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old musical instruments and
rugs. Many handmade ar
ticles will be on sale.
Tickets may be obtained
in Moorefield at the Hotel
Mcneil. the Home Demon
stration Agents Office and
the Hardy County Public Ii
brary. The library will re-
ceive the profits from the
tours. The hotel is tour head
quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-30
MOOREFIEID.

MOOREFIELD, W. Va.
(SpeciaD. - Several historic
homes in the Hardy County
panhandle area will be
opened for tours for the first
time September 1929 in con-
junction with the States
centennial celebration.
One attraction, Woodlawn
Farm at Lost River, dates
back to 1850. Its doors were
heavily timbered and studded
with nails to repel Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-30

out, with a new bathouse and
surrounding terrace for sun
lovers. Swimmers will choose
their best at q Labor Day
meet with ribbon awards.
Also on Labor Day the Sy-
mington Memorial Prize
awards will be made,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-30

i2z4 2 81. PRINCE GEORGES PLAZA coRl
WHEATON PLAZA CAPITAL PLAZA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27

0A(A5(Ns Miles, OCk. 90
Martin Luther King, jr., has
a dream. So does william J.
Simmons.
Mr.. Kings dream is Of Negro
equality and he Is pursuing 1t
in the city streets across the
South. Mr.. Simmons dream Is
that one day Congress will pass
legislation requiring separation
Of the races. And he is pursu-
ing It in the White Citizen S
Councils and among white cit
liens in general.
Mr.. Simmons, q big man
with a bristling mustache. is
the kingpin Of the Citizen
Councils Of America, an organ
ization started In Mississippi
and dedicated to preserving the
Southern way Of life that used
to be and that, in large part,
still is in Mississippi.
Gathered here with Mr.. Sim
mons this week end are about
200 representatives from Cit
liens Councils in IS states, all
dedicated to the proposition
that the South's segregationist
views shall prevail.
White Supremacists
The theme that runs through
all their sessions Is that in
unity there is strength. They
firmly believe the tide Of inte-
grafton viii be reversed and
they believe that the Nation will
swing politically to the conser-
vatives.
Their speakers are the
South's white supremacists-
Mississippi's Gov. ROSS Bar
nett; 1t. Gov. Paul B. johnson,
who is in line to inherit the
Barnett mantle next year; for
mer Mai. Gen. Edwin A. Walk
er. who led Federal troops into
Little Rock in 1857 and who as
| a civilian was arrested by Fed
eral officials during the rioting
at the University Of Mississippi
last fall. They hear 1t. Gov.
Johnson's disclaimer that Mis-
sissippi is hurting the image Of
the United States abroad.
They talk about Mississippi
running the image =. those peo-
pie in Africa leaning on spears
and sharpening their teeth on
rock to tear human flesh
meyer heard Of Mississippi" he
remarked.
This is the m material that
brings enthusiasm while the
delegates are dining and chat
ting at public session. In their
workshops, closed to the press,
they are laboring diligently on
three major drives: organizing
the Caucasian citizens. boycott
ting the white merchants who
give in to Negro demands, and
political action aimed at GUST
ing the Kennedys.
Hope to Organize Whites
Their aim is to organize the
white people Of the Nation as
. the Negroes have organized
themselves. They frankly say
that the biggest thing theI
have going for them at the mo-
ment are the Negro street dem
OnStratiOns.
In the words Of Mr.. Sim
mons, the drive by Negroes ha'
Opened the eyes Of the Whit
people to the real nature o.
this thing-it's not Just into
grafton, it's q revolution, 9
drive for power"
The Citizens Council leaders
believe they are readin g tho
white reaction to the Negro
drive Alright, and that the time
lis ripe for a major organiza-
tional effort among the whites
Council members are not pop
ular with integrationists. bul
that doesn't particularly disturb
them.
: Roy v. Harris, former speak
er of the Georgia House, salt
he's used to being called
bigot, a racebaiter and a few
other epithets. Mr.. Harris, whit
is president of Citizens Council
of America, said he is happy il
/. the belief that ives right
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Blast in Nevada ests
Atom Detection Device

Test directors had been in
the Fallon area for more than
two weeks, assuring residents
the shot would not stimulate
any earthquake tremors.
Fallon was hit by three
earthquakes in July, August and
September of 1854. which tum-
bled buildings and homes at
both Fallon and nearby Still
water.
Fallon residents fears
S tie m m e d from the fact the
blast took place adjacent to the
same earthquake fault which
caused the devastating 1854
tremors.
The seismic instruments EN-
ployed in checking the blast
will be used as m o nitors to
check for any violations of a
test ban a gre m t, If and
when restrictions on under
ground detonations are put
into effect. If such devices
prove successful, there would
be no necessity for on-site in
spections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Segregationist Leaders See
Nation Swinging Their Way

The movement started In the
delta country of Mississippi.
The first one was organized So
days after the Supreme Courts
1854 S school integration deci-
sion, by Robert Patterson. q
cotton and cattle farmer and a
one-time captain of the Univ
ersity Of Mississippi's football
team.
In addition to its organizing
activities, the headquarters
puts out q newsletter and pro-
duces the Citizens Council
Forum, a weekly program pre-
pared free for radio and televi-
sion.
Mr.. Sim mons. q 6-foot s.
inch, 215-pound 46-year-old
former accountant, firmly be-
heves national law requiring
segregation will be enacted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Florida Women
Reguins Voice :
After II Years

MIAMI. Fla, Oct. rs (AP).-
Mrs. William A. Wade, who has
been unable to speak normally
for II years, has regained her
voice.
She told the Miami Herald
that her ability to speak re-
turned August 10 after an in
lection Of a substance called
Teflon at the Michael Reese
Medical Center In Chicago. It
took about 80 seconds, she said.
Mrs. Wade, Sc, Of Boca Ra-
ton, Fla, said she lost her voice
at 80 when the nerves Of one
vocal cord were paralyzed dur
ing an operation. She said she
learned to speak a word or two
in a hoarse whisper by expel-
ling air through her throat.
From Chicago, DR.. Robert B.
Levy told the Miami Herald
that Teflon, the same material
used to coat greaseless frying
pans, had been used II times in
similar operations and each
was successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Pope Says Peace
Must Be Sought
Without Politics

VATICAN CITY, Oct. &c
(AP).- Pope Paul VI said to-
day the church. in the search
for world peace. must not be
committed to any one political
direction.
At an audience for governing
members Of the Pax Christi
movement, the Roman Catholic
ruler said:
"In the context of the epoch
in which we live one has
abused the word peace to
make 1t serve. unfortunately. In
putting one man against an
other. instead of uniting
them"
He said the peace that must
be sought is that which your
movement legitimately carries
as its name: the peace of
OIlTlSC.
Such a title always obliges
you to make the necessary dis
tinctions in order not to COM
init the church in any political
di@ction, safeguarding the le-
climate liberty Of choice in the
political and intellectual fields
where temporal peace is con-
Structed."
Pax Christi is largely a Eu-
ropean movement to promote
peace. Its president is Maurice
Cardinal Feltin. archbishop OF
Paris.
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and If our ancestors hadn't
practiced segregation we
wouldn't be white"
Loosely Knit Group
The Citizens Councils Of Amer
lea is a loosely knit organiza-
ton of relatively autonomous
units scattered across the
country. with most of them in
the South. The headquarters is
in Jackson.
Mr.. Simmons operates out of
an office Just across the street
from the Governors Mansion
and is sometimes described as
the power behind the throne in
Mississippi.
Mr.. Simmons estimated that
there are about 100000 mem
bers Of the Citizens Councils,
about 100000 Of them in Mis-
sissippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
z Liquor Agents
Killed in Raid

BRENT. Ala, oct. &c
tAP).-Two Fedeal liquor
agents were killed and two 9TH
er persons wounded in a gun
battle Friday night at a dance
hall suspected of selling moon
shine whisky.
Dead are Ralph Holt, SO, and
Joe Cooper. IS. glnned down
after serving q search warrant
on the operator. Tom N. It'd
well.
The two victims were agents
with the alcoholic tax and to-
bacco unit out Of Tuscaloosa.
They were with two othe +
agents and a State officer on a
raid Of the establishment.
Harold Hartraft, ABC agent
said TtdweH opened fire on the
two men with a pistol.
Tidwell was then shot al
least twice by officers. Mr.
Hartraft said. Tidwell was TAX
en- to a hospital in Marion.
A woman, Sally Perry. about
80, was wounded in the arm.
Mr.. Hartraft said the off,
GERS were looking for moon
shine whisky at the dance hall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Reds Unchanged,
Johnson Warns

HARTFORD. Conn, Oct. 26
(AP)-Vice President johnson
said today that the signing Of
the nuclear test ban treaty and
the Soviet request to buy Unit
ed States wheat do not signal
the end Of the cold war"
Speaking at a $100-a-plate
Hartford Club breakfast for
United States Senator Thomas
j. Dodd. the Vice President
said I'VE can be certain the
Communists have not aban-
doned their dream of world
domination"
He said there Is not a re-
mote possibility that the Com
munistS have had a change of
heart, but "for scrne reason
have decided to change their
tactics.'S
This sis not a question of
whether we do or do not trust
the Communists. 1t is a ques-
ton Of whether we correctly
gauge their tactics and respond
Sensibly," he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
SHRIMP (OCEAN-TYPE) CAUGHT
WEARING COLLEGE CLASS RING

MOBILE, Ala. (AP).-A fishing camp operator Bill
Rice tossed out trawl pulled in shrimp wearing
1860 Spring Hill College class ring with the initials
ID. B. H"
After Mr.. Rice's find yesterday a reporter checked
with the Mobile college and learned there were 126
graduates in 1860. One David Brown Hirshburg jr
who was working in store here
Eyes, lost my class ring about month ago.. Mr..
Hirshburg said Il think lost it on the college golf
course"
Told it had been found on a shrimp in Mobile Bay,
Mr. Hirshburg decided he had lost the ring about
month ago when was fishing for speckled trout. I
always wash my hands the side Of the boat and 1t
must have slipped off my finger It's million
chance that ring ever found"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27

SAND SPRINGS TEST
RANGE, New, Oct. rs (AP).-
The ground jumped six feet
and a tingling shock wave
rolled along this desert testing
ground today, signaling the
successful completion of the
Project Shoal underground nu-
clear blast.
Witnesses a half-mile from
the blast area saw the ground
directly above the detonation
point puff and contract after
the shock, creating q huge os-
trich plume of desert dust,
which the wind slowly dis
persed.
The blast, a charge equiv
alent to $4,000 tons of TINT,
went off on schedule at the
bottom Of a 1,200-foot shaft
drilled into the Sand Springs
testing range, % miles east of
Fallon in West Central Nevada.
Detection Test
The explosion, near an earth
quake fault, was intended to
detect differences betwee n
man-made earth disturbances
and natures earthquakes. The
blast at 10 am, Pacific Day.
light Time, was recorde d or
seismographs at Berkeley
Calf, more than 200 air miles
distant, 81 seconds later.
More than 200 Atomic Ener.
gy Commission, Defense De
partment and military person
mel witnessed the explosion
Busy transcontinental UniteC
States Highway SO was closeS
to traffic for a half-hour be,
fore the shot. The road run
!, five miles north Of the SanC
Springs range.
Traffic was lined up at road.
blocks along U. s. so. Drivers
and passengers gathered out.
side their cars. trying to catch
a glimpse Of the explosion ovel
the rolling desert hills.
! No Mechanical Slips
Acc officials had feared tht
shot might be delayed because
of weather or technical diff.
culties. There were no mechan.
ical slips. The we ather wal
clear and warm with a slight
easterly wind.
In Fallon, residents did no
feel the shock, although the
were prepared and were slightly
apprehensfve about a possible
blast-cauSed earthquake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Mexico Dropping
SIS Tourist Fee

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26
P).-Mexieo is eliminating
the IS fee now charged all
tourists visiting Mexico for
less than 80 days. it was an
nounced yesterday.
Although officials estimated
the move, effective January /,
could cost the government SIS
million a year in such fees,
they hope it will encourage
more tourist travel and thus
offset the loss,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
40-Pound Locks

VILBERT, Germany-Among
the oddities displayed in VII
bert's Key Museum are a q
foot-high lock that weighs 40
pounds and locks and keys from
ancient Babylon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Walker Sees Kennedys
Iiquidotinq: U.S.. WAY

torney General Robert Ken
nedy is a liability to the free
world"
He said "Kennedy's liberal
ism is the best definition I can
find today for communism"
Mr.. Walker said that the
United Nations must be dis
solved. Everything is affected
by the U. N, even the sugar on
your table," he said.
Gov. Barnett told the dele
gates that the white people
must unite to win the fight
a gainst indignation and for
conservative government.
He urged other States in the
South to go along with MiSsis-
sippi and Alabama. which have
strong moves toward an "un-
pledged presidential elector"
plan.
Strong Pact Urged
'If six Of seven States could
do that we would hold the bal
ance Of power" Gov. Barnett
said. He said the States need
to form a pact strong enough
to crush the enemy before they
cursh U.S."
IF we have unity among the
officials Of the South we could
be the balance Of power in this
Nation" he said.
The aim of the unpledged
elector plan is to keep either Of
the candidates of the two ma
jor parties from getting a ma
jority of electoral votes and to
throw the ele ction into the
House Of Representatives,
where each State would have
one vote.
II believe the Congress would
elect q conservative" he said.
Among the names he men,
toned were Senator Harry P.
Byrd, Democrat Of Virginia,
and Senator Russell, Democrat
Of Georgia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 26 -
F Former Mai. Gen. Edwin A.
Walker today accuse d Presi-
dent Kennedy and former
President Eisenhower of "liqui-
dating" the United States Gov
eminent.
Mr.. Walker, who was accused
of instruction after riots last
year at the University of Mis-
sissippi-charges which were
later droppe d-spoke before
the Citizens Council of America
convention here.
Gov. Ross Barnett told the
delegates to the Leadership
conference" that If six or seven
iSouthen States banded togeth-
er they could control the next
presidential election.
Mr.. Walker loosed criticism
Of the administration, the
United Nations, integrationists
and the press.
The Kennedys have liqui-
dated the Government of the
United States. 1t no longer ex-
lists the Constitution is well
on the way to destruction" Mr.
Walker said.
Mrs. Nhu Praised
He declared that Gen. Essen,
hover also did much to liqui-
date the Government" and said
II can assure you he doesn't
stand for the Constitution Of
the United States"
The former general, who re.
signed his commission aftei
being relieved of an oversee.
command for methods he USED
in matchmaking his troops
against communism, had some
kind words for Mrs. Ngo Diem
Nhu, South Wet Mans con-
troversial first lady.
He said the administration
ave Yugoslavia's Communis'
President Tito the red carpe'
treatment while Mrs. Nhu wa
given the brushoff.
II believe Mrs. Nhu came on
the winner in spite Of TIT
press" he said, .s
Mr.. Walker said the Coimnu
nistS control South Wet Nan
now and Its Just a question
of when the Kennedys get out.
He claimed that the Stat,
Department "if infiltrated will
Communists and has been fol
some time"
In his diatribe against tn
administration he said that At
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-12-05
Badly Needed, An Item Called
FAITH

The trouble with the right-wing
movement in this country is that
the ultra conservatives have little
faith in our system of government.
They continually preach the
gospel that it is subversive to talk
disarmament w it h communist
leaders because we cannot trust
them and they are certain to get
the better of us over the bargain
ing table.
We do not trust communist
leaders either but we fail to see
what will be gained by refusing
to discuss the possibility of peace
full coexistence. The alternative
is war, and this would make
theological argument academic.
The survivors of a nuclear con-
flict would be too busy remaining
alive to worry about which type
of government was guiding their
destinies.
We are not convinced that be-
cause the communists are dedicat-
ed to their theology there is no
hope of persuading them that war
must be outlawed, or that in do
ing so we would lose the battle for
mems minds. Through the forum
of the United Nations we have as
much opportunity as our enemy
to convince the world that our
system of government is superior.
Americans with abiding faith in
our destiny have no hesitation in
engaging in open debate with the
puppets of the Kremlin or in.
working and praying for peace. ~
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-12-05
We're Still Seen BY Others
AMERICAS LlTERACY TESTS

The other day the Mayor Of New
York, Mr.. Wagner, called for the
abolition of literacy tests for city
voters, arguing that Spanish was
for all practical purposes the sec
ond language of the city. Even
divorced from any political mo-
tive the Mayor may have had, his
suggestion is significant, for 1t
touches on wider issues, particu-
larly the enfranchisement Of the
southern Negro.
In New York itself the problem
is caused by the vast and con-
stantly growing population of
Puerto Rican immigrants who, be-
cause they are born American
citizens, escape the requirement OF
the naturalization procedure under
which applicants must demon
strate "an understanding of the
English language" There are, of
course, enclaves of Chinese, tIal-
ians, and others who inherited
their citizenship or were never
naturalized and who speak barely
any English, but their numbers
have declined since the war. The
days are gone when whole COM
munities spoke nothing but Ital-
ian, Polish, German, or Greek.
Only the Spanish speakers - the
Puerto Ricans in New York and
the Mexicans in the South-sur-
vive as a noticeable challenge to
Americas powers of absorption.
Local politicians are now used
to wooing them in their own Ian
guage, and parts of New York at
election time might be mistaken
for Latin country. Mayor Wag-.
ner would accept this, and his
reasons are understandable, but
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-12-05

Below is a letter we had con-
sidered ignoring. We print it
now because we feel it illus
trates a point worth making.
Here is man once important
in the world of journalism His
daily column was reprinted IN
hundreds of American news
papers. Here is a man who has
taken full and free advantage OF
the RIGHT of Freedom of the
Press. But he has never con-
sidered in the past, nor in this
letter, his DUTY to tell the pub
lie the truth.
1t is more with sorrow than
anger that we must point out
Peoler has seldom hesitated to
print as fact the fouIest of rum
ours, the crassest of vulgarlty.
Wiser heads have long observed
that ne has always jumped from
wrong opinion to a much more
inaccurate conclusion.
For years the American
people read this sort of tripe for
which Pegler was paid untold
sums.
Only Quentin Reynolds had
the courage to sue Peeler and
make him pay for some of his
foul writings.
In our younger days, this edi-
tor read Pegler with awe and
respect. Now we must agree
with a fellow editor who said:
eff PeeIer liked me, I'd resign
from the human race"
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rt. 6, Box 292, Tucson,
Aug. /, 1868
Dear Mr.. Jones
l have just read in Editor and
Publisher the story of your fight
with one Seay. You both seem to
oe punchy but that is beside the
point. The E. and P. says Mr.. Seay
is a ''Birchite" and collateral stuff
ia this incompetent piece of re-
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-12-05

there is good case on the other
side. Voters who do not learn the
language of their country must
form their judgments in the dis
torting mirror of any faction that
takes the trouble to WOO them. A
broader perspective is almost in
evitably denied them.
However, merely to maintain
the literacy tests is to maintain
Injustice in the southern states,
where they have long been used
as deliberate means of excluding
Negroes from the polling booths.
deliberately framed questions that
would take the brightest intellects
are put to Negro applicants, while
whites are registered with the bar
est formalities. Most efforts to
tackle this problem have been
thwarted by invoking the consti-
tutional right of states to lay down
their own qualifications for vot-
ers, and also by pointing to New
York as place where the effect
would be to enfranchise voters
without a knowledge of English.
The solution to both problems
appears to be contained in the
Civil Rights Bill that President
Kennedy vainly put before Con-
gress last March. 1t would have
laid down that in Federal elections
completion of sixth grade school,
ing (normally achieved at about
twelve years of age) would con-
stitute presumption of literacy.
This, if passed, would prevent
states from manipulating the lit
eracy tests for special purposes
but would also ensure the voters
were in a position to assess the
issues on which they had to pro-
nounce4The Times (London) H1
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-12-05
Midlothian Mirror The Untindness of Penn Jones
I'VE THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD"

porting indicates that you called
him out for making a speech which
you didn't hear. You seem to have
acted on hearsay from an imma-
ture and unqualified witness who
got his bigotry against the freedom
of the American people from you.
Judging by the background in
Who's Who of the judge whom you
tried to thrust upon the high school
princiapl, l suspect that she was
trying to cut herself a slab of vul-
gar, demagogic publicity and pro-
mote herself to higher pay, per-
haps to the Supreme Court. 1t does
not appear that this obscure but
inveterate politician has been off
the public tit very long in very
long time | would like to know
how much tax money she has
drawn in all her years and how
much she has paid in taxes.
l note that you produced a docu-
ment indicating that your adver-
sary once was convicted and fined
for having been present in Demo-
cratic Party headquarters? Or was
it a place of resort like Polly
Adler's in New York which was
the poon-tang parlor patronized
for years by the elect of your poll
teal party's White House and
cabinet riff-raff? Would you say
that you have never been inside
such a place or would you take the
Fifth? Or would you say you were
lust waiting for a street car!
Even if the answer is yes would
that disqualify you forever to
condemn and oppose traitors in
and subservient to the Democratic
Party? l remind you that son OF
David Lloyd George recently pub
lished a work depicting his old
man as the most disgusting old
fanny -pincher and chippy-chaser
of his time. Still, he won a war
for Britain and history paid off on
that.
Your party's mahatma tried to