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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-20
Regulations For Teen-Age Worker
Reviewed For Christmas Employers

Teen-agerS can work in many
types Of jobs, Pat Mclean, re-
gional director Of the U. S. La
Dor Departments Wage and
Hour and Public Contracts Di-
visions. reminded employers in
terested in hiring young people
during the Christmas holidays.
The Fair Labor Standards Act,
popularity known as the Federal
Wage-Hour Law, sets standards
for the employment Of young
people in jobs in interstate or
foreign commerce or in tire pro
duction Of goods for such com
merce.
One Of the types Of employ
ment which is frequently open
to young workers during the
holidays is IN retail stores. The
Federal law permits IA and Is
years-olds to work in a variety
Of occupations in retail, food
service. or gasoline service es-
adjustments, provided they
work no more than 8 hours a
day er 40 hours a week during
vacation periods.
In weeks when school is in
session. children of these ages
may work no more than three
hours a day or IS hours
week. All their work must be
done outside school hours anG
they may not work before 7 a.
m. or after 7 pm. Permissible
jobs include selling. office work.
window trimming, cashiering,
bagging and carrying out or
ders. cleanup work. pl1ce mark.
ing and tagging. and kitchen
work.
The older job-seeker will find
a wide range of jobs open. since
is years is the minimum age
for general employment under
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-20

the Act. The IT, or l7-year old
may work in manufacturing and
processing jobs or in any other
occupation = except those which
have been declared hazardous
for minors under Is by the Sec
rotary of Labor.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-20
AN OVERFLOW

Are you sure that you water
ed the plants in the drawing
room. Josephine?"
Yes, ma am. If you listen
closely you can hear the water
dripping on the carpet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
In the Golden West

RepublicaniSm in California has
had more trouble in recent years than a
tiger has stripes. While the Democrats
have steadily been building up their
power in the Nations fastest growing
big State, the G. o. P. has been spending
vast amounts Of energy in personal and
factional feuding that has interrupted,
if not ended, the political careers of
Knights, Knowlands, Nixons and so on.
In a way, the Golden State always has
been a playground of off-beat political
movements and sometimes of brilliant
maverick individuals. On the Republican
side of the street, 1t is the favorite
playground today of an ultra right-wing
group-the John Birch Society-whose
high priest" Boston candy company
executive named Robert WEIGH, is far
from the scene Of battle. BY itself, the
John Birch Society currently appears to
be doing well within the ranks of
California RepublicaniSm, or at least
young RepublicaniSm. Over the past
week end it threw the deciding votes to
one Robert A. CASTOR, a 32-year-old
attorney, as president Of the California
Young Republicans, and gave him almost
a full slate Of Birch-indorsed officer
associates.
The real significance Of this, II 1t
has any, must await further develop
ments. At the moment, however, out
of-California Republicans are confessing
to sense Of shock, and in-California
Democrats are interpreting 1t variously
as reputation Of past G. o. P. leader
ship in the State, a takeover by totali-
tartan forces, and first shot in the
1864 Goldwater- for President campaign.
Quite possibly 1t is none Of these, and
increasing the uncertainty is the fact
that one faction Of young Republicans"
already has announced its withdrawal
from CYR. The older Republicans have
not yet been heard from, but presumably
they remain divided as usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

Alliance for Progress, which the Com
munists denounce as North American
imperialist fraud, but 1t has q domestic
program Of social reform and economic
development which undercuts the false
attractions of communism. And, as Pres
ident Betancourt very frankly pointed
out in his address at the National Press
Club, Venezuela is major nearby pro-
Queer of one thing-oil-that may one
day mean life or death to communism's
puppet government in Cuba. Communist
conquest Of Caracas, by any means,
would be victory Of great proportions,
and more than theological.
Against this background, and indeed
against the whole background of our
effort to mobilize the will and the
strength of the Western hemisphere
against the Communist threat of en-
slavement, 1t was good that Presidents
Kennedy and Betancourt met here to
express their joint purpose and deter
mination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Congo Lobby

Some small measure of the uneven
handedness Of this countrys attitude
on the Congo question may be found in
the disclosure that the Adoula govern
ment outspent the Tshombe government
on propaganda in the United States. In
fact, 1t spent more than twice as much.
II was Tshombe's Katanga regime,
however, which served as our Govern
ment's whipping boy. 1t was accused
Of conducting a "clever big money
campaign" and OF dispensing a string
Of myths" Nothing critical was said
about the more than 100000 spent by
the Adoula government ito reshape
American opinion" presumably because,
according TO State Department officials,
It's efforts and detectives were generally
in agreement with United States policy.
There's no use getting excited about
this. It's over and done with. 1t is a
bit irritating, however, to reflect on the
point that United States dollars must
have made up the bulk, directly or in
directly, Of the $4,000 which was spent
to brainwash the American people. At
least the Katanga lobby was not spend
ing United States money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
New York Strike

After maintaining an above-the-
battle attitude for rs days, President
Kennedy spoke out on Thursday against
the New York newspaper strike.
The giSt Of his comment was that
the situation "has long since passed the
point Of public toleration," and that the
New York printers, led by their local
president, Bertram Powers, have made
a mockery of any proper concept of
collective bargaining.
AS remedy, Mr.. Kennedy proposed
that the differences should be submitted
Ito independent determination of some
kind" The precise meaning Of this is, to
say the least, obscure. We are confident,
however, that any truly independent
determination of the differences would
put the finger of blame for this senseleSs
shutdown squarely on the head Of Mr..
Powers.
Even If this were to be done, how
ever, 1t would not necessarily bring a
settlement Of the strike. Presumably,
President Kennedy would not have
spoken out as he did unless his remarks
had the approval Of responsible AFL-CIO
leaders. These leaders know that the
union movement has been hurt, and
may be badly hurt, by a continuation
Of irresponsible strikes. But the import
Of this may be wasted on those in the
union ranks whose judgment seems to
have been destroyed by a rule-or-ruin
complex. When such situations arise,
something more than an independent
determination" Of the facts is required.
And this is prospect which we think
Mr. Kennedy will have to face, despite
his understandable reluctance to risk a
break with his political allies in the labor
movement. What really is at stake here
is the adverse impact on the public
interest, be 1t large or relatively small.
The public interest, sooner or later, will
be asserted in commanding fashion, and
the President, we think, is well aware
that this is so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Firemen's Obstacles

When the fire department
responded to q call at LAG
Twelfth street Sc, Feb. IA,
the house was q raging in
ferno. The fire truck that
went to the back of the
house could only go a short
distance up the alley before
a dog-leg turn brought 1t to
a grinding stop. In this fire
two people were critically
burned and injured. A man
lay critically burned and in
jured from q fall out Of the
house. Fireman had to i'm
provise and carry him out
on q ladder to the fire truck,
lift him over the side of the
truck adding to his suffering.
in order to reach the blocked
ambulance.
This is typical Of many
alleys that were built for
horse-and-buggy days. It is
a very disturbing factor
when our lives and property
are jeopardized when one Of
the best fire departments in
the country is handicapped
by such deplorable condi-
tons as these.
Houston G, ShOaf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
An Alliance of Meoninq

President Betancourt OF Venezuela
arrived In Washington with full knowl-
edge Of the official welcome awaiting
him here. He left with welcome knowl-
edge Of the "full support" which our
Government, through President Ken
nedy, pledged to him in resisting the
"all-out campaign Of the international
Communists, aided especially by their
Cuban allies" to take over this resource
rich northeast country Of South Amer
lea.
Actually, the Joint communicate is
sued by the two Presidents and the con-
situations which took place before 1t
represent much more than a routine
Endorsement Of good neighbor" ad-
ministration. Both by word and by ac-
ton, the Betancourt government has
become the top priority target of Ha-
vana-based hatred and It's Communist
designs. 1t has been so for certain
obvious reasons. One is that the Betan-
court government itself has not been
one Of those in Latin America that has
hesitated to recognize the Communist
menace or to take affirmative action
against 1t. 1t broke relations with Cas-
tros Havana In 1861, and It's anti-Com-
munist policy has been free of equiv
ocation (and) half tones" since then. It
is ready to do more, as Mr.. Betancourt
said.
Meanwhile, 1t not only supports the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Buses Beneficial

The letter entitled pans
Transit Plan" referring to
the conversion Of the d. c.
Transit from streetcar to bus
transportation as q gross
fraud on the people," fails
TO take into account the fol-
lowing points:
/. Increased and expedited
flow Of traffic. 2. Flexibility
OF bus transportation as
compared to streetcars. 3.
Less noise and dust. 4.
Smoother and better-looking
streets. 5. Lessened and easier
upkeep Of the streets with
out the underground trolley
system. 8. For commercial
streets. vastly easier access
and increased business.
When conversion was first
preached on II street NE.
there was immediate opposi-
ton. The changeover has i'm
mensely facilitated traffic,
lessened the noise, made a
better appearing street.
brought increased business 10
business places on and ad-
joining H street NE. and has
increased the values OF the
properties there. SO far as
can be determined. the con-
version, far from being q
gross fraud on the people"
has been highly and substan-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Lies Like That

Life used to be rather sim
pie. Wrongs doing merited
punishment and was swift
and certain. A promise made
was invariably kept. Honesty
was always considered the
best policy and If you worked
hard your reward was COM
mensurate. 1t was wrong to
bride or accept a bribe and
there were millions for de-
tense but not one cent for
tribute. We were taught that
we owed q responsibility to
society and our conduct was
always to be such as to create
an asset value to society.
Things nowadays seem up
side down or backwards. Ev-
cry day brings new contra
dictions. I am confused.
How will increasing an al
ready unmanageable debt
make us prosperous and how
will a 35-hour work week in
crease the number Of Jobs?
Why is it that no one ever
mentions working harder or
for longer hours?
Why is the finger of blame
pointed at society for every
bum on relief and why is it
polite to continue to talk Of
agreements with demonstrate
ed liars2 Why are hundred
OF thousands Of dollars paid
out in Peace Corps projects
in foreign lands when every
major city in the United
States has its own slum and
crime problems2 Are we able
to offer solutions to the
problems Of others while our
own multiply?
I'm equally lost as to the
benefits Of paying out mil
lions Of dollars for storage
Of produce while 1t rots and
the advantage Of substituting
well-to-do landowners for
acreage that grows only
broom-Straw, weeds and bri-
erS. II this is good why don't
we buy up several million au-
tomobiles and pay rent while
they rust?
Why does our Government
promise people benefits under
Social Security without even
bothering to relate the
amounts to be paid out to the
amounts paid in when they
would close down q life in
Surance company for perpe-
tration Of such q fraud?
How Is our world image
improved by lending Govern
mental sanction and assist
ance to a bearded pipsqueak
to extract $50 million from
the taxpayers pocketbooks
and how is our position i'm
proved by docilely submitting
to it?
I am puzzled at our ma
tional equanimity while the
U. N. uses our money to but
tress the position Of our enc
my and wonder II 1t now is
Governmental policy to sub
sidize those who are most
vehement in our denuncia-
ton.
What is the long-range
benefit of our burgeoning
number Of indigents and the
constantly increasing cost OF
keeping them unproductive
in all areas except that of
propagation? When this
problem has multiplied itself
by two as 1t will soon. will
our consequent benefits be
improved in the same ratio2
] am puzzled!
william M. Werber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Traffic in Paris

Robert L. Morris's address,
headed worlds Best System
Set as Goal for Area Tran
Sit" makes q plea for high
ways downtown that is based,
at least in part, upon faulty
and incomplete evidence. Mr..
Morris says, Paris has as
complete a subway network
as q city could hope for. The
fare is a few pennies. Serv-
ice is frequent. Gasoline is
quite expensive. There are no
new roads, virtually no off
street parking space, and lit
tie on-street parking space.
One can get around in Paris
by subway at any time In the
day, and particularly in the
peak hours, In q fraction Of
the time 1t takes to drive.
Yet the traffic problem is
increasing In Paris at q
frightening rate" Then he
goes on to say, Absence Of
adequate automobile facili-
ties does not inhibit auto
mobile use-and only the po-
litically naive will say that
it Is merely q question of
adequate enforcement"
I have used the Paris
Metro" often and, I must
say, that If the street traffic
is increasing "at q fright
ening rate" so is the human
traffic in the Metro. The
crowds in the Paris Sub
ways" are absolutely appall-
ing and though it is quicker
by Metro in some directions
and at some times Of the
day, it is not so much
quicker and 1t is very much
less agreeable and very much
more uncomfortable. The
concentration Of human traf-
fic in Paris is so great in
rush hours that all means
Of transportation are
strained. Although there are
some great boulevards in
Paris a vast number of streets
are narrower than mo st
streets in American cities.
Washington was not
planned as an industrial or
commercial city but as the
National Capital. Let US be
diligent and active In i'm
proving our country's seat Of
government-but. not in ruin
ing its beauty or its char
acter. ClarksOn J. Beall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
GIoVed Justice

Crime will continue to rise
in our Nations Capital I'M
til judges begin again to lit
orally throw the book" at
the law-breakers. This hand
ling Of criminals with kid
gloves is no deterrent to
someone really intent on an
unlawful act. The Washing
ton area will be q jungle I'M
less there is q quick return
to the time when there was
more protection for the in
nocent because the law
breaker was properly pun
ished. F. ID. Williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Cotton Price Support

Currently, taxpaying United
States textile mills pay 321a
cents per pound of cotton
and foreigners "a cents. The
difference Is made UP by the
Federal Government in the
form Of an export subsidy"
Of 812 cents. The argument
between the administration
and Congress has revolved
around the amount of the
Subsidy" to be also given to
United States textile mills,
i.e., whether to spend a colos-
sal amount of money or only
q stupendous amount. I rec
ommend that the export sub
sidy be reduced to Az cents
per pound and the subsidy
to United States mills also be
AZ cents. This would accom-
plish the following benefits:
Raise world cotton prices
as much as ~ cents per
pound. Decrease domestic
cotton prices AZ cents per
pound. Minimize costs to the
U. s. taxpayers. Create good
will and economic benefit to
other cotton exporting ma
tons, reducing their need for
aid. Provide an interim solu-
ton and compromise until q
two-price system can be en-
acted. Increase domestic con-
sumption of cotton.
The above action would
not necessarily reduce raw
cotton exports Of this coun-
try. Very few foreign coun-
tries are in a position to
rapidly increase their cotton
production except at prices
much higher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Cuba and Hot Pursuit

1t Is understandable that more than
a few voices in Congress have called for
policy of "hot pursuit" in answer to
Wednesdays Cuban MIG Jet attack on
an American shrimp boat disabled in
international waters. Together with
Defense Secretary Mcnamara, however,
President Kennedy-while sternly warn
ing the Castro tyranny against engaging
in incendiary adventures with its Soviet
supplied fighter planeS-has properly
cautioned all Americans that the facts
surrounding this particular incident are
rather obscure and that judgment must
be reserved accordingly.
Thus, to begin with, the two occu-
pants Of the shrimp boat have knocked
down initial reports indicating that they
had been subjected to sort of near-miSS
rocket assault. Their impression-self-
admittedly not too clear-iS that the
attack, or harasSment, involved ma
chine-gun bursts fired a considerable
distance off target, but quite close
enough to brighten them acutely. AS
for Fidel CaStro'S notwithstanding Red
dictatorship, 1t has "categorically" de-
MED that its MICS shot at the craft, and
this leaves one to wonder whether the
pilots might not have been Just trigger
happy characters bent upon having a
little "fun."
Whatever the truth of the matter,
the President has made one thing I'M
niStakably clear: The Defense Depart
ment Is under orders ito insure that
action will be taken against any vessel
or aircraft which executes an attack
against vessel or aircraft of the United
States over international waters in the
Caribbean" Meanwhile, as Mr.. Kennedy
has suggested, emotional reactions ought
to be kept in check until 1t can be de-
termined whether Wednesdays trouble
"was an isolated incident, the result of
a pilot decision, or was a deliberate
decision by the Cuban government which
forecasts other attacks. I would think
when we have got clearer pattern,
then we could make judgment on
whether hot pursuit should be carried
out to the shores of Cuba"
Actually, of course, If 1t is found
OAAoS VAC SdoO4O 4CS1A1AC-W1III VI
the Kremlin'S bleSSing-has decided to
use MICS and other Soviet weapons
against our country and the hemisphere
as a whole, then mere "hot pursuit" will
be insufficient. Bombing attacks on
Communist CubaS airfields will be re-
quired in addition, If not an invasion.
Moscow is thinking of that possibility.
At any rate, in a speech apparently
designed to make Americas flesh creep,
Soviet Defense Minister MalinovSky has
luridly warned that any such action
against the Kremlin's man In Havana
would lead to a nuclear holocaust in
GENERATING the United States and all its
allies
Well, II Premier KhruShchev is as
mowledgeable about Americans as he
sometimes seems to be, he should tell
Marshal Malinovsky that the United
StateS-even at the risk of a cataclysmic
war-will do whatever 1t deems necessary
to preserve its freedom and uphold its
honor in a world surfeited with Com
munist threats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Indiana Dunes

The unwarranted attack Of
Congressman Halleck (Rep.
Indiana) upon Senator Paul
H. Douglas motives in in
PRODUCING a bill to save the
Indiana Dunes as q national
lakeshore area for all of
America is completely mis-
leading.
Senator Douglas. the fear
less and intellectual giant
from Illinois. champions the
right Of Mr.. and Mrs. Average
American to enjoy the I'M
spoiled Indiana Dunes that
stretch along the shore Of
Lake Michigan.
In doing so, he is stead
tasty promoting President
Kennedy's conservation pro-
gram calling for the creation
of q national lakeshore park
In northern Indiana. and
Secretary Of Interior Ste
wart Udall's Endorsement OF
this program. Seventeen
other Senators who co-spon-
sor his bill follow his long
time leadership in conserva-
ton and economy.
Brilliant economist that he
is, Senator Douglas is guard
ing not only the interests OF
his own constituents but
those OF the entire Nation.
Should this industrial harbor
be permitted TO despoil the
dunes. the taxpayers would
pay the $25 million cost for a
port which he feels is not
economically feasible.
The few hundred Jobs
which might be available In
the resulting fully automated
steel mills could not COM
pensate for the loss OF this
never-to-be regained stretch
Of sand and sky.
Mrs. Fred Y. HetzeI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Safe Place to Walk

Physical fitness is good
and no doubt walking so
miles q day may help the
Marines. but for the majority
Of us here in Washington we
would like to be able to walk
more freely about the streets
and feel safe In doing so,
just going about our normal
activities.
I would therefore like TO
suggest that the President
and others In authority put
their minds on this more i'm
portant problem Of safety in
walking about the city
streets. instead OF so much
emphasis on 50-mile hiking.
A. L. Wood
-
The number Of criminal
assaults. robberies. etc. re-
ported on this city's streets
In the past few months is
putting all OF us on edge. II
is no secret that a great
number of these offenses are
perpetrated by juveniles.
There have been many
solutions offered, but In my
opinion. the real solution
lies In the home. This is
where a child's habits for life
are moulded. and It is up
10 the parents whether these
habits will be desirable or
evil. Kyran w. Conner.