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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
HONDAT. JUNE 21. 1854
Restful Night Spent
By Truman After
Emergency Operation
By th. A»ociat*d Prui
KANSAS CITY. June 21.
Former President Harry S. Tru
man was reported today to have
spent a restful night after an
emergency operation in which
his gall bladder and appendix
were removed.
“He slept well last night.** re
ported a nurse who had just
come from his bedside at Re
search Hospital, where the
surgery took place early Sunday
morning.
After an examination later,
Dr. Wallace Graham, his phy
sician, said the patient was “feel
ing better,” although in mod
erate pain, and his temperature
was down to 100 degrees this
morning.
Dr. Graham said Mr. Truman
told him talking makes him
tired, but the physician said that
was the normal reaction after
major surgery.
Takes Step by Himself.
He also reported that Mr.
Truman took one step by him
self this morning at Research
Hospital.
Dr. Graham, who also was the
ex-President’s personal doctor
during the White House days,
said Mr. Truman should be able
to leave the hospital in 10 days
of all goes well.
The physician said Mr. Tru
man was “very ill” when he
entered the hospital but had
stood the operation extremely
well.
Became 111 at Play.
Mr. Truman first became ill
Friday night while attending
the play “Call Me Madam” at
the outdoor Starlight Theater.
Mrs. Truman remained at the
hospital during the operation.
After a visit with her husband
later in the day, she said he
was “in good spirits as usual.”
Their daughter Margaret, who
is scheduled to make a theater
debut tonight at Mountainhome,
Pa., talked to her mother by tele
phone at the hospital.
. “I told Margaret her father
was doing very well and that
she should not come home,”
Mrs. Truman said. “She de
cided to stay and go ahead with
her debut. Goodness, if this were
to prevent her performance, that
would bother Mr. Truman more
than the operation.”
Earlier Attacks Disclosed.
During his %even-year stay in
the White House, Mr. Truman
suffered several gall bladder at
tacks and had periodic .X-ray
checks, Dr. Graham disclosed.
The doctor said these wer* pain
ful but not very severe.
He described the gall
as being in gangrenous' condi
tion at Ihe time of the surgery.
Since the operation thousands
of telegrams have poured into,
Mr.. Truman’s office, home and
the hospital.
Hearing
•(Continued From First Page.)
Army-McCarthy controversy. He
said the session would be “in
formal” because Senator Mc-
Clellan of Arkansas, ranking sub
committee Democrat was not in
the city.
“My guess is,” Senator Mundt
told reporters, “that the com
mittee is not going into that
(the Hensel charges) matter
feince we dismissed Mr. Hensel as
a principal at the urging, or at
least the concurrence, of his
counsel.”
Senator Mundt said the sub
committee received the sworn
Hensel statement. But he added
that the group also received
other statements, including one
from Pvt. G. David Schine, for
mer McCarthy committee con
sultant and the central figure of
the controversy. He added the
committee just couldn’t take up
all of the statements,
i The South Dakota Senator
added that his group had not
held a “voting meeting since the
Hensel statement had been re
ceived. He added that the
meeting would be brought up
later, but indicated he didn’t
think it would get anywhere.
Potter Asks Checunate.
Benator Potter, Republican, of
Michigan, a subcommittee mem
ber who expressed strong views
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MARGARET TRUMAN MAKES STAGE DEBUT—Mountain
home, Pa.—Despite her father’s illness, Margaret Truman goes
on with the show as she poses with George Voskovec, her lead
ing man, in a dress rehearsal of the play, "Autumn Crocus,”
which opens tonight. It marks the debut of Miss Truman in
the legitimate theater. —APWirephoto.
on possible perjury after the
hearings ended last Thursday,!
insisted further on an ABC TV
program last night that new j
subcommittee hearings should be
held up “until our staff problem j
has been settled.” But he again
declined to name any one.
Senator Mundt said Senator
McCarthy now is free to go
ahead with regular subcommit
tee investigations.
Senator Jackson, Democrat, of
Washington told a newsman “it
is inconceivable” that the sub
committee, of which he is a
member, would tackle any new j
investigation before disposing of !
charges against its staff. But he j
said this could be done “sep
arate and apart” from the find
ings on the overall dispute.
Mr. Cohn said last night he
expected some members of the
committee staff to resign to ac
cept “attractive business offers.”
“I have no plans to resign,”
he said in an interview following j
a television appearance on the
Walter Winchell program over |
the American Broadcasting Co.
network.
Wouldn’t Fight Dismissal.
“But some members of the
staff,” he added, “have received
attractive business offers and I
expect some of them will resign.”
Mr. Cohn said he would not
fight dismissal if a majority of
the committee votes that he
should leak remain on the staff.
He said the 1 Oommittee had re
ceived “a great deal of informa
tion about Communists placed
on supposedly respectable news
papers.”
When questioned after the
program Mr. Cohn said one re
sult of the 36-day hearings was
to “show the public how slanted
the news coverage of the hear
ings was.”
Hensel Files Affidavit.
Mr. Hensel yesterday sub
mitted a sworn affidavit for the i
subcommittee record saying Sen
ator McCarthy admitted he had
no factual basis for the charges
against him.
Furthermore, Mr. Hensel said, 1
Senator McCarthy once offered
in a conversation with him to
withdraw the charges if this
could be done within making the
Senator appear to the public as
a “damn fool.”
“I explained,” Mr Hensel said,
“my unwillingness to accept a
withdrawal without a confession
of error. That confession Sen- i
ator McCarthy refused to make
publicly.” <
“I Add Two and Two.’”
Mr. Hensel’s affidavit repeated
in detail his earlier denials of j
any wrongdoing, and went on to j
quote a McCarthy statement in ;
a closed subcommittee session as ;
part of what it claimed was j
proof the Senator had no basis
for his charges. The transcript :
quoted Senator McCarthy as
saying:
“I read that Struve Hensel was ; ■
the man who drafted the
charges I go back and I check ,
my file and I find we had been <
Resolution to Curb
McCarthy Not'Dead,'
Flanders Declares
Senator Flanders, Republican
of Vermont, denied flatly today
that his move to strip Senator
McCarthy of his committee'
chairmanship was “dead.”
The 73-year-old Vermonter,
frequent and severe critic of
| Senator McCarthy, said he would
, call up his resolution for action
around July 15 if Senator Mc-
Carthy had not acted by that
time to purge himself of what
Senator Flanders called “con
tempt of the Senate.”
Senator Flanders also said he
had been promised “a good
measure” of Republican support
if his resolution gets to the Sen
ate floor. He refused to say
who the Senators were who had
promised to support his move to
punish Senator McCarthy.
The Vermont Senator pointed
out that there had been specu
lation in the press that his reso
lution to' remove Senator Mc-
Carthy from his chairmanships
of the Senate committee on Gov
ernment operations and its Per
manent Investigations Subcom
mittee was dead because the
motion hfd been referred to the
Senate Rule* Committee.
“I would like to assure the
American people that this reso
lution is very much alive,” Sen
ator Flanders said. “I have re
ceived many expressions of sup
port from colleagues on both
sides of the aisle, and I do not
intend to let the matter drop.
“If Senator McCarthy has
not purged himself of his con
tempt of the Senate by July 15,
my original resolution will either
be brought out of committee or
another resolution introduced on
the floor. In any case I will not
let this session of Congress end
without providing the Senate
with an opportunity to go clearly
on the record of this issue.”
The “contempt” referred to
was Senator McCarthy’s refusal
to go before a Senate committee
and answer charges concerning
his personal financial affairs and
dealings which were raised by
a Senate committee late in 1952.
Senator Flanders pointed out
the Senate by a 60-to-0 vote had
said the committee had jurisdic
tion to look into charges brought
against Senator McCarthy. The
Vermonter said, therefore, by
his refusal to testify, Senator
McCarthy was in contempt of
the Senate.
investigating Struve Hensel in
a minor fashion since last De
cember. I add two and two and
I assume that is the motive. I
put that in my charges.”
Mr. Hensel said this showed
Senator McCarthy “added two
and two together and did not
care whether he got four, five,
seven or eight.”
Record Temperatures Thli Tear.
Highest. OS. on June 13.
Lowest. 13. on January S 3.
High sad Law nf Lsat 24 Heura.
High. 86. at 3:40 p.m.
Low. 66. at 6:10 a.m.
Tide Tables.
. (Furnished by United State* Coait and
Oeodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
'High _ 12:10 p.m. _
Low 6:37 a.m. 7:29 a.m.
High 12:43 a.m. 1:00 a.m.
Low 7:03 p.m. 7:48 p.m.
Tbs Sua and Mean.
Rise*. Set*.
Sun. today 5:43 8:37
Sun. tomorrow __ 6:42 8:37
Moon, today 11:57 p.m. 10:53 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hall hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (currant month to date):
Month. 1954. Avg. Record.
January _ 2.30 338 7.83 37
February 0.85 3.00 6.84 ’B4
March 3.47 3.65 8.84 ’9l
April 3.30 3.30 9.13 ’B9
! May 2.98 3.71 10.69 ’53
June 0.48 8.97 10.94 'OO
its* ::: 1:1* ill? 38
September ... 3.69 17.45 '34
October 2.91 8.81 '37
November 2.71 7.18 ’77
December ... 3.09 7.5« 'Ol
Tamuaraturas In Various Cities.
H. L. H. L.
Abilene _ 95 73 Knoxville 87 o«
Albany 90 67 Little Rock 95 73
; Albuquerque 97 68 Los Angeles 86 64
Anchorage 65 48 Louisville 95 71
Atlanta 85 67 Memphis 92 72
Atlantic City 79 65 Miami 87 74
1 Baltimore 88 63 Milwaukee 84 63
; Billings 79 60 Minneapolis 81 62
! Birmingham 88 69 Montgomery 90 69
Bismarck 66 52 New Orieans 90 73
; Boise ... 83 53 New York 88 68
Boston 93 66 Norfolk 81 61
Buffalo 80 70 Oklahoma C. 90 71
i Burlington. 83 73 Philadelphia 88 64
Charleston 82 71 Phoenix 111 78
j Charlotte.. 84 60 Pittsburgh 86 68
I Cheyenne 73 53 P’tland. Me. 76 62
I Chicago .. 90 23 P'tlend. Or. 75 53
Cincinnati 94 68 RaMgb . 88 56
i Cleveland.. 86 72 Reno _ . 91 48
Columbus.. 90 88 Richmond.. 85 61
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Houston 8| 73 Savannah ||
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Key West. _. 90 80
The Federal Spotlight
Doherty Chides Summerfield
On Postal Veto Prediction
By Joseph Young
Postmaster General Summerfield is “whistling in the dark’’
regarding his assertion that President Eisenhower will veto the
7 per cent postal pay raise bill, William C. Doherty, president of
the AFL National Association of Letter Carriers, declares.
With the fate of classified employes’ pay raise legislation
directly linked to the postal pay •
measure, the question as to
whether President Eisenhower
would or would not veto the
postal pay ~
measure is of f
paramount
importance in
the Federal . 1
pay picture. WmlM
Mr. Doherty ’J
issued a state
ment in which -
eral should be V H!
reminded that ■ /j*V JSg
thority *to r '"‘
veto legislation. Moreover, it is
seriously doubted if he is speak
ing for the White House.
“Postal employes have no
reason to expect a change in
President Eisenhower’s often
expressed interest in Federal
employe welfare. They recall
October 1952, during the cam
paign, when he was quoted as
saying: T am aware, despite
wage .increases, the ordinary
Federal employe is economically
worse off than in 1939, due to
inflation and high taxes. I do
not believe that we can enlist
or keep employes competent to
conduct the business of the
United States with that kind of
economic prospect confronting
them. We can, and will, do
better than that’.”
Commenting on the Presi
dent’s campaign promise, Mr.
Doherty declared:
“Unless and until the White
House announces that the Post
master General is authorized to
repudiate that understanding
and realistic appraisal of Federal
employment, Mr. Summerfield is
undoubtedly whistling in the
dark about a veto.”
In his statement Mr. Doherty
acknowledged that postal salary
reclassification is needed, but he
said the Postmaster General’s
plan is not the answer. He de
clared the study by a joint con
gressional committee provided
for in the 7 per cent postal pay
bill approved by the House Civil
Service Committee would lead to
a satisfactory solution of the
problem.
Meanwhile, the postal pay
raise bill is now before the House
Rules Committee. If the com
mittee does not clear the bill for
House action within seven days,
then sponsors of the 7 per cent
measure will seek to get it out
of committee through a dis
charge petition.
** * *
WHITTEN RIDER—The House
Civil Service Committee is ex
pected to modify the Whitten
rider considerably so the Civil
Service Commission can convert
thousands of indefinite employes
to permanent statu*. •.
The T committee definitely will
not vote for outright repeal of
the rider. But committee mem
bers indicate they will modify
considerably the curbs on per
manent appointments and pro
motions and also provide for a
gradual lifting of the ceiling as
to how many permanent em
ployes there can be in the Gov
ernment.
The committee is expected to
wind up its hearings on the rider
today, with Civil Service Com
mission Chairman Philip Young
concluding his testimony.
Committee members appear to
favor the lifting of ceilings on
the number of permanent em
ployes who can be in each salary
grade, so permanent promotions
can be made. Also, the commit
tee appears favorable to revis
ing the rider so former career
employes who left the Govern
ment and then returned later
and received only indefinite ap
pointments, can once again se
cure permanent status.
With these modifications, com-'
mittee members indicated their
belief that the CSC could then
operate at least for the present
under the over-all Whitten rider
ceiling which limits the number
of Government jobs to the num
ber existing on September 30,
1950. Committee members point
out that this would lead to per
manent status for about 208,000
employes.
The committee probably will
provide for a gradual lifting of
this ceiling over a period of years,
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appointments could be made as
the need arises.
Representative Murray, Demo
crat, of Tennessee, the commit
tee’s ranking minority member,
echoed his colleagues’ senti
ments when he told Mr. Young
the other day: “This committee
won’t repeal the rider outright.
But we do want to help you and
those indefinite employes who
are entitled to permanent status.
Submit the amendments you
thing will be necessary for do
ing the job and we will try our
best to help you.”
** * *
ANNUITIES Congress has
passed and sent to the White
House the 1955 Independent Of
fices money bill, which contains
the provision extending for an
other year the temporary an
nuity increases voted for retired
Government workers several
years ago.
AWARD—The National Asso
ciation of Postmasters had pre
sented a special award to Repub
lican Civil Service Commissioner
George Moore for his work in
protecting and improving the
merit system. It is the first
award of its kind ever given by
the postmasters’ group to any
one outside of the Post Office
Department.
AIR FORCE The following
Air Force Department employes
have been given outstanding per
formance ratings: Burnett G.
Anderson, John S. Arcana, Leroy
A. Brothers, Edith E. Caffrey,
Edna R. Cloaninger, Frederick J.
Close, Ruby P. Conaway, Her
man G. Crocker, jr., Francis L.
Davis, Elaine C. Deane, Pasquel
A. Don Vito. Margert K. Dunn,
Edward J. Engoron, Jon A. Ever
hard, Virginia C. Feldman, Jan
ice R. Fenton, Mary F. Fisher,
Virginia N. Foster, Max Golden,
Marjorie E. Gregory, Regina A.
Heath. Catherine B. Hicks, Jo
seph S. Hoover, Anne D. Howell,
Margaret S. Hutchinson, Marilyn
James, Edward Lancaster, Ima
F. Landers, Mabel C. Lauver,
Naida M. Lechner, Donald R.
Lester, Louise B. Lowell, David
H. Manley, John J. McLaughlin,
Angeline M. Mitchell, Annah W.
Mitchener, Bessie W. Moore, Wil
liam Muller, Kathryn J. Nagy.
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BUDGET BUREAU—Marie A.
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Budget Bureau longer than any
other employe, is retiring after
32 years of service. Miss Johns
ton, a legislative assistant in the
legislative information office, is
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Naval Engineering Station Set
To Show 50 Years' Progress *
Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS. June 21. —The!
Naval Engineering Experiment
Station, across the Severn River
from the Naval Academy, will
celebrate its 50th year of service
Friday and Saturday.
The semi-centennial will start
with an open house for technical
personnel on Friday. The Acad- [
emy band will play and Capt.
Fred W. Walton, director of the:
station, will welcome visitors. j
The public has been invited to I
tour the station from 10 a.m. to j
3 p.m. on Saturday. More than
100 displays will depict the work ■
of its laboratories in chemistry, i
electricity, mechanics, metal
lurgy, welding, engines and wave
mechanics.
Congress authorized the estab
lishment of the station in 1903
with an appropriation of $400,-
000. Its mission was to “test and
determine the suitability of cer-
I tain steam machinery for use in
j naval vessels.”
Since then, the station has
grown to a plant value of sl2
million. It now tests new types
of power plants, studies ways of
quieting naval machinery to
avoid detection by an enemy and
constantly seeks to improve ma
terials, fuels and lubricants.
During World War n, the staff
was increased from 600 to 1,100.
At present there are approxi
mately 1,000 civilian employes
and 13 naval officers at the sta
tion.
Lions Pick Roanoke
RICHMOND, Va., June 21 UP).
The State Lions Club conven
tion has chosen Roanoke for its
meeting place next year and se
lected Leland H. Hayden. An
nandale, to be governor of dis
trict 24-C.