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No 17 ARLINGTON HALL STATION, VIRGINIA 22 March, 194.6 

War Service With This Agency Brings 

Medal For Merit To ASA Civilian Chief 

(:, 

WILLIAM F RIEDMAN photoirraphed with Mnl Friedman and their son, 

.John, ai the Peniagon when Mr Frfedm.an was rtven ibe Medal of MerfC, 

the hlchm dvUlan award 

WU.LIAM 1' PRIEDMAN, MAMONG 

WORLD'S FOREMOST AUTHORITIES," 

DECORATED BY GEN WECKEBLING 

An unusual honor for a Government 

career man was accorded to William F 

Fnedman Director of Communications 

Research of the Army Security Agency 

11 March when be received the Medal 

for Ment In a ceremony at the Pentagon 

bldg 

Tins award issuing from the White 

House has been granted to fewer than 

100 civilians since the proclamation of a 

state of emergency In 1939 Oth~r• who 

received it have been former secretary 

ot the Treasury Henry Morgenthau the 

late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox 

and former Director Of Censorship 

Byron Pnce 

... "Mr l"rledllllln's work was equal lf not 

~penor to that of any one In the wotld 

operating In his field today," said Brig 

Gen John Weckerllng, Deputy Chief <>f 

Staff, G-2, In making the presentation 

"This award might be regarded as a 

llttlng climax to his career except that 

I am sure he wUl mate even greater 

contributions In the years to come " 

"The award Of this highest c!Villan 

honor Is most gratifying to all hla 

friends," said Col Harold G Bayes, Acting Chief ASA, who was present at the 

ceremony "for It recognizes not only 

Mr Friedman's wartime contrtbutlons. 

but the splendid aemce be baa rendered 

l3'hoto bJ' Lab B"'nch 

dunng the past 25 years " 

The medal was awarded to Mr Friedman, according to the citation, "tor exceptionally meritorious conduct In the 

performance of out.standing service, conspicuously above the usual By untlnng and self-sacrificing devofion, by 

exceptional technical Ingenuity In an 

extremely spec1allzed field, which ranks 

him among the world s foremost authorities, by able leadership by Initiative 

and zeal above and beyond the requirements of duty Mr Friedman distinguished himself In contributing directly 

and tremel)dously to the- successful prosecution of the war ' 

The citation was signed by President 

Truman and Secretary of State Ja.mes F 

Byrnes 

Present at the ceremony were Maj 

Gen Harry C Ingles, Chief Signal Officer, Maj Gen Frank E Stoner, Assistant Chief Signal Officer, Brig Gen Paul 

E Peabody Chief, MIS, Br:lg Gen Carter W Clarke, Deputy Cluef MIS Mr 

Alired MCCormack, State Department, 

Col M A Solomon Col Leslie R F.ornay 

and Maj .John M White all of G-2, Col 

Hayes and the ASA staff, Mrs Friedman 

and .John Friedman Mr Friedman's only 

son 

As officer and civilian, Mr Friedman 

has been connected with the War Department almost Without a break lllnce 

be waa commialloned a lirlt lleQteJlant IC... __ .__) 

Cafeteria 

Use Of 

Bakery 

Wheat 

Cuts 

Flour 

FOOD-SAVING PRACTICES AFFECT 

BREAD AND PIE COUNTERS ONLY 

Arlington Hall's eafeteria's last week 

Initiated two food-saving practices In 

llne with the recommendations of the 

President's Famine Emergency colllIDlttee, Capt Joseph M IDtzel, Jr pOBt res- taurant officer, S&ld 

To stretch the supply of white llour as far as possible, the eafeterla Is now 

serving cornbread or other non-wheat 

rolls or muffins twice a week Instead of 

wh.ite bread All pies baked In the cafeteria are now of the one-erust type and 

will remain so until further notice The 

new ' dark white flour may not be expected to appear here for some time, 

Capt Hitzel stated, until present llour 

supplies are exhausted 

Smee the cafetena does a full day • 

(Oantlnut!ld on P ... e Three) 

Motor Pool 

Laddies To 

Beats Fire 

The Draw 

We congratulate S $gt Thomas Coffman, who la a comparatively new man 

at ABS , 

Early Monday morning, a group In the 

Motor Pool day room noticed a fire on a nearby roof Leaves were burning ig. 

nlted by sparks from thj! ~ey Tee 

4 William Evans Wl~ qulclr..fo.res1ght Immediately called the fire department 

Meanwhile, the gang 4t tl)e Motor Pool were busy getting the trucks and cars 

out of the way so the fire trucks could 

get through But Sgt Colt111an, who bas 

had 36 months overseas, out\\ 1tted 

everyone 

He lmmedlately grabb~d one of the fire extinguishers from the Motor Pool 

and climbed up onto the roof With a 

few well placed sqwrts the tire was out, 

leaving the fire department onlv the job 

of waslung olf the burned leaves from 

the roof 

Last March Dance At Arlington Clubhouse 

Saturday Mecca For Officers Here And Guests 

SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT, DOOR 

PRIZES FEATURE NEWEST EVENT 

ON LOCAL CALENDAR TOMORROW 

Some novelties Jn the way of entertainment are promised to those who at- tend the regular seml-montlJ)y dance of 

the Arlington Officers' club to be held 

at the clubhouse, Third road and Park 

drive, tommorow night 

For the first time there will be door 

prizes for two lucky Individuals, a man's 

prize and a woman's 

Dance music will be dispensed by the 

Increasingly popular Jaok Morton organization The vocals will be handled 

by Arlington Hall's own Peggy Palmer 

who got her start at USO affairs near 

her home In MartinSVJ.lle, Va, and who 

In her three years here, baa appeared m programs and al private parties In 

most of Washington's better known 

hotels Mias Palmer's evocation of the 

Indigo mOOd, critics say, Is something 

out of this world 

Preparations are bemg made for an 

unprecedented crowd, since that is the 

(Coatlaaed on P ... Tbne) 

SCENE OF TBB enaln&' planned tor ~ who •ffelld the ehllt daDce tomo:rrow 

lllsht la the Arlbadoa Ollleera' elabhoaae, Third roat u4 Puk drive 

l'llcJlo ... LU Branch 

@'pp roved for Release by NSA on O 1-23-2015 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 
REF ID:A72904 .. 

Anybody Hear A Splash? Civilian Women Get 

Initial Wednesday Dunking In Swimming Pool 

WEEKLY DIPS, 4 SO TO &.ff, POB 

D"Y ABS GOU.. W1Tll BATllING SmT 

Let the 111111 blaze and the temperature 

rise-on Wednesdays' Let the eomlD8' 

Vlrghlla summer do Its worst to beigbteu 

tempers and lower morale-on Wednesdays• C!vlllan women at ABS will be 

ill a position this Jar to make u ai%')' 

8Qer-face at the weatherman's most 'riDdlcabve efforts 

Every Wednesday tbe swimmiDg pool 

in tbe IJ'IDDAslUm will be epen from 4 SO to 6 00 pm to all chillllll women employed at the Post, acconlinl to an order 

from Lt Col James IL Frier, ABS com- manding o1ficer Any type of swbmnlJlg 

llUl.t II permltl.ed, but it must be provided by the swimmer herself, as well 

Gm You KnowTbat Doris Lavlngton, Arlington Ball'& 

dramabc and comedy star of 11145, is 

really a professional ac:tress by tra1n1ne. 

espenence and lncllnatloa • Miss Lavington who 11871 she bas never 

missed an opportunity to act In plays, 

from grade scbool all the -Y through 

college, wtll leave the Hall next month 

and bopes to get mto a summer stodi: 

coml>BD) somewhere In New England In 

lime for the 1946 le8SOD She spent one season 'tl'lth the Sa1"ille Players of 

SayvWe, L I near ber home and bas recenUy completed a course ID pla:r dired.Ing at Catholic untverslty 

Those who saw the two productions 

put on by the drama group llere last 

year remember ber as tbe Intense, re- preased Olivia In Hisbt Must Fall and tbe 

llumorouslr pesslml5t1e AJID.abelle In 

Georse Wasblnr&on Slept Here. Hiss 

LaViDBton has DD partlcalar preference 

between drama and comedy She AJ'S 

&be likes to do an;vtb1ng oa the ltQe, 

as lon1 u it doesn't Involve stnginK. 

Sbe Ill a member of the Entertainment 

Advisory committee, tbe organ.IJatlon 

wb1c:b. Is standing by to assist 8111 Arlinlton Ball P'OUP In promoting entertainment progra1111. Tbe committee CUI 

_1-upply any such. group witb a reserve 

"°1nd of more than '400. eamed from 

prevlo111 productions, With a llet of 8ats 

waltln1 in the Poll Theater tor 8111 one 

io use tbem and Witb the llCript of a 

mu al cal comedy, SlcDalli MJ:sed, a fu- tuuc funfest about Arlington Ball which 

wu written for production last llUlllller 

ud•never u.sed Tbe only tlllnl which 

kept tbe dramatic: orpnlzatlon from 

becoming a notable one In tb- parta, 

Mia Lav!DltoD said, was the epidemic Of 

dUcharges which bit tile Post after VJ 

day However, tt can be reozpnlzed 

whenever a lldlicientq ambJtiolll l?OUP 

are interested 

u ber cap, If 1t.e waan one, her tawell 

and ber-p 

Locker room and llbower fadlltles are available, and there ls alwaya bot -ter 

In the llbowen, Lt N 0 :Robbim promised. 

Tbe pool wu made available on Wednesday of this week, and those who tned 

It were enthusiastic In their appreel8t!on. 

Head llfepard Is Isabelle Passa, who 

Is regJstered with the Red Cross u a senior lifeguard and wbo, Incidentally, 

will be glad If others lllJDllarly qualified 

will volunteer to uslst her It Ill planned to have a guard preBent dllnllll the 

whole of every awunmlng period 

A».y further Information can be obtamed by calling Mn l"lorence E. 

Palmes. ezt..205 

FRIEDMAN 

(Coatl...C ,,_ hn 0..l 

In 11118. At that time he was 1ent to 

France to work In the Radio Intelli1ence 

6ectLOD of the General StaJI'. He WU 

demoblhzed In 111111 and returned to tbe 

OIBce of tbe Chief Slgnal OJBeer In a 

clvlllan capacity In 1921 Tbe following 

:vear be was commissioned a S1gna1 :Reserve captain and called \II active dmy 

l.D 11140 as a lieutenant colonel 

After a medieal dbcharge In 1941, be wu 9D1aged for a year In making tbe 

studies and writing the texts wb.lcb became tbe buts for SSA, and l.D 11142 be 

became this Ol'lanhatlon's Dhector Of 

CommUJUcatlons :Research. 

PX Committee Fonned for EM 

and EW at AHS and VHF 

A new Poll Ezcbange committee has 

been formed among enllsted men and 

"'°men at Arllngton Ball Station and 

Vint Blll Farms In accorclaDce with an order from Col Frier 

Cllal.rman t.s 1st Sgt !'rank S Horwath, 

ABS 1st Sgt Lawrence T Greenwalt, 

VHF, la 81181stant chalnaan, and other 

committee members are Tee 3 Jdargaret 

Jordan, ABS, aeeretu7, S SI\ Rarey Cbuback. VBF, Sgt Dorothy Zutin, VHF, 

and Tee 5 James C Barritt. 

Tbe committee will meet darlnl tbe 

last week In Marell to dl8eUla matiers 

arislDI from tile cbaqe of m&Dllllemezat 

at tbe PX. 

All eDlistecl personnel wbo !Ina IUl1eat1o.as for better aerv1ee or wbo are 

dlasatlafted wtth the Jll98D.t 8"tem are 

Invited to c:all on Sgt Borwatll Biid ISW 

their snpes ud op!Jlions 

Sit Horwath ud Jl,fr David W Miller, 

tbe new aeneral DJllD8ler, bave lrnDled 

and Dl'88lllled sales of llC8rce llema to military peraonnel only. "It u requested 

tbat EM do not abuse tbese prlvtleses bJ 

pun:basln& llC8J'Ce 1teml for ncm-mllltary 

Form 57 and All That 

lb' FUler 11111 

It --thoee typing and llteDOll'IPhiC eumlDationa are due &IQ' time now Tbey 

w1ll be adequate!. bulletin-boarded, with 

plenty of time to set applications in. and 

it will be tbe responslbWt)' of tbe lndi· 

ridual emplo:ree to lel! that the Civil 

Service commission has an application on 

the prescribed date 

Tbe .announcements on tbe bulletl.D 

board should be studied carefully too, 

Lella Blocker, Clvll Service representative at Arllngton Ball, said, for a list 

of the forms to be sublaltted. Mn Block· 

er has a supply of these forms and will 

band them out on request. 

SI.Dee the ezamlnatlons will be held In 

Govermnent olllces, Government typewriters will he available this time, and 

it Will not be neceaary, at leut ID the 

Washl.Dgton area. to rent a typewriter as wu formerly done. 

It II quite possible tbat war service of 

at least a year wllJ be counted as probationary service. Those wbo have been on war llll"Vice appointments for leas than 

a year may bave tbls ti.me counted as 

part of tbe year's probatloaar:r period 

whic:b must be served to attain permanent status 

In tbls column of 8 March It was stated 

that an empl07ee mlght determine 

whether be wu a war aervtce or a Schedule A appointee by looll:lng It up on bis 

orlgmal appomtment sheet CForm WD50> This la true with one uceptlon. 

Some persons originally appointed 1mder 

Schedule A have siJlce been transferred 

to war aervice appointment& Tbese;b1n>-

ever, lbould bave a subsequent WD-11£1 

takl.D.lli note of the change Anyone who 

does not ban these forms In hl8 por.-

seaion can verify his statua by baVIDI 

a quaWled person refer to Illa 201 file 

CAFETERIA 

IC...- '- hn Oii•> 

bullDeu on onl,y .five dQI. be aplalned, 

tbe llltroducUon of non-wheat bread 

twice a week will cut wheat-.fl.our conlllUllJltlon nearly two-llftbs. 

Other food-aavlng prsctlcea recommended by tbe committee have long been 

.tand.ard praetlce at the cafeteria Es- cesa bread la always mi.mbed an&I saved 

for dreu.!Dg, ltWllng and bread padding. 

Pata are clarified ud re-used as often 

u poalble and then sold as salvqe 

Bread 'purcbaaed from outlllde balr.erlea 

S. lu!pt 11Dder proper refrlleratlon so 

tbllt It CUI be ll8l!d on mare than one day 

penonnel who work on the Post." Sit 

Horwath uJd. "'.l"bll practice prevems 

otben from gettlq items fur their wtvea, 

girl friuuia and members of their Immediate famll1ea, wbo sbould have prioriQ> " 

DANCE 

(0..--hnO...) 

tlnd tbe club bu been 1ett1q from tbe 

time of the 8rst Saturday dance At 

the tut one, II March, more ollleenl and 

their guests than ever before dlsco¥ered 

tbe club's advutaees as a place to apend 

a dellgbtful Saturday evening 

At a meeUns last Wednesdq, club 

members voted to amend their CODStllllllB Pahner ._ .... Lal>B_... 

tuUon, est.ending membership to two 

groups not heretofore ehglble 

Officers who reta.m a reserve commission aad civilians employed by this 

agency who were :formerly comml.sSloned 

oBlcers or warrant officers bere may re- tam their membership or have It reinstated 

Honorably ducbarged CODIDUSSIOned 

officers or warrant oflicers who were not previously ell1Jble to join the club may 

do so aow If they are employed at ABS 

In a clvtllan capacity 

CO&BECl'ION 

Dally Lenten muses will be beld at St Thomas More church at 6 30, 'I 111 and 

8 30 In the morning, not In the eftDlng 

as WU ltated In the Ball Benld of 111> 

March. 

BUUETIN BOARD