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Sen. Ervin Falls Victim To Carolina Sorina Fever WASHINGTON ? My mail has been running unusually heavy for the paat few weeks. North Carolinians are writing about many things. Of primary in terest now are the pros and cons of the numerous amendments to lib eralise the social security law. The Senate Finance Committee has boeg engaged in weeks of hearings on these amendments. I am not a member of that Committee, but I am advised that it will be some time before the Committee will act. Departmental matters occupy a considerable portion of the \mall volume at all times. Another sub ject which is at the forefront in the volume of mail is the matter of segregation in the public schools. I have previously taken up the mat ter of foreign economi caid. It con tinues to be prominent in the let ters I receive. CONFEREES The country has witnessed a rather dramatic function of the Congress during the Easter recess. I refer to the Senate-House con ferees on the farm bill who remain ed at their tasks daily. While this is the formula for working out dif ferences between the versions of the two legislative houses of Con gress, it is a function that goes on quietly and with less drama most of the time. Conferees on the farm bill have had a difficult task. SPRING FEVER Potomac fever is a malady that afflicts politicians. But the fever that is certain to strike this season of the year is that pleasant, lazy attack of spring fever. It got me on a recent trip to North Carolina. I had the pleasure of making the "Man of the year" presentation to my fallow townsman, Mr. Robert O. Huffman, in Morganton a few days ago. He is as much a part of Burke County as Table Rock. Rip shin Ridge and the Catawba River. When the time came to return to j Washington, I found that Potomac fever was not bothering me at all. I was enjoying the majesty of springtime in North Carolina. THE WEEKS AHEAD Congress will be faced with im portant legislative chores in the remaining weeks of the session. There are a number of bills await ing action that probably will evoke lively debate. Action will be more swift in the coming weeks as the committees are shaping bills after lengthy hearings. It appears now that foreign aid will be hotly de bated. That will also apply to the revised Bricker-Dirksen amend ment if taken up DESERVED ATTENTION Miss Faye Arnold, of Raleigh, who is "Miss North Carolina" grac ed the Cherry Blossom Festival here last week as the princess from our State. She brought much atten tion and credit to North Carolina. Being "Miss North Carolina" is a full-time job, Miss Arnold declares. She performs her official duties in a splendid manner. 'Coonskin' Song Appeals To Kefauver By JANE EADS WASHINGTON?Sen. Estes Ke fauver (D-Tenn) was so enchanted with the song "Coonskin Estes," sung to the tune of "Davy Crock ett" at the annual stunt party of the Women's National Press Club, that he had a recording made of it. The song, written by the news women, was sung py good-looking Eulalie McDowell, former Washing ton news corespondent and now aide to Rep. Evins (D-Tenn). The Marine Band played the accom paniment. It was a riotous hit, and Nancy Kefauver, the senator's pretty auburn-haired wife, was tickled to tears. * ? ? i The Chief of Naval Operations and Mrs. Robert-B. Carney have been about the most enthusiastic party givers in the capital, throw ing two or three shindigs weekly at the big Admiral's House atop a hill off Massachusetts Avenue. Just about everyone of importance in the town's official, diplomatic and residential social circles has sampled their very special brand of entertaining. One wingding was a garden party to which 700 were invited, including Rear Adm. Arleigh Burke, who will relieve Adm. Car ney as CNO in mid-August. Mrs. Burke came down from Newport, R. I., just for the night. Also in the throng were at least eight am bassadors. Many thought this was the Carney's final fling. But no. "This isn't our last party," Mrs. ,Carney told guests who tried to wish her farewell. "I'll have my last party at Arlington." the admiral quipped. * * * Young S. John Kennedy (D Mass) and his pretty wife Jackie, are deep in historical research while awaiting the moment they can move into their new home. Hickory Hill, the nearby Virginia estate of the late Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, which they purchased for a reported $125,000. The justice's widow says the estate is believed to have served as a headquarters for Gen. McClel lan during the Civil War but that little of its history has been yet brought to light since records of its building were lost in the war time firing of the courthouse in which they were kept. M. T. SHELLNUT. ..ha telephone Central! Office Switchman. He tests and keeps in good repair the -thousands of automptic electrical switches in dial office equipment?the million-dollar "brain" that speeds your calls, through. M. T. is one of nearly 1,900 Southern Bell switch men. Been with the Company 15 years. He's active in PTA i and church work. Hobbies are fishing and gardening. * / Meet the man who guards the million-dollar "brain"... j Whin you dial a telephone number, a marvelously intricate "brain"?the dial switching equipment in the central office?flashes into action. At the com mand of your dial, up to 5,000 split-second con tacts may operate in completing your calL Faster than you read this! M. T. Shellnut and his fellow workers ride herd on this costly equipment day and night to make sure your calls go through fast. Together with some 65,000 other trained Southern Bell people ... in offices, on pole lines, in manholes under the streets ... he helps to give you the kind of service you want and need. Southern Bell Telephone | Ond telegraph Company ? . ... 4 ' BILLY ROSE VIEWS REMAINS OF FIRE-SWEPT HOME I ill?II llllira III ?!? ?? ??liW??ill! I ? BROADWAY SHOWMAN Billy Rose (left) looks over the blackened walls of his suburban home in Mount Kisco, NY, after It had been gutted by Are Destroyed were paintings, antique furniture and assorted art objects The bouse itself was valued at tt00.000 Pour servants escaped uninjured. (International) So This Is New York By ' NORTH CALLAHAN Seeing New York City through the "eyes" of the blind was an un forgettable experience. It came about this way: ever since I met blind Bill Stanley on the train and wrote a column about him, my in terest in blind folks has been stim ulated more than it ever was ex cept when I met Helen Keller. The column about Bill brought much sympathetic response from read ers, and recently I enquired to see how he was getting along in his "Kentucky home". Paul J. Langan, able Superintendent of the Ken tucky School for the Blind in Louisville, reported that Bill was happily working there in the mop making division .Mr. Langan also told me he himself was coming to New York with ten other blind boys, and asked if I'd like to "see" the city with them. I jumped at the chance. 3 We met at the United Nations building, the boys and Mr. Langan being a bit late on arriving, hav ing been to Hartford to defend their titles as champion wrestlers of a blind school conference, hav ing won the title at Baltimore last year. This year, Virginia was first in the tournament, Kentucky sec ond and West Virginia third. The blind fellows wrestle mainly by "feel," I was told, and although rough, show better sportsmanship than most athletes who can see. The chauffeur of their bus, genial Armando d'Angelis, a New Yorker. 6adi he was thrilled by the excite ment of the matches. He also told of how the boys had seen Yankee Stadium?then wanted to see Eb bets Field in Brooklyn. It seemed mighty nice that these sightless fel lows could be so wholesomely in terested'in sports. 3 The group spent quite awhile go ing through the big UN buildings, being told of what was there, feel ing the walls and statues and tapes tries. Gordon Pierce of Nancy. Ky. said the place was "magnificent". Earl Hall, 14, of Carr Creek, asked me what an atomic bomb would do to these and other New York build ings,. His pals kidded him and said he couldn't see the damage any way. Burt Boyer, 15, of Putney, national wrestling champion in liie 120-pound class, remarked that the General Assembly building was something wonderful. Frank Wash ington of Georgetown was happily amazed, and James Hopkins of Crab Orchard liked New York but preferred Kentucky, as did Mason Hail of Carr Creek. As we left the UN for the Empire State Build ing, Charles Allen, 15, blinded by an explosion when 8, said the 155 , blocks they had travelled from the j Bronx to Manhattan seemed as far , as across his whole state. El wood Miracle, blind from birth, felt that the Empire State Building was the best "sight" of all, but his friend, Donald Brown remarked, that even if he couldn't see, he still would not want to be a window-washer of the building?he could still feel falling 102 stories. Melvin Mattingly of Bardstown liked the big town but confided to me that he would rath er live on his father's farm?which was what he is planning to do any way. He thought a trained bllm person could farm all right. S Another group now approached, and I found they were boys from the West Virginia School for the Blind at Romney. A nice bunch of fellows, they talked freely and Earl Jackson of near Welch, West Va. said he could use more time in seeing this place. Arthur Burn side from near Princeton felt that the UN was the prettiest place he ever "saw". Jerry Woolwine and Willie Aldrich, both of whom live not far from Welch, felt much at home here?and I told them we wanted them all to stay as long as possible. ?.-3 Paul Langan began to get his boys together in order to board the ' train for home. By his kind yet firm manner, one could see that he understood blind people and liked to work with them. His school is evidently doing greatly beneficial work. As the blind boys from Kentucky and West Virginia left, I had a lump in my throat. Here was a group, great ly handicapped, but you would hardly know it had they not had to be led and feel their way around. It seemed to me that no visitors ever saw more in New York?and I'm sure none ever appreciated it more than these fine young gentle men. According to the 1950 census, 16 per cent of North Carolina's farms grew no vegetables for home con sumption. District PTA Group To Meet On April 14 Ralph H. Davis, executive secre tary of the 10th district PTA Con gress, anounced today that the spring conference will be held with the Dunbar School, Forest City, April 14. The meeting will last through out the day, with the host school providing the luncheon as a court esy to the visitors. Davis, principal of Reynolds High, said the program committee has prepared an excellent program on parent-education. Despite "unfavorable conditions" brought about by hurricanes, North Carolina ginners did such a good job of grading that only 1.9 per cent of the crop was reduced in grade because of "rough prepara tion". Br Floyd Nelson During one of my television ser vice calls I came across a funny story about the power and Influence that TV advertising has on chil dren. a grocer was telling about a small boy not much over two years old that raised such a fuss and clamor over a package of dog food on the grocery store shelf that he'd seen advertised on televis ion that the Mother h id to buy ft The funny part is that the f ami 1V fiiHn't *van nurn And that reminds me to tell yau. it you don't own a TV act. call on ua anyway We service all kinda ot electronics including, radios, re cording equipment, timers, electric guitars, in fact, anything that has a sound wave going through It. Phohe CL s-6961 today tor more in formation. aaif i lit I i 1X1 ii i ? -HCgv 1/ More homes or* ? pointed with this famous house point I I than any othor brand. I Let us show you how I I SWP* can mean extra years of beauty I and protection for YOUit home. I I C. N. ALLEN I * COMPANY B\ Main Street fl B\ Haselwood Carolina Earning Title Of 'Brick Capital Of U.S.' While North Carolina construc tion as recorded by building per mits and reported by the State De partment of Labor rose 10.8 per cent in 1055 over the-' previous year, total production of brick In North Carolina Increased 39 per cent over the same period, accord ing to the U. S. Department of Commerce publication "Facts for ' Industry". This Indication that the demand for brick is Increasing at approx imately twice that which normally could be expected from increased construction activity alone is said to be responsible for a huge wave of expansion programs among Tar Heel brickmakers. New tunnel kiln installations ? the continuous, nearly automatic way to make brick?were recently completed In the Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Thomasvllle, Burling ton and Salisbury areas. Others are laid to be under construction in the Asheville. Charlotte, Albemarle, Sanford, Statesville, Raleigh and Rocky Mount areas. Indicating wide-spread expansion over North Carolina. Spokesmen for the lndusry here in the state which has already earned the title of "Brick Capital of the Nation" are proud of this bold multi-million-dollar expansion program. They say that It not only indicates faith in their product but also a firm confidence in the future of North Carolina. These same spokesmen like to add that while theirs is one of the oldest building materials known to man, it is today being used in many new ways never dreamed of before the development of reinforced brick ' masonry and brick cavity walls Swimming pools, water purification plants, sea walls and billboards are given as some of the typical new uses for the Tar Heel clay product. Leap Year Drinks BALTIMORE, Md. (AP)?Arthur Flynn, tap-room proprietor, la feat uring two "Leap Lear" cocktails which he says are unbeatable for getting the job done. 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