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Change of Pace

IF the Communists had not realized it be fore there was no mistaking the change of pace in foreign relations following the able ‘‘state of the union" address by President Eisenhower, Monday. Two significant pro nouncements stand out. First, the Ameri can Seventh Fleet would be ordered'to stop shielding Communist China from the Na tionalist Army on Formosa; second, he in vited Congress to disavow any Roosevelt Truman "secret understandings" which permit enslavement of people anywhere. The •. atement of policy was not approved in every quarter, particularly by the Brit ish, but in the United States the general feeling is that the first step in clearing the foreign policy fog has been made. Mr. Eisenhower took a tactic from the Russians when he made his first pronounce ment. It has been our understanding that the Seventh Fleet was posted at Formosa in the first instance to keep the Chinese Reds from running Chaing Kai-shek and his Nationalist army off the island. Whether the- situation has changed during the past three years so that the Nationalist army is strong enough to effectively attack the mainland does not appear to be clear. It is reliably reported that from 400,000 to 750,000 well trained and fairly well equip ped veterans of Chinese wars compose the Formosan army. Increased activity on the mainland of Communist forces in develop ing defense lines indicate that Chaing may have force enough to cause the Commies anxiety. At any rate, the President made clear that the United .States would no long er- immobilize potential forces along the vulnerable coasts of Communist China. It is to be noted that he did not withdraw the second part of the Truman order which protects Formosa from attack by the Chi nese Reds. We must understand therefore that Formosa "ill be protected. This shift in policy opens a potential second front against the Chinese Reds and will relieve some pressure in the Korean war zone. 1 he Communists must realize that Mr. Eisen

hower will act with dispatch and will tak' steps to checkmate such moves as they make. What is more he may take the of fensive in the cold war. Also significant is the change in com mand in Korea when Lieut. Gen. Maxwe’ D. Taylor succeeds General James A. Va Fleet who is retiring. General Taylor, ; World War II paratroop leader, has a back ground knowledge of the Orient, having served as an attache in Japan and China for many years. He speaks Japanese flu ently"'. His assignment to command the ground forces and his background as a paratrooper may cause the Communist gen erals in Korea some uneasy moments. Equally significant are changes in direc tion of the “cold war.’’ William H. Jack son, a New York businessman, who was Gen. Jacob Dever’s chief strategic intelli gence officer during World War II, and later served as deputy chief of intelligence under Gen. Omar Bradley, has been assign ed to coordinate psychological warfare, pro paganda, and intelligence programs. Asso ciated in the overall program will be Allen W. Dulles, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, whose job it is to gauge the strength and intentions of Russia. Jackson, Dulles and Taylor have worked together before, are well acquainted and should make an effective team in both the cold and hot wars now being waged. It is a team which will cause more uneasy moments for the Communists. It is what President Eis enhower promised to find ways and means of ending the Korean war with honor. It is pressure applied to the Communists, cal culated risks, but the only way to impress the enemy with our determination for defi nite action. The defensive period lor the I'nited State is over. We now go on the offensive. The American people and Congress will support the President in his policies. They want a change of pace.

Politics Is Politics

'T'lIK Farmville Junior Chamber of Com merer delegation presented a resolution at the State Convention calliny on the Jay eee organization to divorce itself from poli tical matters, and received an editorial com mendation from the Lynchbury Advance. "They particularly mentioned the poll tax issue because tin* Jaycee state board ot di rectors had twice previously passed resolu tions advocating abolishment of the poll tax. The local chapters are now beiny poll ed on ti^e resolution.’’ says the Advance. "... to Participate in politics, as an oryani zation. is to place them in controversial matters which inevitably will destroy their effectiveness and the prestiye they enjoy for yood work they do in non-political pro jects. To participate in politics classifies them amony the pressure yroups. ". . . The Daily Advance h*s admired and supported the Lynchbury Jaycees as an excei'tionally effective community or yanization, but. cannot yo alouy with them in a dual status of community yood works and political activity. When partisan poli tics miters then outside attitude is yovern ed also by partisan politics and the ‘yood works' will suffer and the prestiye dimin ish. (let out the vote, and such activities, are just yood citizenship and non-partisan. I?ut the line should be made clear and not

crossed. All of this is of course the Joyce* 's ow n business, but it would be a pity to see so valuable an organization in this and other communities move into a controver sial position in public esteem and attitude, and so handicap the fine things they cus tomarily do.” We can endorse the commendation by the Advance. We believe it proper that a semi-community organization such as the Jaycees should discuss political matters for information of their members, but doubt the advisability of acting as an organiza tion. Naturally Jaycees are interested in polities and informational programs might be encouraged for the enlightenment of the membership, but group action could well wreck so tin*' an organization as the Junior Chamber. Like civic clubs, it can well af ford to be non-partisan. This desire on the part of some Jaycee chapters might, point up the need for more activity in the regularly constituted politi cal parties. The younger men should be en couraged in their interest in political ques tions and strong political parties might be the answer. Maybe a revival of militant political campaigns, with public meetings in the courthouse would be healthy for all. It certainly would increase interest in gov ernment.

Backed I'p Bi.tr T»Ik rPllK recent action of the Baseball Writ ers' Association of America, in electing Jerome Herman (Dizzy) Dean and A1 Sim mons to the Hall of Fame, is well justified. Although Dean has been a character whose color added to gate receipts, he neverthe less was a great hall player along with it. Simmons excelled in both manner and abil ity, and was a hall player's ballplayer. Dean and his brother. Paul, formed one of Hie all-time famous brother Combina tions for the Cardinals in the Thirties. In the spring of l'J.'Tl. Dean said that “me and Paul" would win forty-five games. That was a typical Dean boast, and one which he and Paul made good. They won forty-nine between them and, after the season during

which the Cardinals won the pennant, they each boat the Detroit Tigers twice to win the World Series for the Gashouse Gang. Since he has retired, Dean has become a sports announcer. The Dean story is an American story, of a country boy who came up to the big city with big ideas and Dig talk, but who had the stulV to back both of them up, most of the time. The silliest occupation in life is the ef fort to apply spiritual laws to material things, and vice versa. The idea that all marriages arc made in Heaven places an undue responsibility upon the celestial regions. It is very easy for some people to be lieve that they are natural-born leader

I Scripture: Matthew 20 Devotional Reading - Kphc.si.-ms 2 1-K» Not for Sale Lesson for February *, IMS I F THE modern reader of the par able of the laborers in the cine yard is puzzled, he at least has the comfort of knowing that great Ribie scholars have been puzzled too. He also has the discomfort of knowing that no interpretation he can put upon it will have unani mous agreement. To be sure, there are some things it does not mean This parable does nut give a mod el for labor and management. Jesus was not talking about wages literally. He was saying some thing about God. and his dealings with man Furthermore, this [su able does not mean that God's only reason for doing things is “be cause," that he is one whose acts ha\e neither rhyme nor reason But what does this parable mean? Among the various plausible inter pretations that have been given it by Christian thinkers, let us pick out one of the most important truths that this peculiar story *ug gests. • • •

Nothing to Soil That truth is: The grace of God cannot he earned. To desire the loving favor, the grace," of God. is to desire the greatest gift God

can bestow. But it cannot be bought. It cannot be earned. We can see that tins is true by think ing a moment. Think whose it is We can pay for business fa vors. we can tip

a waiter or a r. .. , I)r. foreman porter for doing something special for us; but we can't tip God. We can employ ihe services of all sorts of people; but God's services are not for hire. We can earn anything on earth, or many things, but the grace of God is from heaven. What he does for man is a gift, not a payment And then think who we are Sup pose we really thought we could do a bookkeeping business with God. If we get it into our foolish heads that he owes us something, that about our debt to him ’ if we must have it on a bookkeeping basis, wc shall always be in the red • # *

Karning Clod's Grace Still, the race of man includes uany foots. And some . I these have tried to do tiie in possible, to earn the infinite grace of God One way they haw tried is to buy it- A lifelong rascal s conscience will finally begin to hurt him. and so to get God on his side he wilt build a cathedral or endow an orphanage or pour money into some church treasury, hoping that God will overlook the villainous ways in which he earned the money because of the pious way in which he spends it Other in< n ia little more on the "religious" side) seem to think they can sweet-talk God into being then friend. They would not put it that way; they would say that God will listen to their many prayers Do they not regularly attend prayer meetings, or early communions, and should not God he expected to do something for them in rrtuii Others, again, hope that God can be made to feel so sorry for them that he will pour out on them his special grace. If they do not have natural troubles they w ■" make artificial troubles for them selves. They will go w ithout proper food and clothing, they will wear hair shirts or iron chains around their waists, they will roll on beds of spikes or go without baths for years and years. But God s grace does not go to the highest bidders; it does not go to the most long winded prayers, it is not offered as a reward for self-inflicted wounds God's grace must be taken as a gift or not at all. * • * ('■rare and Gratitude Then does it make no difference what we do'.’ Will God he just good to us. no matter what" Shall we even "do evil that grace may abound." that is. shall we make God s grace even more gracious by being as bad as w e can br ’ Not by any means The truly good life is not a way of earning the grace of God; it is a way of re sponding to the grace of God Pome one has said that religion is 'gratitude. Religion is our re sponse to God. not his to us. Re ligion is our reply tc the infinite goodness of the Almighty, not his reply to our part-way. badly mixed and human goodness. Indeed, the goer) life is more than a lifelong act of gratitude; the good life it self is the effect of God s grace <Ra«ell on AUllIrrs rnpt rllhlel bv Ihr nirlalAn *f C hristian l-doratlon Ny 11 a n s I C'AttArll Af ths ( hurrhrv nf < hrl'-l Ia l hr C.S.A. Rfleasf d bv WNl jrtatdMi-) ,

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WHISKEY SOUR!

By Ted Kesting Probably the cutest snake of them all. if you can imagine any snake being cute, is the hog nosed snake, also known as the puffing adder, putting viper and spreading viper Outdoor writer Shep Shepherd thinks this com pletely harmless snake is the big gest ham in the reptile world. When danger threatens, he -aises his body upward, flattens his head and spreads a cobra 'ike hood. With mouth open he hisses and strikes ferociously. This aw esome pet formance is designed to frighten other crea tures into instant flight. For all this show of pugnacity, the little hognose won't bite even if you put a finger in his mouth. II his bluff fails, he resorts to other means. He dies. And when it comes to playing dead lie can out-possum tlie most expert possum that ever lived. lie goes into violent, convul sions turning on ins back and thrashing about in fancied pain. Gradually the convulsions cease, the mouth comes open, the tongue hangs out and the hognose looks tor all the world like the deadest snake aim lie makes one mistake m this convincing act. So intent is he upon his purpose that if you turn him over on his belly after he has "died" hr will in stantly flop over on his back again. This is his death and. by golly he is going to die in the manner ot Ins own choosing. When he is completely "dead." walk away somewhere out of his sight and wait. After a few min utes he turns slowly on his stom ach again, raises his head and takes a careful look around. If his audience has departed lie docs likewise. Il they ever come up with an Oscar for snakedom, the little hognose is a cinch to cop it. Incidentally, he got that name from his snout, which is turned up on the end for rooting in dirt after the toads that ate the main item on his menu. Now comes the moral of this piece Destroy poisonous snakes. Lot the others live. Don't smash the skull of every snake you see just on the theory it might be poisonous. Learn to know the four dangerous kinds and give the rest a chance to leave you alone, which they will gladly do. In most (sections of the country people have only one or two poisonous snakes to think about. The West concerns itself only with the rat tlers except for a portion of the (Southwest where a few coral snakes may be found The central states will encounter ratllers. cop perheads and occasionally moc casins. New England has rattle snakes and copperheads. The southeastern states have the gA-atcst number and variety of venomous snakes since it is here that the range of tlie rattlesnake, tlie coral and the moccasin over lap. with a few copperheads also appearing m northern Florida.

Movie Guide IU Motion Picture Commit tee of I'armvillc Woman's Club. STATE THEATER PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE — Authentic film in technicolor of voyage of the Pilgrims to the New World. The Mayflower is an exact replica of the original. Only a few libel ties are taken with history, such as the fictitious romance between Dorothy Bradford, play ed by Gene Tierney, and Captain Jones. Spencer Tracy. Unusual, leallstie stmts of the sea. Family. BECAUSE OF YOU-Melodra matic film. Home is oiokcn when husband. Jeff Chandler, learns that wile. Loretta Young, has had a prison record bclou. their mar riega. Adults and young people. THE CLOWN—Rea Skelton as washed-up clown tries to make comeback on TV foi adoring son. Tim Considine. Family. LEE THEATER 1 NO HOLDS BARRED—Comedy dealing with professional wres tling featuring Leo Queer Hants i

Double Check President Eisenhower sent out the first Valentine—his ' State of the Nation". We are all Just a bunch of integrants .... so what? Just forgot where wecome from . ... no wander we no go back. After twenty years, of our two cx - Presidents Herbert Hoover rates first in popularity and a fel ler named Adolph Hoover rates second. HST still gets the cuss ing. They placed a w reath on the tomb of Franklin D, Roosevelt, then criticized the Potsdam agree ment-funny world, twenty years is a long time to rock the baby in the cradle, but some are still a-rocking. Evidently there is a cat in our category, possibly a dead cat at that. This is being made a great revival of hatred. For the party that in twenty years brought this Nation out of the darkest moments of hunger end distress into the greatest all time proseprity with the largest National Debt and the largest Na tional income ever .... with a frothing hatred they spew upon the Democratic Party all the heaped up and leftover destruc tion they can muster 'and that's one thing the Republicans can muster i to unify a Nation and possibly World wide hatred for the party known as the National Democratic Party of America. Thanks for reading. Yours. J. Marvin Brown Hall, and the Bowery Boys. Adults and young people. SHORT GRASS — Two-fisted western. Rod Cameron assists pretty girl and her father in struggle against ruthless cattle barons for more grazing land. Au thentic background. Adults. TOKYO JOE—Tough-boy Bo gart on the rampage again puts brakes on Japaneesc militarism after World War II. Adults.

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Historic Tour Mt. Vernon, Gunston Hall Events This Month To Restate Colonial Life

Although the cherry trees in General Washington's countryside will not bloom for another month or so. visitors to the Old Dominion will need no such reminder t linger in Northern Virginia for a tour of three celebrated homes, all intimately identified with the Father of our Counti.,'. This year beautiful Gunstor Hall, home of George Mason author of the Virginia Bill of Rights, and neighbor and friend of Washington, will stage a charming reenactment of a chil dren's dancing class in costume Three performances — one at : 11.30 a m . another at 1 p. m . and another at 2:30 p m are scheduled to take place on Sat- i urday. Feb. 21 The re-enactment is bned on an excerpt from General Wash ington's diary in which he rr.en ti ns Patsy Custis and Molly Plym attending a rianrine class at r""nstnn Hall Mr. Christianson the dandnn master, and Mammy, who will smooth down the little girls' skirts, will contribute a nostalgic reminder of bygone days when Mason frequently enter tained his friend from Mount Vernon. In the neighborhood. W od

Guest Editor Frost* or Poetry This year the Engush-speaking world celebrates an inauguration and a coronation. An elected i resident takes th rains of pow er : an hereditary Queen receive the symbols of power. One event is clean-cut prose: the other is rich-dyed poetry. One emphasizes the transfer of responsibility to new hands: 'he other dramatizes the continuing heritage from an ancient past. Yet in both cases the actual source of power lies in the i>eople. acting through representative in stitutions. free elections, demo cratic procedures established by law under a written or unwritten constitution. In both cases the genius of democracy demonstrates itself in the adaption of old wis

I ’awn Plantation will h 'Id sche I tuleri conceits featuring music of I felly Cu.tis Lewis during Historic Attractions Month, which ends on February 22. Built as a wedding •ift for Ins step-daughter by Washington. Woodlawn is attract li g thousands since its opening to '.hr public as a nati nal shrine 'nth Gunston Hall and Wo 'diawn ■Plantation are conveniently lo tted orf Shir 'ey Highway a short Instance from Washington. Mt. Vernon Open Vo George Washington Tour would be complete without seeing M:unt Vernon, for many years he cherished home of Washing ‘on and where he ended h‘s days. A program of special observances s planned on February 22 in o"-memoration of his birthday. The Virginia Travel Council ill conduct t urs to all three of *hese homes ;n February 21 of travel neonle from all section: o' .he state in an effort to hc*t«" ■""'■alnt Virginians with the at. ‘ractions existing in the Old Do "on'on Similar tours were run earlier in the montn tc places of historic interest, culminating on January 19th with a candlelight visitation to Stratford Hall, home of General Robert E. Lee.

dom to new circumstance, in that blend of continuity and change which distinguishes evolution from revolution. Americans share much of the best of the English heritage. Eng lishmen will be blessed by many of the finest achievements of the American future There is little cause for real misunderstanding here—no more, perhaps, than u> to be found between those whose preference is for prose and those who prefer poetry. i Christian Science Monitori ANGRY BURGLARS Knoxville. Tenn.—/titer batter ing open a safe in a factory office, only to find it empty! angry bur glars blew their tops. They left a note, reading. 'Why didn't you leave some money in tins thing ’ ' In revenge, they set fire to some sawdust in the boiler loom. Firemen found the ncic on top of the safe.

If I Only Could If I could catch and hold the melody Of songbirds singing in the mist and rain. Or keep the fragrance when a sleeping rose 1'nfolds its petals to the sun again. If 1 could gather all the shining gems Of sparkling dewdrbps in the morning glow. Or preserve the lovelv, crystal fairy shades That lie hidden in a falling flake of snow. If 1 could paint the beauty of a dawn. The gorgeousness of sunset in the sky; Retain sweet music of a rippling stream. And could store soft light from the moon on high. I would mix all these with sweet golden dreams. The love in my heart. I’d mix with them too. And combining them all. a poem 1 would write. Then J would send it. my darling, to you. Lovingly yours, L. I). Whitaker