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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-17

handled through the mail. Others
have toured the lagoOns with J..
l.. Wick or H. W. Derey when
Qusenberry was out of town or
unavailable.
The Impression
And. what impression do the
visitors get? They can't be-
leve there is no odor problem
until they get here. They are
amazed there is no SMELL" said
Quisenberry.
Technical data. those inter-
ested can obtain from the water
control board. But. there are
questions they always ask the
town manager.
What did they cost? Quisen-
Continued on page "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-17
LagO0ns Stir National Interest Here
With Latest Observers From MARYLAND

they liked what they saw and
would like to bring several mem
bers Of their town council down
TO see the project.
Interest in the lagoon system
has brought municipal officials
from all over the state to Farm
vile. site of the first such prof
ect for treating sewage in Vir-
ginia, according to Quisenberry.
He said, We have had four or
five groups here from Maryland,
several from North Carolina. one
from New Jersey and a group of
consulting engineers from the
Washington area
II addition to the visitors
Qulsenberry has shown around,
a number of inquiries have been
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-17
Green Bay P-TA
To Meet Thursday

Or F. J Clements. director Of
the Southslde Health District.
will be guest speaker Thursday
night during the regular January
meeting of the Green Bay P-TA.
The Association will meet at
Liberty Christian Church at 8
pm. Important Association bust
ness is to be taken up also.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-17

ALBERTIS S. HARRISON, At
torncy General Of Virginia, an
nounced Saturday night i'll 80
minute speech at Brunswick that
Continued on page y
Evening star., 1961-07-30
so Years Ago

After six months of delib-
Grafton, the Fine Arts Com
mission in 1911 selected Po-
tomac Park as the site most
appropriate for the Lincoln
Memorial. The Star of July
25, 1911 said: THE commits
sion dealt only with the To-
cation of the monument, not
the general type of the me-
mortal and the method of
selecting the designer. .
The commission worked on
the theory that the popular
idea of a memorial to Lin
coin will be satisfied only
with a design which COM
bines grandeur and beauty.
AS it was assumed the mon
ument will be a large one,
the commission held there
are few sites on which it can
be placed successfully, as it
is important that a large
monument shall stand where
its environment can be spe-
cially designed to harmonic
with it and where the design
need not be controlled by or
even influenced by existing
surroundings. .. 1t is impos-
sible to overestimate the i'm
portance of giving such q
monument complete and un-
disputed dominance over a
large area, together with Ger
tain dignified isolation from
competing structures, or even
from minor features unre-
lated to il.
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Old Idol Debunked

It has been somewhat Shattering
experience for us to read in the Wall
Street Journal that people who arrive
early for work and stay late on the
job-long after everybody else, and with
nary thought for overtime pay-are
not necessarily as virtuous as depicted in
the inspirational works of Horatio Alger
On the contrary, in today's world, which
Is not nearly so nice as in Alger'S day,
these apparent paragons of Industrious
ness may be suspect characters whose
bosses regard their diligence and devo-
ton as possible cover for a Shrewd
kind of thievery.
Moreover, in the Journals words,
the bosses cannot be blamed for feeling
this way. For authorities like bonding
companies, "pondering the Nations dis
turbing rise in embezzlement cases,
have found that good share are per-
petrated by seemingly dedicated office
workers, whose real reason for sticking
so tenaciously to the job is to prevent
discovery of their larcenous schemes"
Thus falls another old idol-the devoted,
hard-working, rags-to-riches clerk of
the world that used to be. Now, or so it
would seem, only the Indifferent and
indolent clock-watcherS escape suspi-
cion, only those who rush from their
desks and head for home at the very
moment of quitting time.
Apparently, if one hangs around
after that, especially if one is book
keeper or cashier, he or she is likely
to be subjected to an auditing inveSti-
cation, and all too often, according
to the experts, the investigation will
uncover that the till has been robbed
to a fare-thee-well by the supposedly
honest and devoted worker. Alas, how
vastly different is the real world of
today from the world we once read
about in the wonderful books of Horatio
Alger.
Evening star., 1961-07-30

tricting was required at the first legis-
latiye session following each decennial
census.
These all are points which the
Northern Virginia Jurisdictions will have
an opportunity to present at public
hearings which the State Redistricting
Commission has set for August in
Roanoke and August in Richmond.
The commission, moreover, has asked
not for general complaints, but for
specific proposals" We hope, therefore.
that the Jurisdictions of this area will
agree on specific formula behind which
they all will rally.
It will not be easy, of course, to
overcome the great political strength
which rests in the rural areas. But this
must not dissuade the citizen and official
leaders of urban regions from making
the effort-this year and for as long
as it takes-to bring about the equal
representation to which all citizens are
entitled.
Evening star., 1961-07-30

gade" is actually 10 years
behind the time. Six years
ago I pointed out to Senator
Wiley. in commencing his
speech before a Pan-Ameri-
can committee here about
the Caribbean Brigade, that
such a brigade had been in
use for six or seven years.
This was known to everyone
including the Senator, in
cluding the State Depart
ment, including Fidel Castro
who was a member of it, in
cluding Figueres, Munoz
Marin, Betancourt, Gallegos.
I am certain the success of
Castro in Cuba was due to
the Caribbean Brigade
mercenary Communist mill
tary organization in the
service Of Arbenz in Guate-
mala and Castro in Cuba.
Remember what Lenin said
about liberals and socialists
IN the Soviet scheme of
things? They are useful
idiots" he said, but from our
point of view they are dis
astrous to the American way
of life.
Evening star., 1961-07-30
rs Years Ago

District Commissioner
George E. Allen, better
known as the crony Of vari-
GUS Presidents, was hopping
mad rs years ago after a
trip to his home State Of
Mississippi. The Star of July
"a. 1886, said: 1T appears
that Senator Theodore Bilbo,
while campaigning against
the denomination of Senator
Pat Harrison, had called
Allen a 'Hooverite.' Allen has
been an ardent Democrat as
a Commissioner. Bilbo's re-
mark was based on the fact
that Aliens photograph had
appeared in a Republican
magazine, with the caption
describing him as a charter
member Of the Republican
Club. Allen said it was a silly
thing for Bilbo to bring up,
particularly since the Sena-
tor had once called him the
best District Commissioner
in $50 years. -"
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Disqroce in Virqinio

Attention has focused so sharply
on the bitter reapportionment fight in
the Maryland Legislature that many
people in the Washington area have
forgotten that the Virginia Legislature
also faces a redistricting of its own in
1862. This fact, however, has been
pushed to the fore by a University of
Virginia study, which demonstrates in
most graphic form the diSgraceful in
equity of representation in Northern
Virginia
While it is not surprising, perhaps,
in, view of the growth of the last few
years, it is fact that the residents
of Fairfax Falls Church now have
become the most under-represented
citizens Of the State. According to the
university study, Fairfax-Falls Church
today has mere q per cent of the
representation in the House of Delegates
to which it would be entitled if House
seats were allotted on the basis of popu-
lation. Instead of one seat for each
39,669 residents-the theoretical ideal
it's 285,194 residents now have but two
Delegates to speak for them in the
House, and no more than "a per cent of
the representation which they should
have in the State Senate. While the
plight of Arlington is not as severe, it
also is among the major victims of the
present system. These, and other urban
areas like them, are being penalized
because SparSely-Settled rural districts
are represented by far more legislators
than would be due them under any
reasonable system of apportionment.
The net result is that the majority con-
troll of the House and the Senate lies now
in the votes of only about 81 per cent
of the people of the State as whole.
Unfortunately, there is nothing in
the Virginia constitution which requires
that redistricting be based on popula-
ton. But at least the intent of the
drafters that this be a powerful factor
is implied by the very fact that redis-
Evening star., 1961-07-30
DipIomocy's Turn

The President has spelled out his
military proposals for dealing with a
worSening Berlin crisis, and Congress is
moving with impressive unanimity and
speed to provide him with the necessary
funds and legal authority. Barring
some unexpected hitch, the way should
be cleared within few days for this
phase of the program.
. 1t should not be forgotten, however,
that there is another side to this coin,
less dramatic but certainly of equal and
possibly greater Importance. This is
the companion effort to negotiate a
settlement of the Berlin dispute, to
resolve the controversy by diplomatic
means rather than through a resort to
arms.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk leaves
this week for Paris, where he will meet
with the foreign ministers of our allies.
Presumably they will discuss many
things. But a primary objective GER
tainly will be to consider what things
may be negotiable with the Russians,
and feasible methods of bringing Mr.
khrushchev to the conference table.
Mr.. RuSk touched gingerly on this
Pt his Thursday news conference. He
said he believes there is a possibility
Of peaceful adjustment" of the Berlin
crisis, adding that the range OF issues
open to negotiation is fairly wide"
He refused, and rightly so, to be
drawn into any detailed discussion of
these points. Obviously, If one expects
to go to the bargaining table, he is not
going to disclose his strategy and tactics
in advance. For to do this would be to
play directly into the hands of those
on the other side of the table 1t would
be mistake to assume from the Secre-
tary'S reticence, however, that Mr.. Rusk
has no real hope of obtaining nego-
ttated settlement or that the West would
have no cards to play at a negotiating
conference. The contrary, we think, is
true in each instance.
In the last analysis, of course,
everything depends on Mr.. Khrushchev
and the real nature of his intentions.
If he is determined to force showdown
over Berlin, then in all probability there
will be war. But the logic of the stu
alton argues against this view, for a
major war can hardly be any more
attractive to Mr.. Khrushchev than it is
to us. He understands the destructive
consequences of such conflict as we'll
as we do. Consequently, until the shoot
ing actually starts, the avenues for
negotiation should be kept open, and
this is what Mr.. Rusk is trying to do.
Evening star., 1961-07-30

riches Inat money cannot
touch.
The spires of Old Trinity
Church, New York, facing
Wall Street, keep saying daily
as they keep ringing up on
the national cash register
mo sale"
What an insight that is
when, knee-deep in the sixth
month of the year, Lowell
declares June may be had
by the poorest conner" But
the richest magnate cannot
buy all that is wrapped up
in a day in June! A bare
foot boy may possess that
more than Mr.. Money Bags.
A despicable magician, slip
ping up to Saint Peter one
day whispered: "Give me the
secret of your healing tech
nique. I will pay for it, any
thing you say. I have the
money right here" Peters
eyes famed with righteous
Indignation as he cried out:
Thy money perish with thee.
Go to destruction with your
money for thinking you could
buy Gods gift with it,"
The mo sale" of the cash
register set me thinking that
for SO out Of a hundred de-
sired things which money will
bring us the acquisitions
which make life really rich
and enriching are rung up on
the great cash register before
our eyes as mo sale"
To Walt Whitman, who was
like Thoreau of Walden Pond
in showing up money for the
fraud that it often is, the
sight of a mouse meant not
an expedition for the pur-
chase OF a mouse-trap. There
are those for whom that
would be the end of the mat
ter - and the end of the
mouse. But the gray Camden
poet was not seeking a bet
ter mouse-trap as he OBJ
served, "a mouse is miracle
enough to stagger six trillion
of infidels."
All this is to remind a
money-mad day that there
are Alpine values to be taken
into vital consideration in
the distribution of riches for
which the only record of the
cash register is mo sale"
There are vaults of opulence
in nature, in literature, in
music, in human PERSONAL
tiles upon which the Divine
Creator has hung the sign
ITO Let" But in any trans
fer of property in this golden
realm, the soaring value of
which makes Midas a pauper.
ones bank account has moth
ing to do with the transac-
tions. The only rental fee is
capacity to enjoy.
Peter was ringing UP the
sign mo sale" when, laden
with wealth which made him
rich toward God, but with
no coin in his pocket, he said
to a desperately needy man:
Silver and gold have I none;
but such as I have give 1
unto thee"
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Schweitzer's Views

Could the following words
from DR.. Schweitzer's 1858
declaration be reprinted in
your newspaper? 1t seems
to me that they are very
much needed now.
"The two vital issues so
essential to the very exist
ence of mankind-the cessa-
tion of tests and the disposal
Of nuclear weapons-cannot
be made dependent on the
Heavens performing the i'm
possible political miracle that
alone could insure that none
of the three nuclear powers
would have any objections
to a complete agreement on
disarmament.
"The fact is that the test
ing and use of nuclear weap-
ons carry in themselves the
absolute reasons for their be-
ing renounced. Prior agree
ment on any other condi-
tionS cannot be considered.
Both cause the deepest
damage to human rights. The
tests do harm to peoples far
from the territories of the
nuclear powers-endangering
their lives and their health
and this in peacetime. An
atomic war, with its resultant
radioactivity, would make the
land of peoples not partici-
pating in such a war. unliv-
able. 1t would be the most
unimaginably senseless and
cruel way of endangering the
existence of mankind. That
is why it must not be al
lowed to happen.
THE three nuclear powers
owe it to themselves and to
mankind to reach agreement
on these absolute essentials
without first dealing with
prior conditions"
Mrs. Percy Parker Grady.
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Costro's Mercenories
Wayne w. Bradley.

I read with personal in
terest Col. j. v. Hinkel's
letter about the Spanish Civil
War.
About 1887 there was an
office of the International
Brigade agents on 43d
street, New York, N. Y. They
had another downtown close
to the Woolworth Building.
At that time a great number
of people, including the
writer, were taken in with
the talk about defending
democracy, freedom and the
soul of civilization. AS it
happened, I went to the 43d
street address ready to enlist
in the crusade for freedom.
There was not in the place a
single American; these were
International conSplratOrS OF
the E4ost debauched kind,
and, as I found out, of the
most cowardly type. They be-
came suspicious of me; they
sent me tc the downtown
office, where 1 talked to a
character who could not
speak English to be properly
understood. When he saw my
clean collar and shirt, he,
too, became suspicious. I just
could not understand how
these people were allowed to
use the illustrious names of
Washington and Lincoln in
their scheme to debauch
mankind.
But Col. Hinkel's state
ment that there is being
rea died by the Soviets
another international Bri-
Evening star., 1961-07-30

rifles and saber bayonets;
they we're enrolled in Chicago
for the war. They are named
after Solomon SturgeSs, a
wealthy banker in Chicago,
who donated the whole of the
outfit to the company, at a
cost of $4,000. Their tents
are of the Crimean pattern.
and are the best in use. The
officers tent is used by Gen.
Mcclellan, and around him
at all times are the Chicago
boys. They all love the Gen.
eral, and there is not a man
who would not die at any
time to save him from harm.
:. :" These were bright days
for Mcclellan, but dark ones
for his superior, Gen Win
field Scott, who was being
blamed by the New York Tri-
bune for bungling Union
strategy. The Star quoted
Scott on July 81, 1861 as
pointing out that the chief
of staff doesn't make all the
decisions: ". There are
gentlemen in the cabinet
who know much more about
war than I do, and who have
far greater influence than I
have in determining the plan
of the campaign. There never
was a more just and upright
man than the President;
never one who desired more
sincerely to promote the best
interest of the country. But
there are men among his ad-
visers who consult their own
resentments far more than
the dictates of wisdom and
experience and these men
will probably decide the plan
of the campaign. 1 shall do,
or attempt, whatever I am
ordered to do. But they must
not hold me responsible. If
1 am ordered to go to Rich
mond, / shall endeavor to do
it. But I know perfectly we'll
that they have no conception
of the difficulties we shall
encounter. l know the coun-
try-how admirably adapted
it is to defense, and how res
olutely and obstinately it will
be defended. -"
Evening star., 1961-07-30
FROM THE STAR FILES.
100 Yeurs AGO

A new general galloped
onto the Washington scene
a century ago. He was George
Brinton Mcclellan, who
looked like just what Presi-
dent Lincoln needed to re-
juvenate the Army of the
Potomac after it collapsed
at Bull Run. Mcclellan re-
linquished command of the
Department of the Ohio
where he had met with sue
cess-to assume his new post.
A Pennsylvania, who had
graduated from West Point
Is years before, he was on
the sunny side of 35, filled
with vigor and self-confi-
dence. Stocky and well-mus-
cled, with bull-neck, big Ro-
man nose and reddish mus
tache, he presented a fine
picture in his rakishly tilted
kept. He rode a horse named
Daniel Webster, sitting for
II hours a day in a saddle
that bore his own name. His
staff officers and an escort
of dragons accompanied him
as he churned the Avenues
dust, or splashed its muddy
pools, constantly on the go.
He made an excellent first
impression with the efficient
way he went about reor-
ganizing. He took good care
of his troops. They greeted
him with shouts of Our
George" and Little Mac"
as he rode through their
ranks. He was cheered by a
hero-worshiping citizenry at
every stop en- route to the
Capital. Reporting on July
81, 1861, that Mcclellan was
here and had taken charge Of
all Union forces on both sides
of the Potomac, The Star
said: 1.-THE reception of Gen.
Mcclellan in Philadelphia
was exceedingly enthusiastic
and the streets were so OBJ
structed by the crowds that
it was with some difficulty
that he made his way. ="
Mcclellan made a modest
speech, ending; II desire to
go on, and carry out the work
the Government has as
signed me, and thereby show
that I merit your approba-
ton. :" On July 81, 1861.
this paper reported Mcclellan
was accompanied here by his
personal bodyguard-Sturges
Rifle Corps - that had
watched over him during
his West Virginia cam
paigning: "a. They number
one hundred men, armed
with Sharpe's breech- loading
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Why Wait?

In effect, in their latest testimony
before the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Atomic Energy, some of our
most distinguished scientists have merely
confirmed the committees 1860 con-
cluSions on the subject. Accordingly, as
summed up at that time by Represent
ative Chet Holifield, head of the Senate
House group, the conclusions are worth
repeating:
1t appears from the testimony that for
the next several years at least it will not be
possible to detect and identify underground
bomb tests whose seismic signals record the
equivalent of non-muffled bomb explosions
Of 20 kilotons or less
Further, it appears that for this same
time period. 1t will not be possible to detect
muffled tests Of 100 kilotons or more [up-
wards, that is, of 100 thousand tons of ex-
ploding INIT set off deep underground in
large cavities.
AS a matter of fact, in their latest
appearance before the committee, the
scientists have been altogether pesSi-
miStic as regards developing a reliable
detecting system. That is to say, they
have bluntly asserted that there is little
or no possibility at present of working
out trustworthy ways and means of
safeguarding against clandeStine under
ground or outer-Space nuclear shots.
Actually, as Of this very moment, the
Kremlin could be carrying out such
potentially decisive experiments without
our having the slightest awareness of
them.
These experiments could be of
revolutionary significance. They could
have to do with the So-called neutron or
"death-ray" bomb, and they could have
to do, also, with anti-missile missiles
capable of destroying or "neutralizing"
any rockets incoming from the enemy's
launching pads. Certainly, considering
the clear record of Soviet furtiveneSS
and broken promises, they are expert
mentS that the Kremlin could have
been carrying out surreptitiously almost
from the very day, nearly three years
ago, that our country unwiSely agreed
to declare a moratorium on testing
while seeking to work out an adequately
policed ban on the whole business
Clearly, these possible clandeStine shots
by the Russians could give them sig
nif1cant military advantage over us.
All this, it seems to us, adds up to
a fairly simple conclusion: The United
States, even as it carries out the new
defensive measures proclaimed by the
President, should resume underground
nuclear testing without further delay
Mr. Kennedy appears to be hesitant on
the matter. But why? Why should our
country wait any longer before resuming
the kind of detonations that the Rus
slams may have been staging clandes-
timely, off and on, for the past three
years?
In sum, given the utterly bleak
record of the Kremlin's innumerable
broken pledges, why should any Ameri-
can continue to accept an unpoliced
ban on nuclear tests? The time has
come for our Government, regardless of
what might be the reaction of world
opinion" to resume underground ex-
perimental shots, and the sooner the
better. Our very survival as a Nation
may well depend upon it.