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Evening star., 1950-02-20

Committees investigation of civil
service irregularities at the Army
Finance Center in st. Louis has
resulted in an order for the dis
nissal of Joseph H. Lehman, the
personnel director there.
The Civil Service Commission
has ordered Mr.. Liebmans custer
to take place not later than 80
days from now.
X 4 Il
NOTES.-The employees side of
the story-":What Employees Ex-
pect of Personnel Offices will be
discussed at 7:30 pm. Tuesday in
the Archives Building Auditorium
under the sponsorship of the So
ciety for Personnel Administra-
tion. The speakers will be Luther
c. Steward, president of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-
ployeS, and Jerome j. Keating,
national secretary of the AFL
National Association of Letter
Carriers. Creighton E. Hays
has been appointed director of
the Veterans Administration S
central Office coordinate SER
vice The postponed concert
of the Agriculture Departments
symphony orchestra will be held
at $3.50 pm. Friday in the South
Agriculture Building.
BE sure to listen at Gas pm.
every Saturday oUer WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast, featuring additional
ne,Ds and DieWS of the GoUern-
ment Scene.)
Evening star., 1950-02-20
DC. Gamblers Feared,

An Arlington grand jury today
was asked to do what It could to
keep Washington gamblers out of
the county.
Circuit Court Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy said he had read about
Washington efforts to stamp out
gambling. He warned this might
cause some of them to seek a
haven and refuge" in Arlington
County. Judge Mccarthy alerted
the jurors that they had authority
to investigate other law violations
than those presented directly by
the State.
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such increases as they ordinarily
would have gotten by moving up
from the beginner rate to jobs
based on more experience and
efficiency"
The company held that tele-
phone wages have more than
kept pace" with the cost of living,
either before the war or since
1945. The cost of living has gone
up 32.7 per cent during the last
five years, but telephone peoples
average weekly earnings increased
45.2 per cent in the same period,
the company stated.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
She Likes Greens

1t will come as no surprise to
neighbors of Mrs. Ann Lam
caster at Roanoke, Va, if she
goes on a string bean diet.
She was warming up a can of
string beans bought at a nearby
grocery when something that
did not resemble the vegetable
floated to the top. 1t was a S5
bilI.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Coal
Continued From First Page.)

sponsible for the continuing strike
regardless of the efforts of union
officials to end it. The ruling
later was upheld by the District
Court of Appeals and the Supreme
Court refused to review it.
Mr.. Lewis and the Nations
mine operators are scheduled to
resume their new contract nego-
tiations here at 2 pm. today.
The contract talks, also being
held under orders of Judge Keech.
were recessed Saturday after four
days of high-pressure negotiation.
The UNIV and operators, at the
time Of recess, were deadlocked
over te<ms of a new wage agree
ment.
Grip on Economy Tightens.
But the coal shortage caused
by the strike and months of lin
tied production was Tightening its
grip on the Nations economy.
Federal officials admitted they
had no time to waste in trying to
end the strike.
The fuel supply situation fast
was becoming desperate and A.
900 are idle in industries depend
ent on coal.
New York City began rationing
of coal supplies, and a State wide
brownout to save electric power
made from coal went into effect
last night.
The railroad and steel indus
tries already have been hit hard
by the coal shortage. The Jones
& Laughlin Steel Co., one of the
country's big -Four" producers.
may be forced to shut down its
Pittsburgh and Aliquippa mills
wednesday. The mills employ
25. 000
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Rutioninq
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NSollC1AloSa ! Jill L IL oO L ago.
study by the health officer of the
District.
1T is vital that our dwindling
stocks be stretched for the benefit
of priorities No. l and No. g." the
Commissioners said. This can
only be accomplished by a reduc-
ton of the normal usage of other
priorities. The reductions ordered
for priority No. 3 have been de-
termined by the health officer to
be such that normally healthy
occupants of buildings of these
categories will, be in no danger
of i'll health" -
Trying to Conserve.
The Public Buildings Admins
tration has not ordered tempera-
lures in Federal Government
buildings held to 68 degrees. but
it is conserving every pound of
coal it can.
Harry Hunter, assistant COM
missioner of public buildings. re-
called that ordering lower tenn
peratures during period OF
shortage during the war only led
to confusion.
1--WE are cutting off steam
early" Mr.. Hunter said. He de-
clined to say how much coal the
Public Buildings Administration
has in it's stockpile. He said it
would be misleading.
We're praying for mild wealth.
err" he said.
Situation Serious
Patrick Deck, head of the coal
division of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. said
"the situation certainly is serious
or there would have been no order
issued by the Commissioners.
IF people will use their heads
and conserve coal the supply will
probably last two or three weeks" "
Mr.. Deck, who is associated with
Fadeley g. Co., coal concern,
met with about a dozen other
coal dealers at the conference IN
the Burlington.
Nobody is going to freeze" he
said, adding that domestic con-
sumers are being taken care OF.
but in some instances they are
not able to get coal of the grade
or size they want.
Pepco Has 65-Day Supply.
officials of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. said they have a
65 to TO day coal supply on hand
at each of their three plants.
Should their supply run out the
company has several oil-burning
power units and these would be
enough to fill emergency needs,
they said.
The Washington Gas. Light Co.
is not directly affected by a coal
shortage because natural gas Is
now piped here and coal is not
required for the manufacture Of
gas.
Chairman of the Fuel Co-ordin-
ating Committee is L. Thomas
Kennedy, District superintendent
of District Weights, Measures
and Markets. Other members of
the committee are William Press
and Charles Koons of the Board
of Trade.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Vipson Wary Of Plan
To Sell Rubber Plants
To Private Industry

Chairman Vinson of the House
Armed Services Committee, said
today he saw no point in an ad-
ministration proposal to sell Gov
ernment-owned synthetic rubber
plants to private industry.
He said he would have to be
shown how the existing law fails
to protect national security ade-
quately before he would give his
support to the disposal plan.
Mr.. Vinson stated his views In
opening a subcommittee hearing
on President Trumans call for
legislation to authorize transfer
OF the factories to private oper-
ators.
Sawyer Is Questioned.
Secretary Of Commerce Sawyer.
the first witness, was asked what
the compelling reason" for ask
Ing change in the present sys-
tenn, under which private industry
runs the plants for the Govern
ment.
Mr.. Sawyer explained the Rub
Der Act of 1948 required submis-
sion to Congress this January of
recommendations as to eventual
disposition of the plants. He said
research might be improved" if
private industry were permitted to
buy the factories and run them
under controls safeguarding Sc
curity interests.
Representative Shafer, Repub-
lican. of Michigan said he doubted
this would be the case. He was
the author of the 1948 act.
Expert Explains Plan.
Mr.. Vinson said he agreed with
Mr.. Sawyer that the Government
should dispose Of its war-born in
dustrial activities as soon as pos
sible.
But, when we are in state of
cold war" he suggested, the
Government should retain the
synthetic rubber facilities.
Earl w. Glen Of the Commerce
Department rubber division ex-
planned that the Administration
wants:
l. Authority to dispose of the
Governments synthetic rubber
factories, with preference being
given to private operators that
are not dominant" in the in
dustry.
2. Control over the buyers of
such plants with respect to mini
mum production and uses to
which the synthetic product would
be put.
8. Retention of existing presi-
Dental authority relating to i'm
port and export of rubber prod
ucts.
4. Presidential authority to-
compel use of synthetic rubber
to the extent needed to MAIN
tain minimum production re-
quired by security considerations
Under the proposed disposal
plan, the Government would not
be required to dispose of all it's
rubber making facilities, but
could continue to hold some in
operating or standby status at
the discretion of the President.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Mostly
sunny, windy and cold, with high
est temperature about 80 degrees
today. Fair and cold tonight with
lowest about 16 degrees in the city
and II degrees in the suburbs.
Tomorrow increasing cloudiness
and continued cold with some
chance of light snow at night.
Maryland-Fair tonight with
lowest temperature from to 10
degrees in the west and from 10
to Is degrees in the east. Tomor-
row increasing cloudiness and
continued cold with chance of
light snow at night.
Virginia-Fair and colder to-
night with lowest temperature
from 10 to 16 degrees in the north
and from 20 to Is degrees in the
south. Tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and continued cold,
probably followed by some snow
at night.
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning, % miles per hour,
with strong gusts; direction,
north-northwest.
River Report.
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and At Great Falls. Shenandoah cloudy
At Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
lfalian-American Veterans
Give Truman Membership
BY the Assoeiofed press

President Truman today be-
came an honorary life member
of the American World
War Veterans.
National Commander Henry
Selvitella of Boston presented the
membership during White House
visit.
Mr.. Selvitella told reporters
that his organization is accepting
an invitation from the Italian
government to hold it's annual
convention in Rome in August.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Maryland
and
Virginia
l. News in Brief
Arlington School Closed
After SO Pupils Take Sick

The Woodmont Elementary
School, Arlington, was closed
today because SO children were
i'll at their homes.
The school enrolment is 1855.
Arlington school officials said
doctors attributed the widespread
illness to a mild infection, prob
ably caused by a virus. Children
who showed up for classes today
were sent home, and the school
will remain closed until Thursday.
Wednesday is a holiday.
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and were REIN
stated to their
old jobs.
The number
of postal en-
ployes affected
is considerable,
since the De-
partment h a S
had more 10y
atty cases than
a n y o I n e r
agency in the
Gov e rnment.
This is under
standable in
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fact that the Post Office Depart
ments has more employees than
any other single agency in Gov
ernment that is under the loyalty
program. A few of the workers
are members of the left-wing
United Public Workers, which is
representing them.
Privately, Government loyalty
officials feel the postal department
has overstepped it's bounds in re-
fusing to pay the salaries of
workers who have been proved in
nocent of disloyalty charges. Since
many of these men were sus-
pended for long periods before
they were vindicated, the issue of
receiving their salary for that pc
riod is a very important one for
them.
Several have appealed to the
United State Court of Claims here.
and a decision will be handed
down soon. The Post Office De-
partment, under a policy set down
by Postmaster General Donald
son, a career employe himself,
contends that the way the law is
written, it is not mandatory for
the department to pay back salary
to reinstated employees. No other
Government agency has availed
itself of this possible technical
"loophole" to escape its obligation
to pay it's reinstated workers the
back pay they lost because of un-
justified and disproved charges.
HATCH ACT - House-Senate
conferees have tentatively set
Thursday as a meeting date in
another attempt to reach agree
ment on the bill to modify the
Hatch Act.
The House-approved measure
would give the Civil Service Com
mission authority to assess lesser
penalties than outright dismissal
for Hatch Act violations. The
Senate-approved bill would also
allow nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia Federal workers to partici-
pate as partisans in local elections.
- ..
PROMOTIONS - Representa-
tive Lane, Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts, has introduced bill de-
signed to provide greater promo
tional opportunities for Federal
workers. The measure was re-
ferred to the House Civil Service
Committee.
Mr.. Lanes bill would set up
Board Of Fair Promotions in
the Civil Service Commission
Within 80 days after the bill be-
came law would have to submit
to the board their plan for q
new promotion policy.
The agencies would be re-
quired to give present employees
flrts crack at all desirable job
vacancies that open up. Further
more. all job vacancies in grade
GS-9 and above would have to
be posted on agency bulletin
boards and employees would have
the opportunity to apply for them.
The commission recently asked
all departments and agencies to
work out their own promotional
system, with the commission help
and guidance. However, Mr.. Lane
feels specific law, with manda-
tory provisions, Is needed to make
the program a success. Other
wise, he feels, the individual
agencies would not come through.
PUBLIC HEALTH - The per-
sonnel policies Of the United
States Public Health Service in
the Federal Security Agency soon
may be investigated by the House
Civil Service Committee.
Several committee members
are disturbed at reports of alleged
civil service irregularities there
and only the pressure of other
urgent business prevents an i'm
mediate investigation by the COM
mittee. However, the group plans
to look into the situation at the
earliest opportunity.
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ARMY FINANCE-In this re-
gard, the House Civil Service
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customers to make an adequate
profit.
The State countered with a dec
laration that the telephone COM
pand already is making too much
money.
The arguments were set forth
in briefs filed in Baltimore as the
Public Service Commission re-
sumed its long hearings on the
new rates requested for telephone
service throughout Maryland
lAp
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Miners
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tCOntlnued FROM First Page.)
Va. Pickets persuaded them to
leave.
Reports from all fields showed
the strike is as strong as ever,
with about $4,000 refusing to
work without contract.
The coal States of Alabama,
Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Vir-
ginia, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana all said
no UNIV mines are working ex-
cept those few which signed new
contracts on Mr.. Lewis terms.
Idle West Virginia miners gath
cred for several UNIV local meet
ings at which the latest Lewis
work order was read. No local
voted on it. The men just lis
tened and went back home.
AS one digger expressed it: "We
want to see Lewis name on a con-
tract-not on telegram"
A miner near Canonsburg, Pa,
declared:
"We read the menu of that $100
Jefferson Day dinner the Demo-
Gratis had and We all got indiges-
ton and aren't able to work"
Wives of some miners in West
Virginia advised their bread win
ners to continue on strike until
they get contract guaranteeing
them five days a week.
They are the same women who
joined their husbands on picket
lines last week to close down non
union mines.
Few of the hundreds of UNIV
locals voted on Mr.. Lewis back-t to-
work order during the week end.
OF the "a which did, the vote
was the same:
mo contract, no work"
The 2,450-man Robena local at
Masontown, Pa, set the pace in
Pennsylvania, where SIS 900 diggers
usually go along with Robena-
the biggest UNIV local of them
all.
Ten more locals in Pennsylvania
also rejected Mr.. Lewis order.
So did five in Colorado and four
in Ohio.
And there were negative reports
from Virginia, Illinois. New Mex
leo and Wyoming.
The locals represented about
$4,000 miners.
Scores of other locals which met
simply ignored the Lewis order.
Typical of the comment from
UNIV local presidents was this
statement by J. E. Mitchell, head
of Local $3.50 at Pocahontas, Va:
After I read the Instructions
CMr. Lewis order), some of...the
men made slurri1ig remarks and
told me no contract, no work, ,"
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Phone Rate Briefs Filed

The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. today repeated it's
plea that it needs $4,000, 900 addi-
tional revenue from Maryland
Evening star., 1950-02-20
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Post Office Denies Back Pay
After Loyalty Case CIeoronces
BY Joseph Young

Despite the law year authorizing
back suspended Federal employees Jobs
refusing salaries to it's
employees who have been cleared of doyalty charges
According to Federal loyalty officials Depart
Evening star., 1950-02-20

HiEh and Low for Yesterday.
High, 43, at $50 am.
Low, "a, at 1855 pm.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 70 on January 20,
Lowest, 10, on February 20.
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agency that has refused to pay
back salaries to suspended en-
ployees who vindicated themselves
Evening star., 1950-02-20

hver Report.
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry
(From u s. EnzineersD
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14
CROCKER HEARING CONTINUES HERE

At press-time today, only three witnesses had been called to testi- fly in the hearing at which Eugene Crocker has been charged with al- legedly violating CAA's safety regulations in a flight over Pal mer last Feb. p.
 Already on record was the testi- mony of Jack Long of the Mata- nuska Air Trading Service located at the Palmer airport and of Clair Stock. Both testified to witness ing an early morning flight of a plane similar to MT. Crocker's in appearance, which flew at low altitude over both Palmer airport and the town of Palmer.
 Les Green, local pilot, was still presenting his testimony when the trial recessed for lunch today. The hearing was to resume at one o'clock, too late for a report in this weeks paper.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14
Insurance Agent Headquarters Here

I. Paul Cronin, one of four Alaskan representatives of Mu- tual Life Insurance Company of New York, last week arrived in the Valley to make his insurance headquarters here MT. Cronin expects to be busily engaged in selling life insurance to Valley residents, for some time to come.
 One of the company's general offices is located in Anchorage, and it is not anticipated that a second office will be established here at this time. MT. Cronin ex- poets to conduct his business from his home, he said.
 The insurance representative is temporarily living in a cabin on the George Black farm, while he hunts quarters in Palmer for him. self, his wife and his dog. He's also temporarily receiving tele- phone calls and messages at the Matanuska Valley Telephone Ex- change office, in case anyone wishes to discuss insurable mat ters with him.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14
Lancaster Reelected For Another Yeur

Members of the Valley local of he carpenters union didn't favor lany changes, when they elected officers for another year, at this weeks meeting on Wednesday. Ray Lancaster was retained as president, Ed Blom kept his job as treasurer, and Art Stenberg remains as vice-president.
 Wallace Brown was newly
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14

elected to the job of recording secretary and c. A. Krise was named a new member of the board of trustees.
 Lloyd Severns and Art Sten- berg retained their seats as re- maining members of the board.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14
VISIT RELATIVES

MT. and Mrs. Bill Ekemo and children of Cordova are visiting in Valdez. They are the guests of the Elmer Whites. Mrs. White is MT. Ekemo's sister.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14

The infant son of MT. and Mrs. Charles Bain of Palmer was hos pitalized for medical treatment this week.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14
VALDEZANS LEAVE FOR NEW YORK VISIT

Mrs. Bob Jares and daughter, Barbara Lee, left on last weeks boat for a visit at Mrs. Jares' home in New York City.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-07-14
Valdez Glacier Girls Learn To Make Wastebaskets

The Glacier Club Girls are bus fly engaged in a handcraft proiec' this week. The clubs mo.IU 1T. are making wastepaper ba kets.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-14
NOTICE

Sealed bids will be received by
the Board Of Trustees OF Public
Affairs of the Village of London,
Ohio, at the office Of its Clerk,
d. II. Jackman. 25b South Main
Street. until 1900 noon, November
%, 1850 for the leasing Of rooms
having about seven hundred fifty
square feet Of floor space. separate
toilet facilities as required by law,
electricity, gas and water. centrally
located in London and suitable for
use as a Water Works Office; also
connected Herewith or near there
to. shop space for meter repair and
storage having about four hundred
square feet of floor space and
garage having not less than five
hundred square feet Of floor space,
all to be located in or near the
business district of London and on
the first or ground floor of build
ings offered; lease for five years at
not to exceed $4,000 per month.
Lessor to maintain exteriofs and
approaches; lessee to maintain In
tcriors.
Furnish drawing showing floor
plans and appropriate dimensions
with bid. res
Right is reserved to reject any,
or all bids, and to sublet 10 laWful
uses.
Authorized by Ordinance No. 96S
of the Village Council.
y. II. JACKMAN, Clerk
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-14
YOUTH LEAGUE HEARS
PROGRAM DISCUSSED

A panel of 4-ITers who at
tended the Tri-State Older Youth
Conference at Jackson's Mills, w.
Virginia, discussed the farm youth
exchange program there, before
the Madison County Youth
League Saturday evening in the
Presbyterian church social room.
The group recommended that
the League sponsor a project this
year to raise money to help the
foreign farm youth exchange pro-
gram and if possible, enough to
send a youth from this county.
Members who went to Jackson's s
Mills November 8, A, and 5 were:
Nancy Wilson, Mary Alice Sher-
wood, Gale Smith, Isabelle Boer-
ger, Charles Fisher, and Harold
Brill, Beatrice Cleveland, Home
Demonstration Agent.
The Farm Youth from Della
ware County who spent three
months during the past summer
in Germany and Poland has been
invited to show pictures and tell
of his experiences at. the Decem-
ber 2 meeting at the Presbyterian
Church.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-11-14

a big pink ribbon on their home
room door last week. Yes, the
feminine enrolment was increas-
ed by one when attractive Lucille
DeVoe, formerly of Gahanna.
Ohio, became a full fledged stu
dent of London High. Since Luz
ellie wants to earn her bread and
butter as a stenographer, she's
taking a commercial course. She's
already on the list of new sem
ior Service Scouts, and she hopes
to join the glee club next year.
Welcome to LIS. Lucille!
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
!. Here's a tip on a sure way to
tell cheerleader, when she's in
civilian clothes, from the rest
of the students. She'll be sailing
along selling pencils with the 1851
basketball schedule on them. The
girls haven't taken to carrying
canes ard wearing dark glasses
yet, but then you never know
The soda set" had a super
deluxe surprise in store for them
last Friday afternoon. Mr.. Rice
dropped in to finish his descrip-
ton of the marvellous places he
visited in "entrancing Europe
last summer. All : Venice, Genoa,
Rome, Summerford.-
Sportsmanship" was the theme
of last Fridays pep meeting, and
the team, the students, and all
other Londonites certainly proved
themselves worthy of the title
good sports" at the Worthington
game. We're sorry that close,
close score couldn't have been in
our "favorite football teams"
favor, but we're mighty proud
of the friendly attitude that pre-
vailed. Congratulations on
wonderfully wonderful season,
Raiders!
tSee) you next week!