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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Bureaus Cite Anti-Quiz Units
QUESTIONABLE in RebuttoI
l3-Point Form With 20 Subquestions
Gives Shoe-on-O ther-Foot Angle to Row

both totals down into permanent,
part-time, temporary employees, war
service appointments and those paid
from emergency relief funds.
It requested the number of en-
ployes in each CAT grade, each pro-
fessional and scientific grade, each
subprofesslonal service grade, each
custodial service grade. each clerical
mechanical service grade, each in
dustrial and skilled trade grade and
the total payroll for each classifi-
cation.
Wanted Salary Totals.
All this information was to be
supplied as Of September i, 1899:
November 80, 1941: June 30. 1912,
and October 81, 1942-both in WASH
ington and in the field-along with
estimates of the number of persons
to be employed during the fiscal year
1943 and the estimated salary totals.
That out of the way, the question:
naire requested information on reg
ional ofices. plus district and State
headquarters. 1t asked II the abency
headquarters. 1t asked II the agency
tralized-and If so, where and when
and how many positions and persons
affected and number Of square feet
In Washington released by the move.
Committee employees said the
agencies had co-operated fully in
filling out the QUESTIONABLE, al
though some bureaus had been
forced to ask for more time than
first was granted.
It seems that answering the com.
mittees quiz required 20 much time
that they got behind in sending out
their own questionnaires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Labor Board Commission
To Rule Truckers WAGES

By the Associated Press.
The War Labor Board has set up
a commission to decide disputes and
rule on wage and salary adjust
ments in the trucking industry,
which employs about 100000 workers.
Prof. Howard Meyerhof of Smith
College was appointed chairman.
Representing industry will be Lands
OBrien. executive vice president Of
the CCC Highway Express Co.,
Cleveland, while Frank Tobin, re-
search director Of the AFL Brother
hood of Teamsters, will be the labor
member.
Meanwhile, Senator Wheeler,
Democrat. of Montana said the Of
flee of Defense Transportation is
planning to "deploy" its men in
temporary field stations throughout
the Nation in an effort to eliminate
confusion over gasoline rationing to
truckers.
The men will be sent to various
communities from ODTs 142 field
offices. he explained.
At least 4Ol stations are to be
set up. the Montanan said, where
truck operators may discuss with
ODT representatives their applica-
lions for certificates of war neces-
sity, on which gasoline requirements
are based.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Nv the Associated Press.

Rv the Associated Press.
A 13-point QUESTIONABLE with
some 20 extra sub-questions inter-
jected a new quirk today into q
Capitol inquiry.
For this little quiz, it seems. was
sent out by the very congressional
committee now engaged in attempt
ing to stem missionaries.
The Joint Committee on Reduc-
ton of Nonessential Federal Expen-
ditures is probing all Government
missionaries in an announced
effort to cut wartime red tape. It's
purpose brought round of applause
from those who have to answer the
questions-and criticism for the
bureaus that ask them.
So one of the boys in the bureaus
brought up the subject of the COM
mittee's own quiz.
Calm Before Storm.
Committee records disclosed its
form was sent out last Armistice Day
in the calm before the current
QUESTIONABLE storm - and its ex-
pressed object was to find out why
there are almost as many civilian
Government employees as there are
men in the armed forces.
"The thumb twiddlers in our Gov
eminent should be given other work
to do said Senator Byrd, Democrat
Of Virginia. who heads the commit
tee. There being no objections, the
QUESTIONABLE was promptly forgot
ten-except by those who received 1t
1t asked each Of some 81 Federal
agencies to list the total number OF
employees and total payroll, to break
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Oil Trucks Mileage Doubled
Under Fuel Rotioning System
Dealers Forced to Make Long HuuIs
As Nearby Roi|rood Sidines 10y Idle

The ODT proposal that fuel oil
dealers reduce by Is per cent the
amount of gasoline used in making
their deliveries has encountered an
ironic situation at Bethesda, Md,
where firms with railroad sidings
that come to within a few feet of
their tanks are forced to send trucks
to Southwest Washington, Anacostia
and even into Virginia to replenish
their supplies.
The extra mileage their trucks
thus are forced to travel, the dealers
say, actually has doubled their
gasoline consumption.
Tells of Search for Oil.
One of the major companies there
reported that its oil tanks had been
empty three times during the last
week and that it had dispatched
trucks to Alexandria, Rosslyn and
other points on the distant side of
Washington in order to obtain more
fuel. In one instance, this firm
cited, it sent six trucks out in search
Of oil and all but two of them came
back empty.
1T is impossible for us to cut
down our gas consumption under
these circumstances" said one
dealer. Every time we send into
Washington after oil. our trucks
must travel at least "a miles, and
We got only from four and half to
five miles to the gallon out of our
fuel oil trucks
Present circumstances at Bethesda
also call for much extra handling
of oil. Whereas heretofore they
attached a 10-foot hose to tank
cars and emptied them several at
time, they now must haul oil from
the city to their plants and then
distribute from there.
Much Time Also Lost.
One dealer reported that he &C
tually could make deliveries to the
consumers in much less time than
it takes to send to Washington or
other points after it.
A firm whose normal require
ments are $4,000 gallons q day gave
the following schedule for its re-
ceipt Of fuel by tank car during the
last month:
November II, one 10,000-gallon
car; November 10, one 10,000-gallon
car; November 10. one 10000 gallon
car; November 81, one 8.000-g gallon
car; November ~, one 5000 and one
10000 gallon car; December II, one
8,000-gallon car.
An official of this firm explained
that its trucks could not be filled
out Of one car. With these sparse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Jonathan f. Leavitt Dies;
Wilderness Battle Veteran

Jonathan Edward Leavitt, Civil
War veteran who celebrated his 9th
birthday October IL, died today at
the home Of his daughter. Mrs.
Robert E. Harter, sos Carroll avenue,
Takoma Park, Md.
Funeral services will be held at l
pm. tomorrow at Walters funeral
home, 254 Carroll avenue NV, with
burial In washington Memorial
Park. -. = p.
Mr.. Leavitt enlisted as q private
in the Sd Maine Infantry at the age
Of IS at the outbreak OF the Civil
War and was in the thick OF the
fighting at the Battle Of the Wilder
ness. Although he came through
unscathed, he later was stricken
with typhoid fever and brought to
Washington, where President and
Mrs. Lincoln visited him.
He was born in Clifton, Quebec,
october II, 1845. lived In New Hamp-
shire and Maine and spent the last
81 years in Takoma Park.
Surviving Mr.. Leavitt, besides his
daughter, are q grandson, Harold E.
Harter. also Of Takoma Park, and a
great-granddaughter In Louisville,
XIV,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Edy Leaving Soon 10 Take
New Post in Houston

John North Edy. assistant COM
missioner for administration of the
Federal Public Housing Authority
expects to leave Washington Deem
Der rs to assume his new position
as the first city manager Of Houston,
Tex, at salary of $17,500 a year.
The new city council-elect Of
Houston yesterday named Mr.. Edy
to that position Houston adopted
a city manager charter amendment
last August.
Mr.. Edy arrived in Washington
from Texas in May. 1885. to become
assistant director of the budget. In
January, 1886, he resigned from Fed
era1 service to become city manager
Of Toledo, Ohio. He returned to
Washington in October, 1899, as ex-
ecutive assistant and budget officer
of the Federal Works Agency. In
May, 1912, he transferred to the
Public Housing Authority.
Before 1885, Mr.. Edy served as
city manager Of Dallas, Tex, and
Flint, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16

shipments by rail, the remainder Of
its daily needs has been hauled by
truck-whenever the fuel was avail
able. And there again trouble was
encountered.
Knocking on Doors"
The official said oil was obtained
from its major source of supply
until that distributors tanks were
exhausted. The firm then drew
upon another supplier until its
allotment of IS per cent of the
total it had received from his
company during the preceding year
the maximum set by the ONCE of
Petroleum Co-ordinator-had been
hauled.
After that" concluded the off,
cial, 1T was matter of going
around knocking on doors. This
meant taking both men and trucks
OH consumer delivery and putting
them to work on wholesale hauling"
One of the smaller dealers, who
reported that in normal times he
unloaded four tank cars at a time
from his siding, said ne now is
forced to make IL trips a day by
truck to haul the same quantity Of
Oil he formerly obtained from one
railroad car.
Using Up Gas Quotas.
This means IL miles each way,
or 288 miles day" he reminded
I'm using up the gasoline which
has been allotted me for my trucks
and I still have ahead of me the
problem Of getting more. I wasn't
looking for situation like this and
/ made no allowance for it when I
made my application for coupons"
Still other problems which appear
IN the picture are the wear and tear
upon both tires and trucks and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Yugos|av Air Officer
Says MihaiIovic Can
Muster 100000
Denies Guerrilla Leader
Has Become Inactive
In Fight on Axis
By the Associated Press.

.
Gen. Draja Mihailovic, Yugoslav
guerrilla leader, has 100 900 men now
actively under arms and could throw
more than 100000 fighters against
the Axis armies Of occupation If
Allied troops landed in the Balkans.
That was the assurance voiced
here by Col. Svetozar Dimitrijevich
of the Yugoslav Air Force in a press
conference at the Yugoslavian EN-
bassy yesterday.
Col. Dimitrijevich said he had
made frequent flights over his coun-
try after the German Italian occu-
patton, dropping supplies to Gen.
Mihailovic's men in their mountain
strongholds or carrying parachutists
to some rendezvous where they could
join the guerrillas.
Kept in Close Touch.
From his headquarters in Cairo he
kept In close touch with the plans
and operations of Gen. Mihailovic,
he said, and could state with assur-
ance that there was no foundation
for reports circulated in this country
to the effect that Gen. Mihailovic
had retired to relative inactivity
somewhere in Montenegro.
Gen Mihailovic, he explained. was
not attempting to wage large scale
war against motorized Axis divisions,
but was outstanding his strength for
u-h
attacking from the sea. his lightly
armed guerrilla bands could swarm
down from the hills and help crush
the enemy.
Earnest Guerrilla War.
Col. Dimitrijevich gave the Com
munist-led partisan battalions of
Western Bosnia and Slovenia credit
for waging earnest Guerrilla cam
paigns against Axis forces, but said
that attempts in some quarters to
picture Kosta Macy, the partisan
leader, as the successor of a re
tired" Mihailovic we're no doubt in
spired by Fascist enemies OF the
Yugoslav cause.
The Yugoslav governmental Exile
issued a statement in London yes
terday likewise denying reports that
Gen. Mihailovic had been sup
planted. The statement asserted
that Mihailovic guerrillas were now
pinning down seven German divi-
sions, two of which recently had to
be rushed into a 240-mile stretch of
the Sava River Valley from Zagreb
to Belgrade to cope with local re-
sistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16

extra cost involved in the expanded
hauling program. One dealer said
he was operating Is trucks 16 hours
day at present and that he was
delivering less oil than he formerly
did in a normal eight-hour day.
The president of smaller con-
Germ, with total customer list of
6l2, said he already was 81 deliv-
cries behind and that the number
was increasing daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Canada Raises Pay
OF Priyates and Gives
Bonuses 10 Families
Dependents Allowances
Also Increased; Soldiers
To Get $3.50 a Day

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA Dec. 16.-Higher pay
for Canada's army privates, pay
ment Of cost-of Living bonuses to
families OF all Canadian servicemen
and the boosting Of dependents al
lowanceS were announced here to-
day by the Defense Departmnt.
Increases lifting the pay Of pri-
Yates to $3.50 . day were announced
by the Defense Minister. Col. J. L.
Ralston, while payment Of the cost
of living bonus and the new scale
OF dependents allowances were an
nounced jointly by Col. Ralston,
Air Minister c. G. Power and Navy
Minister Angus Macdonald.
Allowances for Six Children.
Here are other features Of the an.
nouncements:
l. Mothers and other dependent
relatives will be allowed to earn up
to $40 month without loss Of al:
lowance. instead Of $40 as at present.
2. The dependents board OF
trustees is being requested to In
vestigate the possibility Of assisting
servicemens families who wish to
move from high-rent to low-rent
areas.
3. Allowances will be provided for
as many as six children, instead ,oA
only four, for nom offlcers and two
for officers. as at present.
4. New allowances and cost-of-
living bonus will start January !,
with assigned pay increases becora-
ing effective February l.
1t was estimated the entire pro-
gram would cost between $50, 900 900
and $35 900 900 year.
Inducement for Efficiency.
Col. Ralstons announcement said
the rate Of pay for privates in the
Army would be raised from the
present level of 81 80 a day to $40
after four months service with
efficiency and good conduct" and to
$3.50 day after six months.
Pay of lance corporals and lance
bombardiers will be raised from 81 50
to 81 go day.
The increases will afford an In
ducement for efficiency" and will
bring the rates or Army pay more
closely into line with those of the
Air Force and the Navy, where pay
normally becomes $3.50 day after
six months Of efficient service, Col.
Ralston said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Washington N. |. T. Unit
To Hear Dr.. Caldwell

The Washington Society Of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology will hear DR.. Robert Gran
vile Caldwell, dean of humanities
at M. I. T. speak at $50 O'Clock this
afternoon.
DR.. Caldwell will address the
society at Barker Hall at the YWCA.
Seventeenth and K streets NV. He
Will speak on the subject he has
specialized IN as chairman of the
cultural program with Latin Amer
lea, Latin American Affairs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Walter R. Murphy, Rail
Equipment Builder, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Walter P.
Murphy, So, wealthy bachelor phil
anthropist and president of the
Standard Railway Equipment Man
ufacturing Co., died early today in
the Ambassador Hotel in Los An
geles of a heart attack, the COM
pany was advised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Lose CITIZENSHIP

LONDON. Dec. 16 (P.-The Vichy
radio announced last night that
Pierre Boisson, Governor General,
and Gen. Jean Barrau, commander
OF French forces in West Africa, had
been deprived of their French citi-
zenship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Comping Association
To Meet in Baltimore

Members of the National Capital
Section of the American Camping
Association will meet at the Madi-
son Hotel, Baltimore, Md, at $50
pm. tomorrow.
Annual election of officers will be
held. DR.. Earle Hawkins, super
visor of Maryland high schools,
will be chief speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
CoroI Sing Scheduled

The Annual Community Carol
Sing will be held Friday at pm.
In the lobby Of the Evangeline
residence, 1880 L street NV. Maj.
James Longine. Salvation Army
divisional commander, will be the
song leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16
Fur|ough Ends Tomorrow
For % Indicted Dec, 10

T'hirty-eight colored registrants
OF the District will report at 10 a m.
tomorrow to selective service head
quarters. for assignment to Army
training camps.
The group Of men was given a
weeks reserve status following their
induction December 10.
Thou
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-16

You can find help II there's help
to be had little Star want Ad"
will do 1t. MA. 5000.
Evening star., 1942-01-23
Two Sisters and Man
Found Slain on Road
Near Caionsvil|e
Women Identified, but
Male Victim Is Unknown,
No Weapons Located

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 23-Two
married sisters, one of them shot
and the other stabbed, and an
unidentified man, also shot, were
found dead early today on a
Lined roadside near Cations
vile, Baltimore suburb.
Baltimore County police, report
ing they found neither knife nor
pistol near the scene, said it was
possible the women and the man
were slain elsewhere and their
bodies dumped beside the road.
Sprawled about so feet apart at
the end of the Johnnycake road, the
bodies were discovered by Harry
Souers, a neighbor of the husband
of one of the women, who said he
came upon them on his way home
from work.
The women were identified as
Mrs. Helen johnson, 81, and her
sister, Mrs. Irene Carter, 80. The
man was not identified.
Leonard Johnson of Alberton, hus-
band Of Mrs. johnson. made the
Identification, police said.
DR.. Kiefier said the man had q
bullet wound in the chest. Mrs.
johnson was shot through the head
and her sister was stabbed in the
left breast and slashed about the
throat. He ordered the bodies re-
moved to the Baltimore City Morgue.
Catonsville police said Mr.. Souers
told them he came upon the bodies
lying face upward, at $50 O'Clock
this morning, then drove to the
nearest telephone and called police.
The bodies were found near Hollo-
field, small community not far from
t2,onsville. The Johnny Cake road
makes a sharp curve there and police
Evening star., 1942-01-23
House Refuses Funds
For Frankfurter Plan
OF Selecting Lawyers
Rebuff to President
Seen in Acceptance Of
Committee Suggestion

The so-called Frankfurter plan
for selecting Government lawyers
seemingly had been shelved today
after the House refused yesterday
to grant 100000 to make 1t op-
erative in the next fiscal year. At
the same time the House approved
rider to the independent Offices
bill to prevent use Of the civil serv-
ice appropriation-or any other
funds in the measure-to finance
the program.
House action-considered re-
buff for President Roosevelt-con-
formed to the recommendation of
it's Appropriations Committee, and
it was conceded today that the Sen
ate probably would fall in line.
AS a result, it was said that 1t
would be necessary either to appoint
lawyers to Government service by
the same competitive process as
other employees are chosen, or to
take legal positions entirely outside
of civil service, restoring the status
they formerly had. There was no
indication which course would be
pursued by the President.
About 5000 Involved.
Approximately 5000 positions are
involved.
The "Frankfurter Plan" developed
out of the deliberations of the COM
mittee, headed by Associate Justice
Reed Of the Supreme Court, which
the President named more than
three years ago to work out pro-
gram of civil service reforms. 1t
provided for a Board of Legal Ex-
aminers, headed by the solicitor
general and composed of members
from Government and private legal
circles, to direct recruiting. exami-
nation and selection of Government
lawyers.
Only four members of the COM
mittee-Justices Reed, Frankfurter
and Jackson (then Attorney Cen
eraD and Gano Dunn, a New York
engineer-approved the plan which
was vigorously assailed by the four
other members-Supreme Court JUS
tice Murphy, William H. Mercy
nolds. administrative assistant to
the President; Leonard D. White
and Gen. Robert E. Wood. They
said the program would lay itself
open to favoritism.
The President, however. approved
the program and made 1t effective
by an executive order issued In con-
nection with the expansion of the
civil service under the Ramspeck
Act. Prior to that time, the appoint
ment of lawyers generally had rest
ed with the employing agencies,
although some were under competi-
tive civil service.
Board Was Independent.
While the Board of Legal Ex-
aminers nominally was a part Of
the Civil Service Commission, it was
entirely independent, but has been
financed by that agency for the last
several months after Congress re-
fused to make an appropriation In
a deficiency bill.
In denying the funds sought for
the next year. however, the House
made 1t certain that no money could
be diverted to the board. Back OF
the House action is long-smoulder-
ing resentment in Congress at the
favoritism which it frequently has
been charged has been shown in
New Deal agencies In the appoint
ment of lawyers Critics have as
serted that graduates of certain
schools-notably Harvard-have re-
ceived the best posts.
Evening star., 1942-01-23

win be no conflict with other salvage
measures.
Recently, 1t was said. officials Of
o. P. M. requested the Commission
ers to direct separation Of various
types Of refuse before they were
turned in to the District incin-
orators or deposited on the dump.
The Commissioners had called for
bids from private operators for SAL
vaging cans, rubber. paper or other
materials from the dump ut Twenty
first and G streets NE. Four bids
were received. ranging from 81. 100
to $16,501.04. Fearing they might
Evening star., 1942-01-23
Tires Cut GIee Club Trips

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Jan.
23 R.-In view Of the tire supply
situation, the University Of vir.
ginia Glee Club voted unanimously
last night to cancel out-of-town
singing engagements requiring
transportation by motor vehicle, ac-
cording to Prof. Harry Rogers Pratt,
director.
Evening star., 1942-01-23

become involved IN . dispute with
the high bidder. II the contract
were awarded and thereafter the
District had some Of the materials
separated and not placed on the
dump, the Commissioner have re-
ferred the whole matter to the ONCE
Of Corporation Counsel Richmond
B. Keech.
Evening star., 1942-01-23
Old Gun Sold for Scrap

WINCHESTER. Va, Jan. % [P.-
A large coast artillery piece which
for years has stood at the head of
the grave of Maj. Gen. Daniel Nor
gan, a Revolutionary War hero, has
been sold by Mount Hebron Gene
terry for scrap.
Evening star., 1942-01-23
Unity Conference Speaker

Ida M. Palmer Of Kansas City
Mo-, president Of the Unity Annual
Conference, will speak tonight at
the New Colonial Hotel. Her topic
will be "The Power Of Praise and
Prayer" The talk, which starts at
8 pm, is sponsored by the Unity
Assembly of Washington.
Evening star., 1942-01-23
D. {. Salvage Contract
Awaits Legal Opinion

Award Of . contract by the Dis
trict Commissioners for salvage Of
tin cans and other materials from
the city dump is being delayed, it
developed today, to make sure there
Evening star., 1942-01-23

quoted Mr.. souers as saying he did
not see how any previous passerby
could have overlooked the bodies.
Evening star., 1942-01-23

Only about 100 California con-
dors are known to exist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-27
Two Men Hurt
AT Shipyards

Three featured ribs and = pos
sibie kidney injury were suffered
BY Bert A. Dechand. -. o. sos
Kincaid ave. Sumner. "Wednesday
night when ne fell while working
at the seatfle-Tacoms shIphuiId-
ing corp.
He was taken by police smbu-
lance 10 Tacoma General hospital
where he vas being held Thurs
day for further observation. At
tendants said he fell backward and
struck his hack on protruding
object
Another shipyard enmploye Les
lie Lambert. Il, Of Puyaildp. was
injured on the Job early Thursday.
He was treated At Tacoma Cen
eral hospital for a fractured right
elbow and released 10 his home.