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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21

few years back had terrorized
the citizens of Kenya. Butchers
they were, and butchers they are.
Staying young and old alike. all
meat for their hungry ma
chetes. They spare no one, these
Communist inspired hottentots,
neither infants nor those Of the
religious orders.
And it goes on. The butchery
goes on, today.
And our part? We, through
Adlai Stevenson, have voted to
investigate. not the Communists.
but Portugal, and we damned
the Portuguese before they had
an opportunity to defend them
selves. And in doing so, damend
ourselves.
For those votes Adlai Steven
son cast were comparable in
ruthlessness, If not in savagery.
to the acts of the scarified bar
barians who slew and are Staying
for the lust Of killing.
Such is our position in relation
to Portugal, our ally from the
beginning.
Incredible" is the word, all
right.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21

peace.
There are leaders, on and off
of Capitol Hill. who are thinking
In terms Of courses which will
give first priority to the interests
OF the United States NJ not the
United Nations, or the disunited
neutrals, or to the Soviet bloc.
And they are calling for plans
which look all the way to the
end OF the road - even if war
lies at the terminus.
Howls of anguish and of anger
will arise in this country and
abroad when Uncle Sam rolls up
his sleeves for a fight - but the
alternative to fighting may be
worse than the fighting itself. And
always there is the possibility
that calling the bullys bluff may
solve the problems without war.
Whatever the consequences, the
American people can take heart
from the fact that the fog seems
to be lifting along the Potomac.
The signs are that the leaders
are about to follow the lead OF
the people and declare America S
willingness to do that which is
right and necessary - leaving the
rest of the world to like it or not.
But this must be remembered
that what serves America serves
the free world, and only the
United States stands between
freedom and global Communism.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21
Double Check

These past few weeks have
brought all kinds of things. Gay
ETY. and sorrow have paid their
respects to heart and feelings.
It has really touched me but it's
glad l am to be able to unfold
the past and reach out for the
future.
Never get into the safety
zone these days. See where some
are advocating building raid
shelters it won't do no good.
It's most like being buried alive.
All we can hope for is no war.
yet we got to prove to the Rus
SLAMS that we are willing to fight
for West Berlin. The idea is alb
surb that Americans will not
fight for liberty and freedom of
any nation. We have done it be.
fore and we will do it again . .
and again. but they are using a
propaganda stunt that even Hit
Ter would not have used try
ing to make US start a war to
show we will fight. We are not
falling for this.
I was highly honored with q
visit by the delightful Congress
man of the Fourth District Hon.
Watkins M. Abbit;; many visitors
come and go. but it is seldom l
am so honored.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gillian. now re-
tired to Buckingham, were
among visitors who thrilled me
with their kindly presence !.
retired to sell real estate. Be-
cause you are not mentioned
here don't think l do not ap-
preciate for / really do.
Thanks for reading,
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21
:. c~ier,on Andrew.
Incredible Policy Toward Portugal

On three occasions since the
first Of the year our UN Ambas-
sador. the querulous Adlai Stew
enson, has voted with Commun-
list Russia to investigate Portu-
gals administration Of her
colony. Angola.
In doing SO he turned our back
on Britain and France and on an
ally that has never faltered in
our support, Portugal itself. It is
incredible.
Angola has been a part of Por-
tugal for 500 years; think Of it.
And whether Portugal treats An
COLA well or poorly ~ the facts
show. well INV is none of our bust
ness; if there is a problem in
Angola. it is an internal problem
Portugal alone should solve.
In any event. if, as seems
likely because of Ambassador
Stevenson's votes, Portugal is
forced eventually to divest itself
Of its possession, Portugal's SUBJ
sequent withdrawal from NATO
is a foregone conclusion. And
without Portugal. with its stra-
tegic bases, NATO won't be
worth the paper the NATO treaty
is written on. And without NATO,
the North Atlantic will lie bare to
Russian invasion.
Such are the probabilities un-
less we verse Stevenson
votes.
See how this came about:
At Russia's insistence. Adlai
Stevenson voted to investigate
Portugal. Then, even before the
subcommittee brought into being
by his vote could begin its
probe. he voted again. And again
with the Communists and again
against our allies; this time he
called upon Portugal to "desist
forthwith from repressive meas
ures in Africa"
Thus, he damned our ally with
out trial.
This final vote, parenthetically,
brought cry of lynch law"
from The New York Times col
umnist. Arthur Krock.
Without going into the merits of
the case ~ as say, it is an in
ternal situation and therefore
none of our business - there is
this that can be said: The trouble
in Angola is Communist trouble,
and the United States through its
UN Ambassador, Adlai Steven
son, has abetted the Communist
cause.
Consider the facts: The Soviet
Union for years has been work
ing openly to stir up Africa,
working since 1915. Since that
year it has placed in being four
separate africa Institutes" the
last set in operation in 1860.
This year. in 1861. after more
than Is years of preparation, the
Communists struck. Their first
act was one of piracy. Remem-
Der the seizure Of the Portuguese
liner. Santa Maria? That started
it.
Next, in early February, ap-
proximately 1870 demonstrators at
tackled a prison and police bar
racks at Luanda, the Angolan
capital. Following this affair the
propaganda attacks were rifled in
against Portugal's premier, DR..
Salazar. -
Then, beginning in the spring,
wave after wave of armed saw
ages were sent over the Angola
border to butcher sleeping people,
precisely as the Mau Mau of a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21
charge 1t"

THAT it is easier to charge it, than
to pay for it is well-known fact of
life and that is why so many stores
operate massive credit programs and
welcome charge business. But there
must be some criteria for the extension
of credit - and the experience Hilton
Credit Corporation is interesting, i'm
that regard
AS the reader knows the trend in the
United States in recent years has been
a credit trend. Everything is now
bought on credit, travel ticket, meals,
clothes, etc.
Up until recently Diners Club and
the old faithful - American Express
were the big operators in the credit
card field. Then Carte Blanche stepped
into the piture. The reputation enjoyed
by the hotel Hiltons was that they made
money in anything they touched.
Getting Carte Blanche started cost
the corporation little money. The
first-year figure was between a half
million and million dollars. That was
explained as starting cost. The next
year the number Of card holders was
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21

greatly increased.
And Carte Blanche, it was recently
revealed, lost over two million. That
was also explained as having been the
cost of getting Carte Blanche into the
big-time operation. But the next year,
although the card holders increased
again, the credit card company need
ed even more money pumped in ~ from
the Hiltons and others - it is reported.
A new executive was brought in to
get things Strengthened out and in the
Spring he admitted that too many peo-
pie who were not good credit risks had
been issued cards.
The other credit card companies al
SO found that the going was not all that
it might be, during the recent recess
sion. People who didn't pay small
amounts were costing the companies
money.
And so the credit hinge seems to
have run into the rocks, which was in
evitable. If serious depression occur
red, the credit card companies would
probably be among the hardest hit.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21
Sentiment Hardens In II. s.
W. B. workmon

WASHINGTON IN No one in Of
ficialdom is saying SO openly,
but the United States seems on
the verge Of withdrawing from
the international popularity con-
test.
More and more men Of influ-
ence are saying privately that
they are fed up with the national
propensity Of seeking to be all
things to all peoples of the world,
Of pleading for the love and af-
lection OF tyros and tyrants, and
Of weighing every action in the
light Of reaction abroad.
It will take terrific wrench to
dislocate this pattern, but the
politicians along the Potomac are
beginning to realize that the
folks back home want no more
toadying by Uncle Sam. Further
more. there are nonpolitical
types. in and out of government,
who are increasingly willing to
step on alien toes if the stepping
be in a good cause.
These are not happy times In
Washington for those who seri-
ously contemplate their nations
future. Men Of national stature in
both the legislative and the ex-
ecutive branches have some hard
decisions to make. But the de-
cisions must be made, even at
the hazard Of offending other ma
tons and = what may be more
hazardous for some politicians
their constituents.
=, Some of these decisions are
long overdue. Some will have to
be made to redress a lack Of de-
cisions in months past - or per-
hapS a lack Of action on announc-
ed decisions. The fact that ma
tional survival is becoming an in
creasing factor in deciding the
questions gives alarming proper
tons to issues which occur with
unwelcome frequency.
Virtually all of the really grave
questions are linked directly to
the relentless and ruthless march
of Communism throughout the
world ~ and to the shores of the
United States.
What do we do about Cuba. for
example? An answer to that
one cannot be postponed much
longer. Many people and many
nations will be acutely disturbed
by any answer which casts the
United States in an aggressive
role in Cuba. even though that
role be simply an active nantes
tation of self-defense. But the un-
happiness of others must be sec
ondary to this nations security.
Other hard questions must be
answered on the American role
in Asia, in Africa, in the Middle
East, and in the perennial hot
spot, Berlin. And any answers
which look realistically to the
best interests Of the United
States will be unpopular in many
circles.
But difficult as the answers may
be now. delay will only make
them more so. We have been
long on words and short on &C
ton up to this point, and time is
running shorter and shorter. To
day, WE are the ones being con-
tanned and coerced. We have
submitted to harassment, insult
and enlightenment long enough and
the attitude In Washington is re-
felcting a rising determination to
halt the retreat.
There are still those who warn
OF the risks Of war If the United
States stands boldly in Berlin. or
removes Communism from Cuba.
or takes . strong line in Laos.
But even they cannot muster any
logical argument that backing
down on any Of these win en-
hauce The hopes for permanent
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21
GLAD TOO

We'll, Johnny" the father
remarked at suppertime, did
you do your good deed today?"
"Yup. Today l did two good
deeds. went over TO see Aunt
Lucy and she was glad. Then /
came home, and she was glad
again"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21

Probing Outer Space

We've sent man through outer space
And sofeIy he came back.
J won't deny thot this is 50,
When it's proven foet.
I've read Of his experience
While in q capsule, he
Went for above this earth of ours
Detying gravity.
III not deny this trip he took,
To me, is quite omozing;
And for this stunt he broveIy did,
He deserves much proising
Perhaps some men os time goes on,
Much higher up will 90
And trovel on the milky way
Where stars by billions, glow
But if we con accomplish this,
J, for one, can't see
How it will help or benefit
Eorths folks like you and me-
think if we got to the moon
Where there is lack of air,
We would soon discover thot
The Russions beat US there.
BY billions, dollars We have spent
In outer space to 90,
Which think would have done more good
On projects here below.
Hospitals, schools and colleges
Could dot our land today
With money spent on satellites
And planets far away.
1t seems to me, 'twouId better be
To get things straight down here
Instead Of wasting money to
Explore the strotisphere.
|. D. WHITAKER
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21
An Open Letter

as the Bill of Rights, were adopted
practically as a part Of the Constitu-
ton. From time to time, to meet chang
ing conditions eleven more amendments
have been added. Thus the Constitution
is amenable to the power of the people.
When one compromises with freedom,
one becomes enmeshed in the web of
apathy, Indifference, irreligion, and
finally slavery. Upon these conditions
the communists thrive.
We quite agree with you that the
fault today is with the people them
selves. 1t is fault, as you point out,
which has come about since the time of
Roosevelt, and the era of continuous
creeping of socialistic ideas into our
moral and religious fibre Both the
Bible and the Constitution are at stake.
The movement has to stop some place.
When the Supreme Court usurped
the power of the sovereign states to
make it's Infamous decision of May II,
1854, the time had come to stand. For
the first time this Court had usurped
power so as to affect the general public,
certainly the public in the Southern
States where separate schools were still
in existence for each race.
Virginia stood fast before the over
riding power of the. Court, then COM
promised. Prince Edward County still
stands, seeking to focus attention of the
people upon usurpation by the Court
of powers not delegated to it.
You suggest in your letter that socia-
listic and welfare trends would be the
undoing Of our form of government, and
suggest that a stand be made. That
stand is being made in Prince Edward
County.
There is nothing so wrong with our
Constitution that it can not be over
come through the method of amend
ments, initiated by the people through
their Congress. Had this been done in
the school Indignation movement, the
present controversy would not have
been fomented. The problems would
have been settled by the people during
the process of amending the Constitu-
ton. The trainers wisely provided for
just this kind of circumstance or even
tuality. But when the Constitution was
circumvented and in effect amended hy
judicial fiat and edicts the legal moor
ings of this Republic were severed re-
sulting in the present state of legal
chaos and social controversy.
The question is: Will the people of
the United States awaken to the condi-
tons pointed up so clearly in this case?
If so, there may be time still to salvage
the principles involved
We agree that it is time for Ameri-
cans to awake, relearn the principles
of their Republic, and be willing to
sacrifice in their defense
No, Miss Lucy, we don't need to re-
write the Constitution.
70 II"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21

Bible Material: Luke 10:38-42;;
John lila; 1918.
Devotional Reading: John ISL
IL.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21
Dear Miss Lucy:

cuSSlng conditions prevailing today IN
this nation has been read carefully.
shall not attempt to detail my opinions
on the many subjects you discuss but
suffice it to say:
Two documents stand out in my ex-
perience, namely the Holy Bible and the
Constitution of the United States. be-
lieve both to have been inspired by
power greater than we humans. If that
be heresy to modern liberal thinking,
then make the most of it.
For spiritual guidance the Bible
to spiritual living today as when it was
written. Its teachings have withstood
the tests of time. The Christian religion
based upon the teachings Of the Bible
has freed the bodies and souls of men.
For sound governmental guidance the
Constitution of the United States stands
supreme - as capable guide to free
dom Of material government and the re-
lationship of man to man today as when
it was written.
1t is worthy of consideration that the
Constitution, the first document ever
written by free men to assure freedom
in government, was evolved by men Of
deep Christian convictions and emo
tons. Such a document could never
have been developed otherwise.
The plan for REPUBLIC, set forth
in the Constitution and the Bill of
Rights, adopted as the first amend
ments, provided:
Q) a confederation Of individual and
sovereign states;
(2) self-governed;
60 reserving all of the sovereign
powers to the state and to the
people, except only those emu
merated therein which were
pledged to the general govern
ment for purposes of mutual pro-
lection and advancement.
These are the basic principles of the
Constitution for the government of a
REPUBLIC.
Even the powers relinquished to the
general government were to be con-
trolled in the interest of freedom by a
very delicate systems of checks and
balances among the departments of the
general government. The trainers of
the Constitution had known the evils of
autocratic government and every safe
guard was used to perpetuate govern
ment for free people.
We admit the complexities of the pre-
sent era. Such changes and conditions
were foreseen by the trainers when they
provided for amendments to the Con-
stitution through orderly processes and
by authority Of the people,
The Constitution has been amended
when the people believe it necessary. Of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-21

EDiTGRs NOTE This prepared
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Evening star., 1961-05-05
FAA Due to Ask
280-M.P.H. Limit
On Approaches

NEW YORK, May S (APD.-
The Federal Aviation Agency
soon will propose a speed limit
Of $50 knots about 280 miles
per hour for all planes ap-
preaching congested airports,
FAA Administrator Najeeb E.
Halaby said last night.
Mr.. Halaby made the step
known in answering a question
at the 23d anniversary dinner
of the Aviation Space Writers
Association.
The writer's elected Clair C.
Stebbins, aviation editor of the
Columbus ohio Dispatch, as
president to succeed Robert M.
LoebeISon. Washington avia-
ton public relations consultant.
Top awards for public rela-
tions and aviation magazine
writing were presented to two
Washington men at the meeting.
Claude Witze, senior editor
of the Air Force Space Digest,
and Mai. William Lookadoo,
chief of the Air Force Pictorial
Branch, were among those
honored.
The associations top honor.
the James j. Strebig Memorial
Award, was presented to Martin
Caidin for "Thunderbirds." a
book published in February.
Evening star., 1961-05-05
Countdown HELPS
Prepare Complex
Rocket for Firinq

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
May 5 (AP).-What is a count
down? And why does it take so
long to complete before a mis-
sile can be fired?
The complications of launch
ing a missile are greatly in
creased when it rockets a cap
sule bearing a man into space.
There are thousands of cleo
trical devices and systems in
the rockets. The capsule,
adapted to keep a man alive in
space, contains hundreds more.
including power and oxygen
systems, radio equipment and
many recording devices.
The countdown is simply a
step-by- step procedure of get
ting the rocket ready to fire
and making certain all the con-
troll and recording equipment is
working properly. 1t includes
such steps as fueling the
rocket and. in this case, putting
a man in the capsule.
Evening star., 1961-05-05

Islands IS minutes after blast
off.
Grand Bahama Islands is the
forward base for this opera
ton. 1t is one of the British
owned group off the Florida
coast. The mission calls for the
recovery crew to take Comdr
Shepard there for a lengthy
de -briefing" session and med
ical attention.
The program for this mis-
sion is the same as that
planned for Ham, the chimpan-
zee. last January 81.
Though officially entered in
Project Mercury's annals as a
success" the Mercury Red
stone shot involving Ham was
marred by over-performance of
the rocket system with the re-
suit that the ape in the cap
sule travelled too far, too fast
and sustained unusually heavy
gravitational forces. Despite
all these unforeseen situations,
the chimp was healthy at the
end of his ride.
Evening star., 1961-05-05
A-Scientist Rops
Astronuut Costs

GATL1NBURG, Tenn, May
S (AP) "A top United States
atomic scientist, speaking at a
space nuclear conference, at
tackled what he termed big
space science"
DR.. Alvin M. Weinberg, di-
rector of the Atomic Energy
Commissions Oak Ridge Ma
tional Laboratory, last night
raised the question whether
the expenditure Of $40 to $40
million for manned space travel
makes sense as an effort to
beat the Russians.
Il suspect that most Ameri-
cans would prefer to belong to
the society which first gave
the world a cure for cancer
than to the society which first
put the astronaut on Mars"
DR.. Weinberg told 500 atomic
and space scientists attending
a three day meeting.
DR.: Weinberg said he Won
dered if the current scientific
emphasis was building monu-
ments in the form Of big SCI
ence" which eventually, be-
cause of their costs - their
distortion of the economy -
may contribute to our civiliza-
tion's decline"
Evening star., 1961-05-05

ing probably will be Monday
morning"
Mr.. Kennedy talked to
Comdr. Shepard over q tele-
phone in the office of his per-
sonal secretary, Mrs. Evelyn
Lincoln, where he had watched
the flight on television. Mrs.
Lincoln's office is between the
Presidents and the cabinet
room where the NSC was meet
ing.
The text Of the Presidents
statement follows:
"All America rejoiceS in this
successful flight of Astronaut
Shepard.
This is an historic milestone
in our own exploration into
space. But America still needs
to work with the utmost speed
and vigor in the further devel-
opment of our space program.
"Today's flight should pro-
vide incentive to everyone in
our Nation concerned with this
program to redouble their ef-
forts in this vital field.
Important scientific mate
rial has been obtained during
this flight and this will be
made available to the worlds
scientific community.
I'VE extend special congrat-
ulationS to Astronaut Shepard
and best wishes to his family
who lived through this most
difficult time with him.
Our thanks also go to the
other astronauts who worked
so hard as a team in this prof.
ect."
Evening star., 1961-05-05
Space Funds
Are Restored
BY the Associated Press

The House Space Committee
has authorized $126.6 million
more for the national space ex-
ploration program in 1862.
Committee Chairman Brooks,
Democrat Of Louisiana, said
the idea is to show a sense
Of urgency-the committee feels
generally there is a sense of
urgency. and that this shows
it,"
So great was the sense of
urgency, in fact. that commit
tee members could hardly wait
to approve the added millions
yesterday and rush to catch
planes to Cape Canaveral, Fla,
to watch an American astro-
naut rocket into space today.
AS the closed door meeting
wore on past 4 pm, yesterday,
several members came out to
check plane connections. After
the meeting, the new budget
figures were given out Sub
ject to a check on addition" but
staff members were sure they
had the totals right at least.
This is what happened:
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration asked for
SLAP billion for fiscal 1862, the
bookkeeping year that starts
July l.
The Kennedy administration,
though stepping up the budget
from that inherited from the
Eisenhower administration. cut
that total $l82 million to S1.24
billion.
The committee. after extern
sive hearings with NASA and
industry witnesses, restore d
$l26.6 million, giving new
total of $l.36 billion.
This is an authorization only
Actual money must be ap-
proved by the Appropriations
Committee and Congress.
In almost every key space
program, NASA got from the
committee exactly what it had
originally asked.
In one case-solid fuel space
booster development-it got SIC
million more than it asked. A
number of committee members
feel strongly that this program
offers a great hope for a leap
ahead in space.