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M THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16. IS.V!
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CIVIL SERVICE ANNIVERSARY ~
District Commissioner Robert E. McLaughlin presents the
city heads’ proclamation in connection with the 74th anni
versary of the Civil Service Act to Mrs. Esther F. Johnson,
secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employes.—Star Staff Photo.
James Roosevelt Asks
Adequate U. N. 'Army'
By J. A. O’LEARY
Representative James Roosevelt. Democrat of California,
urged Congress today to call on the U. N. to organize a security
force adequate to handle aggression anywhere, as a substitute
for the Eisenhower Middle East resolution
He said the President's request for authority to use the
armed forces against Communist aggression in the Middle East]
is an ‘‘undated declaration of
war.”
Other developments today
were:
Representative Celler, Demo
crat of New York, said the El
senhower proposal is not a pro
gram but only the beginning of
one. He said it might have a
restraining influence on rash
action by Russia, but fails to
come to grips with the problems
which make the Middle East a
critical area, such as the Arab-
Israel dispute, making the Suez
Canal accessible to all nations
and the pouring of Communist
arms into the Middle East.
Substitute Proposed
Representative Multer, Demo
crat of New York, went along
with the President's request for
authority to use the armed forces
but proposed a substitute reso
lution which would require any
country receiving military or
economic aid to agree in ad
vance not to become an aggres
sor, or let its citizens raid
neighbor states.
All three testified before the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee. Meanwhile, the joint hear
ings of the Senate Foreign Rela
tion* and Armed Services Com
mittees were in recess for one
week.
Senator Russell, Democrat of
Georgia, believes that as of to
day the Senate committees would
vote to separate the military
and economic aid features of the
plpn.
But it may be three weeks
before the committees vote and
Senator Russell conceded that
the Senators may change their
minds when all the testimony is
in and proceed with a single
package resolution. Secretary of
State Dulles, who has been ques
tioned for two days, emphasized
the resolution would fail of its
purpose if it does not take ac
count of the economic difficulties
that confront the Middle East
as a result of events of the last
few months.
House May Act First
Indications are the House com
mittee will be the first to act.
soon after the inauguration. In
formed sources believe it will be
mid-February before the issue
reaches the Senate floor.
Although not committing him
self in favor of separation. Sen
ate Republican Leader Knowland
said yesterday he would have
preferred a resolution similar to
the Formosa Declaration of 1955,
confined to authority to use
armed forces in defense of the
Middle East.
It became apparent during Mr.
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Some
sunshine this afternoon, high
around 28 degrees. Clear with
a low of 15 tonight. Partly
sunny and quite cold tomorrow,
high. 26. Winds, l p.m. today,
northwest. 15 miles per hour.
Maryland—Fair and cold to
night. lowest temperatures 12-
20 except for a low of 5-12 in
the west. Thursday, increasing
cloudiness and cold.
Virginia—Clearing and quite
cold tonight, lowest 10 in the
west and 20 in the east. Partly
sunny and continued quite cold
Thursday.
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In States on the Canadian border from Maine to Michigan,
with flurries in the Central Rockies and rain over Northern
California: Colder air will invade the already cold Atlantic
coastal areas and it will continue cold over the remainder
oi the Nation east of the Rockies.—AP Wlrephoto Map.
:i
Dulles’ two days of Senate ln
' terrogation that even if the sub- j
ject is dealt with In one resolu
■! tlon, there will be a series of
[amendments.
If fact, the Secretary said yes
’ terday he thought the adminis
i tration would go along with
i amendments suggested by Sena
i tor Knowland, giving Congress
i the right to terminate the au
. thority by concurrent resolution.
and requiring semiannual re
: ports from the President on what
i is done in the Middle East.
Byrd Studies Funds Phase
Senator Byrd. Democrat of
Virginia, is preparing several
■ amendments, spelling out how
Lthe S2OO million of existing
’ foreign aid money may be spent
5 in the Middle East.
Senator Morse, Democrat of
.Oregon, has suggested an
amendment requiring the Presi
dent to report forthwith to Con
| gress if he finds it necessary to
use the armed forces in the Mid
, die East. Mr. Dulles said he did
not anticipate any objection to
that, since the President said he
would keep in hourly touch with
’ Congress if a crisis developed,
i Senator Knowland said it also
should be made clear that the
’ United States would not wait for
a country in the Middle East to ;
[ request military assistance
against a Communist attack, if
, that attack threatened to out
flank such friendly powers as
; Turkey or Pakistan.
I He said he was concerned over
the language in the resolution
• that military support would be
; given only to Middle East coun
s tries which ask for it to resist
' Communist aggression.
Senator Knowland pictured a
I hypothetical case in which thei
; present non-Communist govern
ment of Iran might fall under
; Communist control and then in
: vite the Soviet Union to send in
, its armed forces.
Senator Knowland said such
a move would out-flank Turkey
and Pakistan, and he added. “I
would not want the impression
■ to go out that we would not take
[ action in such a case.”
Cites Right to Aid Turkey
Mr. Dulles agreed that such an
impression should not go out
■ and said that could be explained
I in the committee's report. The
' Secretary explained that this
1 country would have a right either
. under NATO or the U. N. char
’ ter to go to the aid of Turkey,
‘ entirely apart from this Middle
East resolution.
Senator Symington, Democrat
- Lower Potomac and Chesa
i peake Bay—Northerly winds, 10-
i 15 miles per hour tonight di
’ minishing tomorrow. Weather
. clearing with good visibility.
Five-Day Forecast for
Washington and Vieinity
Temperatures will average 6
' to 8 degrees below normal for
[ the period. Rather cold at the
beginning of period, moderating
somewhat around Friday, fol
' lowed by colder. Some snow
“ likely around Friday and again
near the end of the period. To
> tal precipitation about one
fourth to one-half inch.
Radford Says
Mideast Policy
Would Bar War
By the Associated Press
Admiral Arthur W. Radford
says Congress’ passage of the
Elsenhower Middle East resolu
tion would “practically eliminate
the chances of war” in that area.
The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff testified January
8 at a closed session of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee. His testimony, made public
today after censoring for secu
rity, made these other points:
1. The United States has a
"definite” military superiority
over Russia, probably even some
what greater than that of a year
ago.
2. The United States now has
the capability of moving men l
and material effectively and
quickly into the Middle East in:
'case it has to help put out a
'"brushflre” war.
3. He doubts small wars would
break out at the same time in
different parts of the world. The!
Eisenhower resolution does not
anticipate that America would
have to fight a limited war in thei
Middle East, but it would make
! such a war less likely,
i
$417 Million Aid Unused
The released testimony also
disclosed administration figures
I showing that, as of a week ago
today. $417 million is still unused
out of already-voted foreign aid
funds This included $236 4 mil
lion marked “not firmly pro
grammed” and $180.5 million'
tabbed "reserved for programs
under active consideration.”
Admiral Radford said “the:
real effect” of the Middle East
resolution “will be psychology I
cal at the moment, but it is de
signed also to discourage the
Russians from further building
jup their military power in that 1
| area.”
The military chief said Russian
communism feeds on “tension!
and economic imbalance such as
exist” in the Middle East area
today.
Military withdrawal from
there by United States allies
creates a vacuum which com
munism naturally rushes in to
fill, he said, adding:
"It follows that from a mili
tary point of view the present
situation presents a dangerous
situation to the United States,
a condition against which we
must have an effective defense."
he said. He called the Eisen-j
hower plan the most “piactical”;
means of achieving this defense.
Dulles Is Quoted
Representative Lecompte, Re
publican of lowa told Admiral
Radford he understood Secre
tary of State Dulles to have testi-i
fled that “he did not foresee'
danger of a war within a year's
time, if at all."
”1 think he feels, and I do
too, that if this resolution is
passed we practically eliminate
the chances of war," Admiral
Radford replied.
1 Asked about the Russan threat
to send "volunteers” to Egypt
when the British and French
seized the Suez Canal, he said
the Russians could not have!
played a decisive role because
they would have faced British
interception by sea and most of
the airfields were bombed out.
“The only thing the Russians
could have done was to use their
heavy long-range bombers on the
British and French forces.” he
said. But he said this would
have been “difficult” because the:
bombers would have to fly with
out fighter protection and the
British and French had jet
fighters in the area.
I Admiral Radford said that un
;der the Eisenhower plan, no new
'‘sizable detachments" of United
States forces would be sent to
the Middle East. Air and naval
action would constitute Ameri
ca’s "largest contribution and
most immediate" in case of Mid
dle East hostilities. From a
purely military standpoint, he
said, these operations are not
particularly difficult.
of Missouri, told reporters he
wants to give the President what
ever is necessary to deal with
communism in the Middle East
or elsewhere, but he thinks Con
gress has the right to find out in
these hearings "how we got to
where we are” in the Middle
East. *
Road C ondition!—AAA
West—District of Columbia to Penn
’ sv Ivan la Turnpike, slippery. Pennsyl
, i vania Turnpike scattered lev spots in
western sections. Icy and snow covered
■ elsewhere Ohio Turnpike, wet; U. 8 -10
West to Ohio, slippery and snow cov
ered. IT a 50 West to Ohio, slippery
and snow covered with 8 to 10 feet
of new snow. Chains are advised.
South—U. 8 1 to Richmond, slippery
but clearing: Shirley highway <U. 8.
~3‘iU). slippery; Richmond South, scat
» tered slippery spots. District of Co
. lumbia to Charlottesville, slippery.
North and East —District of Columbia
* to Delaware Memorial Bridge. slippery;
New Jersey Turnpike, driving lane clear.
, passing lane snow covered. 35-mlie
. speed limit in effect* New England,
hazardous. no unnecessary driving
1 Speed limit on Merritt and Wilbur Cross
parkways is 25 miles per hour; District
i of Columbia to Harrisburg Pa slippery
River Report
'From U fr. Engineers!
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers,
Perry and cloudy at Great Falls; Shen
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
<Reaan" Washington National Airport!
Midnight ls» Noon in
1 »m lb t pm. 17
, 8 am. 15 K p m 17
Record Temperatures This Tear
Ki ties' fti on anuarv i
Lowest. 14. on January 16.
High and Low ot Last 21 Hours
High. at 1 pm
Low. 17 at 0 a m.
Tide Tables
i Furnished by the United Slates Coast
and Geodetic *lurvey»
Today Tomorrow
High 7:44 am. M;3?am
I<ow 2:10 am. 3:oft a m
H'ah H:l'.’pm H:n:ipm
Low 2.30 p.m. 5:22 pm
The Pun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun. today 7:25 e m. A ll pm
Bun. tomorrow 7:24 am 5:12 p.m.
Moon today <l:OH p m 7:20 a m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour afer unset.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital 'current month to date!
Month 1967 1058 Ave Record
January 084 109 3.24 7.»:t 217
February 282 244 *.M4 *4
Ma.ch .153 3.03 H.B-1 91
April 200 3.00 913 MJ
May 2lt 398 |0 09 514
June 2.00 3.41 10 04 on
July 6.88 4.20 10 03 HO
August 191 4.7 ft 14 41 28
September 370 4.12 17.4 ft 34
October 202 2.85 8.81 :«7
November 2.81 2.76 7.18 77
December 3.02 2.61 7.50 01
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Hearings May Explore
35-Hour Work Week
By JOSEPH YOUNG
The Senate Civil Service Committee is expected to hold hear
ings this year on legislation to establish a 35-hour Government
work-week.
Committee sources said the hearings would be along the “ex
ploratory ’ lines suggested by the bill’s sponsor. Senator Purtell,
Republican of Connecticut. , ——
There isn’t much likelihood ofi
such legislation becoming law
this year.
However, hearings would be
the first step in what Senator j
Purtell and Federal employe!
leaders feel might be the even
tual reduction in the Govern
ment work-week. They feel that
a shorter work-week is a definite
possibility within the next few
years.
The hearings are designed to
'bring a full discussion of a possi
ble shorter work-week, its feasi
bility as well as the problems it
w-ould involve.
** * *
OUTSIDE TRAlNlNG—Chair
|man Johnston of the Senate
[Civil Service Committee has
sponsored a bill to authorize
outside training for Federal em
ployes in order to advance their
Government careers. Such legis
lation is backed by the adminis
tration.
Under the bill, agencies could
assign employes at Federal ex
pense for education and train
ing at colleges, industrial plants
and laboratories, trade associa-!
tions. etc.
** * *
PROMOTION BOARDS—Rep
resentative Moss, Democrat of
California, has sponsored a bill
aimed at fostering wider promo
tions of Federal career employes
on a merit basis. It is a com
panion bill to the one sponsored
iby Chairman Johnston of the
[Senate Civic Service Committee.
The legislation would establish
promotion boards in each de
partment and agency. The
boards would determine promo-1
tions on merit. Mr. Moss said
U. 5. Asks Rise
Os 25,000 Jobs
A one per cent increase in
Federal employment—about 25,-
000 jobs—is provided for in
President Eisenhower’s budget
message sent to Congress today.
The Defense Department, the
Government's largest employer—
would reduce its civilian jobs by
nearly 4.500 which means that
the non-defense bureaus would
increase their staffs by nearly
30,000 positions.
However, the estimated job in
crease may be kept down some
what as a result of Mr. Eisen
hower’s statement in his budget
message that every effort will be
made to limit the size of the pro
posed expansion.
“It is . . . important to hold
to a minimum any increase in
Government personnel in the
coming period.” Mr Eisenhower
said “I have directed the heads
of the Federal agencies to give
renewed emphans to their efforts
in this regard—effort* which
have resulted in a net reduction
of approximately 240.000 in the
civilian work force during the
past four years.
“Vacant positions are to be
filled by new employment only if
careful review by each agency
has demonstrated that the posi
tions cannot be abolished or
filled by transfer. All proposals
which might produce higher
Federal payrolls in the future
will be critically examined and
evaluated."
The estimated 30.000 increase
in Federal jobs would mean
about a 3.000 Increase in the'
Washington area, where there
are now about 232,000 Govern
ment positions.
The proposed job increases
would occur in the Post Office
Department. Ihterior. Commerce,
Health, Education and Welfare
Departments, the General Serv
ices Administration, the National
Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics. the United States In
formation Agency and others.
Purges British Taint
AMMAN. Jan. 16 i/P).—Jor-j
dan today wiped out another
trace of British influence. King
Hussein by decree renamed Al
lenby bridge over the Jordan
River after himself. It was!
named for the British comman
der who drove the Turks from
Palestine during World War I. '
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** * *
REPUBLICAN LINEUP
-.There will be three new Repub
lican members on the House
Civil Service Committee. They
are Representatives Wainwright
'of New York, Cunningham of
Nebraska and, Dennison of Ohio.
; They replace Representatives St.
- George of New York, Gubser of j
California and Henderson of
Ohio, who have left to take!
: other committee assignments.
The top Republican and rank
-1 ing minority member on the
committee continues to be Rep
resentative Rees of Kansas.
Other Republican members in
terms of seniority are Represen
tatives Corbett of Pennsylvania,
Gross of lowa, Harden of Indi
ana, Cretella of Connecticut,
Broyhill of Virginia. Cederberg
and Johansen, both of Michigan.
** * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP—Repre
sentative Broyhill, Republican of
Virginia, has sponsored a bill to
bring the District's school teach
ers’ retirement benefits in con
formity with the more liberal
i civil service retirement pro
visions. . . . The Civil Aero
nautics Board needs aeronau
tical engineers, $7,570 to $8,990
a year. Apply to room B-118,
, Tempo 5 building. . . . The Civil
Service Commission has an
, nounced exams for printer-
Shand compositor and cylinder
pressmen, $3.01 an hour, for
duty in the Government Print
ing Office and the Bureau of En
'graving and Printing. Also the
CSC lists an exam for public!
health nurses, $4,525 to $5,440
a year. . , . “The National Effort
to Develop Engineers and Sci-j
entists” will be discussed by the|
I District Chapter of the Inter
• national Association of Person-!
nel in Employment Security at
.7:45 p.m. tomorrow at 1724 Fj
street N.W. Among the speakers (
: will be Edward L. Keenan and|
Mrs. Aryness Joy Wickens of the'
Labor Department. John Macy
. iof the Civil Service Commission.
Dr. Kenneth S. Colmen, White
, House Committee on Engineers
and Scientists, and Dr. Howard
L. Bevis, chairman. National
Committee for the Development
of Engineers and Scientists. . . .
Two Public Health Service sci
entists have been honored for
developing a new device to re
duce the cost of adding fluoride,
a tooth decay preventative, to
city water supplies. They are
F. J. Maier and E. Bellack. . . .
Murray Chais of the Military
! Traffic Management Agency has
. received an outstanding per
formance rating, the meritorious
! civilian service award and a
sustained superior performance
award for his “endeavors which
has resulted in the expeditious
establishment of transit ar
rangements leading to trans
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