davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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80.
will reflect a greater return to
all Of the sugarcane farmers,
and on the basis of prelimin-
airy estimates it is expected
that this will run about $500
per ton less than previous
years. The new docking faci-
lities at Frederiksted permit
the direct loading by a con-
veyor system. transportation
rates were increased 20% over
the previous year and those
growers who own their truck
ing facilities benefited from
this increase.
British West Indian labor
was again used for harvesting
and cultivation work. The
shortage Of local agricultural
labor becomes an ever increas-
ing problem. The Corporation
complied with the minimum
wage and hours as provided
fer under Act No. 627 of the
Virgin Islands Legislature.
The Corporation paid a mini
mum wage of so cents per
hour and worked a 40 hour
week with the payment OF
overtime for hours in excess
of 40. A very high percentage
of the workers earned consid-
erably more than the mini
mum inasmuch as most opera
tons, particularly the harvest
ing of cane, was carried out
on a ~piecework basis.
"The Corporation again re-
quests consideration Of a
change in the establishment Of
fair and reasonable price for
the payment of molasses. The
Corporation should not be OBJ
ligated to pay the producer
realized from the actual sale
Of it's molasses. Molasses from
of its molsses. Molasses from
the 1861 crop was sold for
0.59cents per gallon, or Ole
cents less than the amount
paid to the growers. The Cor
poration has no othe recon
Imendations with respect to
the establishment of fair and
reasonable prices of sugar
cane in the Virgin Islands"
Evening star., 1961-06-11
oh! His Aching Back!
LETTERS TO THE STAR

FSU uuUtcS Utuy OS uSSu "
letters carry tDriteTS' correct
names and addresses. AH let
teTs ore subject to condenSd-
ton. Those not used iDtll be
returned only tOhen accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped enUelOpeS.
tors. George Washington
must be spinning in his
grave at the thought
The plant also would do
more to demolish the value
Of Fort Washington than an
artillery assault. Imagine
driving down the proposed
extension of George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway to
this fine 10th Century coastal
defense, only to peer over its
ramparts at an encamped
sewage plant!
The Nation and the neigh
boring community deserve
more consideration. The
WSSC should locate its plant
in a less conspicuous spot.
The extra money will be
well spent. Douglas Watson
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Insurance Bridqe

The Army Corps of Engineers has
exercised very good Judgment in per-
mitting the District to retain the old
Fourteenth street bridge even after the
new George. Mason Bridge, Immediately
adjacent to it, is finished. For as High
way Director Harold Aitken points out,
it is too early now to tell how we'll the
river-crossing needs will be met by the
new bridge alone, and it is desirable
to keep the old one as an insurance
policy.
One attractive possibility now under
study is that the old bridge would be
used only during rush hours, and then
for one way traffic. This would permit
the complex of Fourteenth street bridges
to provide at least six Washington
bound traffic lanes during the morning
peak hours, and six lanes Virginia.
bound in the evening.
The only real drawback to such a
scheme is the ugliness of the old bridge,
with its ancient trestles pyramiding in
the air. But then the old railroad
bridge, just few hundred yards down.
stream, is hardly thing of beauty,
so it is not as if the automobile bridge
would be the only grain of sand in an
otherwise jewel-like setting. And of
course the bridge may be dismantled
at any time in the future, as circum-
stances warrant.
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Pans Planners

If efficiency and economy
were the only considerations
in constructing sewage facili-
ties there would be no reason
why the District shouldn't
long ago have built a sewage
treatment plant on Hams
Point, next to the Lincoln
Memorial. or bordering the
Tidal Basin. Luckily for our
Nations Capital, there has
been enough historic and
aesthetic appreciation to re-
ject the easiest engineering
solution.
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission should
show similar sense and re-
frain from building its plan
ned sewage treatment plant
between Mount Vernon and
Fort Washington at Mockley
Point on the Potomac. If it
persists in its plans it will
succeed in destroying the
grand vista savored by mil
lions Of Mount Vernon visi-
Evening star., 1961-06-11
FROM THE STAR FILES.
so Years Ago

Two major league baseball
managers Of SO years ago
made sports headlines in
different ways. Clark Grif-
fifth was reported in The
Star Of June 13, 1911, as on
the verge of losing his job
as manager of the Cincin-
natl Reds. Griffith'S team was
in sixth place, and unless
it gets to working better,
some say he will be out by
July l." It was pointed out
that Griffith "had perhaps
as brilliant a career as a
pitcher as any man who ever
threw balls and strikes" but
had won only one pennant,
that for the Chicago White
Sox. Inc same oay, dugney
Jennings, manager Of the
Detroit Tigers. lamented the
liveliness of the new cork
center ball: "Infielders are
getting their legs batted off.
and first and third basemen
should rightfully be wearing
catchers' masks and chest
protectors to Withstand the
battering Unless a man
can shoot that ball over with
the wonderful speed Of john
son or Wood, or throw a fine
curve, he is bound to be
hit
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Expedient Triumph

Once again, in our vote in the United
Nations on the Angola resolution, the
United States appears to have sacrificed
principle to eXpediency.
This has yielded certain dividends.
For one thing, according to news reports,
our popularity has risen with Asian
African nations = especially with the
newly independent African countries.
The question, however, is whether this
gain in popularity, keeping in mind the
long run, has been bought at too high
a price.
The effect of the U. N. resolution is
to condemn Portugal for having used
"repreSSive measures" in Angola. Our
Government did not favor the resolu-
ton in the form in which it was adopted.
Our officials thought any condemnation
should at least await the findings Of a
prospective investigation by a u. N.
commission, and they also believed the
resolution should call on both sides in
the Angola conflict to refrain from
violence. When the chips were down,
however, they chose to compromise"
While Britain and France abStained,
and while the Portuguese representative
complained that his country was being
made the victim of "fabricationS of
malevolent minds" we voted against
our NATO ally.
Presumably, this vote reflected a
conclusion in the State Department that
the facts, when established, would be
adverse to Portugal'S position. But
the facts have not yet been established,
and there certainly is something to be
said on the Portuguese side Of the
question. The right procedure, short
range political considerations aside,
would have been for us to decline to
vote for the resolution until the facts
had been aScertained or until Portugal
had refused to permit an investigation.
Instead, having in mind the mounting
influence of the Asian-African nations
in the U. NJ, we elected to cast an ex-
pedient vote. Our reward is a certain
gain in popularity-a gain which may
prove to be short-lived. There isn't much
that Portugal can do about it. But the
price of sacrificing principle to expedi-
ency generally is high, and it will not
be surprising if the price of continued
popularity in this situation goes up, and
up, and up.
Evening star., 1961-06-11

the President and Mrs. Kennedy, much
less for their sense of humor. But we
are convinced that the censor, in this
instance, has rendered a notable service
TO Britain's theater-going. public. One
part Of the banned skit featured an
actress with a Jackie hair-do gliding
around on roller skates and singing:
All my clothes come from Paris, but
I've smart gag: With American labels
gladden. each rag"
We take our stand on the PROPOSE
ton that no captive audience should be
exposed to such trash-to say nothing
OF being required to pay for the privi-
lege. Hail to the censor!
Evening star., 1961-06-11
100 Years AGO

WuaG historians call Cne
"first real battle" of the
Civil War was fought a GEN.
tury ago at Great Bethel,
Va, (also known as Big
Bethel on the Yorktown
road about 8 miles from
Hampton. Learning the Con-
federates were digging in
there, a Union force, COM
manded by Gen. E. w.
Pierce, was dispatched from
Fortress Monroe and New
port News to rout the rebels.
It worked in reverse. The
Star of June II, 1861, gave
first details of the engage
ment that took place the
night before. Poor liaison
and trigger-happy troops
got the Federals off on the
wrong foot. At Little Bethel,
halfway between Hampton
and Great Bethel, two Union
regiments mistook each other
for the enemy and ex-
changed shots, with several
casualties. When the Fed
erals pulled themselves to-
gether and advanced to Great
Bethel, they were met with
"fire described as devilishly
hot, from apparently 8 or 10
guns, some from a battery
near a corduroy bridge.
Gen. Pierce finally ordered
a retreat. :" The Union
troops involved numbered
about 4,500, with the Con-
federates having some 1,400.
The Star of June 13, 1861,
said the Federal losses were Is
dead, so wounded and a large
number missing. The report
added: 1.-THE secesSionists
report one killed and S
wounded, and express a wish
that Gen. Pierce may be
retained in command. :"
That the Confederates were
inadequately armed at the
very outset of the war was
made clear in news items.
The Star of June Is, 1861,
quoted a notice printed in
the Abingdon Virginian over
the signature of Confederate
Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd,
Evening star., 1961-06-11
PAGE From History

You gave us a front page
color picture of Confederate
and Federal soldiers prepar-
ing to re-enact the battle
that took place at Big Bethel.
One hundred years ago there
died Theodore Winthrop,
claimed to be the first Union
officer killed in open battle
in the Civil War. Descended
from the Massachusetts Win
throp's, his name helped to
carry his fame. He had
marched to Washington with
the famous 7th New York,
and had written Of that
march and Of camp life
around the city in articles
which the newly established
Atlantic Monthly Immediately
published. They had a great
vogue.
He became widely known.
His friend George William
Curtis, editor of Harpers,
wrote him I'D and said that
his life had "flared like q
bright white flame and van
ished." William Dean How
ellis heard of him in far away
Venice. From his desk there
were Salvaged the manu-
scripts of five books, soon
published by Ticknor and
Fields, three novels and two
volumes Of shorter writings.
Winthrop volunteered with
the 7th and went as a mill
tary secretary to Fortress
Monroe with the widely
known Yankee politician
General Ben Butler. A foray
was planned to drive en-
croaching ConfederateS back
toward Yorktown from a
forward post of theirs at Big
Bethel. Columns blundered
through the night and lost
all chance of surprise. Move
ment on the rebel positions
was muddled and inconclu-
sive. AS the day seemed lost,
Winthrop is said to have
rushed to the front through
dish e artened Federals,
mounted a log, and shouted
Come on lads, one charge
and the day is oursI" He fell
from a Sniper's bullet. Win
throp's life was done
although his literary fame
had only just begun.
Elbridge Colby
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Woter-Our Vital ISSUE

General T. M. Osborne, chairman of
the Federal City Councils Potomac
Basin Committee, did not exaggerate
when he described the assurance of an
adequate water supply as "the most
vital single issue confronting Washing
tons Metropolitan Area" He was tes-
tifying at the Capitol in support of a
$368,000 appropriation to enable the
Army Corps Of Engineers to complete
its comprehensive survey Of the river.
Pointing out that the Census Bureau
has estimated that the Metropolitan
Area will have population of more
than 5 million within the next SO years
and that twice as much water will be
required by this population as is now
being used, General Osborne warned
that unless conservation measures are
taken soon grave water shortage will
develop. That is why it is necessary
that the engineers survey our water
resources and make plans for reservoirs
or other facilities to insure plenty of
water for the city and its environs in
times of drought or excessive usage.
The survey, begun several years
ago, has been delayed by the failure
of Congress to provide sufficient funds
to carry on the studies according to
schedule. Now, however, the survey is
nearing completion. The money sought
at this session is expected to be enough
to finish the big job. This appropri-
ation-and those which will be required
to build the dams and storage basins
which the engineers have indicated will
be recommended-will be an investment
that will pay dividends in terms of the
health and welfare of all who rely on
the Potomac River for water.
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Hail to the Censor!

There Is some unhappiness in
London because the official British
censor has banned a scene in a new play
which was supposed to poke fun at PreSi-
dent and Mrs. Kennedy. According to
news reports, the censor, never
popular chap, thought the skit might be
offensive to the head of a friendly state.
His British critics contend, however,
that surely Jack and Jackie would ap-
preciate the humor of it all.
1t seems to us that this misses the
point. We cannot speak, of course, for
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Falls Church Election

The Falls Church City
Council election, to be held
June 13, presents a very
interesting question Of public
policy: Should the voters
elect four councilmen from
the same nonpartisan politi-
cal organization when the
three holdover members Of
the seven-man council also
belong to that organization?
In my opinion, the voters
should elect all four Of these
candidates If they meet all Of
the following qualifications:
Cd If their records indi-
cate that each of them would
make a more capable and
public spirited councilman
than any Of the opposition
candidates.
(2) If each of them is a
person Of intelligent and in
dependent Judgment who will
decide specific issues in ac-
cordance with his conscience
and his concept of what is
best for the city.
CD If each Of them is a
person of unquestionable
honesty and integrity, devoid
of any selfish motives in
seeking public office.
az If each of them recog-
nizes that councilmen are
the servants, not the over
lords, of the public, and that
the power Of office should
be used only to provide better
and more responsive govern
ment for the entire public.
Having served on the Coun-
Gil or Planning Commission,
and in many civic activities,
with all Of the four CBC
candidates-Samuel Dennis,
Charles HALEY, Tom Jones,
and Harold Silverstein-I am
convinced that each of them
meets all of these qualifi-
cations. AS the minutes of
Council and Planning Com
mission meetings clearly
show. CBC Council members
and Council candidates have
differed with each other on
various issues. They will do
so in the future when indi-
vidual study of the facts and
individual judgment lead
them to different conclu-
sions. But they are COM
pletely united in their deter
mination to provide the kind
of government that Falls
Church voters in 1859 con-
vincingly demonstrated they
want.
Citizens who are consider
ing voting for only some of
the CBC candidates should
ponder the serious possibility
that extensive ticket-split-
ting - particularly if the
turnout is Small-could result
in the election of all four of
the not-really independent
Independents" There is no
longer any doubt that these
four-Rockey, Trapp, Lewis
Jones, and Munson-are the
political heirs, and represent
the comeback hopes, of the
clique that was unseated two
years ago.
A split ticket would be a
heavy gamble that could
bring Falls Church four years
of the arrogance and bad
judgment that we endured in
1957-1959. A solid vote for
Dennis, HALEY, Tom Jones
and Silverstein will be an
investment in civic good man
ners and municipal progress.
Charles ]. Hedetniemi, Sr.
Member, Falls Church City
Council.
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Is Years AGO

The Republican National
Convention, m e citing in
Cleveland, picked the team
1t hoped would outrun the
Democrats in the next race
for the White House. The
Star said on June IL, 1896:
'"The Republicans have
nominated Gov. Alfred M.
Landon of Kansas for Presi-
dent and Col. Frank Knox.
Chicago publisher, as vice
president. -. Senator
Arthur Vandenberg Of Michi-
gan requested that his name
be withdrawn If it was pro-
posed for the vice presiden-
tial nomination. 1T was not
placed in nominstion.D a."
Evening star., 1961-06-11

who had been Secretary of
War in Buchanan's cabinet.
It read: "Camp jackson,
Wytheville, June 4. To the
Citizens of this District: I
have received informa-
ton that a large force of the
enemy are rapidly advancing
from Ohio :. with the view
Of taking possession of this
region q. and seizing upon
the Virginia & Tennessee
Railroad, so as to stop the
movement Of troops for the
relief of our eastern frontier.
=. We have plenty of men
to defend the country, if
they were armed. I call upon
all patriotic citizens to come
promptly forward and sup
ply our men with such arms
as they may have. Agents
will be appointed to receive
the arms and give a receipt
for same. These guns will
be faithfully returned to
their owners, or, if not they
will be paid for. The safety
OF your country depends
upon furnishing arms to the
volunteers who are willing
to lay down their lives in
your defense. :" On June
IL, 1861, from Fairfax Court
House: ". The secession
lists are almost entirely with
out ammunition, having
torn up all the lead pipes in
the county to make bullets.
Every farm house is visited
to see if its water is supplied
from a spring through lead
pipe, and, If so, up comes
the lead, and the families
are left to whistle for their
water. :"
Evening star., 1961-06-11

The independent voters of
the City of Falls Church will
have the opportunity to ex-
press themselves at the polls
on June 13. I am asking that
the independent voters vote
independent as is their pre-
rogative. I have been told
that members of a political
group in Falls Church, sup
porting a list Of candidates
from among the membership
of that group, at one time
were required to sign a
pledge, thus securing the
members vote in advance.
I understand that this Is no
longer a requirement for
membership in the group. I
therefore urge all members
of political and civic groups
in Falls Church who are citi-
zens of independent mind to
vote as they think best for
the welfare of their families
and of the City which they
call home.
According to literature
brought to my attention the
four candidates of this po-
litical group were nominated
in "open convention at which
more than three hundred
Falls Church residents were
present" Having been pres
ent as an observer at this
convention" I can safely say
that the nomination Of these
people was not open because
only dues-paying members of
the group in charge were al
lowed to vote. These mem
bers, each voting for four
candidates out of eight, made
a total of GA X-marks, which
figure divided by four gives
a rough count of 154 voters.
I do not know what prompt
ed the other independent
candidates to ruin for the Of
flee Of Councilman this year.
AS for me, after taking only
headline" interest in local
City administration for sew
eral years I suddenly awoke
to the fact that control of
the City had fallen into the
hands of a small faction of
liberals who were pushing
four hand-picked men from
their group in the June elec-
tions. This small faction has
also filled vacancies on the
various committees and
boards of the City, with dues
paying members. AS a result
of the above actions, carried
on consistently, we have to-
day the spectacle of a City
Council whose six members
and candidate for seventh are
all on the Executive Commit
tee of this small but smooth
ly operating group. In like
manner the School Board is
dominated by these reaction
ary forces.
The only way to stem this
well-led organization of ward
committeeman, block cap
tains, and door-to-door run
nerS is to vote for independ-
ent candidates who have no
organization behind them,
who are beholden to no one,
who will represent all of the
voters. The names of the four
independent candidates are
Lewis Jones, Archie MunSon,
Francis Trapp, and E. Don
Rockey.
Do votel Vote intelligent
ly! Vote for four independ-
ent candidates on next Tues
day, June 13.
Archie Taylor MunsOn
Former Member and Candi-
date for Reelection to the
Falls Church City Council.
Evening star., 1961-06-11


world affairs ought not to be
in doubt" )"
AS a chastened and alerted
America salutes the flag it is
being seen more clearly than
ever before that neighborli-
ness has nothing to do with
distance or geography, that
privilege can be a thing with
which to commit national
suicide, that the only thing
to do with strength is to give
it away, that history shouts
that any might that does
not serve weakness is doomed.
The Vice President and the
Secretary of State have lately
been in Asia because Asia has
moved up closer to us and is
clearly visible from the white
dome of our Capitol and from
the White House, as the Pres
ident ponders there and the
Security Council meets. From
this sweet land Of liberty we
are seeing the rest Of the
world with new eyes. AS one
has put it: GAS we salute our
flag the calm peace of the
days when Americans could
have reposed in the Sweetly
solemn thought that they
were the noblest work Of God
has been broken up. For
There is Asia on the duenue,
And Europe on the street.
And Africa goes plodding by
Beneath our toindotU seat.
But while there is the
consciousness that humanity
is one, as we salute our flag
we rejoice that the American
Revolution is a hundred
times more significant than
the Russian Revolution, and
that the supreme product Of
America is not q Lenin but
a Lincoln.
And so, in Saluting our flag,
we proclaim our national
creed that in what is called
America is stored a power
greater than the split atom,
a treasure beyond the price
of rubies, a challenge which
makes tyranny tremble, a
truth so potent that at last
it will level every fence,
topple every wall, pierce
every curtain with the eman-
cipating mission which de-
sires nothing for itself that
it does not covet for all the
earth.
And as we salute the flag
we must never forget that at
the very heart Of America is
a spiritual concept. The ul-
innate truth has never been
more succinctly put than by
Woodrow Wilson: "Our civil
ization can never be re-
deemed spiritually. Only thus
can discomfort be driven out
and all the shadows driven
from the road ahead"
And so, as today the flag
goes forth to war against
ignorance, poverty, and mis-
cry anywhere and every
where, to salute it in very
truth is to hear that starry
banner pleading with us
each Of us, individually:
Are you iDith me, are you
1Dith me?
Says the flag as it goes By.
We are NTH you, iOe are tDith
you,
Say the people In reply:
We tDiH tolIotD Uhere you
lead us,
We DiH dnSDer Dhen you
need US,
We haze pledged our hearts
deUotion,
Say the people In reply!
Evening star., 1961-06-21

House as gifts for Carolyn have
been passed on to others.
The Russian name PuShinka,
Mr.. Hatcher said, means
fluff"
Mr.. Hatcher declined to make
public the full contents of the
letter from the Soviet leader
to the President. In addition
to the remarks concerning the
gifts to the President and Mrs.
Kennedy, Mr.. Hatcher cited
personal rather than diplo-
matte contents as reasons for
not making the full letter pub
lie.
While Pushinka may not
have a distinguished heredity
as far as dogs are concerned,
she came TO the White House
with a detailed sheet on her
background provided by the
Russians. AS translated, the
information was headed DOG
Certificate No. V-087." It con-
tanned the following informa-
ton:
Breed, non-breed; name,
Pushinka; sex, female; date of
birth, November 80, 1860; place
Of birth, a nursery of the USSR
Academy of Sciences.
Color of the hair and de-
Scription, white, fluffy with pale
yellow spots; weight. 6 kilo-
grams; father, PuShok, born in
1885, participant in many
ground experiments.
Mother. Strelka, born in