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The echo., 1946-04-26
MRS. TAYLOR PASSES

NJ ''r, wife of Reverend Tay-
or passed Sunday, April 14th, in New
York. N. Y. The body was shipped
70 Missis i"pi and funeral services
were held in Jackson, Mississippi, last
Thursday.
She had been i'll for some time.
She is survived by a large number of
children, husband and other relatives
hnd friends. !, ~, 4 TNX
The echo., 1946-04-26
ATTENDS FUNERAL IN
JACK son, TENN.

Reverend r. L. Young attended tbs
funeral Of Mrs. H. P Porter, the wife
of Bishop H. P. Porter that was held
in Jackson, Tennessee last Friday.
Mrs. Porter had been i'll for a num-
Der of years. A large number of
sorrowing friends was present to pay
their last respect to Mrs. Porter.
The echo., 1946-04-26
tTTIESBURG

D." p rend Young: You will
"a go = remittance to cover
wo H. B. A. Badges. Please for
ward them to me Immediately
Mrs. Hattie Peay, Pres. No. 200
The echo., 1946-04-26

PITTSBURGH, PA.-American
home owners are showing an al
most universal desire for more
and bl. ger windows in their new
dwellings. IL
Part; eularly are they interested
In wine 1ws of the type that take
VI the entire wall of one room.
Most homes now being built or
plS nned include at least one Of
these large units. These windows
noN only add beauty to a house
pur als) make heating easier by
, q the heat Of the sun. They
4 lc time to clean than small
( wdoh with the usual small
/ paacs.
The echo., 1946-04-26
First Prize Winner

2 1tive Of the new use Of
n homes IFS this design by
IS Norman and Jean
which won first prize in
re ional "Iouse For Cheerful
=. competition sponsored by
Il rgh Plate Glass and Pitts
Corning companies. More
300 architects competed.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
REDDEN

The next meeting of the W : g..
: ot Met Cullcy's Church will he
hyld at the home of Nh and Mrs.
Pdri, Burton on Thursday evening.
August 30 30 Ladies' please bring
cakes as ice cream and cake will
he for sale.
Mr.. and Mrs Hilton PcaucI and
family aud AIr Woodrow Webb
were Thursday evening guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Donovan and
dauohtcr Florence.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Downs and
family and Nh and Mrs. Charles
GIpaN and Janet Lee Rust spent
Sunday al Oak Orchard.
PrNtc Carlton Rust spent a day
Of his week with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. tharl"s Rust
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wilson
were Monday evening guests of Nh
and Mrs, Paris Burton
Miss Louise ti@2s of BridGevillc
spent the past week with Miss
Janet Lee Rust
Mr. and Mrs Paris Burton. Miss
Florence Donovan Mr. Woodrow
Webb. \Ir Edwin Richard and
Toward Clendanicl spent Sunday
At Riy"rvi"W Beach, New Jersey.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs. Will WalstOn OF Do
Yer We're Sunday guests of Mrs.
iohn Smith and Mrs Helen Leap
\ir ana Mrs. James Scott Of
G"or2ctoWn were week end guests
ol the latterS parents. Air. and Mrs.
Harley HastinIs
MIR and Mrs. Bcrtum Owens OF
Lindbure. Pa. and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Carter OF GaloN. Va. were
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Carter
Mr.. and Mrs Walter IIorScy and
daughter OF Laurel were dinner
Guests Sunday Of the l&ttcr's par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Judd Phillips.
Mrs Lulu Massey spent he week
end in Seaford With Or. and Mr..
Ira Allen.
Mr.. Harley Hastings was a visi-
tor in New York last week.
Mrs I.iIctta Phillips is VISITING
relatives in Baltimore
Mrs. Laura Whcatlcy returned
home Monday after spending some
time in Wilmin2ton Her daughter.
Mrs. Louis cain, accompanied hcr
home.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
Hospital Launches DriUe
To Secure Student Nurses

best. and its faculty. all leaders in
Their profession. use only the most
modern equipment and methods
during instruction periods.
Miss S. X. Wilmer is presently
serving as directress of nurses and
brings to Milford a wealth of prac-
tical experience. Young women.
high school graduates. are urged
to stop at the hospital and learn
about the benefits to be derived
from beginning a nursing career at
Milford Memorial Hospital.
AS depicted in the photographs.
on this page. the new nurses home.
located on Lake View avenue. at
the residence of the late Dr.. &.
Layton Grier. is a fine place to
live
Glasses. according to Miss Wit
mer, are now forming and appli-
cations to enter the school of nurs-
ing must be received not later than
mid might. August 81. Glasses will
begin the following day.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

Nursing is noble profession
and more young women are turn
ing to nursing each year.
Each year in September. Sou-
sands of young women. inspired
by the desire to serve, join hOspi-
tai nursing schools in hundreds of
cities and towns throughout the
length and breadth of this great
land of ours.
Milford Memorial Hospital is
rated one of the finest hospitals OF
it's size in the United States and
this year. under the capable direc-
tion OF John Wymer. hospital ad-
ministrator. many new invOcations
are being put into operation. while
many more are being planned
which will add greatly to the al
ready fine work being accomplish
cd at the hospital.
The nursing school. in connec-
ton with the hospital, like the in
stitution of which it is an import
ant part, is considered one of the
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
OVERLOOK

Mrs. Charl"S :. WarrinGton i
confined To Bcch" Hospital. Her
condition is improved at this time.
Rev. Richard NJ. Green of Dover
called on his brother. MIR. and Mrs
William \. Green on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur b. Campbell
are cntorta,nin2 their son. Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Campbell of PhiIa.
They will return home Friday and
Will hc accompanied by their
dau@htcr, Miss Helen, who has
been here during the summer.
\bout l10 people Sathcr"d at the
home OF the Rev Trutt at Nassau
and GAY" his wife surprise birth
day party Tuesday evening. They
bad spent the day at Ocean city.
Nd. and on their arrival the crowd
was in her home awaiting.
Mr. Robert .ockcrman and Miss
Marietta Nanship were also given
q surprise party on Monday even
inc at Miss Manship's home, the oc-
"&sion being both of their birth
days. \ number of people were
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIRGIL NanStreet OF
Baltimore, visited her father Mr.
Il. ID. Simpler and Mrs Marie and
Miss Barbara Jane Simpler of
WASHINGTON. d. g. who is also visit
ing them.
Alvin Douglas Parsons has been
stationed at cambridge, Md. for
past 'eW weeks and has been trans
ferred to Rhode Island Training
Station.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
FISHERS DISTRICT
(Ncar GrCcHwOOd)

Mrs Fri" Eracc2irdlc and Gau"h-
ter s.: Montreal. Cauda. is spending.
an indclillt" visit with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Warmer and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. !. Tcrzolc arc
being concentrated ON tn" arrival
nt baby boy, R!Irh Spencer. born
August 6
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Dow and
MIR. and Mrs j. W. R:$t spent
Thursday evening with MIR. and Mrs.
Rufus Wright of Vernon.
Nj. and Mrs Augustus Lundcn
entertained relatives from Hayuunc
\. j.. this past week.
The rummagr sale sponsored hy
the daughters 4 American l.od2c
held on Saturday afternoon at
Bridg"villc WAS very successful.
Miss Grace Ruth and fricnd. Way
ford Brown 0f Wilmington. and
tlaF"nC" Brown of Brid@"ton. y. j..
were weck-"nd guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Goor"c Brown and daughtcr.
Miss Martha Brown is spending
an indefinite visit with Miss Lois
Ilail of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alya O'bipr attend
ed the family reunion picnic Of the
Gray family at Oak Orchard ON sun
day.
Miss Ruth Rhodes and Miss Shir-
ley I1tt were visitors of Miss Mari
lyn Brown on Thursday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs G"ntec Brown and
daughter attended the family re-
union Of the Brown family at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Ashbv Whit
ard Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Taylor were
Wilmington visitors on Tuesday.
MI. and Mrs Charles Dcamar
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. ". Rust wen,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Rus
OF Pennington on Tuesday evening
MI and Mrs. Lester Zo1t. Mr. an,
Mrs. John Lloyd and Mr.. ana Mrs
Harry Iare Spcn, the Weekend !,
Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs Alva O'bier of Sea
Iord wee guests of Mr.. and Mrs
}. W. Rust on Sunday evening.
Miss Betty Morris. student mrs,
oi Wilmington, spent the week-en,
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs =
+. Morris.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
Increase By OPA
Sends Auto Prices
p Pct. Above 1912
cyour.nucd from first page,

ON AL models, OPA said. the in
crcaa" !an9e is from $G2 on Chcv-
rol"t business coupe to S322 ON a
Cadillac 1-passcn2"r Imperial So
dan
In each case increases are over
June 80 ceilings.
The average - per com price
hike was the fourth general in
crease in auto ceilings since last
November. The total of the three
previous increases averaged Is per
cent. CPA said.
u" irSl OF the earlier increases
was granted to cover the climb in
production costs up To last fall: the
second ots"l industry wage ip-
crcaScS granted early this year.
while the third followed higher
prices authorized last February for
steel and other materials.
IN lis announcement. OPA listed
new ceilings for only f0ur-dO0r Sc
dams. Here are some examples of
l912 ceilings and ncW ceilings on
these models, together with the
amount of increase:
Plymouth deluxe, $3.50 in 1912.
%lli2 now, up $252 fl'om 1912 and
@'% from June 30.
Plymouth special deluxe. $935 in
19i2. $l17i now. up $2%9 from 1912
and 81 from June 80.
Ford deluxe. $3.50 in 1912. 81 1.06S
now, up $1S% from 1912 and &73
from June 80.
Ford super deluxe. $500 in 1912.
%1.I31 now. mp $20i from 1912 and
81 from June 80
Chevrolet Flcetmastcr. 1855 in
1872. $l,o76 now. up $22l from 1912
and $7l from June 30.
Chevrolet Stylcmastcr. $500 in
1872. $l,0n5 now. up $205 from 1912
and 500 from June 80.
Dodge deluxe. %99S i'm 1912, l.26l
now. up $2G3 from 1912 ana $50
from June 80
Buick series, -, $3.50 in 1912.
%l.I61 now. up $2H1 from 1912 and
$lnS from June 80.
Hudson super 6. 81 ,092 in 1912.
$l,360 now. up $26h from 1912 and
%lo3 from June 80.
Nash Ambassador 6. 81 .u69 nj
1872. $l.%66 now. up $297 from 1912
and @l0l from june 80.
Taxes. Handling Not Included
These ceilings are retail list
prices, They do not include fed
rraI excise taxes. handling. and de-
livery charges on transportation
charges.
The additional prices increases
required by the new law will bc
olScnSSed with dealers at. confer
ehce' OPA said In predicting this
increase will be about five per
cent ohlcials said they hope that
Will be the last boost in auto price
ceilings.
however. auto manufacturers
whose ceilings were not changed
by Mondays order-~are now eli
&lhle to apply for higher prices
under terms of the Barkley amend
meht to the Price Control Act
Whether they may qualify for id.
creases, OPA could not say.
me Barkley amendment requires
lhal ceilings be based on 1916
earnings. rather than 1869 ear
nlhgS' the yardstick under the ole
law. However, Congress authL. iz.
ed OPA TO deny an increase to i'm.
uuStfles where the volume of pro
auction Is sub-nOrmal but expect
ru to climb. This is the case a
present III the auto industry.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
MILTON

Mrs. Viva +. Reed. wife OF George
Reed. OF Philadelphia. ded N th#t
city on August ). aged 50 years
Funeral service was held in Grace
Methodist Church. Milton by Rev.
Milton r. Elliott on Friday after
noon and intermcnt made in Odd
Fellows cemetery. Mrs Reed was
the daughter Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. James Norris OF Milton Sur
viving are her husband two dau@h-
terS. Mrs Alena Flanke ana Miss
Viva Reed. and two sons Everett
and Clarence Reed. a sister. Mrs
Alena Johnson. and brother. Hon
~ Morris, of Iaddonfield. \. i.
Those seen from Milton ON the
boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach on
Sunday. were MIR. and Mrs Floyd
Hurley. Nj. and Mrs. George B.
Atkins Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wa2a-
mon, Mayor and Mrs. J. D. Robbins.
Mrs Nancy Jones. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Arg0. Mrs. Nora Campbell
Mr.. ana Mrs. Charles r. Vent and
Mr.and Mrs. Warren Dodd
Horace Johnson, proprietor OF
JOhnsOn's Market, has purchased
the stock and fixtures of tn"
Clarence Savage store in the Walls
Building Mr.. Johnson will con-
tinue the business a: the same
stand. Possession was given ON
Tuesday morning.
The ladies of Grace Methodist
Church held a covered dish Surpcr
at Laurel Camp ON Thursday afIc.-
noon.
Joseph FOrSt. who has been visit
ing relatives in New York for few
days. has returned to his homo near
Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bchrinecr.
Jr.. WHO have been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Atkins for
some time, have returned to thci.
home in Panama. They made Tho
trip via airpIanc
Miss Edith Wilson. of PhiladrI-
phia, is spending two weeks at hcl
Milton home on Union street
Vaughn Elliott spent last week
with relatives and friends at Car
eys Camp.
The Pilgrim Holiness Camp oprn-
ed two weeks session in [.aviuja
Woods. west Of Milton. on Sunday
Rev. Hooking. the pastor. extends
a cordial invitation To all to attend
the services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence VI. Wclch.
of Milford. spent Sunday with his
sisters. Mrs. L0ttie Wagamon and
Mrs. May Malcom
The members Of the Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Union Of Graves Fac
tory piCnicked at Oak Orchard ON
Friday. They had as their guest.
Miss Ada Rose. field secretary OF
the parent union. of Philadelphia
The ladies enjoyed themselves sim
mensely playing games. the foot
race being won by Miss Edna Biz
zard, while Mrs. Ella Walls and
Mrs. Betty Reed were declared win
ners of the three-legged race
Luncheon was served ON tables in
the grove. the provender being nor
vlded by MEMBERS Later i'm the day
abundant refreshments OF ice cream
and homemade cake We're served
1t is said that some Of the Gals had
to be helped from their beds on
Saturday morning They had q
good time anyhow.
Mrs. Dorothy Burton. Mrs Mary
Walls and Mrs. Goldie Postles spen,
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Bur.
tons brother and wife. Captain an,
Mrs. Ralph Mcgee. who are vacation
ing at Bethany Beach They spenr
the evening AT RchobOth Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16


Mr. and Mrs George W. Simpler
spent the Weekend with his sis
ter Clara III Berlin. ~ j. they also
visited Atlantic City and Collins
Vile. ~ j.
Miss Bertha IIelens and Barney
Bower of Chester. Pa spent last
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs ira
T. Walls. near town
Mrs Sarah j Neascy and Mrs.
Nettie Warrington and son. Russell.
OF AIillShoro. spent the weekend
with Mr and Mrs. John c. VeaSey.
Flwood Stevenson and Robert
Jones. Jr. found whale near
Slaughter Beach last week Wish
they would remove it. the odor is
terrible.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

SIR and Mrs. William Wilson and
Mr. and Mis- George Wilson. OF
Dover Wrr" guest, of their auut.
Airs. E'iza button on Saturday.
The Mi4>rs Orpha ana Mar4arct
Webb, OF Milford, spent the week
md with their uncle. Mayor ]. y.
Robbins ana Vile.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Shaw. Of
Wilmington. We're guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Miller Shaw over The week end
! K Schmirer has been houorably
discharged from the ~cl.ric" after
spending about seventeen months
overseas and is now with his wife
ana daughter in Milton
MIR and MIS- Lewis Mathis. OF
PORT Norris \. j spent q fcw days
last week with rhc lattcr's mother.
Mrs Ida J Fox This Was Ah. Ma
this tirst visit to Milton in five
years
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Johnson ana
SON Paul. visited Mr.. Alvin Fisher
in Dovcr ON Sunday. Mr.. Fisher is
in i'll health.
Mrs Carrie l.ank and grandson.
Edgar Myers, Of Philadelphia. spent
the Weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph ". I.ank.
Mrs. Est"lld Palmer and Mrs. J.
Clarence I.ank spoHt the wcok at
Laurel Camp
Mr.. and Mrs Nelson Rogers and
Nh and Mrs Richard Hudson were
Rchohoth Beach visitors; on Sunday
evening.
Mr. and Mr.;. Sylvester Lcgatoa
and son aud Mrs. L""atcS Emma
Lcgarca spent Thursday at Oak
Orchard.
Master M"lviu BrIrineham. Jr..
of Millshoro after spending last
week with his grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas jefferson. has
returned home
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Walker were
Sunday evening visitors Al RchohoDh
Beach,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert 9Th. of Ncv
York. are tn" guests Of Joseph
Forst and family.
Mr.. and Mrs George Bcnnum. ol
i!oliym"unt, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs Sylvester Loeatcs and
mother.
Services at Grace Methodist
Church ON Sunday will be as FOL
lows: Sunday school AT lo and
preaching at II \. NJ. hy the pastor
Rev. Milton r. Elliott The junior
choir will render a special sclcc,
tioh. y warm welcome awaits vol
at this friendly church.
Milton Post No. 20. American
Legion now has a permanent char
ter. Recently the Post purchased
a lot near ChandIer's orchards. on
Ellendale Road, and are planning
TO erect a Post home on the
grounds.
Owing 10 increased demands fol
lockers the Milton Cold Storage
Locker Company has increased tn,
size OF their plant. thus enabling
them to greatly increase the mum
Der Oh lockers.
BY order Of the Postoffice De
partment the mail collection boxes
that have given Service to scvera
parts of town for more than hall
century. have been removed by
Postmaster Dickerson. Patrons o
the Milton office will be compelled
70 drop letters, after office hours
IN IN" recepticle in front of the
postoffice
Mr.. and Mrs George T. Cannon,
spent Sunday afternoon and even
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tay
lor IN Seaford.
Mr., and Mrs. Joseph Derrick
son, of Chester. Pa. were weekend
guests Of Mr. ana Mrs. Earl Reed.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

You paid $7@ more for groceries
last year than your budget record
shows. That was the cost of food
subsidies in 1915 to the ayera"c
American faulty.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
SLAUGHTER NECK

Charles b. Bennett, : / {, has
hccn transferred from California to
l.anhrid4c. Md. recently lie spent
the week end With his parents. Mr..
and Mrs Henry G. Bennett and
family.
The Friendship s :. Class en-
'oH"d their annual picnic supper at
FowIcr's Beach on Thursday even
liz OF last week
MIR. and Mrs. Mark l.. UIrIy have
been entertaining their .ister-in-
l~W. Mrs. Stephen II Ilcry of
Marianna, Pa. the past week.
Mr. and Mrs Marion Walls and
dau2htor. Connie Of Centcryille.
Nd. spent the week end with Mrs
Walls parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
{. bennett and daughter. Ann who
returned home with them for Il
visit.
Miss Eleanor Bennett is visiting
her sister and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Dcrrickson Of Icwcs
this week
Nh and Mrs PaynteY Collins and
son, Rc"dE were dinner guests of
\r and Mrs George Derrickson
and dau"htcr. Marie at their cot
t; % on Slaughter Beach, Sunday.
MI and Mrs. Frank l.. Reed Wcr"
, week end visitors in Atlantic city.
NcW Jersey.
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Leverage
and son Bill, Mr. and Mrs Thomas
,ICncs and boys, Jimmy and Wayne
visited Mr. and Mrs. IinWn0d o.
Noal aud children, Dolores and
Kenneth At Laurel ON Sunday
Mrs. Wilhcrt Jefferson visited
her sister, Mrs. Charles Warning
ton at the BecbC Hospital, I.rWcs
on Sunday. We are glad to report
Mrs Warrin%ton's condition is i'm
proved at this time.
We ave clad to know Mrs. Ed
ward Gooncr is improving slowly
from her recent illness last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Willms of Do
yer were dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Ms. John Flnniry and daughter.
Carolyn near Poplar Grove on sun
Gay.
Miss FIorina Sandcrson ana Miss
Mary Janet WiIlms are spending
some time with their grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry l.. Prcttyman.
Master John +. ArGo is VisitinG
lis aunt and uncle. Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Workman and family and
grandmother. Mrs. Susie Green
during his Vacation
Mrs. Norman TOrbcrt Of Newark
\. j.. Mrs Marycy Williamson and
son, Torhert of Federalsbure. Md,
Mrs. William \. TOrbert and grand
son. Billy and Mrs John +. TOrbcrt
o. Dover were recent guests of
Mrs. Margaret Bennett and mother.
Mrs. Delema Mitchell at Shady
Brook
\. Nelson Bennett spent the week
end at his nome here returning to
Dickinson College ON Monday.
The W. 5. {. :. met in the social
room of the church on Tuesday
evening with Mrs Ninol Carey as
hostess. Mrs. Davis Farcns and
Mrs. Mar@arct Bennett were in
chyr.e of The entertainment.
Mrs. Helen Collins spent last
week at Oak Orchard.
The Friendship Class will meet
with Mrs George Adams Of Milford
ON Wednesday evening, August 21
instead of Friday evening as
planned. Please note the new date
You paid $73 more for groceries
last year than your budget record
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
IN ME MORIAM

In sad. hut loving memory of our
dear husband and father. James Dill.
who passed away August II. 1913:
\ precious one from us is gone.
y voice we loved is still:
\ place is broken i'm our hearts
Which never can be filled
Sadly missed 10y Wife and Children.
ltp
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

Aunt Suzy seq: "PoIiteness is
IKE an air cushion, nothing il if
nut 1t eases the iult4 ana ior.. If
life rcmakably."
Evening star., 1946-10-26
The Wallace Policy
from lie Dro.t tottawa).

from lie Drot tCttaWa.
BY demanding a policy of appease-
ment, Mr.. Wallace is playing Russia
game. What Russia wants most of all is
to divide the Western democracies
among themselves. The speech of the
American Secretary of Commerce tends
to that end. If the materiaistic policy
of Mr.. Wallace carries the day in the
United States, Moscow will have scored
great diplomatic victory. But is such
a policy realizable? We do not believe so.
Mr.. Wallace would abandon Eastern
Europe, part of Germany, the Middle
East and even Japan to Soviet influence,
provided that Russia is willing not to
NEEDLE in the affairs of Western Eu-
rope, the United States and Latin Amer
lea. Even If Moscow promised it, we
would be fooling ourselves to believe that
it would respect its engagement. Com
munism and Soviet Russia will never
abandon positions acquired in North
and South America, in France, in Italy,
in China, or elsewhere. In a word, Mr..
Wallace's plan is essentially bad, but
happily unrealizable. The American
people will not allow themselves to be
duped
Evening star., 1946-10-26
Personnel Reductions

huHllHlSCTdClOu plans IOr eHcCLlnR
reduction of 100000 in Federal
personnel by July, 1948, appear dras-
tic at first glance, but they are not
likely to satisfy such ardent advo-
Gates of governmental retrench-
ment as Senator Byrd and his Joint
Committee on Economy. Only few
days ago Senator Byrd. in releasing
critical committee analysis of
the Federal employment situation,
warned that unless the executive
establishment makes more substan-
tial progress toward ridding itself
of surplus personnel" the next
Congress may be expected to WELD
vigorous pruning knife.
The proposed 100000 personnel
cut represents budget goal 100000
in excess of the minimum called for
by the late Congress for the current
fiscal year. 1t would bring the Fed
eral payroll down to about 1,500,0
That would still be nearly 100000
above the total in December, 1889,
at the beginning of the Nations
defense-expansion program. From
928,836 employees in 1889 the number
of employees rose to 3,650,O0O on
VI day. A year after VI day the
total had dropped back to little
over 100000.
Most of the reductions since the
end of the war naturally have been
at the expense of the War and Navy
Departments. These two depart
ments and the war emergency agen-
cies released 100000 employees dur
ing the twelve months after the
japanese surrender. On the other
hand, the old-line agencies, with
few exceptions, have not only held
onto their employees but actually
have taken on a substantial number
of new ones. This is development
which the Byrd committee views
with surprise and misgivings.
An expansion was to be expected,
of course, in such agencies as the
Veterans Administration, the War
Assets Administration and similar
branches of the Government whose
responsibilities and activities have
increased as a result of wars after
math. But a check-up by the Byrd
committee has revealed personnel
increases in all but eleven of the
forty-nine old-line departments and
agencies. Only slight reductions
were noted in the remaining eleven.
The total increase for the nonmili-
tary agencies during the past year
was 278,000 employees. This was on
top of appreciable accretions dur
ing the war years. Viewed in this
light, the retrenchment picture
lends itself to critical scrutiny by
congressional economy forces. The
budgetary trimming operations now
in progress should serveato mollify
to some extent the congressional
critics. They will want to find out,
however, why it is nj cessary to Offset
part of the military reductions with
increases in nonmilitary agencies
not burdened with duties arising
from the war.