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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

We would like to take this
means of expressing our heart
felt thanks to the many fri
ends who have been so kind,
considerable and sympathetic
during our bereavement. We
are most grateful for the trays
of food and visits; the cards,
calls and letters from so many
friends. We especially thank
Mrs. Bertha Carter Jones and
Mrs. Lue Vicie Taylor for
their kindnesses to our fam
lily. We pray Gods blessings
on each of you. Signed: Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Barnett.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

The Taylor family is sorry
to hear of the death of Mr..
Louis Lester, the older broth
er of Mrs. Minnie Lee Wat
kinS who lives on Short Grace
street in Jackson. Mr.. Laster
lived in Canton, Miss.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and HAPPY NEW YEAR is
extended to all our Readers,
Signed: Mrs. Georgia Taylor,
Agent. The next paper will be
January 5. News must reach
the Jackson office by Janu-
airy End or 3rd.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

On December "a at 6: p. m.
Mrs. Dorothy Cannon is spon-
soring Christmas Program
given to benefit the Junior
Mission. Everyone is asked to
come out and enjoy e great
program.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

Sick and Shut-Ins: Mrs. Lau-
"a Summers, Mrs Julia Sho-
to, Mrs. Fannie M. Terrell.
Prayer is asked for these and
others.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

December "a at 2: p. M,
Mrs. Johnnie White will speak
on the Young Peoples pro-
gram al the Oak Grove M. B.
Church, sponsored by Mr.. Wa
dell Washington. Rev. Bonnie
Davis, pastor. The public is
invited.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23
Brandon Notes
Robert Williamson. Agent

On last Sunday the Rock
Star Sunday school opened at
it's regular time with the SUI
perintendent, Bro. George
presiding. The lesson was well
explained by the Supt. and
discussed by the school. The
amount raised was $500.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

On December 81, at Z: p.
M, thru II, Midnight, Mrs.
Johnnie White will be the
guest speaker at a "12 Key
Program" which Mrs. Ellie
Truman is sponsoring. The
public is cordially invited.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

A happy time was had by
all who braced Sundays tor
rental rain to attend the
Christmas Exhibit at Holy
Child Jesus School. Because
of the heavy rain and rising
water some of the children
were unable to attend the pro-
gram so Father Luke sup
plemented with a showing of
magic tricks. The display of
arrangements was more than
ever beautiful and every one
went away planning to see it
again next year.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23
Canton News
III. Jones. Jr.. Agent

The Lucy Jefferson Club
met Thursday, December z,
with Mrs. Leara Oden as hos
tess. Mrs. G. A. Carmichael.
past president, presided. A
warm welcome was extend
ed to Mrs. L. M. Tolhver who
was still wearing her arm in
a sling, as the results of an
accident some weeks ago. De,
votions were conducted by
Mrs. Annie Lee Hill. Plans
were completed for the Christ
mas Party to be given De
cember 81. The hostess ser
we'd a dainty and delicious
plate lunch. Mrs. l.. M. Tolli-
yer, president; Mrs. t. E.
Bowman, reporter.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-12-23

Sunday, December 81 at
noon, the w. Nj. S. met with
Mrs. George Taylor, presid-
Evening star., 1961-06-15
MissesP Peck,
Hiss Bow

Miss Mary Ray Peck was
presented to society last
evening by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles r. Peck, at
a small dance that also
marked the Pecks' 25th we'd
ding anniversary.
The party was held at the
Chevy Chase Club. where the
debutante and her parents
were honored at separate
dinners beforehand.
The dinner for Mary was
given by Rear Admiral and
Mrs. George Holderness and
DR.. and Mrs. George K. Nut
ting honored her parents.
Mrs. Nutting is the de-
butante's godmother.
Pink and white carnations
decorated the tables for the
young people and silver
leaves with silver candles and
white carnations were used at
the 25th anniversary table
for the Pecks and their
friends. Ben Cutler and his
orchestra played for dancing.
The debutante. who re-
ceived with her parents, was
dressed in a long gown of
white silk with an empire
waistline and she carried an
old-fashioned bouquet Of
spring flowers.
Mrs. Peck'S gown was q
floor-length sheath of char
tereuSe silk with a blue panel
down the back.
The guests included Mrs.
Cornelius Jadwin, aunt of
the debutante, with Col. Jad7
win; Mrs. Melville Bearns Of
Warrenton, an aunt, and Mr..
Bearns; Miss Betsy Keith Of
Warrenton, another aunt;
two uncles, Mr.. John Flint of
Boston and Mr.. H. M. Homer
Of Hartford, Conn.,, with their
wives, and Mrs. John Put
nam of Wenham, Mass, a
Evening star., 1961-06-15

by William Saroyan. and he
the Swiss Family Robinson.
Maria said she and her
American classmates fire.
quently had engaged in po-
litical discussions and al
though she felt "they were
sometimes not so considerate
as they should be-" Maria
said she didn't really mind.
After a while kids under
stand each other" she added.
American notables among
the guests included Secretary
Of Agriculture Freeman: Mrs.
Dean Rusk, wife of the
Secretary of State; Ambas-
sador william S. B. Lacy;
Senator Muskie of Maine,
several Representatives and
Government officials Of Po-
lish descent, and former AS
SiStant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Andrew Berding.
All the Communist mis-
sions we're well represented
and ENJOYS from at least 20
other countries attended.
ANOTHER FAREWELL
PARTY was given last night
by the Israeli Ambassador
and Mrs. Harman for their
Embassy's Labor Counselor
and Mrs. Bar-Yaacov.
After five years here. the
couple is returning to Israel
where he will take over as
the senior assistant to the
Director General of the For
eign Ministry.
The $50 guests, chiefly
friends and associates from
the labor field, included the
Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Goldberg, the President of
AFL-CIO and Mrs. George
Meany and Mr.. Victor
Reuther.
The Bar-Yaacovs plan to
leave Washington tomorrow.
Evening star., 1961-06-15
By AMELIA YOUNG
star staff Writer

Poland's next Ambassador
to the United States, Mr..
Edward Drozniak, is sched-
uled to arrive in Washington
the end of this month.
Ambassador d e S1gnate
Drozniak is a 59-year-old
financial expert, director of
the National Bank Of Poland
until this appointment and
formerly his country's Deputy
Minister of, Finance.
While he has never held a
diplomatic post before, he has
attended a number of inter-
national conferences and
made several trips to this
country in the late 1940s.
Described by an embassy
official here as a diStin-
guiShed-looking man Of me-
dium height, with a trim
build and grey hair, he is
married and has a grown son
and daughter. Mrs. Drozniak
is expected to accompany him
to Washington.
The DEPARTING ANIBAS-
SADOR and Mrs. Spasowski,
who will leave town Sunday,
gave their official farewell
party at the embassy last
night.
Several hundred guests at
tended. among them many
Americans who appeared gen.
timely sorry to bid the Spa
sowSkis goodby.
In spite Of their country's
political philosophy, they
have enjoyed great personal
popularity in their six years
here. The Ambassador said
last night he had found it
mot really surprising but Of
great interest that it was
possible to establish so many
acquaintance, to see so many
Evening star., 1961-06-15
AUTOMATICALLY SPEAKING
Poland Sendinq
Finance Expert

friendly people from ali walks
of life"
He added that he hopes
Ito keep contact with as
many Of these as I can"
In his farewell to the Spa
sowskis, Chief Justice Earl
Warren wished them "all
happiness" And Mrs. Ray
mond Clapper, formerly a
CARE executive and now CO.
chairman Of the American
Food for Peace Council, told
her hosts with emotion, "You
cannot, leave. You really
mustn't"
AmbaSS a dor SpaSowSki's
next assignment will be with
the Foreign Ministry in War
saw. as the head of a terri
torial division.
Until the next Ambassador
arrives. the embasSy'S Coun-
selor, DR.. Marian DobroSiel-
ski. will serve as Charge d
Affaires.
REPORTERS PRESENT at
last nights party brought up
the espionage case of Ameri-
can diplomat Irwin Chambers
Scarbeck (who was arrested
here Tuesday on charges of
having passed classified in
formation to the Polish gov
ernment while serving in
Warsaw. But Ambassador
Spasowski declined to COM
ment and Counselor Dobro-
sielski said only: I'VE can't
really know anything about
it."
Standing with the Spasow-
skis in the receiving line were
their 15-year-old daughter
Maria and l0-year-old son
Vladislav. The children, who
attended American schools
here, are taking home some
literary memontoes of their
stay: Shea few short novels
Evening star., 1961-06-15

cousin, with Mr.. Putnam.
Miss Peck was graduated
this month from Westover
School in Middlebury, Conn,
and will enter the Connecti-
cut College for Women in the
fall.
Her older sister Sally was
presented here in 1854.
Another dinner before the
dance was a debut dinner
Evening star., 1961-06-15

WeStover School, will enter
the University of Colorado
in the fall and will be among
the debutantes next winter.
Several of her .Westover
classmates were among the
guests last evening.
Evening star., 1961-06-15

white taffeta dress accented
with blue flowers and she
also carried a bouquet of blue
and white flowers.
Mrs. Hiss also chose a long
floral print dress of organza.
Miss Hiss is a graduate of
Evening star., 1961-06-15

where Miss Cynthia Arden
Hiss, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Hiss was pre-
sented. The party was given
by a close friend Of the
debutante's parents, Mr..
Harry Covington. III, at his
residence.
The tall debutante re-
ceived with the host and her
mother. She wore a long
Evening star., 1961-06-15
Teu Set

Tea Set
The District of Columbia
Ch apter of the Maygrove
College Alumna Association
will welcome three recent
graduates at tea Saturday at
the home of Mrs. Peter King,
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

but people will still want "use Of
some type of private vehicle" for
travel around the region. "Inten-
sive use of small helicopterS does
not seem to be practicable in
urban areas, although family he'll
icopters for leisure time use along
controlled airways are a possibil-
ity."
There will be electronic guild
ance and control systems on the
highways.
Housing - More prefabrication.
"The more inexpensive construc-
ton techniques will allow many
families to own a second residence
at the beach or in the mountains
for the three-day week end of
the future"
Back in 1887 the forecasters
felt one of the answers to then
growing congestion on downtown
streets was to ban on-street park
ing and. if done, the problems of
mass urban transportation would
be solved by use of buses, street.
cars and private autos.
That prediction fizzled, but one
about a new device they called
an electrical pig" is success
today. There isn't a housewife
to be found who would willingly
give up her automatic garbage
disposal.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

resent heteroclite grouping,
with little to unite them except
their common hatred of the Com
munist Russian yoke.
The United Nations Organiza-
ton, whose Charter, resolutions,
principles. etc., had, at the outset.
laid heavy emphasis on national
independence of all peoples, has
proven disappointment.
Not only was there right, from
the beginning, the Soviet veto in
the Security. Council, but even
the General Assembly, on which
the organizations representing
the captive nations in exile had
placed bright hopes. behaved no
better. ~
Problem in U. N.
A hitherto little-known. phe-
nomenon has worked in that in
ternational gathering against the
captive nations. 1t is that the
many and very diverse non-white
U. N. delegates, and their clients at
home, while very sensitive to any
sign of European oppression
against-and even simply of Eu-
ropean rule over non-white ma
tions-are rather indifferent when
it comes to endochromatic op-
preston - that is, to oppression
where the tormentor and the vic
tim have similar skin coloring.
They do get very excited when
they see, for example, the Lith-
uanians being brutalized by their
fellow Europeans, the Russians.
Thus deprived of any legal re-
course, the exiled representatives
of the captive nations have
turned their efforts to the moral
realm-appealing to the con-
science of ethical people in the
Western countries. and first of
all in the United States.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

lasts for years. He has a wife,
four grown children, and five
grandchildren.
He rents a plot of rice land
about equal to 3 acres. It is
immensely fertile, producing al
most 21a tons in the single crop
he harveSts each year. If you cal
culated the cash value of this
which he doesn't-it would be
worth something less than $50.
But Grandfather Nguyen al
most never handles cash money.
He barterS rice for everything.
The rent on his land takes about
one-tenth of the crop. He trades
rice for clothing, the fragrant tea,
the occasional luxury of a bit of
pork or chicken, the kerosene or
peanut oil he burns to light his
hut.
When he hires a man to help
him in the fields, it costs him
about 81 cents per day in rice.
When he hires out, himself, he
will earn the same wage.
His two sons are in the army.
His married daughters, aged "a
and 10, and their families live
nearby.
Grandfather Nguyen can't read
or write.
But my children can," he says.
They sometimes read the news
papers to me-"
Otherwise, he gets his news
Evening star., 1961-07-16

Given the present security prob
lem, how far can he go and how
fast?" a.
All this seems remote, another
world, when you get deep into
the delta, south of Saigon, where
Grandfather Nguyen lives. u-s
He is concerned with more
down-to-earth things: Security at
night, food, clothing and shelter.
schools for his grandchildren, hope
for the future. ~
If he is persuaded that the gov-
ernment is at least trying to bring
these things to the farm he is
not likely to be won over by the
Wet Cong. '.-"
And if not? n's|
Well, then, like the millions
of peasants in China 20 years ago.
he may become the vehicle that
delivers another country to the
Communists. 80
Evening star., 1961-07-16
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Staff Writer

Some Is years ago, with some of
the new frontiers of the New Deal
still ahead of them, a group of the
Nations then-current eggheads
took look into a crystal ball.
Their special-purpose forecast
ing was aimed at determining
with whatever degree of accuracy
possible, just where the country
was headed along the paths Of
technology and invention.
The idea was that predictable
chronological trends would help
those in positions of planning for
the future to realize what the
social impact would be in light of
those trends.
But clairvoyance is a tricky
business even for experts-and
these experts were wide of the
mark in some major respects.
Suburbon Explosion
They caught glimpses of the
future in some instances but failed
to foresee such milestones as
mans thrust into outer space, the
emergence of the atomic age, the
development of electronic devices
with the impact of such devices as
radar, electronic computers and
the television tube.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

malaria team, they frequently exc
cute the members in a manner
designed to achieve the maximum
impact on the farmers, by be-
heading.
Their purpose is to frustrate
everything the government is try
ing to do to help the farmers.
The last thing they can permit
is for conditions in the country
side to improve. The more dis
content the better, is their STRAIT
egy.
Government help takes several
principal forms, the small loans,
redistribution Of the land, the or
ganization Of co-operatives and
farmer associations. These groups
make it possible for a farmer to
rent tractors and other machinery
that few could afford, otherwise.
Rents Machinery !
Grandfather Nguyen, for axan1-
pie, has no water buffalo or other
farm animals. When he can af-,
ford it, which is seldom, he rents
machinery to work his land.
Finally the efforts to give the
farmer greater security against
the Wet Cong represents one of
the most important forms of help.
There are far too many villages
and isolated smaller communities
for the regular army to protect
by itself.
So the government helps the
village by organizing militia, civil
guards, within the village itself.
They are being trained and gradu-
ally receiving better arms, mainly
rifles.
They wear no uniforms, Their
tattered clothing is shabby.
But they'll fight for their vii
lage," says an American observer.
"The Vietnamese are good fighters
and these fellows-well, knowing
they are protecting their own
homes, they'll fight"
The whole question Of the de-
gree and effectiveness Of govern
ment help for the farmers is
hotly debated, however.
"The officials in Saigon are
too far away from the farmer"
says a critic, 80 the local officials
they appoint are either inefficient
or have the same mandarin (aris-
tocratic) attitude toward the farm
erS as the people in the capital"
Diem Got 90 Per Cent
Yet President Ngo Dinh Diem
won a tremendous vote in the
countryside when the first presi-
Dental elections were held last
April. 1t was much bigger than in
Saigon where his political oppo-
sition centerS.
The population is estimated at
about IA million. Registration was
1921 900. The total vote cast
reached 5.3 million. Diem re-
ceived close to 80 per cent Of it,
Al million. Balloting was genu-
inely secret.
The Presidents critics explain
this by arguing that his opponents
were neither known or formidable.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

This strategy largely worked,
for only the Cossacks and those
UkrainianS who were devoted to
the Car actively helped the
White Russian forces.
But once the armies of the
white" generals-Denikine, Yu-
denich, Wrangel-and those of
Admiral Kolchak-were defeated,
the Bolsheviks turned their atten-
ton to the nationalities who had
stood aloof. Successfully the Ma
tionaliSt Ukrainians, the Geor-
gians, the Armenians, the KAYAKS,
the Kirghiz and the Mongols, were
conquered and annexed to the
USSR.
Meanwhile, the Poles, the Lii
thuanians, the Latvians. the Esto-
mans who had managed to
consolidate their independence
sufficiently, were able to win out
when Lenin attempted to take
them over.
However, their turn came in
1889 when Lenin's successor, Sta
lin, struck a bargain with Hitler
and got his blessing to take over
half of Poland, plus the Baltic
countries and Bessarabia.
Third Round at Iron
The third round of Soviet terri
torial acquisitions began at the
Teheran conference, in 1943,
when Churchill and Roosevelt ac-
quiesced to Stalin's winnings
which were obtained from the
Nazis.
The satellite empire in Europe
was rounded out when the Com
munists seized Czechoslovakia in
February, 1948.
Today the captive nations-to
give them the title bestowed by
the United States Congress-rep-
Evening star., 1961-07-16
Captive Nations Week Noble Experiment

of Europe which had existed in
dependently only a few months
and was extinguished by the
BolSheviks of Vladimir Lenin in
1918, as well as the largest and
Oldest existing nation-the Con-
tinental China, which came under
Communist rule when a Soviet
sponsored revolutionary movement
won out a little more than a
decade ago.
Ancient lithuonions
Those Captive Nations also in
cluded the LithuanianS, who vie
with the Chinese in antiquity with
their 5,000-odd years of national
existence, and who once formed
Europe's largest kingdom.
And they included the Ingushes,
one of the smallest nations on
this globe-a few thouSand-who
are descended from English cru
saders of Richard the Lion
Hearted and Circassian women.
A warlike people, whose tall
stature and light complexion
be-speak of their crusader ances-
try, the Ingushes incurred the
wrath of Stain by their guerilla
activities and were uprooted by
his order in 1945, together with
their neighbors, the Chechen, and
deported in toto to Siberia.
Altogether. the Captive Nations
were conquered by the Soviets in
three main phases.
Back in 1917 and 1918, Lenin,
mortally afraid lest the non
Russian nations which had been
ruled by the Cars side with the
White Russian armies in the civil
war which then ragged, solemnly
professed to adhere to the prin-
ciple of national self-determina-
tion which President Wilson had
just proclaimed.
Evening star., 1961-07-16
2EDICTED ELECTRICAL PIC
PREDICTED ELECTRICAL PIG
This '37 Crystal Ball Was Both Clear and Cloudy

To some extent they predicted
the suburban explosion that met
ropolitan areas are now concerned
with. They also foresaw the magic
of synthetic materials and use of
plaStics and numerous other devel-
opments then just on the horizon.
One notable statement came
close on the possibilities of atomic
energy:
Much has been said and writ
ten about releasing atomic energy
and utilizing vast forces that it
represents. While we see no i'm
mediate possibility of doing this
economically, who shall say that
it will not be achieved, and once
achieved, how shall we estimate
the social implications resulting
from the use of such energy?"
No doubt the immense impetus
that World War II gave to the
search for chronological tools
threw off the 1887 predictions for
what was to follow in the sue
ceeding two or three decades.
Evening star., 1961-07-16

day lives in the not-too- distant
future.
These latter-day planners might
heed the warning contained in the
1887 report. It noted:
There is usually opportunity to
anticipate (the impact of inven-
tion) upon society since it never
comes instantaneously without
signals"
The writer's of the report, which
was sponsored by the National Re-
sources Committee and submitted
to Congress, considered 80 years
a proper interval before society
truly feels the effects of an in
vention.
One recent report which, al
though not intended primarily to
predict chronological trends, has
tried to project the future of the
National Capital Region as it will
look in the year 2000..
Predictions for Yeor 1000
What do the planners say for
the next 40 years? Here are some
of their predictions:
Energy-"We can certainly ex-
pect substantial changes in en-
ergy sources-to atomic, solar, or
to some yet-unknown sources"
Transportation - Mass transit
will handle the commuter flow
Evening star., 1961-07-16

struck a textile factory and kept
the workers out for 40 days.
Vietnamese in Saigon, particu-
larly, tell you they have no free
dom of speech. Yet the man who
says this sits in your room for
hours, openly telling you what's
wrong with the government.
The press is censored and the
government operates the only ra-
dio. Yet the writings of foreign
correspondents, often bitterly criti-
cal, have gone out from Saigon
to the world, uncensored. There
have been one or two exceptions
and an Associated Press cores
pondent was expelled.
So the question: Is Diem die
tator?
Il am convinced" says a highly
placed foreign observer. that he
sincerely wants and intends to
liberalize things. The question is:
Evening star., 1961-07-16

But statements of the farmers in
dicated that Diem is popular in
the countryside.
Grandfather Nguyen says he
and all his family went to the
polls. He says he likes Diem and
indicates the President got all six
of the family votes.
Is Diem a dictator?
r The constitution provides the
president with emergency powers
to decree temporary suspension
of the rights of freedom of circu-
lation and residence, of speech
and the press, of assembly and
association, and of formation of
labor unions and strikes :"
He has by. no means invoked
all these.
Freedom to Strike
For example, the labor unions
are functioning. They recently