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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 10S3
Atomic Bomb Output
Increase Is Straining
Storage Facilities
By Robert K. Walsh
The Atomic Energy Commis
sion's hydrogen bomb plant at
Savannah River, S. C. t has
started operations and the AEC
Is producing regular atomic
bombs so fast it is running out
of space to store them, it was
disclosed today.
In testimony released by a
House Appropriations subcom
mittee. AEC Chairman Gordon
Dean described the start of work
at Savannah River and said a
boost of more than 25 per cent
in production of atomic materi
als and weapons is scheduled for
next year. And he emphasized
that the commission regards 1954
as a year of "urgency” in view
of Russia’s all-out program to
overtake America's atomic lead.
Ask Fund Reduction.
Mr. Dean said the commission
believes it can get along on $496
million less than the Truman
budget request of last January,
although this "takes a calcu
lated risk.”
A revision approved by the
Budget Bureau asked for $1,096,-
000,000 in operating and plant
funds for the AEC during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, s4l
million less than Congress gave
the commission last year. An
Independent Agencies appro
priations bill including funds for
the AEC, the Tennessee Valley
Authority and the Selective
Service System is expected to be
ready for House action by
June 17.
Need Storage Space.
Brig. Gen. K. E. Fields, chief
of military application for
atomic developments, said move
than s3l million has been re
quested “for the construction of
storage sites to accommodate
atomic weapons to be produced
during the next several years.”
Present storage facilities are
rapidly being filled, he said.
Mr. Dean told the subcommit
tee that the commission co
operated in the downward re
vision because of the necessity
of national bude t economy in
keeping with nr onal safety. Hfe
did not say Me revised sums
were -dangerously low*. He noted
that the proposed cuts would
not seriously affect production
operations. But he declared:
“This is an appropriation re
quest which, in our sincere be
lief, is not only pared to the bone
but one which takes a calculated
risk in not providing funds for
essential things which develop
ments during the fiscal year
might otherwise permit.
"Ore deliveries, for example,
may exceed the amounts
budgeted. The development of
power reactors will be slowed
down. Research funds will not
permit full exploitation of
promising paths of inquiry.
Furthermore, costs in our busi
ness are not as readily predict
able as in more established en
terprises.”
Cites Danger of Cuts.
Urging Congress to provide at
least the sums suggested in the
revised budget, Mr. Dean em
phasized that “it would be the
greatest tragedy” if this coun
try cut the present level of
funds necessary for production
of fissionable materials and
weapons and the maintenance
of a healthy research and de
velopment program.
“I say this with some feeling,”
he told the subcommittee, "be
cause I have been going over
the Russian program lately. I
cannot help but compare ours
to theirs and to the way they
are approaching it. They have
the highest priority for it. I
found out recently they have
over 200,000 men working for
the large uranium mining com
pany in East Germany.
“They have every priority
throughout their projects. They
have unlimited means and un
limited manpower. I think 1954
is going to be a very important
year in our program and I trem
ble to think that we might
slacken off.”
Program’s Other Aspects
Mr. Dean's testitmony touched
on numerous other aspects of
the atomic energy program and
problem. He reported that:
1. "We are at work on a most
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Rather
cloudy tonight, low around 70.
Tomorrow, partly cloudy and
quite warm with scattered thun
dershowers likely.
Maryland—Rather cloudy with
scattered thundershowers to
morrow and in extreme west to
night. Quite warm tomorrow.
Low tonight 64-68.
Virginia—Rather cloudy to
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tonight in the northern third of the Nation except New Eng
land. A few showers are expected in Florida and Arkansas.
It will turn colder in the Northern Rockies and in the Dakotas.
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SURPRISE PARTY AT CHURCH—Mrs. Alice R. Moore, guest of honor at a party celebrating her
35th year as junior department superintendent of Epworth Methodist Church’s Sunday School,
smiles as her grandchildren, Mary Alice Moore, 10, and Donald R. Moore, 7, pin a corsage on her
dress. Former pupils, many from distant parts of the country, took part in a program modeled
on the “This Is Your Life” radio show last night at the church, Thirteenth street and North
Carolina avenue N.E. Mrs. Moore lives at 618 Constitution avenue N.E. —Star Staff Photo
promising development which
may raise substantially certain
of the operating limits beyond
which we have not been able to
go in some of our major plants.
If we are successful, and the
work may require considerably
more time, we will have added
one more achievement to the
long list of examples of how re
search and development pays off
in concrete operating results.”
2. The AEC !s concerned
whether the supply of uranium
needed for maximum production
, in plant operations will be avail
-1 able over the next year or two.
But the longer range outlook for
uranium procurement is "much
more encouraging.” Moreover,
between 1947 and 1952 the aver
age cost of plutonium has been
cut more than one half, and the
unit cost of uranium 235 has
been reduced even more.
Reason for Nevada Tests.
3. Atomic explosion tests in
Nevada were not staged as
a show for Americans or for
"psychological reasons” to im
press the Russians or any other
country.
"We have never shot off any
thing in Nevada simply to show
it would go off, because we know
it will go off,” Mr. Dean ex
plained, “We have no intention
of wasting fissionable material.
So consequently the whole pro
gram in Nevada is one to test
out new ideas which are develop
ed at Los Alamos and Sandia
and then the feasibility of their
being incorporated in the stock
pile of weapons. It is entirely a
development program and, be
lieve me, a good one.”
4. Atomic tests in Nevada, New
Mexico and elsewhere did not
affect the weather pattern in the
United States, and cannot be
blamed for the abnormal number
of tornados in the Southwest
this year.
5. AEC experts are still very
cautious about predicting the
possibility of getting cheap pow
er from nuclear sources in the
immediate future. The subcom
mittee was told that "it is going
to be very difficult to make nu
clear power still cheaper” than
coal and oil for civilian power
purposes.
President's Aide Attends
Confederate Services
| Comdr. Edward L. Beach, Pres
ident Eisenhower's naval aide,
represented the President in
wreath-laying ceremonies at the
Confederate Monument in Ar
lington Cemetery yesterday.
Comdr. Beach is the garndson
of a Confederate veteran.
In later services at the Amphi
theater, Mrs. Glenn Long, New
ton, N. C., president general of
the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, spoke. Fred P.
ftiyers, past commander in chief
of the Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, presided.
night, low 65-72. Tomorrow,
partly cloudy and quite warm
with scattered afternoon thun
dershowers.
Wind—Mostly southerly at 15-
25 miles per hour tonight and
tomorrow.
River Report.
<From U S. Engineers >
Potomac River muddy »' Harpers Ferry
and rlrar at Great Falls, Shenandoah
muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Arlington Man Held
After Ruckus at
Ocean City Dance
By th* Associated Prtss
OCEAN CITY, Md., June 8
Marcus Clyde Powell, listed as a
43-year-old plumbing and heat
] ing contractor at 1018 North
| Stuart street. Arlington, Va„ was
held in city jail here today on
j three charges as the result of
: a ruckus at a big public dance
1 hall on the ocean front late Sat
urday night.
Powell was treated at Penin
j sula General Hospital in Salis
bury for a gunshot wound in
the leg before being jailed.
Police Chief Walter F. Squires
said Powell apparently was hit
by- a bullet from his own gun
in the scuffle after trying to
crash a party at the dance hall.
There was so much Vioise in
the place no one knew he had
been shot until he turned up at
a doctor's home about 30 minutes
; later for treatment.
Powell was charged with as
sault with intent to kill, carry
ing a concealed deadly weapon,
and disorderly conduct.
Listed as eyewitnesses were
Isaac NicHblson of Berlin, Md.,
Archie W. Beard of Deale, Md.,
and two Washington men, James
Williams. 1401 Canal street S.W.,
and James Franklin, 1410 Third
street S.W.’
Chief Squires said the wit
nesses told him Powell was re
buffed in an attempt to join a
party. When he came back a
few minutes later some one cried
out he had a gun in his belt. A
| table was upset in the rush to
grab Powell but he escaped in
the confusion.
A preliminary hearing has
been set for June 20 before Mag
j istrate James B. Robbins.
Streetcar Runs for Block
After Operator Is Killed
By tha Associated Press
LOS .ANGELES, June B.—A
streetcar with a dead man at the
controls carried terrified passen
gers a block yesterday after a
collision with a heavy truck.
The impact killed the conduc
tor-motorman, P. E. Sederquist,
44, of South San Gabriel. He
slumped to the floor, but the car
continued for a block before his
foot fell from the control pedal,
I automatically braking the car.
The truck driver, Pete Shubin,
42. of Montebello, was booked on
suspicion of manslaughter. Nine
j streetcar passengers were in
| jured, none seriously.
Virginian Drowns
BRISTOL, Va„ June 8 UP).—
! Jack Carmack, about 35. a Bris
tol truck driver, drowned yester
day in South Holston Lake near
i here.
Humidity
(Readings at, National Airport.)
Yesterday— Pci. Today— Pet.
Noon 70 Midnight So ;
| 4 p.m. 87 8 a.m. PI !
8 p.m. _. 74 10 a.m. .. .. 89
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest, let, on June 6.
Lowest. 2D, on March 2.
High and L«w of Last 24 Hears.
High. 85. at 5:05 p.m,
I Low. 09. at 4:05 a m.
Tide Tables.
: (Furnished by United State* Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High 0:54 a.m. 0:54 a m.
Low 12:55 am. 1:01 a.m.
High 7 :25 p.m. 7:2.3 pm-
Low . ... 1:49 a.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Ris?s. Set*
Sun, today 5:42a.m. B:32pm.
Sun. tomorrow... 5:42 a.m. 8:33 p.m.
: Moon, today 3:04 p.m. 3:41 a.m.
Automobile lights must bs turned op
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In the
capital (current month to date):
Month. 1953. Avg. Record.
January 4.13 3.38 7.83 '37
February 2.35 3.00 0.84 'B4
March 7.43 3.05 8.84 ’MI
April 4.77 3.30 9.13 'B*
May 10.09 3.71 10.89 'B9
June .75 3.97 10 94 ’OO
July ... 4.40 10.03 80
August 4.35 14.41 ’2B
September 3.09 17.45 ’34
October 2 91 8.81 *7
| November 2.71 7.18 *77
! December 3.09 7.58 'Ol
Temperatures In Various Cities.
H. L. H. 1..
j Abilene 78 70 Little Rock. 90 75
i Albany . 73 90 Los Angeles. 70 55
. Albuquerque 88 01 Louisville ._ 88 os
Anchorage 04 48 Memphis 94 78
j Atlantic City *5 59 Miami ... 87 70
, Baltimore 85 09 Milwaukee . 59 48
| Billings 04 47 Minneapolis. 00 55
I Birmingham 93 75 Montgomery 94 73
Bismarch 50 49 New Orleans 95 78
I Boise 59 39 New York . 79 01
! Boston 84 80 Norfolk 84 09
Buffalo ... 05 4 7 Oklahoma C. 88 74
Brlinaton _ 70 51 Omaha 87 01
Cheyenne 02 42 Philadelphia 83 05
Chicago .. 09 57 Phoenix .92 85
Cincinnati _.Bo 05 Pittsburgh 74 55
Cleveland . 72 51 P'tland. Me. 72 55
Columbus .. 80 59 P’tland, Or. 59 48
; Dallas 94 76 Raleigh 75 71
Denver _ 73 48 Reno 04 31
Des Moines 80 58 Richmond . so 70
Detroit 87 53 St. Louis 93 78
Duluth 80 44 Stall Lake C. 71 51
Forth Worth 95 78 San Antonio 90 77
Huron . 84 66 Pan Disan 70 80
Indianapolis 81.85 S Francisco 83 49
Jackson 100 75 Seattle . 48
Kansas City 90 71 Washington. 86 N
Knoxville ._ 89 70 Wichlt* ... 88 70
Dr. Doyle Is New Dean
Os Washington College
By tha Associated Prtss
CHESTERTOWN, Md„ June
B.—Dr. Joseph Doyle of New
York has been named dean of
Washington College.
Other faculty changes also
were announced, including the
appointment of Emerson P.
Smith of Easton as basketball
coach.
All appointments are effective
next fall.
Dr. Doyle succeeds Dr. Fred G.
Livingood, who resigned. Dr.
Livingood will teach full time
in the department of education
and psychology.
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CSC to Reopen Protest Cases
In Promotions and Separations
By Joseph Young
The Civil Service Commission will soon issue an order reopen
ing the cases of employes who feel they have been denied benefits
because of past administrative errors or oversights.
Since enactment of the Whitten rider in September. 1950.
many employes have claimed they have been denied promotions
or have been demoted or sepa- •
rated from their jobs due to
agency errors in interpreting the
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equity and fair play to employes,
they should have the right to
corrective action if it is proved
that they were unfairly treated.
They feel very strongly that
the CSC in the past has relied
too much on too strict and dog
matic an interpretatipn of rules,
instead of a more common
sense and human approach to
individual problems.
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| last week praised* Government
’ employes as a “wonderful and
dedicated group of people.”
The President added. "Their
jobs are going to be protected.”
! Gen. Eisenhower made his
j comments after Attorney Gen
j eral Brownell explained to the
national audience the details of
the Government’s new program
. to rid the Federal service of
security risks.
President Eisenhower stressed
that most Federal workers weie
capable and devoted public
| servants and that they should
not be confused with the rela
, tively few who might be ad
judged poor security risks.
** * *
! GPO Government Printing
I Office officials say that no im
-1 ] mediate personnel layoffs are in
- sight at the agency.
[! Some GPO employes were a
. | little apprehensive after the Bu
j reau of Engraving and Printing
’ j last week announced a reduction
of 1,300 jobs due to & modern
-1 ization program.
However, GPO officials say
their agency has little in com
mon with BEP operating meth
ods or responsibilities and plans
no economy layoffs at the pres- ’
ent time.
Incidentally. GPO officials deny
that there will be any mass po- I ■
litical firings among the 300 to J
400 administrative and super- \!
visory employes who have civil j <
; service status. Applications are 1
! being accepted from Republican <
| hopefuls for jobs of this type, l l
I but they will be filled only |
I through retirements, resigna- j
1 tions, deaths and transfers of
j present employes in the positions, |'
officials say. 11
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POST OFFlCE—Recent Post
; Office Department appointments ,
made by Postmaster. General 1
Summerfield include the follow- .
ing: Rolland D. Barnard of Den- :
| ver. Colo., as director of the Real
Estate Division, Bureau of Fa- ;
cilities; Irving W. Thomas, ad- 1
; ministrative assistant to former
] Senator Cain, Republican, of ,
Washington, as administrative ;
: aide to the Assistant Postmaster ! 1
General in charge of the Bureau |,
of Facilities; and Lawrence E. 1 ,
Ernst, general superintendent of j
the Cincinnati headquarters of j
the Postal Transportation’s fifth!
division, as director of Railway
Transportation here.
j** * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP —Altha
: Huth of DeSoto, 111., has been
| named national representative j
1 of the United National Associa
j tion of Post Office Clerks. . . . I
■ [ Chairman Carlson of the Senate
Civil Service Committee has
■ joined Chairman Rees of the
t House Civil Service Committee
• in sponsoring legislation to cre
ate another Assistant Postmas
r ter General in the Post Office
• Department who would be in
■ charge of all personnel matters,
i . . . The following employes in
Storer College to Cite 17
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va„
June 8 (/P).—Seventeen students
from Virginia, West Virginia,
South Carolina and the District
of Columbia were to receive
bachelor degrees today at Storer
College commencement exercises
here.
the Navy Department's David
Taylor Model Basin have been
given awards: Superior Accom
plishment. Edward T. Habib,
William F. Mayer, Earl L. Liv
ingstone; Meritorious Civilian
Service. Mrs. Elsie M. Roberts;
Beneficial Suggestions. Otis
Hicks, Ralph B. Allnut, C«arence
E. Gibbs, Kenneth C. Killian,
James D. McQuay, William E.
Schultz. Amos C. Williams, Wil
liam F. Wittnebert. Alfred J.
Wolfson, Guss S. Kidwell and
Davis S. Smith; Length of
Service, James F. Jackson and
Dr. Louis Landweber. . . . J.
Deane Gannon of Madison. Wis.,
has been appointed director of
the Bureau of Federal Credit
Unions by Secretary of Welfare
Hobby. . . . The 12 noon to 1
p.m. hot lunch service provided
on Saturdays in the Arlington
Annex cafeteria has been dis
continued. . . . Myron S. Isaacs
has been appointed associated
general counsel of the Securi
ties and Exchange Commission.
. . . The Civil Service Commis
son has placed 54 attorney jobs
in the Justice Department in
the new political “C” policy
making job category. The jobs
primarily involve the chiefs of
various Justice units. The CSC
also place the jobs of six as
sistant directors in the Office of
Defense Mobilization under the
new political “C” category.