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The chronicle., 1963-11-11
Confused Program

The foreign aid bill. is reported
TO be in trouble, inasmuch as there
are strong signs that the Senate
is in a mood to trim sharply the
request for money to translate
programming into expenditure.
The reason the proposal is in diff
ficulty, of course, is that a con-
siderable number of Americans
have become fed up with the pour
ing of billions upon billions into
foreign lands every year. Further
more, they have let Congress know
of this resentment.
Despite the cases made out for
foreign aid by its most enthusiast
tic and persuasive supporters,
there is reason to believe that no
harm would result - that the
theoretical good the program &C
complishes wouldn't be lessened-
if we just skipped foreign aid for
a year. Or, at least really trimmed
this years proposal to the bone
and then extracted some of the
marrow. This reason is that the
Agency for International Develop
ment already has more money on
hand than it can possibly disburse
to effective purpose.
Rep. Otto Passman D-La.),
an Appropriations subcommittee
chairman, says that AID has ac-
cumulated uneXpended funds
amounting to $7.46 billion-or al
most twice what is proposed for
the pending program. These funds
are "obligated" for future expend-
iture but the obligations r based
on the wish of aid bureaucrats to
hoard funds and not related to ac-
tual costs.
"This practice" says Rep. Pass
man, mot only confuses the pro-
gram, but it also has confused the
The chronicle., 1963-11-11

Der school board was reflect
ed which had refused to accede
to demands of the local branch
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People that alleged existence of
racial imbalance in the schools
be acknowledged.
One does not have to become
involved in the civil rights
controversy itself to recognize
that there are deep-seated feel
ings involved and that party
lines will be broken at the pol
ling booths in 1864, too, as a
result of the debate on racial
questions.
Naturally the national Demo-
cratic leaders, including t e
President, give the press state
ments of comment on the latest
election to indicate that they are
satisfied or that they made
gains" They point, for in
stance, to a Democratic mayor
being elected for the first time
in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as
a victory in Youngstown, and
call it a tide"
But the professional COM
ments do not erase the figures
and the shifts that were noted
throughout the country. For
many months now the Demo
Gratis have been trying to create
the impression that Mr.. Kenne-
dy would win in 1864 by a
landslide. The election returns
this week, however, do not in
dictate any such tide running. In
fact, there is evidence that the
civil rights" issue, as well as
unemployment in scattered but
important areas, has produced
a voter discomfort that cannot be
brushed aside as irrelevant.
The Democratic National
Chairman, John M. Bailey, in
his post-election statement in
sists that Republican efforts to
drag civil rights into the arena
of partisan politics failed to
bring them victory in the north
ern city of Philadelphia and in
the border state Of Kentucky"
The chronicle., 1963-11-11

If l could just get permission
to abandon my status as 'pro-
hibited immigrant and get
back to Kenya, | could make
my fame and fortune right now
as a playwright. The about-to-
become free nation (uhuru in
December, or bust) is trying to
get somebody to write a morali-
ty play about Dedan Kimathi,
the last Of the Mau Mau leaders,
as portion to the freedom fes-
tival, and no playwright - at
this moment, anyhow has
come forward with a script.
The bulletins from Nairobi
are really rather pathetic. The
The chronicle., 1963-11-11
Sylvia Porter. %.
Price Stability Priced

We in the United States are still in
one of the most remarkably prolonged
periods Of comparative price stability in
modern history.
What is happening here is not infla-
tion - in the sense that initiation is a
bread upsweep in prices due to the pres
sure of too much money seeking too
few goods.
What is happening here is not della
ton = in the sense that deflation is a
broad d%ownsweep in prices due to the
pressure of too many goods chasing too
few dollars.
Your cost of living is still rising, yes
primarily because of increases in the
cost of such services as medical care,
auto insurance, household maintenance
but the climb in a full year has been
less than l per cent. The buying power
of your dollar is still slipping, y es,
but at a rate far below the rate Of rise
in your total paycheck.
We have been in a cycle of neither
fnflation-nor-deflation for years and we'll
remain in it during the months direct
ly ahead.
Because of the recent wavelet Of
price hikes, there is considerable con-
fusion about what's going on. Here's a
simple question-answer report to clarity
the picture.
O.: Exactly what is happening to pric-
es in the U. S. now?
A.: Some prices, which have b e
weak in the past several years, are firm
ing at last. Many prices which had
been unofficially cut below list levels
through discounts and IDEALS are back
TO LIST.
AT the same time there have been
price markdowns to offset the markups.
Many price hikes announced during the
wavelet" of September October already
have died a quiet death in infancy.
What has occurred so far is welcomed
by most objective economists as a sign
Of a healthy, solid economy.
O.: What do the indexes show?
A.: In contrast to the scare headlines,
stability.
The consumer price index is sticking
around 1871 less than l per cent above
the fall of 1862. This means it costs
$t.07 to buy the marketbasket of goods
and services that 81 bought back in 1857
50 - hardly major initiation.
AT the wholesale level, the s~teadiness
The chronicle., 1963-11-11
Frontier Wise Cracks

mark he referred to Governor
Henry Bellmon Of Oklahoma as a
"screwball."
That isn't a very becoming
way to speak Of farmers and
Governors who don't share the
governments viewpoint and it
isn't the sort Of thing to win
friends and influence voters for
the New Frontier. But it's a New
Frontier characteristic to be glib,
funny and clever.
The chronicle., 1963-11-11

The old saying about sticks
and stones breaking bones but
mean words not having such a
disabling effect comes to mind as
the result of some cute remarks
made recently by Orville Free
man, the Secretary of Agriculture.
The Secretary said that he has
run across some plain nuts"
among farmers who don't agree
with the administrations farm
proposals. Getting more specific if
not more personal in another e
The chronicle., 1963-11-11

lived like an animal for years
in the high BUSH, and was known
during the emergency" for his
brutality.
| can add a little 10 Mr..
Yomghusband's report on the
new saint. According to the
book, 1.-THE Hunt for Kimathi,"
written by the cop who finally
caught him, Ian Henderson, XII
mathi was a murderouS psyche
path who possibly killed 1000 OF
his own people, mostly by
strangling, for pleasure and
from suspicion. The rest OF the
time he seems to have spent
rustling cattle when he was not
talking to the Kikuyu gods from
his favorite "mugumo," or sac
red prayer tree.
l hereby submit a short treat
ment for the play.
Act One opens with KimathI
seeking guidance under the mu-
gumo fig, and then cuts swiftly
to a succession of scenes which
will last several weeks, if you
figure that on his best days
Kimathi could only strangle two
or three dozen of his loyal
acolytes. The monotony will
be relieved with cattle raids and
attacks on old settlers and ma
tive villages.
Act two shows Kimathi on the
lam, accompanied by the last
handful of his henchman, and
one loyal, if slightly battered,
woman. He is holly pursued by
Henderson Tin black face), a
squadron Of cops, a few batta-
lions of British troops, strafing
aircraft, and members Of his
own gang who have seen h
light and detected to the ranks
Of the so-caIled loyal" Kikuyu,
and now operating with the
pseudo gangs, whose white
members wear burnt cork.
Act Three would be very poig-
nant. It shows the wounded XII
mathi being brought in, de-louS-
ed, washed chow those freedom
fighters used to Smell) and then
Summarily tried for 1900 or
5000 murders. The hanging is
then showed in grimmeSt detail.
including the last religious rites
administered by the prison chap
lain. Whether Kimathi accept
ed any spiritual aid is doubtful.
Mostly the tough Mau Mau died
singing Kikuyu war songs, and
threatening to get even with the
executioner In the hereafter.
One spirited lady member of
the gangs actually bit the execu-
toner.
The chronicle., 1963-11-11

WASHINGTON, - No matter
what the Democratic Party
spokesman say publicly, they
are fully aware that Tuesdays
elections across the country In
dictate less popularity for I'll
Kennedy administration than had
been assumed from p%ublic-opi-
MON polls.
The President himself took a
chance when he went to Phil
adelphia to campaign for e
Democratic Party'S nominee for
mayor. Maybe he saved Mayor
Tate from defeat, but the fact
remains that in 1855 the Demo
Gratis won by 1872, 900 majority
and in 1859 by 30, 900, whereas
this weeks majority is only
about $1,000. Mr.. Kennedy car
ried the city by $50, 1000 in 1860,
and he needs at least 200, 900 in
Philadelphia in 1864 to over
come Republican maiorities
throughout the state.
Indiana showed a return to the
Republican side in various cities
that are usually Democratic. Re-
publicans were elected as may
ors in 81 cities in comparison
with Democratic mayors in 40
cities. This contrasts with a pre-
vious ratio of II Democrats to
81 Republicans.
In New Jersey, the Republi-
cans not only held their MAORI
ty in the state senate but pick
ed up four more seats and al
so won a majority in the state
assembly, which had been Dem
Ocratic.
In Kentucky, the Democrats
won the gubernatorial race by
only about $4,000 votes, as
against Democratic majoritieS
of 1SO, 900 in 1859 and 1913, 900 in
1855.
So, on the face Of it, t
Democrats are in trouble in
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New
Jersey and Indiana, whose COM
bined electoral votes in the 1860
election amounted to II. This is
a stable bloc by itself, but the
same trends may emerge in
other states.
President Franklin D. Reose-
welt, whenever the elections in
off years seemed to 60 against
him, used to say this was d Il e
to ''local issues and "local"
candidates. This is to a large
extent true today, but there can
be no doubt that, in this weeks
election, local issues with ma
tional overtones did have much
to do with the outcome.
Thus, in Philadelphia, an al
most solid Negro vote was cast
for the Democratic mayoralty
nominee, as was also a large
percentage of certain minority
groups sympathetic to the Pres
ident's stand on the civil
rights issue. But the overall
losses sustained by the Demo-
Gratis due to resentment over the
handling of racial questions UNI
doubtedly reflected something
more than a local condition.
In Kentucky, too, the racial
issue was prominent in the vot-
ers' minds, as indicated by the
agitation over an executive or
der issued recently by the in
cumbent Democratic governor
prohibiting racial discrimination
in public accommodations.
Even in Boston, a five-mem-
The chronicle., 1963-11-11

keep In constant economic an
xiety members whose record for
high public service Is an unar.
guable part Of current history
would well suit the book Of this
set of critics. And current Con-
gressional pay literally means
near-poverty for all save the
members of independent wealth
or separate income.
When a man must maintain
not one but two homes; when he
must contribute beyond his real
means to every charity "be-
cause it is expected of him.;
when he must educate his chill
dren and run expensive
campaigns for reelection - this
man is an economic victim in
an affluent society.
"Well," it is said, eff they
don't like the pay they can al
ways quit. Nobody made them
60 to Congress" And also it is
said: "LotS Of these fellows in
Congress aren't worth what
they are getting already"
But this sort of infantile log
ic = is a poor excuse for I'M
fairness. It is an unfairness,
moreover, that is dangerous for
the country itself. For to follow
such logic to the end would
mean to close the doors Of Cong
resS to ali but the wealthy I'M or
the tricky ones who know h 0 "
to become wealthy in very I'M
pleasant ways.
To put Congressional pay at
the level where men there could
60 about their high jobs free
of financial fear - and free Of
financial temptation, for they
are human, too - would be the
best and Soundest investment
the people Of the United States
could make, even IL it cost
double or triple what the pres
ent proposal would cost.
The chronicle., 1963-11-11
Williom S. White :
Pay Hike Too Small

WASHINGTON. - A bipartis-
an Congressional committee has
at last had the courage to rec
ommend a bill for an increase
in the salaries of members of
the Senate and House from
$22, 500 to $3.50 a year.
1t is not an adequate raise;
the minimum should be $50, 900
a year, which would be, per-
haps a tenth Of the annual take
of one of the junior glamor girls
Of Hollywood. But, perhaps I'M
derstandably, everything being
considered, not quite enough
CUTS is to be found in any Con-
gressional committee to propose
what really ought to be done.
For even the suggestion for
this very modest increase in the
pay Of the men who collectively
hold the life and honor Of this
nation in their hands is meeting
q bowling chorus Of complaint
from two sets Of critics.
One set is made I'D Of econo-
mixers whose horizons are so
punched and small that they
honestly believe a member Of
Congress should be content with
less pay than can readily be
earned by a good wholesale
salesman in, say, cosmetics or
beer. Of this set, no more will
be said in this column, for their
opposition is in good faith, how
ever wrong it may be.
But the second set Of critics
IS made up Of people who know
perfectly well that in today's
world and at today'S cost Of liv-
ing it is absurd to maintain
SO penny-pinching an economic
ceiling on men chosen to write
the laws Of this country. These
fellows, in short, are not really
concerned with saving tax mon
ey. Instead, they are tireleSsly
concerned with cutting down
Congress, as an institution and
as the sole truly representative
forum left in this nation, by
every means that comes to
hand.
These are the two-bit cynics
who demand reforms which
would in fact slowly destroy
Congress and finally elevate the
bureaucrats as our u~ndiSputed
masters. These are the ones who
cry up every real or alleged
Scandal" involving Congress,
without waiting to hear a word
of the evidence and with pitt
less disregard of the old-faShion-
ed notion that even elected poll
ticians are entitled to the pre-
sumption Of innocence until prov
ed guilty.
These are the professional
moralizerS - about the sup
posed poor morals Of Congress
and the professional finger
pointers at somebody elSe'S hui
man weakness. These are the
self-righteous prigs whose COM
passion for themselves -espe-
cially when it comes to taking
care to see that their own in
comes are always more than
merely adequate - is so all
consuming that they have no
time for compassion for others.
To starve out Congress - to
The chronicle., 1963-11-11
ToduY's Scripture

But God said to Jonah, Do you do
well to be angry for the plant? And
he said, | do we'll to be angry, angry
enough to die.-Jonah DO.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-30
Garden Club Urges
Planting Of Many
Grape Myrtles

KEYSVILLE, Aug. 29-Crape
myrtle trees are blooming ex-
ceedlngly we'll this season in
spite Of the severe drought in
the area. The trees pl an t e d
along King street in Keysville
look particularly pretty.
This project was begun under
the sponsorship of the Keysville
Woman Club some years ago.
and the Keysville Garden Club
is still encouraging each home
owner on King street to pur-
chase at least one of these hand
some shrubs for the front of his
property.
Robert Howard. nurseryman
from SAKE, has promised to
come to Keysville during the
fall planting time. to give adj
vice concerning the PROBE ct.
Mrs. B. H. Baldwin is chairman
for the garden club.
IF everyone would take time
to see these beautiful shrubs on
King street." Mrs. Douglas My
ers, Jr.. president of the Keys
vile Garden Club, said, leach
home owner would want to own
at least one shrub in watermelon
red!'
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-30

win, joined her Sunday and she
returned home with them in the
afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. E. H. Grayson,
of Radford, visited her sister,
Mrs. O. w. Crenshaw, Monday.
The annual Methodist Sunday
School picnic was held Wednes-
day evening at Briery Country
Club.
George Rockwell. Of Chase
City, visited his aunt and cous-
in. Mrs. Frank HALEY and Mrs.
Zillah H. Shafer, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Hammer
and children, Jimmy, Joan and
Peggy. vacationed at Virginia
Beach, this week end.
Mrs. Robert Eagar and Mrs.
Roy Gee, Of Bowling Green.
were week end guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Bowman and
attended the Southworth- Gral-
ami wedding at the Farmville
Presbyterian Church Saturday
afternoon.
Guests on Sunday of Mrs. D.
S. Gaukding included Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Gaulding, Of Rich
mond, Mrs. Luther Lewis and
daughter. Betty Lou, and Har-
vey Johns, all of Victoria.
Entertain at Coffee
Mrs. j. A. Upton, Jr., and
daughter. Betty Hodges, enter
tanned at a coffee in honor of
Mrs. K. L. Maxwell, Friday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. wilkinson
and daughters, of Kenbridge,
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. Lyle, last Wednesday eve
ming.
Mrs. R. H. Pettus visited her
aunt, Mrs. Ellen T. Apperson, in
Richmond, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest F. Fai-
son. Of Richmond, visited Mr..
and Mrs. John R. Hurt, Sunday.
Trooper Douglas Myers. Jr.,
made business trip to Wash
ington, D. c., Wednesday.
Keith Herring, of Durh m,
N. C., and new science teacher
for Randolph-Henry High School,
Is making his home at Kent
wood" this winter.
w. E. Mason. Jr.. left Thurs
day for football practice at Elon
College where he plans to enter
the freshman class beginning on
Sept. Is.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-30
Several Attend Homecoming At
Bethel Baptist Church, Sunday

KEYSvHLE, Aug. q - Mrs
E. c. Shotwell, of South Boston
and Mrs. H. R. Pettus, of Rich
mond. visited their sister, Mrs
J. C. Priddy, this week end
They accompanied another sis
ter. Mrs. Julia H. Arvin. AND
nephew. Aubrey Arvin, Of Lu-
nenburg. to the annual home.
coming at Bethel Baptist
Church. Rough Creek, on Sun
day. Miss Rebecca LIE Compile
Of Richmond. Mrs. ttu S
granddaughter, also went with
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Smith and
sons. jeff and Christopher. Of
WinstOn-Salem, N. c., were
week end guests of her step
father and mother. Mr.. and
Mrs. o. w. Crenshaw.
Mrs. illah H. Shafer made a
business trip to Farmville on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Browning
and daughter. Lynn. Of Fairfax
were week end visitors of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Duffer.
Mrs. Mercer o. Clark enter
tanned at bridge in honor of DR..
and Mrs. K. L. Maxwell, OF
Mount Pleasant. Mich, and
Mrs. Lloyd McCorkle, of Roa-
noke, at Maple Roads," la ST
Thursday evening.
Mrs. R. w. Gravely, of Dan
vile. visited Mrs. j. A. Upton
Jr.. and Miss Betty H. Upton,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Lyle va
cationed at Mays Head, N. c.,
late last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Gowing
of Charlotte Court House, visited
friends here. Saturday.
Miss Helen Sue Tuggle return
ed to Norfolk, Last Sunday, after
visiting her mother, Mrs. H. T
Tuggle, for week.
The Tuesday evening bridge
club met with Miss Martha
Brookes. this week.
Arlington Visitor
Mrs. Sadie Lands. of Airing
ton. visited her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. A. w
Thompson, late last week.
Miss Louise Ponton, of On
tario. returned to Salem. Sun
day evening, where she will
teach in the public schools, this
session.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lacy Dodson. Of
Chase City. and Mr.. and Mrs
Hubert Dodson, of Middleburg
visited Mrs. Lacy Dodso
brother-in-law and sister. Mr.
and Mrs. w. E. Mason. Wednes.
day evening and remained for a
picnic supper on the lawn.
Mrs. Hazel Perdieu is vaca
tionlng this week in South Caro-
lima and Georgia.
Miss Jane Larson, who spent
the summer at her home in
Lacy Springs and attended sum-
mer school at nearby Madison
College. has returned to Char
lotte county and is spending the
winter with Mr.. and Mrs. j. H
Walden.
Mrs. A. B Chandler. of Yer
sailles, KY. and Mrs. Campbell
Epes, Of Blackstone. visite
friends here on Monday.
Miss Lorraine Hurt was q
week end guest of her aunt
Mrs. William NJ. Comstock. il
Richmond.
The Monday evening bridge
club met with Mrs. Zillah H
Shafer. this week.
Returns Home
Miss Heather Arvin. of Rich
mond, visited her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. E. NJ Arvin, las
week. Miss Arvin's father ant
brother, Edward and Earl Ar
The Detroit tribune., 1963-01-05
Society Dongs Mny Belle Rhodes
Golden WAAng Anniversary

having turkey with IL palatable
side dishes. There was much mer'
rimcnt when all had assembled
as the Charles Joneses. the Russ
ell Estell's and their two children
Lucius Watkins. Jr.. the NJ. Terry's
julius Watkins, Jr., and Mrs. Art
hur W. Rhodes.
The Current Topic Study Club
is giving their 2nd Annual Mary
Belle Rhodes Scholarship Tea,
Sunday, January 20, 1868, at
Great Lakes Building Auditor
ium-840l Woodward Do come
and bring a friend. you will really
enjoy every minute you are with
US
Scotch Avenue Ncighborhood
Club gave their annual Christmas
party at the home Of Mrs. Marie
Tay lor Saturday evening. All
members brought guest who
we're delightfully."- happy TO be
present.
A delicious repast was served
and social games were endulged
in.-Mrs. Matte Watkins, presl-
dent.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-01-05
ChrysIer Builds
Special Pace Car
Versions Of 300

Plans for building special pace
car versions of the Chrysler
300 cars we're announced today
by {. +. Briggs, vice president
Chrysler Motors Corporation and
general manager of the Chrysler-
Plymouth Division. They are
scheduled To be available in
Chrysler dealer showrooms in
mid-January.
The cars will be equipped as
duplicates of the 300 converts.
bic chosen to pace the Indiana
polls Memorial Day 50O-milc race.
They will be available as CON
vcrtible or two-door hardtop.
The interiors Will have front
bucket seats, oenter console
with compass and center storage
compartment and a pace car me-
dallion on the glcve compart-
mcnt door They also will have
special exterior chr0 me trim.
There will be ST. trong identi-
fication in these cars with the
indianapolis race, thc nations
Number One motor sr orts event."
Mr.. Briggs said. We feel that
many of our customers will want
this kind of an automobile, with
its unsurpassed reputation for
superior performance"
The standard cngitlc for the
Chryslcr 800 is a 305 horsepower
va with a 383 cubic inches dis
placement. A 800 horsepower,
4l3 cubic inch high pc rformance
engine is available as an option.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-01-05
EVENTS IN THE
sports
M'Ox'.llI
By WALTER B. HOKE

For many years George Alt
man, Chicago Cubs outficlder has
battlcd aginst all kinds OF
stumbling blocks If il wasn't in
jury then it was coaches. He fl
nally ovcrcame nine different
coaches on one team to become
a regular on the Cubs
George is a Stock-market train
ec in the off-SeaSon He is a grad
uate of Tennessee A & When
he first entered Tennessee A &
/ they didn't have a baseball
team SO George a Ga, 205 pound
cf played basketball He built
quite reputation as a basket
ball player
During his college career he
played occasionally with Josh
White and Clarence Wilson, two
Harlem Globctrotters.
After graduation he was off