Evening star., 1951-03-08
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thought at last we could settle
down.
MY 9-year-old daughter is in
the fourth grade and she has
been in four schools. She's get
ting along fine now"
MIR. Heller is slated to go to
Cleveland.
Il told them I would go, but
would stay If I could be trans
ferred to a permanent job here" !"
he said. I don't want to take a
temporary job in defense agency
because our field is highly special
lied and I would find a hard time
finding another position at my
grade if I was let out after the
emergency is over"
Harry G. Boydston, claims ex-
aminer. of 2409 N. Florida street.,
Arlington. lived in a home he
owned at 3546 w place NV,
when he was moved out Of the
city in 1912.
II sold that house and bought
a house in Long Island. Then I
sold that and bought my house in
Arlington. It's not as good as the
house I had in the first place and
it cost more. Now I'M slated to
go to Seattle and I'll have to sell
the Arlington house and buy q
house out there. I agreed to 60
to Seattle because it's my home
but I wouldn't leave Washington
for any other place"
Boy Friend Must Go, Too.
The seriousness of the "boy
friend" problem was brought to
light by Miss Doris Galleher, a
pretty brunei typist in the budget
and fiscal division of the Agricul-
ture Department. Miss Galleher,
lives at SOL Westmoreland road.
Falls Church. Her division is
slated to go to Peoria, III.
IF I were shifted of course I'd
have to bring my boy friend
along" she chuckled.
'It would mean my whole fam
lily (mother, father, sister and
aunt) would have to go. too," Miss
Galleher said. mo. I don't think
I'd CO."
Miss Helen Troutman, 3l53
Adams Mill road, secretary in
fund accounting, said: II wish it
were some place other than Peoria,
from what I've heard. I'd like to
travel. but I'm leery of Peoria.
But if I'm selected for removal,
I'd CO."
Walter H. Runyon, clerk, HOO
John Marshall drive, Falls Church,
declared ruefully: II just got
married last May and we plan to
buy a home here sometime. II
won't go if I can help 1t. From
what I've heard, I don't think I'd
like Peoria. It is a smoky factory
town and the climate is too cold
to suit me-"
Pay Boost Would Help.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Musgrave.
clerk, 240 Audrey lane Sc, mother
Of two children below school age,
said she would be willing to goI
provided her husband, a Navy
Department employe, "can get
transferred, too. Otherwise I'd
look for another job"
A boost in grade would make
decentralization palatable to D. G..
Glass. clerk, 14o7 George Mason
drive, Arlington.
. I'D go if I got an increase
in grade" Mr.. Glass, who is mar
ried but who has no children, de-
clared. "I'd go out myself first.
Then maybe later my wife, who
is also a Federal employe, might
be able to get a transfer, too.
But without a raise in grade I'd
seek transfer to another agency"
At the Bureau of Standards, $50
positions" will be transferred.
Herbert H. Rosen, 27, of .273o
Wisconsin avenue NV. recently
transferred from his job as an
electronics specialist in the radio
propagation laboratory to become
an editorial specialist in the Office
of Scientific Publications to escape
the move.
Don't Have Pioneer Spirit"
my wife and want to stay
here" he said. my roots are
here. I don't have the pioneer
spirit. I've been to Colorado and
I don't like it. My wife and r
studied the Boulder (Colo.) news
papers, and we find the prices
there just as high as they are
here" The Rosens have no chill
dren.
MIR. Rosen said that out of about
so people in his old radio unit 10
transferred to other jobs to escape
the move.
DR.. Thomas j. Carroll, 80, of
4536 Macomb street NV, a.
micro-wave research consultant
with the radio laboratory, does
not want to move. He is single
and lives in an apartment.
II don't believe that large SCI
entif1c laboratories can operate
away from large Cities" DR.. Car
roll said, especially Government
laboratories.
He said the Boulder location is
"too scientifically isolated. It will
be scientific Siberia"
When the time to move comes.
he said, he'll have to find a new
position.
Miss j. Virginia Lincoln, 35, of
3106 Hawthorne street NV, a
physicist with the radio labora-
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