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A-2 THE SUNDAY STAR Washington, 0, C., Ju/y 17, 1960 THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT AFGE Seeks Merger Os Classified Unions By JOSEPH YOUNG Star Staff Writer A proposal to all non-postal Federal employe unions to merge into one organization to protect more adequately the interests of classified employes has been made by the AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employes. . In a letter to the presidents of each of the non-postal unions. AFGE President James Campbell declared that the recent pay raise for classified employes nearly fell through because of lack of organization on the part of classified work ers. Mr. Campbell alluded to the fact that there was a strong effort made in Congress to drop classified employes from the bill and give the increase only to the heavily unionized postal workers. The AFGE chief warned that, unless classfied employes band together into one strong union, they face the prospect of "substandard pay and working conditions” in the future. •« • * REASONS GIVEN— In his letter Mr. Campbell told the various non-postal union presi dents: "The recent legislative cam paign which culminated in overriding the President’s veto of pay increases fdr classified and postal employes provided a striking demonstration of the necessity for organization of classified employes. There were determined efforts In the House Civil Service Committee and on the floor of the Senate to elimi nate classified employes from the pay bill. "These efforts were not suc cessful but they are a warning to classified employes that they must join together in a strong union or be content with sub standard pay and working con ditions. “It has been proved time and fcgaln that no organization working alone can adequately represent its members In the Federal work force. Two basic elements of organization are members and money. No single organization of Government employes has enough of either to do the Job. "That is why we are affili ated with the AFL-CIO. That is why we have a Government Employes’ Council composed of 24 national and international unions which have members who are Government employes. The Government Employes Council has done a remarkable job of improving benefits and working conditions for Federal employes. But It is not get ting the support it needs from classified employes. “There are too many so called independent organiza tions of classified employes. By forming these small groups, classified employes dissipate their strength and dilute their influence. "The debate that took place on the Senate floor on June 17 should be must reading for every classified employe. This debate clearly points out the need for a single, strong union of classified employes to join with unions representing other segments of the Federal work force in promoting our common aims. “Most Federal employe or ganizations are having conven tions this year. I extend to thq officers and members cf all un* affiliated organizations an in vitation to sit down at the conference table with us and TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT District and vicinity—Most ly sunny today, highest around 88. Fair tonight, low about 68. Fair and somewhat warmer to morrow. Winds south at 10 miles per hour today. Maryland Mostly sunny, highest in the 80s today. Part ly cloudy tonight, low in the 60s. Mostly fair and somewhat warmer tomorrow with chance of afternoon thundershowers in the mountains. Virginia—Mostly sunny to day, highest in the 80s. Fair tonight, low in the 60s. Fair and somewhat warmer tomor row. Resort Forecasts Long Island and New Jersey Beaches—Fair, high 82 today. Maryland, Virginia and Dela ware Ocean Beaches—Fair to day, high 80-85. Cape Hatteras—Fair, high 83 today. Chesapeake Bay—Fair today, high 84-88. Skyline Drive—Fair today, high 80. Visibility good. Data from U.f. WEATHER BUREAU \ of Commerce o yn •Qgjßiy U ~S~/ 100 1 \ Wn m HO VSBVSVSnRRN VI < w • a. 100 ‘ . For Daytime Sunday Figure* Show High Temperature* Expacted A band of shower activity is expected from South Dakota to New Eng land today. A few widely scattered showers are expected along the Gulf Coast. Cooler temperatures are due in the Northern Plains and Great Lakes region. Warmer weather is predicted for Ohio and Tennessee valleys. It will continue hot in the Deep South and in the Plateau region. AP Wirephoto Map. discuss ways and means of joining forces. “I know we all believe that ‘in union there is strength.’ It is time we put this precept into practice.” Identical letters were sent to the National Federation of Fed eral Employes, the National As sociation of Internal Revenue Employes, the National Asso ciation of Federal Career Em ployes, the National Association of Post Office and General Service Maintenance Employes (they have classified employe members) and the Organization of Professional Employes of the Department of Agriculture. PAY Regarding the pay raise, some readers want to know if it applies to employes whose salaries are “saved” for a two-year period as a result of having their job classification downgraded, and to those who are in above-the-regular-step rate of their grade as a result of Civil Service Commission au thorization because they are in shortage categories. The answer is “yes" to both questions. Also, under the new pay raise law, the within-step auto matic increases will be slightly larger. In grades 1 to 4, the withln-step increase will he $lO5 compared to the previous $95 raise. In grades 5 to 10 the in-grade increase has been raised from $l5O to $165, in grades 11 to 14 from $240 to $260, in grade 15 from $3OO to $325, and in grades 16 and 17 from $240 to $260. ■CONGO Continued From First Page Belgians had violated the treaty. The premier also accused ; Belgians of being rehind the decision of rich Katanga prov ince in the Southeast Congo to 1 declare its independence. U.N. Commander Delayed (The Belgian radio said Maj. Gen. Carl Carlsson von Horn [ had arrived to take over com mand of UK. forces and con i ferred with UK. Undersecre tary Ralph J. Bunche, who had . been placed in temporary . charge of UK. forces. Later, , however, it said Gen. von Horn had been delayed and would ; reach Leopoldville tomorrow. ; Gen. von Hom has been chief of the U.N. commission in Jeru , salem, keeping the peace be j tween Israelis and Arabs.) The United States was in ( charge of the big airlift flying , in troops and supplies from i Tunisia and Morocco, and was ; unloading planeloads of flour i and other food for the hungry : nation. The supply situation was so bad that the 40-man American . ground crew supervising un loading operations was told i planes would have to fly to Brazzaville for fuel for reutrn trips. Brazzaville, across the Congo 1 river from Leopoldville, is in Brazzaville, across the Congo river from Leopoldville, is in River Bepert Potomac River clear el Harpers i Fjrry and muddy at Great Falla. . Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry. Temperatures far Yesterday Midnight 70 Noon 77 I 4 a.m. SS 4 p.m. 83 8 a.m. 67 High and Low of Last 24 Hours High, 85. at 5:30 p.m. yesterday. Low. 63. at 6:40 a.m. yesterday. Record Temperatures for the Year Highest. 95. on Aortl 23. Lowest. 15. on March 11. Tide Tables (Furnished by the O 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey) . Today Tomorrow High 3:59 am. 4:53 am. 1 Low 10:52 a.m. 11:47 a.m. : High 4:21p.m. 5:19 p.m. Low 11:05 p.m. 11:58 p.m. For high and low tides at the lol lowing points subtract times Indicated from the above. Annapolis. 2 hours: Bloody Point Light 3 hours: Colonial Beach. 5% hours: Deale. 3 hours: Solomons Is land. 5 hours: Point Lookout. 6 hours. The Sun and Moon Rises Sets Sun, today 5:56 a.m. 8:32 p.m. Sun. tomorrow 5:57 a.m. 8:31 p.m. Moon, today 1:36 a.m. 3:23 p.m Automobile lights must be turned on one-halt hour after sunset. Precipitation Month 1960 1959 Norm. Record '.January 2.66 2.21 3.24 7.83 '37 February 2.66 1.51 2.44 6.84 ’B4 March 208 2.20 3.03 884 91 ,Aprll 315 401 306 913 ’B9 :May 435 289 398 10 69 ’53 I June 2 .63 5.35 3.41 10 84 *OO 1 1 ’k-, JU 7 If ’ ' IM 1 ..S HL ISwB -.aß ■j ** vdSßr i— 1 u > - KT JAPANESE SINGING STAR Kunie Imai, Japanese lyric soprano, will sing the lead role in Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” tomorrow night at Carter Barron Amphi theater. She is standing near the Japanese Embassy’s Tea House in the costume sne will wear.—Star Staff Photo. the Congo Republic, the former French colony. The city has been a main escape hatch for thousands of whites fleeing the Congo terror. The Americans also had only the food and water they brought with them. The Tu nisian soldiers flown in on United States planes had to sleep on the concrete floor of an airport hangar. A tent city on a golf course was being hur riedly prepared for them. Belgians to Protect Own The troops from Ghana will be housed in the main military ; camp in Leopoldville, presum ably moving in as the Belgians' move out. When the Belgians would leave was problematical, however.- Belgian officials emphasized they would. protect their na tionals until U. N. forces can assume order end the danger is past. Then the Belgian sol diers will return to Belgium or to bases they occupy by treaty with the Congo. Gen. Henry T. Alexander, a Briton who commands the Ghana Army, was eager to get his troops into position as soon as possible to calm the excit able Congolese, but he was having trouble finding trans port from the airport to the city. The entire city Was in a state of excitement as Congolese of ficials feuded with the Belgians. The capital’s power supply was put in doubt by a walkout of European technicians who demanded that a detachment of the United Nations force be sent quickly to protect them because they were being threat ened by angry Congolese. July 1.51 4.38 4.26 11:06 '45 Auvust 287 4.75 14 41 ’2B September 205 412 17.45 ’34 October 243 2.85 881 ’37 November 223 273 718 ’77 Decembe- 326 2.61 756 'Ol Tempertaures In Various Cities HL HL Abilene 84 72 Knoxville 90 66 Albany 83 53 Little Rock 86 64 Albuquerque 92 64 Los Anseles 94 65 Amarillo 88 63 Louisville 81 571 Anchorage 67 51 Marquette 63 54 Asheville 83 66 Memphis 88 67 Atlanta 88 68 Meridian 93 67 Atla'tlc City 78 63 Miami B’ch 86 80 Baltimore 84 59 Milwaukee 80 59 ' Billings 98 65 Minneapolis 84 66 Birmingham 93 72 Mobile 90 73 Bismarck 92 61 Montgomery 93 73 Boston 86 61 Montreal 78 61 Brownsville 93 74 Nashville 88 63 Buffalo 78 53 New Orleans 94 74 I Burlington 83 50 New York 80 64 Cape Ha ras 83 73’ Norfolk 83 62 Charleston 81 71 Okla. City 88 65 Charlotte 89 63 Omaha 83 61 Chat nooga 91 66 Philadelphia 82 56 I Cheyenne 93 58 Phoenix 110 80 Chicago 79 63 Pittsburgh 78 48 Cincinnati 84 55 P tland.Me. 85 58! Columbus 80’53 P’tland.Ore. 93 54 Dallas 88 73 Raleigh 84 58 Denver 91 hu Rapid city 94 60 Des Moines 85 60 Reno 97 421 Detroit 84 57 Richmond 8« 55 Duiuth 67 56 St. Louis 81 65 I 1 21 2? s - Lake city i° 3 as Fort Worth 88 71 San Diego 74 62 Harrisburg 85 56 s. Francisco 65 51 Houston 94 76 Savannah 82 70 ? u J r . on 71 Seattle 90 56 Indianapolis 78 57 Shreveport 93 71 I Jackson 96 69 Tampa 93 75 Jacksonville 88 73 Washington 85 63 Kansas City 89 68 Wichita 93 63 Key West 92 81 Yuma 116 84 Mr. Bunche and Sture Lin ner, head of the special U. N. mission in the Congo, began a hurried search for Gem Alex ander to organize a U. N. de tachment to protect the two main power stations at Zonga and Sanga, about 60 miles from Leopoldville. A rumor spread that two Europeans were killed by Negroes last night. Belgian military officials said they had heard nothing of this. The first platoon of troops from Ghana was greeted by Dr. Sture Linner, the U. N. permanent representative in Leopoldville. 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City and state police forces with riot gear guarded Parliament. No disorders were reported. “Politicians are responsible for the tragedy.” a speaker shouted. “It’s their fault if the Congo was lost, if our wives were raped and molested, if murders were committed. We ask that more troops be sent to the Congo and remain there.” The crowd cheered the men tion of Premier Moise Tshombe of Katanga province, who has proclaimed independence from the Congo government. It roared “Kill him” at the men tion of the Congo premier, Pa trice Lumumba. In the midst of the uproar. Belgian Premier Gaston Ey skens reported Mr. Lumumba actually had asked for the pro tection of Belgian troops on his trips throughout the Congo. 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BETHESDA, MD. • OPEN DAILY 9-9; SAT. 9-6 From our silo of mony unsolicited bt-uquet* from Arthur Murray student* lBb fl Tk .--jilt ■ < jfl .. ■ To Our Friends in the Washington Area You who have known us well through church activities and civic organizations—know that we have danced most of our lives. You know, too, that we have had a variety of recreational interests bringing us into wide contact with people. Why, then, many have asked, did we feel we needed to take time for dance instruction? Why, in particu lar, did we enroll at Arthur Murray’s? Why, once enrolled, have we kept coming back year after year? All good questions, and we are delighted to have this chance to answer them. Why We Came Each of us had different reasons for enrolling. One of us came in merely to learn more about the Latin- American dances. The other, at the suggestion of the doctor, came as a therapeutic measure in recovering from a back ailment. It was here, in fact, that we met each other—a most happy coincidence not covered by the cost of tuition. Although our reasons for tak ing lessons were flifferent, our reasons for choosing the Arthur Murray School were the same. We both had been sufficiently exposed to the world of ball room dancing to know that the best-proved system of instruction generally available in this country is the Murray system; and, since the best would cost no more than something less, this choice was easy. Why We Stayed Our reasons for continuing in the Arthur Murray program however, are not so simple, for we discover ed in it all that we had expected, and more—the high caliber of the carefully selected, well-trained teaching staff . . . instruction based upon interna tional medal standards . . . systematic analysis and evaluation of student progress ... optional activities to stimulate progress, such as match competition, dance contests, exhibitions, parties, hotel dances . . . extra club activities, such as the Hobby and Lifetime Clubs ... a pleasant, exhilarating and yet relaxing form of regular exercise calculated to keep muscles in tone, arteries flexible, weight down, spirits up and mind clear, while enjoying pleasant social relation ships in an environment in which the moral and social standards exceed even the high standards of dancing if this is possible. And this leads us to our own very special reasons for sticking with the Arthur Murray School. We realized that here was a hobby we could fully share together. We could spend the same time and money in a country club or athletic club, in fishing, golfing, sailing or any number of other ways; but inevitably these activities, like our work, tend to keep us apart. Dancing brings us together, in a challenging, health ful mutual interest that knows no bounds. Moreover—and this is important to any dance lover —the studio provides a place to dance—a place where there is room to move freely, among real dancers, to good dance music, and in refined sur roundings. How different from an occasional dance sponsored by a social organization or trying to find room on a crowded night-club floor. For those who pursue it fully as a hobby, dancing provides an artistic and creative outlet through the interpretation of music in dance routines and it con tributes to a better understanding of the peoples from whose folkways the various dances have come. Thus, with its physical, mental, social and artistic aspects, dancing seems to us to be the best-rounded and the most completely satisfying of all possible hobbies; and we are glad that the Murray Studios in the Washington area provide not only the instruction but the ideal facilities for the full enjoyment of our dancing interest. Because the Arthur Murray organi zation means so much to us, we want to spend a couple of our leisure hours each week at the Studio, to answer questions. We 11 meet you there if you’ll phone EX. 2-4100 and set a time. MAY WE SUGGEST you join the Joe B. Montgomerys ond the mony other hoppy students at the Arthur Murray School of Dancing. There is no obligation. For more fun in your life, phone EX. 3-4100 Arthur Murray School of Dancing Washington, 1011 Connecticut Ave Arlington, 800 N Toylor Street Bethesda, 5019 Wilson Lone Silver Spring, 934 Ellsworth Drive Ethel Fistere, Licensee Brussels to Amsterdam tonight to board a Congo-bound plane. [They were Sturges Shields, an . American citizen who will be • chief of finances for the UJ<. ; mission in Congo, and Walter Baumgarten of the Netherlands, i chief of communications.