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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-27
In Formosa Exercise

FORT BUCKNER, OKINAWA
Army PFC Percy L. Wiley, Of
Route 3. Powhatan, participated
with members of the 5O3red In
fantry in xercise SKY
SOLDIER II on Formosa. The
week-long exercise ended Oc-
tober 26.
The mbine NatiOna-
list Chinese United States Army
maneuver is providing field
training for airborne soldiers
against Aggressor forces. The
exercise is receiving air support
from the Nationalist Air Force
and elements of the U. S. Pac-
if4c Air Forces.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-27
With Our
Servicemen

BAUMIHOLDER. GERMANY
Army Specialist -Four James
E. Leatherwood, of Farmville,
is a member of the LIST Battle
Group. 26..h Infantry, which was
airlifted from Baumolder. Ger
many. October Is to Fort Ben
nirg. Ga.
The battle group is the first to
return to the U. S. from Europe
under ROTAPLAN, the Army
new rota.ation system. ROTA-
PLAN is designed to expedite
the movement Of troops be-
tween the two continents.
Specilist Lea.herwood a fire
team leader in the groups Com
p4ny A in Baumholder. entered
thA Army in March 1860. ccm-
pleted basic trail ing at Fort
Knox. KY. and arrived overseas
on this tour Of duty in October
1861.
Murphey In Germany
FORT BENNING, GA.-Army
Specialist Six Willard L. Murp-
hey, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard F. Mlwrhey, Route 2, Pow
hatan, Va. is member of the
LIST Battle Group. 18Th Infantry
which was airlifted from Fort
Be1ning, Ga. Oct. l for a six
month tour Of duty in Germany.
The movement Of the battle
group 38th Infantry, which was
airlifted from Fort Benning, Ca,
Oct. Is for a six-rnonth tour Of
duty in Germany.
The movement of the battle
group to Germany is under the
Army's new rotation system
ROTAPLAN.
Murphey, a medical specialist
in the groups Headquarters
Company, entered the Army in
1914.
Perkins Promoted
LONDON, ENGLAND - Viii
liam Perkins, yeoman third class
USN, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. vii
liam E. Perkins, Of FarnWille
was scheduled to be advanced t
the above rae, Nov. l6. while
serving with the staff Of the
Commander in Chief. U. S. Ma
val Forces, Europe. whose head
quarters are in London, Eng
land.
Advancement is the result o
| passing a Navy-wide competi
I tive examination.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-27
cr1,iter A. L. Farmer.

h H. : 119C8s
Their fow-year enafstments be
gan recently with tie stAxt a
their 10 weeks a basic training
at the Navy recruit training cen
ter at Great Lakes. III.
Rowsey who attended Cum.
beriand High, was employed al
Osborn's Grocery. Smith had
been employed in Richmond.
shelton In Fallex
HOPPSTADTEN, GERMANY
Army First 1t. Emerson l.
Shelton recently participated ir
FALLEX. a large-scale NATC
exercise in Germany.
Lieutenant Shelton is assigned
oas an Army aviator in the Bro
Armored Cavalry Regiment s
Aviation Company in Hoppstad.
ten. Germany.
The lieute- ant, son of Mrs
Elise S. Grey. Buckingham, Va,
entered the Army in May 1860
He is 1854 graduate of Carter
G. Wocdson High School in Pet
ersburg and a 1860 graduate oil
Virginia State College.
Sims Promoted
WORMS. GERAfANY-Reuber
T. Sims, 20. son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Sims, Route. l, Cumber.
land. recently was promoted tt
sergeant in Germany where he
is a member Of the 48th Infantry
SINS, assigned to Company A
Ct the infantry in Worms. en-.
tered the Army in June 1885
and was stationed at Fort De
vens Mass. before arriving
overseas in September 1861.
Booker In Games
HEILBRONN, GERMANY :
Army PFC Franklin R. Booker
recently participated in Falle1
a large-scale NATO exercise il
C,erma y.
Booker is assigned as a seclM
ity guard in the 101st Ordnance
Battal. on's sd Ordnance Com
pany in Hebron, Germany. HI
is the son of Mrs. Nora Booker
Route 3, Amelia.
Wiley Advances
BOD TOLL, GERMANY-Dav
id L. Wiley, "a, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Novey E. Wiley, Jr., O
FaTnville, recently was grad
uated from the Seventh U. S
Army Non Commissioned Office
fNCOD Academy in Bad Tolz.
The purro se Of the academy i
to broaden the NCO's profes
sional knowledge and to instil
in him the sef-confidence ant
sense Of responsibility require,
Of capable leader.
He is regularly stationed il
Kaiserslautern as a radio-tele
type operator in the 596th Sig
nal Company. Wiley entered tn
Army in August 1856 and al
rived overseas in October 1856
on this tour of duty. He is
1856 graduate of Robert R
Motion High School.
In FOrmOSa Exercise
FORT BUCKNER, OKINAW4
Army PFC Percy L. Wiley, Q
Route 3. Powhatan, participate,
with members of the SCORED Ir
fantry in Exc rcise SIX
SOLDIER II on Formosa. TIL
week-long exercise ended o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
DAVID LAWRENCE
Common Sense on 'MuzzIinq'

simply require that the
speech carry a footnote to
the public which would say:
This address has not
been cleared by the Depart
ment of Defense and does
not necessarily reflect the
views Of the department. It
must be regarded solely as
the personal expression of
the speaker"
If a military man, how
ever, makes a speech criticiz-
ing his superiors for the way
they operate the Defense De-
partment or casts any asper-
sions upon them, this be-
comes a matter for internal
discipline, as in any depart
ment. There is no rule which
says a member Of the team
who disagrees with the way
the team is being run has to
carry his case to the public.
He can always manage to
have himself summoned to a
hearing before a congress
sional committee, with the
understanding that his testi-
mony will be taken in execu-
tive session and kept conf
Dental. In this way, he per-
forms a duty to his country
he tells his story to the
Congress, which has the
obligation to keep posted on
the way the laws are en-
forced. If there's anything
wrong, the Congress can then
move to correct the mistakes
by legislation or cause the
removal Of incompetent or
misguided officials in any
department Of the Govern
ment.
There are times when
some strong words should be
used in public speeches to
direct the attention Of the
public to what's going on
beneath the surface. Some
times the departments them
selves like to have certain
things aired. If they wish to
disclaim responsibility for
such statements and yet per-
NIT them to be delivered, the
cause Of free speech is sus-
stained, efficiency Of govern
mental operations is safe
guarded, and the urge which
sometimes seizes public Of
ficials to crusade for the bet
terment of man is readily
satisfied.
(copyrisht, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Plan Is Suggested for Solving Problem
OF Speeches by Military and Others

mistakes in Government. but
the inquiry has run up
against q stone wall as Secre-
tary of Defense Mcnamara
refuses to make public the
names Of those who "cen-
sored" specific speeches. This
is but another way of shield
ing incompetence.
The Secretary told a news
conference yesterday that he
would be "loath" to invoke
the doctrine Of executive
privilege" to back up his re-
fusal to name names. He
seems to think this is like
pleading the fifth amend
ment. If the analogy were
accurate, he would be justi-
fled in his course, but nearly
every President since George
Washington's day has ruled,
when he felt so disposed,
that it was not compatible
with the public interest" to
reveal information from the
Executive branch of the
Government which the Chief
Executive might wish to-
withhold. It's a proper ma
newer and carries no impli-
cation of guilt. At least
President Madison didn't
think so, and the Supreme
Court upheld him in the fam
OILS case known as "Mazzbury
VS.. Madison"
There is. however, a way
out Of the whole difficulty in
handling the speeches of mil
itary men and other officials.
It's a rather simple device
but, perhaps because it is so
obvious, 1t has been over
looked. The Defense Depart
ment's experts in diplomacy
and in overall policy should,
Of course, read beforehand
any Of the speeches which its
military officers wish to de-
liver. and be permitted to
make suggestions" The
speechmakers tn e m S elves
shouldn't be obliged to accept
these, though there are many
occasions when such changes
could and would readily be
made. But if a speaker should
choose not to delete the por-
tions deemed questionable
from a policy standpoint, the
Department Of Defense could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
DORIS FLEESON
Governors Leaning Believed stroining
Ties With Jovits, Liberal Runninq- Mate

Gov. Rockefeller Of New
York is counting Republican
conservatives n nationally
these days to the point
where it constitutes a self
evident strain upon his rela-
tons with his liberal rim
ning-mate next fall, Senator
Jacob K. Javits.
Senator JavitS is a sponsor
of an urban affairs and hous-
ing department. Gov. Rookie
Teller attacked President
Kennedy's proposal for that
department in a manner
highly pleasing to the House
Republicans who are combin-
ing with Southern conserva-
tives to kill it.
Senator Javits has taken
a strong stand against tile
far right, including the John
Birch Society, in speeches at
home in New York City. in
upstate New York, in st.
Louis and in the major cities
of California, Los Angeles
and San Francisco. He ex
poets to continue the attack
in the two Lincoln Day
speeches he will make in
New York.
Gov. Rockefeller has made
no major speeches on the
subject at all. When inquiries
are directed to Albany about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Realization of Advances by Students
Of Today Scores Yesterdays Genius

but almost do, and where a
particular, very important
number is greater than one,
but not quite 3. and bears
the name of e, which is al
most equal to 2.71828. But"
he continued, II was per-
turbed. I went back to my
chair and sat down carefully,
knowing that most things
break. I felt terribly alone
and outside Of things.
II had been reading about
the doings at Cape Ca
naveral," he said, land I knew
that the young scientists
there carried in their minds
formulas and computations
that enabled them to think
into space and back again.
They could carry in their
brains the irrational num-
bers, the elaborate express
sions Of equals-to and minus,
of related values, of approx
mate equals and literal
equals. They would be able
to run these through their
crew-cut heads and know
that an astronaut should fire
his retroactive rockets over
Africa to land near Miami"
The diStraught father who,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

GENEVA, Switzerland -
The entire Western Euro
pean edifice, carefully built
in the last four years, faces
collapse If European strong
man Charles de Gaulle fails
to effect a Cancellation with
the Algerian nationalist or
his regime is toppled by the
superpatriotic but short
sighted Secret Army Organ
ization.
This is the considered
opinion of some of Gen. de
Gaulle's former supporters
who disagree with his AL
gerian policies. but who also
believe the politically naive
Secret Army generals are
going too far.
The future Of France, and
that Of the contemplated
European confederation, will
be decided this spring. IN
less Gen. de Gaulle succeeds
in his present Algerian poll
cies, he may have to give up
his power. and the political
vultures who have been peck
ing at Frances body polite
since 1858 then can complete
their work.
A change in the French
leadership would not affect
France alone but the entire
free world. The present third
force which has come to the
fore since Gen. de Gaulle
and Chancellor Adenauer
decided to join forces, would
then collapse, and the free
world which at present has
the upper hand in the con-
flict with international COM
muniSm might have to take
a second reading on how to
oppose the Red onslaught.
The present enormous
power Of Western Europe is
based on the Franco German
alliance. Should it break
down in turmoil caused by
French internal dissensions
Western Europe's strength
would be considerably dimin-
ished. France is the mortar
which holds the stones of the
edifice.
In emphasizing this point,
political observers here point
out that since August the So
Wet Union has made no
fewer than three approaches
to Bonn urging direct con-
versation between Russia and
Germany over an impressive
range of 'subjects-from the
future of Berlin to a possible
unification Of Germany and
active economic cooperation.
Germany is by far the most
powerful member of the Eu-
ropean Community, although
for political reasons it has
agreed to play second fiddle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

his stand, attention is di-
rected to a bland statement
he made in a Hartford
Comm television program.
Asked there about his atti-
tude, he said that he was
against all extremists as he
understood their position in
domestic affairs.
His urban affairs remarks
also bring him into conflict
with such party supporters as
Senator Clifford Case of New
Jersey and the promising
New York Congressman, John
Lindsay. They have been
startled by it, for Gov. Rookie
Teller once favored the de-
partment in principle, as
the Democrats were quick to
point out.
No open break has occurred
between the New York Gov
ernor and the liberals who
had viewed him as one of
their own. But it is known
that Senator Javits is con-
cerned about the difference
in their positions and has
warned the Governor that he
regards any catering to the
far-right wing as a political
mistake.
No satisfactory reply has
been forthcoming. The Gov
ernor continued on much the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
DORIS FLEEsON
Rockefeller and Conservatives

same course at a Republican
Embarrassing dinner last
week. The fact did not save
him from being booed at the
simultaneous dinner here
when the closed TV circuit
got around to him. When he
had concluded his attack on
the Kennedy administration
there was sufficient applause
to drown out the die-hardS
who continued to boo.
Gov. Rockefeller has a new
crop of political advisers at
Albany. It would appear that
they have persuaded him
that his present course is safe
because Democrats have yet
to produce a strong candi-
date against him-or for that
matter, against Senator ia
Wits.
Political observers note that
within the State the Cover
nor pursues, by and large, a
liberal program. They assume
that his apparent tenderness
for the Dirksen-Halleck lead
ership here and the Repub-
lican right is for export
chiefly and designed princi-
pally to check Senator Barry
Goldwater of Arizona.
Senator JavitS could be
expected to re-tailor his pro-
gram to save some face for
the Rockefeller-Javits part
nership. He will not abandon
It's principles nor moderate
his anti-Birch views.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

There's nothing very wrong
about the "muzzling" Of mill
tary officers that a little
common sense wouldn't cure.
For the cause of much Of
the controversy is that old,
old defect in governmental
bureaucracy which can be
described only as incom-
petence and inefficiency.
Everybody believes in free
speech except some minor
officials who, weighed down
by their imaginary RESPONSE
bilities, fancy themselves as
on a par with the Secretary
Of State or the Secretary of
Defense and censor speeches
accordingly. This has hap
pened under preceding ad-
ministrations. too.
The current row got mo-
mentum when Maj. Gen.
Edwin Walker, in his zeal
and enthusiasm for the
cause of anti-communism
and anti-socialism, made the
mistake Of telling his troops
in West Germany where they
could get data to help them
vote on one side of certain
domestic issues in America,
without telling them at the
same time the name of the
library and the exact shelves
therein where they could
find the other side of these
controversies on economic
and political issues.
But it Is questionable
whether a soldier with Gen.
Walkers war record should
have been removed from his
command when a simple
reprimand and warning not
to continue some Of his prac-
ticeS would have sufficed.
Now, as a result, a Senate
subcommittee of the Armed
Services Committee is study
ing the whole question of
censorship" Of speeches.
Senator John Stennis of Mis-
sisSippi, one of the ableSt men
in the Senate, who happens
to be endowed with a judicial
temperament which was
strengthened by several years
on the bench, is trying to dis
entangle the Censorship"
mix-up by holding hearings.
This is a good way to expose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
RALPH McGILL
AFother looks at Education

in another generation, was
an honor graduate at NIT,
and the Inundated sire Of a
high school student Of to-
days generation, are more
than symbols Of the advance
in mans knowledge. It is a
humbling fact that in all
fields Of engineering, for ex-
ample, the experience Of a
man in his 40s and sos, and
beyond, is almost a liability.
It is a SOLDERING truth that
whatever wisdom middle and
older ages have to offer in
our time must be drawn al
most solely from the fields of
philosophy and experience
gained in the testing Of in
tangible values.
Most educators know this.
They know, too, there are
several millions Of American
children attending secondary
schools that do not even Of
fer enough instruction to en-
able their graduates to enter
an accredited college or uni
versity. Still, State legisla-
lures and the Congress re-
fuse to take a good hard
look at the facts of life in
America today. and millions
Of parents continue to be dis
interested in the quality Of
education offered in their
communities schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Official Defends
Drug Promotion
By the Associated Press

A New York City medical
public relations executive testi-
fled today that firms such as
his play an important role in
spreading information about
new medicines.
John Weilburg, head of the
Medical & Pharmaceutical In
formation Bureau of New York,
entered a vigorous defense of
public relations firms in testi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Oriental predictions of the end Of the world fail to
come true The fix this worlds in the Almighty wouldn't
take it back.
One thing about George Romney the new Republican
hope He may not have all the answers but he makes
people feel so good, they forget the questions.
The Presidents brother n-law, Smith, quits gov
eminent to handle Kennedy family finances After one look
at New Frontier budgets the family somebody had
to protect 1t against that man in the White House.
Khrushchev plans a monoral from Moscow to the air
port It's the big 20year Soviet 3M plan-monolhic
rallied and monotone.
Equal time, 1862 version Two hundred Republican
speeches picture Of Caroline.
Jim Pearson. Republican Senator from Kansas
says he won't move any worlds" He'll hardly fit in the
Senate Why In one hour without paung for BREATH Wayne
Morse can shake, rattle and roll the whole cosmos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Collapse of 'Edifice' Seen Possible
II De GoulIe's Algerian Move Fails

to Gen. de Gaulle's France.
Its economy is experiencing
a well-balanced boom and fl
nancially 1t is stronger than
all her allies. The social
structure is equally sound.
The relations between capital
and labor are the best. There
have been no major strikes
in the Federal Republic for a
number Of years. In social
progress, the German Repub-
lie Is undoubtedly the most
advanced in the world.
The Kremlin. despite its
frequent outbursts against
Bonn, has been anxious to
get on good relations with
the Adenauer government
and thus break it away from
its Western allies. It under
stands that a confederated
Europe which the English
speaking nations must per-
force join will put an end to
all Communist dreams.
The Communist front has
been cracking-not alarm
ingly. but it no longer re-
presents the force it did until
recently. The principal fis-
sure in the Communist wall
is more economic than ideo-
logical. That great land mass,
extending from the Elbe to
the Pacific with tentacles
spread over all other con-
tinents, is just incapable Of
feeding its people.
Mr.. Khrushchev re Allies
that peoples cannot be fed
for many more years on mere
ideologieS or missile ratings.
He realizes that in order to
secure his hold on the Rus
sian people, he must give
them something more tan
gible than reaching the
moon. They need food and
clothing. Hence the Soviet
dictator has turned once
more toward the much-hated
free Germany with SUCCESS
lions of direct conversations
which he hints could lead to
the unity Of the German
speaking people and also to
an improved standard Of liv-
ing for his Russians.
Bonn rejected these direct
approaches. It appeared to
Chancellor Adenauer that
the Kremlin's objective was
to detach West Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

mony prepared for the Senate
Antitrust Subcommittee.
The subcommittee is con-
Sidering legislation drafted by
its chairman, Senator Kefauver,
Democrat of Tennessee, to
tighten Federal policing of the
prescription drug industry and
put new controls on the adj
vertising of prescription medi-
cineS.
Mr.. Weilburg said proper
public relations work helps in
form doctors and patients
about new developments in
medicines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06
Europe and Frances Bio Test

from the NATO and prevent
the European confederation.
But since the French sit
uation has reached a state
in which some Germans
wonder whether Gen. de
Gaulle will be able to wealth
er the storm, there has been
a growing demand In Ger
many for direct converse
tons with Moscow. Respect
ed editorial writer's of con-
sentative and middle-of-the-
road newspapers and maya
zines and a number of politi-
cal men of conservative mind
are now suggesting that Mr..
Khrushchev's approaches not
be treated as mere propa-
ganda.
These men say that the
Bonn government should
deal with the Kremlin in the
open by informing its allies
Of everything which is dis
cussed by the diplomats Of
both countries. It is also
suggested that Mr.. Khru-
shchev be invited to visit
Bonn to return the visit
Chancellor Adenauer made
to Moscow several years ago.
There can be no harm in
such a visit, it is pointed out
in leading newspapers, since
the Kremlin boss has already
made state visits to London,
Washington and Paris.
These thoughts which were
alien to Germans until re-
Gently are gaining roots now
that Gen. de Gaulle's trou-
bles threaten to become Sc
rious. Responsible Germans
feel that Europe will be
plunged into uncertainty if
Gen. de Gaulle has to go be-
fore the European confed-
GRAFTON has become an &C
compliShed fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-06

A father who graduated
with honors from the Mas
sachusetts Institute Of
Technology has not yet re-
covered from the Christmas
visit of his son, a dean's-list
sophomore at NIT.
IT simply could not read
his books" said the father,
with near panic in his voice.
II was called a young genius.
Now I am an illiterate whose
sons college books might as
well be written in SanSkrit.
It is very sad, really, to feel
that one so soon has be-
come a bumbling, obsolete
man, restricted to a sort OF
two-times-two-is-four exist
ence."
A silence fell. The middle
aged faces about the table
were grave. One Of the guests
reached into a coat pocket
and took out a well-worn,
folded paper, which he
opened.
"a few nights ago." he
said, II saw my senior high
school sons math book open
on his study table. I leaned
over and read a paragraph.
It overwhelmed me. I Dor
rowed the book and copied
the lines which, when I real
lied they were high school
stuff, had made me feel old
and ignorant. He read:
1--WE have defined the func-
ton f: (x,y) whose values
are given by y ak. Now
there is a particular number
ter-than-one Of great
Importance in mathematics.
It Is an irrational number
and approximately equal to
2.71828. 1t bears the name
e; thus e is (almoSt) equal to
2.71828."
my son." he said, did
not seem perturbed by this
and following paragraphs.
I suggested that it must be
confusing to study about ir-
rational numbers that do not
really equal other numbers,