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HEADED FOR 4,840 FATHOMS DEEP
LOS ANGELES.—lnventor Edmund Martine stands beside the hatch of a 50-
ton submarine he built at Ocean Park and in which he hopes to explore the
floor of the ocean. The sub was moved here yesterday for final dry-land testing
Erior to her launching the latter part of October. Equipped with port holes and
ghts for underwater photography, the 41-foot craft is built to withstand pres
sures down to 5% miles.—AP Wirephoto.
360 Request High Court
To Doom McCarran Act
By th« Associated Press
A brief bearing the names of i
360 citizens urges that the 1950
Internal Security Act be struck
down by the Bupreme Court as
“the most terrible threat so far
devised to freedom in America.”
■ The law, sometimes called the
McCarran Act after the late Ne
vada Democratic Senator who
was its chief sponsor, was en
acted over former President Tru
man's veto. It requires regis
tration of organizations found
by the Subversive Activities Con
trol Board to be Communist “ac
tion’ or “front” groups. Those
la the “action” catgory must
list all their members.
The first major test of the
act is scheduled to be heard
this fall by the Supreme Court.
The Communist Party is appeal
ing from an order to register
issued against it by the SACB.
The party contends the law vio
lates fundamental liberties guar
anteed by the Constitution.
The citizens assailing the law
did so in a brief presented at
the office of the Supreme Court
clerk yesterday. They asked
permission to file the brief as
“friends of the court.”
Seek te List “Evils”
They said they wished to tell
the court about “the evils of the
act from the point of view of the
non-Communlst.” Their brief
continued:
“(It) Represses the organiza
tional activities of non-Commu
nist Americans wherever they
are found to have associated
with the Communists for any
purpose, however innocent, to
have collaborated with the Com
munists for the attainment of
any objective, however lawful
and proper, or to have agreed
with the Communists concerning
ideas and policies, even though
the points of agreement may
have been very remote.”
The group called the provisions
of the act “the legislation of a
new orthodoxy” of not associate
ing with any person or group
which is or might become sus
pect or controversial.
Listed as signers were some 80
clergymen, 76 educators, 25
physicians, 13 lawyers and
others.
McNamara Issues Statement
One listed signer, Senator
McNamara, Democrat of Mich
igan, first told a reporter in
Detroit he had “no recollection
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District and vicinity—Fair to
night, lowest near 64. Tomorrow
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Virginia—Fair tonight, lowest
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Tomorrow fair and warm.
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'of signing such a brief, and
>! would never knowingly do any
thing to help communism.”
Subsequently, however, he
through his Washington
office a statement which said:
“The McCarran Act attempts
, to take away the basic right of
\ free association guaranteed to
, the American people by the Bill
, of Rights.
“While I abhor the Com
munist Party, I was happy on
this occasion to join with a
! group of public-spirited citizens
who. while they make no de
. sense of the Communist Party,
are deeply concerned about the
liberties of the American
people.”
Other Signers Listed
Among others listed as signers
were Henry Seidel Canby, chair
can of the editorial board of the
Saturday Review; the Rev. Henry
Hitt Crane. Detroit; Robert W.
D. Davidson, president of West-,
minster College, Fulton, Mo.: the
Very Rev. John Warren Day,
' Grace (Episcopal) Cathedral, To
'peka, Kans ; Yehudi Menuhin,
| violinist, Los Gatos, Calif.; Prof.
1 Linus Pauling. California Insti
tute of Technology; Prof. John P.
Peters, Yale University School
1 of Medicine, New Haven; Deems
, Taylor, composer. New York, and
! Prof. Harold C. Urey, University
' of Chicago.
In asking court permission for,
formal filing of the brief, thej
. individuals said the Communist
, Party had consented to the filing
I but Solicitor General Simon E.
, SobelofT declined to consent on,
, grounds he saw no direct interest
of the individuals in the litiga
tion.
[ The Supreme Court, in a recent
I revision of rules, said it does not
, favor "friend of the court” briefs;
| by persons not directly involved.
, The court will make known later
whether it will permit filing of
, the brief by the individuals.
! Listed as signers were three
’ Washington residents^—Henry A.!
| Collis, M.D.; George B. Murphy, l
jr., and J. Daniel Weitzman.
There was no further identifica
tion.
I Three signers from Maryland
I were listed—Miss Lois Diehl/
identified as connected with the
Baltimore YWCA; Rabbi Uri
Miller of Baltimore's Congrega
tion Beth Jacob and Miss Opal
■ F. Kracek of Chevy Chase, not
[ further identified,
i The list included two Vir-
River Report
! (From U. 8. Rngineer»>
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Greal Falls; Shenandoah dear at
Jfarpers Ft fry.
Temperatures far Yeoterday
'Readings Washington National Airport),
! Midnight 66 Noon 781
i 4 am. 62 4 pm. 83
8 am. 63 8 p.m. 73
Record Temperatures This Tear
Highest. PS, on July 22. August 2.
Lowest, 10 on February 3.
High and Low of Last 24 Hours
High. 84, at 4MO pm.
Low, 66. at 8:50 a m
Tide Tables
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Ooodetic Survey)
Today Tomorrow
High -- 8:58 a.m. 0:40 am.
Low 3:12 a.m. 3:68 a.m.
High .. 0:25 p.m. 10:08 p.m.
Low v- 3:31p.m. 4:14 p.m.
The Sun and Moon
Rises Seta
, Sun. today 6:50 7:15
Sun. tomorrow 6:50 7:14
Moon, today 7:13 a.m. 7.08 p.m.
Automobile light! must bo turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Dock Probers
To Meet Today
NEW YORK. Sept. 16 Wv—A
newly constituted citizens’ fact
finding committee meets today
to consider dock union griev
ances against the New York-New
Jersey Waterfront Commission.
Meanwhile, the Port of New
York hummed with activity yes
terday as some 20,000 stevedores
resumed full work schedules
after an eight-day strike which
ended Wednesday.
The walkout by members of
the International Longshore
men’s Association (independent)
was a frontal assault on the au
thority of the bi-State commis
sion, set up two years ago to po
lice the turbulent waterfront.
Monetary loss to the employers—
the 170-member New York Ship
ping Association, not involved!
in the dispute—was an estimat
ed million dollars a day.
After two members of the un
official fact-finding committee!
dropped out in the past two days,
New Jersey State Senatoi James
F. Murray, jr., who fathered the
strike-ending idea, yesterday ap
pointed two new committeemen.
They are William F. Hanlon,
an attorney of Asbury Park, N.
J.. and former Hudson County
(N. J.) Judge Alexander F.
Ormsby.
Other members are Godfrey
| Schmidt, of the Fordham Law
'School faculty; James McAllister.:
a New York shipper, and the;
Rev. Dennis Comey of Philadel-i
phia, who would vote in case of a
'tie.
Senator Murray will not serve
actively on the committee.
The fact-finding group has
been denounced by New Jersey
Gov. Robert B. Myner as "pre
sumptuous."
Gov. Averell Harriman of New
York, who has not commented
on formation of the committee,
has repeatedly told the ILA it
must make its complaints to the
commission.
The ILA has charged the com
mission with abusing its powers
and harassing longshoremen. Hie
commission denies all allegations
and charges the union with
“lawlessness.”
ginians, Marcus I. Goldman of
Alexandria and the Rev. H. S.
Southgate of the Methodist
Church of Roanoke.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in Inches Ul the
Capital (current month to data):
Month 1»55 1954 Av«. Record
'January 0.31 2.30 3.24 7.83 *37
ifebruar? 3.13 0.85 2.44 8.84 84
March 3.70 3.07 3.03 8.84 'Ol
! April 2.67 3.30 3.08 9.1» *BO
May 3.38 2.08 3.08 10.80 *53
Juno 2.78 1.24 3.41 10.94 *OO
July 232 1.70 4.2 S 10.83 ’BO
August 14.01 3.16 4.76 14.41 *2B
September 0.03 0.83 4.12 1? 45 '34
October 408 2.85 8.81 # 37
November 1.78 5.741 7.18 *77
December 282 2.81 7.68 *OJ
Temperatures In Various Cities
H. L. H. L.
Abilene 93 71 Los Angelos 84 82
Albany 77 69 Loutsvllla 91 82
Albuquerque 90 85 Memphis 80 88
Anchoraga 53 36 Miami 67 7f.
Atlanta - 83 83 Milwaukee 8P 8o
Atlantic City 78 ?o'Minneapolis 88 78
Baltimore 88 84 Montgomery 88 85
Billings 73 42 New Orleans 81 70
Bismarck 92 45 New York 79 88
Boston 79 80 Norfolk 80 83
Buffalo 72 64 Okla. City 01 70
Burlington 86 45 Omaha 97 74
Charleston 83 72 Philadelphia 84 88
Cheyenne 82 48 Phoenix 98 74
Chicago 92 87 Pittsburgh 84 82
Cincinnati 90 81 P'tland.Me. 71 57
Cleveland 87 85 Ftland. Ore. 67 63
Columbus 91 80 Raleigh 83 50
Dallas 87 72 Reno 75 38
'Denver 89 52 Richmond 86 82
Drs Moines 08 70 St. Louis 96 88
Detroit 8] 81 8. Lake City 75 51
Duluth 84 58 San Antonio 02 74
Fort Worth 05 73 San Diego 79 87
Houston 87 72 8. Francisco 88 57
Indianapolis 91 82 Savannah 84 70
Jackson 83 86 teattle 67 40
Kansas City 93 74 Tampa PO 73
Key West 92 78 Washington 84 68
Knoxville 88 62 Wichita 00 06
Little Rock 91 32
RESORT FORECAST
Southern Jersey Fair,
high around 80 tomorrow,
light east winds.
Ocean Beaches—Tomor
row fair, high 82-86. light
east winds.
Upper and Lower Bay-
Pair tomorrow, high 84-88,
gentle variable winds.
Skyline Drive—Tomorrow
fair, high 84-88, good visi
bility.
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Cost of Social Security
Would Rise With Years
By JOSEPH YOUNG
Supplemental Social Security coverage for Federal employes
eventually would cost them as much as 7Vi per cent of their salary
instead of the present A per cent contribution.
Administration officials say the substantially greater family
survivorship and annuity benefits employes would get would be
well worth the increased cost.
In fact, some administration
officials feel it has been a mistake
to play down the fact that em
ployes eventually would have to
contribute more of their salaries
for social security. The adminis
tration will propose to Congress
next year supplemental social se
curity coverage for Federal em
ployes.
They feel too much emphasis
has been placed on the fact that,
at first, employes will pay less
for co-ordinated civil service re
tirement-social security coverage
than they do now.
The result has been, they say,
that Federal employes have be
come unduly suspicious of a pro
posal "which gives them some
thing for nothing.” Many em
ployes have asked how it was
possible to get more benefits at
a lesser cost to them.
The answer is that the cost
to the employe would increase
every five years between now
and 1975 as the social security
contribution rate increases. Thus,
by 1975, employes would pay 7Vi
per cent of their salaries on the
first $4,200 of their annual sal
aries and 6 per cent on any
amount above that.
For employes earning less than
$4,200 a year, their contribution
to the co-ordinated civil service
retirement-social security would
be a flat 7Vi per cent. For those
earning over $4,200 a year the
average contribution would be 7
per cent by 1975.
Under the social security law,
employe contributions to social
security increased by one-half of
one per cent every five years be
tween now and 1975. Thus, it
wouldn’t be until 1965 that some
Federal employes would pay
more for their combined Civil
Service retirement-social security
coverage than they are paying
now.
In return for the extra 1 or IMI
per cent of their; salaries they
would have to pay in the future,
employes would get survivorship
protection benefits for their fam
ilies which in many cases would;
be more than twice as much as!
received under the civil service
retirement system.
Also, the annuity benefits for
Federal employes who retire
would be Increased by at least $
per cent at age 65.
The civil service retirement
system would remain intact, with
social secuhty benefits being sup
plemental.
** * *
GREATER PERSONNEL
ROLE URGED The Govern
; ment’s cabinet officers and agen
icy heads have been urged to give
j their personnel operations a more
prominent place in their over
all budget plans.
At a recent cabinet meeting.
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i man Philip Young urged the
■ department and agency heads to
) make more specific planning in
s their operating budgets for such
■ things as personnel recruitment,
i employe training and other per
■ sonnel operations.
■ Mr. Ypung made the point
that most present agency and
i department budgets make no
, definite allotments for personnel
i operations. Instead, funds for
, personnel needs are often
, lumped together with various
types of expenditures. The re
, suit is that an agency frequently
. has little available for personnel
. activities.
** a *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP The
1 Foreign Claims Settlement Com
’ mission has nominated its gen
eral counsel, Andrew T. McGuire,
for the National Civil Service
League’s first annual career serv
ice awards. . . . The Commerce
Department’s Social Club is
sponsoring a one week all-expense
trip to Miami Beach the week of
October 8 to 15. For details call
Mary Thelma Timm, Commerce
extension 2104. . . . Bernice Vo
gel and Mrs. Lorraine B. Taylor
1 of Treasury’s Bureau of Accounts
have won cash awards tor merl
! torious suggestions.... Here's an
' outstanding record: In all his 60
years with the Navy Department,
' Emil G. Kaiser, a master me
chanic at the Naval Research
Laboratory, has not taken any
sick leave. Mr. Kaiser received
a letter of appreciation for his
loyal service from Secretary of
Navy Thomas. During the war,
Mr. Kaiser received the merito
rious civilian service award. . . .
Dr. W. G. Torpey, personnel of
ficer of the Naval Research La
boratory and an official of the
Civil Service Assembly, will teach
;a course on "Human Relations in
!. Administration” at George Wash
' ington University this semester.
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i a farm value of $48,700,000, an
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