The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-18
BY ROBERT S. ALLEN
and PAUL SCOTT

Russians ideas.
They want the U. S. to follow
Frances Widely-acclaimed eX-
ample and send a number Of
masterpieces once owned by the
Russian car to the Soviet for
exhibition there.
The paintings we're bought by
the late Treasury Andrew Mel
lon from the Bolsheviki. The lat
ter sold these and other czarist
art treasures to raise desperate
ly needed foreign currency to fl
nance their seizure of power.
The pictures were from the
great art col lie c t. on OF the
Hermitage. the huge palace built
by Catherine, II in St. Peters
burg, then the capital Of Russia
and now known as Leningrad.
The 81 old-time czarist paint
ings are in the National Gallery
of Art. where Mona Lisa is being
displayed. They are part of a
collection Of 126 art treasures
Mellon gave the Gallery when he
built it in the late 1905 at a
cost OF SIS million.
First Deputy Foreign Minister
Vastly Ku1netsov sprang this
novel cultural exchange idea
on Secretary Dean Rusk during
their meeting before the Russian
returned to Moscow.
Nothing in Kuznetsov's re-
marks indicated any questioning
Of the legality Of Mellon 5 pur-
chase of the paintings There
was no hint the Soviet is trying
to regain the masterpieces. Juz-
netsov talked only about exhibit
ing them in Russia as a friendly
gesture to improve mutual re
lations."
Secretary Rusk was cautiously
receptive He replied that he
thought the proposal was worth
exploring and would submit il
to President Kennedy.
What comes of it remains tC
be seen.
KuznetSov was accompanied
to the State Department meet
ing by four Soviet officials. two
of them of special note. One was
Lev. I Mendelevich, whom in
telligence authorities list as one
Of Khrushchev's closest advls
ers. The other was Igor K Kol
osovsky, a counselor Of the SO
Wet embassy in Washington anC
rated as one of the highest in
telligence agents in this country
During Kuznetsov' stay at tn,
United Nations. he told Latl
American diplomats t h { thu
u. S and Russia are nearing /
"rapprochement' on four maio
j S sue s. ~ A nonaggroSSiol
/ agreement between NATO ant
the Warsaw Pact bloc; y tn
banning of nuclear arms 70
both West and East Germany
t31 an understanding ito re
Spect the sovereignty" Of Eas
Germany: a. ratification of cy
listing German borders.
LOSS LEADERSHIP Demo
cratic National Committee ha
been forced to resort to los
leaders in a laSt-ninute effort I
promote the seriously laggin
sale of tickets to the ST 900 q
plate dinner that is part Q
the big Embarrassing activitie
featuring the celebration of tn
second anniversary of the Ker
nedy Administration. To Undue
more buyers of the costly Dime
tickets, the National Commute
is promising purchasers an inv
tatlon to major White Hous
social function" an engrave
. membership card in a so-calle
president S h club and TIL
promise to be asked to thre
other Democratic affairs to b
. staged later this year. Just wha
these parties will be and Wha
the presidents Club" is has nc
yet been divmged In &C
dltlon to these lures Democrat
pOltcOS are preSSmlng govern
! ment agency heads to push tn
sale of tickets to the $l0O-a- sea
, gala show that follows the ST 0Ol
a-plate dinner. Agency official
: have been asked to supply TIL
, names and home addresses {
, Well-pald employees so they ca
be invited to buy tickets. TIL
Civil Service Commission say
it has received no complaints S
far, although this sort Of thin
IS directly counter to the Hate
Act.
SYNTHETIC WIT - Senate
, Ted Kennedy's sparkling W
that vowed the annual congre;
slOnal dinner Of the Women
: National Press Club was strict
synthetic
,, His loudly-applauded hnnorol
talk was ghost written BY Thee
dore Sorensen. special couns,
of the President, and his prime
pal speech writer Much Of til
Wit that pops up in the Pres
dent S talks originates with So
enSen, 35-year-old Nebraskan.
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