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the commission decided to make
/ it optional with the agencies as to
whether they would give employees
written performance notices.
But this brought heated objec-
tions from some of the employe
groups, who argued that employees
are entitled to know from the
supervisors just what they are ex-
pected to do. These employe lead
ers charged that many workers
have had difficulties with their
supervisors because they neve,
have been told specifically what is
expected of them.
So, in an effort to please all
parties, the commission will make
this decision. The issuance OF
written performance requirements
will be optional with the agencies,
but any employe requesting a de-
tailed written list of duties and
requirements will be entitled to re-
ceive one.
- ~
POSSIBILITY-John Marshall
Butler. Maryland's Senator-elect
may be assigned to a place on
the Senate Civil Service Commit
tee.
Mr.. Butler formerly was a mem.
ber Of the Baltimore Civil Service
Commission and consequently Is
well acquainted with personne
problems. Furthermore. tens o1
thousands Of Maryland residents
are Federal employees, and thi:
may have an important bearing
when it comes to assigning new
Senators to committee costs mex
January.
HAZARDOUS PAY-The Civi,
Service Commissions recent ad.
verse recommendation to Congress
regarding the advisability of in.
creasing the salaries of Fedora
employees in hazardous jobs ha.
drawn the fire OF the AFL Ameri.
can Federation Of Government
Employees.
The AFGE announces the com.
missions recommendations "fal
far short Of what is needed te
establish an equitable prograro tC
provide adequate hazard pay
The group declared that it would
urge the new Congress to enact
legislation providing for increased
pay for Federal workers engaged
in dangerous occupations.
The commission took the stand
that the Governments long-range
goal should be reducing and con-
trolling occupational hazards
rather than any general increases
in pay for hazardous jobs.
EMPLOYMENT - The lates
Government employment figure
stands at 2,094, ,434, an increase O.
34,137 employees over the previou.
month.
In Washington. a total O.
218,848 persons were in the Gov.
ernment's Executive Branch-ar
increase of 1872 over the previou.
months total. The military de.
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They said such
a requirement
would result in
much needless
paper work and
would be a
waste Of time.
It was argued
that most en-
ployes h a v e
been d o i n g
their W o r k
c a p a b 1y for
years without
written REQUIRE
mentS.
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Catholic U. Law Debaiers
Defeated by Georgetown

Georgetown University last
night defeated Catholic University
in a semi-final law club argument
held under auspices of the Junior
Bar Committee of the New York
Bar Association.
The case around which the legal
contest revolved concerned water
rights.
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County Listed as Clean

Judge Stedman Prescott OF
Montgomery County Circuit Court
says the county has been kept
clean"
In charging the grand jury yes
terday. he said, The county
should be congratulated on Its
lack OF vice and gambling"
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PTA to Meet Tonight

The Parent Teacher Association
Of Oak Street School, Falls Church,
will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in
the cafeteria. The program will
include a discussion of the budget.
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The Federal Spotlight
Compromise Decision to Provide
Job Requirements When Asked
By Joseph YOUNG

Still further changes due in the Governments
formance rating system for its employees.
When the regulations the Civil Service
Commission several weeks the provisions called
Government agencies to give each detailed wrd
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Alexandra School BUDGET

A record budget of almost Sic
million is proposed for 1851 in
Alexandria.
Submitted by the School Board
to the City Council yesterday, the
fiscal plan is $126, 500 higher than
the present budget. Salaries would
take up IS per cent of the money.
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River Report.
From U. S. Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
ana Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at Har-
pers Ferry.
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Teacher Is DisorderIy

The fact that President Truman
once called a newspaper columnist
a bad name is no reason why q
private citizen can cuSs out q
Montgomery County policeman.
This, in effect. was the ruling
yesterday Of Bethesda Trial Mag
istrate James r. Miller who levied
a $40 fine for disorderly conduct
against Mrs. Ellen H. A. Baldwin,
SO. a part-time history teacher at
Montgomery Junior College.
Mrs. Baldwin, who lives at 1921
East West highway, Bethesda,
pleaded guilty. Her attorney told
Judge Miller. President Truman
called somebody an s. o. B. and
was not charged with disorderly
conduct"
He might well have BEEN" said
the Judge u Il X
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fBe sure to listen at Gas pm.
euery Saturday ouer WMAL,,
The Star station. to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
ne1Ds and vieaDs of the Govern
nlent Scene./
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Temperatures in Various Cities.

Brazil is the worlds second
largest corn-growing country. be-
hind the United States.
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partments reported net increase
of 1854. but this was Offset some
what by reductions in the Veter-
ans Administration and several
other agencies.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP Arthur
A. Varela. chief of the Naval Re-
search Laboratory's search radar
branch, has been given a "supe-
rior accomplishment" award for
his research and development
work in the field Of long range
radar. The Army Medical
Center has announced openings
for tranScribing machine opera
tors. No status is necessary. The
pay is $3.50 a year. Telephone
Georgia 1000, extension 2101.
The District Federation of Fed
eral Employees Unions. National
Federation of Federal Employees
meets at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
Willard Hotel. John Overholt, the
Civil Service Commissions per-
formance rating chief, will speak
Recent appointments at Gen.
eral Services Administration in
clude those of Marvin c. Nichols
as engineer consultant and Brig
Gen. Thomas B. Wilson as con-
sultant on the agency's national
defense activities. The Uni
versity Of Massachusetts, Alumni
meet at 7::45 o'clock tonight at
1880 Georgia avenue. Ralph A
Van Meter, president Of the
university, will speak. Mrs
Thelma E. Vain of the Army's
Office of the Quartermaster Gen.
eral, has been given a special cita-
ton for meritorious service.
(Be sure to listen at 6..45 u m
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and duties expected of him.
This. however, brought a storm
Of protest from some agencies.
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Baby, It's Cold Outside

Something ought to be done
when q jail is SO weak prisoners
stay put just because it's cold
outside.
So said Judge John B. Gray,
jr., in charging the Calvert
County grand jury at Prince
Frederick, Md, yesterday. He
recalled that some time ago two
prisoners tapped their way
through the wall one chilly eve
ming. After q night long search
of the countryside, some one
looked In their cell and found
them fast asleep. They had
grown tired Of bucking q strong
northeast wind.
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Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90. on June "A.
Lowest. Is. on March 8.
High and Low OF Last "A Hours.
High, 4S, at 2:20 pm.
Low, 33, at 6:15 am.
Tide TahJaa
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Maryland
and
Virginia
Non -Portison Convention
On Constitution Is Uroed
News in Brief

Election OF delegates to q Mary
land constitutional convention on
q non-partisan basis is sought by
the Montgomery County Civic
Federation. .
The General Assembly, which
convenes in January, will deter
mine whether the convention will
be called. It was approved in a
referendum last. week, but a legal
question involving the results may
arise.
The State constitution has been
amended but never revamped as
a whole in more than 80 years.
The federation, meeting last
night. also approved a program
Of limited public low-rent housing
to be undertaken by the Mont
gomery County Housing Authority.
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Custer Attempt Fails

For the second time in three
weeks. an attempt to oust Falls
Church City Attorney La Rue Van
Meter has failed.
The City Council last night re-
peated a 6-2 vote in favor of the
official which it had recorded
October %. Councilman Samuel
E. McCrary, who made the motion,
said the official is a "Michiavellian
carpetbagger." The majority de-
Tended Mr.. Van Meter, however.
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Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset,
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation IN inches in th,
Capital (current month to datel:
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05

James Graves, q. d. Graves. =. J.
Daba, r. j. AronSon, and Samuel
Candiotti Mrs Robert Chinn. also
a member of the committee. will be
unable to serve since she has been
called to California because of i'll
ness in her family.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Ozaki Accepts
Castle Bid

TOKYO. Japan, April 5-Ninety-
year-old Yukio Ozaki, grand old
man of the Japan Diet said he is
going to Washington, D. C.,
to see the cherry trees he
sent as a good will present to the
United States 40 years ago.
Feeble and nearly deaf, Ozaki at
first declined. then accepted an in
vitation from former u. S. ambas-
sador William Castle to attend Wa
shingtons cherry blossom festival on
April Is
He was mayor of Tokyo when the
city gave Washington the japanese
cherry trees that now make it the
mecca for spring tourists.
Ozaki said he is afraid he is "too
old to be of much value in promoting
international goodwill during the
visit.
"a bronze plate at the base OF
each cherry tree around the Poto-
mac Tidal Basin bears the inscrip-
ton Presented by the city of Tokyo,
Yukio Ozaki, Mayor. The Editor
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05

NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, April
5-More than so kimono-clad Nisei
girls from New York and Seabrook
Farms in New Jersey are expected
to participate in a colorful odori
spectacle which will highlight the
annual Cherry Blossom Festival in
Washington, D. G.
This years festival on Sunday,
April is will be under the sponsor
ship of the Washington japanese
community group.
This will mark the first time that
they will be in charge of all arrange
ments as the Chamber of Commerce
of the nations capital has hereto
fore staged the festival for the Tidal
Basin cherry blossoms.
Now a feature spring attraction
the festival annually draws crowds
of more than a quarter million on
the festival Sundays.
Among the Nisei dancers who will
perform are Sumako Also, Mich
Iseri. Michiko Matsui, Mihoko Okla
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Paper Urges Fund
FOr Claims Work

WASHINGTON D. c.. April
tADC)-The Washington Post today
urged Congress to increase appro-
pr tions for adjudication and pay
ment of Evacuation claims in fiscal
1851
The influential Washington paper
IN an editorial, declared that trim
ming the $5.3O4,80 budget to a flat
$4.000,000 for the next fiscal year
was a "pennywise' economy that
must in the end prove foolishly ex-
travagant".
The editorial said, in part:
Two years ago Congress passed
an act to compensate persons of
japanese ancestry for the property
losses they suffered as a result of
being excluded by the Army from
their homes on the West Coast
The haste with which they
had to leave their places of resi-
dence and business resulted in
many instances in forced sales to
INSCRIPTIONS buyers or in the de-
probation of property through
lack of care. The Evacuation
Claims Act, giving the Department
of Justice authority to settle valid
claims up to $500 and to adjudi-
cate larger claims, was adopted by
Congress as a matter of simple
justice to people who had suffered
these hardships through no fault
of their own"
Pointing out that the Appropria-
lions Committee had trimmed the
Departments request for operating
funds during the year. the editorial
continued with: THE effect of this
is to thWart The hope that the Eva
cuation Claims Act extended. And
it is at the same time one of those
pennywise pieces of economy that
must in the end prove foolishly ex-
travagant.
"Close to $4,000 claims have been
filed. The Department of Justice
must review and adjus5 them indi-
vidually. The inadequacy of the
funds available for administrative
purposes, even more than the mea-
gerness of the sum allotted for actual
settlement of claims, confines the
department to mere nibbling at the
Job instead of tackling it and getting
it done
Neither economy nor justice will
be served by dragging this program
out over period of years. The lon
ger the delay, the more difficult will
be the problems of adjudication.
Many of the claimants are now of
advanced years. Restitution, already
long overdue, must be made prompt
ly if it is to be meaningful. We hope
the House will restore at least the
full amount needed to carry forward
the administrative task efficiently"
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
We're Not Biased,
City of Vancouver
Says to Protest
BY TOSH TANAKA

VANCOUVER. B. c.. April New
Canadian Dispatch)-Cit of Van
couver does not exercise a policy of
discrimination in the hiring of racial
minorities for civic positions, was
the report issued by the City Hall
here in reply to Vancouver Labor
Council-sponsored Action Commit
tees claim that the city is reluctant
to employ colored workers. Any per-
son of any race is welcome to apply
for Jobs as civic employees
Civic authorities admit, though.
that there was a fine print" clause
in city agreements that barred Asia
tics from working for contractors to
the city. Aldermen were unaware of
this until the subject was brought
up for erasure.
City officials blame the existence
of racial discrimination, if any, OH
the minority groups themselves.
Pointing to the scarcity of appli-
cations for Jobs from persons Of
minority races. the report states that
only three Negroes have applied in
the past three years. Applications
from Chinese Canadians are con-
spicuous by their almost complete
abeence, the report claims.
The report reveals that employ
ment officials judge an applicant in
accordance with his qualifications
but modifies this by adding that he
is also rated for general suitability.
City officials sense that public
sentiment does not wholly favor the
employing of colored applicants, and
so they are inclined to think twice
before adding a person of another
race to their staff
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
AchesOn Aide

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 5
(ADC)-John S. Cooper, Republican
ex-senator from Kentucky recently
named a political advisor to Secre-
tarv of State Acheson for the
Forthcoming Foreign Minister'S con-
ference in London, is an old friend
of Japanese Americans. the JACL
DISCRIMINATION Committee said
today.
AS chairman of a Special Senate
Subcommittee on Evacuation Claims,
Cooper was one of the principle ar
chitects of the Evacuation Claims
Act. passed by the Eightieth Con-
gress, according to Mike Masaoka,
JACL ADO legislative director.
Defeated for reelection in 1913,
Cooper became a United States de-
legate to the United Nations.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Migration Laws
Hit by Editor

VANCOUVER, B. c., April - If
immigration barriers divide the world
into high and low-wage areas, there
will always be trade barriers, said
b K. Sandwich. editor of Saturday
Night, in an address here recently
to the Royal Society of Canada. ANY
movement of population cannot in
any way mitigate the differences of
living Standards" he said.
DR.. SandWell said that the new
world should not refuse immigration
from overcroWded countries without
considering the consequences. He
added that Canada is so thinly pop
ulated that it could absorb sub
stantial addition to its population
without hurting its economy.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Council to Repeat
Int'I Dinner

The popular international Smor-
gasbord" dinner introduced last year
as a feature of the annual meeting
of the Jackson Street Community
Council will be repeated again this
year at the business meeting of the
organization to be held at the Budd-
hist Auditorium, 1927 Main St. on
Thursday evening, April 81.
The dinner menu which created a
great deal of interest last year both
in this area and throughout the city,
will include Chinese, Filipino, Jap
anese, Jewish and Southern cooking,
planned under the supervision Of a
trained dietitian so that the food will
blend into a tasty and well-balanced
meal. Some of the more popular
dishes. such as tempura Japanese
fried shrimp, southern corn bread
and apple strudel will be repeated
by request Otherwise, the menu will
consist of a new selection TO provide
variety and an opportunity for guests
to sample other types of food.
III addition to the dinner, the pro-
gram will include election of council
officers, main speaker, awarding
of trophies to the winners of the
council basketball and softball lea
CUES. and the presentation of the
chairman's award for outstanding
community service to the Man OF
the Year"
Tickets, which sell for only 81 per
plate, are now on sale and may be
purchased at the council office, Ala
5th Ave. So, or from members of the
board of trustees. Deadline for the
sale of tickets will be Monday, April
"a. to allow time for the volunteers
who prepare the food to determine
how many guests will be served and
to purchase accordingly
The meeting is open to the public.
but persons desiring tickets are urged
to secure theirs well in advance of
the deadline. Last year we served
285 people. but more than $50 were
turned away because of lack OF
space" Mrs Ruth Manca, executive
secretary Of the council, said. I'VE
are holding the dinner at the Budd-
hist Auditorium this year to accom-
modate larger crowd, but even 20
we can serve only 400. The safest way
to be sure you get a ticket is to buy
yours early"
Yoshito Fujii is chairman OF the
Annual Meeting committee. and is
assisted by Mrs. Daniel Burse, in
charge of the dinner preparation;
Rev p. j. Daba, in charge of tickets
Don Chinn. and Arthur Solomon.
Serving on the dinner committee
with Mrs. Burse are the Mesdames
James Matsuoka. Yoshito Fujii,
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
kaShinoCaptures
Insurance Award

Paul KaShino. special agent, was
declared winner OF the recent sales
contest held by the New York Life
Insurance Company's branch office
during Feb. l to March % fer Paci-
fic Northwest and Alaska sales re-
presentatives of the firm.
For exceeding his quota, Kashinc
earned the prize of writing a per-
sonal life insurance on Charles r
Edwards, manager of the loca
branch office of the New York Life
Insurance Company.
The award was presented to him
at a luncheon i'll the Olympic hotel
The contest was sponsored il
honoring a visit made to Seattle by
the agency's vice president, Raymond
c. Johnson; field vice president
Dudley s. Bates, and field secretary
Charles J. O'Connell.
The Nisei insuranceman started
with New York Life Insurance Com
pany in December, 1947 In his first
two years, he completed not only
the company's basic educational
course but received a diploma from
Diamond Life Bulletins for COM
plotting a course in Advanced Under
writing.
At the present time. Kashino is
enrolled in. and is studying the Tax
Research and Review Institutes
course in Career Life Underwriting
OF the Nisei, branch office mana
ger wrote TO the Northwest Times
without question. Mr.. Kashino's
high degree of sincerity and compe-
tence are responsible for his rapid
progress with the New York Life
We are indeed proud to count him
an associate in this office
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05

The board of trustees of the I'M
provement Association is meeting
with Van Camp as this paper goes
to press to decide whether or not
they will follow this suggestion. The
dates of the Celebration were an
nounced last week as September Il.
is, and Is. Acceptance of the pro-
posal would shift the dates to three
days between August IL and 10, and
would make the carnival one of sew
eral neighborhood attractions sched-
uled during those ten days.
THE Sea Fair will be the biggest
attraction Seattle has had in many
years" Van Camp told members of
the Association. The newspapers
have promised complete cooperation
and we are expecting to attract
thousands of people to this city for
the show 1t is my opinion that as
part of the Fair. your Celebration
will draw even larger crowds than
It would held independently since
you would have the benefit of our
very intensive advertising and pro-
motion campaign"
It was explained to Van Camp
that the August date had been the
first choice of the Improvement
Association but that they had chan
ged to September after learning OF
the Sea Fair in order TO avoid COM
petition for newspaper space and
radio time. Van Camp stated that
the Sea Fair plans were in a very
formative stage in February when
the Association had been advised to
schedule its affair in September, and
that the program now calls for as
many events running simultaneously
in as many districts as possible
Van Camp was enthusiastic about
the plans outlined by members of
the Association. without knowing
Jllc ueJdlLS VI your SllOW tdil tel
you right now it will be good and
will be popular" he said Il visited
Seattle several years ago, long before
I ever thought I'd live here. and
was the guest of Doug WEIGH at a
dinner in Chinatown. That meal
and my trip through the district
were the highlights of my visit and
I'll bet I've told 400 people about it
since then"
Trustees of the Association will
base their decision on Joining the
Sea Fair on the basis of whether
that will be the best way to adver-
tise the district and highlight this
section as the place to come for
good food and entertainment, as we'll
as the degree to which good will
toward the people of the area can
be built.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Classified Ads

WANTED: Girl for nursemaid and
light homework. Could use school
girl wanting summer job. CA.
65SS.
ATTENTION GARDENERS: Make
it easy on your wife. will swap
diaper service for gardening ser
vice. Small yard Call Mr.. Abrams
at Baby Diaper Service, CA. 1920
or FIR. 1919 evenings.
APPAREL Design-Pattern Draft
ing Sewing Art. Individual in
struction. Day and evening class
es.
CHARETTE SCHOOL
OF COSTUME DESIGN
1920 Westlakc MA. 6521
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Nisei Grill

Scheduled to have its grand open
inc sometime next week is the Nisei
Grill. which will be operated by
George Nose. one of the original
managers of Maynard Cafe.
The Nisei Grill will be in the
space formerly occupied by Para
mount Cafe at 518 Jackson ST., and
will be open day and night. The
phone number will be Main $3.50.
Currently undergoing a complete
renovation, the Nisei Grill will spe-
cialize in Oriental and American
dishes.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Nisei Girls from New York, New Jersey
Will Wear Japanese Kimono and Dance
AT AnnualD.C. CHERRY Blossom Festival

mura and Sahomi Tachibana.
In charge of choreography is the
no ed Teiko Ito Music will be direc-
tea by Teiji Ito with Gerald Ito as
1tage manager.
Scene of the dance demonstrations
will be the famous Watergate open
air concert stage located near Lin
con Memorial
Hanami odori, Sakura ondo and
Hama no Uta are among the numbers
olanned for the occasion.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
Chihara Returns
From Japan Trip

George Chihara of Chihara Jew
elry returned to Seattle Sunday
morning aboard a Northwest Airlines
plane after a near two-month visit
TO Japan.
While in Japan, Chihara made his
home at his seventy one-year- old
mothers place in Hidaka-gun, Wa
kayama-Ken.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-04-05
This Strip Show
Was Unrehearsed!

TOKYO, Japan, April 15-Five
dancing girls in the New Look
strip Show recently lost their bras
sieres simultaneously at a perfOr-
nance one night.
The next night, they played TO
a packed house. But, alas, the fans
were disappointed.
The police warned accidents do
not happen twice in the same
places.