much for her. She was o
legend. There was . big
wedding when she had mar
ried years before. She was
from one of the old fam
lilies. And so was he. But
after a year or so he said
it was either the hounds or
him. why, Joe," legend had
her saying. you know which
one 1t Is" She was always
alone. but she rode in the
hunts as If she hated foxes.
One cold winter at Daw-
son Springs, KY. at the Ma
tional, there was a horn
blowing contest which was
won by a fellow named Wild
cat Stevens. The old hotel
was a summer resort place.
a two-story wooden building
shaped like a U. That night
after the championship a
crowd gathered with the
champion in a big corner
room. There were guitar
players there and singers and
two or three jugs Of corn
whisky. Things warmed up
so it was necessary to raise
a window q foot or 30. All
the local champions had q
turn blowing the champions
horn and when they had
finished he would take q
swig at one Of the glasses
and let loose the sort of
blasts which had won him
the title.
Along about 3 o'clock In
the morning q fellow across
the court couldn't stand It
any longer. He flung up his
window and in a voice loud
Evening star., 1961-01-31
DORIS FLEESON

President Kennedy, in his
first state-of the Union mes
sage, declared war on inertia.
It is Q formidable foe in the
absence Of depression or hot
war.
He did not ask for a blank
check and made relatively
few specific requests Of Con-
gress. The great bulk Of that
will come later. But, very
politely, he challenged his
former colleagues OF the
House and Senate to get
moving.
The operative words of the
long address were few and
plain: 1--WE mean to make a
change" II the report he had
already given Of the country's
situation is even approx
mately correct, such change
is long overdue.
With o notable economy Of
adjectives and in remarkably
spare prose. the new Presi-
dent dissected the state Of
the Executive Branch as he
found 1t. It is. he said, full
of honest and useful public
servants" whose capacity to
act decisively at the exact
time action is needed" has
been muffled.
The result, he charged. was
a growing gap between de-
cision and execution, between
planning and reality. all in
a time of rapidly deterior-
ating situations at home and
especially abroad"
The working politicians who