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THE STATE Columbia Monday May 9 1960 8 Legion Post Nominates Williamson for At a meeting Stafford Gra ham Post No 31-of The American Legion in Lancaster this post went on record as nominating Howard K' Williamson wholesale grocerymsn at Lancaster lor 38 years for Commander of the 23000-member American Legion Department of South Carolina Elections will be held in June at the- Legion's Annual Convention at Charleston Present Commander -to the one-year post is "Red" Brown of Columbia Active to Lancaster civic affairs Mr Williamson is immediate past president of the Rotary Club there He was a charter member of Stafford Graham Post No 31 at Lancaster when it was organized in 1919 Presently serving as chaplain he has served as vice com- Bray Is Honored On Retiring Hugh Marks Bray a veteran of 41 years with the General Adjustment Bureau and predecessor organizations was feted at a re cent retirement dinner at the Ho tel Wade Hampton Mr Bray whose retirement be crane effective on April 1 began his career with Southern Adjust mrnt Bureau in Atlanta Ga He was transferred to Charlotte NC in 1919 and was promoted to man ager in Columbia In 1922 in which capacity he served until 1954 He is widely known throughout insurance circles in South Caro lina and has trained many present employes of the bureau' In addition to Mr and Mrs Bray the party was attended by all members of the Columbia branch with their wives and husbands George Ralne assistant general manager and Davidson executive supervisor of the Southeastern Department Atlanta Ga FETED AT RETIREMENT DINNER: Hugh Marks Bray a 41-year employe of General Adjustment Bureau and predecessor organizations is shown with bis wife at retirement dinner in his honor at the Hotel Wade Hampton! OPINION MIXED Congressmen Vary In Plane Reaction COLUMBIA COLLEGE MAY QUEEN CROWNED: Dean Thomas Shuler crowns Cecelia Colvert Queen of May at Columbia College during the May Day festivities held last Friday Looking on are some of the members of the May Court From left to right are Janet Smiley of Orangeburg May Court attendant Bill Gray crown bearer and Cecil Gray train bearer both of Greenwood Dean Shuler Janice Kay of Anderson and Maid of Honor the Queen flower girls Louise Martin of Anderson and Debbie Gregory of Green wood The Queen Is an elementary cdUeation major and a candidate for the AB degree In June Her home Is In Greenwood WEIGHS RIME'S ROLE make it more difficult to deal with the Soviets at the summit Rep Leslie Arends of Illinois senior Republican on the House Armed Services Commit tee said he does not think a formal investigation or any other immediate congressional action would help Meanwhile Arends said "I think we should get into too much of a hubbub about it" Rep Dante Fascell (D-Fla) a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said the worst aspect of the incident is "tiie tremendous psychological advantage that has now been given the Soviets to the eve of the international The best thing Congress can do he said is "keep our mouths shut" HOWARD mander commander and a man-her of the finance committee: of the post Mr Williamson is -completing two years as one of the five zone commanders of The American Le girai in South Carolina He S'as Grande Chief de Gare of the Palmetto Voiture 40 and 8 to 1956-57 His Zone No 2 has led the state legion to membership percentagewise for the past two years A Presbyterian the 64-year-old candidate for top legion post has served in numerous offices tactile church and presently is an inactive ruling elder His wife is the former Myrtle Norman of Clinton Married in 1921 they have three children: CapL Norman Williamson who wife his family presently is doing a term of duty to Germany Howard Williamson Jr post commander of Aiken Post No 26 and Mrs Sam (Barbara Ann) Paul of Lancaster The Williamsons have nine grandchildren Mrt Williamson attended lan caster grammar schools and Lancaster High School He entered military service to May 1918 and took basic training at Fort Jack-son He was assigned to the 81st Division at Camp Severe Greenville end went overseas in July 1918 During the year overseas he served continuously wife the and attained the rank of corporal The son of Arthur Caristadt and Sallie James Williamson he -is one of nine children eight of whom survive Truman Sees Drive for Dignity In Korean Events Other Strife BTW to Hold Spring Concert The Choraliers and Aeolians of Booker Washington High School will be presented in concert at 9 Tuesday night in the auditorium of the school In this annual spring concert directed by Mrs Doris King directress of music at Booker Washington the group will present among the selections three songs on which they rated perfect scores of 100 in the regional and state music festivals in March "Order in the Court" a humorous rhythmical skit is a major feature of the program Participants in the comical skit are George Glymph Levone Tobin Ulysses Chambers Joshua Martin Eugene Evans Sandra King Dorothy Ferry Edna Goodwin and Josephine Stewart Other renditions by the group will include special arrangements of the "He Watching Over Israel" "The Paper Reed" by Brooks "To Music" Madame Jeanette" "I Love Life" and "Selections from Carousel" "Danse Africane" by Work will be interpreted in rhythms Members of the creative dance group are Tomlin Campbell George Martin Willie Dean Howell Loretta Jones Dorothy Perry Doris Hammond Yvonne Rousseau Nadine Hairier and Sandra King Levone Tobin is student accompanist for the group The program which promises an evening of entertainment is open to the public Hammett Heads DC Workshop Hammett Supervisor of Technical Services fra: the South Carolina State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation has been named chairman of the 13th annual Guidance Training and Placement workshop' to be held in' Washington May 16-20 Also attending from Columbia will be Marrett Assistant Old Age Survivors Insurance Coordinator and Robert Floyd Supervisor Division fin: the' Blind Mr Marrett is a member of the Committee on Services to the OASI referral- and Mr Floyd a member of the Committee on In-Service Training The workshop is sponsored fay the Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in cooperation with State agencies throughout the country Cohen Gets Guggenheim Fellowship Dr Hennig Cohen assistant professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania has received a Guggenheim fellowship to study Mark Twain's career as a Washington newspaper correspondent and its influence upon his literary development officials of the Guggenheim Foundation of New York have announced Dr- Cohen was formerly director of public relations at the University of South Carolina At the University of Pennsylvania Dr Cohen specializes in American literature and American studies He is editor of a scholarly journal "American Quarterly" and executive secretary of the American Studies Association He is the author of bodes and articles dealing with English literature and southern cultural history Dr Cohen also is the recipient of a special summer research grant awarded by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School His parent are Mr and Mrs A Cohen of Darlington acceptable model tor other freedom loving people to emulate? Castro will find that the will of file people in Cuba as elsewhere will prevail against attempts to suppress their freedom and their rights It is one 'thing to lead a people and something else again to deceive and mislead them I believe that it is not unlikely that what has Just transpired in Korea will happen in Cuba Ih due course of time As I look at these trouble spots around the world I cannot lightly dismiss some situations here at home in our own country The ideals of freedom and the dignity of man are part of our basic outlook on life and the law' Yet there are some people who at this late stage of our development as a democracy are reluctant to recognize the basic rights of all of our citizens regardless of race creed or color Bigotry is a hard thing to eradi-(Please Turn To Page7A) WASHINGTON (AP)-U admission that an American spy plane flew into the Soviet Unton brought reaction from Congress Sunday ranging from grave concern to a so-what attitude There were no ringing demands that Congress do anything except get more details behind closed doors The view of same members was that it's best lor Congress to keep quiet now in the face of a ticklish situation Some members especially Democrats expressed concern about what effect the affair might have on the East-West summit meeting scheduled to start May 16 in Paris Sen John Sparkman (D-Ala) a member of this Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he wants to know more about how Francis Powers the captured 30-year-old pitot happened to fly into the Soviet Union He said he hopes all government agencies involved "will give a fell disclosure of what took Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois took a different view He said Saturday's State Department statement was candid in explaining what happened and "I think any issue can be taken with it" Dirksen like others said ft is "part of that each nation watch out for its own security and keep an eye on any violations of that security He reiterated as the State Department fold pointed out that it is normal for all nations including the Soviet Unton to carry on intelligence activity Sen Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took a similar view "We know that Russia has got spies ail over the world" he said adding: "The West cant afford to fell asleep and it hasn't fallen asleep" Asserting that the Soviet Union has had submarines off the and South American coasts Wiley asked: "What tor? We know the Russians as well as we' don't want a third World War" The characterization of a grave situation was made by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas "We must understand we are involved in a crisis in the he said Two other senators campaigning in West Virginia tor the Democratic presidential nomination also viewed the situation as serious Sen John Kennedy (Mass) said tiie plane incident "indicates how hazardous are our relations with the Soviet And Sen Hubert Humphrey (Minn) said "Whatever the feds may be Mr Khrushchev had better recognize that force is not the way to settle international disputes" Another seeker after the Democratic presidential nomination Sen Stuart Symington of Missouri commented that "we are slowly slipping in our position around the world" while people compare our strength with that of the Soviet Union Rep Chester Bowles (D-Conn) called the flight irresponsible and reckless and said' it was an error at this time even to allow an American plane to get close enough to the Soviet border to be shot down Bowles said the incident would WEEK IN FINANCE Chamber Plans Committee More than 1700 Chamber of Commerce members have been invited to an organizational meeting of Columbia's Committee of 100 May 18 Chairman Robert Davis said yesterday "The large number of acknowledgements indicate widespread interest in the formation of an active group of business and civic Jeaders who will think talk and work for the economic development of Metropolitan Columbia" Davis said The Committee of 100 will be the "sates arm" of the Industrial Development Commission Davis noted He said the sates program would include personal contact with Industrial concerns by Committee members traveling out of tiie state a national advertising program in trade publications and related periodicals an interview team to provide technical date to industrial prospects and an entertainment committee to host company representatives who are interested in the Columbia area Reporting on another phase of Chamber efforts to "sell Columbia" chairman Carroll Spencer said that mare than 320 citizens attended two "Ambassador's Day" rallies at the Jefferson Hotel Friday The two sessions honored local citizens whose Jobs bring them in daily contact with the public and included skits and talks on developing courtesy and good will Among those attending the sessions were all members of the Columbia Police Force US Negro Girl Wins French Beauty Contest CANNES France (AP)-Hund-tey Lajeune 19-year-old American 'Negro was- elected Miss Festival at the annual beauty contest held in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival Sunday Miss Lajeune 34-22-34 a native of Alexanderia Va is now living and working as a model in Washington She arrived in Cannes as winner of a New York City beauty contest fee prize for which was a three-week European vacation that included a trip to Cannes Ruimerup in the Cannes beauty contest was Eva Hultgreen- 16-year-old honey-blonde Norwegian As part of her prize Miss Lajeune won a role to a forthcoming film by the French director Jean Charles Dudrune The picture will be filmed to the United States Consumer Spending Is Breath of Spring Tarheel Mountain Gets Late Snowfall RALEIGH NC (AP) Snow and heavy rain fell In North Carolina Sunday The snow which lasted an hour was at Grandfather Mountain to the west and was the latest to the area in local memory The rain 214 todies of it fell dining a 24-hour period at SCXDNNY? the United Nations forces that defended Korea against the Communist invasion That record is unmatched And the stand of Rir-key against the threats of international communism and their steadfast partnership with the West against the pressures of the Kremlin have helped to maintain the peace of the world It is because of this magnificent record that I am sorry to see a stiuation developing about which I had had some misgivings for some time As a friend of Turkey and the Turkish people I know it will not be taken amiss when I suggest that a nation cannot suppress the press without Jeopardizing ail freedoms Imprisoning Journalists especially at a time in history when freedom Is on the march and needs truth as an ally is a grave mistake and can only lead to trouble I have not always been a champion of ail the practices of the press There are times when the press can be unkind and irresponsible But I would rather risk the excesses of the press than the curting of the unrestricted freedom of expression Democracy cannot exist or prosper without a free press and the frill expression of a people of their considered Judgment I hope that Turkey will soon restive its difficulties with regard to the press in the light of the needs of the times and Important role in the family of free nations The events in South Africa have been distressing' Much of what has happened was foretold by that great South African statesman Jan Christian Snouts He led in the opposition to race discrimination with its denial of human rights Out of this tragedy in South Africa which aroused the concern of nations throughout the world there must inevitably come a change of policy I hope that with sanity and common sense a peaceful solution will soon be possible I do not think I am over-optimistic in predicting that in our time bigotry and intolerance about race and religion can yield to reason and good will I would suggest that new measures be taken without further delay through the United Nations to seek improvement between the races throughout the world In many areas of the world important gains have been made toward that goal but I can see where a certain amount of partnership with the United Nations would hasten progress in some of the trouble spots And I am sorry to say that in our own hemisphere there are areas where liberty is being threatened In Cuba for instance freedom and human dignity restricted by the Batista dictatorship are once again being subverted and this time in the name of revolution by the Castro dictatorship Castro has suppressed the freedom of the press freedom of assembly and the right of the people to free elections And the Cuban people and the nation today are going through a serious economic situation and are being directed into adventure beyond file capacity of either the inept Castro or his reckless advisors to guide or administer Castro is playing the dangerous game of using as a whipping boy the United States the traditional friend and liberator of the Cuban people If Castro is doing this to perpetuate himself in power he is doomed to disappointment And his trade arrangements with the Communists will only get lfim into deeper trouble as similar agreements have done to others who have played fids kind of game wonder what Castro thinks he can accomplish by importing oil from Russia into Cuba in Russian bottoms when oil is available in such abundance from several of his South American neighbors This move will Impress no one and least of all the United States I wonder too what he thinks he can accomplish by seeking to subvert the affairs of other nations in this hemisphere and am kA referring to the situation in the Domincan Republic Does he think the mess he Is making of his own country constitutes an By HABRY 8 TRUMAN North Americas Newspaper Alliance Inc Copyright I960 by Harry TTuman (Reproduction of this article In whole or In part Is forbidden without written authorization) In the recent demonstrations and acts of violence on several continents 1 see a clear re-affirmation of what I have always believed that people are no longer content to settle for economic betterment at the expense of human dignity Throughout history there has been an unremitting struggle against rule by dictatorship or repression by force And events in Korea Turkey South Africa and Qiha reveal that some governments have not kept up with the times In meeting the reasonable aspirations of their people I was shocked and saddened by the circumstances that led to revolt in South Korea to preserve democracy there It was Ironic turn of events that Syngman Rhee whom history will record as a great patriot and father of the Republic he created should himself at this time of life be the cause of uprising I would like to say this to the Korean people wbo know how I feel toward them as a brave and free people that they must have learned their lesson In democracy well under Syngman Rhee to rise up even against Mm in order to preserve their democracy I had been wondering for some time about what was going wrong with the government of Korea and watched with misgiving the last election I could only con-dude and have now been able to confirm that Syngman Rhee was a' victim of misplaced trust in same of the people around him Every head of government especially strong men in critical times finds it difficult to pass on authority for fear that their polities may be Jeopardized And unfortunately in the history of great leaders there is always a temptation to overstay knew Syngman Rhee as a per-son of sterling character a line mind and of undaunted courage He was dedicated not only to his people but to the ideals of freedom He was a staunch partner of the West and a bulwark against International communism In his present difficulties let us not forget it lest we malign him out of all proportion to his errors and misjudgments in trying to cling to power I hope that Korea will quickly mend the wounds of civil strife and that law and order and responsible democratic government confirmed by a free election can be restored It is encouraging to see that steps are being taken to correct the wrongs and mistakes of the situation in that country I am glad to see that this is being done by civilian authority and that file military is cooperating by keeping its place and maintaining its calm For the threat to the independence of Korea from the North where Communist forces are still poised for invasion is as acute today as at the time of the 1950 aggression Prolonged internal dis-tension through inability or delay to re-establish a functioning Republic could lead to chaos and play into the hands of Red China I was glad to see Secretary of State Christian Herter advise Sgman Rhee of the dangers and possible consequences of popular dissatisfaction with the manner in which the Presidential elections were held I think it was not only proper for the Secretary of State to interpose our opinion on a matter involving the preservation of Koran democracy but it was wise in view of our responsibilities to that country under the United Nations For me Korea is the symbol of a people's determination to resist not oily Invasion but the imposition of a form of government which does not meet the' aspirations of freedom end human dignity of people today When think of Korea cannot help hot recall the valiant deeds of the Turkish troops in 8T THOMAS FLOODED ST THOMAS Virgin Islands Heavy rains Saturday night and early Sunday morning flooded St Thomas Damages are estimated at around one million dollars but no casualties have been reported If skianjr (bin aad undo weight because of poor appetite or poor catiag habits taka WATE-ON Putt oa poundt aad iachte of firm solid flcih or moacp back WATE-ON Ja sapsr rich ia weight building caloric! plus viumim min-onto and energy dementi Hospital tsstcdTFast wdgbt aim reported No ovarsat Mg Makes checks bast hne arms Iras fill out- puts flash on skinay figuraa all over body Fights fgliguc low taristanBC sisepbunesa due to uadsrwtiaht coodi tma If underweight is due so' disease taka WATE-ON ISmurimb largo Ming TOILET TANK BALL Noisy running tofloti con waste sw 1000 galloni of water day Jha FOREIGN TRADE Foreign trade received a lot of attention The United States World Trade Fair opened in New York City with 60 countries displaying their products in an effort to attract more business Some American businessmen raised protests against foreign competition which they charged is undercutting them because of low wages They also complained of foreign trade restrictions against their goods The National Assn of Wool Manufacturers urged the government to hold the line against further reductions in the United States' tariff barrier on textiles and textile apparel BALANCE OF TRADE The Commerce Department reported progress In the balance of trade situation It said exports are making the best showing in two years and increased at the rate of three billion dollars a year in the first quarter Imports are still running high hut have leveled off in recent months -There was good news for prospective home buyers Bass president of the Mortgage Bankers Assn said mortgage money will become increasingly available for home building in the next few months BUSINESS BRIEFS Briefly around the business scene: -Aveo dorp has developed a jet engine the size of a milk: bottle to propel satellites in space Supermarket sates in 1959 increased 10 per cent over 1958 Tidewater Oil Ox will spend 100 million dollars on new plants and equipment this year Consumer bought 408 million dollars worth of goods on credit in March The AFL-QO is considering promoting investment of 40 billion dollars of workers' health and welfare fends in home mortgages Heavy construction awards in tiie first 18 weeks of 1960 totaled 57204-400000 up 10 per cent from the like period of 1959 officiant pa ton tad Water Mailer lank ball Instantly stops 'the flaw of wotar aftor each flushing LIQUID OR TABLETS Only to mt (ViMHiata Bader direction of your doo- at Dniggist gk WATE-ONfoday ITJAYE-KI AST ft SIONWSXTZB SUPPLIES TECNICO PAINT CO 1288 Laurel St FhAL 4-1281 75c AT HARDWARE STOUS By JACK LEFLEB AP Business News Writer- NEW YORK (AP) Business took a look the past week accomplishments and shortcomings in the first lour months of 1960 and found Indications that things are getting better "The economy appears to be pulling out of its weather-influenced late-winter doldrums" said the Federal Reserve Bank of New York CONSUMER SPENDING The bank tingled out consumer spending for bringing "a breath of springtime to business men Consumers were doing their part all right They were buying new cars at a spectacular clip Merchants were ringing up sales in excess of record 1959 Dr Emerson Schmidt research director of the United States Chamber of Commerce predicted 1960 will be the best year in history "And" he said "if we can avoid massive business mistakes and public policy errors there is no reason why the current expansion should not go into 1961 or longer" DARK AREAS There were dark areas in the first tour months ag well as bright ones Unemployment was on the rise partly due to the bad weather steel production went down after a record first quarter and the stock market skidded Automakers lent most of the glitter to the economic picture during the past week They reported selling 578600 new passenger cars in April the biggest monthly total since September 1955 The figure for April 1959 WRg 503900 Production for the first third of the year was 2587829 cars compared with 2208818 last year Inspired fay April's sales surge tiie industry stepped up production the past week to 143000 cars from 135654 the previous week MOTHER'S DAY Mother's Day promotions attracted buyers to the stores and propelled retail trade up four to eight per cent over the corresponding week a year ago Dun Jb Bradstreet estimated volume tor the first four months was three to seven per cent above 1959 Steel production the past week dipped to an estimated total of 748 per cent of capacity from the previous weeks 776 -The rate of new orders for steel continued well below shipments indicating that the operating rate will decline sharpty in the second quarter and through most of the third i fi DON'T MISS THE BALL! 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