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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD NORTB, CAROLINA. PnoiV, JANUARY isTtt'sV
- 'v ';. 'CIRCLE MEETS - had charge f the devotional and
' .Blanche Meekins Circle met .jf Mrs. Joseph Rogerson had charge
Friday night, January 6, at 7:30 the program. Subject "Master
... ' t . ,. ' of the Waking World," with Mrs..
tnth Mra. Louis Howell. The meet-J Rogergon and Mrs John Newby
ATf was.called to order by the pres-winslow taking part. "Lead On
uttent by all singing "Jesus Calls 0 King Eternal" was sung. The
'IW The fan was trailed and the J mating dismissed with prayer by
irilmhs of the Insi, r.ieeting read j1rs- 1,0,118 Howell,
and approved. After a short busi-1 Delicious refreshments were ser
ness discussion Mrs. Preston Nixon ved by the hostess.
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Billion Dollar Flood Is CD's
Biggest Testln Disaster Work
Floods sweeping through theCorps of Engineers used 140 mil-
northeast United States in the dy
mg hours of Hurricane Diane caus
ed what one official described as
"one of the biggest and toughest
rehabilitation jobs since Noah."
With damage unofficially esti
mated at more than a billion dol
lars, the floods were probably the
costliest natural disaster in Ameri
can history. More than a billion
dollars in Federal aid and loans
have been made available to the six
hard-hit states, including some $100
million in direct aid for rebuild
ing public facilities.
Upsides the more than 200 lives
lost, industrial and agricultural
production was crippled. Tobacco
crop damage in the Connecticut
Valley alone was estimated at
$500,000, and other crop damage
was so bad it is Rtill uncnlculated.
Transportation and communica
tion arteries were erased. For e?:
airijle, the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western Railroad lost a fcur
span, double-track, , steel girder
bridge piers and all when a
creek rose IJO feet in 15 minutes,
lion of its own appropriation fop
permanent flood control! to earry
out emergency repairs and clear
ance of water lines, sewers, bridg.
es, streets, schools, dams and
dikes. i - ' -
f unds contributed toward per
manent repairs to highways and
bridges will come from the Bu
reau of Public Roads.
' .Surplus foods warehoused
near the flooded areas were '
tremendously v a 1 u a b 1 in
emergency feeding. In Penhr
1 sylvania, for example, 22,000
flood victims were fed ,by the ;
Agricultural Marketing Serv
ice. The surplus foods were made
more valuable by the fact that so
many contaminated , foods' ' and
drugs had to be destroyed. In Con.
necticut some $10 million worth of
such material was destroyed, and
in Massachusetts $6 million worth.
But such prompt action prevented
any serious outbreak of disease.
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THE REAL STORY, however, is
not in figures, but the way all gov
ernment agencies Federal, state
and local worked together under
tho coordination of the Federal
Civil Defense Administration to
provide flood relief and repair. Co
operating actively was the Red
Cross.
Under a Presidential declaration
1 of "total war" on the flood, the
j Federal government (lid as ruthless
a job ot slushing its own ren tape
as the rivers had done in devasta
tion. For instance, the estimated
damage to public works alone
in Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania was
about five times the entire
amount in the FCDA disaster
fund. Yet, a constant flow of
work orders went out from the
very beginning, with questions
of "where the money is com
ing from" a secondary matter.
Such priceless flood-protection
items as flexible pipe and pumps,
generators and medical equipment
were loaded in quantity from
S'CDAwai;ehouses, where they had
been stockpiled against a man
made "rainy day."
Although FCDA is prevented by
law from using disaster relief
funis to make permanent repairs,
it will contribute toward new con
struction when it is cheaper than
repairs to the old. There is no
estimate as yet on what the final
hill to FCDA will be under this
program.
FARMERS COUNTED heavy
crop losses, but the Farmers Home
Administration' has acted as a fi
nancial) backstop with a large num
ber of low-interest loans to get the
farms back in production ap;ain.
In the first critical days of flood
relief, trained local civil defense
volunteers worked alongside police,
firemen and the Red Cross in res
cue work, property protection and
emergency care. These organized,
grass-roots "good neighbors" found
as Federal Civil Defense Admini
strator Val Peterson has pointed
out, that they had "to deal with
the same problem, whether a house
was devastated by a flood or a
bomb." .
In such a vast undertaking
and with go many agencies in
volved, coordination of disas
ter operations is vital to pre
vent overlapping and confus
ion. Since January 16, 1953,
Peterson had that job.
' In some 90 "major" calamities
since that time, FCDA has worked
i rtiilr a fimnnf.li Tnvwediir far cuffmfr
its disaster specialists at FCDA
yea in total foreign aid fof ten
If the, President gets approval of
this program, and long term guar
antee, it will surprise many observ
crSj and wiJJ come only after bit
ter opposition by a growing group
which is of the opinion that U. S
dollars can do more for peace and
defense in the U. S. than in the
hands of unpredietables abroad.
Aid for dependable allies will no
doubt continue, but for some the
issue is certainly clouded with
doubt.
There is talk, again.'in Washing
ton about another Big Four meet
ingat the highest level before
Mr. Eisenhower completes his first
term of office. If such a confer
ence comes to pass, it will have to
be held this year. Mr. Eisenhow
er's term of office expires next
January.
' It may he possible that the State
Department and the President him
self would agree to another top
level conference. The President is
not unaware of the fact that critics
claim he should not have pledged
this country against the use of nu
clear weapons first, in the future.
This, critics say, removed the last
restraints on the Russians, and
committed the U. S. to a fixed pol
icy and not a flexible one.
Moreover, it is agreed that ag
gression by the Communists could
warrant the use of nuclear weap
ons in the future, under some cir
cumstances, and that the Reds
ought to be kept guessing, any
how, regardless of our inward de
terminations. If there is another Big Four
meeting, the President might adopt
a tougher line , with the' Reds. He
is being accused of the same thing
all U. S. Presidents have been ac
cused of in the last two decades--of
being too soft on the Conimgnr
ists.
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able law.-or they can have a politi
cal jockeying contest and no new
farm ielief program will emerge.
They are under pressure from their
party partisans1 and farmers. On
M ;;i".in il'hwh. m i -' am Miymi '""i" 111 " ''" i -
their course of action hangs the ; Every victory of science uevi'.la
well-being of ! millions of U. S. j more clearly a divine design; in ya-.
farmers, and, to some extent, the j ture, a remarkable conforrnicyr in
fate of the two major parties in ! all things, from the infinitesjm.. to
the 1956 election. the infinite. " ' -David ?ar.oif
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HERTFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
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N. C.
HOWEVER, FCDA
funds in the eastern
supplemented when
DISASTER
flo x.1 were
the Army
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The extent of farm relief, from
this session of the 84th Congress,
will depend, to a very large part,
on the cooperation of two Texas
born men. One is Majority Senate
Leader Lyndon Johnson and the
other is President Eisenhower.
The President hag new plans for
farm relief, which is an admission
of the failure of the flexible sup
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News Report
From Washington
French And Communism
Effect On Foreign Aid
Another Big Four Meet?
Johnson, And Eisenhower
Washington The results of the
latest French election, which gave
the Communists a greater number
of seats in the National Assembly
than they have had in years, did
not surprise American diplomats in
Paris.
The extent to which the Reds
would gain was not known but it
had been predicted that Commu
nism was on the rise in France and
this advice was passed on to Wash
ington before the voting took place
on the first of the year.
Tho results -show that Russia's
ne,w foreign policy smiles and tlie
new spirit of Geneva, notably, are
helping the Communist parties in
western European countries outside
the Russian sphere of absolute con
trol. What effect Communist gains
will have in West Germany or Italy
or in other countries, is yet to lie
seen.
But the Communist gains came
after it had appeared that Com
munism was on the wane in France
and constitute a great moral vic
tory for the Communists, who now
will not miss the opportunity to
give the impression that the Com
munist party is the coming party,'
that Communism is on the rise.
Another effect f the electbn is
to cast a cloud of doubt over U. S
policy concerning Prance. Congress
is already doubtful about the value
of an aid program to this thorough
ly -weak and 4isorganiaed and very
unpredictable country. The Presi
dent has suggested that "Congress
set up an aid program to last ten
years, and that Congress give audi
an assurance to our allies.
But if die results of this pro
gram are to be the same as the re
sults of the billions of dollars we
have lavished on France-where
Communism a gaining it would
seem that there may fee a better
and cheaper approach, and a more
realistic one. In short, Congress
is likely to buck any program of i
guaranteeing unreliable countries,
a program' of four billion dollars a ,
iientora. in. l;.
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