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The Register: Danville, Nov. 17, 1962 Council Performs A Service The people of Danville should know, item in the proposed- state budget anc we think, that the series of budget stories answers any questions from those as has brought them information of what sembled. The information is confidentia City Council was being asked to consider governing bodv takes final before the 2eaon. It is the first time such information has been made available to the public at least for many years in Danville. Surely it is a vast improvement over the old system when the contents of the proposed budget largely remained a mystery, since the published synopsis, required by law to be printed, was but a broad outline not the milk in the municipal cocoanut.

This newspaper has been able to provide the detailed budget information, or such of it as has been contained in the several comprehensive news stories, because two members of City Council Finance Committeeman Jomr W. CARTER and Mayor JULIAN R. STINSON thought the people should know what they, as Councilmen, were considering before decisions were made. Other members of the governing body, we are confident, agree with these views of Councilman CARTER and Mayor STTNSOST on the point of the advisability of informing the people of what has been proposed before the Council disposes of all the items. For some reason never clear nor justifiable in our opinion, the policy here has been to give out no information other than the synopsis and then to hold a public hearing at which few citizens have any idea of what is in the budget or why.

And turned up at then, when no one has the Council chamber to express an opinion, the budget is adopted and is effective. Later it may develop that some actions and expenditures made possible by the approved budget are opposed by a substantial number of citizens. It is too late, then, to bring about a change. Citizens are told to wait until next year and get their word in before the next budget is prepared. The plan used here this year is more nearly in accord with the budget 'procedures emplo5 ed in the state and federal governments.

At the state level, the Governor and his Bureau of the Budget prepare. under the personal supervision of the Director of the Budget, a proposed budget About three days before the General Assembly convenes, the Governor invites newsmen to a conference at the Mansion and he personally explains every until the moment the Governor walks int the Hall of the House of Delegates fo his "Budget message." At that moment it is released for publication and the peo pie of Virginia learn what the Governo has in mind for the next two years Legislative Committees then begin hear ings. At such hearings various group come to present their opinions am preferences. It is an informed people wb make requests of the Finance Committees of the House and Senate. Then, afte: these committees have passed on variou provisions, the budget is taken up on the House and Senate floors for furthe: discussion and possible revision before adoption.

Here in Danville, if we are permitted a constructive suggestion, it would be worthwhile for the City Manager, on th occasion of presenting the proposed municipal budget to Council, to hold a conference with news media and explain any part of the budget he chooses. I would give the chief administrative of ficer an opportunity to get to the people his reasons for making certain proposals These would be reported, along with the findings of reporters upon making their own independent examination of the items in the proposed budget. Such a plan, which would be but one step beyond that taken this could well serve the public interest, keep the people informed prior to decisions of major importance by City Council, and also be of some service to City Counci in two ways: First, it would end the business of having the people unaware of what the Council is doing and why; Second, it would save City Council from some mistakes. Nobody is all-wise and above error in judgment. By having the people know what is in a proposed budget, some inquiring citizens will discover a "bug" before it takes permanent form and call the source of trouble to the attention of the Councilmen before they have made an error.

It looks good all around. City Council is to be congratulated on the course followed this year and should be urged to invite the City Manager to hold a communications briefing session at the time he presents the proposed 1964 budget a year hence. The Democratic Party In Mississippi When the JEFFERSON-JACKSON Dinner with the ultra-liberals in New York, bells ring in the South, fewer political leaders are likely to rush upon the Democratic chairmen with S100 bills for seats at the table to hear some New man extoll the virtue of the Brothers Three. One place where they may not hold a dinner in honor of the KENNEDYS, even though they presume to honor the third and seventh Presidents of the United States, will be in the State of Mississippi. Any such dinner in Jackson would be attended only by the federal marshals and federal attorneys in that state.

Democratic Chairman BIDWELL ADAM frankly acknowledges that he would not know to whom to go in seeking $100 to send to Washington. Mississippi Democrats are going to have to follow the lead already established by Democrats in Virginia. When Virginians talk about State Sovereignty, they mean political sovereignty as well. They conceive the Democratic Party in the United States to be a federation of 50 State Democratic Parties. Political loyalty in Virginia is the Democratic Party in Virginia.

It is adherence to this party which determines whether a voter is a Democrat or something else. There were half-hearted efforts by the late BOB WHITEHEAD and, since his death by VIBGIL GOODE in Franklin, to set up something called Democrats and affiliated THE DANVILLE REGISTER All Departments DIAL SW 3-2311 Michigan, Minnesota and the West. But only some union and NAACP members have been herded into the ranks, along with the ultra-liberals on the native heath. Mississippi Democrats will have a sound example in the Democratic Party in Virginia. It stands for the -ound principles which have marked it since it provided the brains and brawn to make those principles prevail in the Western World.

Mississippi couldn't do better than exercise its own powers and demonstrate that however subjected it may be to the federal bayonet and the procedure-jumping federal courts, it is politically sovereign and will go its own way at completely independent of the bureaucracy in Washington and the political manifestations of that centralism. WSULTED 114 OUR fcOOM iGeorgeE. Sokolsky Is The Theatre A Bore? Grows Cheap And Vulgar Thurman Sensing Failure Of Communist Experiment Untaught American History Lesson The coming of the Pilgrims to "Upon the poynte all being to.They are always destined to fail, he New England coast in 1620; na ve alike, and all to doe they violate certain fun- orms a glamorous chapter inU ev thousht themselves in the'damental economic and moral JiiViwt-ir Tha fart that I Liffian HeUman, wrffirig in "Esquire," says that the Broadway theatre is a bore. Hellman but apparently fee women customers like it. I watch their faces; yes, it is the warned who get the ntukv wttikhl.

in this 2ea- might have disgusted, but they not bore The same could be said, in another decade, of Ibsens "Doll's House." The theater is a bore because it has tost tone: it is cheap. It is vulgar. Even when one enters the building, there is no tone, no tem- Dle-like illusiod. There is no orchestra to play before the curtain thril! They would, in this regard Maude Adams as square. Miss Hellman says: I think our preoccupation and 'aloneness' comes straight out of ten-cents Freud Love is a very large theme and unless writers can do it big, they should leave it alone There is much wisdom ia mis, particularly in the current concep- rises.

No lull, no hush. Just a ono fi 0 ve which is really a mis- hullabaloo like in a movie house, the relationship of with hucksters shouting about cold Jove ftat can loyalty, charity, drinks and hat-chicks looking for a adoi at jth physical sex that hat and coat to check. can sometimes be an ugly expres- One sits down and waits. It Js 0n 0 responses to difficult to look through the extravagant stimuli Perhaps be- gram in peace, particularly cause Shakespeare and George happens to be a perfect Bernard Shaw understood love, ance for which the charge for bac ear after year ticket is enormous, so that the; are a ways box-office. They peculiar and particular diaruy more ihart the onlooker can get some moriey.

can ever experience and therefore As soon as the goes up a Yearning that cannot be in come the late ones. Of course, to a degree, pos- they would want their this gift but he was more back, and loudly too, if they were niotional intellectual, required to stand in back: unbl exaggeration of a loud, serious Time ato time noisv musical with the music writ-jone hears the lobby: So wha ten "like some are is Dainted oi; dld lhf rove? fact ttat voTaTa self-jthe composite authors of current sical do not seek to prove prefer to provide is the beginning; ihe second evening entertainment, even act is ihe end. Itislrue that such so. they put the orcfaes- tra on the stage as an extravaganza. After all, that is all fiiat Mirfsfcy tried to do in his burlesque to provide an evening's entertainment.

Audiences, in this country, need what it wants. We are still be retrained. The theater is not for a "Merry Widow." ja movie house. Maybe Rosy could Miss Helhnail makes the point do it better, but the theater is a that in the 1920's, the theater had temple and the opera is the Holy musicals 85 "Music Man," "My Fair lady" and "Oklahoma" have substance and structure. IM they are exceptions.

The public wants it swift meaningless, and loud Oh! How loud! Give the public great writers. Surely in the 1900's of Holies of art. In many opera history. The fact that generally ignored, overlooked and unknown about this landing at Massachusetts Bay 342 years ago is that it marked the first ommunist settlement in America. he main lesson about this settlement that is generally ignored, verlooked and unknown is that lis experiment in communism ailed within three years' time, ror- their very the ilgfjEgshad to turn to what we now as the free enterprise system, Through the years, it would ave it still a aluable lesson to the pupils in he classrooms studying Amerian history if this lesson in the ailure of some peo- call it socialism; there is no eal were emphasized.

Before landing, the Pilgrims ntered into what is known as le Mayflower Compact. Under iis Compact, Plymouth was set jp as a share-the-wealth community. Nobody owned anything. Whatever was produced belonged the community as a They called this system "the, ommone course like condition, and one as good as another. And so, if it did not cut off those relations that God hath set amongst men, yet it did! at least much diminish and take of the mutual! respects that should be preserved amongst them." Instead of a Thanksgiving feast: in the fall of 1622, there was lit-; eral starvation and hopelessly lowj morale.

"So they begane to how they might raise as much corne as they could might not still thus laws that simply will not be violated. "As if they were wiser than God!" and ISlO's, we had even the doors are dosed dur- writera. The American theater)ing the overture. Eecently I wit- degenerated. The writers areiriessed the new mounting of "Die "Meistersinger," a perfection of all the arts, music, dance, painting, demand.

Watch the faces when a pretty girl ends the second act with 1 a sculpture, lighting, and folks walk- dirty word! You would imagine ied in and out. using their feet like the audience would be tired of the theater sounding like a bar-room, dragoons. It is the audience, that gets what it wants. Ray Tucker that they languish in rnisere. At last, after much debate of things, the governor" (Bradford himself) should set War On Affront To Khrushchev May Herald Realignment Of Powers WASHINGTON The Chinese, However, aside from providing acy in all of Asia and to oust the Communists' invasion of India military reinforcement to the i mild and pacifistic Nehru as the signed to every family a parcelli iis own ass GLOOJ.Qil^U bW of land This had very 'for'it made aU ally It could te contemptuous i sporadic bombardments of Chiang' continent, including Tibet, Nepal, Burma.

Malaya, even "the quently heralded a turning point Jin Korea and Southeast Asia did; be a persistent and unrelenting in history. jnot disturb Khrushchev, for they "war of liberation," as he defines Although such a realignment of i did not jeopardize Russia's na his current invasion of Southeast i tin rerv mdustxious as much more! shifts alliances that have His ally's military adventures; Indonesian Archipelago. It was to j-tT-mnfK- T-mTMaWrirl ft fiiTTiino' rvninf in anr! Qrmflwacf A c-ia HiH! n-nrl unreal A-nfinrt corne was planted than other waise would have bene." The Pilgrim offered thanks for, 0 a deliverance from communism with! world forces and relationships tonal interests or upset he a -Teat feast inirnay seem visionary, it has been anc of power between tne two' Mao is also moved and embit- of 1623 I forecast by such American sates- totalitarian states. They were re-'tered by American and Western Then Bradford as Adlai E. Stevenson, ote and peripheral affairs.

to demonstrate that rela- somewhat, "The experience John Foster Dulles and feet, Khrushchev 1 -n T-7- i i TYFmTfiri fir Tncnn and condition." was had I in this comone course REGISTERed MaU The Editor: The Printing Industry of Danville is deeply SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY (in city and suburbs by carrier delivery 35c a week. SINGLE COPIES 6c each. SUNDAY ONLY I5c. DAILY AND SUNDAY mail): One year six months $7.50: three months one month SI.25. All Subscriptions Payable In Advance at Danville, post office as second- class mail matter NOTE: Above rates apply only to Postal Zones 1 and 2.

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Reminiscence sets in early, and a little boy down the block boasts that he can remember 'way back to round TV screens. Education gets more expensive all the time, and Krishna Menon's delayed semester in practical communism may set a new record for costly instruction. They lived under this system from ae desperate, disease-ridden first vinter of 1620-21 until the hungry pring of 1623. Then they changed; to private enterprise. Why? We find the answer in a book written by William Bradford, one of the leading original Pilgrims and sec-' ond governor of Plymouth Colony, entitled "Of Plimoth Plantation." The Pilgrims weren't long un-i der this "comone course and con-i dition," writes Bradford, until "was found to breed much confusion and discontent, and ritardj imployment that would have been' to their benefite and comforte.

iing men that were: most able and fitte for labor and service did repine that they and condition, tried sundrie years, and that amongst Godly and George F. Kennan, the outstanding American authority on Russian affairs. None, however, ex- sober men, may well evince thejpected that the solidarity of the Vanitie of that coaceite of bloc would deteriorate and other ancients, applauded byjso soon, so openly or so bitterly, some of later Tse-tung seems determined taking away of propertie, and bringing in communite into a comone wealth would make them to challenge and affront the dictator at Moscow. proved of them probably ap- lively democratic India can make because they i greater social arid economic prog- served to embarass the United iress than totalitarian China, with States, and to drag us into costly'its regimentation and brutaliza- conflicts. jtion of 600 million subjects.

Our The invasion of India, however, aid to New Delhi, even is an altogether different and Nehru Krishna dangerous episode Should Mao le OT ve imduejriendiiriess conquer this vast subcontinent and gain control of its food, mineral: Until the recent attack on petroleum resources and happy and florishing as if they! the differences between the two that is believed to be his were wiser than God!" Ihad been largely ideological and would equal or This is the story about the Pil-j academic. Khrushchev professed I ceed Khrushchev's stature in grims that should be' taught our "that ceite of Plato's and other dents" is still "applauded some of later times." Men still have the idea "that the taking away of propertie, and bringing believe in "peaceful coexist- nee" on the ground that an- nism would eventually trate greater progress Communist world. He would iriore: A fj an Moscow and Peiping, has slified by President Keny and his predecessors on this scheme is cripple India's economy and democracy in the eyes of than match the Soviet Union demon- military and economic power. and in superiority over the democratic system. Although his sincerity' has been questioned, that was at still survive to carry on the Mao has boasted that China! could afford to suffer 300 in an atomic war, to this total challenge, albeit slowly and reluctantly.

Despite conflicting reports, he communitie into a commone Mao has scoffed at this 200 million, to worke'for other mens wives and and florishing. children, without any were tried many can achieve their world aim onlyilarly The had no more in! times before Plymouth Colony; by persistent war against the have placed any trust in devision of victa'ils cloaths than they have been tried many times "i he that was weake i since. They have always especially the United States. imperialists and capitalists, Dear Abby Assume Otherwise! Abigail Van Buren Mao's policies or miscalculated his aggressive program is incredible. It rivals Khrushchev's misjudgment of Washington's reaction DEAR ABBY: We received an invitation to a wedding.

It was addressed to "Mr. and and then our names. Is it safe to assume that our children are invited? They are not babies. They are 9 and 11 and conduct themselves like a little lady and little gentleman. The people who sent it know we don't go anywhere without our children.

The wedding is to be held in a fine hotel. We think attending adult social functions helps develop poise in children. We will abide fay your decision. MR. AND MRS.

DEAR MR- AND I agree, attending adult functions does indeed develop "poise" in unless they are specifically invited, it develops ulcers in the hostess. Leave the little lady and little gentleman at home. DEAR ABBY: You were right about the honor system not working. And it won't work until the students themselves make it work. And I don't mean "tattling" to the teacher.

If they can put the screws on someone who dresses oddly, why can't they put the screws on someone who cheats? Young people should have integrity and I can see no better way of cultivating it than ostracizing those among their own peers who cheat. I'd like to know what the students think about this. C. A. A.

(Pastor) DEAR ABBY: I am a volunteer Group Wort- leader. I have been a faithful reader of your column for many years. I used some of your letters to help discourage young people from going steady and now I have something for you! It's called The Ten Commandments for Teen- Agers. You are welcome to use it. I never did know who wrote it.

MRS. G. W. SCHULTZ 1. Stop and think before you drink.

2. Don't let your parents down. They brought you up. 3. Be humble enough to obey; you will be giving orders yourself one day.

4. Turn'away from unclean thinking at the first moment. 5. Don't show off when you're driving. If you want to race, go to Indianapolis.

6. Choose a date who would make a good mate. 7. Go to church faithfully. The Creator gives us a week.

Give Him back an hour. 8. Choose your companions carefully. You become what they are. 9.

Avoid following the crowd. Be an engine, not a caboose. 10. Or better still, keep the original Ten Commandments. What's on your mind? For a personal reply, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Abby, Box 3365, Beverly Hills, Calif.

For Abby's booklet, "How To Have A Lovely Wedding," send 50 cents to ABBY. Box 3365. Beverly Hills, Calif. dian pilots are being trained to fly them in Russia. His backdown iri Cuba may reflect his concern over Mao's" ultimate and ulterior aims.

Now, Washington awaits further evidence of his possible rapproache- ment with the West. It may be revealed forthcoming negotiations to his attempt to transform Qibaj over futoe ij wJP 01 in Berlin and on art effective ban on the Western Hemispnere. nuclear testijlg Almost since he came to power he seems to be retreating from his on the mainland in Mao has stubborn refusal to reach a satis, outlined his plan to achieve prim- factory compromise. M. Roberts Interpreting The News The United States, by agreeingdo much about It to cooperate in the Castro would also be opening of a separate nuclear through which the United force for Western Europe, hasjStates might enter to wipe out struck another blow at the Soviet commun ism in Cuba which wmi'd Union, already off balance from be another defeat for the Kremlin, her Cuban fiasco.

And Fidel Castro has done nothing to help Soviet Premier Khrush- not chev to regain his equilibrium threatening to shoot down U. S. I planes. What little is known about more recent exchanges between Khrush- The nuclear policy for Europe greatly different, broader, than though Coupled with Thursday's repetition U.S. determination to defend both the freedom and the viability of chev and President Kennedy sug-JWest Berlin "with all means," the nuclear statement does emphasize the reaction the Soviet Union has brought against itself by its probing policy.

Word that the Western powers are also considering various forms of retaliation against any trouble in Berlin, including means of cutting off all economic intercourse between the Soviet sphere and the rest -of the world, is also getting around where the can hear it and take notice. gests the Soviet premier would like to see some of the sharper edges removed from relations just now. If Castro starts shooting, the United States will shoot back to the same degree, if not more. If ground-to-air missiles from the Soviet Union are used, their sites will be attacked and very likely some Russians will get killed. That would be bad for-Khrushchev just now, since he could not.