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Civilian workers. This ban had
been in effect for many years until
several years ago. when Congress
reScinded it.
The Senate restored the ban on
the Complaints of Federal employe
leaders, who charged that the use
of stop-watcheS and other timing
devices could lead to a speed-up
system in the various naval in
Stallations and Army arsenalS.
\ X X
RETIREMENT-The House will
vote tomorrow on the legislation
to increase annuities of retired
Government employees. Sponsors
of the bill are confident they have
the two-thirds majority needed to
enact a bill brought up under sus-
pension of the rules.
Meanwhile. Chairman Murray
of the House Civil Service Com
mittee, who strongly opposes the
temporary two-year $36 to 1924 a
year measure. is working on a
plan to substitute a temporary
nine-month increase bill. The
sponsors of the regular bill, ap-
proved both by the Senate and
Mr.. Murray's own committee, will
fight vigorously any move by Mr..
Murray in this regard.
PATRONAGE-The Senate has
defeated bill that would have
removed assistant United States
Imarshals from the merit system.
CONTROLS JITTERS - Even
though Congress has extended the
various economic controls for 10
months, employees in the controls
agencies are shopping around for
other Federal employment. They
want jobs that are more perma-
|nent. 4.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Ma
val Gun Factory here has open
ings for women ordnance workers
at salaries of $40 to $l1.20 a day.
No previous experience is re-
quired. The State Depart
ment needs night clerk-typists,
male bindery workers, chauffeurs
and laborers with status. Ste
nographers and typists are also
needed. Apply to Room 106, Walk
er-Johnson Building, 1874 New
York avenue NV. The Office is
also open from 9 am. to $50 pm.
on Saturdays. Entering their
Seth year in the Federal service
are P. H. Girouard, chief engi-
neer Of the Navy's Bureau of
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Junbino Dies at 4OinD. Goo,
Oldest EIephont Known in Us.
Fuvorite of Crowds,
Captured in Sudon,
Was AiIinq for Years

Jumbina, the Zoos loyable T.
000-pound elephant, died today
of old age. She was the oldest
elephant on record in the United
States and died at a little over
40.
DIR William Mann, director of
the Zoo, announced that Jum-
bina had to be put to death early
today. Sunday, she had swayed
outside Of her pen in the Zoo and
slowly settled to the ground.
I'VE couldn't get her up." DIR,
Mann said.
Jumbina was bothered with
arthritis in recent years. DR.
Mann said they had used gallons
OF liniment on the old elephant
Captured in Sudan.
She was a crowd-pleaser fol
visitors to the Zoo. Once, she
bounced head of cabbage off q
policeman.
.Jumblna came to the United
States in 1913 from Egyptian
Geological Gardens. She was cap
tured in the Sudan.
Recently. Jumbina had been in
the news with a f1ve-day vigil in
the rain. Keepers tried all their
tricks to entice her into her cage
But Jumbina found it hard to
move. Finally, she strolled in to
the new elephant house.
Jumbina leaves many memories
behind her.
Stayed Queen of the Herd.
Keepers tell of the time when a
young elephant tried to move in
ahead Of Jumbina as they filed
back to their quarters in the old
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The Weather Here and Over the Notion

District and vicinity - Mostly
sunny with high near 81 degrees
this afternoon; fair and cool to-
night, lowest about so. Tomor-
row. fair with highest about 80.
Maryland-Fair and cool to-
night, low of $500. Tomorrow,
mostly sunny with little change in
temperature.
Virginia-Fair in east and north
portions, partly cloudy in SOUTH
west portion tonight and tomor-
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ing truck. p0-
lice reported.
The C hill d,
ID id Leslie
White, of 4800
Rit t e n h o u S e
street, had run
into the street
in front of his
home with sew
|eral neighbor-
hood children
to buy ice
cream.
Riverdale po-
lice said the
t r uck driver
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row; low tonight, $3.50. Little
change in temperature tomorrow
Wind Cat National Airport)
East. Is miles an hour, at 11:1s
lam.
Five Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, July rs.
Temperatures will be near nor
NAL. Washington area normals
for the period are IS and 81 fol
the daily high and low. Moderate
temperature at beginning oi
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the av a liable
funds as pos
sible for pur-
chase of mill
tary weapons
and supplies.
Although the
issue now goes
to House-Sen-
ate conference,
defense officials
are pretty hope
full the Senate'S
erSiona will
prevail.
This will not
0yo1v Sovn fho,,-
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3 Policemen Indicted
lin Thefts, 7 Firemen
lin Credit Union Case

1nTee 11Cn precinct pOIlcemen
and the estranged wife Of a
fourth officer were indicted today
by grand jury that Investigated
a series of thefts in Northeast
business establishments.
Also indicted were two former
officials of the Uniformed Fire.
mems Federal Credit Union
They were charged with conspir-
ing to embezzle funds from the
union and making fictitious en-
tries in the books.
Police Pvt. Doctor M. Green,
Is, and Mrs. Geraldine S. New
man, 33. who live at the home of
his parents, were indicted jointly
on charges of housebreaking and
larceny at the Food Fair Mar
ket, 1919 Michigan avenue NE,
on May IL.
Named in 2 Other Indictments.
Pvt. Green is named individually
in two other indictments charging
housebreaking and larceny at the
Dlckey dry-cleaning establish
ment, 1924 Twelfth street NE,
and a gasoline station at 371O
Tenth street NE.
Police Pvts. Richard c. McCar-
ger and Louis L. Lawson were in
dicted on separate charges of re-
ceiving stolen property. Each was
accused of accepting 80 cartons
OF cigarettes. Mrs. Newman also
was named in a separate indict-
ment charging receipt of stolen
property.
The Food Fair Market indict-
ment charges Pvt. Green and Mrs.
Newman took cigarettes. hams and
money totaling $1,264 from
the establishment. Investigators
charged Pvt. Green entered the
market and then telephoned Mrs.
Newman to meet him with an
automobile and help carry the loot
away.
| OaSOllne StatlOn LOOte0.
The three policemen and Mrs.
Newman were arrested May 81
after Capt. Aubrey Tolson of the
robbery squad received reports
that 18th precinct policeman
was trying to peddle cigarettes.
A gasoline station operated by
Roderick C. Willis was the scene
of the first theft committed by
Pvt. Green while he patrolled his
beat, Capt. Tolson said at the time
of the officers arrest. It was
looted of tires, tubes and chains
valued at $404 on December
19, 1851.
The dry cleaning establishment
was looted of $500 in cash and a
radio on April Is, 1852.
A fourth 18th precinct police
man. Pvt. John j. Brown, was
fined $3.50 by the Police Trial
Board recently after he admitted
accepting cigarettes from Pvt.
Green. He was restored to duty.
Firemen Accused of Falsifying.
Mrs. Newman lived with Pvt.
Green's parents in the 400 block
Iof Seventy-secand avenue, Land
over Hills.
The firemen indicted are Nathan
c. Robinson, former president of
the union, and Arthur c. Ward,
former treasurer. The 12-count
indictment naming them both
specified as missing only about
$500. But the indictment charged
both of them also as making a
false entry in the unions financial
report, "miSstating" that the
shares account amounted to $146,-
819 on December 81, 1851. Ac-
cording to papers filed in the case,
the correct amount should have
been $165.000.
Robinson's address was given as
4313 Second street NV. Wards
address was listed as 1902 Everest
street. Silver Spring. Md. The
alleged offenses occurred during
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'ABC Inspector Shifted

RICHMOND. July / (P).-The
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board yesterday announced
that Inspector c. j. Bakos has
been transferred from Richmond
to the Alexandria area.
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sands of civilian jobs, but it will
enable the Army, Navy and Air
Force to hire thousands of new
employees as well during the COM
ing year.
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYES-The
Senate also modified somewhat
the House 100000 employment
ceiling for Defense Department
classified employs.
While voting to retain the CELL
ing, the Senate allowed the De-
fense Department to maintain an
average" 100000 classified en-
ploylnent ceiling. In other words,
while the House provision would
not allow the number of classified
employees in the Defense Depart
ment to go above 100000, the
Senate measure would allow this
figure to be exceeded, provided
that at the end of the year the
average employment for the IL
months was 100000.
This would give the Defense
Department more hexibility in
filling essential vacancies than it
has had during the past year.
The Senate bill also would al
low the classified employe ceiling
to reach 1000, if 10000 military
jobs were abolished and the va
cancies filled with civilians. The
Defense Department promised the
Senate Appropriations Committee
that this could be done and at less
cost.
RIDER REJECTED. - House
Senate conferees again have re-
fused to adopt the Jensen per-
Sonnel cut rider as part of the
1858 Independent Offices Appro-
priations Bill.
The House last week had re-
fused to accept the conference re-
port and recommitted it to the
SOA4AVAOCo W4G11 44lOJ1 uCt1OllS W IC"
tain the Jensen rider. The rider
would allow the filling of only 25
per cent of personnel vacancies
until the agencies reduced en-
ployment Is per cent below orig
inal budget estimates.
In again rejecting the rider,
the conferees came up with a
compromise. whereby agencies
were instructed to use l.. the va
cancy- filling ban wherever feasible
in order to make reductions. This
is not mandatory, however. The
agencies can use their own judg-
ment in this matter.
X X \ 4
STOP WATCH BAN-The SEN
ate, in the 1868 military appropri-
alton bill. also approved a provi-
sion barring the use of any STOP
watch or any other time device
measure in evaluating the work of
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The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Senate Defense Ceiling Action
May Save Thousands of Jobs
RY losenh Younn

Thousands Of Defense Department civilian jobs apparently have
saved by the senaes action rejecting the
ceiling on 1858 defense expenditures.
The House had imposed $46 billion ceiling defense spending
Defense officials said this would have the
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period. followed by a rising trend:
cooler again about Sunday. Scat
tered showers toward end of week,
totaling l2-A inch.
River Report.
CFrom U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HarperS Ferry.
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|Riverda|e Boy Killed
AS Ice Cream Truck
Fractures His Skull

A 3-year-old Riverdale (Md.)
boy was killed last night when he
was run over by an ice cream vend-
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IIlOuSandS OF CIVILIAN JOBS. It was
explained to the Senate that these
personnel cuts would have to be
made in order to use as much of
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! RECORD Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 101, on June 20.
Lowest. is. on January 80.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, 80, at 10 am.
Low, 81. at 5:35 am.
Tide T~ hlan
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Doris FIeeson:
Plain Talk From Stevenson
Legion Liked 1t, but Will Watch to See if He Speaks
With Equal Condor and Courage to Other Groups

NEW YORK. Aug. %. -
Fourth-estate wits were quick to
suggest that the lead on Gov.
StevenSon's American Legion
speech was that the Democratic
nominee told the LegionnaireS
some things many people had
wanted to tell them who lacked
the nerve to say it.
The wits were unfair, it
turned out, to the Legion.
Gov. Stevenson'S plain talk
was applauded from the start
with a persistence that aston
ished veteran reporters. When
he was about two-thirds fin
ished, it dwindled somewhat as
he touched upon "the climate
of fear" and patriotism as mot
as hatred of Russia. but love
of this republic"
It was possible then, without
being unduly cynical. to say
that the audience was begin
ming to realize that the Steven
son dosage was rather potent
and long sustained. Neverthe-
less, at the end, his ovation
exceeded Gen. Eisenhower's,
while the crowd listening at
the loud-Speakers outside burst
into spontaneous applause, which
1t did not do for Ike.
Gov. Stevenson even got
across such intellectual con-
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Record on Rats in Official Files
Yet Neither of Presidential Nominees Has Come to Grips
With the Question of Communists in Government Posts

The Supreme Court has affirmed
it as a proper protective step for
the Government.
IF a person" said Mr.. Bing-
ham. had been a Communist
for five years and hadn't done
anything for the last three or
four years-you know that the
Communists have told him not
to carry a membership card, so
you can't find positive proof
you can still have reasonable
doubt of his loyalty"
In neither speech Of the two
presidential candidates was en-
phasis placed on the influence
of subversive individuals in
making our Governments pol
icies in past years or on the
failure of the State Department
to apply promptly the Presi-
dents rules on disloyalty and
security.
Both Gen. Eisenhower and
Gov. Stevenson seem to have
become more concerned with the
attacks that have been made
on Gen. Marshall. They were
both aiming at Senator Nc
Carthy.
While the Wisconsin Senator
has made a number of mistakes
in tactics in his crusade against
the Communists, it would be a
sad day for America if the whole
case he has publicized against
many disloyal persons in Gov
ernment were to be brushed
aside just because he made
those mistakes.
Examination Of the record
will show that the State De-
partment allowed men Of ques-
tionable loyalty to have a hand
in policy making in the Far
East. Some Of their memoranda
may have Influenced the writing
of messages and instructions to
Gen. Marshall. But to draw any
inference of disloyalty with re-
spect to Gen. Marshall is in
defensible.
Thus, in his so ,000-word speech
to the Senate, the Wisconsin
crusader analyzed the Marshall
record as a mediator in China
and his participation in inter-
national conferences and mis-
sions. Senator Mccarthy has a
right to criticize the Judgment
and the mistakes made by Gen.
Marshall. He might say the
general was duped. deceived or
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sentences; he packs those into
chunky paragraphs that have
the impact Of mortar fire. His
course has its hazards.
People will read q Stevenson
speech after hearing it. They
will know they have been hit
some trenchant blows and they
will want to see if they were
correct in bearing 1t with good
will and even enthusiasm.
The nominee hit hard In the
sphere the Legion regards as
peculiarly its own. They bore
it well, but they will watch-as
they have a right to do-tu see
If he is equally candid with
labor. minorities, farmers and
other elements of Democratic
strength.
He has no choice now, If he
ever had, but to handle with the
same courage the issues of COR
ruption and abuse of power by
the Democrats. He chose to
speak out and he dare not now
play favorites.
Above all, his actions must
match his shining words. No
special act of merit is required
Of the special pleader; those
who purport to speak for the
greater good are weighed In
different scales.
Relessed By the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1952-08-28

he would have been ashamed to
say in those other days. but he
hasn't yet given in sufficiently.
It's time he got rough. they tell
him, meaning it Is time he got
reckless, not to say dirty.
Maybe these politicians know
their business. Maybe that's
the way to win. But it is open
to question, in the case Of Eisen-
hover. Probably, almost surely.
the American people have liked
Ike because he has kept his
hands clean and a decent tongue
in his mouth. If, as some Of his
political hackers are saying, he
has been slipping in popularity
in recent weeks it may be re-
cause he has endeavored to meet
their wishes to some extent and
to that extent has lost the trust
the people had placed in him.
II he goes further in the direc-
tion these confused and dis
couraged advisers are asking
him to go he may md that, he
has thrown away his one great
est political asset.
This asset, the popular concep-
ton Of his character as a man.
might be sufficient to carry him
through despite the continuing
revelation Of his unfamiliarity
with the issues on which the
campaign is based. It has be-
come fairly clear that he can
not discuss the issues on even
terms with Gov. Stevenson. No
body had expected him to know
all the answers, but given the
intelligence and integrity at
tributed to him. he was believed
capable of finding the right an
swers in due time. At least
that was the belief Of millions
who failed to understand that
government is complex and that
the best preparation for it Is
experience.
These millions include the
greater part Of the independent
voters on whom the Republicans
must depend In order To- win.
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misled. But he never should
have implied that this was be-
cause of any disloyalty by the
general to the United States.
The passage in the Senate
speech which never should have
been uttered by Senator Nc
Carthy was this: y
what can be made Of this
unbroken series of decisions and
acts contributing to the strategy
Of defeat? They cannot be at
tributed to incompetence. If
Marshall were merely stupid,
the laws Of probability would
dictate that part of his decisions
would serve this country's inter-
est. II Marshall Is innocent OF
guilty intention. how could he
be trusted to guide the defense
of this country further?"
In his book summarizing the
Senate speech, the Wisconsin
Senator says: Fright or wrong,
brilliant or stupid, patriot or
traitor. Marshall is one Of the
most important figures, II not
the most important, in the last
10 years."
The word traitor" should
never have been linked to the
name of George Marshall by
anybody. To do so is inexcusable.
Such a charge, even by implica-
ton. moreover. allowed the
critics Of Senator Mccarthy to
divert attention from the many
serious cases of pro- Communist
activity which Senator Nc
Carthy has exposed. His indig-
nation got the better of his
judgment.
The net result of all this
should never be to permit q
smoke screen to be drawn over
the charges that have been
found by the Loyalty Review
Board and various departmental
boards and by the Senate Com
mittee on Internal Security to
warrant severe condemnation of
individuals who. while inside our
Government or in close touch
with our Government officials,
influenced the making of poll.
cies. For some Of these policies
helped bring on the course of
events by which China was
taken over by the Communists
and conditions were created that
led to the tragedy in Korea and
the casualty lists Of tens Of
thousands of Americans.
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The French and to a lesser ex-
tent the Benelux countries are
far more concerned over the
potential danger from re-
armed Germany. while the
French and the British are so
little worried over the posi-
bility of Red aggression that
they have indicated the NATO
structure might be seriously
affected if this country decided
to proceed with an effective
arming of the Spanish forces.
According to all reports from the
West European capitals the Red
menace, which Gen. Eisenhower
as an experienced soldier and
astute political observer consid-
ers very much alive, is regarded
by our Allies as a phantom.
Under these circumstances it Is
obvious that any thought Of q
departure. no matter how mild.
from the present easygoing and
fruitlesS containment policy
fills our neutralist-minded Allies
with fear and apprehension.
We are on the eve of another
crisis in France. Premier An
tome Pinay seems to have out
lived his usefulness. His financial
programs. which appeared in
such a favorable light a few
months ago, are encountering
the perennial trouble all French
cabinets have encountered: The
difficulty of collecting taxes in
keeping with the governments
needs. Neither the rich nor
those with an average income
wish to contribute directly to
the upkeep of the country's
treasury. The tax dodgers can
not be prosecuted, because too
many Of them are involved. Any
bold action by the government
is resented. And any government
which attempts to remedy this
situation is doomed. The mem
bers Of the National Assembly's
many splinter parties are play
ing to the galleries, and the GAL
leries don't want to pay taxes.
The demise of the Pinay ad-
ministration is expected some
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Fletcher Knebei:
Potomac Fever

Gov Stevenson blasts Senator Mccarthy The White
House is pleased would appreciate another breathing
sometime.
Senator Taft he'll sometime after
September TO- Taft figures that by know
exactly how he wants to be rescued
Senator Elender of Louisiana campaign
Stevenson because Of his delands oil great
campaign Stevenson losing friends faster than Ike put
them to sleep.
telephone goes on display in London It's
real progress Now will be able telephone friends
and let them for themselves why they avoiding
The American Legion demands that Secretary
be fired After the long silence Acheson appreciates mention
The only thing worse than being accused of high crimes
the jury start yawning.
The Air Moslem pilgrims
to Mecca 1t investment fendship-sonne
Arab countries convinced
accept dividends from.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Constantine Brown:

Our French and British
friends are worried. Gen. Eli
senhower's speech at the Ameri-
can Legion convention in New
York has shaken them. The
Republican presidential candi-
dates mild warning to the
U. S. s. r. is described by them
as "intemperate" and smack
ing of old-type military ag-
gression." They seem to have
overlooked a key sentence in
the generals speech which says:
Neither the passing Of years
nor the power Of the tyrant
will put an end to our search
for the peaceful instruments Of
their liberation" In other
words Gen. Eisenhower. after
justly decrying our present poll
icy Of containment, hastened
to add that whatever efforts
we make for the liberation Of
the hundreds Of millions OF
the Kremlin's slaves, they will
be of a peaceful nature. De-
spite that qualifying sentence
the French and a part Of the
British press have sounded the
alarm gong.
For nearly a year the Western
European members Of the NATO
have been living in a paradise
or their own in which they con-
tinue to receive large contribu-
tions from the United States to
strengthen their defensive forces
while giving only lip service to
the rearmament program to
which they formally committed
themselves at the Lisbon Con-
ference. Only an insignificant
number Of political men in
Western Europe believe that
Moscow nourishes any aggres-
sive intentions against their
lands. And it would not be an
exaggeration to say that the
man in the street-who holds in
the palm Of his hand the po-
litical fate Of the men In the
government-haS no idea that
he may become the victim Of
Red aggression.