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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
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The Federal Spotlight
Workers Denied Full Leave
Seek Carryover Permission
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
The Controller General soon will be asked to rule on whether
Government employes have to forfeit annual leave earned during
a year when their agency fails to provide them with an opportunity
to use this leave.
Thousands of Federal workers
had to forfeit some of their an*
nual leave last year when their
agencies, because of heavy work
loads. could
not spare t
them the time |
off from their ?
jobs.
The law pro- |
vides that 1
Federal work- ?
ers with more a
than 30 days |
o f saved -up I
annual • leave I
have to use all I
the leave they I
earned during I
the year, or 9
else forfeit the In «
the unused portion. Consequent
-11, employes in this category who
were dneied the right to use all
of their yearly leve feel tha they
wer eunfalrly treated.
The American Federation of
Government Employes is asking
its members to prepare a test
case for the Controller General.
While the AFGE concedes that
the present law gives agency
heads the right to determine an
employe’s use of annual leave, it
contends that the employe who
is denied the right to use his
leave should be permitted to
carry over that unused portion.
If the Controller General's de
cision is unfavorable, the AFGE
then will seek corrective legisla
tion from Congress next year to
plug this loophole.
** * *
PAY—There will be no further
action on Federal pay raise legis
lation until after the House re
turns from its Easter recess on
April 14. The situation is this:
The postal employe unions in
sist on at least an 8.2 per cent
raise, while the administration
will not budge from its stand
that any postal increase of more
than 7.6 per cent or any classi
fied pay boost in excess of 6 per
cent will be vetoed by the Presi
dent. Any further action on
classified pay will have to await
the outcome of the postal pay
fight.
There’s no doubt that the
House will approve the 8.2 per
cent average bill advocated by
the postal employe unions if the
unions insist. The question is
whether there will be enough
votes in Congress to override a
veto. Postal employe union lead
ers say this could be done. Ad
ministration officials express con
fidence that a veto cannot be
overriden.
** * *
FREE BONDS—A House Civil
Service subcommittee headed by
Representative Davis, Democrat,
of Georgia, this week is expected
to approve a bill that would pro
vide surety bonds without charge
to postal workers. The employes
presently have to pay for their
own bonds. As for other Fed
eral employes who have to pur
chase surety bonds in connection
with their work, the House Civil
Service Committee does not have
jurisdiction over them in this
matter. That is the province
of the House Government Op
erations Committee, where em
ploye leaders are hoping that
hearings will take place soon on
similar legislation Involving
these employes.
** * *
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Representative Sikes, Democrat,
of Florida has sponsored a bill
(HR-5115) to modify the De
fense Department policy of
"farming out” work to private
contractors. The bill would
prohibit defense agencies to use
contracts or orders to
dispose of work accomplished
traditionally by civilians, unless
an impartial board concurs that
the "farm out” is economically
sound and can be done by a con
tractor without danger to na
tional security.
The bill is aimed at ending a
situation which has Government
employe leaders worried. They
cite an increasing trend in mili
tary establishments to contract
work to private industry, with
the resulting loss of many thou-
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Clear to- \
night with low about 36. Fair |
and cool tomorrow.
Maryland—Fair tonight and a
little cooler with low 25-32 in the ;
mountains and in the 30s else
where. Increasing cloudiness i
with little change in temperature
tomorrow.
Virginia—Clear tonight with
low 30-35 in west and north and 1
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Shower* and thunderstorm* will derrlop tonight In an
area extending from the Lower Ohio Valley into the South
eastern States. Rain or snow will fall in the Northern Rockies
and the Dakotas. It will be cold in the Northeast and in mest
of the Great rialns States and the Mississippi Valley. In the
Far West and in the South Atlantic States It will continue mild.
| i sands of civilian employes' jobs
! in the defense agencies.
** * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP The
Military District of Washington
has job openings for a secretary
($3,410 a year) and a clerk
typist ($2,950) in the National
War College. Apply to room
1548 Building T-7, Gravelly
Point. . . . Viola S. Shantz has
been elected president of the In
terior Department branch of
Federal Employes’ Union, No. 2,
National Federation of Federal
Employes. Others elected were
Perry B. Simms, vice president,
and Mrs. Grace B. Green, secre
tary. . . . The following Fed
eral Communications Commis
-1 sion employes have received
length-of-service awards: (30
i years) George S. Turner, Helen
'L. J. Nlkka; (20 years) Myrtle
L. Adams, Elizabeth c. Smith,
Perle Knight, Marguerite F.
Hubbard, Helen A. O’Dea, Annie
N. Huntting, E. Celeste Knipe,
Anne B. Richmond, Viola Slat
tery, Alva Henry, James H. Bal
lard, James D. Dunningham,
| Robert E. Stromberg, Robert M.
Fenton, Joseph J. Bereznnay,
John L. Robinson; (10 years)
Margaret R. Walsh, Saraph B.
Boze, Jennie V. Harper. Miriam
Y. Richards, Frances V. Peck,
Georgia M. Compton, Peter J.
Veneziani, Alma V. Archambault
and Pasquale W. yaliceijti, . . .
Owen O’Connor, a (mail -analyst
in the Office of the Army Chief
of Engineers has received two
beneficial suggestion awards.
The awards are Mr. O’Connor’s
second third. He received his
first award in 1952. . . . The fol
lowing employes in the Corps of
Engineers’ Research and Devel
opment Laboratories, Fort Bel
voir, Va., have accumulated more
than 1,000 hours each of sick
leave: William C. Cude, Gilbert
C. Lorenz, John T. Pennington,
Arthur Berreth, Ben Goldberg.
Joe P. Roysdon, Edward C.
Westerman, Glenn Hall, - Levi
Minter, Baldwin H. Moss, Weller
C. Collier, Archibald R. Dean,
Pat McCauley, Wilber W. Deav
ers, K. C. Johnson, P. Skrinski,
C. E. Adams, E. Bell, J. T. Hutch
ison, H. J. Sears. T. Simpson,
H. Springer, Myra Cole, Paul
Rothi and J. J. Rodes. . . . Har
old L. Price has been appointed
director of the new division of
licensing in the Atomic Energy
Commission.... Millard F. Peake,
who recently retired from the
Army Chemical Corps after 32
years of Government service, has
been given the meritorious civil
ian service award. . , . Hillary
Lewis has retired after 36 years
with the Army Department. .
William J. Curtin of Navy’s Bu
reau of Aeronautics has retired
after 37 years’ Federal service.
Hall Named Assistant
Alexandria Attorney
Leslie Hall, an Arlington at
torney, has been appointed an
assistant Commonwealth attor
! ney in Alexandria.
Mr. Hall, 42, moved to the
i Washington area in 1941 and has
been practicing law in Arlington
since 1944.
He received his law degree in
1935 from the University of Ala
bama. Mr. Hall will make his
home at 1708 Commonwealth
avenue, Alexandria.
Falls Church Hearing
Set on Land Use Plan
A public hearing on the pro
posed land use plan for Falls
Church will be held at 8 p.m. to
| morrow at City Hall.
The City Planning Commission
j will conduct the hearing. Ivan
I Alten of the consulting firm of
j Tarrant & Alten of Richmond,
J which prepared the plan, is ex
: pected to be present.
l 35-40 in southwest. Fair and
; moderately cool tomorrow.
Wind—Northerly, diminishing
gradually tonight and becoming
more easterly tomorrow.
ElTtr Report
(Prom U. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Oreat Palls: Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferrr.
Humidity
'Readings Washington National Airport)
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Let President Decide
On Formosa Action,
Wiley Tells Congress
By Um Associated Press
Senator Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin suggested today that
Congress “tend to its own knit
ting” and allow President El
senhower to decide what the
United States should do in the
Formosa Strait.
Senator Wiley, senior Repub
lican on the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, said he sup
ports Mr. Eisenhower’s position
in declining to say now what
action this country will take if
the Chinese Communists , attack
the offshore islands of Quemoy
and Matsu. i
Alluding to thp (flefend-For
mosa resolution passed earlier
this year by Congress. Senator
Wiley said in an Interview:
“Congress has said that For
mosa is significant to our defense
and must not fall into unfriendly
hands. The President must de
cide what it is necessary to do
to prevent that from happening.
We must not limit the President
in making that decision.
“It would be well for us to re
call that this is a Government of
divided powers and functions in
which each branch should tend
to its own knitting.”
Stand Similar to George’s
Senator Wiley thus took a
position similar to that voiced
yesterday by Chairman George.
Democrat, of Georgia, of the
Foreign Relations Committee.
Senator George called for a let
up in the "heavy pressure" he
said is being put on Mr. Eisen
hower to declare that the United
States either will or will not help
Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist
forces defend Quemoy and
Matsu.
Senator George said that if a
decision is announced to defend
the islands, “that is tantamount
to a declaration of war,” and
that if there is a public decision
not to defend ihem, “that is
tantamount to an invitation to
the Chinese Communists to come
and take them.”
Neither Senator Wiley nor
Senator George mentioned speci
fically in this connection a reso
lution by Senator Morse, Demo
crat, of Oregon, to put Congress
on record as opposing use of
American forces to defend the
islands, nor a Senate speech
Friday in which Senator Mc-
Carthy, Republican, of Wiscon
sin, said Mr. Eisenhower is "in
viting a war” by not serving
notice that this country would
go to Gen. Chiang’s aid in any
attack on the islands.
Senators Knowland, of Cali
fornia, the'G- O. P. leader and
Bridges, ,of New Hampshire,
chairman of the Senate Republi
can Policy Committee, have said
this country should help defend
the islands.
“War Party” Disputed
Vice President Nixon, in a
Cleveland speech last night, de
clared "there is no war party in
America.” Saying' that Ameri
cans max advocate different poli
cies as the best way of avoiding
war, Mr. Nixon said “let us do so
without questioning the motives
of those who disagree with us.”
The “war party” phrase cropped
up in an NBC television debate,
American Forum, between Rep
resentative Scott, Republican, of
Pennsylvania and Senator
Humphrey, Democrat, of Minne
sota. Mr. Scott said he has seen
no evidence of a war party, “but
I'll tell you what there is around
—there’s a pussyfooting appease
ment policy.” Then he told
Senator Humphrey: "And it’s
exemplified by some of the
statements you’ve made here.”
Senator Humphrey, who op
poses United States military
action to defend Quemoy and
Matsu, said he wouldn’t go so
far as say there is a war party,
but "I would say there are forces
in the administration and in the
Republican Party that are talk
ing plenty warlike.”
Mr. Scott insisted "no admin
istration has done as much for
peace as this one.”
Fire Destroys Hotel
PLAINFIELD, Conn., April 4
(&). —Connecticut’s oldest hotel,
the ?00-year-old- Central Hotel
in Central Village was destroyed
by fire early yesterday. Owner
John Deltac ■ estimated the loss
at $50,000.
i P®. 20 8 am.
8 p.m. 54 10 a.m. ..... 46
Recerd’Temperstures Thii Teat
Highest. 79. on March 23.
Lowest. 10 on February 8.
High and Law
8 a.aa. Saturday ta 8 a.a. Sunday
High. 75. at 1:80 p.m.
Low. 48, at 5:15 a.m.
„8 a.m. Sunday ta 8 a.m. Taday
High (0. at 1:30 p.m.
Low. 41. at 5:45 a.m.
_ Tide Tablet
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
„ . Today Tomorrow
High . 8:07 a.m. 6:64 a.m.
Low 12:08 a.m. 12:56 a.m.
High 6:34 p.m. 7:20 P.m.
Low 12:38 p.m. 1:28 p.m.
The Sun and Mean
. Rises Sets
; sun. today _ 5:49 , . 0:M
Sun. tomorrow . 6:48 6:35
Moon, today 4:19 p.m. 4:09 a.m.
Automobile lights mutt be turned on
one-hall hour after sunset
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in Inches in the
Capital icurrent month to date):
Month 1965 1954 Avg Record
January 0.81 2.3(1 3.24 7.83 37
February 3.13 0.85 2.44 8.84 84
& “’"it If IBS
June 1.24 3.4r'10.54 -liQ
July 170 4.26 10.83 'B6
& S! ffl li? 8
December . 18-48 JIS 9
Temperatures In Tarfont Cities
Abilene 87 Little Rack 78 s*4'
i Albuquerque ft Sjj KiW* ?? »
aSum™** aßfflasr ssss
Atlantic City 52 38 Milwaukee 45 35
Baltimore 70 38 Minneapolis IS 38
Billinas 33 24 Montgomery 76 48
58 JS IS
Boise 45 31 Norfolk 74 44
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Chlrll’lon ||
Falls ChurchMarito Command
Forrestal, First Supercarrier
Capt. Roy L. Johnson
To Leave Pentagon
For 60’,000-Ton Ship
Capt. Roy L. Johnson, ÜBN, of
Falls Church, Va. has been
named skipper of the first of the
Navy’s 60,000-ton supercarriers,
the USB Forrestal, it was an
nounced today.
Winner of one of the most
sought-after salt water assign
ments in the Navy, the captain
has spent virtually all of his naval
career in aviation.
His present post is that of spe
cial projects officer on the staff
of the Deputy Chief of Naval Op
erations for Air, his office being
at the Pentagon. During the Ko
rean War, he was commanding
officer of the aircraft carrier Ba
doeng Straits.
The Forrestal, considered to be
the mightiest warship afloat, is
scheduled for commissioning
next fall. She was launched last
December, but will not be ready
tor her first sea trials until next
year. Her complement is 466 offi
cers and 3,400 enlisted men.
Capt. Johnson was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1929.
He won his wings two years later
and served on carriers and air
Namm's Department Store
In Brooklyn Not Closed
NEW YORK. April 4 ( JP).—
Namm's Department Btore in
Brooklyn, now known as Namm
Loeser’s Department Store, has
not been closed.
The Associated Press Satur
day reported erroneously that
Namm's was among four major
department stores in New York
which have been closed during
the last three years.
The story should have said
that it was the Frederick Loeser
& Co. Department Store which
f at 7th and E, S.W. 'V
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' We’re closing up out bid birthplace at 7th and E, Southwest, —'
converting it into a warehouse d double the storage facilities f *lB ..
lIM back up our efficient Supermart at Bth and Penn. Southeast. JpPl
Naturally, everything in our 7th and E displays MUST BE
_ SOLD OUT AT ONCE. IT CANNOT BE RE CRATED || EL
FOR STORAGE. It’s the end of an era. And it’s a shopper’s j * f
landfall that comes just once in a lifetime.
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BRANCH STORE: 7th and E S.W.
Open tonifht 'til 9, other weekdays 'til 6 •
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CAFT. ROY L. JOHNSON
support ships before World
War n.
As commander of Air Group 2,
air officer and finally executive
officer of the flattop Hornet in
the war against Japan, he was
awarded the Legion of Merit. He
also holds the Bronze Star Medal
and the Air Medal.
The captain lives with Mrs.
Johnson, the former Margaret
Louise Gross of Washington, and
their two children, Joanne and
Roy, Jr., at 1004 Highland ave
nue, Falls Church.
has been closed. After the closing
of the Loeser firm, the Namm
company acquired the name,
goodwill and stock of the Loeser
film.
Barber Silences Customer
MANILA, April 4 (jP).—A bar
ber slashed his customer’s throat
for “talking too much,” Philip
pine news service reported today.
The story said Justiniano Zar
sadiaz. 41, told police he could
not stand the insults Cesar
Madarang, 30, directed at him.
Mr. Madarang is in a hospital
in serious condition.
'OH Burglar'Suspect
Linked to 52 Entries
In Georgetown Area
A total of 52 housebreakings
were chalked up today to a "cat
burglar” who used fire escapes
and roofs in his campaign, most
ly in the Georgetown area.
Capt. Joseph W. Shimon of the
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| IT tamSaBEK m IB Tickal Offic.i: Cor. 14th & F St*.. (Willord Hotel) '
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general assignments squad said
police have linked the long list
of crimes to James Henry Coates,
34, colored, of the 1300 block of
Vermont avenue N.W., who
served a six-year term for a
series of 37 housebreakings in
1942.
Arrested March 21, Coates had
evaded police for months. On
January 24 a special squad was
put on his trail, but he Still
evaded detection.
Finally arrested, and faced
with fingerprints taken from a
number of places, Conies m
police he had been using Or* es
capes to "ease* Jobs/fben often'
going to a rooftop to deep be
fore completing the work just
before dawn.
When he found his
blocked by police, the burglar
would ascend to a roof and
main there for hours until Hffr
way was clear, he said. IA/
Shimon said other eases may be
charged to Coates, said to haVa
taken only money and jewels tfl
his forays. ri