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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
House Foes Push
Move 10 NuNify
$4,000 Salary Limit
Expected to Attach
Rescind Rider to
Next Yeur's Tax Bill
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A move for congressional action
next year to nullify President Roose-
velt's executive order limiting earned
income to $4,000, after taxation,
appeared today to be gathering mo-
mentum on Capitol Hill.
Representative Disney. Democrat,
Of Oklahoma, q member of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
fatty declared that the rescind order
probably would be attached as rider
to next years tax bill cor to some
other comparably important piece
of legislation"
Rider for Important Bill.
The strategy Of attaching the or
der to an important piece of legis-
lation would be designed to decrease
the chances of a veto If a separate
bill, specifically removing the $25 900
limitation, was laid on the Presi-
dents desk.
Mr.. Disney's opinion, expressed in
an interview, came amid reports
that the House Appropriations Com
mittee was contemplating the ad-
visibility of lacking on such a rider
to the Treasury-Post Office appro-
priations measure, which will reach
the House early next year.
That course, however. would be
confronted by the possibility of being
subjected to point of order that
the rider Is legislation. and, as such,
could not be made part of a money
bill.
An initial attempt to nullify the
executive order was made two weeks
ago when Representative Boehne,
Democrat, of Indiana attempted to
attach rescind order to the then
pending request of the President
for power to suspend tariff and
immigration law.
Jenkins Opposed Limit.
House parliamentarians, however,
informed the Ways and Means Com
mittee that the amendment would
not be germaine to the proposed
legislation, and the attempt was
dropped temporarily.
Meanwhile. Representative Jen-
kins, Republican, of Ohio, another
member of the Ways and Means
Committee, also expressed the belief
that it would take up the question
of wiping out the order at the next
session. He declared that both the
House and Senate had given serious
consideration to the proposal before
the Chief Executive laid down the
limitation and had decided that ii
would be difficult to make the ap-
plication Justly and fairly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

plant, the ALLEGATION must be left to
the Army and the Navy, he added
Ending of voluntary enlistments
will not hurt the Navy, Mr.. Roose-
welt believes. though he hesitated to
order the step because Of personal
sentiment.
He recalled at his press confer
ence that when he was Assistant
Secretary of War during the World
War. he was against bringing the
Navy under the draft, thinking that
1t would be grand If all the men the
Navy needed could be recruited
voluntarily.
Was Matter Of Sentiment.
This policy worked and the Navy
got up to strength of half a mil
lion men, the President remarked.
So 1t was matter of personal SEN
timent with him to continue VOL
untary enlistments in the Navy
during this war and the Navy got
up to a strength of approximately
1000, 900 men.
However, there came a time when
sentiment had to be discarded, the
President said. He ordered, in
strengthening the powers of Paul v.
McNutt as War Manpower Commits
sion chairman last week, that no
one hereafter should be indicted in
any of the armed forces except
through the selective service system
The President said he believed the
overwhelming number of young
men who might prefer service in
the Navy would be able to get It
through the selective service sys-
tenn, although he could not be sure.
Mr.. Roosevelt said q report that
Pope Plus XII had appealed to the
United States and Great Britain to
spare Rome from aerial lombard
ment should be taken with a grain
of salt.
He prescribed the same course in
replying to q questioner who told
him reports were current abroad
abroad that thousands OF anti
Vichy persons still were languishing
In Jail in North Africa despite orders
by American authorities for the re-
lease of political prisoners.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that Cuba had
the situation - regards any NTH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Reilly Takes Over GoveI
Of Cosmopolitan Club

John Reilly, president of the Sec
ond National Bank, yesterday took
over the gavel as president of the
Washington Cosmopolitan Club at
the weekly luncheon in the Hotel
Washington. He succeeds Herbert
Woods, research director of the In
ternational Union of Operating En-
gineers
Other officers installed were Will
liam Kiesler, president of the Ross
lyn Steel & Cement Co., vice presi-
dent; Paul Heiss of the customer
relations department of the Chesa-
peake g. Potomac Telephone Co.,
secretary, and Paul Holmes, WASH
ington manager of the National
Radiator Co., treasurer.
Claude A. Mahoney, reporter for
The Star and news commentator
for WMAL. was speaker at the
luncheon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

time of for work in excess of four
hours on Saturday.
Co In four agencies Of the Gov
ernment-namely, the War Depart
ment, Navy Department, Maritime
Commission and National Advisory
Committee for Acknowledgment
legislative authority has been grant
ed to pay overtime compensation to
certain groups of these salaried en-
ployes for work in excess of 40 hours
per week. But other employees in
the same agencies and in other
agencies of the Government per-
forming similar work, whose hours
OF duty have been heightened be-
You'd the peacetime work week of 80
or 40 hours, cannot be paid overtime
This is a complete violation of the
principle of equal pay for equal
work, which has been the guiding
policy in Federal pay matters since
the enactment of the Classification
Act in 1923. The authority for the
payment of this type of overtime
compensation to groups in the War
and Navy Departments expired on
June 80, 1912, and has since been
twice extended by joint resolution,
the last extension expiring on No.
vember 80, 1912.
Hoped for Equitable Plan.
I approved these extensions of ex-
listing authority to pay overtime
compensation to limited groups not
outstanding the gross unfairness
and inequalities which this condi-
ton created, because the Congress
had been considering various means
OF solving this urgent and COM
plicated pay problem. I felt that
by approving these extensions of
overtime compensation authorize
ton opportunity would be afforded
to arrive at an equitable solution
which would meet the needs of the
Government service and of the en-
ployes involved.
1t is my judgment that any
further temporary extension of this
authorization to pay overtime to
limited groups of employees is only
perpetuating a bad situation and
should be avoided However, it can
be avoided only by immediate action
on the part of the Congress to deal
realistically with this entire prob
lem. Unless immediate action is
taken, hundreds of thousands of
employees in the War and Navy de-
partments will suffer a severe cut
in earnings for the first half of De-
cember because of the stoppage in
the payment of their overtime COM
pensation.
realize that the enactment of
an adequate solution to the problem
presents difficulties. I am not we'd
ded to any particular formula for
its solution. But I feel the prob
lem is so urgent that unless the
Congress is able to arrive at solu-
ton within the next few days, leg
islation should be enacted that
would delegate to the Chief Execu-
tive authority to deal with problems
OF wage and salary rates, hours of
work and overtime compensation
within the Federal service, during
the war period or until such time
as Congress may otherwise provide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

Don't lose hope til you've tried q
Star Want Ad." MA. 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
British N. P. Urges
Military Troininq

Military training for all on reach
ing army age is advocated by Sir
John Wardlaw-Miln Of the British
Parliament.
He proposed that men with skilled
training should be transferred to
factories after a bit Of army life. and
then sent back into the army If they
did not stick to their specialized
tasks.
This would end slackness and alb
senteeism for which young men and
women are mainly responsible, he
told constituents In q meeting q,
Kiddermaster, England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Fair Employment Unit
Orders Rehearing in
Sect Members Case
Plate Gloss Firm Fired
Jehovuh's Witnesses Who
Refused Flag Salute

The Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice has
ordered q rehearing In the case OF
the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.,
Clarksburg, w. Va, which the COM
mittee directed November 20 imme-
diately to re-employ seven members
of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect,
alleged to have been discharged by
the company after refusing to par
>ticipate in flag raising ceremony
Lawrence Cramer, executive Sec
rotary of the committee, said new
evidence had been brought to light
that warranted q new hearing, which
the committee has set for Decem-
Der 81.
It was testified at the original
hearing that the flag-raising Incl
dent had aroused feelings against
the seven sect members among
workers in the plant. Mr.. Cramer
said new evidence indicates relig-
ious prejudice was not the issue
At the close of the first hearing
the committee in an unprecedented
action directed two unions holding
contracts with the company to
maintain effective control over
members who might be inclined to
modest the reinstated men or pro-
woke incidents leading to friction or
antagonism.
According to the committee, the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. admit
ted that the seven discharged Je-
hovah's Witnesses were satisfactory
workers, but claimed that it had
been warned by the two unions that
1t would be impossible to control
other employees who might seek tt
inf1ict physical injury on these men
or might refuse to work with them
thus paving the way for a shutdown,
Of the plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Experts Will Settle
Vital War Priorities,
Roosevelt Decides
Civilian and Military
Officials to Solve
MuterieI Problems

Production and military experts
will settle among themselves any
question of priorities for ALLEGATION
of scarce materials to various partss
of the war program, President
Roosevelt said today.
The President was asked if he
planned to issue a directive giving
materials priority to synthetic rub
Der plants over such programs as
airpiane production.
He countered by asking the re-
porter who posed the question what
he would do. Mr.. Roosevelt then
went on to explain that persons in
charge of various phases of the pro-
duction program consider the things
they are working on absolutely es-
sential to the winning of the war,
but that when there is not enough
material to go around the division
has to be left up to combination
of production experts and the joint
chiefs of staff.
Cites Difficulties.
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized that 1t
is impossible to say that any partic-
ular article of war is more impor-
tant than another, and said the ex-
perts would have to settle the ques-
ton of priorities, remarking that he
is not an expert.
AS an example. he said that in ad-
dition to having tires, airplanes
must have high octane gas to fly.
Plants must be built to produce both
the rubber for the tires and the
gasoline. When there Is only
enough material for one half Of each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Text of Roosevelt Pay Letter
Prosecution Of War Impeded by Lack
Of Equitable Schedules, President Says

President Roosevelt today sent the
following Identical letters to Vice
President Wallace and Speaker Ray
burn calling for a solution within
the next few days" of the problems
of pay, hour and overtime compen-
sation for civilian employees of the
Federal Government:
The Government OF the United
States, which is the largest single
employer in the Nation, has per-
mitted condition 10 develop re-
garding rates of pay, hours of work,
and overtime compensation, for its
civilian employees, which is grossly
unfair, is one of the major causes
of needlessly high personnel turn
over, and is impeding the successful
prosecution of the war effort. This
condition may be summarized briefly
as follows:
(a) The pay rates for most me-
chanics, tradesmen and laborers In
! Navy Yards, arsenals and other pro-
duction establishments of the Gov
eminent are fixed and adjusted to
correspond with prevailing wage
rates for similar work outside the
! Government service in the same
locality. These pay rates have kept
pace with the increases in wages
which have occurred in private in
| dustry; hours of work for these
groups have generally been set at
a minimum of 43 per week, and the
earnings of these employees have
been further increased through the
receipt of overtime compensation
at time and one-half rates for work
in excess Of 40 hours per week. The
situation with respect to these en-
ployes corresponds with that per-
tanning to industrial employees and
represents a satisfactory condition
which requires no change.
Last Adjustment in 1880.
(b) The pay rates for the posi-
lions held by most salaried en-
| pioyes-clerical workers, postal en-
ployes, hospital attendants, profess
slonal, scientific, technical and ad-
ministrative employes-are general
ly fixed by statute and cannot be
adjusted by any administrative &C
ton. Except for recent increases in
the rates of pay for custodial en-
! ployes, the last general readjust-
ment of salary rates occurred in the
1928 and 1890 amendments to the
Classification Act, and in 1925 in
sofar as the postal service is con-
cerned The work week for these
types of employees has been extended
to 48 hours in the War and Navy
Departments and to A hours in
other departments and agencies,
with the exception of the postal
service, where the amount of over
time varies with the volume of work
in each locality. The Government
service would generally have been
placed on 48-hour week except for
the existence of the Saturday half
holiday law which has already been
suspended insofar as the War and
Navy Departments are concerned
but still requires in other agencies
of the Government compensatory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Dewey Emphasizes
He Is Not Candidate
For "A Nomination
Burns All His Bridges
" By Spying He'll Oppose
Moves to Droft Him

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Postwar Development
OF Telephones Seen

Telephones will reach every corner
Of the globe in the era of post war
development, it Is reported In Lon
don.
Experiments already made on land
forecast cables beneath the Atlantic
through which IL conversations at
once will be possible by the inser-
ton Of vacuum tube repeaters every
40 miles.
The current for the repeaters will
be carried in the cable, and they
will function for 20 years without
attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Promotion Is Slated
For Gen. Royce,L leader
OF Philippines Raid
Air Officer Nominated as
Regular Army Colonel;
20 Others on List

Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce, who led
the daring Army Air Forces raid on
the Philippines in April from base
in Australia. today was nominated
by President Roosevelt to be a full
colonel in the Regular Army.
Bombers under his command
made the 4,00o-mile flight, one of
the longest in that war zone, with
out loss of single plane. He holds
the temporary rank Of major gen.
eral and the permanent rank of
lieutenant colonel.
The President also nominated
Capts. Jack Harlan Duncan of
Washington and Francis Eliot May
nard of Waterstown, N Y, for ad-
vancement to rear admirals in the
Navy, and named Col. James T.
Moore of Columbia, S. c., to be a
brigadier general in the Marine
Marine Corps.
Also in the list Of nominations
sent to the Senate were the names
of II other lieutenant colonies to be
promoted to colonies. These officers
holding the temporary rank OF COL
onel except those specified with
higher temporary rank are:
Rufus Sumter Bratton, Sylvester
De Witt Downs, jr.; Orlando Ward
temporary major generaD, Benja-
min Grant Weir, Thomas Hunting
ton Monroe, Roger Burnett Har-
risor, Edgar Erskine Hume, Wal
colt Dennison. James Earle Ash,
Bascom Lee Wilson, Henry Louis
Kraft, Paul Ramsey Hawley tem-
porary brigadier generaD, John Did,
BILE, George Clark Durham Ctempor-
AIRY brigadier generaD, Robert Burns
Hill, Charles Oliver Purdy and
Julius Joseph Babst.
Added Recognition to Russia.
Advancement of Capt Duncan,
naval attache at the American EN-
bassy in Moscow. gives added recog-
milton to the Soviet Republic. Capt.
Duncan, native of Ozark, Mo-, was
appointed to the Naval Academy
from that State, and was commits
stoned an ensign in 1917. During
the World War he served on the
U. S. S. North Carolina, later re-
named the U. S. S. Charlotte.
After several terms of sea duty
he was appointed aide to the COM
mandante of the 18th Naval Dis
trict, Pearl Harbor Among his as
signments has been that of a naval
instructor in seamanship and navi-
CATION at the Naval Academy and
as a member of the United States
delegation to the London Disarma-
ment Conference in 1924.
Received Communication.
Capt. Whiting, who now has a
sea command, was born in New York
in 1891 and was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1912. AS flag
secretary on the staff Of the COM
mander of the fleet train in the
Atlantic during the World War
he received a special letter of COM
mendation.
In addition to his sea duties he
has held important recruiting po-
sitions including that of head Of
the recruiting division in the Bureau
of Navigation in 1910.
Col. Moore, native Of Barnwell,
S. c., was appointed a second lieu
tenant in the Marine Corps in 1916.
In addition to service at shore sta
tons and at sea he has been in
service in France, Haiti, China and
before attachment to his present
position at Marine Headquarters
was with the American Embassy in
Peru. He is a graduate of the Army
Air Force Tactical School and of
the Naval War College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
College Offers YuIe Tree
70 War Bond Buyers

1asthe Associated Press.
sCOLORADC SPRINGS, Colo
Stadents and employees of Colorado
college don't have to worry about
the Christmas tree scarcity-their
school owns a forest.
The college is offering Yule tree
from its timbered land near Pixies
EeAk to each student and employe
WHO buys a War bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11

columnists or spy activities under
very good control. adding that this
was one of the things he had talked
about with the Cuban President,
Fulgencio Batista, who arrived here
Tuesday as his guest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Maryland Race Tracks
Do Well for Relief
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Dec. ll.-Almost
one-half of the total sum raised for
Army emergency relief in the Bird
Service Command area this year
has been contributed by the man
agements of the nine race tracks of
Maryland, Maj Gen. Milton A
Reckord has announced.
He thanked the tracks for their
outstanding generosity" The
amount totaled more than $l31 900
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-07
. ANSWERS TO
WAR QUIZ

/. Navy enlisted man wearing
this insigne in a yeoman.
2. German general, second In
command under Rommel of Afri-
ka Korps, who was captured dur
ing recent British offensive In
North Africa.
3. Affectionate description for
the average Army band--whether
the music is good or not.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-07
Bradley-Shub
Concert Sunday

Sergeant Arthur Bradley. lyric
tenor and Sergeant Harry shub,
concert violinlst. will give another
joint concert Sunday evening at
7:3O O'Clock al the First Christian
church. Both Of these artists have
appeared before local musical or
CARNATIONS. radio programs and
at various churches during the
last few weeks.
This return engagement was ar
ranged through the cooperation Of
the United Churches organization.
The Sunday night concert Is the
fourth of series OF musical pro-
grains. featuring service men,
being sponsored by the local
church.
Sergeant Bradley Ia a graduate
of the Eastman School Of Music,
Rochester. n. Y. He has done en-
tensive work In opera. radio and
pictures. Sergeant shub is a
graduate OF the JuIllisrd School Of
Music. New York city. He has
done considerable concert work
throughout the United States.
Both boys are stationed at Fort
Lewis and the Sunday evening
program viii give music lovers Of
the city an opportunity TO hear
two real artists. The public is in
vted Admission free. A silver
offering will be taken.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-03
Van Wagner Bond
Payment to Come
Up on Saturday

The question OF reinstating the
81 900 bail bond of John Il. Van
Wagner will be argued next Sat
urday morning before Superior
Judge f. NJ. Card. IL was agreed
Monday by attorneys for the com
pany and Prosecuting Attorney
Thor c. Tollefson.
The company has not yet filed
a formal petition for reinstatement
of the bond, but 1t is expected to
do so now that Van Wagner is
sentenced and awaiting transfer
to state prison at Walla Walla.
The state. through Tollefson. has
filed suit against the bonding com
pany 10 collect the $1,000 which
Van Wagner Jumped" when he
failed to appear for trial last
Oct Ia.
II was only through the mad
vertance of VoVn Wagners arrest
on another matter In Oklahoma
city. Okla. that he was appre-
hended and brought back 10 Ia
coma To answer the attempted
grand larceny charge here, 10
which he finally pleaded guilty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-03
Trojans Take
Grapple Cup

Fife Trojans are now busting
off a permanent place in their
trophy case for the state wrestling
championship cup which the Fife
matmen won in the state tourna-
ment at Fife Saturday. II was
Flies third state title in four
years.
The Trojans scored 81 points 10
20 for Lincoln and "a for Stadium.
The summaries.
95 pounds: stolen p. won fall
over Grimes IS In %
ll5 pounds X Yaguchi tFl won
fall over Bertelson IL. IN 213
l25 pounds Nelson IL won de-
clsion over johnson Isl.
1875 pounds n YaRuchi ~. de-
cision over Bob Folk IL.
l45 pounds Ashenburner IL, de-
cision over Holdner (F)
l55 pounds L. Stolen ~. decision
over Isaacs IS.
i65 pounds. Schneider tFl, de-
cision over Schaffer IL
lS5 pounds: Forsvthe IL, won fall
over Collins Isl. in / "a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-03
Draft Registrant
Used Two Names

James NJ. Flowers. IS. was in
custody of local police Monday
following his arrest near 14th and
Pacific ave. Sunday at 2.15 a. m.
Flowers was charged with vio-
lating the city liquor ordinance
and was ordered held for investi-
CATION of the fact ne registered
for the draft under two names. MS
indicated by papers in his room.
Flowers was spotted by officers
talking to soldier at the scene
Of his arrest. The soldier took out
his billfold. but Flowers saw the
officers before money exchanged
hands. Questioned by officials.
Flowers admitted the possession of
four pints Of whisky on his person
and added he had more In his
room.
A search Of his room disclosed
six more pints of whisky and let.
tiers which indicated he had reg
istered under the names of James
Flowers and James McGauhy, po-
lice said