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Evening star., 1961-05-01
It's Not So Simple, After All

kind does more harm than
news stories Of a dozen Cuban
"invasions." All that Moscow
wants to know today is
whether the United States is
bluffing on Berlin or Laos or
Cuba.
There was no doubt left by
President Eisenhower that
America would defend For
mosa. 1t was made clear that
we would defend Quemoy and
Matsu under certain circum-
stances. Mr.. Kennedy during
the campaign last year didn't
help the cause by expressing
opposition to a defense of
Quemoy and Matsu. It was
unwise then to broadcast such
information to the Kremlin,
because there was the pos
sibility that. as President,
Mr.. Kennedy might face a
decision on that very point.
The press wasn't to blame
for this dilemma. created to
gain votes in a political
campaign.
All in all. the press can
help the cause of the United
States by voluntarily sup
pressing news of weapons or
gadgetS or the mobilization of
ships or airplanes or armies
unless such movements have
been officially announced.
But the press can't help much
in suppreSSing news about
the administration when so
many spokesmen are avail
able from day to day to hint
at changes in foreign policy
that amount to a weakening
of the United States position.
Nor does it seem to make
much sense for the State De-
partment to hold-aS it did
last week-two days of secret
conferences with $50 Ameri-
can newspaper editors, includ-
ing an off-the-record talk by
President Kennedy himself,
while a Communist news
paper was present and took
notes which doubtless we're
being read in the Kremlin
within "a hours. The episode
is explained as q mechanical
error in making up the invi-
tation list and the President
was advised about it before
he began speaking, but it was
then too late to do anything
without creating an interna-
tional incident.
Sooner or later the mess
in Washington" will have to
be cleaned up. It will be
done when the number Of
cooks now making the broth
is reduced considerably and
some firm decisions are made
by the President himself that
are consistently maintained
by deeds as well as words.
Copyright. 1851
Evening star., 1961-05-01
DORIS FLEESON
President Must Decide Where to Act
To Best Meet Communist ChoIIenoe

Soviet Premier Khrushchev
is plainly attempting a blitz
OF the Kennedy administra-
ton before the new Presi-
dent can get on top of his
job and take a made-in-
America initiative of his own.
The tough old Bolshevik
is dragging his feet in Laos
and at the even more crucial
disarmament talks in Geneva.
He has had assistance he
could not possibly have ar
ranged on his own-though
he is happily assuming the
credit-in the Cuban fiasco
and in the revolt of the
generals against De Gaulle
in Algeria.
He is playing upon the
sensitive piano Of American
national pride, particularly in
Cuba, and hoping that he
can aggravate the young
President into making i'm
pulse decisions Of a fatally
militariStic nature. It is
clever and also merciless and
will surprise only those who
thought Khrushchev's re-
cent tour of the United
States was merely a comedy
What Kennedy must ask
himself during these lonely
days is: Where is the vital
center of the storm? Where
should he and can he act
to prove that he perceives
all that Is going on in the
Evening star., 1961-05-01
Generally UItro-LiberoI Support
Lessons as Conservatives Switch

not do him much good even
to gain smaller States actu-
ally lost before.
And it is precisely in such
key States as New York,
Pennsylvania and Michigan
that the a-liberals have
their principal strength.
Thus what will happen in
1864 is a total riddle, for no
body could possibly estimate
just how wide by then may
be the Presidents accretions
of backing from moderate
conservatives and his loss of
backing from ultra liberals.
But however unreadable may
be the meaning of these
present shifts for the far
future Of "a, that meaning
for the nearer future is per-
fectly plain.
For as the President gains
among the moderately con-
Servative and loses among
the ultra liberals - with
whom he is taking a great
risk by insisting upon run
ming a responsible Presidency
this at any rate is clear:
The tone of his Administra-
ton will come closer and
closer to the moderately con-
servative group and farther
and farther from the ultra
liberal group.
This, indeed. is what has
already been occurring. One
by one the ultra Liberal fac
tions are becoming annoyed
with the President. The civil
rights extremists are ex-
tremely unhappy that the
President won't demand ex-
tremist programs. Moreover,
he intends to go on resisting
every kind of pressure, in
cluding this one, which
would unnecessarily divide a
country in rising peril from
abroad.
His relationship with the
Evening star., 1961-05-01
Soviet Space Propaganda Expected

the Russians Of the propa-
ganda Of sacrifice and indi-
vidual contribution worries
students of our own develop
ment. Personnel and employ
ment counSelors and psy-
biologists all say that a dis
turbing developm ent in
America is a feeling on the
part Of the individual Of re-
moteness from his country's
problems and achievements.
The problems are so vast
and the major projects are
so involved with science, that
more and more Americans
are asking, What can one
person do?" The growing
bigness and complexity of
domestic and foreign issues;
the astonishing and mystic
rious details of missiles and
satellites, all tend to make
the average citizen feel sepa-
rated from what goes on.
President Kennedy, in
urging that the people ask
what they can do for their
country, not what 1t can do
for them, struck a receptive
chord in the hearts of mil
lions. Americans are willing
to sacrifice and serve. The
American people very much
want to share in all their
country must do.
We may be too sophisti-
Gated to accept the obvious
ness of the Soviet propagan-
da. But none will deny that
If a way can be made to
make the citizen feel that
his job is important, that it
is a part Of his country's
present and future and
makes q contribution to both,
we will then improve our own
situation.
Evening star., 1961-05-01

enemies of this country were
unwittingly furnished some
valuable data.
What is the remedy for
this continuing depreciation
of the United States? The
first restraint will have to
be imposed by members of
Congress and the politicians
upon themselves. They had
a field day a year ago over
the U-2 incident, and the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committees partisans even
went so far as to publish a
detailed report on the U-2
affan-an obviously secret
operation in the cold war" /"
The formal report made joy
full reading in Moscow.
The press, of course, will
print what is visible or audi
BILE to people generally. DEM
ocratic Senators and Repre-
SentativeS who made speeches
about our missile gap" could
not expect the press to refrain
from publishing them - in
fact, they sought such pub
liclty even though it under
mined the prestige of the
United States at home and
abroad. Rarely has any in
dividual newspaper come up
on it's own with what might
strictly be called military in
formation that wasn't gen.
orally known.
Anyone who takes into &C
count the large size of the
Cuban exile group and the
open operations of some of it's
leaders in Miami must realize
that semi-public activities Of
this kind will be fully covered
in the press and will be widely
broadcast.
The Central Intelligence
Agency is supposed to collect
intelligence information. and
it rarely makes anything
available to the press. Wether
1t really knows what's going
on abroad sometimes is diff
ricult to establish, but no
body can quarrel with its de-
sire for secrecy.
There's one important
question to which the Krem-
lin wants the answer: Is the
United States going to stand
up for its rights and fight if
necessary? To put it an
other way. is the real view
point of this Government ex-
pressed by the appeasers in
our midst who go around
telling the world we are licked
on the issue of Red China's
admission to the United Ma
tions and might as we'll sur
render? Defeatism of this
Evening star., 1961-05-01

calculating Khrushchev brain
and intends to meet it?
The Presidents mistakes
during the crucial period Just
ended are almost as apparent
as their results.
He made a bad judgment
on Cuba and then neglected
to provide against failure. He
enlisted with fanfare, head
line-making support but did
not line up some shock po-
litical troops of his own to
take the offensive against
the opposition.
He began with the idea
that Central Intelligence Di-
rector Allen Dulles was such
a good, honorable man
which Dulles is-that the
President could afford to take
the rap for him and ease
him out with everyone being
sweet and charitable about
the whole thing. He is now
learning that presidential
prestige comes first and not
because of personal vanity.
Each day brings Kennedy a
fresh shock. The weight of
the evidence is that CIA COM
mitted his prestige in Cuba
in a hopeleSsly amateur way.
The situation in France is
frightening and the Geneva
impaSse even more so.
Now it is being reported
that some CIA duties will be
Evening star., 1961-05-01
S. WHITE

The national structure of
President Kennedy's political
support is undergoing under
ground shifts which are little
noted now but may have great
significance for the future.
These movements are like
small earthquakes below the
surface Of politics. AS one
section of voters moves away
from the President, another
which had heretofore opposed
him moves toward him.
Speaking generally, it is the
ultra liberals who are leav-
ing him and it is the mod
erately conservatives with
whom he is gaining in favor,
at least relatively.
1t is hardly debatable that
his present total backing,
taking the country as a
whole. is greater than on
Election Day-which he sur
vived with the narrowest per-
centage margin in history.
All the polls and other
ordinary indicators suggest
this.
But to say that the Presi-
dent stands higher now gen.
orally than last November is
not necessarily to say that
his gains will overcome his
losses. Because a President
is chosen by an electoral SyS-
tenn Subordinating popular
vote to the electoral vote Of
individual States, he can wir
a popular majority and still
lose an election.
1t will not automatically
profit him to pick up addi-
tional support in other areas
whether these were won or
lost areas last time-if this
is to be accompanied by de-
cisive losses in key electoral
States like New York. Penn
sylvania and Michigan. In
such a circumstance, 1t might
Evening star., 1961-05-01

Spare aircraft provide greater schedule dependabt
This threepronged effort has materially improved Easens
time departure and arrival record With continued effort
hope to have of the finest ontme records in the industry
Realistic schedules time between flights aircraft
All work together you of departures and
arrivals make Eastern the worlds most dependable airlne..
with the worlds most satisfied passengers.
Evening star., 1961-05-01
RALPH McGILL
Moral Emphasis Given Astronout
Intrigues Students of Red Psychology

Russian propaganda uses
Of the space flight by Yuri
Cagarin were, of course, an
ticipated. But what has been
most interesting to the psy-
biologists and experts who
study Soviet propaganda is
the high moral emphasis
given the Soviet hero and his
accomplishments. There was
heavy underscoring of the
strong family ties, the chill
dren, home and mother. The
simplicity OF. the astronaut's
personal life. his simple,
peasant background, and his
selflessness and sacrifice
were the major theme.
Gagarin's speeches them
selves. from the American
viewpoint, have a high corn
content, and yet, it should
be noted, say our experts,
that in each public utter
ance he mentioned his ap-
probation Of the workers who
had built the equipment and
of the sacrifice Of the Soviet
people who made it possible.
Nikita Khrushchev him
self took advantage Of the
success story to say to his
vast audience looking on and
listening, that they must not
be diverted by triumph.
They would not always have
sacrifice. One. day. he said,
they would surpass the
United States in standard Of
living.
Those who were present at
KhrushcheV'S evening with
American labor leaders, who
Evening star., 1961-05-01
DORIS FLEEsON
Soviet Trying to BIitz Kennedy

transferred to the Pentagon.
If this proves true. it will
soon become apparent to
Senators already irked be-
cause amid a week replete
with off the record briefings,
they learned only what
friendly columniSts and edi-
tors told them.
Senator Morse, chairman
Of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tionS subcommittee dealing
with Latin America. has said
plainly that no one on his or
the whole committee was
consulted about Cuba. The
State Department took eva
sive action about q hearing
called by Morse but Secretary
Of State Rusk will attempt
this week to repair that
damage.
The President made a weak
speech to the publishers in
New York, apparently having
felt he had shot his wad with
the brilliant and defiant talk
to the editors. The kind of
haphazard, voluntary censor
ship Kennedy suggested can
not work in so big and free a
country. II some form of CEN
sorship is what he wants, he
must say so and lay down
the rules.
The President seems to feel
that he needs his elders. The
Kennedy army he mobilizes.
regardless Of age and previ-
Gus conditions Of servitude,
is what will save his leader
ship.
Evening star., 1961-05-01

had their guest in an irasci-
BILE frame of mind by their
questioning, say that one Of
the most hilarious scenes oc-
CURED when Khrushchev was
asked why he did not permit
a free exchange of American
movies, books, magazines, ct
cetera.
This set him off and also
gave him opportunity for a
counterthrust. Guests were
astonished to see the portly
Khrushchev leap from his
chair and begin to cavort
about and wiggle his middle
and wag his seat in what
turned out to be Mr.. KS idea
OF an imitation Of the dane
ing he had seen in Hollywood
at the filming Of "Can-Can."
Send them this sort of
thing" he cried. Would you
have me corrupt my young
people with dances and
movies like that?"
Psychologists who study
the Soviet propaganda say
that the studied attempt to
make each person feel he or
she has made some contri-
button to a Russian advance
and that out of simplicity Of
life and sacrifice comes
achievement is of great value
to them. Nor is this confined
to the Soviet homeland. 1t Is
helpful to them in presenting
their propaganda to peoples
Of underdeveloped countries
who live in poverty and in
great lack of modern COM
forts.
This habitual emphasis by
Evening star., 1961-05-01
Frmness, Consistency, Experience
Seen as Solution to Growinq Crises
DAVID LAWRENCE

On the surface, it does look
like there's another mess in
Washington" But there's
nothing really wrong here
that wouldn't be cured by
some consistency and firm
ness, plus a little more ex-
perience by President Ken
nedy.
Tens of thousands Of words
are poured out in presidential
messages. Task forces" ga
lore-composed of earnest
minded but often naive
intellectualS - are running
around here trying to spell
out reforms in well-written
phrases that read like the
promise-all planks of the po-
litical platforms.
After 100 days in the White
House, Mr.. Kennedy. himself
a well-meaning. conscientious
young man, is finding out the
hard way that national gov
ernment isn't so simple after
all. He perhaps wishes he had
not been so critical of the
Eisenhower administration a
few months ago and prob
ably regrets the demagoguery
he put into those campaign
speeches.
Nobody will deny that Mr..
Kennedy has an almost su-
perhuman job on his hands
and needs every bit of SYM
pathy and help that he can
get. But he will not win CO.
operation by alibis attempt
ing to shift responsibility to
the press. nor by spending so
much of his time at partisan
political dinners or in con-
ferenceS with political bosses
while international crises in
Laos. South Wet Nam and
Cuba worry the American
people.
The Presidents speech in
New York last week urging
the press to be cooperative
was well intentioned. but it
has very little to do with the
mess that arose in the han
ding Of the Cuban "inva-
SION" For the press, after
all, has been indoctrinated
during most of the last eight
years by congressional COM
mittee studies and hearings
to believe that freedom of
information" is paramount
and that everything must be
made available to the public.
Members of Congress them
selves have often given out
military information they
thought was important to the
American people even though
at the same time potential
Evening star., 1961-05-01
POTOMAC FEVER
Pete Wyma
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Secretary Rbico says we face a critical shortage Of
doctors and dentists And that amt all If worlds
statesmen don't get together face critical shortage
of patients.
Ike holds press conference in Gettysburg. Text Let's
pick this country up and get it moving again.
Democratic slogan for the 1862 congressional elections
Support JFK. He kept out of war-in Cuba"
One fellow took speed reading fast going
broke He now has to buy four novels keep occupied
the New York-Los Angeles jet flight.
The new anatomy: Nerves-The little things that run
all ca Suu. cooy, Gaming tor you quiet.
Kennedy always for separation of church and
state But since the Cuban goof he's faced with separation
Of press and state
Evening star., 1961-05-01
Thursday Meeting
Set by fraternity

The monthly meeting Of Al
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity will
be held at 9 pm. Thursday, at
1900 New Hampshire avenue
NV.
Andrew T. Hatcher, Assistant
White House Press Secretary,
will be guest speaker.
Evening star., 1961-05-01
More on-the-nose departures for you

When it's akeo time you don't You take off,
Yet the face of odays complex air and ground problems the
onme performance you demand takes plenty doing Here's what
Eastern doing onhenose departures for you:
Realistic schedules adusted to reflect traffic conditions at
all times of the day and night.
More time beVeen flights time for ground ham
ding, less chance you'll be delayed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10

R. Snoddy and their boys, Ran
dy and Ronnie- and Miss Bar
bara johnson. of Charlottes.
vile. Mrs. c. E. johnson re-
turned with the Snoddys to Char
lottesville to meet S-Sgt. C.. E.
johnson who had been visiting
her parents in Georgia the past
week.
Richard Roberts, of Rustburg
spent some time at his home
with his wife near Howardsville
the past week.
am sorry to report that C. A.
Whitfield, of Warren. is patient
in Martha Jefferson Hospital in
Charlottesville.
I exte nd my deepest SYM
pathy to the family of Ray
billiard. He was buried in Rich
mond last Wednesday. Those at
tending the funeral from here
were Robert Baber, Mrs. w. H.
Crews and Mrs. Willie Jones.
He was their uncle.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Beesville HID. Club was
held in the home of Mrs. G. w.
Adams February /, at pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10

Only six members were pres
ent due to the weather and 50
much sickness in the neighbor.
hood. Mrs. E. w. Snoddy gave
the demonstration on foreig n
foods, cooking a Chinese dish
and a Hawaiian dish. Mrs.
Odelle Ragland gave talk on
the Federation ogram OF
work. Mrs. Adams served home
made cake and drinks for re-
freShmentS.
Mrs. Allen Roberts and Mrs.
Richard Roberts called on Mrs.
G. w. Adams Wednesday after
noon.
Vernard Hurt called in the E.
w. Snoddy Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Barr and
their son, Of FarmNille, recently
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubert JuStus.
The regular meeting Of the Sun
beam Band. RA's. GAS and Y.
WAS organizations will be held
after Sunday School, February
II at II am.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10
Altman baber To Return To Colorado

HOWARDSVILLE. Feb. 9 =
Altman George c. Baber. of
Denver, Colo, who is visiting
his par is, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Baber. will leave Fri
day February 10 to return to his
base.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Main and
their baby, James, Jr., spent
the past week end with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Main.
OF "MOntrose' near Towards
vile. James Jr., age seven
months. was showing several
teeth and could walk around in
his playpen by holding on. This
made the grandparents very
happy, he being the only grand
child
Mr.. and Mrs. George Baber
had as their guests over the
week end, Mrs. C. E. johnson.
OF Texas. Sidney T. Baber, and
Miss Mary Firestone, of Dill
Wyn.
Mrs. Sidney c. Baber, had as
her guests over the week end,
Miss Norma Snoddy, of near
Howardsville, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10
Mrs. George Dinges
Shipplett Dies, IS;

SHEPPARDS, Feb. 9 Mrs.
George Dinges Shipplett. 70,
formerly of Roanoke, died Tues
day morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Cleveland Jones.
here where she has been staying
for several months.
She was born in London, Eng
land, July 7, 1882 a, daughter of
the late John and Elizabeth
Pryse jenkins and is the widow
of George Dinges Shipplett, of
Roanoke.
She was active in civic work
and a charter member Of the
Womans Club of Roanoke.
In addition to Mrs. Jones. she
is survived by a son. George
Dinges Shipplett. Jr.. of Roa-
noke and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
2 pm. Wednesday from St.
Johns Episcopal Church, Roa-
noke. with burial in Evergreen
Cemetery, Roanoke.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10
Trenholm Call
Fire Department Worth
Its Weight In Gold

TRENHOLM, Feb. 8 nv There
was a fire at the home of j. l.
Denoon Fri d ay night which
caused much excitement until
they found out it was the SCOT in
the chimney.
The boys soon put it out, but
the Powhatan Fire Department
was called and was there in a
few minutes They cleaned the
chimney and put the fire out.
The phones are wonderful and al
ways give a helping hand to the
volunteer fire department as it
is worth its weight in gold.
The weather is the greatest
theme of conversation now. I
have heard several people ask,
where are the older people who
have been saying we don't have
winters like they used to when
l was a child think this is a
good replica of one of the long
ago winters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Duke and
family, of Richmond, visited
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. w.
Weburn Sunday. They had miss
ed several Sundays on account
OF sickness and bad weather.
Other visitors were Mrs. Henry
Hatcher and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. "Bubba" Dan
bridge and family, of Powha-
tan, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil
Denoon Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. F.. w. Boat
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10

wright and children visited Mr..
and Mrs. J. l. Denoon, Miss Ber-
nice Denoon, and Mrs. Eliza
Caine, Sunday night.
We were sorry to hear of the
death of G. B. Cosby's sister,
Miss Maud Cosby. She died last
week at her home at Fine Creek.
l extend the family sympathy
Mr.. Cosby has been a shut-in
for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bagby Jones
and family were visitors in Rich
mond Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hatcher
were visitors in Richmond Mon
day.
Mrs. Grace Hamrick visited
Mr.. and Mrs. w. I. Stokes Sun
day night.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10

Sunday morning. Victor is a
m M b e I of the Buckingham
Troop.
Melvin Mill, of Cherry Point,
N. c., spent last week end with
Henry Booth.
MI. and Mrs. Richard Stock
ton, of Ocean View, Del, spent
last week end with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Penick.
Mrs. Earle Moore will be host
ess to the Young Adult Group
Of Appomattox P. E. Church
next Sunday evening at g.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Daye
visited his brother, Emmett
Dave, of Appomattox, last Mon
day.
Paul Johnson is a patient at
the Southside Community Hospl-
tai.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-10
World Missions
Are Discussed

TUGGLE. Feb. 9 49, The Rev.
Wilbur Maxwell spoke TO the
Women Of Arpomattox P f.
Church Thursday evening on the
World Mission program Of the
Presbyterian Church U. S. There
are missions in the following
countries; Mexico, Taiwan, ia
pan, Korea, Ecuador, Portugal.
Congo, Iraq, and Brazil, Mrs.
Shirley Dowdy will be hostess
for the meeting in her new
home near Dowdy's Corner.
Alex and Victor Motley at
tended the first anniversary ser
vice honoring the Boy Scouts at
Smyrna Methodist Church last