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A fireman probes the ruins of the Ohio nursing home where 63 patients
perished in a fire.—AP Wire photo.
PAVROLL
Taxpoyers Supporting
Democrat Study Group
Continued From Pace A-l
Among the accomplishment*
listed by the group is playing a
“key role” in enlarging the
House Rules Committee in 1961.
Staff Director for the Dem
ocratic Study Group is William
G. Phillips, former administra
tive assistant to a Pennslyvanla
congressman.
House payroll records show
that Mr. Phillips' salary is
spread out among 12 House
Democrats. For the month of
October he drew a total of,
$1,105.19 which was made up
of Individual amounts ranging
from $74.26 to $122.37.
Mr. Phillips shows up on
the following payrolls for Oc
tober: Blatnlk of Minnesota,
who currently is chairman of
the group, $74.26: Bolling of
Missouri. $122 37: Cameron of
California, $96 84; Cohelan,
California, $83.10: Dawson,
Illinois, $92 32; Giaimo, Con
necticut, $74.26: Hanß en,
Washington, $92.92; Holifleld,
California. $121,89: Moss, Call
fornla, $92.92: Reuss, Wis
consin, (87.03; Sisk. California,
$74.26, and Smith of lowa,
$92 92.
Phillip V. Brennan. Jr., pub
licity director for the Repub
lican Policy Committee, drew
$1,088.57 during October from
: THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
U. S. Civil Servants Owe Much
To Kennedv for His Sunnnrt
By JOSEPH YOUNG
SUr SUff Writer
On December 30, 1962, we
wrote in this column:
“President Kennedy has done
more to improve the Govern
ment civil service and as a re
sult the public seivice Itself
than any other President since
the enactment of the civil serv
ice law in 1883.”
With the tragic death of
President Kennedy, Govern
ment employes have lost a
great friend and champion.
And the cause of public serv
ice has suffered a grievous loss.
Mr. Kennedy felt strongly
that the success or failure of
any admininstr&tion rested in
great measure on the caliber of
the career people carrying out
its policies. And he felt that
only through giving the Federal
career service the proper in
centives, encouragement and
prestige could it meet the huge
problems of our times.
LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS—
President Kennedy was the
first President in history to ad
vocate pay raises for Federal
workers.
But he went further than,
that. He proposed a pay com
parability system whereby Gov
ernment salaries would be ad
justed annually to attain and
keep parity with industry pay.
This was approved by Congress.
Consequently, a permanent
system has been set up for
Government salaries to keep
pace with industry in the future
and to avoid the lags which
have kept Federal pay below par
in past years and hindered the
recruitment and retention of
the best possible people.
Another Kennedy-initiated
move which became law as
sures Federal workers of main
taining their purchasing power
after they retire. Federal re
tirement annuities in the fu
ture will be automatically ad
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s He appears on the following
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Mr. Phillips and Mr. P-ren
nan freely acknowledged the
taxpayers are paying their
salaries, and they said they saw
nothing wrong with it.
Mr. Brennan said the ar
rangement for spreading his
salary among several congress
men was made by the "leaders.’’
The chairman of the policy
committee is Representative
Byrnes of Wisconsin who has
been in the news recently for
buying stock in an insurance
company for fe'hich he secured
a favorable tax ruling.
Last Week Mr. Byrnes said
he had been damaged by the
publicity over his stock pur
chase and would sell it and
donate the profits to a scholar
r | ship fund in Wisconsin. Mr.
1 1 Byrnes bought the stock in
justed to meet rising living
costs.
1 President Kennedy’s execu
tive order giving official bar
: gaining rights to Government
• employe unions in their deal
• ings with Federal agencies
! marked a new concept In the
: Government service. A new era
of labor-management relations
in Government was established,
with employes and their union
representatives having a great
er role in determining their
working conditions and policies
involving their employment.
Authorized Dues Checkoff
Mr. Kennedy also authorized
the voluntary payroll union
dues checkoff system, which
goes into effect In Government
next January 1.
Mr. Kennedy established ap
peals and grievance procedures
rights for Government em
ployes in their agencies. This
also was a new concept In Gov
ernment. Until then, employes
had no appeal or grievance
procedures guaranteed them at
the agency level.
In addition, non-veterans in
Government for the first time
now have the right to appeal to
the Civil Service Commission
from adverse agency actions, as
a result of action by Mr. Ken
nedy. Veterans have always
had this right.
A better break for minority
groups in obtaining Federal
employment and advancing
through promotions to some of
the better jobs resulted from
Mr. Kennedy's creation of the
President s Committee on 1
Equal Employment Opportu
nity.
Those who thought Mr. Ken-1
l nedy was paying only lip serv-!
ice to this program were soon
set straight. Under the leader
■ ship of the then Vice President
Johnson, now President John-1
son, the President’s committee'
has done much to eliminate
'Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corp. in 1960. A few months'
after the tax ruling was
secured. The company boomed
after the favorable ruling and
Mr. Byrnes’ stock which cost
*2,300 skyrocketed In value to
. about $26,000.
' The Republican Policy Com
mittee studies Issues before
. Congress and offers political
i guidance to House Republi
cans.
[ In addition to having no
. funds for a staff. Mr. Bren
: nan said the committee has to
scrounge around for office sup
plies. too. He noted that In
- the Senate, which has both
• Democratic and Republican
■Policy Committees, a Oovem-i
ment-paid budget Is furnished
each committee.
“We get no funds at all,” he
said, bemoaning the fact that
: the committee operates in a
• converted “storage room and
mop closet” in the Old House
Office Building. He said the
. quarters are assigned to the'
. House Republican Campaign
. Committee but the campaign
■ unit has quarters in a hotel, i
, so the Policy Committee staff
, took over the rooms next to
’ the House barber shop.
“We get a couple stencils
, here, paper clips there, some
j thing else from another office.”
sal<t Mr. 9fte*an. EH* gaid
some supplies art furnished by
1 the Republican Campaign
; Committee and the rest de
- pends on the “largess” of
1 House members.
The secretary “we borrow
• from Mr. Halleck," said Mr.
i Brennan.
discrimination in Government
and give members of minority
groups greater opportunities
for appointments and promo
tions.
Women Also Benefited
Women in Government also
benefited from actions by the
Kennedy administration.
Mr. Kennedy set up the
President’s Commission on the
Status of Women to eradicate
discrimination because of sex
both in the Federal service and
outside employment. He also
directed the CSC to take steps
to end this kind of discrimina
tion in Government.
Based on recommendations
of the President’s commission
and Mr. Kennedy’s directive
itself, the CSC issued regula
tions which ended the system
which had permitted agencies
to designate “men only” when
selecting persons from civil
service registers.
As a result, agencies can no
longer designate “men only”
for a job unless they submit a
sufficiently compelling reason
to satisfy the CSC. The result
is that in more than 95 per cent
of agency requests for Job eligi
bles that now reach the CSC
there is no distinction made
between the sexes.
The CSC also Is working on
plans to provide part-time
Government job opportunities
for qualified women. Mr. Ken
nedy also showed his compas
sion and understanding by di
recting that Government agen
cies do all they can to hire the
physically handicapped and the
mentally restored.
President Kennedy’s devotion
to the ideals of public service
should serve as an inspiration
to all Government employes.
Through their efforts they will
give life and meaning to Mr.
Kennedy’s objectives for the
American people and the Amer
ican way of life.
63 Die in Nursing Home Fire i
In Ohio; 24 Others Saved !
NORWALK, Ohio. Nov. 23
f AP>.—Sixty-three persons
were killed early today tn a fire
that swept through a nursing
home for the aged, infirm and
mentally ill. Twenty-four oth
ers were rescued.
The blaze destroyed the 10-
year-old Golden Age Nursing
Home near Pltchville. 19 miles
southeast of here. The one
story concrete building burned
quickly, fed by a tank of pro
pane gas and tar roofing. A
brisk wind fanned the flames.
There was no explanation for
the origin of the fire, which
began about 4:30 am.
Gov. James A. Rhodes, who
flew to the scene from Colum
bus, ordered a full Investigation
by the Ohio Highway Patrol
and the State fire marshal’s
office.
Amid the stories of horror—
elderly persons trapped In their
beds, other crippled or too
weak to walk and still others
crushed by the collapsing
roof —two heroes emerged.
They are Henry Dahman, a
truck driver from Barber. Pa.,
and a 21-year-old Clifford
French, a graduate student
from Midwestern Baptist Semi
nary in Pontiac, Mleh. They
were driving along U.B. High
way 290 when they saw the
flames. They stopped and res
cued many patients and hospi
tal employes.
Twenty-one patients in all
1 ’ were saved, in addition to three
nurses. Some suffered second
‘ and third-degree burns and
‘ were taken to Plsher-Tltus Me
| mortal Hospital. Four were list
ed In serious condition.
It was more than eight hours
after the pre-dawn fire before
; firemen and other officials
could begin moving bodies from
the smoldering structure.
Late today, 62, bodies had'
been recovered and 44 had
j been Identified.
| Bodies were taken to a
morgue set up tn a cafeteria
'and gymnasium of the Fitch
jvllle Grade Bchool. Identifies
was a difficult task. Bodies
were badly charred and the
! rest home's records were con
i sumed in the fire.
A nursing home supervisor
said many of the patients had
come from Btate hospital. More
than half of them had no
known relatives and seldom re
ceived visitors, she said.
The victims—almost evenly
divided into men and women—
were In at least 13 rooms of the
sprawling L-shaped building,
j Mr. Evege said timbers were
falling from the roof as he
■tried to rescue some patients.l
“Some of the folks came out of
their rooms, but got confused
and went back te the rooms
again," he said.
Mr. French, who had been
headed for his home in
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“I did the beet I could get
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to them.”
Mr. French’s voice cracked
as he told of what he did after
i spotting the fire as he drove
along the highway.
“Flames and smoke drove us
back after we got a few out,”
, he said. “One woman scream
ed, ‘Oh, no. tell me it’s a
• dream. ” He recalled. He
, said another, a nursing home
supervisor, became hysterical
and wanted to run back into
the blaze.
“She kept on crying.* Mr.
) French said, “ Oh. my God, Oh
my God. My patients are
1 burning up. Help me. Help
me.’ * He had to restrain her.
Mr. French said the truck
’ driver. Mr. Dahman. already
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feet, but the smoke was so
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door.”
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tried to find another door
which was open.
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and could see the people In
1 their beds,” Mr. French said.
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, and they all seemed tn a daze.’’
Mr. French said he and Mr.
Dahman managed to push in a
side door and then saw a nurse I
carrying an elderly woman who
couldn’t walk. It was all dark,
except for the flames and Mr. ■
Dahmanis flashlight.
“I picked up the woman and
carried her to the side door,”
; Mr French said. “Some other :
patients already were huddled
there An attendant said other I
patients still were alive in an
other wing of the building.
"We went to the wing and 1
there wgs a man and a lady
standing there. I grabbed the
lady and the truck driver got a
wheelchair.
"By then the flames were so
bad that the side door exit was |
blocked and I had to head for
another door. The smoke was
so heavy and my eyes were
smarting so much that I got
down on the floor and crawled
to the door to get out.
“We carried several out by
then, but it was impossible to
get any more. ...” Mr. French
said as his voice became
choked. ■
“In a matter of minutes the
whole thing was aflame. I could
see the other people, but I
couldn’t help them.
“It was Just too much for my
mind to grasp. We wanted to
get them, but we couldn't. It
was such a helpless feeling.
“God, I hope I never see
anything like it again.”
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