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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER S 3, 1153
AFL Federal Unions
Plan to Appeal Roth
Dismissal Decision
William C. Doherty, president
©f the AFL National Association
of Letter Carriers, said today
AFL Government workers unions
would start a “defense” fund to
take the Roth cbee decision to
the U. S. Court of Appeals in
the District of Columbia.
Mr. Doherty, who also is a
vice president of the AFL and
vice chairman of the Govern
ment Employe's Council, de
clared that last week’s ruling
by Federal Judge Richmond
Kfeech “places every Government
job in Jeopardy.”
The union official said the
employe groups would give fi
nancial aid to Leo Roth, former
Justice Department attorney
whose summary firing touched
off the test case.
In addition, Mr. Doherty said,
top legal counsel would be re
tained.
Meanwhile, Chairman Philip
Young conferred yesterday at
the White House for 30 minutes
with President Eisenhower.
Although Mr. Young refused,
to comment.on the nature of the
visit, it was reported by some
commission officials that a White
House statement of policy was
sought by Mr. Young to reassure
Government workers about their
Jobs.
A number of Government em
ploye groups, however, have de
clared that a new executive or
der clarifying the situation is
needed rather than a policy dec
laration.
Mr. Young last night also is
sued a statement saying that
the policy of assigning special
personnel assistants to agency
heads on patronage and person
nel policy matters is nothing
new.
Mr. Young’s statement de
clared:
"There is nothing new in the
concept that each agency head
is responsible for policy formula
tion in personnel matters in his
agency. He may, of course, dele
gate this responsibility by placr
ing it either in some existing
job or in a new position. The
philosophy behind it is that
which I have expressed a num
ber of times in speeches to
groups having to do with per
sonnel matters. For example, in
my talk to the Society for Per
sonnel Administration in Wash
r ington on September 22, 1 stated
as follows:
“ ‘I know that you are all in
terested in the future working
relationship between the Civil
Service Commission and the
agencies, particularly as it ef
fects the role of professional per
sonnel people. In working up
the administration's plans and
recommendations, we have been
conferring initially with top
agency management. This is for
the reason that policy formula
tion in personnel matters is a
function of top management.
We believe the jobs of director
of personnel should remain un
der civil service because they
merely carry out the policies laid
down by top management.’”
District Hotels Pressed
To Admit Colored Guests
The Co-ordinating Committee
for the Enforcement of the Dis
trict of Columbia Anti-Discrim
ination Laws has asked repre
sentatives of the Hotel Associa
tion of Washington to meet with
committee members on admit
ting colored guests.
A letter to the association
pointed to recent changes in the
segregation policy of restaurants
and theaters, and said that while
come hotels here admit colored
guests, others do not.
A spokesman for the hotel
association said the letter had
been turned over to the associa
tion's attorney for reply, but
that the hotel group feels such
matters of policy should be han
dled by individual hotels.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Occa
sional rain likely tonight, lowest
around 40. Tomorrow, mostly
cloudy, windy and turning colder
in the afternoon.
Maryland Mild with occa
sional rain tonight, lowest 35-40
west and In the 40s in cast. To
morrow, rain ending in the east
and turning to snow in west.
Weather turning colder and be
coming windy.
Virginia Mild with occa
sional rain tonight, lowest 35-45.
Tomorrow, mostly cloudy, be
coming windy and turning colder
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Snow is expected tonight in Northern New England, Upper
New York State, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia.
Kentucky and Michigan. Snow flurries are forecast for the
Central and Southern Rockies. Rain is expected in New
England, coastal New York, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsyl
vania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. It will be colder
throughout most of the country except in Southern Florida
and the far West. —AP Wirephoto Map.
The Federal Spotlight
President Told of Plan to Hold
Hearings on Pay Increase Bills
By Joseph Young
Chairmen Carlson and Rees of the Senate and House Civil
Service Committees informed President Eisenhower at the White
House legislative conference last Saturday that hearings will be
held early next year on Federal pay raise legislation.
Senator Carlson already had promised Federal employe groups
that hearings would be held.
Representative Rees had not
disclosed his plans until last Sat
urday’s meet
ing. The con- | /
servative Kan- :: Ajjjj
sas Republi
can, who on w''
past occasions raMto
has not al
ways been in
favor of a gjjiljgE’i
Government
pay raise, is Hi
reported to
have told the I wt
President I A K
that hearings I %
would be held
at an early *•*«»» voun*.
date.
The administration is ex
pected to favor a pay increase
for Government classified and
postal workers, although the
exact amount or formula has
not been determined.
The plans of Senator Carlson
and Representative Rees for pay
raise hearings at an early date
is very encouraging to Federal
employes. Government employe
groups are confident thkt once
hearings are held, the two civil
service committees will quickly
approve such legislation and the
chances then will be very good
for final congressional approval.
** * *
JOB REASSURANCE lnc
identally, Chairman Rees de
clares that last week’s decision
by Federal Judge Richmond
Keech in the Roth case “will not
jeopardize the jobs of Govern
ment civil service employes.”
“Federal workers under civil
service have nothing to worry
about.” Mr. Rees declared after
arriving in town last Friday and
conferring with administration
officials. “President Eisenhower
meant every word of what, he
said recently about protecting
the merit system.”
Mr. Rees added: “The situa
tion today is the same as it was
prior to 1947 when employes in
excepted jobs had no job-pro
tection rights. And the Presi
dent of the United States has
always had unlimited rights
over the jobs of Federal em
ployes.
“Yet between 1880 and 1947.
no President of the United
States tried to grab off civil i
service jobs for patronage pur- !
poses, and it’s a safe assumption 1
that President Eisenhower won’t i
try to. In fact. President Eisen- j
hower is one of the best friends j
the civil service has ever had.” i
In view of all this, Mr.
Rees said he felt that no legisla- j
tion was needed to give greater
job-protection rights to Federal
employes. However, he indi
cated that if his committee and
the Congress thought such legis
lation was necessary, he would
not oppose it.
** * *
EXECUTIVE ORDER—Mean-
While, the AFL Government Em
ployes Council takes a different
view of the situation. While
acknowledging President Eisen
hower’s friendship toward Fed
eral workers, the council yester
day sent a letter to the President
asking that he issue an executive
order to clarify the situation.
“We believe that such action on
your part would have the gen
eral effect of restoring the con
fidence of Government-employes
in the fairness of your adminis
tration. and would reassure them
of your frequency expressed de
sire to strengthen the merit sys
tem.” the letter declared.
The National Federation of
Federal Employes has also (.sked
for a similar executive order.
** * *
FEDERAL PERSONNEL DI
RECTORS—The moves by some
department and agency heads to
bring in their own men as per
sonnel consultants or assistants
on political patronage matters
is not expected to jeopardize the
jobs of the Government’s per
sonnel directors.
In the first place, the move is
by afternoon or night, possibly
snow flurries in the mountains.
Winds Southwest at 10-15
miles per hour tonight, shifting
to northwest tomorrow after
noon.
Five-Day Forecast for Washing
ton and Vicinity, Dec. 23-27.
Temperatures will average 4
to 8 degrees below normal.
Washington normals during this
period are 44 and 29 for the
daily high and low. Colder to
morrow! quite cold Thursday
through Saturday, warming up
Sunday. Rain or snow late
j nothing new. During the Rooso
; velt and Truman administration,
cs had special assist
ants to the cabinet officers and
agency heads on peisonnel pol
icy and political patronage mat
ters. The Government’s regular
personnel directors are respon
sible i'o» the day-to-day person
nel operations and the technical
assistance and guidance on civil
service matters. They are ex
pected to continue in : rch roles.
As for regular civil service
| workers. Eisenhower administra
tion officials say they won t be
affected by the move at all.
** * *
CHRISTMAS PARTIES—The
Commerce Department’s em
ployes will hoid f heir Christmas
party from noon until 1 p.m.
tomorrow in the department’s
i main lobby. Secretary Weeks
and other top officials will at
! tend.
The Naval Gun factory em
ployes will hold their Christmas
! party for orphans at 7:30 o'cloc:;
tonight in the departmental au
| ditorium. Sunt \ Claus will be
! there with lots of toys and pres
■ ents for the children.
Layoff of 700,000
By Plants Reported
Since Early Summer
ly tha Associated triu
Slackened production “in many
lines of manufacturing” has re
duced factory employment by
700.000 or 4 per cent since early
summer, the Commerce Depart
ment reported today.
Business activity continued
! high in spite of the drop, the de
partment said in its monthly
“survey of current business.”
Production and consumer in
come in November still were run
ning ahead of a year ago, the
survey indicated, and joblessness
remained almost abnormally low
although up slightly from
! October.
The production dip was at
tributed largely to the liquida
tion of excess stocks, especially
. in the fields of home appliances
| and other durable goods whose
; production has been outrunning
sales for about a year.
Industrial Output Rises.
Nevertheless, industrial pro
| duction in the first 11 months
of 1953 exceeded by about 8 per
j cent that in the same period of
last year, the survey said.
Most major types of construc
tion showed what the report
called exceptional late-season
j strength. Total new construc
tion declined less than season
! ally in both October and Novem
ber, and the building of stores,
I office buildings and other com
! mercial structures hit a record
high.
Personal income stayed up.
In October the gains in employ
ment in the trades and in con
struction offset the decline in
factory payrolls so far as wage
and salary payments are con
cerned.
Less Overtime for Workers.
Curtailed production schedules
in mines and factories meant
less overtime for workers. The
average factory work week was
40.3 hours in October as against
41.4 a year earlier. In textiles
and leather goods the work week
dropped below 40 hours.
However, hourly wage rates
rose a bit because of cost-of
j living clauses and some new
wage contracts. As a result,
average hourly earnings in fac
tories held steady at $1.78, the
record high figure attained ’ in
September.
The department said retail
sales also were firm. They to
taled $14.3 billion in November,
as against sl4 billion in October
and a rate of $14.2 billion In
i the July-September quarter.
Thursday or Friday will total
>2 to 1 inch. jgf
River Report.
(Prom 0. S. Engineers.) i W 5
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Perry &k
and slightly muddy at Great Falls; *
Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers Perry. As
Humidity
(Readings Washington National Airport.) <SK
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet. i
Noon 48 Midnight 100 W
4 p.m. 08 8 a.m. 08 mb
8 p.m. .100 10 a.m. 96
Record Temperatures This Year. a
Highest. 100 on Aug. 31 and Sept. S. T
Lowest. 17. on December 18. fpp
High and Low of Last M Hoar*.
Hiifh, 50, at 1:50 p.m. wl
Low. 44, at 12:85 a.m. A|
Tide Tablet
(Furnished bv United States Coast and 9
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow. 3
High 9:14 a.m. 9:58 a.m.
Low 3:42 a.m. 4:78 a.m. UR
High 9:34 p.m. 10:16 p.m. at
Low 3:53 p.m. 4:40 p.m. SR
The San and Moon. &
Rises. Beta. ! Ts
Sun. today ... . 7:23 4:*f) %k
Sun. tomorrow 7:24 4:50 Tig
Moon, today 7:14 p.m. P:o9a.m. 9
Automobile lights must be turned on 1 *
one-half hour after sunset. 9
Precipitation. 2H
Monthly precipitation in inchet in the at
Capital (current month to date»: W .
Month 1953 Av* Record At
January 4.13 3.38 7.83 '37 wR
February 235 3.00 8.84 'B4 4|
March 7.43 3.05 8.84 '9l ®
April 4.77 3.30 9.13 'ffl A
May 10.69 3.71 10.69 ‘B9 ™
June 2.98 3.97 10.94 'OO A?
July 2.67 4.40 10.63 *B6 T
m m i %
November ISO 2.71 7.18 ’77 z*
December 3.30 3.09 7.66 ’Ol
Teaperatpree in Varloaa Cities. o
H. L. H. L. •
Abilene 69 28 Key West.. 80 68 M
Albany 60 3? Knoxville 45 41 W 1
Albuquerque 41 25 Little Rock. 50 34 A
Atlanta K 2 44 Louisville 47 45 wt
Atlantic City So 47 Memphis 60 45 A
Baltimore 51 46 Miami 77 67 | W
Billings 26 16 Milwaukee 39 25 A
Birmingham «o 52 Minneapolis 34 4; w .
Bismarck 20 -2 Montgomery 60 48 &S
Boise 43 23 New Orleans 71 6o ; Y?
Boston 5s 41 New York 49 46 S#
Buffalo 49 41 Norfolk 54 49 Ti
Burlington 46 36 Oklahoma C. 47 19 Ap
Charleston 62 50 Omaha 37 4
Charlotte 4 7 43 Philadelphia 47 43
Cheyenne 26 6 Phoenix 67 42 mj
Chicago 45 29 Pittsburgh 51 44 9;
Cincinnati_ 47 43 P'tiand. Me. 52 31 !m»
Cleveland 41 39 Raleigh 57 48 SR
Columbus . 43 40 Reno 43 18 in
Dallas 53 28 Richmond 49 46 vR
Denver 36 3 St. Louis SO 24 mb
Dea Moines. 40 4 Balt Lake C. 38 24
Detroit _ 40 39 San Antonio 73 44 si
Duluth _ !« 0 San Dleto . 72 49 J W
Port Worth. 5* 28 Savannah.. 68 44 Ac
Houston ... 71 47 Seattle 47 S 3 I w
Huron 27 -4 Tampa 77 83 A
Indianapolla 43 41 Washiniton. 60 44 1 R*
Jackson 69 47 Wlehita 43 II I A!
Kansas City 46 11 ®
Navy so Investigate
Patuxent Air Crash
A naval board of inquiry today
was to investigate the crash of
a four-engine patrol plane late
yesterday during a landing at
tempt In the rain and fog at the
Patuxent (Md.) Naval Air Sta
tion.
Three of the plane’s nine crew
men, including a 37-year-old
Fairfax (Va.) man, were injured.
The plane was demolished.
Most seriously injured, accord
ing to the public information
office at the air base, was Lt.
Comdr. N; J. Roberts, 37. of
Buffalo. N. Y. He suffered a
compressed fracture of the verte
brae and was reported in serious
condition at the station hospital
at Patuxent.
Also held for observation at
the hospital was Aviation Ma
chinist Mate 1/c C. W. Stem
merman of Fairfax, Va., who
suffered minor cuts and bruises.
Parachute Rigger 1/c D. E. Rat
cliffe, jr„ 28. of Smithfleld, N. C.,
was treated and released.
The air station said ‘the plane
was attached to Airborne Early
Warning Squadron 2 and was
coming from Norfolk, Va.'
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•y tha Auociatod Nu
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 22— ,
Pope Pius XII will deliver bjr
radio on Thursday his 15th, con
secutive Christmas message to j
the world.
The Vatican press office an- :
nounced today that it will be!
broadcast in 25 languages dur- j
ing a three-day period begin-1
ning on December 24, immedi- !
ately after the Pope speaks at
11 a.m. (5 a.m. EST).
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