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Evening star., 1963-04-24

Green-clad All Club dele
gates from Maryland and Vir-
ginia, having made official Wis
its around the United States
and the world, are now making
a l6-hour-a-day tour Of their
neighbor. the District Of CO.
lumbia.
1t has been some time since
they personally have visited
Washington and they are ex-
ploring the metropolis anew
during their week-long Ma
tional All conference on citi-
zenship, which ends Friday.
TITS a bit more formal APP
proach than the standard
school trips we used TO take. "
said l7-year-old Elaine Folk, a
high school senior from Line
bore, Md.
Youth Impressed
John w. Rinehart. an l8-
year-old student a. the Uni
versity OF Maryland who comes
from Taneytown, Nd. said. II
think most everyone is really
tV,nVraeaad uyith yUaahtnutnn
Mr.. Rinehart, interviewed
with the casually uniformed
group at the Museum OF Nat
ural History, said that since he
last visited Washington. he had
toured England and tive Euro
pean countries with the All
Club as part OF Maryland's
prizewinning United States
Dairy Judging Team In 1861. He
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Cuba's War Machine

EIDEL Castro's Cuba showed it's mil
itary might in a parade in Havana
January 3. For the first time type
of antiaircraft missile, Soviet supplied,
not generally known to be in Castro's
possession, was exhibited. The an
nouncer said the antiaircraft missiles
could knock down an enemy plane at
its highest flight ceiling" The unknown
extent of Soviet-made weapons in Cuba
is not comfortable thought
Referring to President Kennedy's
welcome to the liberated Cubans in the
Bay Of Pigs expedition, Castro said,
This man acted like vulgar pirate
chief, to meet these men and then say
to the world that their flag would re
turn to a free Havana"
We object to Mr. Castro speaking in
dlsdain of our President After all he
is President of the United States, and
as such deserves and should command
more respect especially from disaf-
fected tyrant. Americans may be ex-
cused for talking about the President,
but we can't have it come from such as
Castro.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Discussing The Issues

REPRlNTED on this page is an edi-
- torial from the Richmond News
Leader OF January 4, to which we in
vlte the attention of our readers. Editor
James Jackson Fitzpatrick discusses the
issues in the desegregation of public
schools litigation clearly, succinctly
and unequivocallV.
The editorial gets to the heart of the
matter without emotional or racial
overtones, which have clouded the is
sue for several years In the following
paragraph. Judge Butzner's decree in
the Powhatan ca use is, analyzed
Nothing in the original Brown decision justi-
lies any such decree this. The Fourteenth
Amendment which Brown is based, is pro-
hibitory in its effect. Giving the widest pos
sible latitude to Brown, what that original
opinion says and all it says - is that a
locality shall not discriminate by race in reg
ulating admission TO its public schools Rut
the Supreme Court has not said that locality
must operate public schools. Nothing IN the
Constitution requires a State or locality to
operate public schools. This is, or was a mat
ter for the people to decide for themselves
what schools they will operate from public
funds, how many, where, of what kind what
taxes they will paw toward their support"
Control of education is primary is
sue and has been an issue in Prince Ed
ward County from the beginning of the
litigation IN 1853. This is the question
which has been before the federal
courts, and today "wednesday is be-
fore the Fourth Circuit Court of APP
peals, and possibly in the near future
before the T. S. Supreme Court.
No responsible person in Prince Ed
ward County at any time has advocated
closing of public schools, but the white
people of the county refused to be tax
ed for public schools under conditions
they believe to be pernicious. Their
position was clearly set forth in De-
claration of convictions adopted May
3, 1856, and presented to the governing
board We quote only two key selections
from the document:
we believe thai the holding of the minds
and characters of our children is the sacred
duty and the priceless natural right and obi
cation of parents.
Freedom of decision with respect to these
cons ideraOns touching they do the most
intimate relations CT the people of our com
n,unity and the most cherished natural rights
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

The supervisors are to appro-
pirate funds for public schools,
and the supervisors are to have
no choice in the matter. The
county school board. Willy-nllly,
is TO hire teachers. buy and sell
school buses. contract for text
books. repair The roofs of school
houses, all at the command OF
John D. Butzner. The county is
not to close a grade. OF a class,
or a one-roOm SchoOlhouSe save
by his consent. The next step is
an Injunction directed TO white
parents OF the county, COM
handing them to march their
children by lockstep into the
SchoolroonS. lest the three Ne
gro plaintiffs be forever wound
ed in their hearts and minds for
want of white companionship.
Nothing in the original Brown
decision justifies any such de-
cree as this. The Fourteenth
Amendment. on which Brown is
based. is prohibitory in its eff
feet. Giving the widest possible
latitude to Brown, what that
Wretched opinion saySand all
1t SayS-iS that a locality shall
not discriminate by race in regu-
latlng admission to its public
schools. This is. or was, a mat
ter for the people TO decide for
themselveS-what schools they
will operate from public funds,
how many. where. of what kind
what taxes they Will pay toward
their support.
The Butzner decree simply OBJ
hterateS the concept of popular
will. Taxation without reprcsen-
tauon, cried Mr.. Henry, is tyr
amy. And so it is. And SO Judge
Butzner has ordered the people
OF Powhatan to pay taxes and
he has put their representation
IN a trait-jacket. The next meet
ing Of the board of supervisors
will be held at 10 o'clock in his
chambers. And the following or
dlnanceS will be passed. to wit.
or TO prison with the lot Of YOU
II Judge Butzner were alone
a victim Of this dreadful fix
atom, one could explain it n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
HOUND-O-METER

Just outside a small Southern
Village a speeding motorist was
overhauled by a administered
constable.
"You were speedin' through
our town, young fellow" the Of
fetal complained. Coin well
over 30 miles an hour
II don't see that you have any
watch Or other timing device
the city slicker crafty suggest
ed. How do you know l was
going over 3O?"
"See this here hound?' n
constable replied, pointing to a
skinny. burr-covered old dog
that had just arrived on the
scene. and now lay painting at
the hayseed's feet.
We'll. that dog we're a'chasin
yer, young fellow and he
couldn't catch up with you. And
when that hound can't overhaul
a fellow, he air goin' more than
thutty miles an hour"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Monion Forum
Fright Wing Extremists
BY Clarence E. Monion
Former Dean Notre Dome Law School

Moreover, what happens to this
country and to the world dur
ing the next two years will not
be the handiwork of Right Wing
extremists outside of our Gov
eminent. but Of the Left Wing
extremists who are inside Of it
now and who make and execute
its policies.
Are the Liberals presently in
charge Of our country doing any
thing to help the anti -Commun-
list underground in any country
behind the Iron Curtain? Mr..
Walt Rostow,. Chief of Policy
Planning for President Ken
nedy's State Department gives
us the answer:
I'VE see natural forces at
! work within those Com
munlst CONTROLLED nations
| We are, therefore, pre-
pared to find limited areas
OF overlapping interests with
Communist regimes. Above
all, no encouragement or
support must be given to
armed uprisings in Eastern
Europe"
When we remember that the
demorallzlng surrender OF the
captive nations made at Teheran
and Yalta which was so roundly
condemned at the time by the
then Congressman Kennedy, is
now officially confirmed anc
these nations sealed into Com
mumst slavery by the Admin
stration of the same man, now
President, Kennedy.
Is there any suggestion o.
extremist" influence in this
the extremiSm that of the Righ
or Of the Left Wing?
In view Of these notorious
facts it is astounding that Con
servativeS who oppose Com
mums1n, support free enterprise
and believe in constitutional
government should ever fint
themselves on the defensive il
the current discussion Of Tex
| tremists" and "extremism.
The lunatic fringe that is nov
on the top of our Government
is defaulting in our cold wa,
with Communism and substitut
ing arbitrary, centralized poWe
for American Constitutional Gov
eminent.
The big drive of the domesti,
policy planners is to enlarge tn,
public sector of our economy a
the expense Of the private sec
tor. The fact that Karl Mar,
advocated the same thing in Thu
Communist Manifesto is purel,
coincidental.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Scho ols By Injunction!

mon sense to the four winds.
Now this is what Judge Butz-
ner has done: He has ordered
Powhatan county not to dis
crminate against three Negro
children by reason of their race
in assigning them to claSSrooms
in the comty's public schools.
Well and good So long as
Brown V. Board of Education
hes undisturbed in the U. S. Re
ports. that is the law of such
cases.
But Judge Butzner has done
much more: He has here under
taken to enjoin the county's
board of supervisors. and each
of them. their successors in Of
flee, their agents and employees.
and all other persons in active
concert or participation with
said defendants who receive ac-
tual notice of this order" from
doing certain things. What
thlngs2 Why. sirs, he enjoins
them. so long as other public
schools are open in Virginia,
from in any manner. directly
or indirectly. taking any steps or
action designed to bring about
the closing OF one or more pub
he schools IN Powhatan County
or grades or classes thereof. or
from IN any manner. directly or
indirectly, Withholding funds or
falling 10 appropriate or paw
funds for the operation of any
public school or grades or class
cS thereof III Powhatan County. :
To term this injunction mere
nonsense is TO fail in the eXer-
else of description for want of a
sufficient noun. He has under
taken here no. only TO suspend
the discretionary powers of a
legislative body. but also to i'm
pose his will upon the Sover-
eighty Of the people themselves
The county Supervisors. who
ever may be elected from now
to dooulSday. are tn levy taxes
upon the people. whether the
people wish to be taxed or not.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
The Richmond News Leader
Friday, january 4, 1868


When FredellcksburgS John
D. ButZner came to the Federal
bench some seven months ago.
lawyers and laymen alike &C
claimed the appointment AS a
judge of the S'aEes' Fifteenth
Circuit, he h d demonstrated
every quality demanded of a
candidate for judicial promotion
"a sound knowledge of law. an
air of dignity on The bench. an
ability to dive like a shore bird
through the murky waters of a
complicated case, and emerge
with the fish in his mouth. Ana
every good word that was said
to him was true
Yet Judge Butzler. described
by the morning press as a mo
nonsense man" has just spread
upon the order books of U. S.
District Court an Injunction that
is nonsense clean and simple.
nonsense compounded, nonsense
that blitherS and qmvers and
Swells. He has undertaken to say
that in Powhatan county. in the
county'S most intimate affairs.
government shall not be had by
consent of the governed No
Government shall be had in
terms Of his imperial decree.
And he has signed this astound-
ing document IN a hand as firm
as any Caesars
Why has tins unconlrnonly
good Judge entered SO incredibly
bad a decree? The answer lies
immediately al hand This is a
Negro case: and since at least
1854. the Negro cases have oc-
cupied a special status in the
Federal courts. They are like no
other cases ever. called TO the
bar before. They are un q u e.
There IS some virus IL them
that lntectS the healtlueSt judge,
the most sensible politician, the
tolerably Intelligent editor and
journalist, and causes them To
heave rule, precedent, and CON.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

and duties Of parenthood is absolutely essential
to the maintenance, operation. management
ard control of our public schools. We conceive
this freedom to be among the sacred rights
retained by the people" under the Ninth
Amendment Of the Federal Constitution.
Holding these convictions, it is not possible
for US to submit the children of Prince Edward
County to conditions which we most deeply and
conscientouslt believe to be pernicious, Nor
can We as the heirs Of liberty, purchased at
SO great sacrifice by those who have gone
before, submit to this judicial breaking of the
constitutional chains forged to restrain tyranny
for all generations Of Americans. We there
fore. pledge ourselves firmly to use every
honorable. legal and constitutional means at
our command to oppose this assault upon the
constitution and upon the liberties of our peo-
ple."
1t has fallen to the lot of the peo-
pie of Prince Edward to seek solution
to the school dilemma This they have
done calmly, fairly and diligently
though beset continually by court liti-
cation and other pressures.
These are the issues which have been
placed before the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

terms of the phases of the moon
or the winter solstice. or an in
adVertent misleading OF the law
But ne is not alone. The Same
virus, IN other forms, infects our
statesmen. SO that the travesties
known as African nations" are
Solemnly equated with the oldest
kingdoms Of the Western world
IL mfects the critics of stage and
screen. so that any person OF
color automatically is hailed as
a person of talent. The works Of
a perverted Negro novelist be-
come the stuff of reverent adu-
lauon IN our academic halls
Rights of property. cherished for
a THOUSAND Years. dissolve Ia, q
presidential command. The bot,
tom rail Is top The troops arr
still in mississippi, and the peo-
pie Of Powhatan County arc
whipped Like so many hound
dogs. Heel. damn youl Heel!
This newspaper. heaven knows
has no wish to see schools clos.
ed IN PoWhAtan. or schools clos.
ed anywhere else. The continu.
ing situation in Prince -Edwar
County is q cause for amending
anguish. But despotisln is tho
worst Sickness Of all. and it is
despousm that confrontS til {
people of F'owhatan, and of Viz
GINA, in the bleak face Of the
Butzner decree.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Monion Forum

During the past year. gaudy
little books about so-called
Right Wing extremists have
been falling upon the newsstands
like rain, Fact. falsehood and
fiction blend indiscrin1inately in
these publications, but the ba-
sic theme Of the big comic opera
chorus Of bad print and cheap
paper comes through loud and
clear; namely, everything is
wrong with the Right
In their zeal to avoid identi-
fication with a So-called luna
tic fringe Of extreme conserva-
tism," many recent candidates
avoided a direct conformation
with vital issues of domestic and
foreign policy that would have
demolished the pious pretenses
of their liberal opposition. -
A score Of Left Wing congress
sional candidates who soueaked
through with hairhne majorities
can credit their victories to the
timidity of opponents who were
afraid to express their real corr
victions about Communism, for
eign aid. the United Nations.
disarmament and the gross in
eptltudes Of the State Depart
ment. lest they be linked with
the lurid image of Right Wing
extremiSm that has been de-
iberately created by the II
responsible huckSterS of the
Left. :.
The mythology Of this big,
bad. far-out Right Wing grew
out of the guilt complex that
hants the lairs Of modern lib.
erahsm. All of its writers begin
begin their narratives with a
frank acknowledgment of the
growing mood of resentment
that now moves over the coun-
try venting itself against til. e
policies Of the existing liberal
Government.
4 Their pages are spent in
adding up the reported eccentri.
cities Of an assortment of per
sons who have been identified
with movements or positions
that the authors classify as
conservative This adds up tc
the big concluding nonsequitur
namely, that Conservatism is
some sort of mental illness thai
begins with a harmless twitch
six inches TO the right of Arthur
SchleSinger, Jr., and mergeS in
to madness as you approach the
political location of people like
General Walker.
In their hearts the liberals
know better. The drive to rep
resent current Conservatism as
psychological phenomenon ra
ther than the logical reaction t
the failure Of liberal policies is
calculated tactic based upol
| the conviction that emotional ex
element can obscure Wha
available arguments cannot re
flute.
For instance. the constant be
laborlng Of the radical Right
Smoke-ScreenS the big fact tina
there are no radical Rightists il
the present Administration OF
our Government, nor have any
OF these been in responsible 20
sltions there for more than z
years.
Radical Rightists cannot bt
blamed for the tragic fiasco a
the Bay of Pigs, nor for the fal
OF China to the Communists, non
for all or any of the disaster,
that have taken place in between
those two unfortunate events
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Carrying On

Mark connects Jesus begin
ming to preach with the arrest of
John the Baptist. AS long as
John was preaching. Jesus re-
manned in silence. When John
brave voice was shut into the
dungeon of Herod'S castle, then
Jesus came into Galilee an d
preached. 1t should not surprise
us that Jesus had a message so
much the same as Johns. 1t
was not that Jesus was an echo
or that he had no mind of his
own. Rather, he evidently felt
that what John had proclaimed
still needed saying. 1t was of
the utmost Importance that as
many as possible should hear the
news, should be faced with the
demand. The Kingdom of God
is at hand Repent! Believe
This was no light matter. HUI
man d st II II e depended on
whether people we're ready for
the Kingdom, whether their wills
and purposes were attuned to
Gods.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Before Everything Else

Mark first mentions Jesus
prayers after all the healings at
Capernaum, after the calling of
some Of his disciples and the
casting out OF demon in the
synagogue. But it is likely that
Jesus would have put off pray
ing till then? Mark, the short
est OF the Gospels. does not try
to tell us everything and
neither did the other three COS
pel-WrlterS. Luke tells us that
Jesus was praying at the time
OF his baptism; and we may be
sure that that was not the first
t i m e. Along with planning,
ahead Of planning, goes prayer.
Knowing what we do about
Jesus, we can be sure he did
not just make his plans first and
then ask his Father to approve.
The best planning is that which
takes God in - not as a post
script. formal last minute IN
necessary bit Of religious Colu-
teSy The best planning is that
which consultS with God first.
makes the plan step by ! &c p
with prayerful listening 10 hear
God S whisper II Jesus found it
50 important to pray that he
would rise before dawn to find
time for it. surely the ordinary
Christian needs to pray ven
more. For prayer is not only
telling God what we want - he
knows that already. 1t is listen
ing for him to tell US what He
wants.
BASED on outlines copyright
ed by the Division Of Christian
Education, National Council Of
the Churches of Christ In the
Y. S. A. Released by Communl.
" Press Service.)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Prayer and Planning

time preaching. When a woods
man has a hard day ahead Of
him, he does not rush out and
start chopping. He spends some
time in sharpening his axe.
So it was with Jesus. One of
the first things we hear Of his
doing, was to call certain fish
ermen to be his followers. Some
people think that the little scene
by the lakeside, pictured in few
words by Mark, was the whole
story: Jesus just walked up to
four total strangers and said,
Follow me-" Other Bible stu
dents see this incident as part of
a longer story, most of it untold,
Of gradual acquaintance, climax
ing in this definite call" How
ever that may be, it is clear
that Jesus was already planning
ahead for the days when he
would no longer be on this earth
as he then was. To put it in
one word. he was thinking ahead
to the church. If the life of
Jesus in Chapter One in the
great story of Christianity, the
rest of the chapters are the life
and adventures Of the Church.
Jesus was already thinking into
the distant future, when he be-
gan TO choose his Twelve.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
T. Colemon Andrews
Less Control
Less Problems

- = =
Do YOU remember the warp
How it nnpinged on the civilian
economy? HOW Americans
stood in line - rich and poor
alike - for such mudane things
as pork chops and cigarettes.
whenever cit her were to be
had?
Cars, ten years old, were sell
ling for the price they h d
brought when new and to get a
telephone installed a person had
to have the approval of all the
brass in Washington. The rolling
stock of our railways had about
quit rolling. remember. and our
highways were a SHAMELESS. A
letter might be 10 days in ar
irving. Women's nylons Wer 6
not to be had for love or money,
Shoes, suits, gasoline, tires,
everything was either at premi.
UNI or. as the colloquialisrn Of
the day had it, it was Snafued.
Then it was over; over except
for a brief wrestle Congress had
with Harry Truman. The Presi-
dent, you may recall, did not
/ want us to destroy our ration
books. He and his advisors told
us chaos would surely follow if,
during the readjustment period,
the economy were turned loose.
But people wouldn't listen,
they had had enough half RAJ
tons. So, a prodded Congress
OVERRIDE the President an d
scrapped its mmtitudinous regu-
lations. found other things fol.
its bure aucr rats to do and
Americans were thrown on their
own resources: Buy all your
purse and the butchers shelf
will allow.
And do YOU remember til e
scramble that followed? Those
were the days when a person
learned if he had or didn't have
pull" If he had, he got a tele-
phone. II not, he waited.
But not for long. Who re-
members when the shortages
disappeared? I don't. One day
we were seeking desperately for
hard-to-get items and then we
were not.
Detroit cranked up and auto
mobiles came forth like lem
nnngs on parade, millions OF
them. Our cattle ranges produc
ed such an abundance Of beet
as made our tables groan. We
began to hear the phrase, two.
car family, and the affluent age
was upon US.
Or nearly so.
We Still have trouble, even to-
day. with our highways: worse
than ever. in fact. And the postal
service has become a macabre
sort OF joke on all of us. Anc
the public-school problem never
seems to be settled. neither as
to classroom adequacy or teach
ers salaries. These, it seems
are to be eternal headaches.
| Why? What make them diff.
ferent?
would hazard an answer
since the war, everything
within the realm of private en-.
terpnse and subject to the laws
OF supply and demand ha
sought and found its level. Con.
lrarlwlse. everything that is con.
trolled by the enervating hano
OF government is unable to Dc
so.
1t is that simple.
remember the war and
remember every day since then
1t is my belief the troubles
we know, or the most Of them
are inspired by government
Government, by its nature
shacHes men. it doesn't free
them. Trip it of its powers. re-
duce them to the simple pro
cesses dehneated in our con.
Stlutlon and our troubles. as the
shortages we once knew, will
laoe as a bad dream fades
And the converse is true
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

According to research at the
University of Georgia's Agricul-
t u Experiment Station. the
I'VE most satisfactory materials
Tor packaging foods going into
nome freezers are saran, pllo-
him. laminated Sulfite paper,
aluminium foil, mylar, and poly
ethylene.