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AMERICA'S VERY SACRED APPOINTMENT DREW PEARSON EDITORIALS THE DAILY PRESS NEWPORT NEWS HAMPTON WARWICK, VA WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAV 30, 1956 Chief Farm-Act Benefits Lie In Future The farm bill which the President has just signed provides little in the way of a thoroughgoing solution; but it should aid in cushioning the economic hardships and social dislocations incident to the industrial revolu-v tion which is at the root of the American farm problem. jt Farmers now get a promise of more help Washington, new programs to boost farm incomes. The soil bank plan, set in the new law, means 1.2 billion dollars a year in either type of support have failed to curbt excess production on the nation's farms. This' has focused attention on the soil bank as the crop-control method. Some people question whether the soil bank will curb output very much.

These skeptics say farmers will increase yields of acres left in production by giving their crops more attention and more fertilizer. The year 1957, when the soil bank is to be in full operation, should provide answers to this and other questions being raised. As the farm planners sec it, by the time the 1957 harvest is in they will know whether this idea can be used to solve the problem that has baffled the experts since the 1920s. The new farm law represents such a balance of compromise as to afford neither party occasion for much political crowing. For both Democrats and Republicans it is far from the kind of farm bill they wanted and fought for.

But they recognize it as the best they could get. The administration retained its "flexible" price supports but was forced to settle for higher support levels. It obtained a soil bank program but without the sought-for preelection advance payments denounced by Democrats as out-and-out -vote buying. This reluctant truce on farm legislation brings to a conclusion one of the sharpest battles between the White House and Congress of this administration. The farm problem remains a top campaign issue, with the Republicans taking heart over recent improvements of farm price levels.

But the Democrats will remind the farmers that the Republicans had promised to help them sooner. Looks like a standoff to us. government cnecKs to iarmers ror taxing land out of crops and planting it in trees and 5 grass. 'J But not many farmers will get checks this year. It's too late in the planting season for many to change plans and divert acres 1 into the soil bank in 1956.

Nor may farm-- ers expect their wallets to be fattened by the full amounts of the payments in 1957, when the soil bank is expected to hit its full stride. The reason is that farmers must take land out of production to get the soil bank payments. Thus they will be short whatever income the land would have produced. A major por-: tion of the payments will go to make up this shortage. The fact is that the soil bank plan is a fr long-range proposition.

Its aim is to reduce production of crops now in surplus and thus shut off the flood that keeps pouring into government warehouses. When this is done, and surpluses now in store have been worked off, farm prices should rise. Thus the real payoff is at least three or four years ahead. In Washington, the old argument over whether price supports should be rigid or flexible continues. But there is agreement that the crop controls that go along with THE WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Washington.

The House government operations committee has been probing, rather gingerly, into the ramified operations of Gen. Joseph Swing, Ike's classmate at West Point, who as immigration commissioner got a modest-salaried Mexican maid sent from the border to Washington, and also keeps his daughter on the federal payroll at $4,500. Latest Swing wrinkle probed is the general's plan for the defense of the Mexican border a job which falls under the. Defense Department, with the advice of the State Department. By no stretch of the imagination is it the job of the Immigration Service.

However, Swing, a military man, has two generals working for him Gen. Frank Partridge- and Gen. Edwin B. Howard. Their minds naturally run in military channels.

So, at about the time General Swing's classmate, General Eisenhower, and the president of Mexico were meeting in White Sulphur Springs to congratulate each other on the peaceful amity of their two nations, Swing's generals were evolving "Plan for the defense of the hitherto peaceful Mexican border. None of the immigration generals will talk about Plan but it provides for an elaborate system of roadblocks constructed from telephone poles and railroad ties; demolition squads; huge pits in highways; machine-gun emplacements: and a volunteer militia of 8,000 men recruited by the border patrol. When queried by the House gov-ernrnent operations committee about Plan General Swing's office replied: "The matter is classified." NOTE The United States has long boasted that it has the longest peaceful, undefended borders in the world. SENATOR BRICKER DUCKS A secret session of the Senate commerce committee was about to get under way when Chairman Warren MBgnuson (D-Wash) noticed that one of the members had stepped into the next room. "While we're watting," Magnuson said with a grin, "We have an important matter here to occupy the committee's He then read a resolution from the Duck Hunters' Association of Stuttgart, Ohio, inviting the committee to send a delegate to a duck-calling contest.

"Oh-oh," piped up Ohio's G. O. P. Senator John Bricker, who had kicked up quite a fuss after several of his Ohio hunting friends had been nabbed by the Fih and Wildlife Service for luring -ild ducks with corn. "Don't nominate me to go or Drew Pearson will be after me for duck-baiting!" LOBBYISTS CALL SHOTS The scene was the Senate chamber.

Two lawyer-lobbyists sat in the gallery listening to the solons debate whether New York state or the private utilities should get the Niagara River's turbulent hydroelectric power. Six years earlier the U.S.A. had agreed with Canada on how to divide the valuable water between the two countries for power Canada had gone forward to build a successful power plant on her side of the Niagara. But on the American side there was only Five privately owned power companies coveted the choice Niagara site, but New York's Gov. Averell Harriman wanted consumers to get the benefit of low-cost public development.

So did Robert Moses, head of the New York State Power Authority and a Dewey appointee. The Senate was about to vote after lobbyists for the five companies had pulled strings, buttonholed senators for days. In the Senate visitors' gallery sat Manning Shaw, lobbyist for the National Association of Electric Companies, beside Harry Slater of Syracuse, attorney for Niagara Mohawk. "Well, it's all set." Shaw whispered, "I just talked to Ives and Knowland and Bush, and tomorrow Bush will move to recommit at 4 o'clock. There'll be an hour of debate, so they won't vote before 5 o'clock.

That'll give us time to get Bridges and Flanders back in here to vote for recommittal." The attorney named Slater looked skeptical. "Oh, Len Hall's with us," Shaw reassured him, "and Knowland's been working the telephone to get these guys back in here." With the backing of three influential senators and the Republican national chairman, Shaw pointed out, the Senate was almost certain to send the Niagara power bill back to committee without approval. But the best laid plans of mice, men, and lobbyists sometimes go awry. Bridges of New Hampshire was present next day, but Flanders of Vermont wasn't. Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut did offer a recommittal motion at precisely 4 o'clock.

But it was soundly beaten, following an hour of debate, by a vote of 49 to 39. Seconds later, the Senate passed the bill authorizing public development of Niagara by New York State and sent it to the House. The lobbyist named Shaw knew what the score was regarding the time, the senators, and the length of debate. The only thing he didn't get was the final score. MERRY-GO-ROUND It was Warren Biscailuz, son of Sheriff Biscailuz of Los Angeles, who got Jimmy Roosevelt embarrassed over premature news of his third marriage.

Young Biscailuz, Republican, works for Congressman Roosevelt, Democrat, and let drop the fact, when he shouldn't have, that Jimmy was going to marry his secretary, Mrs. Gladys Iren Owens. The man who led the Senator Lyndon Johnson forces in the recent Texas Democratic convention was none other than John Connally, one of the chief lobbyists for the gas bill in Washington last Winter. Republicans are mapping an all-out campaign to capture the Negro vote in They're not missing a trick. Postmaster General Summerfield has even drawn up a detailed list of Negro postal employees who have been promoted under Republican rule.

He's sending their names to the Negro press as evidence that the G. is pro-Negro. The Republicans also have launched an undercover whispering campaign in Harlem, and other big Negro centers that "a vote for the Democrats is a vote for Senator Eastland of Mississippi." ON THE RECORD A Question Of 'Personality' By DOROTHY THOMPSON Mr. Byrd Helps Save States' Rights On Labor Senator Byrd never goes at it half way. In preparing to aid the successful "states' DAVID LAWRENCE Too Much Guesswork In U.

S. Deals With Kremlin Every one of the 29 state highway officials quoted by Senator Byrd in his statement favored rejection of the amendment requiring Davis-Bacon ratcs pointing out that its application to the highway program will increase the cost in other programsas Senator Byrd already well knew: An example of how this Davis-Bacon act works (Seator Byrd said) recently came "under my personal observation. Employees hired for construction of a hospital in my relatively smalt city of Winchester had to be paid at rates prevailing in the Metropolitan area of Washington, D. 75 mile away. The result was simply less hospital.

The rate was fixed arbi-. trarily by the (federal) secretary of labor here in the midst of federal bureaucracy at Wash ington in accordance with the Davis-Bacon act. There was no demand for the Washington rate in Winchester. There was no reason for it. The result was Winchester got less hospital and its economy upset.

Senator Byrd doesn't always win on every fight he makes, but he never fails to make a thorough job In preparing for it. Washington, May 29. When the Soviet government wants to make a psychological move and weigh the probable impact on the people of Britain or America, they call in Messrs. Burgess and McLean, who know intimately the Western democracies their gullibility and their political viser to Adlai Stevenson, think it's all right to abandon the peoples behind the Iron Curtain. Potential trouble for the Moscow regime, however, is embedded in the satellite states and among the people inside Soviet Russia who still believe the United States will not forsake them.

ings can be avoided in the future will depend on public opinion in the West. Only public opinion can give the Western governments solid ground to stand upon in refusing to participate in such meetings." General Twining, chief of the U. S. Air Force, probably will go to Moscow for the air show next month along with air generals from Britain and France. But if the Russians invite the U.

S. joint chiefs of staff as a whole and the invitation is accepted, then the Russian chiefs will want to come here, too. It would mean also that Khrushchev and Bulganin would feel that the United States could not fail to invite them. A number of military missions from Soviet Russia then would probably go This would aid the infiltration This would ai dthe infiltration propaganda of the Soviets. All this in the face of the fact that 16 nations which made military sacrifices to support the United Nations in Korea cannot even get permission for a general or any other military officer to visit North Korean camps where the armistice has been violated, especially in'build- But when the United States is Dr.

Vladimir Poremsky, presi- confronted with a move that could dent of the National Alliance of affect the psychology of the peo Russian Solidarists an oreaniza ples behind the Iron curtain, nobody with a knowledge of the processes of reasoning of the Russians sits in at the top councils. Decisions usually are made here on the basis of what American officials think is or will be the Russian reaction. GO OR NOT GO Thus, today there is a big problem facing decision by the United tion that carries on underground activities in the Soviet Union-flew to America a few days ago and, in a copyrighted interview in U. S. News and World report this week, he discusses the recent visit of Khrushchev and Bulgan-in to England.

He says: "I think Khrushchev and Bulganin have a double aim. The first aim, which we consider the main one. is to consolidate their states government. It is whether to open the way for the United- nrestiee within. thekrown coun- ri T.

-ft i it mi rights" fight in the Senate yesterday to kill I the Chavez amendment to the highway bill requiring that Davis-Bacon Law federal wage standards shall be required on all fcderal-! aided road programs, Mr. Byrd obtained 4 statements from state highway officials in 29 states showing that wages at Davis-Bacon law rates would increase costs all the way up to 38 per cent in one state (Arkansas), Vir-f ginia Commissioner of Highways J. derson was quoted by Senator Byrd as saying Davis-Bacon amendment rates would in-crease the labor cost in this state from 20 to 25 per cent, resulting in over-all increase in construction cost, of approximately 10 per i cent of the nine million dollars proposed to be spent in Virginia. A New Fire Chief The promotion from assistant fire chief of Thomas C. Sparkman to chief of the New-Si port News fire department as the late Gar- land A.

Powers' successor was, in our opin-; ion, a wise action. Mr. Sparkman had been acting as chief for' quite a while due to Mr. Powers' ill health. fy I Moreover, Mr.

Sparkman had been in the department for a number of years and had risen through the ranks. He had made special studies of modern firefighting methods, and had been in charge of training members of the department for some time. He holds the respect of his subordinates, and we are confident he will, justify City Manager Biggins' choice of him for this important as-signment. Mr. Powers' death last week followed a considerable period of heart illness which I compelled him, most of the time, to be in- active.

It seems strange that so often useful men are stricken at the very time of their lives when they should, normally, be most useful; yet such is fate sometimes. The Newport News fire department has developed a great deal since Mr. Powers assumed its command. Much of this has been due to his vision and leadership. No man is indispensable, and Mr.

Sparkman will carry on the work he has been doing; but Mr. Powers' untimely passing nevertheless is a blow to the comrades he so long led in the prevention of fires, and in combatting those that occurred despite preventive measures. niaies joini cmeis oi sum 10 visit try oy snowing meir people tnar. ing up ainieias. ine neutral sup- they are being well received ervisory commission of the U.N.

Memorial Day Unity This day (May 30) is observed as Memorial. Day in all states except a few in the South which originally selected other days as the occasion for decorating the graves of soldiers killed in the Civil War and have never changed them, as Virginia has. The custom of a Memorial Day originated with the Southern States and was copied scatteringly and on different days in some Northern states, all in the spring, for natural reasons. Memorial Day was first observed in the North on May 30 in the year 1868. John A.

Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, started the custom by ordering that flowers be placed on the graves of fallen Union soldiers on that day. May 30 was selected because on that day the last Union soldier was discharged. The "general observance of Memorial Day expresses a deepening gratitude for the unity which Americans have been building together ever since the 60s and a truly national, rather than sectional, affection for the heroes of that epoch of American history. To this has been added the nation's regard for ail its war heroes, who are now honored on May 30. What better way to demonstrate to the world that we Americans are one people? Moscow and to let the highest military commanders of the Soviet regime come here.

On the face of it, Hie American mind sees nothing wrong with it just another means of creating a better "climate for peace." But the men who have knowledge of the Russian underground the emigres who have fled from behind the Iron Curtain are constantly warning that the United States must not appear to be giving sanction to permanent rule by the Moscow tyrants over the satellite states and a continued enslavement of the people of Soviet Russia. Ever since the Geneva Conference of 1954. The Moscow government has been playing up the idea that the United States accepts the "status quo." in Eastern Europe. Many Americans including George Kennan of the Truman administration's policymaking group and now an ad- abroad, and to use this prestige to stifle domestic opposition. They strive particularly to deprive their people of the hope of support from the free world.

"Their second aim, which we regard as secondary, is to try once more to deceive the West, in accordance with the Leninist line to which they have now returned. Lenin was very optimistic concerning the possibility of fooling people in the West, because he though that there were many fools there." "What is your opinion concerning the wisdom or the unwisdom of the Geneva conference?" He was asked. Here is his reply: "I think that, because of the prevailing atmosphere in the world today, because of everyone's fear of war, it would have been difficult to avoid the meeting at Geneva. Personally. I would rather it had not taken place.

Whether or not such meet- has given up all hope of being able to go into North Korea. ADVICE NOT SOUGHT Yet visits by American military men to Moscow are applauded in free America in certain quarters, and there is a steady drive encouraged by many well-meaning persons to invite Khrushchev, and Bulganin to come here. In propaganda the Soviets are outmaneuvering America largely because they have men in Moscow who understand the Western democracies. But in Washington evidently the Russians who have turned on the Kremlin and who understand Russia are not consulted when policy decisions are being made that could vitally affect the psychology of the peoples behind the Iron Curtain. Small wonder the "cold war" is going against us.

(Copyright, 1936, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Ervin Jr. (D-NC) referred to a recent Supreme Court decision which, struck down state laws dealing with sedition and subversion. But Senator John M. Butler (R-Md) pointed out in the nominee's defense that Sobeloff as the highest legal authority of the Justice Department had presented an argument in line with Ervin's own thinking. VIEWS OF OUR READERS' SOBELOFF AND THE SENATE By RICHARD SPONG Victory Arch Plaque To Its Builders Needed i There is no denying a decided change for I the worse in the appearance of the land surrounding Newport News' Victory Arch and no longer does it command a handsome tree- shaded avenue up which marched literally thousands of returning World War I service men.

What is often mislabeled progress has Speculating about why Ike is is apparently undefeatable is the dreary theme of his political opponents. "What has he got that others don't have? Is he a master mind? If re-elected he will be the oldest President to have occupied the White House, and he's had a bad heart attack. Can anybody say that his foreign policy is succeeding? The questions are usually answered by whoever puts them. "It's just personality." "WELL, THIS happens to be a country with a "cult of personality," though it never would have canonized Stalin. Nor does it idolize Ike.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the recipient of far more adoration than President Eisenhower has. Conversely, F. D. R. was the object of an enmity that no one feels toward Ike.

The President, were the question put to him, would answer 1 that he is sure he has nothing that many other Americans don't have; that he knows many men who could, in his opinion, be excellent presidents: that he is certainly not a master mind, and is only doing the best he can; that he also thinks his age and physical condition are handicaps, but he's been completely honest about them, and something tells him, as well as his doctors, that he's going to be all right; that the foreign policy is, in all truth, encountering difficulties, but what changes of substance would you propose? And these answers, in agreement with his opponents, would only send his stock up! What President Eisenhower has that none of his opponents has to the same degree is a representative American personality. He is optimistic come hell or high water. This, which would infuriate some countries, of Hampton; for it was close by where the famous battle occurred: that changed our naval history, in fact all the battleships in the world. The time has come for the citizens of the cities of Hampton. Newport News, and Warwick to vote for the name they want, should the three cities be consolidated.

My choice will be "Hampton Roads," a proud name already world renowned. A. J. HOFMANN, USA, Refd. 152 Melrose Hampton, Va.

notably France, where to be anything except pessimistic, and despairing is taken to indicate moronity, is a personality "must" in America. Mr. Stevenson quoted Kipling's "Recessional" at the last Democratic convention, but prophets of doom don't go down well. F.D.R. had this trait in common with Ike.

"We have nothing to fear but fear." Ike is often sober, but never somber, and "the voice with the smile wins." The President is not a high brow, "but don't let anybody kid you he's dumb." This, again, is representative. In America if a person has a lofty intellect he will gain friends by concealing the fact as far as possible. Americans dont want a "com-tnon man" for president. But they don't want a too uncommon one either. They associate themselves with the presidency, and feel safest when someone is there who is like themselves, only more so.

The President is a pragma-tist, a believer in the only native American philosophy, ly summed up in the phrase "the thing that true is the thing that works." And if the thing doesn't work, try something else. One may argue (as this column has) that this is philosophy with many pitfalls for men and nations. But no one can argue that, whether they could so describe themselves or not, the representative American approaches all questions pragmatically. It is the only approach he trusts or understands. Ike doesn't hate anybody.

This, too, is representative in a country that feels instinctively that in one composed of so many races, nationalities, and potential strains, tolerance is a primary virtue. "Give 'em hell Harry" awakened more amusement than convention, because people realized that his bark was stronger than his bite. IKE LOOKS American. Although it is hard to distinguish a single feature to set him apart from anyone of North European stock, he would be immediately recognized as an American anywhereand an exceptionally good type of American. In short, Ike's whole personality is completely representative, utterly familiar, and therefore creates a feeling of security.

"If he doesn't do too well, n-body else is likely to do better," people say. IWOIT Established 1896 Published Mornings and Sunday by The Daily Press, Inc. 215-17 Iwenty-tifth Street NEWPORI NEWS, VIRGINIA Telephone 7-1231. Hampton Bureau Warwick Bureau 117 N.King St. 34S Warwick Road Phone Hampton 3-3366 Phone K-1551 Williamsburg-James City Co.

Bureau Duke ot Gloucester St. Telephone 72 Gloucester-Mathews Bureau Gloucester I elephone 3-1100 United States Solicitor General Simon E. Sobeloff's nomination to be a judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit went before the full Senate ijudiciary committee on Tuesday.

A vote is not expected until trie following Monday. After almost a year, President Eisenhower's nomination of Sobe-loff to a federal judgeship is just getting ofl the ground. Even so, a bitter and possibly protracted contest appears to be ahead. ARGUMENTS against Senate contirmation of the appointment were to be marshaled before the judiciary committee bv Senator Ohn D. Johnston (D-SC), one of several Southern senators who have been most articulate in opposition.

A judiciary sub-committee on May 24 voted to report the nomination favorably to the full committee. Johnston had told ihe group that Sobeloff's speeches have shown "a judicial philosophy wholly foreign to the American constitutional concept." Johnston alleged also that Sobcloff possibly had violated conflict-of-interest principles in a Baltimore bank case in the 1930's. But the real opposition to Sobel-off, in which Johnston is joined by the chairman of the judiciary committee. Senator James O. Fastland (D-Miss is based on the ground that as solicitor general he had "strongly advocated integration in public schools." President Fisenhower ted the Sobcloff nomination to the Senate in July, 1955.

South Carolinians at first declared that tinder the traditional rotation of judgeships the appointment should have gone to someone from their state, not to Sobcloff, a Mary-lander. Prior to his confirmation as solicitor general in February, 1954. Sobeloff was chief judae of the Maryland Court of Appeals. He had been U. S.

attor ney for Maryland and city solicitor of Baltimore. A hearing on the nomination was postponed indefinitely in the dying days of the 1955 session when Johnston and Eastland asked for a delay to "study" Sobeloff's qualifications It is generally understood that Sobcloff turned down a recess appointment. President Eisenhower resubmitted the nomination on Jan. 12, 1956. Sobcloff on May 5 finally was heard by the Senate sub-committee.

He noted that whereas the Supreme Court handed down its school desegregation decree in May, 1954, three months after he became solicitor general, he had not participated in arguments until the following December. And then he urged the court to permit gradual compliance. "Many Southern papers at the time," he recalled, "complimented me for the moderation of my argument." SORELOFF TOLD the subcommittee he would never turn a court into a law-making body and that he had always "emphasized the piinciple of separation of powers in the government." In opposing Sobeloff before the sub-committee, Senator Sam J. DRUMBEATS It is impossible to exist 'without incurring varying' degrees of risk. The people of this nation (Britain) cannot spend all their time in bed.

British Judge Sir Wintringham Stable. You know that if I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything. Author William Faulkner.

taken over this section of Newport News and the structure dedicated to the eternal memory of the nation's war heroes now stands shabbily, hemmed in by commercial activity. It may be too much to ask at once that this area be returned to its former dignity and that the Victory Arch be rebuilt of permanent materials as a lasting memorial to the American service men of all wars. But one necessary thing at least could be done without further delay. That is to put a plaque on the arch that would inform the passerby something of the circumstances under which it came into being. On the north pillar there is a memorial plaque listing the names of 32 citizens of the Peninsula who gave their lives in World War I.

We suggest that a companion plaque, stating that the arch was officially dedicated Sunday, April 13, 1919 and giving the names of the designer, builder, and other persons responsible for its construction, be prepared and installed on the south portal. Nowhere is this information readily available and it seems that the very least that could be done now is to record these vital statistics for the benefit of posterity and so to honor the countless greatful Peninsula zens who gave of their time and treasure to build the arch in the first place. This generation has welshed on its obligation sufficiently as it is. It might be well to recall the words of the late Samuel R. Buxton on that dedication day 37 years ago: "What the arch represents is as eternal as the everlasting hills," he said.

"Its foundation is laid in the love of a grateful people and the superstructure which has been raised thereon is the outward expression of gratitude of many thousand hearts." We do not have the right to forget this, or to obscure it. Editor, the Daily Press: For some months now there has been a constant cry from across the bay objecting to the use of "Hampton Roads" as the name for the proposed consolidated cities. Who has a better right to give the new name than "Hampton-ites?" I wonder if our neighbors have ever studied Peninsula history. There was the leader, Miles Standish, who first walked in this area, and many others who made our history. If you will take your car, and drive over our roads you will find many tablets which give brief history.

The one I like best is that which tells us that Hampton is the oldest continuous English speaking community. Another one I am equally proud of tells that Hampton had the first free public school. Another proud Christian faith builder is St. John's Episcopal Church. It has the oldest church silver service set in use in the entire United States.

Hampton was first destroyed by fire in the War of 181? by the BritisR. It was next destroyed by fire in 1862 to prevent the Yankees from having shelter. Patrick Henry, who spoke the never-to-be-forgotten words "Give me liberty or give me death," is associated with Hampton, The battle of the "Monitor" and "Merrimac" is also connected with the city MEMBERS OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Preta ia exclusively entitled to use for publication ail newa dispatches credited to tit or not otherwise credited to this paper and alio local news published herein, All right ot publication of ipecial dispatches are also reserved. 1 National Advertising representatives. Sawyer-'Fergusoa-Walkei JOO Park Hew York City.

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