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THE EVENING STAR
Washington. D. C.
MONDAY, JULY 8, 10S1
Annual-Wage Plan
Called Impractical
By NAM President
By the Associated Pratt
The president of the National
Association of Manufacturers
said, yesterday his organization
doesn’t believe a guaranteed an
nual wage for workers, as how
sought by many labor unions,
is practical.
Harold C. McClellan, NAM
head, interviewed on the NBC
TV-radio show, "Meet the
Press,” said there is no way of
guaranteeing a specific annual
wage to workers now paid on an
hourly basis unless business has
some definite way of knowing
ahead of time how much money
it will make. This isn’t possible
now in most cases, he said, add
ing:
“We should avoid making
conimitments as companies
which endanger the financial
position of the companies and
of all the employes in them.”
Can’t Predict Profits.
Mr. McClellan said there is no
way of knowing whether sales
may drop off and a firm
shouldn’t be forced to pay more
workers than it needs.
Asked for his opinion about
profit sharing plans carried on
for their workers by various
firms, Mr. McClellan said each
organization “should be able to
appraise its own problems and
work them out on that basis.”
In answer to other questions,
the NAM president said his or
ganization is more in favor of
the Eisenhower administration
than .it was of the Democratic
predecessors. But he said he
doesn’t regard President Eisen
hower’s as a “businessman’s”
administration but considers it
a “businesslike” administration.
“The President is demonstrat
ing that he is the President for
alf'3>f us,” Mr. McClellan< said.
Urges Caution on Security .
He was asked what the NAM’s
attitude was toward Gen. Eisen
hower’s program for increasing
social security benefits in view
of the NAM’s opposition to
setting up the original program
in the 30s. Mr. McClellan said
his organization’s views were
different now but he believed
the present setup should be
watched carefully and not “be
tinkered with until we Know
more about” the costs and re
quirements 10 to 20 years
from now.
On the question of increasing
United States trade with Russia,
Mr. McClellan said he doesn’t
think there was “any merit” t*'
such a move. '
“The dangers are more serious
than the possible benefits,” he
said.
The NAM head was asked
about his organization’g recent
study with a group of educators
on the possibility of teaching fn
the schools what communism is.
He said there were conflicting
views but the NAM consensus
was that it could be taught ob
jectively as one way l of prepar
ing graduates to meet the prob
lems of the |ay intelligently.
Play Program at Elkton
ELKTON, Va., July 5 (Special).
—The summer recreation pro
gram for children of .Elkton
and surrounding areas was be
• gun at the 20-acre Stonewall
Memorial Park last week, with
Gene Guiseppe as recreation di
rector and Miss Billie Miller his
assistant.
U. S. Deports Chinese Officer
Who Renounced Chiang Rule
By th« Associated Prass
CHICAGO. July s—The Navy
disclosed today it has arrested
and deported to Formosa a 25-
year-old Chinese Nationalist
Marine officer who renounced the
Chiang Kai-shek government
and sought political asylum in
the United States.
The arrest of Capt. Hsuan Yei
Saturday in suburban Evanston
was made at the request of the
State Department on ’Chinese
Nationalist representations that
Hsuan was a deserter, the an
nouncement said.
Lt. Comdr. Robert R. Dennes,
9th Naval District public rela
tions officer, said Hsuan was
lodged overnight at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Center,
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Mostly
cloudy with thunderstorms this
afternoon and this evening. Fair
late tonight and tomorrow with
low tonight 67.
. Maryland Thunderstorms
this afternoon and evening. Fair
late tonight and tomorrow with
low in the 60s.
Virginia—Thunderstorms this
afternoon and evening. Fair late
to / t 3 4 U.S. WEATHER BUREAU MAR ’
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ARffV * /HIGH\
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of Precipitation Expected Tomgkt
TomfMcalvr* PifWM Meow
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Pojl/T\ir Yfiitfn Condition! * Arrow* Dome* WiiS Haw |
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■99KV9SViai\p Sj July 5,19*4 Hrfhc o«4 low* ia Indite
There will be showers or thunderstorms tonight in the
Southeastern States, the Western Golf region, the Northern
Plains and the Southern Plateau area. It will be cooler in
the>Nerth Pacific State* —AP Wirephoto Map.
I i
The Ftderal Spotlight 1
Co-Ordinated Retirement flan
Sure to Cause Much Debate
By Joseph Young
’ Kaplan Committee’s recommendation to Congress for
co-ordinated civil service retirement-social security coverage for
Federal employes is certain to cause much debate among employes
as well as members of Congress. -
While if* too late this year for Congress to act on the
proposals, the report undoubtedly will be closely scrutinized on
Capitol Hill next year. <e>
So that employes as well as
Congress can get a better under
standing of the Kaplan Com
mlttee pro
liberalizing ' jm l
retirement
survivorship
benefits ym V
ordinating the ” .
morrow will JE
present an an- H
report. The *
anaylsis was
prepared by the Ctrii* Service
Commission.
Under the Kaplan Comittee’s
plan, all Federal employes with
three or more years of continu
ous Government service would
be under both civil service re
tirement and social security.
Those with less than three years
of service would be under social
security. When they achieved
three years of service they would
be covered by both systems.
Here is part one of the analy
sis:
MEMBERSHIP.
Present Civil Service
Retirement.
- Federal and D. C. employes,
except:
1. Those subject to another !,
Federal or D. C. retirement sys
tem.
2. Elected officials of the exec
utive branch.
3. Those excluded by;J|ieeu*
tive order (temporary, intermit
tent, Indefinite, etc.).
Coverage is optional for mem
bers of Congress and congres
sional employes.
Coverage is mandatory for all
others.
Total coverage, September 30,
1953; 1,662,000.
Proposed Civil Service
Retirement.
(1) Federal and D. C. em
ployes now covered, (2) those
presently excluded who com
plete three years’ continuous
Federal of D. C. employment,
and (3) new appointees after
they serve three continuous
years. Those covered by another
Federal or D. C. retirement sys
tem would remain excluded.
In determining continuous
service: . - <
1. Breaks of- 30 days or less
would not require a new start,
but the separation periods would ,
not count toward the 3 years.
2. Leave without pay would
not break continuity, credit be
ing allowed therefor as for re?
tirement purposes (up to $
Optimists to Hear Arata
Clarence Arata, managing
director of the Greater National
Capital Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade, will
address the National Capital
Optimist Club at 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday at the Willard Hotel
on “Facts About the District of
Columbia.”
flown to Oakland, Calif., yester
day / and put aboard a plane
bound for Formosa.
Hsuan was sent to the United
States in 1952 for training at the
Quantico (Va.) Marine Corps
base. Friends in Evanston said
he resigned his commission after
completion of his training and
asked the State Department foe
political asylum.
\ Dr. K. C. Wu, former Governor
of Formosa who has broken with
the Chiang gQvernment and lives
in Evanston, termed the quick
deportation of Hsuan “an awful
thing” and said he believes the
officer was entitled to a hearing.
Dr. Wu said Hsuan faces cer
tain execution in Formosa.
Dr. Wu said Hsuan had told
him he was an anti-Communist.
tonight and tomorrow with IDW
tonight in the 60s.
Wind—Northwest 10-15 miles
per hour tonight and tomorrow.
Blret fteport.
(Prom U S. Engineer*..) 1
Potomac River muddy at Harper*
Ferry and clear at Great Pall*; Shenan* i
doata muddy at Harpers Perry.
Humidity i
(Reading* WaaMngton National Airport.)
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon 50 Midnight 72
4 p.m. 47 8 a.m. __.Bo
R p.m. 66 10 a.m. .74 I
months in each calendar year);
3. W. A. E. employes Without
regular tour of duty would
qualify after serving sufficient
days to make up 3 full years’
work. (
After the necessary 3-year pe
riod has been completed, cover
age will attach immediately upon
each subsequent appointment.
Congressmen abd congre&ion
al employes .trill: not automati
cally secure coverage by serv
ing three year#*,'
Present Sbeiai: Security.
Federal employes,;except:
1. Those Subject to a Federal
retirement system.
2. Those excluded by law (such
as persons in the legislative
branch, certain field postal em
ployes, aliens employed outside
the United States, etc.).
Total coverage, September 30,
1953: 597,000.
A/‘fully-insured worker” is one
who has
1. 40 quarters of coverage, or
2. V 2 of tfie quarters elapsing
after 1950 <or after attainment
of age 21) and before he reaches
age 65 or dies.
A minimum of 6 quarters is
required in any case.
A “currently-insured worker”
is one who has not less than 6
quarters of coverage during the
13-quarter period ending with
the quarter in which he died or
became entitled to old-age in
solence benefits. ■
Proposed Social Security.
Same as present OASI,* but
with extension to certain field
postal employes and others.
(The committee on RathSement
Policy recommends that OASI
be further extended to employes
subject to CSR, other than Con
gressmen and congressional em
ployes who now secure retire
ment coverage by election.) .
“Fully-insured worker”—same
as present OASI. Also includes
worker if all quarters elapsing
after 1954 and up to age 65 or
death, with a minimum of six
quarters after 1954, are quarters
of coverage.
“Currently-insured - worker”—
same as present OA&r.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Present Civil Service Retirement.
Six per cent of basic salary
without limitation.
Proposed Civil Service
Retirement
3Vs per cent of bas|p salary up
to $4,200, and 6% on basic salary
over $4,200.
SBx pfr cant deduction on
basic salary continues for Con
gressme nand congressional em
ployes.
Present Social Security
On earnings up to $3,600 in any
calendar year—2% through 1»58;
2*/&%,• 1960 through 1964 ; 3%,
1965 through 1969; ZV<%, 1970
and thereafter.
Proposed Social Security
On earnings up to $4,200 in any
calendar year—2% through 1959;
2*4%, 1960 through 1964; 3%,
1965 through 1969; 3*/ 2 %, 1970
through 1947; 4%, 1975 and
thereafter.
COMPUTATION OF BENEFITS
Present Civil Service
Retirement
One and one-half per cent,
or $25 plus 1%, of highest
5-year average annual basic
of service. Annuity may not ex
ceed 80% of 5-year average
salary.
Two per cent of highest 5-year
average annual basic salary,
multiplied by years of servfce not
exceeding 30, for certato" law
enforcement officers.
For members of Congress,
2Vs % of average annual basic
salary from and after August 3,
1946, multiplied by years of serv
ice as member and (with limita
tions) in the armed forces. An
nuity may not exceed 75% of
final basic salary.
For congressional employes.
2Vi% of highest 5-year average
annual basic salary, multiplied
by years of congressional and
military service, not exceeding
15, plus lVa% of such average
salary multiplied by years of
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest. 96. on June 13.
Lowest. 13. on January 23.
High and Law of Last -24 Hour*,
lath. 88. »t 1:56 p.m*
Low. 67, at 6:20 a.m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey >
Today. Tomorrow.
High 12:23 a.m.
Low 7:00 a.m. 7:50 a.m.
High 12:50 p.m. i:o7p.m
Low 7:21p.m. 8:06 P.m.
The Sun and Moan.
Rises. Seta.
Sun. today 6:48 8:37
Sun. tomorrow 5:48 8:37
Moon, today . 11:12 a.m. 11:31 js.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haU hour after sunset.
Freclpltatlan.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1954. Avg. Record.
January 2.30 3.38 7.83 37
February ojfo 3.00 6.84 'B4
March 3.47 §,86 8.84 91
April 3.30 530 9.13 ’B9
May 2.98 3.71 10.69 53
June 1.24 3.97 10.94 00
July ... 4.40 10.03 ’OO
August 4.35 14.41 ’2B
September 3.09 -17.45 34
October 2.91 8.81 37
November 2.71 7.18 ’77
December ... 3.09 7.60 ‘Ol
Temperatures In Varieus Cities.
Abilene 9+ 75 Knoxville 90 68
Albany 83 59 Uttle Rock. 97 74
Albuauerque 95 70 Las Angeles. 82 62
Anchorage 69 5o Louisville _ 92 75
Atlanta 95 71 Memphis 100 75
Atlantic City 72 63 Miami - 92 74
Baltimore 86 02 Milwaukee _ 78 59
Birmingham 96 72 Minneapolis 82 03
Bismarck 84 59 Montgomery 98 73
Boise 100 71 New .Orleans 94 73
Boston 75 62 New York . 70 02
Buffalo 84 61 Norfolk 90 71
Burlington 78 55 Oklahoma C. 96 69
Charleston _ 93 72 Omaha 94 0&
Chicago . 80 67 Philadelphia 74 «(T
Cincinnati.. SO 66 Phoenix 100 80
Cleveland .. 83 65 Pittsburgh 84 64
Columbua.. 89 05 P’tland. Me. 72 57
Dallas .... 94 80 RaMah ... 94 08
Denver „ 89 59 Reno .. 91 45
» 68
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—AP Wlrephoto.
JIMMY N. SHAVER.
Texas Airman Held
In Attack-Slaying of
Girl, 3, in Gravel Pit
By the Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 5.
A drunk airman raped and bru
tally killed a pretty, blond 3-
year-old girl during the week end
and today was held without bond
under a murder 1 Charge.
Jimmy N. Shaver, 31, airman,
third class, was arrested yester
day, stumbling and Half dressed,
near the murder scene.
He was taken secretly from
th§ murder area by officers, who
feared violence from the 200 or
so men searching for the little
girl.
The victim was Chere Jo Hor
ton, whose body was found, in an
abandoned gravel pit southwest
of here.
Shaver, a tactical instructor at
Lackland Air Force Base near
here, said in a written state
ment: “I assume all responsi
bility for what has happened.”
Police Investigator Dean Jones
said Shaver “blamed it on
drinking.”
Claims “Blackout.”
He 'told officers he remem
bered taking the girt to the
gravel pit, but “blacked out”
after that.
The child was in the family
car while the mother, father and
brother, 5, were inside a case.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Horton said
the child had been gone from
the case “just minutes” before
the mother went to see if she
was all right.
Investigator Jones said a 20-
year-old basic trainee, Whose
name had been given police by
Shaver, had been completely
cleared.
Shortly after the girl’s body
was found yesterday morning, a
county highway patrolman, Eu
gene Talbert, found a car parked
near the scene. On the door han
dle hung a shredded pair of*
child's underwear.
Arrested at Gun Point.
Patrolman Talbert waited a
few minutes and then a shirt
less figure came stumbling from
a bluff. The patrolman drew his
gun and arrested Shaver.
Searchers said the girl lay face
down, twisted and her under
clothing , gone, she clutched a
wisp of blond hair in her right
hand. Officers believe she tore
it fr«m her own head.
Examination showed she had
been raped, both jaws broken,
both hips dislocated and her
head injured.
The father, 31, is an ex-para
trooper who receives 100 per
cent disability allotment for his
military service. The mother
works in a San Antonio bank.
other service. Annuity may not
exceed 80% of’s-year average
salary.
Proposed Civil Service Retirement
No change in present CSR
prior to retired employe’s attain
ment of age 65.
Annuity payable after age 65
would be 1% of first $5,000 of
highest 5-year average basic
salary, plus 1V 2 % of such aver
age salary above $5,000, multi-'
plied by, years of service. If
highest 5-year Average is less
than $3,200, annuity after age 65
would be 2% of first SBOO, plus
1% of next SBOO, plus »/ 2 % of
balance not exceeding $1,600,
multiplied by years of service,
with a maximum of 50% of such
5-year average. ✓
For certain law enforcement
officers, annuity after, age 65
would be iy 2 % of first $5,000
of highest 5-year average basic
salary, plus 2% of balance, mul
tiplied by years of service not
exceeding 30.
Same as present CSR for Con
gressmen and congressional em
ployes.
For congressional employes
who may have rendered some
service in other branches of the
Government, tto reduction in an
nuity at age 65 will be required.
Present Social Security.
Fifty-five cent of- first
$1,200 of average annual wage,
plus 15% of balance not exceed
ing $2,400; minimum benefit S3OO.
Amount equal to 50% of
worker’s rate goes to the wile,
provided she has attained age
65 or has in her care a child en
titled to benefits. y
Amount equal to 50% of fe
male worker’s rate goes to a de
pendent husband who has
reached age 65. *
Another 50% of worker s rate
goes to each dependent unmar
ried child under age-18.
Total family benefit may not
exceed the lesser of $2,025 or 80%
of average wage, or may not be
less than $540.
Proposed Social Security.
Fifty-five per cent of first
$1,320 of average annual wage,
plus 20% of balance not exceed*
ing $2,880; minimum benefit $360.
Amount equal to 50% of work
er’s rate goes to the Wife, pro
vided she has attained age 65
or has in her care a child en
titled to benefits. ■; - i
Another 50% of worker’s rate
goes to each dependent unmar
ried Child under age TB.
Total family benefit may not
exceed the lesser of $2,400 or
80% 'at average wakfe, pt may
not be less tlufc SBOOT r
(The second and
will be published here tomorrow.)
1
Man Accidentally Wounds
Son With Civil War Gun
By the Associated Press
MT. HOLLY, N. J., July 5.
A father playing cowboys and
Indians with his twin sons yes
terday fired an old Civil War
gun arm shot one of the boys m
the throat, police reported.
, The 12-year-old boy. William
C. Anderson, jr., is in critical
condition in Burlington County
Hospital.
The father, William Anderson,
sr., of Marlton, was playing with
William, Jr., and Ernest in the
rear, of his home about 15 miles
southwest of here.
He was firing blank cartridges
from the breebh-loading gun and
the boys were pretending they
were Indians and would fall
down.
The wadding apparently stayed
together in one of the blanks
and entered William’s throat.
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; 13 Army 'Guinea Pigs' Testing
Emergency Survival Jelly Bars
By tHe Associated Press
l MINNEAPOLIS, July 5.
- Twelve enlisted men and one of
* fleer are human guinea pigs in
i a 24-day Army search for an
emergency survival ration that
i woffid sustain a body of men for
[ tWo weeks under the most trying
• conditions.
The volunteers will begin the
. experiment Friday at the Uni
versity of Minnesota. Conditions
will approximate being “ditched
up in Alaska and having to walk
home” with only starched jelly
bars for food, washed down with
only a small amount of soft
drink.
The men arrived from the
Army Quartermaster Research
. and Development Unit at Fort
Lee. Va., June 15 and imme
diately undertook a three-week
diet of “C” rations, consisting of
canned meats, desserts, cookies,
crackers and powdered milk, cof
fee and cocoa.
. After the 24-day Jelly bar
hitch, they will return to another
three-week session on the “C”
rations.
The “C” ration menu consist
ing of 3,800 calories a day is
described by Dr. Ansel Keys, who
is conducting the experiment in
the Laboratory of Physiological
Hygiene, as “nutritionally ade
quate.”
Friday the calorie count drops
to 1,000 or five jelly bars. This
is strictly a carbohydrate diet,
without proteins or fats.
Inside the laboratory, the sol
diers are exercising on two
treadmills, one for running and
one for walking. They eat and
30 Are Killed When Bus
Plunges 500 Feet
By th* Associated Press
TETUAN, Spanish Morocco,
July 5.—A bus plunged head
long over a 500-foot cliff to the
edge of the Mediterranean near
here Saturday midnight. As
many as 30 of the persons aboard
were reported to have died, some
instantly and others later in a
hospital here in the capital of
Spanish Morocco. Four others
still were in the hospital being
treated for injuries.
i
sleep in laboratory quarters and
take short walks around the
campus for relaxation.
Doctors periodically check the
volunteers’ general physical con
dition, strength, balance, vision,
hearing and co-ordination. Dr.
Keys says the men will lose 15
to 20 pounds during the test.
The test is one of a series run
off here during the last 12 years.