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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15


commission feels that the Jobs
although requiring some skill, are
not in the professional category
and to classify them as such and
pay higher salaries would be a
violation of the classification act.
In answer to this argument, the
agencies contend that only a COM
parative handful of jobs are in
volved and that 1t would not cost
much. Furthermore, agency chiefs
contend their offices have certain
duties to perform and these tasks
cannot be carried out unless quail
fed employees are found
Chances are that some sort of a
compromise will be worked out. But
at the present time, feelings are
running rather high.
X X X X
All, ROMANCF-Here's a CONVEX
sation overheard between two mem
bers of Congress in a House Office
Building elevator.
First member: what did you
give your wife for Valentines Day?"
Second member: "a reminder that
she was going to give up candy for
Lent"
INTERIORS NOVEL; will be
interesting to see what the Interior
Department does about collecting
the $4S7 900 the General Accounting
Office claims that Government Serv-
ices. Inc. owes the Government.
GAO officials turned over the
audit to Interior last week. The
GAO contends that GSI, which OPP
crates Federal cafeterias and other
here, owes the $4S7 900
under the terms of its contract
with the Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

1CSS1Ulldl CdN.
CORY.
So, in order to
attract qualified
p e RS ms. the
agencies h a v e
proposed t h a t
the jobs be class
flied as profess
sional positions
with the accom-
panying higher
salaries.
But the COM
m i ssion has
turned d O W n
most Of these
requests. he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

conduct the all-day radio workshop
are: Miss Elinor Inman, director
of religious broadcasting for the
Columbia Broadcasting System; DR.
Ross Snyder, dean of the University
of Chicago's religious radio work
shop, and the Rev. Charles Rodri-
CUES, New York, assistant to the d.
rector of the Joint Religious Radio
Committee of the Congregational
Christian, Methodist and Presby-
terrain churches.
Representatives of Washington
radio stations will participate in a
panel discussion on religious broad
casting during a session beginning
at 2:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Weather Report

District of Columbia: Fair and
colder with highest temperature
near 40 and slowly diminishing
winds today; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and not quite so cold.
Virginia: Fair and colder with
slowly diminishing winds today. To-
morrow increasing cloudiness and
not so cold,
Maryland: Partly cloudy and
colder today: tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and not so cold.
River Report.
From U. s. Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Readings at Washington National Airport)
Yesterday Per ct. Yesterday Per CT.
Noon --------- IS pm. 81
4 10 m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

What makes the situation an in.
teresting one is that Interior Off.
Gals, who have direct supervision
over GSI park concessions, last year
generally defended the non profit
corporations activities in testimony
before Senate Civil Service SUBJ
committee.
The question of the money which
GAO claims is owed the Government
involves the Interpretation of the
contract that GSI signed with the
Government. If GSI contends that
1t does not owe the Government
any money. the Interior Department
will have to decide whether it agrees
with this Interpretation Of the con-
tract.
If it does not agree presumably
Interior will move to collect the
money. But if Interior agrees with
GSI, the GAO will ask the Justice
Department to institute action to
collect the money. 3
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The Fed
eral Loyalty Review Board will meet
again on March 2. Thus far, the
board has had very little to do . +.
Chairman Rees of the House Civil
Service Committee will have to take
stand soon on whether he will
hold early pay raise hearings. The
various Government employees I'M
ions are putting pressure OF the
committee to hold the hearings
soon s.. Reports have it that
aviation circles favor the elevation
Of Josh Lee to the craftsmanship
of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Mr..
Lee is former Senator from Okla.
homa.
REMINDER - If you would like
to have copy of the civil service
booklet explaining the new retire
ment legislation, send me a postcard
in care of The Star.
The booklet will be mailed to you
as soon as the bill becomes law.
1t will give in non-technical lang
uage all information that Govern
ment employees need about their
retirement rights.
No self addressed, stamped en-
velope is necessary. Just make sure
you include your name and address.
additional neps OF GoDern-
ment affairs and personalities
make up Joseph Young's broad
cast persion of the Federal Spot
light at 3::15 pm. today and every
Sunday on WMAL, The Star sta
tion.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
u. S. Purchases Cut

To save dollars for Britain, the
Gold Coast colony has cut purchase
of all types of North American
cars to a minimum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
Andeon RuiIwuy Planned

Chile and Argentina have signed
a convention on the technical
aspects of the proposed trans
Andean railway and tunnel con-
struction operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Agencies Want Better Workers
Paid on Professional Scale
By Joseph Young

Various agencies around town wrangng with the
Service Commission their right pay higher salaries
order to attract competent personnel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

not be learned whether the con-
ferees intend to define some of the
vague language of the new students
law in writing the new ceiling bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

A number Of departments have
vacancies in Jobs that call for
skilled and trained employees, al
though the jobs are not In the pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

Hollands coal situation is improv-
ing but household use still Is cur
tailed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-15

FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic SurveyD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
Music on the Party Line
(New York Times


 Artists and musicians in the Soviet Union nave seemed in the past to have pretty good time of It. They were well paid they had special privileges. they were highly honored The Moscow Government was evidently trying to prove that communism could make culture hum. Since pictures could be painted and symphonies composed with no obvious expression of political or economic opinion the artists and musi- clans were freer than the economists who had to hew to the party line or the scientists in the biological field who had to be careful not to lay too much emphasis on the factor of heredty But this situation exists no more There is party line in the arts as recent reliable dispatches attested Recently
 report reached here that three composers including Dmitri shostakovch had been denoted and that an important Moscow music critic and his entire family had been arrested and imprisoned The three musicians had admitted their errors" but this did not save them
 What were the errors? The main one appears to be that the composers wrote music that was somewhat difficult to understand The Poitburo wants music that can be whisted It desires, c. L. Sulzberger quotes recent decree in a dispatch to this news paper music along the lines of simple rhythm to which workers can beat time and hum as they try to accelerate production" As matter of fact this same device has been tried in this country though net so much to speed up production as to make the workers happier in their jobs. People here who want to write music that be whisted are free to try to do so and anybody who does not disturb others for instance in church or public gathering) by whisting it can do SO And these who desire to write such music as Mir Shostakovich used to do so bril- lianty can try that if they live the bright side of he Iron Curtain and often they get 1t performed Indeed if 1t is good enough they always In any case the United States Government will not interfere Possibly we are preudiced but seems the hap pier plan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
AGAINST THE LAW

look at Juneau criminal court records, TOT the past year reveals that alarming number ot youths under 21 years of age have afou of the law Their offenses have varied in degree from very minor law infractions to serious crimes against society
 Not all of these boys from the so-called wrong side of the tracks surprising number were members of so-called respectable families
 The reccrd is particularly alarming in view Of the ratio of youths who have been arrested to the com paratiyely small numerical size of this community IL appears that parents and the entire community should pause and take stock of it's children.
 Have our children received the proper education for respect of the law the right of others and the conventions of society? These important responSi- bities which should be firmly imprinted on and Tn the mind of every growing youth
 These responsibilities should be taught in the home in the schools and by the various organizations which youth may join for the benefits he can re- ceive from that association
 There is no question that some efforts are neihg made and will continue to made from these sources for acouantng our youths with their responsibilities Some of these efforts, however are only haf-heared md do not accomplish the task which must be done
 We sincerely hope that all parents aid others con- cerned will take ygilant measures to protect and educate the youths surrounding them Let's keep our sons out of the laws clutches Let's make good citizens out of all of the citizens of tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15

CIO has filed papers under the new Federal Lobbying Act . Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, able ex- Congresswoman from Connecticut, will take an important job with the American Military Government in Germany No. l fire man" in President Trumans campaign for renomination is Federal Sec retary Oscar Ewing, an old Demo- cratic warhorse, who has been nov ing around the country quietly chopping off heads and ditching disaffected Democrats. One poli- tical head chopped off by Ewing vas Democratic National Commit teeman Bob Tehan of Wisconsin A major test of Truman strength is coming up in Cook County, Illinois Old line Demo- crats are trying to oust Jake Arvey because ne said Truman had no chance for reelection. Al Eoran is the chief Truman leader
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
LEWIS AND THE SPEAKER

Lewis latest deal has all the earmarks of a shilt to the Presi- dential bandwagon of Speaker Joe Martin. It was not mental tele pathy on institution that caused the Senator suddenly to suggest 10 Lewis and Ezra Van Horn that Senator Styles Bridges umpire the ccal dispute. It was carefully rehearsed deal.
 Real fact is that Bridges. an able. hard working Senator, has been a friend of Lewis for years. Tn l946 Senate Democrats propos- ed an Investigation of Hermann Goering's anti Roosevelt slush-fund and the payment of s50o00 for the broadcast in which Lewis tried to defeat Roosevelt. Obviously such a probe would have been high ly embarrassing to the big miner. And it was the Senator from New Hampshire who deftly put blocks n the path of this probe
 Again in l947 it was John L. himself who proposed Bridges to Secretary of the Interior Krug, then in charge of the coal mines, as umpire between the operators and the miners.
 Thus it was moi divine guidance that prompted Speaker Martin suddenly to conjure up the name Of Senator Bridges as the man to smooth out the coal dispute.
 All of which proves one thing and raises an interesting question
 | Whenever John L. Lewis wants to settle a coal strike, it will be settled Hell always find T way of doing it.
 2 Will John L's latest maneuver help or hurt the political ambitions of shrewd Speaker Joe Martin? With Dewey and Taft slumping Jce has the urge in big way And John Us greatest ambition never yet Mlfilled-is to put his own man in the White House.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
"HARDTIMES DANCE"
 WILL BE GIVEN BY
 MOOSE ON SATURDAY

Plenty of fun is planned at the Moose Lodge "Hardtimes Dance" .o he held this coming Saturday, April IT. Square dances and circle-two- steps will be called by Art VanHum- beck, Roy Eaton and George Troy check and Dorianne Barnes will furnish the music.
 There will be modern dancing al so for the ''younguns.
 To carry out the spirit of the oc- casion everyone is requested to wear old clothes The men are asked to refrain from wearing ties and 2 small fine will be imposed on any member wearing one.
 All members of the Lryal Order of Moose and their ladi,s are COT dially invited to attend. az
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
Air-Conditioncd Shoes.
pier plan
Cincinnati Enquirer

The United Press dutifully reports that two Berlin designers-one an industrial planner and the other
 former creator of ash travs-have evolved a scheme for using scrap metal make airconditioned shoes
 Their proposed shoes would be something on the order of aluminium wedgies, with hollow heels and soles They would be hinged la caterpillar tread, so that they would walk like leather shoe. The hol- low spaces would provide insulating layer of air between the foot and the hot pavements in summer. In winter mirabile dictu the same shoes could be heated by chemicals placed in the hollow spaces! One insertion of chemicals the designers clam could keep the shoes warm for week.
 For people who perennially have cold feet, this sounds like something very close to Utopia. The next step presumably, will be bedroom slippers which can be worn to bed the very coldest night The warmth would be extremely pleasant making up for any clank- ing of the shoes as the wearer turned over.
 The air-conditioned shoes also may bring about
 desirable revolution in the summertime It's entirely possible that with shoes of this type women would not need to slip out of them during a movie. Of course if they did dark menace would be added to picture going It would do something to our nerves to stalking to seat in crowded darkened theatre and stumble resonant string of alumi- mum shoes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF
 VESSEL NAME

Special notice is hereby given that the Commissioner of Customs, under date of April T, 1948, gave authority for change of name of the oil screw ACQUITANIA. > official n u m b e T 25245s, to H. F. CHANEY. Said ves- sel was built at Tacoma, Washing ton, in 1o43; her gross tonnage 167; net tonnage IA; home port Juneau; owner, Juneau Spruce Corporation. First publication, April IA, 1948.
 Last publication, April IT, 1948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
REyAMPING Ing POST OFFICE

The House Post Office Commit tee has been sitting on confiden- tial report on the Cleveland post office which may lead to a whole sale streamlining of big city post offices throughout the country.
 Congressman Reess of Kansas. Chairman of the House Post Office Committee, has been holding the report close to his bosom, even re- lusing to let some of his colleagues see it However. it may help to trim down the $345-million postal deficit that the Government is stuck with this year.
 The Cleveland post office was selected for an exhaustive efficiency study, but spot checks were also made at Cincinnati, Detroit and Buffalo. As a result of the sur vey. Congress will be asked to ear mark S50,000 for overhauling a sec tion of the Cleveland post office, and if this is successful, the sys- tenn will be adopted throughout the country Annual savings for the nation are estimated at SIP million
 Trundle Engineering Company, hired to make the Cleveland sur vey, found low morale, high ab- senteeism excessive sick leave, poor supervision and weak discipline. Transit time consumed too much of the carriers day, greatly re- ducing delivery time Deliveries were more frequent than the ma- jority of patrons needed.
 4 fleet of obsolete trucks. requir- ing excessive maintenance, increas- ed the postal bill. Mounted car i riers drove their own automobiles and were paid high fees, the Trun- de experts found Total cost of delivering 8 l3-cent special deliv- cry letter, for example amounted to 20.5 cents Special delivery messengers also spent approximate ! ly one hour every day filling out Form 395l, a special delivery re- ceipt record not considered nec- essary.
 The Trundle Company recom-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
20 YEARS AGO TIT fME EMPIRE.

15, 1928 within with a of eight development work on the Fer mining property.
 tuner returned to Juneau a'eF P " Ketchikan Hyder, Metlakatla and Wrangeh injured when his automobile turned turtle near the Svitzer striking loose gravel prevailing at Douglas ana residents were warned abnlt their fires as sparks being flown around The Moose were annual memorial services this day Weather: High 46 clear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
TWENTY FLY
 WITH PAC. NORTHERN

Pacific Northern flights yesterday brought in II and took out Is pas- sengers as follows.
 From Anchorage: Ralph Mize, Don Foster, N J. Howke, John Goetz, Wilson Ramsey, Jack OCon- nor, Douglas Gray, F. w. Rockner, N. J. O'Brien, c. F. Gillham and I. R. Cousins, Jr.
 To Cordova H. L. Faulkner, F., Medley K. Pederson, o. Pederson, o. Kunley, G. Halferty, H. Burke and c. Turner.
 To Anchorage: Charles Burdick, G. Davis, Mrs. B. J. Hilderbrand and child, Charles Marler, Flossie Watkins and Pat Reid.
 To Yakutat: John Daws.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
Da;ly Lessons in English " L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MIsUsED: Do not T that book some place. Say q saw book SOMEWHERE"
 OFTEN SPRONOUNCED Marachino Pronounce third syllable sKEE and not SHE principal accent that syllable
 OFTEN MSSPEILED of rising Assent (o agree
 SYNONYMS Memory recollection remnscence remembrance re- retrospecton
 WORD STUDY three times and 1t is yours Let us or vocabulary by mastering Todays INDIGENOUS innate Prononce n-d-e-nus cent second svlabe "Feelngs indigenous to man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
WNNA HOLD MONTHLY
 SOCIAL MEETING AT
 SALMON GREEK CLUB

The Women's National Aeronaut- ics Association held their monthly social meeting at the Salmon Creek Country Club last night. The eve ming was spent in conversation and informal discussions. Those present were. President Ann Parsons. Sec retary- Treasurer Barbara Hulk; June Young, Dorine Anderson, Jer- des Baxter, Isabelle Funk, Mildred Maynard, Florence Ward, Jacque Porter, Norma Fournie and Marion Jensen.
 The next meeting is scheduled for May 5 and the time and place will be announced at later date.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15

mended sweeping steps to abolish these defects. It urged tight ened, more equitable personnel pol icy, morale- building program, a six-day 40-hour week for carriers instead Of the present five-day week. It also recommended re- placement of the obsolete truck fleet, the purchase of modern shop equipment to service new trucks and Government-own automobiles for mounted carriers. It also advo- cated that serious consideration" be given to boosting special de- livery rates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA 5y LEE

O. should her bill when she has been ayng alone leave?
 that the items may be checked and toaed the desk This will ime n items at the desk
 O. the should the or the woman give of recognition?
 A.
 O. permissible formal invitation nfomay
 A. third should be answered
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Senator Ferguson's National De- fense Committee has just complet- cd its report on the Howard Hughes inVestigation-and for some strange reason makes no mention whatsoever oI Senator Brewster's mysterious lobbying for Pan Ameri- can .Airways. No a word Both are Republicans After holding out for many months. the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
LOOK and LEARN n. c. GORDON

What would body sold for the value of chemical element? larger, Texas Alaska? activity the number of individuals engaged 
 in chemistry?
 the Father of the Sonata? ANSWERS: quite dollar g. Alaska is large Texas. 3. Grocery business 4. the Latin "ferrum.' 5. Haydn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew ard St. Visiting Com rades Welcome.
 VERY METCALFE. Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK. Adjut- - ant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15

siders, this was part of deal be- tween Dewey's friends and John [. for future political support If so. it backfired for the coal opera tors. And if it helped Dewey. recent political polls .ont show if
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-15
The Washington 
By DREW PEARSON

ccontinued from Page one)
Evening star., 1948-10-25
Glasses in Boby Core
Scheduled by Red Cross

Red Cross classes in mother and
baby care will be held at the Jewish
Community Center. 1927 Sixteenth
street NV, at Z pm. Wednesdays,
beginning November 3.
Six sessions will be taught by a
registered nurse. The subjects will
range from health safeguards for
mother and child to demonstration
and practice in "bubbling" the baby.
Mothers may join the class by
telephoning Arthur B. Bernstein,
activities director at the center.
Evening star., 1948-10-25

be the Rev. DR.. p. o. Bersell, presi-
dent Of the Augustine Lutheran
Church; the Rev. Dr.. O. A. Sauer.
secretary of the Armed Services
Commission Of the Lutheran
Church, Missouri Synod, and the
Rev. Paul G. Empie, executive d.
rector Of the Council.
Government officials, members of
Congress, diplomatic representa-
tives and leaders Of other Protestant
denominations are expected to at
tend the dedication.
The center will be used for offices
by various Lutheran church agen-
cies.
Evening star., 1948-10-25
Nature Lecture Series
To Stort Wednesday

A series of eight nature lectures
illustrated by colored motion pic
lures, will begin at 8 pm. Wednes-
day in the auditorium of the Ma
tional Museum, Tenth street and
Constitution avenue NV. The
series, sponsored by the District
Audubon Society, will be held each
month through May.
The Wednesday lecture, by DR..
Myron A. Elliott, will be on the
subject, wings Over the Water"
Evening star., 1948-10-25
Lutheran Church Center
To Be Dedicated Nov. IA

The Lutheran Church Center, 1856
jackson place NV, will be dedi-
Gated at 4 pm. November IA, the
Rev. Robert E. Van Deusen, Wash
ington secretary for the division of
public relations of the National
Lutheran Council, announced today.
The building was purchased during
the war and used by the Council
as service center.
Speakers at the dedication will
Evening star., 1948-10-25
Ambassador Bonnet to Talk

Ambassador Henri Bonnet Of
France will discuss current condi-
tions in his country at the monthly
luncheon of the Yale Club at 1890
pm. tomorrow at the Lafayette Ho-
tel.
The Valley settler., 1948-01-16
Ralph Ware

Mrs. Jack Leek had surgery on Monday of
 this week. She is getting al ong very we'll Drifting snow during the last week. end has not seriously affected the roads. School
 busses appeared pretty much on schedule on Monday morn ing and persons traveli ing to
 Anchorage report that the roads are good.