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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-15
DORIS FLEESON
Chance Is Seen Thot President Moy Do
Some Plain Talking at Miami Session

President Kennedy will ad-
dress the annual convention
Of the Inter-American Press
Association in Miami this
week end and it may be that
not all the plain talk will be
reserved for private CONVEX
sations.
The President is shocked
and angry that in the midst
Of his last-ditch efforts to
save Alliance for Progress
funds from the congressional
knife, Argentina, Brazil and
Peru are thumbing their
noses at the State Depart
ment. It is no minor dispute
which vexes him but a real
challenge.
1t is so important that the
Presidents prime trouble
shooter in foreign affairs,
Undersecretary Of State Har-
riman, left his crowded desk
to journey to the scene. He
went first to Argentina, then
to the Inter-American Eco
nomic and Social Council
conference in Sac Paulo,
Brazil.
Mr.. Hartman at this point
is unique. He is a tough voice
for the President. He speaks
as a veteran diplomat, a So
Wet expert. a practical man
of b usineSs and trade, an
outSpoken man who has been
often president in predicting
the future.
This would seem to be
enough to lend him weight,
but he has still another quail
ification which was expected
to cause Latin Americans to
stop, look and listen. He is a
longtime New De aler and
intimate of the good neigh
Dor President Franklin Roo
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sevelt. Mr.. Hartman knows
about poverty. illiteracy and
backward areas, both their
pathos and the difficulty of
relieving them.
But President lila Of Ar
gentina refused to soften his
stand against United States
oil companies. They will not
only appropriate their prop
critics. it is reported, but the
companies are not assured of
adequate compensation. Peru
has a similar proposal on the
fire. At Sac Paulo. Brazil is
leading a revolt against the
Alliance in its present form.
1t seems to want no Ameri-
can watchdog control.
Mr.. Hartman was armed
with a carrot-the possibility
Of co-ordin ating United
States and Latin American
trade policies more fully. The
Senate was applying a
stick-the Hickenlooper
amendment to the foreign
aid bill requiring suspension
of economic aid to any coun-
try which repudiates its
agreements with American
companies.
An alarming area Of disa-
gre EN- e n t exists. with the
President in the middle. He
would prefer to discard the
Hickenlooper amendment,
but the Latin Am erican
moves are the best argument
for 1t.
In Miami the President
will have a chance to explain
all this to Argentina's Vice
President who will be there
ironically for Argentine
Friendship Week"
In Brazil, Mr.. Harrim a n
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Answering Latin Nose Thumbing

prepared some tough talk for
the Latins generally. He
wants to know what they are
doing about land and tax re-
forms. Graduating Castro
communism and effectively
making use Of present Amer
lean assistance.
He could hardly do less,
considering the foreign aid
mood Of Congress. It is daily
dramatizing a dissatisfaction
with that policy which has
been long generating and is
highly unlikely to grow less
next year when all of the
House and a third Of the
Senate are up for reelection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-15
Vice Presidents Absences Are Viewed
As Removing q Vital Sense of Power

went to the extreme right,
backing candidates like Sem
ator Tower. Labor and the
minority groups went left,
with Senator Marlborough.
Repeal Of the poll tax, which
might have been represented
as merely another step in the
normal evolution of things,
was caught up in the bitter
struggle between contending
factions. In the showdown,
the conservatives won out.
What has happened in the
Senate is not so very differ
ent. BY wheeling and dealing,
Mr.. johnson built a majority.
To that m ajority he con-
veyed, not only patronage,
but also a sense Of what was
seemly. The 1858 anti-Su-
preme Court bills, for exam
pie. passed the House, and
seemed certain to pass the
Senate. But the M a jority
Leader took the position that
under Lyndon Johnson the
Senate just didn't do that
kind of thing. And it didn't.
More than anything else
what the Senate now misses
is a sense of seemliness. The
widest proposal from the
loneliest maverick can become
the law of the land. Only last
week, for instance. the Sem
ate passed the fishing boat
amendment, cutting off for
eign aid to all countries that
extended tn cir sovereignty
past the three-mile limit.
Even Senator Long of Louisi-
ana, who had a special inter-
est in protecting American
fishing rights, called it "the
m o st ridiculous amendment
adopted at this session of
Congress or, for that NJ tier,
at any time during ~ serv-
ice in the Senate"
With the space program,
of course, the Vice President
has not been so deeply con-
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johnson and the Tagging Senate

nected. Still, more than any
other public man, he nursed
the program in its early
stages. Let Lyndon have
space, I want to keep my feet
on the ground" President
Eisenhower is supposed to
have said. But as Vice Presi-
dent. with no independent
authority, Mr.. johnson has
been chary Of seeming to i'm
pose himself. And without a
strong unifying hand, the
space program has wound
down into a series of con-
flicting satrapies out of step
with each other, and with
the rest Of the administra-
ton.
AS to the Baker case, all
the evidence is not yet in.
Plainly, Mr.. Baker used his
association with Mr.. johnson
to make contacts, and to
further his own interests.
In so far as Mr.. johnson
picked Mr.. Baker and ad-
vanced his star, he bears in
direct responsibility. But it is
also plain that the B aker
rampage began only after
Mr.. johnson turned his at
tention away from the Sen
ate. And there are men in
this town who can recall that
Mr.. Johnson deprecated
some of Mr.. Bakers deals,
and warned them away.
With the Baker case
spreading, the knives are out
for Lyndon Johns on. He
dealt in power, a volatile
stuff that Is anything but the
cement of enduring friend
ships. Probably the johnson
system had to end, anyway.
In Texas, in the Senate, and
in space, it had run it's
course. But for those unaf-
flicted by a neurotic horror
Of power, there is a tragic
touch in the denouement.
The sad thing is not that Mr..
Johnson did what he did.
But that he is gone from the
center without a visible re-
placement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-15
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

JFK demands Russia professor held on spy
charges Kennedy knows the professor spying No
Harvard man would ever intrus Yale with mission
involving intelligence
The civlian-mitary conflict fierce one No sooner
did the military art armored division to Europe than
bunch of Congressman arfed head waiter to Paris
Dick Nixon his role to unity the Republican Party
And anybody unified by Nixon can testify it's some
thing like togethernes under pound hydraulic press
With women wearing wigs to match moods and styles,
it's case Of hair today, gone tomorrow.
Bob and Ted Kennedy being so quiet these days
It's rmored the President has launched smother brother
campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-15
JOSEPH KRAFT

What is there in common
between the case of Bobby
Baker and the tagging ener-
gies of the space program?
Between the decline Of Sem
ate leadership, and the de-
feat Of poll tax repeal in
Texas? The answer to the
riddle is Lyndon johnson.
And VIII ere is Lyndon
Johnson? Well, this past
week he has been in Califor-
mia at a meeting of the Equal
Opportunities Commission.
The week before, he was
touring the B e n elux coun-
tries. A month before that he
was in Scandinavia.
The point is not that the
Vice President is a villain on
the lam. To be sure, he fos-
tered conditions which
turned sour. But the signifi-
cant thing is that conditions
turned sour only after the
Vice President left center
stage for the role of peram-
bulating eminence. The vii
lain is not Lyndon johnson,
but the absence of Lyndon
Johnson. His not being
around has r e m o We d from
the thick of things a reSpon-
sible sense Of power.
Take first his home base.
Campaigning there in the old
days Mr.. John son used to
talk depletion allowances and
the Qualification Of Texas. He
thus endeared himself to the
barons of oil. cattle, chemi-
Gals and real estate. But in
Washington he voted, and
got others to vote, for public
works galore and the first
two civil rights bills in nearly
a century. He thus won the
support of labor, minority
groups and the poor farmers.
It was a classic case of Great
ing harmony out of chaos.
With Mr.. j o Inns SON gone,
things fell apart. The barons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-15
DAVID LAWRENCE
Lack of Understanding of Responsibility
OF President and Congress Blamed

American foreign policy is
laundering because Of a lack
Of understanding Of the
responsibility of the Presi-
dent and Congress, respec-
lively. in the field Of foreign
relations. Tn e Constitution
gives the President the right
to carry on, negotiations and
make agreements with other
countries but gives to Con-
greSs the right to appropriate
any money needed to carry
out foreign policy.
Mr.. Kennedy is complain
ing that Congress is interior
ing with the conduct of for
eign policy because it wants
to cut down foreign aid" ap-
preparations or impose limi-
tations or conditions on how
the money should be spent.
The President said in his
news conference yesterday:
This program doreign
add is essential TO the con-
duct of our foreign policy,
and. therefore, I am asking
the Congress Of the United
States to give me the means
Of conducting the foreign
policy Of the United States,
and If they do not want to do
so, then they should recognize
that they are severely limit
ing my ability to protect the
interests. That is how impor-
tant / think this program is.
II think it is a very dan
gerous, untidy world, but
we're going to have to live
with 1t, and I think one of
the ways to live with it is to
permit us to function. Then,
II we don't function, the vot-
ers will throw us out. But
don't make it impossible for
US to function by legislative
restraints or inadequate APP
propriations."
Mr.. Kennedy's words come
at a time when the conduct
Of foreign policy by the Unit
ed States is largely oppor-
tunistic. The course has not
been charted clearly, and the
policies vary in different
parts of the world. Only a
few weeks ago, the American
people were assured that the
signing of the nuclear test
ban treaty meant a new era
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In the relations Of this coun-
try with Russia. Since that
time, the SovietS have start
ed provocative procedures on
the autobahn in and around
Berlin as American armored
vehicles have been stopped in
their lawful trips to the City
Of Berlin conducted accord
ing to World War II agree
ments.
Instead of a peaceful rela-
tionship, there now are signs
of irritation on both sides.
Within the last few days, a
Yale professor Frederick c.
Barghoorn, has been arrested
in the Soviet Union and
charged with espionage. For
NAL protests were promptly
made by the United States.
President Kennedy publicly
has stated that Mr.. Barg-
hoorn was not on an intel
hgence mission Of any kind"
AS a consequence Of the
development of an a TIM os-
phere of friction between the
two countries, President Ken
nedy found himself puzzled
by the Soviet course. He was
asked at his news conference
whether the Soviets may be
seizing innocent Americans
with the hope Of somehow
extracting political conces-
sions from u.s." he replied:
obviously, they would not
be successful. I wouldn't at
tempt to make a Judgment as
to the conduct of the Soviet
Union or what may motivate
it from week to week, day to
day, but I am certain-it is
quite obvious that If it is
based on the presumptions
you state. that it will not be
successful"
Mr.. Kennedy was asked, Of
course, about the wheat deal.
He promptly insisted that it
was not affected by the gen.
eral situation and pr etty
much stands on its own" Yet
this Is the very thing that
upsets many m e m ID ers Of
Congress. They feel the Unit
ed States should not be doing
things for Russia wit h out
getting better treatment in
all its relationships.
At times Mr.. Kennedy
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
Ebenezer Church cited
in Farm Bureau program

Ebenezer Methodist Chur-
ch took third place in the
Holmes County Farm Bur-
eau Rural Church Develop
ment Program Contest plac-
ING for the second time In
the last five years.
Frank w. Gwin, Chairman
of the Farm Bureau Pro-
gram, made the presentation
at Ebenezer Church Sunday
morning, March 8, at the IL
O'Clock service. Mr.. GWin
presented a framed certifi-
cate and a check for $4,000
to the Rev. Dennis Johnston.
Previous awards to Acona,
first place, and Oregon, for
second place, had been pre-
sented.
Ebenezer Church history
began over 1870 years ago at
a small inland community
ten miles due south of Lex
ington. A pioneer Circuit Rid
er of the Methodist Church
from Vicksburg, seeing the
need and interest in things
spiritual, rode horse back and
established a Methodist Chur-
CHI in 1923. The Rev. John G..
James was the preacher who
conducted the first service.
The church was first organic
ed in what was known as
Yazoo County, but when Hol-
mes County was established
in 1888, That part fell in to
Holmes.
In 1851 a beautiful frame
building was erected on the
lot given by Charles and Nam
CIV Hoover. The church has
been remodeled several
times since then, but the pre-
sent church still contains
some of the original struc-
ture.
Approximately IS preachers
have served as pastor of the
Ebenezer Methodist Church
since it was organized. It's
present pastor is Rev. Dennis
Johnston. .
Serving as stewards and
stewardesses are b. w. Hum
phrey, j. w. BurWell, Jr.,
L. B. Thomas, K. ID. Henry,
and Mrs. Adene O'Reilly, and
Miss Nora Thomas, honorary
steward, E. E. Brown, ant
church secretary, Mrs. B. w.
Humphrey. The church boasts
the proud fact of never be-
ing without a pastor in over
a century of its service to
God and man.
The beautiful little Ebene-
ger Methodist Church is con-
sidered one of the oldest
churches in the state.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07

opportunity to hear Mrs.
Frances Bartlett of Pasadena,
Calf. speak on the Crisis in
Education and tests given in
high schools across the ma
ton.
The official opening session
was held Tuesday night with
Mrs. Brooks taking her place
in the impressive and color
full Professional of officials
of the Mississippi Society,
D. A. r. and of neighboring
states, preceded by Call to
Order by BugIer and official
Color Guard. Also an honor
guest at the opening session
and representing the Miss.
Society, S. A. R., in the Pro-
cessional was l.. l.. McNees
of Lexington, State S. A. R.
President.
Following the opening ses-
sioE, the hostess Chapters
gave a reception for all at
tending. The reception featur-
ed a lighted pink "Champag-
ne" fountain.
More detailed informa-
ton next week.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
Credit Bureau to receive
payments for phone company

The Credit Bureau of Holmes County, located at 1o3
Wal Street, will accept payments from Lexington tele-
phone customers for telephone bills for Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company, beginning with
the current bills recently mailed out, it was announced
this week by Ed Wilburn Hooker and Wilburn Hook
er, owners. The current bills, dated February ., plus
any past due bills are now payable at the Credit Bureau
office.
In an interview with W. L. Cook, Greenwood Area
Manager for the telephone company, Cook said, Gus
TONERS wishing to make personal payments may 90 SO
at the Credit Bureau office. For other telephone bust
ness matters. please continue to call telephone number
5000 between the hours of 9 and 5, Mondays through
Fridays"
Cook said his company felt that by cen1rallzlng our
customer work we will be in a position to handle Lex
ington customer needs more efficiently"
"This is just another step in our long-range pro-
gram of centralizing operations to better utilize the
more modern systems now coming into wide use" ne
said.
He also said that this change would not affect any
other telephone services here.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
Ellis seeks
supervisor post

Grady f. Ellis, farmer and
livestock owner of West,
this week announces his can
didacy for the office of
Supervisor of District Two
in the August primaries. His
statement follows:
To the voters of District Two:
With the firm belief that l
can be of service to our peop-
lie for the next four years, l
announce my candidacy for
the office of Supervisor OF
District Two of Holmes Coun-
ty. L realize the Importance
of the office and the respon-
sibilty involved. I know what
it means to have efficient
administration of the duties
of this office.
I was born in Holmes Coun-
ty 48 years ago. / live near
West, am married and have
two sons. My occupation Is
farming and raising live
stock. | am a member of the
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
of which I am a Deacon.
I'll be calling on you DUR
ing these months before cleo
ton. In the meantime, I soil
cit your influence and vote to
elect me Supervisor of Dist
riot Two.
If you elect me, | pledge
honest, economical, impartial
administration of the duties
of this office. / will do my
best to promote the welfare
of this district. I will try to
conduct myself at all times
in a way the people have a
right to expect, not only as
a public office holder, but
as a Christian layman also.
Grady E. Ellis
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
Lexington PAY
to meet Sunday

The P. A. Y. Chapter Of
Lexington will have it's re-
gular meeting this Sunday,
March 10th, at 200 P. NJ, in
the educational building OF
the First Methodist Church.
This meeting will feature
a summary of the topic, The
Enemy We Face" which will
be presented by Miss Aman-
ola Povall.
The Patriotic American
Youth organization is having
a state convention on March
the 22nd 'and 23rd, at the
Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson.
Present will be such out
standing personalities as
Farmer Jim Neal, Miss Char
lotte Ann Carroll : Miss Mis-
sissippi of 1868, Judge Henry
Lee Rogers of the Miss. Sup
rene Court, and Honorable
Vaughn Watkins, who is to
bring the main address the
first night. There will be time
for business sessions on Com
munism and on how to study
it and present such informa-
ton to local chapters and to
school assemblies. Rev. Fred
Fowler, leader of the group,
said, "Be sure to make plans
to be at this outstanding con-
vention for as long as pos
sible. Transportation will be
made available.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
W. B. Farmer7S
dies Friday
in Lexington

Funeral services for Will
liam Byrd Farmer, 70 year
old Holmes County farmer
and landowner, were held on
Saturday, March 2 at 2 p. m.
IN the Southern Funeral
Home Chapel.
Mr.. Farmer died on Fri
day, March l, in the Holmes
County Community Hospital
after a long illness. He was
a member Of the Pleasant
Ridge Baptist Church and a
member of the Masonic LODI
ge.
Officiating at the funeral
were the Reverends G.. T.
Duke, Fred Fowler, III, and
Curtis Ellis. Burial was in
Odd Fellows Cemetery with
Southern Funeral Home in
charge. Masonic rites were
held.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Clara Dell Teasley Far
mer; six daughters, Mrs.
Mamie Ella Armstrong of
Lexington, Mrs. Anne Byrd,
Mrs. Margaret McCarty, Mrs.
Virginia Upshaw and Miss
Patricia Farmer, all of Jack
son, and Mrs. Harriet Wood
of McComb; two sons, Her
bert Farmer of West Point
and Gary P. Farmer of Phoe-
nix, Ariz.; three sisters, Mrs.
Beatrice Afford of Lexington,
Mrs. Rosa May Minis of
Black Hawk and Mrs. Grady
Ellis of Walden; five brothers,
R. K. Farmer, S. V. Farmer,
Otis Farmer, Cecil Farmer
and Coyier Farmer, all of
Lexington; and twenty three
grandchildren.
Pallbearers, were. C. o.
Sudbeck, o. B. Williamson,
Marvin Mcclellan, Howard
Grantham, James Sanford
and Irby Ellington.
Honorary pallbearers: j. D.
Williams, Howard Terry, Ed
win White, w. B. Kenna, P.
H. Williams, Sr. and Clover
Johnson.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
2:3O p. M.
Revival begins
at Cruger
Methodist Sun.
Dudley Rinicker, Chairman
Jaycee Rodeo Arena

A Spring revival will be
in at the Cruger Methodist
Church. on Sunday, March
10. with services at II o'clock.
The Reverend w. V. Stokes,
pastor of the st. Johns
Methodist Church in Green
wood will be guest evange-
list for the revival, with SER
vices each morning during
the week Of March 10 through
Is at 1890 and each evening
at 7.30.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
Legion Post
to celebrate
44th birthday

Tchula American Legion
Post No. 155 will hold a
birthday celebration on
Friday, March Is, com
memorating the 44th ami
versary of the Legion.
This meeting will be held
in Tchula City Hall at 7:30
P. M. with the cooperation
of the Legion Auxiliary. A
special guest speaker will
be present for the meeting.
C. j. Olander, Comman-
der, and Guy Duke, Adj
jutant, extend an invita-
ton to all ex-servicemen in
this area to attend this
event.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07

Other events, a program of
which is carried in this is
sue, include a political rail-
ly with four prominent can
didates for state offices par
ticipating, followed by live
stock show and judging at the
new livestock barn Friday.
The speaking is scheduled
to last about two hours, from
2 to 4 p. M, with livestock
events to start at 6.
Events of Friday activities
include a Sheep Show, Dairy
Cattle Show, Swine Show,
Beef Cattle Show, and judg-
ing in junior and senior divi-
SiOnS.
Action starts Saturday with
a parade around Court Square
beginning at 1870 D. m. with
the Junior ROdeO and Cutting
Horse Exhibition slated to
start at 2:3O at the Jaycee
ROdeO Arena. In order, the
events are scheduled as
Quarter Horse Exhibition,
Barrel Racing, Refining EX-
hibitiOn, Calf Scramble, In
dian Dance, Pole Bending,
and Pole Climbing.
This is the third annual
Livestock Show sponsored by
the Lexington Jaycees and
the Holmes County Livestock
Association, an organization
formed by the Jaycees for
the purpose of Obtaining the
new Livestock Barn and car
rying on the annual show,
Ed Wilburn Hooker is presi.
dent of the new organization
with George Mullendore as
vice president, DR.. Charles
Sinclair, treasurer and Du-
ane Tucker, secretary.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07
Jack Yates
new COfC
president

Jack Yates, Chairman OF
the Board, First National
Bank Of Lexington, will serve
as president of the Lexington
Chamber of Commerce, hay-
been elected in recent ballot
ing by c of c members. 9th
er officers selected were Har-
din Erwin, vice president,
and Mrs. Louise King, treas
urer.
The new officers will take
office at the annual Chamber
of Commerce banquet slated
to be held March % at Lex
ington High School.
Guest speaker for the oc-
casion will be Clarence l..
Lott, vice president and
general manager Of Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company in Mississippi.
Committees for the ban
uuet have been named as fol-
lows: Food: Bill Schneider,
chairman, Mrs. Louise King,
and w. A. Ramsey; decorat-
ing: Mrs. Jean Mcclellan,
chairman, Mrs. Charlotte
Blackstock and Tom Riley;
Ticket: Jack Dunn, chairman,
Phil Cohen, Marvin McLel-
Ian, Malcolm Phillips and
Ed Wilburn Hooker; arrange
ments: w. E. Thurmond,
chairman, Ray Johnson and
w. R. Sullivan; program:
Mrs. Jaunita Smith and w.
B. Kenna; and publicity:
Mrs. Tom Cothran and Paul
Tardy.
Holmes County herald., 1963-03-07

Representing the Benjamin
G. Humphreys Chapter were
Mrs. Joy w. Brooks, acting
as official hostess Regent and
State Conference Flag Chair
man: Mrs. R. P. Ellis, dele
gate; Mrs. E. F. Love of
Brandon, State Conference
Display Chairman; Mrs. G..
l.. DeLoach of Jackson, dele
gate; and Mrs. Dan Wells of
Durant delegate.
The National Defense Lun-
cheon on Tuesday was open
to the public, giving them an