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Evening star., 1949-09-25
u. S. B|onds Star in London's
Bur|esque-but Without Bumps

plenty of ballet-type stuff-and
that's what I'm here to give 'em."
In one number, she wears a
black f1sh-net outfit with wide
Notwithstanding like a one
piece bathing suit. However, even
here. she added. "The body part
is backed by flesh pink satin
that's to fox the smarties. They
can't see any more than they
could on a beach,"
Slim-legged Rae. q 109-pounder
with ice-blue eyes. was graduated
from PaMtucket,West Senior High
School in 1945 and plunged right
into the study of Tburlesque land
teaching ballet. The windmill i'm
ported her l8 weeks ago.
Annette. l8. is a shade darker
in the hair. She is a graduate of
Scotland's Edinburgh Ladies Col
lege.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Escaped Mental Patient
Found Dead in Patapsco

The body of a 64-year-old es-
capped mental patient was discov-
cred floating in the Patapsco River
at Patapsco Park near Elkridge,
Md, yesterday, Maryland State
police reported.
Police said the body had been
identified as that of William M.
Cavey of Ellicott City, who they
said had escaped September 16
from the Spring Grove mental
hospital at Catonsville. Police
said Mr.. Cavey had been dead
for about a week, and apparently
had drowned. They said there
was no evidence of foul play.
The body was sighted by Alvin
B. Cook of Baltimore, who was
fishing, police said.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Pope Plans Statement
On Medical Problems
BY The kssociossd Pres,

VATICAN CITY, Sept. pa
Vatican source disclosed today
that Pope Plus XII is expected to
make a mi 9jor pronouncement
September 20 on the church's
position concerning important
medical problems.
The Pope will address delegates
to the Fourth International Con-
gress of Catholic Doctors in
Rome. More than 400 doctors
from 80 countries attended the
inaugural session of the congress
today.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Funeral Services Today
For Miss Margaret Gist

Funeral services for Miss Mar
garet Adams Gist, "a, aunt of David
E. Finley, director of the National
Gallery of Art, are to be held at
4 o'clock this afternoon in York,
S. c.
Miss Gist. a member of a dis
tinguished South Carolina family.
died Friday at her home in York
after, brief illness. a-".n~-s
=, She was a well-known teacher
and, writer of South Carolina his
tory and the history of the Presby-
terian Church. ....
Miss Gist is survived by two
sisters, Mrs., David E. Finley, ST..
and Miss Sarah Frances Gist Of
York, and several nephews and
nieceS.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
|Chrys|er Employees
Line Up With Ford,
Vote 81 for Strike
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT. Sept. 24.-Chrysler
employees lined up today with
Ford workers in clearing the way
for a legal strike in Michigan.
Final tabulation by the State
Labor Mediation Board showed a
vote of 50,101 for a strike and
6.512 against, a majority of al
most eight to one.
The dispute at Chrysler Corp.
remained secondary, however, to
that at Ford Motor Co. The CIO
United Auto Workers have made
Ford their prime target and talks
there probably will set a pattern
for the industry.
Ford and the UAW resumed
talks today. 1t was the second
straight week end that bargain
ing sessions were scheduled.
Both sides continued silent on
developments. There were un-
official reports from the confer
ence table that efforts were be-
ing made to iron out non-eco-
nomic parts of the contract be-
fore turning back to the big pen
sion and insurance issues.
Prepare for Strike.
At the same time, Ford locals
were proceeding with strike prep
arations. They were told in q
letter from Ken Bannon, UAW
Ford director, not to take a settle
ment for granted.
Mr.. Bannon also stated that the
Thursday deadline which the
UAW has set on bargaining ses-
sions was not necessarily a strike
deadline. He said the date fol-
a strike would be set later If nc
agreement were reached.
One report from the Ford bar
gaining table was that the union
was insisting on pension payments
that would equal 10 cents an hour
per worker. The company report
edly has offered the equivalent Of
824 cents.
Will Finance Pensions.
Ford has agreed to finance pen.
sions entirely out of company
funds.
Ford negotiations have over.
shadowed bargaining with Chrys.
ler. The UAW is making the same
pension and insurance demand.
on Chrysler, which has 100000
workers in the United States.
Chrysler has insisted that it.
contract does not provide for dis.
cussion of pensions this year. The
contract wage clause is the only
part open for discussion in 1949
The JAW contends that pensions
are a wage issue.
Chrysler negotiations have been
tagging while negotiations watch
Ford developments.
Evening star., 1949-09-25

The Ages
No. l plank is a
fiat pay raise
for Gov ern-
ment employees
to b n G Fed
eral S a | a r i e S
Into line with
the rising cost
Of ii in 6 and
with the rates
! n private l n
dustry."
S uch pa y
legislation has
no chance of
enactment this
Evening star., 1949-09-25

Civil Service Commission and the
strengthening Of the civil service
merit system.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of time
and-a-half for overtime to all
Government employees who work
over 40 hours week.
Night differential pay for duty
from 6 pm. to 6 am, without
regard to regularly assigned
schedule of duty or overtime.
improvement of the Govern
ment's efficiency rating system.
(The AFGE did not state whether
lit favored abolishing the present
systemJ
Complete uniforms, accessories
and equipment at Government
expense for all Federal employees
who require them.
Amend the Hatch Act to give
the Civil Service Commission dis
cretionary authority to assess
lighter penalties for minor viola
tions.
Elimination of multiple taxation
on Government employees in
comes.
Establishment of the United
States Employment Service and
the Unemployment Compensation
Commission as permanent Federal
agencies, subject to- the Federal
Classification Act.
Redistribution of Public Build
ings Administration guards and
designation of this group of en-
ployes as United States Building
Police"
Payment for annual leave in
excess Of authorized maximum
accumulation when administra-
tive orders would result in the
loss of leave.
X X X X
TRANSFERS-Estab blishment of
a stronger transfer system in the
Government in order to give dis
placed career employees a better
chance of securing Government
Unemployment.
Payment of one days pay at
double the straight rate to en-
ploye required to work in excess
Iof 80 hours during the week of
any holiday.
Preservation of civil service
jobs in the Canal Zone for Ameri-
can citizens only.
Elimination of 10 per cent re-
duction from retirement annuity
when wife or husband Is desig-
mated beneficiary.
Bar employment to persons who
are disloyal or otherwise unfit"
Promotion from within the
service wherever practicable and
general recognition of seniority
in employe transactions.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Temperatures in
Bethesda PTA Plans Tea

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet the faculty at
a tea from 4~to S pm. Tuesday
at the school. . 5, -..s Z1...
Evening star., 1949-09-25
SHORTER WORK WEEK-The

SHORIER WORK WEEk-Ihe
Ages 1850 program also includes
the request for a 35-hour Govern
ment work week.
Other AFGE proposals that will
be presented to the AFL conven-
ton for Endorsement are:
Opposition to any more to cut
Federal annual or sick leave.
Liberalize the civil service re-
tirement law to provide for re-
tirement at full annuity after Is
years of service, and after 20 years
of service for employees in hazard
GUS Government jobs. Elimina-
ton of taxation on all civil service
annuities.
Elimination of personnel ceiling
provisions in any pay legislation
enacted by Congress.
Twenty-six days annual leave
and Is days sick leave for post
office and custodial employes-the
same as the rest of the Govern
ment's workers. p e. - y
'' Extension of the Classification
Act to the field service. !.
Increase injury compensation
benefits for Federal employees.
Uniform personnel standards
throughout the Government:
creation of appeals boards with
employe representation.
Greater appropriations for the
Evening star., 1949-09-25

? Accidents cause AZ times as
many deaths among United States
children as does infantile pa
ralysis. -
Evening star., 1949-09-25

(Be sure to listen in today at
'1f:15 am. oDer WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph
sYonng's : Federal .. Spotlight
broadcast. featuring additional
neaos and Die,Ds of the Govern
ment Scene.)
Evening star., 1949-09-25
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
AFGE to Seek AFL Approval
Of 26-Point Program for 1850
By Joseph YOUNG

The Federation of Government Employees next
month will the American Federation
point to
indorse for 1850.
Heading the list things being
Evening star., 1949-09-25

year. and the Ages position
may be the tip that Federal work.
ers' groups will press their pay
demands next year, even though
Congress enacts pay reclassif1ca-
ton legislation this year.
Many employe leaders point out
that the pending pay reclassif1ca-
ton measure is not a pay raise as
such and is primarily intended to
revise and modernize the Cover n
ment's system of classifying and
grading jobs. Even the bills spon-
sors declare that the less than
$3.50 week average pay raises in
the measure are incidental to the
main purpose of undermining the
Governments classification struc-
ture.
The AFGE, however, as we'll as
other employe groups, is more than
willing to settle this year for the
reclassification measure, and leave
the question of a fiat pay raise
until next year.
Evening star., 1949-09-25

convention meets-pay legislation,
injury benefits increases and re-
tirement liberaliZations
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Weather Report
MISSING IN POLAND-Her-

District of Columbia-Mostly
sunny and a little warmer today
with highest about 70. Tomorrow
fair and warmer.
Maryland and Virginia-Mostly
sunny with rising temperatures
today. Highest about 10 to IS.
Fair and warmer tomorrow.
River Report.
(From u S. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Evening star., 1949-09-25

High and Low for Yesterday.
High, 80, at SEQ pm.
Low, 40. at 7:20 am.
Decord Temperature This Year.
Highest, 81, on August IL.
Lowest, 21, on January 80.
Tide Tables
Evening star., 1949-09-25
The Sun and NJ,

Rises. Sets
Sun, today 5:5S 6:OI
Sun. tomorrow $50 $50
Moon. today -- 9:47 am. 1:5Opm
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset
Evening star., 1949-09-25
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in
.apital lcurrent month to datel.
Evening star., 1949-09-25

Civil Service Commission and the
strengthening Of the civil service
merit system.
Evening star., 1949-09-25

This edition contains This
Week Magazine of 81 pages, a
16-pdge comic section and is
pages OF rotogrqDure.
Evening star., 1949-10-01

become necessary. And while such an
eventuality is not theoretically excluded,
there is nothing to indicate that it is
evidence that the consequences Of devalu-
alton in other countries will not be nearly
as serious as was at first feared. Despite
sterling devaluation, British export prices
should remain high enough to keep Swiss
products competitive in many lines. In
deed, all countries that have devalued will
have to pay more for imported foodstuf1s
and raw materials, and those increased
costs combined with contingent labor
pressure for compensatory wage advances
should limit export price cuts or even
lead to rising price scales. On the other
hand, production costs in Switzerland will
tend to decline, because most Swiss i'm
ports of foodstuffs and raw materials come
from countries that have devalued their
currencies. Even the tourist business will
presumably not be as badly hit as was at
first feared, because, since no franc de-
valuation has occurred, travel costs in
Switzerland will not be increased. This
applies especially to guests from the
United States and other countries not
affected by devaluations. incidentally,
the United States is major Swiss export
market, while 1t and other undevalued
lands account for nearly one half OF Swiss
export totals.
These and other favoring factors under
line Switzerland'S basic financial strength
and econorhiCStability- cheering portent
amid current economic confusions and
Evening star., 1949-10-01
Doy Care Centers

One NAV sympathize with the sentiment
to restore the full appropriation 1or oay
care centers without agreeing that sucn
restoration is wise.
; This experiment in public daytime care
of the children of working mothers was
undertaken during the war, with support
from Federal funds. 1t was looked upon
rs an advisable method OF increasing
depleted manpower for war work. "
enabled many mothers to go to WORK IN
war plants-and in comparable work mere
in Washington-who otherwise would nave
been kept at home by the needs OF their
little children.
! After the war there was an ef1ort TO
continue the experiment, not as an IN
dustrial necessity, but as social or
welfare necessity. OF course, it is not
n social necessity It is great con-
yenience to a limited number of parents.
But because it is so limited, it is discrim-
inatory. It provides public facilities, sup
ported mainly with public funds, to
handful of parents. If such facilltles are
to be provided at all by Government, tney
should be available to everybody. The
expense of the centers is so high that
the community could not possibly under-
take to extend their benefits to everybody
who wanted them, or who might qualify
under some means test as eligible. The
present cost per child from public funds
exclusive of the amount contributed by
parents able to make some contribution
runs about $367, as compared with the
$122-a-year cost of educating child In
the elementary grades of public school.
y The number of centers now operated
has decreased from twelve, with 400 chill
dren enrolled in 1s47, to six, with about
272 children in attendance. The House
and the Senate Appropriations Committee
reduced the current appropriation OF $780,
600 to $4,000 for the next fiscal year.
which would cut them down still more.
The Senate, however, has restored the full
amount. It would be wiser to let the
centers gradually 60 out of existence as
public charge. They represent luxury,
maintained for the benefit OF Few
parents, which cannot be justified as a
responsibility of the community or as
legitimate charge against public funds
Evening star., 1949-10-01
Differs With Editorial
On Parental Delinquency

To the Editor of the Star:
Your editorial of September % on parental
delinquency indicates that you have no more
understanding of children and their needs
than does Police Captain Thompson of the
Bethesda substation. If you search your
memory bit, it seems highly probable that
you will remember having investigated
new building when you were child or-if
you grew up in a decaying neighborhood-a
haunted" house. And think back as to what
you did when you were there!
The children of the Bethesda area, on the
whole, are good normal children. Their par
ents are making valuable contribution to
society In bringing up the coming generation,
and they have worked hard to bring them up
properly and normally. Then unthinking
contractors provide attractive nuisances,
which tempt children to do dangerous and
sometimes damaging things Property own
ers who 2cave things lie about or place valu-
able and breakablc objects in exposed posi-
tions also provide temptations for normal
children. Then they raise hue and crv if
the things they fail to care for properly are
moved, broken or merely used by inquisitive
youngsters.
Finally, you take position in print as
bad as the worst! Can't you think back to
the time when you were kid? And can't
you remember doing any of those things
YOU describe as "disgraceful juvenile epi-
sodes?" Most of us can And we are not all
iailbirds now either-because in our day, at
least some people had sympathetic under
sanding of children and their problems.
D. R. H.
Evening star., 1949-10-01

adequate emphasis to tactical as well as
strategic air power-to the close support
of armored columns and infantry divisions
on the field of combat. In this stand he
has been stanchly backed by General
Bradley and other believers in the indis-
pensability of ground forces. General
Devers advice and experience will be
missed by the Army. Fortunately, his
place of well-earned retirement near
Herndon is not so far from the Pentagon
as to preclude ready access to his views
upon some future occasion. That he Will
continue to give the military establish
ment well-reasoned, objective counsel
whenever called upon can be taken for
granted.
Evening star., 1949-10-01
Nor the Place for War Games

The mock amphibious assault Thursday
on a Boston "beachhead," resulting IN the
death of news photographer, the injury
of three naval officers and the endangerlng
of civilian spectators, was good example
of how not to stage peacetime maneuvers.
Simulated warfare of the type which ended
in this tragic accident is all right In a
proper location, but spot within city
limits where thousands of persons, includ-
ing children released from school, have
congregated is not proper place.
The spectacular demonstration was a
public relations stunt in connection with
the annual convention of the Marine Corps
League. But the Navy and Marine Corps
will not benefit from the sort of public
relations which attended the fatal exer-
cises in South Boston. According to Police
Commissioner Sullivan, the Boston Police
Department was not consulted "in any
way, shape or manner" regarding the show,
beyond request to supply police detail.
Navy spokesman said the Navy "aS-
sumed" that police arrangements had been
made by the Marine Corps League. Com
missioner Sullivan indicated he would
have advised against holding the demon
stration If he had been consulted, because
the spot picked is in a populated area.
But for the police detail, he said, others
might have been killed or injured when
a mortar on shore exploded. woman
spectator was struck by stone believed
hurled by an underwater explosion. The
demonstration included TINT blasts by
underwater demolition teams and simu-
lated bombing attacks on landing
craft, tanks and troops by air units.
Mock war games as realistic as those
held in Boston are dangerous enough when
staged in the wide open spaces, but they
are necessary part of our defense train
ing that cannot safely be neglected. The
Boston exercises should bring an official
ban on the holding of any such maneuvers
in built-up communities.
Evening star., 1949-10-01
October, Burn Your Candles

October, burn your candles at both ends
Lest they be far from finished ,ohen
November,
Shutting the last one carelessly, extends
Her trostu blanket over earth. Remember
That euery b1ack-eyed Susan bud must
bloom,
Each genttan fringe, and NAPLES fame
until
The memory of them can abolish gloom.
Arrange for not teao, but eUery htH
TO near its golden slope its sun,ac burn.
Its scarf of haze, and neuer fear your
sky
Mau be too azure, nor the birds returning
Southpard may pass too bronzy-breasted
by.
The ui71ter ,oiH be puritan, and cold
October, giue US all your gypsy-gold!
ELAINE v. EMANS.
Evening star., 1949-10-01
'Jokev' Devers Retires

General Jacob L. Devers, retiring from
the Army today after forty -four years OF
active service, has seen revolutionary
changes in the science of warfare since
he began to study it at West Point back
in 1905. He saw the advent of the air
plane as a military weapon; he helped
to develop the tank as an infantry spear
head and he has had part in revising
strategy and tactics to meet requirements
of an atomic age. But he leaves his last
command, the Army Field Forces, with
the deep conviction that victory in an
atomic war will entail more than strategic
bombing or push button directed rocket
assaults.
"Jakey" Devers, as he is popularity known
to his fellow fighters, was never given to
reticence on matters which he felt quail
fed to discuss. And, with good cause, he
has felt qualified to express himself force
fully on the role of ground troops in any
future world war From his recent public
comments, it is evident that he does not
believe he is saying goodbye today to
dying military arm. On the contrary, he
foresees a vital, If grim, future for the
foot soldier and his supporting weapons
in an atomic conflict. Not long ago ne
warned the American people not to be
deceived by those who say that any
future war will be wholly push-button
affair" It may begin, he said, with the
pushing of a button in some remote
rocket launching site, but he is sure that
it will end only when infantrymen capture
and occupy the eneny's strong points.
It was because of this conviction that
he has insisted that the Air Force give
Evening star., 1949-10-01
The Sturdy Swiss Frone

Amid the avalanche OF monetary oeValu-
atoms which followed the Unexpectedly
drastic cut in British pound sterling, one
currency continues to stand firm as
financial rock of Gibraltar. This Is the
Swiss franc.
BY monetary experts everywhere, that
is considered an extraordinary perform
ance because the Swiss franc has been
under tremendous pressure, psychological
even more than tangible. Uneasiness was
widespread in Switzerland itself, because
at first sight it seemed inevitable that, at
the present Swiss franc parity, 80 per
cent devaluation of the pound and most
other European curreneies would alto
gether exclude Swiss exports from those
markets. This would be disastrous, be-
cause Switzerland produces only about
one half its food and virtually no raw
materials for its industry. Consequently,
1t must import more than 80 per cent
of its total production, compared with
less than 10 per cent in the United States.
Moreover, as nearly every European coun-
try devalued its currency, Swiss invisible
exports, especially its tourist business
seemed vitality hit. Indeed, it was feared
that the Swiss themselves might be
tempted to spend their holidays in neigh
boring lands
This wave of pessimism notably affected
the alien owners of liquid capital which
had sought refuge in Switzerland as the
safest haven in an uncertain world,
together with a swarm of exchange Specu-
lators, mostly foreigners, who had made
the Swiss free" currency market their
base Of operations Jumping to the con-
clusion that Switzerland would soon be
forced to devaluate, these financial "nerv-
GUS NellieS" stampeded out of the Swiss
franc, first into the American dollar and
then into currencies like sterling which
seemed safe because it had been drastic
ally devaluated. This meant, among other
things, that Swiss bonds in unparalleled
quantities were thrown onto the market
to procure francs for buying dollars. And
some Swiss investors became infected with
the scare.
However, Swiss high finance remained
unperturbed. The Swiss National Bank
calmly met all demands for dollars at the
official rate of 4.311a, while the Swiss
Federal Council soon issued q strong
official declaration that no reason what
ever existed for changing the present gold
parity of the franc Thereupon, pessimism
abated and it is generally agreed that the
near-panic is over.
AS result of maturer appraisal, none
tary experts are generally convinced that,
technically, the Swiss franc is impregnable.
The Swiss National Banks gold holdings
and monetary reserves are more than
enough to cover the entire outstanding
note issue and all other liabilities now in
sight. Only If Switzerland were unable
to maintain exports, visible and invisible,
so as to keep it's balance Of payments in
equilibrium, would a readjustment OF
the value of the franc in terms of gold