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THE EVENING STAR
Wathingtoit, D. C„ McoJcy, Mvdt JO, 1959
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
J No Layoffs Expected
By Agency Officials
By JOSEPH YOUNG
Despite the unhappiness of Federal agencies over the House
Appropriations Committee action in forcing them to absorb 10
per cent of last year’s Federal pay raises, no layoffs of em
ployes are expected from the action.
The agencies naturally do not like the House group’s action
and some officials are predicting dire oonsequences.
But officials close to the personnel scene say that dismis-
sals of present employes will
not be necessary.
What the 10 per cent cost
absorption means is that some
but by no means all personnel l
vacancies that open up in the ]
ngxt few months will have to
remain unfilled for a while.
But the fact remains that
every Federal pay raise of the
last 14 years has resulted in
Congress requiring Govern
ment agencies to absorb at
least part of the cost of the
salary increases. And while
some agencies had to retrench
by not filling as many person
nel vacancies as usual, the sit
uation usually straightened it
self out satisfactorily.
The same is expected to hold
true this year.
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GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC
MEETIN G Several hundred
liberal officials concerned with
the staffing needs of the Na
tion’s No. 1 employer of engi
neers and scientists—the Fed
eral Government—will meet for
an all-agency Conference on
Scientific Manpower April 28-
29, the Civil Service Commission
announced today.
Prominent scientists from
Government, industry and uni
versities will participate in the
program, which will discuss
problems of recruiting and
kegping high-quality personnel
lpfFederal laboratories and in- 1
stkllations. It will open with a
dinner meeting at the Presiden
tial Arms.
speaker at the din
ner session will be Richard E.
Horner, assistant Air Force
secretary. Other speakers will
beCßocco C. Sicillano. assistant
td-the President for personnel
management, and Roger W.
Jones, CSC chairman. Rear
Admiral Rawson Bennett, chief J
of Naval Research, will be
toastmaster.
A talk by Dr. James R. Kil
lian, jr.. President Eisenhower’s
special assistant for science and
technology, will open the April
29 meeting, also at the Presi
dential Arms. Other scientific
leaders scheduled to address
the conference include Dr.
Ralph D. Bennett, manager of
General Electric’s Vallecitos
Atomic Laboratory, who will
talk on industry’s experience,
and Dr. C. G. Suits, vice presi
dent of the General Electric
Co., who will address a noon
luncheon.
*v * *
LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYES
UNIONIZATION DRIVE?—The
American Federation of Gov-'
ernment Employes has recently
been signing up some of the
legislative employes on Capitol,
Hill. Whether the AFGE in
tends to start an intensive or
ganization drive among Capitol
Hal employes remains to be
seen. The success of any such
mjave would depend in large
dagree to the reaction of mem- 1
bdfe of Congress to any union
ization of their employes.
*** * *
HISS ACT—The Senate Civil
Service Committee has ap
proved the bill to amend the
Hiss Act to not withhold an
nuities to Federal workers con
victed of felonies against the
Government, except in cases in
volving national security con
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Cloudy
tonight with rain ending; low
around 42. Partial clearing and
some sunshine tomorrow; high
near 60.
Virginia—Cloudy and cool to
night with rain ending; low, 36-
42 in the west and 40-45 in the
east. Partial clearing and j
warmer tomorrow; high, 57-64.
Maryland—Cloudy and cool
tonight with rain ending; low,
32-39 in the west and 40-46
in the east. Rather cloudy, and
somewhat warmer tomorrow
with a chance of afternoon
showers; high, 54-62.
•tower Potomac and Chesa
peake Bay—North to northwest
winds of 10-15 miles per hour
tonight becoming northwest
early tomorrow and southerly
in the afternoon. Rain ending
tonight followed by partial
clearing tomorrow. Visibility of
Iras than 1 mile in fog tonight
and early tomorrow improving
to 8 miles or more by after
noon.
Five - Day Forecast
For Washington and Vicinity
March 31—April 4
Temperatures will averagei
I WIATHI£ BVMiAU
Until Tuesday Morning
Figures shew Lew Temperatures Expected
WEATHER FORECAST—Rain and showers will be general tonight along
the Eastern Seaboard, Mississippi Valley and on the Northwest Coast.
Snow is expected in the Rockies. It will continue cool in the East.—
AP Wirephoto Map.
vlctions. The House Civil Serv
ice Committee has also ap
proved the bill.
** * v
OVERSEAS TEACHERS
Tlie Senate Civil Service Com
mittee has also approved the
bill to Increase the pay of over
seas teachers by paying them
on a yearly basis instead of the
nine or 10 month basis now in
effect. Also other aspects of
overseas teachers benefits
would be improved.
** * *
PROMOTIONS The new
Government-wide merit promo
tion program is bringing com
plaints from employes, who
declare that their agencies are
only giving "lip service" to the
program and are continuing to
Ignore merit factors in making
promotions.
Employes complain that some
agencies still fall to post notices
of job promotion vacancies,
exercise favoritism in making
promotions, etc.
The Civil Service Commis
sion is Investigating the vari
ous agency promotion programs
to order revisions that it feels
are necessary. CSC officials
feel that any new program will
have its Imperfections and ex
press confidence that the Gov
ernment merit promotion pro
gram will develop into a good
one.
** * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP The
Shipyard and Marine Division
of the Iron Shipbuilders Inter-
I national Marine Council, In
ternational Brotherhood of
Broilermakers, Iron Shipbuild
ers, Blacksmiths, Forgers and
Helpers, holds its first annual
meeting at the Hamilton Hotel
on Thursday and Friday. . . .
H. Alan Long, district director
of Internal Revenue Service in
Chicago, will become director
of the IRS intelligence division
here.... Thomas Roderick, jr.,
has been appointed deputy
general counsel of the United
States Information Agency...
Mitchel Burch has been named
chairman of the Journeymen
carpenters committee of the
Government Printing Office to
meet with the Public Printer
on wages and other items.
Other members are John
Harvey, Daniel Seay. Charles
Stoker, Chester Lilley, and al
ternates James Moore, Austin
Gill, Edward Vogel, James
Reingruber and Edward Wal
lace. ... Joseph S. McGrath,
1601 Argonne place N.W., who
recently retired from the Bu
reau of Mines, has been given
the Interior Department’s
meritorious service award and
silver medal. . . Ben Over
street, penologist in the cor
rection divisiqp office of the
Arfflflr Provost' Marshal Gen
eral has been presented an
outstanding performance cer
tificate and a moneTary award.
!. . The Bureau ot Customs
presented special act or serv
' ice awards of S2OO each to
Theo H. Audett and Miss Julia
T. Smith. . . . Sustained supe
rior work performance certif
icates and cash awards have
been made to Mrs. Cynthia
Appleby, Mrs. Gwendolyn
Evans. Mrs. Helen Mahoney
and Willie Valentine, civilian
employees at Walter Reed
, normal to about 4 degrees above!
normal. Washington normals
for the period are 60 and 40.
Small day to day temperature
changes. Scattered showers to
morrow and more general pre
cipitation about Thursday may
total V* to Va inch.
ROAD CONDITIONS
West: District of Columbia to Penn
sylvania turnpike, wet Pennsylvania'
turnpike, clear: some slushy spots being
l cindered. Ohio turnpike, wet. U 8
40 west to Ohio. wet. U. 8 50 west
to Ohio. wet.
Bouth: U. 8 1 to Richmond, wet.
Shirley highway (U. 8. 850), wet
Richmond: South, wet District of Co
lumbia to Charlottesville, wet
North and East District of Colum
bia to Delaware Memorial Bridge, wet.
New Jersey turnpike, wet New Eng
land. clear. District of Columbia to
Harrisburg. Pa . wet.
Rim Report
t Potomac River clear at Harpers Perry
and slightly muddy at Grfeat Palls
Shenandoah clear at Hampers Perry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight 36 Noon 42
4 a.m. 31 4 p.m. 46
8 am. 32 8 pm. 41
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest 78. on March 25.
Lowest. 11. on January 6 and 7.
High and Low of Last 24 Hours
High. 48. at 2:40 pm.
Low, 38. at 2:55 am.
Tide Tablet
(Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey)
Today ' Tomorrow
High 12:03 a m. 1:06 a m
Low 6:55 a.m. 8:00 a m
.High 12:29 pm. 1:33 p.m.
'Low 7:37 pm. 8:40 pm
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DESPERATE DUCHESS
The Duches of Windsor attempts a strained smile
while struggling to keep 18-month-old Katherine
Tobin on her lap during an Easter egg hunt yester
day on the suburban San Francisco estate of Mrs.
George T. Cameron.—AP Wirephoto,
'Kidnapers' of 2 Boys
Caught in Wild Chase
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Mar
30 (AR). "Kidnapers! Kid
napers!”
The cry echoed along a
swanky street in this desert
resort, and the chase was on
Two men, holding two
screaming boys in a station
wagon, roared from the scene.
They held the lead for four
miles. „
Several catloads of citizens
pursued, in a horn-honking
posse. Four miles away an
accident blocked the station
wagon's path. The possemen
called police.
The police—after much in
vestigation said they un-j
ravelled this story:
Richard Raese, executive
vice president of Greer Steel
Co., Morgantown, W. Va.. was
visiting with his sons, Richard,
jr., 10; John, 8, and David, 6,
at the home of a friend, or
chestra leader Eddie Le Baron.
Richard Moulton, 49, of San
Jose, Calif., a private detective,
said he and Charles Lewis, 33,
TVA Largest Utility
MUSCLE SHOALS. Ala.—The
Tennessee Valley Authority is!
now the nation's largest electric-,
power utility. It has a gener
ating capacity of 10,200,000 kilo
watts compared with the 800,000
kilowatts of capacity T.V.A. took
over when it was formed in 1933
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Army Medical Center. Mrs.
Lillie Rodgers, Frea Loskill,
Emil Johnson, Harry Gue, Dr
Fred Leonard, Theodore
Bushey, James Hill, Carl Neil
son and John Urban were given
outstanding performance cer
tificates. Cash and suggestion
award certificates went to Mrs.
Louise West, Mrs. Anna Cor
nish, James Hill and Miss
Elsie McPherson.
The Sun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, today 5:56 a.m. 6:30 p.m.
Sun. tomorrow 5:54 am. 6:31 p.m
Moon, today 12:11 am. 10:29 am.
Precipitation
Month 1959 1658 Ave Record
January 221 2.61 3.24 7.83 *37
February 151 414 244 6«4 84
March 2.02 685 3.03 8.84 .91
1 April 4.92 3.00 9.13 88
i May _ 277 3.98 10 69 53
ljunt . 321 3.41 10 94 00
July 7.15 4.26 11.06 *45
■ August 649 475 14 41 28
eptember 267 412 17.45 34
October 2 2.85 8.81 37
' November 204 273 718 *77
December 1.62 2.61 7.58 .01
Automobile lights must be turned on
. one-half hour after sunset.
Temperatures in Various Cities
Abilene 83 65 Kansas City 61 47
■ Albany 43 29 Key West 82 76
> Albuquerque 69 40 Knoxville 45 40
i Anchorage 4u 21 Little Rock 66 48
{Atlanta 51 37 Los Angeles 71 50
i Atlantic City 38 35 Louisville 45 43
1 Baltimore 44 38 Memphis 66 51
Billings 52 30 Miami Bch 77 73
Birmingham 51 41 Milwaukee 38 26
, Bismarck 60 40 Mpls-St.P'l 54 40
Boise 48 39 New Orleans 71 56
J Boston 47 32 New York 43 35
Burlington 39 33 Norfolk 47 41
Charleston 62 58 Philadelphia 46 35
Charlotte 46 37 Phoenix 83 55
Cheyenne 48 23 Pittsburgh 49 40
Cincinnati 44 41 Pfnd. Me. 34 31
Cleveland 50 40 p’t’nd. Oreg. 51 43
Columbus 50 40 Rapid City 65 33
Dallas 70 55 Reno 58 41
Denver 54 31 Richmond 51 40
Des Moines 53 42 St. Louis 49 41
l Detroit 44 34 B’t Lake C’y 50 34
• Port Worth 72 53 Ban Antonio 75 50
r Presno 68 46 8. Francisco 57 50
Houston 72 48 Savannah 64 56
Huron 56 41 Seattle 49 41
. Indianapolis 43 32 Tampa 70 65
Jackson 69 51 Wichita 61 43
a railroad conductor, of Warm
Springs, Calif., were offered
$5,000 by Mr. Raese’s former
wife, Mrs. Jane Kelly, to bring
the boys to her custody in
Florida.
Mr. Moulton said she had
told him a court in Dade
County, Fla., had granted her
custody of the children. He said
he and Mr. Lewis were lfierely
trying to effect a "change of
custody” when the boy’s yells
started the chase by neighbors
yesterday.
Police booked the two men
on suspicion of child stealing
and returned the boys to their
father. They said the younger
boy had evaded (he two men
by jumping into Mr. Le Baron’s
swimming pool.
Reds in Italy
To Fight Bases
ROME, Mar. 30 (AP).—
Italy’s- Communist Party an
nounced today it would wage
a determined fight against the
installation of United States
intermediate range missile
bases in Italy.
In a front-page story, the
Communist newspaper L’Unita
said Red deputies would raise
the ‘‘grave question of Italian
war preparations” when Parli
ment reopens.
Political sources said that
along with parliamentary bat
tles, the Communists could be
expected to stage rallies in
Italian cities.
Italian officials confirmed
the news from Washington
that Italy and the United
States had concluded an
agreement to station Jupiter
missiles here. They also said
the two nations have worked
out an accord blueprinting
missile installations and that
missile delivery is about to
begin.
Some Roman sources thought
Italy’s acceptance of the mis
siles might mean more Italian
insistence on greater recogni
! tion within NATO.
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Joint Chiefs
As Disunited
By the tmcnM Preu
A House leader has accused
United States military chiefs of
leaving "the American people
out on a limb” by not agreeing
on many important arms mat
ters.
Chairman Mahon of the
House Defense Appropriations
Subcommittee charged the
Joint Chiefs of Staff "are not
the advisory group the Nation
expects.”
Mr. Mahon fired his criticism
at the high command after
hearing testimony that al
though they are agreed on
broad strategic concepts, they
have not agreed on the strength
of forces needed to carry out
their long-range plans.
A heavily censored version of
the Joint chiefs’ testimony
taken by the committee in
January and February was
made public today.
While criticizing the military
leaders, Mr. Mahon made it
clear no one should underesti
mate American military might.
Not Naked to Enemies
"J think it is important,” Mr.
Mahon said, “For everybody to
know that we have a terrific
capability for launching an
unstoppable counter - offensive
if attacked. I do not want to
make this country appear
naked to its enemies. I know
that we are not.”
Included in testimony lead
ing to Mr. Mahon’s criticism
was that of Gen. Maxwell
Taylor, Army Chief of Staff,
who said the Joint chiefs:
1. Never reached complete
agreement on "force tabs” set
ting forth how many Army di
visions, Navy ships and Air
Force wings of various types,
will be required to execute
strategic plans.
2. Never passed on an addi
tional 70 B-52 bombers for the
Air Force.
3. Never specifioally approved
or disapproved the proposed
Army cutback to 870,000 men.
4. Never considered funds for i
an additional super-carrier for
the Navy.
Mr. Mahon shot back:
"What are the Joint Chiefs
of Staff worth if they do not|
take up things as big as a S3OO
million supercarrier? It is ri
diculous to think that weapons
so basic and big ... should not
be considered.”
"Keep Feet to Fire”
The Texan raked the chiefs
for “not helping” Congress and
the Secretary of Defence, and
for leaving "the American peo
ple out on a limb.”
Mr. Mahon chided the chiefs
for “not even taking time” to
discuss whether there should
be a nuclear or conventionally
powered carrier and for failing
to determine how many divi
sions the Army should have.
They should "keep their feet
to the fire,” Mr. Mahon said,
until they reach decisions.
In testifying about the force
tabs. Senator Taylor said the
chiefs “have nejrer reached
complete agreement on these
spree tabs ... We have always
split on important parts of the
force tabs,” with the result
that the Secretary of Defense
"does the best he can” to de
termine the forces necessary to
carry out the agreed strategy.
5 Die in Collision
FORT SCOTT, Kans., Mar.
30 (AP).—Five Kansas City
residents were killed in a head
on auto collision six miles
south of here yesterday. Sheriff
Ray Cummings said the dead
were: Benjamin Junior Parker,
27; his wife, Delores, about 23;
their daughter Kimbley Jenet,
9 months: Herman McPherson,
64, and his wife, Zella Bella, 58.
U. S. Bases in Japan
Held Unconstitutional
TOKYO, Mar. 80 (AP).—A
lower Japanese court ruled to
day that the presence of United
States bases and troops in
Japan is unconstitutional. An
appeal against the ruling was
certain to be filed.
The decision, if upheld by
the higher courts, could wreck
the United States defense setup
in this strategic Far Eastern
nation.
It also would bring into re
view all of the international
commitments made by Japan
since she regained independ
ence in 1952.
The surprise verdict was
made by the three-man Tokyo
district court in acquitting
seven men Indicted in 1957
after they broke into the
United States Tachlkawa Air
Base outside Tokyo to protest
its expansion.
Violation Charged
The court, freeing them,
said the presence of United
States bases and personnel in
Japan violated the famous “no
war” Article 9 of the Japanese
Constitution, which was largely
written by the American occu
pation authorities after the
war.
It also declared that Japa
nese citizens were discrimi
nated against by special laws
connected with the treaties
giving the United States the
right to station troops. It was
under one of these laws, the
special criminal code, that the
defendants were indicted.
Japanese government officials
were not immediately available
for comment on the decision.
The Government has 14 days
to appeal.
The American Embassy said
any comment from it on the
actions and decisions of a
Japanese court would be
improper.
(In Washington, the State
and Defense Departments
took the position that any
comment from them would
be improper at this time. But
United States officials said
informally that the court
ruling has raised an lmpor
! tant issue that will have to
j be clarified.)
May Take Years
Any appeal will be filed first
in the Higher Court, and that
tribunal’s decision can be ap
pealed in turn to the Supreme
Court. Both the Government
and the defendants can appeal,
and it might be years before
a final decision is handed down.
The decision could develop
into a political issue, as the
opposition Socialists have de
manded an end to the 1951
United States-Japan security
pact which gives the United
States the right to maintain
bases in Japan. Also under So
cialist fire is the administrative
agreement between the two
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are stationed here.
Japanese and United States
officials now are negotiating on
a revision of the pact.
Japan’s constitution re
nounced war forever as a means
of national policy. But Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, while su
preme commander in Japan,
directed that the constitution
would be interpreted to mean
that Japan could have military
forces provided they were for
defense purposes.
The court opinion said:
"The fact that American mil
itary forces could, if military
strategy so necessitated, dis
patch its forces in Japan to
areas outside our country, and
the fact that in view of the
nature of the United States-
Japan security pact, American
' forces would be likely, if Japan
were subjected to attack, to
spring into action, mean that
American military forces them
selves are fulflilling a role pro
hibited under Article 9. Clause
2 of the Constitution."
The chairman of the ruling
Liberal Democratic Party Pol
icy Committee, Umeklchi Naka
mura, expre'ssed “grave con
cern” at the ruling.
A legal authority, Prof. Zeno
Ohira, said the decision raised
the question of whether the
court could determine if a
treaty violates the Constitution
Article 98 of the Constitution
says the “Constitution shall be
the supreme law of the nation
and no law, ordinance, imperial
rescript or other act of govern
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New York Museums,
Zoos Face Strike
NEW YORK, Mar. 30 (AP).—
A union official says a sched
uled walkout of 30,000 city
workers tomorrow will shut
down many zoos and museums
in the city.'
The one-day walkout has
been called to protest Mayor
Robert F. Wagner’s austerity
program, which eliminated or
reduced proposed raises to 80,-
000 city workers.
Jerry Wurf, regional director
of the American Federation of
State. County and Municipal
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