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Evening star., 1936-03-06
81, ,OO2, ,657 NET SHOWN
BY WESTERN MARYLAND

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. March 6.-Detailed
report Of the Western Maryland Rail-
way for the year 1885 shows that net
income was S1,0O2,657 after taxes and
charges, the same as shown in the pre-
liminary report, and equal to s5.65
share of 77,420 shares or per cent
first preferred stock
This compares with net income of
S995, ass, or 1851 on the preferred in
1884.
General balance sheet as of Decem-
Der 81 last, shows total assets of SITS
2S41l as compared with sits. $780,
689 at the end of the preceding year
Profit and loss surplus was S23 ,626,2 ,252,
against s23 ,2o6,736.
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*SPEC[ALT|ES RISE
IN CURB TRADING
Substantial Gains Shown.
Other Groups Retain
Steady Tone.
4y the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 6.--Consider-
able Improvement in few speclaltles
stood out in a generally steady Curo
market today.
Gulf Oil rose about points and
Newmont Mining as much. Wilile
Sherwin- Williams added 3 and Mont
eomery Ward "A" and Parker Rust
proof were each ahead better than a
point.
Small gains were recorded for Cord,
Creole Petroleum. Lake Shore Mines
and Wright -Hargreaves. Fractional
losses appeared in American Cyanamid
"B," American Gas e. Electric and
International Petroleum. Bunker Hill
e. Sullivan surrendered a point.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
Steel Ingot Rate
Registers Decline
During February
er the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 6.-The Amerl-
can iron g. Steel Institute announced
today that steel ingot production IN
February amounted to 2,967,8o3 TONS
a daily average of 1912 tons, COM
pared with production of 3,o49,439 tons
in January, or a daily average OF H.
p42 tons.
The industry operated at a rate OF
b4.o9 per cent of capacity last month
against 5l.46 per cent in the previous
month. revised figure. taking Is
working days in February and u
working days in January.
A year ago the February output was
c,777.765 tons. an average of 1l5.74O
tons a day for "a working days, at
rate of 52.28 per cent of capacity.
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DECLINE IS EXPECTED
IN DEMAND DEPOSITS
By the Associated Press.

by tIlc ASSoCidIcu EICss'
Transfer of funds to the Treasury
for payment of income taxes and the
new Government obligations offered
to the money market this week are
expected to cut deeply into demand
deposits of commercial banks around
March Is.
But the interruption of the rising
trend in demand deposits. fed last
year by heavy gold imports and Fed
eral spending, promised to be tenn
porary, in view of the impending
outflow of Federal money for bonus,
relief and other payments.
Demand deposits of reporting men,
ber banks of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn in 10l cities. excluding Govern
ment and inter-bank deposits, COM
pared as follows:
Week ended Feb. 60 900 600, 900
Preceding week ,112 900 900
Same week last year----sl1, 1893 600 600
Evening star., 1936-03-06
INTERNATIONAL NICKEL
REVEALS PROMOTIONS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TORONTO, March 6.-Robert C.
Stanley, president of the International
Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd. announced
that four members of the executive
staff have been elected to new posi-
tions.
DR.. John F. Thompson, for the last
five years the sole vice president of
the company has been made execu-
tive vice president, and DR.. Paul D..
Merica. formerly assistant to the presi-
dent; Donald MacAskill, general man.
ager in charge of Canadian opera
tions, and D. Owen Evans, delegate
director of the Mond Nickel Co., Ltd.
have been elected vice presidents.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
$62,5OO,OOO Issue
OF National Dairy
To Be Registered
Nv the Asxociated press

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 6-Refinanc-
ing by National Dairy Products, it
was learned today, will be ready for
registration the early part of next
week.
The company will issue $62, 500 900
in 3a per cent l5-year debentures
with warrants and $7,Oooo0D in 212
per cent notes. due in 1851, sufficient
to complete cash requirements neces-
sary to retire about s68,000,00O in 5A
per cent debentures at call price of
1929 per cent.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
LEONARD REFRIGERATOR
ORDERS RISE SHARPLY

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Leonard
Refrigerator Co. of Detroit, announced
today that its untitled orders for elec-
trio refrigerators as of February 20
totaled 23,549 units, as compared with
1913 at the end of February last year
Shipments for the five months ended
February 90 totaled 1888 units, an
increase of 90 per cent over the like
period last year.
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q. s. TREASURY POSITION.
BY the Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury March 4:
Receipts. S65,63S. IL. IL: expenditures,
SOL .666.S7: net balance ST, 81. 323 :
h:6;:::; customs receipts for the month,
n IA 5 o.
Receipts for the fiscal year fsnce July
~, S2f3s1:22z .92s ST; expenditures, S4,-
sl2,45B, :01 .2s. including S@241 / So
361.35 OF emergency expenditures; excess
of expenditures. 8" Az. .22s.27S -; gross
debt. S30; 81 ) .06S 500 .63. a decrease Of
Sa4n. @?:.o5 under the previous day; gold
assets. SO .166.a2S,903 81.
:, Receipts for March Il. 1888 Compare
BE date last year.. 22.566. HOOP; ex-
penditures; $50. 1S6,363 40; net BALANCE.
S2,04o, l43.9lS.6S: customs receipts for
the month. So. 19H3. 69S..O
Evening star., 1936-03-06
INVESTMENT COMPANY
TO REDEEM DEBENTURES

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 6.-American
International Corp, an investment
company, has called for redemption on
April "a s3,8l7,OOo of its 51a per cent
convertible debentures due January l.,
1e49, at los. Retirement of this
amount will leave outstanding sl0,-
600 900 of the debentures.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
CURB SEAT Is LOWER.

NEW YORK. March (P).-A seat
on the New York Curb Exchange was
reported sold yesterday at $37 900, a
decline of $1,000 from the previous
transaction,
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MONEY MARKET.
Reported BY chas. D. Barney &

NEW YORK. March G lFl.-Cau money
steady; - per cent all day; prime COM
mercisl paper. :. per cent time loans
steady: 40 days-G months. | per cent Of
fered: bankers acceptanceS unbalanced;
rediscount rate. New York Reserve Bank.
la per cent.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
CITY ICE & FUEL
EARNS S2,972,M7
1885 Net Compares With
S4,126,481 During 1894.
Funded Debt Cut.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
CLEVELAND, March 6.-City Ice d
Fuel Co. and subsidiaries, operating in
% States and Canada, reports that net
profits for year ended December 81,
1885, after Federal taxes, depreciation
and all other charges, were s2,972,-
99770. This compares with net profits
in 1884 of S4,126, ,481 So.
Consolidated balance sheet shows
cash Of $l,620, ,480.34 and current as
sets of Sc, 600, ,30440 and current liabil-
tiles of $2,182,01624.
During the year the funded debt Of
the company and its subsidiaries was
reduced from $7,o99,SO0 to s5,619 600.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
MONTREAL SILVER,

lures opened Irregular 45l lower to. Is
higher. March. 43.40b: May. 42.90b: July.
42gOb. Bid.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
Washington Exchange
SALES-AFTER CALL.

SALLS--hE 1Lh SfLL.
Potomac Electric 5l2cc pfd.-l0 at
ll3, 10 at ll3, 10 at ll3, 10 at ll3
10 at 1l3, 10 at ll3, 10 at ll3.
Capital Transit Colo at 14l4, Is at
14l4 10 at l4l4, so at l4l4. Is at
l4ls, so at l4ls. at Ia, 10 at IA.
Mergenthaler Linotype-l0 at A 2, 5
at 44i2.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
RUBBER FUTURES.

ber futures opened steady, z to points
higher. March. 1895: May. 16.04a05:
July, 16,13a15,
Evening star., 1936-03-06

Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 1888
common share earnings were $1.02 VS..
IS cents.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE,

PHILADELPHIA. March g P,.-Liye
dressed poultry unchanged,
Evening star., 1936-03-06
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK March 8 Py.-Federal
Land Bank bonds:
Evening star., 1936-03-06

Dividend rate In dollars based on last
quarterly or SENT annual payment sAn-
dends Paid this year bPaid last year
dCofifpanies reported In receivership o.
fPlus partial distribution OF assets.
Ex-dividend.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK. March 8 tPl.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
Evening star., 1936-03-06
BONDS ON THE
CURB MARKET.

DOMESTIC BONDS.
Evening star., 1936-03-06
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.

Capital Traction 5s-s1 900 at 9Oaa.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
FIRST 7. B. SEAL
TO PRESIDENT

President Roosevelt today made
an official purchase Of tuberculosis
Christmas Seals from committee
representing the National Tuber-
culosis Association. making the
purchase from two young ladies
who were costumed in white, with
the familiar double-barred red
cross on their caps.
The young women were Miss
Mildred Showalter, Of 2036 First
st. N. W., and Miss Barbara Sher-
man, of 936 L st. N. w. The
committee included DR.. William
Charles White, a director and
chairman of the National T'uber-
culosis Association, also president
OF the District of Columbia Tuber-
culosis Association; Dr.. James c..
Townsend, of the United States
Public Health Service and director
of health of the Bureau Of Indian
Affairs, president-elect Of the Dis
trict of Columbia tuberculosis
Association; also Mrs. Ernest B.
Grant, managing director of the
District association. The commit
tee called on the President in his
office at the White House.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
DEATHS

Anna 8. Ashley, 90, 2saa Twenty
seventh St N w.
Carrie MEG whitside, 81, Walter
Reed General Hospital.
Grace A. Scott, so, 467 H st. S. w.
Lyde NORM, IS. % Logan Circle.
Anton Kradler. u.s. United States Sol
ders Home Hospital.
George w. Ward, "a, Garfield Hospital.
Charles F. Meyers, ~, Gallinger Hos
ptal.
: Warren s. Yeatman, 10, 2755 Macomb
St. n. w.
Louis Evans, 81, Gallinger Hospital.
Florebtia Dounis, 64 1122 Ninth st.
Alfred P. Jackiswicz. 5s. $40 L St.
N. w.
Annie L. Macarthur. so, Emergency
Hospital.
Hugh Dempster. As, SIS sixth st. N. w.
Edna NJ. Smith, As, Georgetown Hos
Edison E. Harrison, 81. Gallnger Hos
Elizabeth T. Franklin. 80. 1919 R
81. n. W.
Arthur A. Lind, S2 Patterson Woods.
Albert Neal, 20. GallingeN Hospital.
John r Williams, 81, 1417 Thirty
sixth st. n w.
Sarah Evans, So, Galhnger Hospital.
Thomas Kyler, 55. Casualty Hospital
Maggie Watson, 54, Gallnger Hospital.
william Harris, so, st. Elizabeths Hos
pital.
James H. Hinton. AZ, 1886 Marion St.
N. w.
James Lane, AZ, Walter Reed General
Hospital.
Haywood Minis, 81. sO7 Second st. NE
Priscilla Garner, %, Emergency Hos
pital.
David Sharp. 7, Children's Hospital.
Ralph Aikens. II, Children's Hospital
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

land Carl Odessa Banks, 1s, 11OS r st.
n. w. Judge Robert z. Mattingly.
Morris Mushivsky, -, 355 L St. s. w,
and Thelma d. Gempcynski, %, st. Louis,
Mo. Rabbi Harry Spverstone.
Jefferson Adams ~. 4O2 P st; \; W,
and Maggie Tilmon, 80, 1445 Sixth St.
N. w. The Rey. Ernest Wilson.
Robert W. Moore, ~, New Castle, Del,
lingswood, n. J. The Rev. A. F. Poore.
Charles Lewis Gordon, jr. q. Haver-
hill Mass, and Mary Groves. 30, Bloom
ingburg Ohio. The Rev. F. B. Harris.
and Irene Claudia Logan, 22, 1919 Forty
ninth ST. n. f. The Rev. ]. j. Kelly.
Henry NJ: Yeager, 40, Baltimore, Md.
| and Mildred Jane Fletcher. 2s, 1919 Blair
| Rd. N. w. The Rev. w. E. LaRue.
Harry HeimbuCh, 36, 2450 Thirty-ninth
Pl. N. w, and Eta Elizabeth Coleman,
81, 4O15 Benton st. N. w. The Rev. H..
Charles Burton Compiler, Al, 2721 Four
! teenth st. n. w, and Marjorie Love
Hilty. p: same address. The Rev. AL
bert P. Shirley.
Reginald Charles Hooper 33, Jackson
2S, 117 Van Buren st. n. w. The Rev.
H. ]. Clinchy.
Anthony Edward Kestner. 30, Chester.
Pa, and Mary Elizabeth Mulin, -,
Joseph Goldstein, a.. Ambassado,
Hotel, and Eva Cohen. 27. Baltimore.
Md. Rabbi Abram Simon.
Raymond A. DuFour. so, HaveriiL
Mass, and Margaret v. sheehan, -,
3412 Garrison st. n. w. Inc Rev.
Arthur A. O'Leary.
Rafael Torrico, 80, 2112 Huidekoper
| Pl. N. w, and Florence De Cromer, 36,
same address. Judge r. e. Nattingly.
Robert S. Montgomery, 80, East Cliff
! ton Terrace. and Mary e. Finnigan, 40,
3OS D st. N. e. Judge Robert e. Mat
| tingly.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
D. {. BAR SUES
I AGENCIES

The District Bar Association
committee to suppress unauthor-
lied practice Of law today in
United States District Court asked
for injunctionS against two local
collection agencies.
World Vigilance, Inc, with Off.
ceS in the Washington Building,
and Marie L. Gamble, trading as
the Protective Credit Service,
1901 I st. N. w., are the defend.
ants in the suits.
Each member of the committee
signed the bills and each appears
as a member Of counsel in the
suits. incidentally, it is revealed
by the records that these are the
first such suits to be filed in the
name of the official bar commit.
tee. Other suits have been filed
by individual members of the
committee, of which Richard L.
Merrick is chairman and Richard
A. Harman secretary.
The World Vigilance firm is en-
gagged in the business of soliciting
members at SIS annual feet and
represents to the members that
it will provide legal counsel for
collection Of accounts, it is al
legged. In the suit against the
Protective Credit Service, it is
claimed that the individual de-
fendant solicits accounts for col.
lection and turns them over to an
attorney, named in the suit. for
collection on a "Split-fee" basis.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
Post Office Boasts
OF Efficient Pair

tionS she enjoys more than any
others, bowling and dancing. In
the former she rolls frequently
with the Post Office team Of the
Ladies Federal League while the
latter frequently draws her to the
ballroom floor. Had she not
entered the Government she be-
lieveS she would have become a
dancing instructor.
In addition to her hobbies, how
ever, and far exceeding them, is
her interest in her only daughter,
Lois, who is now four years Of age.
Iowa Product
The thriving little town Of Shell
Rock, Iowa, furnished Leone
Adair to the departmental service
in Washington back in 1925 when
she had just finished high school
in her home city. Unlike her
friend, she has spent her entire
career with the Post Office, pre-
ferring to remain with the agency
which first gave her an appoint
ment.
Miss Adair, who resides at 1341
Columbia Rd. N. W., is a clerk in
the division of poStmaSters, known
for her efficiency and quite popu-
lar with her fellow workers. Like
Mrs. Burdette, she enjoys bowling
very frequently during the winter,
but is at home with almost any
sport in which women participate.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
BIRTHS

Harry and Mary Maris, jr., girl.
Roland and Margaret Blandford, girl
Floyd and Catherine Nicholson. girl
Albert and Norma Clark, girl.
Richard and Pearl Wood, girl.
Bishop and Rosie Rawlings, girl.
Paul and Evelyn Lune, boy.
George and Ada Hillet. boy.
John and Emily Keller, boy.
Ashley and Alyce Smith, boy.
Charles and Margaret Parks, boy
Ben and Mary Ditto, boy.
Melvin and Catherine Love, boy.
Rufus and Mildred lager, girl.
Kemper and Margaret western, girl
James and Ruth woodruff glrl.
John and Agnes Shipman, girl.
Antonio and Gulilermina Vega, girl
Thomas and Melba Billig, boy.
John and Irene Bacigalupl, boy
Otis and Zemula Rose, boy.
William and Blanche Powell, boy.
Howard and Frances Thompson, boy
Lawrence and Lonnie DiJoseph, boy.
Harry and Leila Wright boy
James and Juanita Toman, boy.
John and Dorothy Mayo, twin boys.
Harold and sarah Spann, girl.
Roland and Louise Fletcher, girl.
Joseph and Virginia Jones, girl.
FIoyd and Matilda Haight, boy.
Clifton and Viola NARROW, girl
william and Eloise Ben, girl.
Theodore and Beulah Bradford girl
Louis and Ruth Logan, girl
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

Careers in the Government
service, filled with the satisfaction
of work well done and frightened
by the numerous friendships they
have made, have been the lot Of
Mrs. Evelyn M. Burdette and
Leone Adair Of the Post Office
Department.
Both workers entered the ser
vice approximately a decade ago
and have found Government work
all they had hoped it would be,
particularly the security plan
upon which those with a perma-
nent Civil Service status may
rely.
Mrs. Burdette, who resides at
221 Adams st. N. E., is q Wash
ingtonian by birth and a graduate
of Central High School. Before
obtaining her initial appointment
in the service she specialized in
business training at the Slayer
Business College and then ac-
cepted a post with the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.
Is Ace Bowler
She remained with that agency
for four years, but when an op-
portunity for a superior position
opened at the Post Office De
partment in 1882 she made the
shift. She is now a stenographer
with the division Of stamps at
Twelfth and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Mrs. Burdette mas two recrea-
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
COUNTY POLICE
SUSPENDED
CONTINUED from Local Pagel

Continued from Local Pagel
attsville will face IA charges Of
malfeasance in office and 16 of
conspiracy to obstruct the admin.
iStration of justice. Elmer Pun
phrey, bondsman Of Suitland,
Md, is named in IL indictments
charging conspiracy along with
the police and Moffat.
Charges Listed
The officers indicted and the
number Of conspiracy charges
each will face follows: Warren
Peake, 8; Albert Anderson, 4;
Claude Reese, 4; Howard Slater,
3; Maurice Hampton, 2; Arthur
Brown, 2. and Frank Bell, /.
The jury, in making it's report
to the Circuit Court, stated:
"Our inquiry shows that a
very deplOrable situation has
been in existence for some time
in that portion of the county ad-
jacent to the District of Column
bia. We have discovered strong
evidence to show that a con-
Spiracy, embracing certain MEN,
bers of the county police force,
a justice of the peace and a pro-
fesSiOnal bOndSman, has been
operating to defeat the ends Of
justice and to enrich the con.
spiratOrs.
"Our investigation leads us to
believe that this disgraceful con-
ditiOn is due primarily to three
causes:
POLITICS CITED
81. Political expediency In.
stead of personal fitness seems
to have been the principal fac.
tor in determining the selection
of personnel Of the force.
''2. The chief of police is chief
In name only, without authority
to discipline or dismiss the men,
berSy of the force whether they
be inefficient, insubordinate or
even criminal.
"3. There is 3 complete Ab-
sence of a carefully planned sys-
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Edward Ball, Al, Al Pierce St. N. W,
and Clara Smith, AZ. same address. The
Perry Hamilton Lyles, jr.. %, 49S7
Meade st. N. E., and Eudora N. Lee, 10,
Alexandria, Va. The Rev. Ernest Wilson.
John Earl Thompson, %, 2OOl Ninth
St. N. W., and Ora Evelyn MuGKle, 20
same address. Judge Robert E. Mat
tingly. ,o,o g,
James Andrews Harrington, 81, 1910 S
st. n w. and Nanny Scheucks 2S'
same address. The Rev. william A
John watts, 90, 1899 Fifth st. n. f.,
and Sylvia Govan, 229 Parker st. N. E.
The Rev. K. w. Roy. -
ct. n. W., and Helen Elizabeth Steward,
1s, Chevy Chase. Md. Judge Robert e.
Mattingly. - ~,
Eddie General. 90, 27 DefreeS st. n w"
and Amy Bell Wood, %, same address.
The Rev. ]. r. Morris.
James P. Howard. 81, iii I st. N. w,
The Washington times., 1936-12-18
% LOSE RIGHT
T0DR|VE
Continued from Local Page)
Second Offense, Speeding

(COnGlnue0 from Local FaBGD
Second Offense, Speeding
Allan B. Larkin, 14S1 Fairmont
st. N. W., IS.
First Offense, Speeding
Samuel F. Scott, 1901 Fiftieth
st. N. E, $40.
David Grimm. 11o2 Second St.
S. E., $40.
Michael H. Burkett. Maryland,
$40.
Goodwin P. Dallas, 211 Six
teenth St. S. E.. IS.
Arnold L. Yuter, 5712 Third Pl.
N. W., IS.
Albert w. jacobson, 1850 Con.
necticut Ave. N. W., IS.
Charles P. Edelen, 1889 Sixth
st. N. W.. SIS.
Hugh R. Collins, 1904 Naylor Rd.
s. E., $5.
Albert s. Gray, 17OS West Vir-
ginia Ave. N. E., $5.
Melville E. Milstead, ITO Irving
st. N. w., IS.
Mary c. Sorrell, 3O35 Florida
Ave. N. w., IS.
Ellsworth Miller, Virginia, IS.
Joseph w. Gress, Dupont Circle
Apartments, $5.
James H. Gray, 1909 R st. N.
W., S..
James F. Lannon, 2454 Thirty.
ninth Pl. N. W., IS.
Samuel v. Caldwell, 1917 Thirty.
first st. N. W.. $5,
Edwin B. Roberts, 5000 Hutchins
st. N. w., IS.
Charles C. Clark. Maryland, S..
Carlisle w. Thomas, 704 Twelfth
st. N. E., IS.
Robert J. Thomas, 1416 Chaplin
st. N. w., SIS.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

Odds and Ends-Nationa Park
Service advises local motorists,
which means many Government
"week-enders," to visit the Kill
Devil Hill Monument at Kitty
Hawk, N. c., where the Wright
brothers made their first success
ful flight in 1903 N. P. S. ad-
ministrateS the monument One
year ago: Rumors had G. A. o.
moving over to Baltimore u. One
Of the N. F. F. E. bigwigs ukens
q nonmember to the Irishman aid
ing q pal ride a double-Seated bike
up a hill When his pal, sweat
ing, mentioned the hill was pretty
tough" the Irishman behind
agreed, saying he'd been keeping
his feet on the brakes to keep
them from sliding back.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

tenn Of records and there was q
routine Of procedure that invited
rather than made difficult the
criminal practices that existed"
Bond for the indicted persons
was set at $1,000 and the men
will be given several days in which
to post the amount. Judge Joseph
C. Mattingly was unable to state
when the petty jury would con-
vene for the trial of the accused
men.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

Tnent employees and members of Federal
ORGANIZATIONS should contact the writer
in the editorial room by 5;15 p. M, or
should phone Dl. 1000, branch ZlO' De-
fore p. m.
Government employees would be
a pretty fair matrimonial "catch"
If a proposition advocated by Pat
rick j. O'Neill, of the United Ma
tional Association of Post Office
Clerks, ever comes to pass.
"Pat," as he Is affectionately
known, is seer tary Of the
UNAPOC and sat in during the re-
cent pre-Congress confab which
his organization and other postal
bodies held with leaders of the
National Federation Of Federal
Employees.
When the question Of extending
annuitieS to cover the widows and
widowers of Government employees
came up, O'Neill declared himself
in favor of a straight $50 monthly
annuity for widows Of employees
who served 80 years or more, with
a lesser benefit for survivors whose
husbands or wives did not serve
that long a period.
He advocated that employees
should contribute sufficiently to
the retirement fund to pay for the
benefit and remarked that per-
sonnel in general wants some
thing solid-not some hazy propo-
Sition based on actuarial figures"
Considered too far off at the
present times for serious pres
entation to Congress, O'Neill'S pro
posal nevertheless drew merri-
ment from the gathering. one
postal union official observing
that he knew at least three wives
in the service who would kill their
husbands in cold blood If they
knew a $50 stipend was Q GER
tainty thereafter.
All of which prompted Luther
Steward to tell the one about the
widow who put her husbands
ashes in an hour glass and used
them as a timing measure for boil
ing eggs, observing to friends that
he was "of more use now than
he ever was alive"
The National Legislative Coun-
ell Of Federal Employe OrganiZa-
tions Is considering formation Of
State councils composed of units
Of its respective member groups.
This does not mean an invitation
to A. F. G. e. or A. F. Of l.. unions,
however, according to one spokeS-
man.
When the executive order regu.
lating sick leave came out in July,
some press reports. issued in the
haste Of making headlines. prob
ably, enormously declared sick
leave could be issued in emergen-
cies in 30-day blobs not more than
three times a year, which would
be 80 days in all in any one year.
Just to keep the record straight
q recent G.. A. o. decision reiter-
ateS that only 80 days emergency
leave can be aggregated at any
time. pieces of which may be al
lowed as many as three times.
Community singing, beer, pref
zels, and square dance is to fea-
ture the Christmas dance Of Ag-
riculture Department Lodge No.
81 Of the A. F. G. E., scheduled
tonight at the Hayloft beginning
at 8. Admission is but 80 cents
and is well worth it, inasmuch as
Sam Lubell, contemporary Fed
eral writer with The Post, Is to
tote a tremendous beard and ap-
pear as Santa Claus, collecting
toys which each dancer will bring
for his sheets Toy and Doll Fund.
Here's how apportionment stood
December IS: