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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
In Washington y. c.
Group Attends WMU Convention

Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Seward. of
Alexandria.
The churches Of f.non and
Bethlehem held Easter sunrise
service at Enon Sunday morning
at six o'clock. Rev Hugh Rag
land, of Buckingham. was guest
preacher.
Mrs r. l.. Gillispie S visitors
for the Easter holidays were Miss
Ruby Gillispie. Of Richmond, Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Lynch and daugh-
terS, Jane and Judy, Of Middle
town, Pa. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger Carwile and Susan. Car
vile. of Harrisonburg. Mr.. and
Mrs. CarWile' home was re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson D. Cole
man. Steve Coleman and Danny
Chiles. of Radford, spent the
week end with Mrs. Coleman S
parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Jones. They also visited Mr.. and
Mrs. John Word. Mr.. and Mrs
D. " Coleman and Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Coleman.
Mrs. Helen White came from
South Boston to spend Easter
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Bell and
Carlton and Miss Lille May Bell
went to Richmond on Saturday
and were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Merit BOWleS.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hawkes.
and family. OF Wilson. and Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Payne, of
Kents Store, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
John Booker and j. E. Braudrick
on Easter Sunday. Miss Barbara
Booker was also home for the
Easter holiday.
Although the weather is cold
and cloudy the martins are en-
joying themselves. In fact all of
the birds are very cheerful
Dickie continues to eat his raisins
on my front porch.
Mrs. j. E. Willis is sick at her
home and was not able to attend
the Easter service at Providence
on Sunday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07

Miss Parkie Dunnavant spent
Sunday with Mrs. r. L. ellis
pie and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
DunnaVant.
Miss Pauline Peters and Miss
Mary Skaggs spent Sunday at
Stalnton. They also visited Nh.
and Mrs. j. F.. Ransom during
The week end and returned to
Norfolk Monday.
Mrs. Henry M. Wright and
daughter, Kathy. Of Centenary.
are spending several days with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Falls. Of
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H Word. ac-
companied by Floyd Neal Word,
spent the week end in Newport
News and attended the 10th we'd
ding anniversary of Mrs. Word Is
brother-in-laW and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Manning. The
reception was held at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Price. of
Hampton.
Mrs. Grover Woodson and son,
Grover Lee. accompanied by her
mother. Mrs. AtWater. spent
Monday in Richmond. They visit
ed Mrs. Woodson's uncle, A. F..
Bullock. at Mcclure Hospital and
Mrs. A. F.. Bullock at Grace Hos
Dital
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07

with her mother, Mrs. Cary
Payne. They visite ID Philips
Yeats Sunday at the veterans
hospital in Roanoke.
Mrs. Robert E. Smith and chill
dren, Robbie. Kathy. Jamie and
Douglas. of Richmond, spent sew
eral days with her mother. Mrs.
Katharine Alien.
Dr.. and Mrs. B. H. Word, Jr.,
and children were Sunday visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Word.
Garland Ransom came home
from Danville for Easter week
end
Mrs. w W. Falls, of Rich
mond, was a week end guest Of
Mrs. Emma Wright.
A week end visitor of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Price, Jr.. was Mon
roe Price, OF Hampton.
.Condr and Mrs. Frank o.
Maugans. Of Bayonne, N j.,
stopped by to see her mother,
Mrs. Katharine Allen, en- route
from Farmville where Mrs. Maui
gans had attended Founders Day
at LongWood College.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Dunevant
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
Mrs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
off On Louisiana Visit

BELONA. April = Mrs. Ray
mond McCracken took a plane to
Louisiana on Sunday. She recent
~ lost her husband. She will visit
one of her sons.
There have been many spiri-
tlal services during Holy Week
On Monday Thursday at 100
pm the Lords Supper was ad-
nlinistered at Emmanuel Episco-
pal Church. There was an Eas-
ter Day sunrise service in EN-
manuey church yard. 1t was inter
UNCONVENTIONAL and the atten-
dance was good Notwithstanding
ii was cold ard windy.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Booker.
OF Pamplin. were guests of Mi.
and Mrs. H. H. D0bbins on Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Wal
tfall. Of Richmond. visited Mrs
Beulah Walthall on Sunday.
Miss LOrena Denton spent the
Easter holiday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hubbard
and two daughters, of Richmond,
visited Mrs. w. j. Hubbard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Webb on
Sunday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07

and children. Roger, Billy and
Pat, visite d Mrs. Dunevant' s
mother. Mrs. E. M. Giles. of
Farmville, Sunday.
Paul Anders, of RPI. is spend
ing his spring vacation at his
home He accompanied his moth
er, Mrs. Thomas Ragland. and
Mr.. Ragland to Lynchburg Sun
day to visit Miss Joyce Anders
at Virginia Baptist Hospital Nurs-
ing School.
Mrs. j. H. Price. Jimmie and
Sue recently visited in the Jack
Allen home at CMdsville.
Henry Arlington. of Lynch
burg, was supper guest of Mr..
and Mrs. John E. Ransom Friday.
Miss Pauline Peters and Miss
Mary Skaggs. who teach in the
Great Bridge Elementary School
at Norfolk. spent the Easter holt
days at Miss Peters cabin here.
Mrs. Jennie Dunnavant visi-
tors during the week end were
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Allen. S.
E. Dunnavant. Jr.. of Wood
bridge. and Miss Hilda Dunna-
want. of Natural Bridge.
The preschool Sunbeams of
EnCn Church were given an Eas-
ter egg hunt by their leader.
Mrs. John E. Ransom, on the
church lawn Sunday afternoon.
Eighteen were present.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
T'ugggle

April 6-The young adult group
of AppomattoX P. E. Church
will meet with Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Slayton Friday night at
g.
Rev. Wilbur Maxwell will
conduct communion service at
Appomattox P. f. Church Sun
day morning at H.
MIR. and Mrs. U. l.. Hudson
had as their Easter guests their
following children from a dis
lance: Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
Huffman and children, of Hick-
Dry. N. c.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Adrean Howard, also Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant Hudson and son, all
of Richmond; Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Hudson and children, of
Stanton. spent Sunday with
them also.
Arthur Shultz, of Enporia,
spent Easter Sunday with his
father. Frank Shultz.
Mrs. Lula Orange is improv-
ing at the SOuthside Community
Hospital. She expects to return
to her home here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Wood
son, OF Cameron. N. c.. spent
Easter with his parents, Mr..
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
Cleanup Week
Set In Keysyille

KEYSVILLE, April 6 : April
lois has been designated as
keysyllle Cleanup Week.
A special truck will pick I'D
trash, prunings. ETC., on Wednes-
Gay. April II. and again on Sat
llrday, April Is. A letter has been
sent out by the clerk of the town
to all citizens of the community
asking them to cooperate in this
drive, and to have all lots clean
I'd up and debris ready when the
truck arrives on these two special
days.
Beginning April IS, a new serv-
ice will be offered. when the
garbage truck will pick up trash
every Saturday morning. Prior to
this, the truck has only been
making pickups once or twice a
month, necessitating individual
trips to the town dump.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
l4e'nn1ie Dowdy, Is
Buried March 80

4 CUMBERLAND. April 6-Fu-
neral services for Lenmie Dow
dy, IS. of this place, who died
Tuesday, March %, were held
March 80 at Rose Funer
Home, Powhatan, at 8 pm. In
terment was in the Dawson Fam
lily Cemetery at Cumberland.
He was a member of Tar Wal
let Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Ida D a wson Dowdy: three
daughters. Mrs. c. P. Watkins.
OF Richmond. Mrs. c. L. Hoyle.
OF Rockville, Md, and Mrs. c.
N. Green. of Powhatan; a SON.
William E. Dowdy, of Richmond.
and four grandchildren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
Resolution By
Council Honors
George A. Newman

The Town Council of the Town
OF Farmville at its regular meet
ing held March IA, 1861, felt the
deep loss in the death of Mr..
George A. Newman. The said
George A. Newman has always
participated actively in this
community in all affairs and did
through great sacrifice and
labor, serve upon the Town
Council of the Town of Farm
vile for the terms of 1910 to
1914, and 1914 to 1913
THE TOWN COUNCIL DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE that they
express to the family of George
A. Newman, the Councils deep
sense of loss and directs that
copy of this resolution be
spread upon the minutes of the
Council. a copy be transmitted
to the family of George A. New
man, and copy be published in
the Farmville Herald.
William F. Watkins. Jr
MAYOR Alt
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
NO CHOICE

Little Nellie was asked the
difference between the quick and
the dead.
THE quick are those who get
out of the way in time; the dead
are those who don't"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07

and Mrs. Wallace Woodson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Paulson
and son, of Glouchester, spent
last week end with his mother
Mrs. NJ. A. Paulson here.
q Mrs. Willie Simpson had her
children home from a distance
Easter including Mr.. and Mrs.
Price Neethawk and son, of
Roanoke, Mr. and Mrs. John
Crosby, of Newport News. and
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Hicks, of
Richmond.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
In Washington, y. c.

KNOXVILLE. April 6 Mrs.
Katharine Allen attended the
Baptist State WMU convention in
Alexandria accompanied by Mrs.
J. c. Hayes, Mrs. Tom Harvey
and Mrs. William Davidson. They
were overnight guests Tuesday
and Wednesday of Mrs. Allen S
daughter. Mrs. Andrew Beavers.
and Mr. Beavers. Mrs. o. l..
Brown, of Gladstone. accom-
panied the group home and they
were luncheon guests Thursday
of Mrs. Aliens son and family.
Evening star., 1961-11-11
Temple Offering
Memberships in
FulIout Shelter

MIAMI. Fla, Nov. IL APl.-
A Jewish temple under con-
Struction in North Miami in
cludes a fallout shelter big
enough for $50 families. Mem
berships will be sold on a nom
Sectarian basis.
THE temple isn't looking on
this as q profit-making prof.
ect." said Sam Lubell. president
of Temple Sinai. 1T may even
cost us money"
The 16,000-square- foot shell
ter will be built under the
temple building and auditorium
Planned facilities include elec-
tricity generators, air condi-
TONERS. stoves, refrigerators
and freezers, water. flush toi-
lets. storage for food and cloth
ing, a library and recreation
areas.
Each family would have a
private area with Is square
feet of floor space per person.
Mr.. Lubell said tentative
membership rates start at
$1,000 for a couple without
children. In addition, each
family would pay up to $25 a
year for maintenance. Mem
berships would be good for life
and could be resold.
Evening star., 1961-11-11
HEADING HOME IN DISGRACE
MoIotov to Face His Fote

VIENNA. Austria, Nov. IL
(APD. A Vienna Moscow ex-
press train bore former Soviet
Foreign Minister v. M. Molotov
home today to face the conse-
quences of his announcement
last month by the Soviet Com
munist Party.
The 71-year-old Bolshevik. a
loser in top level mitigating
between Communist theoretici-
ans. slipped out of Vienna Writ
ually unnoticed last night. He
had been a quiet resident of
this city for more than a year
as Soviet delegate to the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency
the atoms-for-peace organiza-
tion.
Austrian authorities con-
firmed that Mr.. Molotov and
his wife, Paulina, boarded the
Vienna Moscow express here
and crossed the border into
Czechoslovakia at Hohenau at
IL pm.
Hohenau customs officials
said he shook hands with them,
saying. "goodby. I am salts
fled"
The customs men were un-
able to explain whether the old
guard revolutionary meant that
he was satisfied over the pros
poets Of his trip home or about
Evening star., 1961-11-11

tains. A Russian guard refused
to admit that Mr.. Molotov was
aboard.
Witnesses said the Molotovs
entered the Vienna railway sta
ton yesterday through a side
door only moments before the
trains scheduled departure.
The journey could close the
book of the public career OF
the Soviet official who dropped
from his Foreign Ministry post
and membership in the Polit-
bureau under Joseph Stain to
disgrace and relative obscurity
under Premier Khruschev.
Mr.. Khrushchev forced Mr..
Molotov out Of his cabinet rank
and had him exiled as ambas-
sador to Mongolia in 1857 after
the premier exposed conflict
ing interests Of what he called
the antipzrty group.
There was no indication oi
just what was In store for Mr..
Molotov in Moscow although
his denunciation by the con-
gress was considered a prelim-
mary to actual loss of party
membership.
Mr.. Khrushchev told news
men in Moscow last Tuesday
that Mr.. Molotov's fate lis of
no practical Importance. We
haven't decided yet"
Evening star., 1961-11-11
REMEMBER STALINGRAD?
Famed Russion City
Renamed for River

for Stain. but because with
this name millions and millions
Of men identify the famous
battle which changed the course
of World War IL"
Stalingrad became the third
Soviet city to be stripped of its
connection with the late dicta-
tor. Stalinsk in Western Siberia
has been renamed Novokuznetsk
and the Ukrainian city of Sta
limo now is Donetsk.
Volgograd-the new name
is obviously for the. Volga River.
The city sprawls across both
banks of the Volga. 1t has a
population of about 300, 900.
Soviet troops at Stalingrad-
pardon. Volgograd - in l943
turned back a long, relentless
offensive commanded by Ger
man Field Marshal Pauius.
The name Stalingrad goes back
to the early days of the Bolshe-
vik revolution. Stain held the
city against the counter-revolu-
tionary white army. and it was
renamed in his honor.
Evening star., 1961-11-11
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

plosive disarmament problem
by trying to equate Russia's re-
cent giant nuclear explosions
in the air with United States
underground testing.
On the colonialism front, In
dia has been one of the bitterest
assailants of Portugal in the
Angola debate and of South At
rica on the stormy question of
race segregation.
1t also has played a key role
in the hotly disputed question
of seating Communist China in
the United Nations, pressing
perennial demands that ma
tionalist China be ousted in
favor of peiping.
Mr.. Nehru tempered his sug-
gestion for a year of co-opera-
ticn by noting there was moth
ing new or wonderful about
what 1 am saying-about the
truths of the world"
The words can easily be
called hackneyed." he said, but
the truth is that violence and
hatred are bad and the
great men of the world are
those who have fought hatred
and violence"
Evening star., 1961-11-11

LONDON. Nov. IL ,(AP).-
Remember the battle of Volgo-
grad2
Clue: It was a turning point
in the German-Russian phase
of World War II.
Volgograd is. on the Volga. In
Czarist times It was called
Tscaritsyn. Still draw blank?
Well. then maybe the name
Stalingrad will help.
The Russians, rewriting his
tory, yesterday substituted the
name Volgograd for Stalingrad
to go along with the down.
grading of Joseph Stain.
A'leading European Commu-
mist, Palmiro Togliatti of Italy,
has questioned the wisdom of
MoScow's nomenclatural de-
stalinization.
He told the Italian Commu-
mist hierarchy:
II personally remain per-
picked by the decision to change
the name of the city of Stalin-
grad, and not for any regard
Evening star., 1961-11-11

i AAANANNAo NCdop POAAbAIul OANACl
ing and devote a year to har-
monious pursuits is admirable
in concept but Utopian in fact.
He called for cooperation in
all fields-''political, cultural or
whatever"
To comply fully with such a
scheme. the world body would
have to set aside for a year
consideration of such over
riding issues as disarmament
and the stopping of nuclear
weapons tests-tests which Mr..
Nehru condemned as basically
evil.
It would also virtually rule
out debate on the many colon
ial questions foremost in the
minds of the U. Ms 49 Asian
African members. These ques-
tions involve attacks of most
Of the big powers and are close
ly intertwined with cold war
issues.
Few Concrete Proposals
Various delegates hailed Mr..
Nehru's call for a united at
tempt to avoid the terror of
nuclear disaster instead of
thinking about "burrowing
under the earth like rats in
a hole
Many expressed disappoint-
ment. however, that the Indian
leader did not advance more
concrete proposals than a gen.
eralized appeal for political and
cultural cooperation.
Interpretations of what he
did propose varied.
U. S. Ambassador Adlai E.
Stevenson said the idea of a
year devoted to cooperation
was a good one but hardly new.
The United States, he said,
had been cooperating with ma
tions for years.
One African delegate quoted
saying that when there is
too much salt in the dish it is
hard to improve"
There is too much trouble
at the U. N. now for Mr.. Neh-
rus suggestions to have much
effect" he said.
Others said Mr.. Nehru's sug-
gestions for cooperation were
basically sound but too vague
to give much guidance. Z
India itself has been one of
the most controversial mem
bers of the United Nations in
recent years. 1t has been ac-
cused Of aggravating the ex-
Evening star., 1961-11-11

leaving the country without
fanfare.
The express is due in Moscow
at sos pm. Sunday.
Mr.. Molotov was glimpsed by
Western reporters as he sat in
his sleeping car compartment
in light blue pajamas during a
stopover in Warsaw this morn
ing. He quickly drew the cur
Evening star., 1961-11-11

Freeman Leaves
Germany for U. S.

HAMBURG. Germany, Nov.
IL (AP).-Secretary of Agricul-
ture Orville L. Freeman left for
New York by plane today after
completing a four-week infor-
nation tour of 10 nations in
Europe and Asia.
Mr.. Freedom formally opened
an American food exhibition in
Hamburg.
Evening star., 1961-11-11
Five Chimps Trained

tanga. told newsmen that the
situation in Albertville was
tense and that the U. N. was
attempting to promote a con-
ciliation between Katanga and
Baluba factions in that city
He said he met with Katanga
Foreign Minister Evariste Kim
ba yesterday and urged the re-
sumption Of high level contacts
between the Elizabethville re-
gime and the Leopoldville gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1961-11-11
Friendship Harvest

KARACH1. Pakistan, Nov. II
(AP).-Gifts to Camel Driver
Bashir Ahmed on his recent
trip to the United States have
started to arrive. Among the
first: nylon cloth for his wife,
a foot-high baby doll for his
daughter and toy truck for
his son.
Evening star., 1961-11-11
Presidential Gift

RECIFE, Brazil, Nov. II
(AP). - Hundreds Of peasants
will soon have electricity for
the first time. A diesel genera
tor has arrived from President
John F. Kennedy. who heard of
their plight after his brother
Edward visited this area several
months ago.
Evening star., 1961-11-11
MACHINE AIDS
CHURCH WORK

AN ELEcTRoNic moehine has
helped bring $50 new pensioners
into the First Boptist Church of Rock
vile, Nd. Reed obout the streom-
lined device the Rev. Jacob Gamble
and his congregation hove put to
work in their church membership
drive on Poee AS.
Evening star., 1961-11-11

experts said at Cape Canaveral.
There is a possibility that
Ham. the chimp that preceded
Astronauts Alan Shepard and
Virgil Grissom in the sub-or-
bital phase of Project Mercury,
may be in the space capsule
Tuesday. Ham is among five
four-year-old. 40-poGnd simian
candidates for the ride.
Mas is planned as a COM
plete system checkout of Pro-
ject Mercury. In all respects
except the species of the pas
senger it will duplicate the sub.
sequent manned shot. The Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration has been de-
voting much of its energy-and
about a half-billion dollars of
its funds-to manned orbital
flight ever since the agency
was founded a little over three
years ago.
The space capsule in which
the champ will ride Is an actual
production model built for the
Mercury program. The princi-
pal difference inside is that, in
stead of a form fitting couch
for a space-suited Astronaut,
the capsule will have a box in
which the ape will be restrained.
Five Chimps Trained
All five chimps have been
trained to perform tasks which
will reveal to ground observers
their ability to Withstand the
stresses of space flight. Food
See MERCURY, Page A-3
Evening star., 1961-11-11

ly 0aLe Tor the manned flight
remains early next year, how
ever.
Daylight Project
The mission. designated
"Mercury-Atlas 5" or MAJ"
for short. will start at Cape
Canaveral. Fla, early one
morning and will end about five
hours later in the Atlantic
Ocean 1000 or more miles off
shore A daylight launch and
plenty Of daylight in which to
search for the capsule dictate
a countdown aimed at a zero"
time not long after sunrise.
A Space Agency official said
there were no changes in MAS
plans as the result of a failure
yesterday of an Atlas carrying
a small monkey. He pointed
out that yesterdays Air Force
Atlas was not of the same
model as the man-rated Atlas
D vehicle to be used next week,
and added that there was no
connection between the two
experiments involving simians.
Goliath, the Ia pound
squirrel monkey that died in
the Atlas explosion yesterday,
was the 29th known rocket
borne animal, Russian and
American. to die in mans effort
to learn about space travel.
Analysis of data radioed from
the missile before it was de-
Stroyed by the range safety Of
ficer showed that the trouble
should not be experienced on
another Mercury Atlas test,
Evening star., 1961-11-11
Berlin Move
OF Russians
Puzzles U. 5.
Officiols, However,
Hopeful for Some
Eosine Of Tensions
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press staff Writer


Associated Press staff Writer
Puzzled United States off,
cials today awaited clarifica-
ton from Moscow of widely
published reports that the So
Wet Union has developed a
four-point proposal for negoti-
alton on a settlement of the
Berlin crisis.
There was announcement
among high officials here at
evidence that Soviet Premier
Khrushchev seems to be mov-
ing into a negotiating position.
But officials found no hint in
the report Of Soviet concessions
which would give hope of an
early East-W West agreement on
Berlin.
Furthermore, State Depart
ment informants said they
lacked any official word from
United States Ambassador
Llewellyn Thompson in Mos
COW to the effect that the
Soviets had actually come up
with q definite point-by point
proposition.
On the contrary. word from
Mr.. Thompson yesterday was
that as far as he could Judge
basic. Soviet policy on West
Berlin stands unchanged.
Meeting Slated Monday
The whole situation is due for
discussion by State Department
officials and diplomatic repre-
Sentatives Of Britain. France
and West Germany who meet
here regularly to discuss the
Berlin crisis. Their next meet
ing is scheduled for Monday.
Press dispatches from Mos
COW Thursday night told of
what was described as q new
four-point plan being advanced
by the Soviet Union for a Ber-
lin solution.
The essence Of the proposal,
as described in these dispatches,
was that Russia and the United
States, Britain and France
would agree on q new status
for West Berlin. guaranteeing
the freedom of the city and ac-
cess to it.
East Germany would respect
this new Soviet Western agree
ment in an accord to be reached
by Russia and the East German
Communist regime. For their
part, the Western powers would
undertake to respect the SOW
ereignty of East Germany.
The agreements between Rus
sia and the Western powers
would be worked out in advance
Of Mr.. Khrushchev's proposed
Soviet peace treaty with East
Germany.
No Soviet Concessions
United States officials said
that the proposal, as reported,
contained no offer of conces-
sions from Mr.. Khrushchev's
previous Berlin demands. They
were pleased, however. with the
stress on Soviet readiness to
come to, an understanding with
the Western powers in advance
Of his making a peace treaty
with East Germany.
Such an understanding. II It
could be achieved. might elimi-
nate sources of tension and war
danger which would arise II the
Soviets signed peace treaty
without agreeing with the West
on the Berlin situation.
What most interested United
States officials was the indica-
ton Mr.. Khrushchev is moving
toward actual East-West nego-
tiations. rather than simply
public statements about
a desire for a peaceful settle
ment.
What was battling to the
Government in Washington in
the hours after the Moscow
sSee POLICY, Page Ala