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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-03-11
Methodist Church
Lists Activities
q Spiritual Life Mission

Aiko Matsuda, chairman of the
food committee for the kick off,
banquet 10 honor Rev. Lloyd Wake,
has announced that all is in readi-
ness for the Spiritual Life Mission
beginning March Is at the Metho-
dist church. Rev Wake, minister
of the San Francisco Pine Metho-
dist church, will be the inspiration
al speaker for the entire week
Fred Yoshimura will INC" the
Wednesday night banquet and the
Issei will do the cleanup chores for
the Nisei church.
Sunday School Staff Meeting
Tsuguo and Sunni Ikeda have in
vited the Sunday School teaching
staff of the Methodist church to
their home on 1920 Jackson St. for
the monthly meeting at pm. Fri
day, March 10, with Art Howell in
charge Plans for the coming Eas-
ter season will be the main topic for
discussion
Official Board Meeting
Tuesday, March H. at pm, the
paflor of the Methodist church will
be the site of the official board
meeting for this month. Devotions
will be rendered by chairman Eddie
Shimomura. Final arrangements
for the Spiritual Life Mission and
the Quarterly Conference in May
will be studied.
Methodist Church Buys New Bus
A 30-passenger bus has been pur-
chased by the japanese Methodist
church, according to bus chairman
Jim Osawa. Seats are now being
installed and the bus will be in SER
vice in two or three weeks
The bus will be used for all church
activities, including Sunday School,
Vacation Bible School, picnics, out
ings and educational trips
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-03-11
NISE1 CALENDAR
MARCH

Injecting Of Seat lie JACb
chap er a, Nisei Vet hill
20-"It Might as Well be Spring
stag stagette dance sponsored b.
Lotus Dharmas and Samanas in the
Buddhist Auditorium. Hours: $3.50
pm. to IL midnight
81 japanese Congregational
church bazaar
APRIL
2-"More Bounce to the Ounce
roller-skating party sponsored by
Savoy Athletic Club at Rollerland
Skating Rink. Hours: 10:39 pm
to 1890 am.
10Lotus Vinayas to hold square
dance from pm. in Buddhist audi
torium. Open to the public
11-Nisei Centennial Revue spon-
sored by Sunday School and parents
of st. Peters church at st. Peters
parish hall, 1910 King st. 1880 pm
MAY
Stag -stagette dance sponsor
ed by Lotus Vinayas. pm. to Il
midnight in Buddhist auditorium
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-03-11
Spokane Mans
Set Dinner-Dance

SPOKANE, Wash, March IL
Mamselles will hold its third an
nual dinner dance from pm. to l
m. Saturday, March IA, in the De-
sert Hotel.
Music will be provided by Wally
Hagin and his orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Nakashima are
patron and patroness for the affair.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-03-11
The Vets
Mailbag.


HERE'S HOW VA WILL PAY INSURANCE DIVIDENDS
Veterans eligible National Service
than so policies in 1853
it has been by Veterans Administration
The VA said reports announcing another regular
annual dividend policies in force three
months longer anniversary in 1852 left tho erroneous
policy they receive their dividends
within the
Because of The time auditing WONDERING insurance
accounts the policy an anniversary
date of January should his payment
part lags can be applied to
anniversary dates succeeding months year
payments only veterans who previous
payment regular dividends said In the
requests dividend placed credit to the
lnsureds account
correspondence prior
TO following anniversary policies
only according the
paid policy by the
Smelling Paul MINI, which handles
Dakota, Dakota
Montana Idaho, Washington Alaska.
QUESTION WEEK
@ a disabled of World If a elg-
brty requirements a our-year
Public
No training program II vet
Under will permitted
slightly
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1953-03-11
Ex-Japanese Spouses Can Get Benefits

FROM Page One
serious questions After carefully studying history evacuation
the evacuation was in every
her according TO
the WRA Moreover as mother
of cenbon baby one-eghth Japanese blood
she had the relocation
Burger held that by virtue her
the military ancestry
japanese spouse evacuation
claims
already statutory term Japanese ancestry
the Military
caon likewise the Military
executing prescribed Request
entering Assembly participants
purposes
ancestry change voluntarily
Necessarily therefore qualities
person within the
Evening star., 1953-04-03

thai the Capital Transit Co.
should maintain it's financial
stability and credit. Any delay
in the. effectiveness of the fare
changes would be detrimental to
that financial stability and credit
and would impair the company's S
ability to render adequate serv-
Ice to the public"
"a. School Fare Cited.
The company said its inability
to earn, under present rates, as
much as the PUG estimated
might have been offset in part
If Congress had acted favorably
on the proposed school fare bill
and if the school fare had ac-
tually been increased"
This Scent fare for school
children under 18 years of age
is set by act of Congress. Last
month a bill to transfer the
setting Of the school fare to the
PUG was the subject of a
hearing before a Senate District
subcommittee. The bill would
have allowed the PUG to in
crease the rate to not more than
half the current cash fare.
AS soon as the hearings were
completed, the company an
nounced it was increasing its
annual dividend from $1.40 to
$1.60 a year. The reaction in
Congress was to kill the pro-
posal.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

reactor" during its test. There
are other things about the prot
ect that are Just as startling:
l. A metal becomes a free
flowing liquid.
2. A powerful pump, has no
moving parts. -
g.. Electronic watchdogs. alert
for danger. are poised to shut
off the atomic engine in 4 split-
second if things go wrong.
Working at two sites near here
are the Atomic Energy Commits
sion (AEC). the Navy, the Gen.
eral Electric Co., the Chicago
Bridge and Iron Co.. General Dy-
namics Corp. and other contrac-
tors and sub-contractors. They
are assembling the nuclear en-
gine and the elaborate test and
safety system that goes with it.
First Full-Scale Job.
1t is the first full-scale, pow
erful atomic reactor to be built
close to two cities and several
large villages. This accounts for
the steel sphere-250 feet in
diameter-a device intended to
confine any contaminated gases
which might be generated in an
accident.
The atomic reactor is one of
two types which will serve as
patterns for sea-going versions
to be installed in two submarines.
1t is called an intermediate"
reactor because of the inter-
mediate speed of neutrons pro-
duced in its f1ssion process
faster than the neutrons Of a
thermal reactor being built for
the other submarine. slower than
the ultra-fast neutrons released
In certain laboratory experiments.
At least in theory the inter-
mediate reactor here may have
some advantages:
/. Higher energy neutronS are
not as readily assorbed by con-
ventional metals used in the
structure of the reactor or steam
generating unit.
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likely in west tomorrow and in
east by afternoon or night.
Wind-Nortneas at 6-12 mics
per hour, becoming light and
variable.
River Report.
(From U. s. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenapdoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
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Capital Transit Asks
PUG for 2O-Cent
Fare, No Pass
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surplus funds. This is the So
called Cutting Of the melon
which brought much criticism
down on the heads of the new
owners.
In petitioning for further in
creaseS, the company stated that
the PUG estimated the last fare
increase would produce a return
Of from 6.5 to 7 per cent or an
annual return, after taxes, run
ming between $1,537,931 and ST.
656,233.
The company said the PUG
estimates were of and that the
annual return at present would
be only about As per cent. This
Is between $450.000 and $575, 900
less than the amounts estimated
by the PUG. The company
added:
THE deficiency between these
actual earnings and those esti-
mated by the PUG will be
greater when 5-cent-an-hour
increase in its wage costs goes
into effect on July l, pursuant to
the terms Of a labor contract
entered into on July /, 1882"
$50 Return Favorable"
The transit company also said
the rate of return allowed by the
PUG is less than the rate to
which it is entitled. The PUG
under law, must allow "a reason
able return" At the last rate
hearing involving the company,
the PUG held that 6.5 per cent
was a reasonable return.
The company has maintained
for some years that a 10 per cent
return would be reasonable.
The new fare increases would
bring the company $2.3 million
gross revenues a year, by it's own
estimates. Of that sum, $1,265,-
900 would go to taxes leaving an
annual return of $1.035, 900.
The company declared:
1T is in the public interest
Evening star., 1953-04-03
National Group Urges
Landscape Architect
As Planning Member

The American Society Of
Landscape Architects has urged
President Eisenhower to appoint
to the National Capital Plan
ming Commission this month a
landscape architect who is not a
resident of the Washington area.
The society. it was learned
today. has recommended to the
White House three out-of town.
ers for the post. A commission
vacancy will occur on April 80
with expiration Of the term Of
Albert P. Greensfelder, Of st.
Louis.
Leon H. Zach. president of
the society. declined to name
those recommended, but con-
firmed that the names have been
submitted.
He said two main considera-
tions are behind the society's
recommendation. Since the
present commissions five citizen
members include two Washing
ton residents, he said the society
proposes an out-of-towner to
continue a broad D.. geographic
representation"
The second concern, he said,
was with professional qualiflca-
tions of the NCPC members. He
said that until 1947 the commits
sion always had included an emf
nent landscape architect and
added:
"Regretting that the past
administration did not choose to
follow this precedent in making
subsequent appointments Il.
the society recommends correc-
ton Of this deficiency by the
suggested appointment of an
out-of-town landscape architect
of broad experience in city PLAN
ming, as a much-needed return
to the earlier policy"
In other actions, it was learned,
the American Planning and Civic
Association and the Washington
Chapter, American Institute of
Planners. also have recon-
mended to the White House that
a nonresident member be Sc
lected.
Strong local support. however,
is behind the candidacy of Alvin
l.. Aubinoe, prominent Washing
ton architect and builder, to fill
! the vacancy. Mr.. Aubinoe also
is being backed for appointment
as commission chairman.
A 1852 act reorganizing the
commission authorized the Pres
ident to designate the chairman.
The incumbent chairman, DR..
Joseph D. Lohman of Chicago,
simultaneously was appointed to
a six-year term and named
chairman by President Truman
last August.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Arlington, Alexandra
Study Order 10 Repay
Tax 10 D. {. Firms

Arlington and Alexandria ON.
cials today we're studying a Fair
fax Circuit Court decision, or
dering Falls Church to refund
about $4,000 in business license
taxes paid by Washington laun.
dries.
Arlington Attorney John Locke
Green, who won the Falls Church
case for six District laundrieS in
Fairfax Circuit Court. has sim
liar suits pending for is District
laundries in Alexandria, and "a
in Arlington.
$4,000 Involved.
Mr.. Green said the laundrieS
estimate they would be refunded
about $4,000 If the Falls Church
victory is followed by decisions
favorable to the laundrieS in the
other two Jurisdictions.
Mr.. Green said the laundries
are not fighting the gross income
tax levied under the business
ordinances. They are attacking
a provision in the three ordinan-
ces setting up a special tax on
firms which collect laundry and
drycleaning in the Virginia
Jurisdictions. but have the work
done elsewhere.
Constitutional Issue.
Fairfax Circuit Judge Arthur
w. Sinclair upheld a contention
by Mr.. Green that the section
violates the commerce clause Of
the United States Constitution.
The clause gives to Congress the
power to regulate commerce
among the several States"
In Falls Church, the tax is
5000 per year for each such bus
mess, and $50 for each additional
truck or outlet doing business in
the city.
The Judge ordered that taxes
collected under the section since
it went into effect in 1851 must
be refunded by the city treas
urer.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

President Eisenhower's executive
order to remove policy-making
and confidential assistants jobs
from civil service must be con-
scientiously administered by the
Civil Service Commission and
the departments and agencies,
it it is not to become "a means
by which the spoils system re-
turns through the back door,"
The independent employees
group said it felt that President
Eisenhower was sincere in his in
tention that the order be re-
stricted to top policy-making
jobs.
Nevertheless, NFFE President
Luther Steward declared, it will
require "resolute administration"
on the part of the csc and a
real desire to do so on the part
of the department heads Ito
maintain the integrity of the
career civil service system in the
present situation"
While the order itself is
reasonable. it could be so mis-
used as to present an inherent
danger to the merit system, Mr..
Steward declared. The NFFE
chief said it is obvious that the
csc will be under heavy pres
sure from some quarters to in
terpret loosely the already fairly
general terms of the order"
Thus. it will be up to the Csc
to resist any such pressures. If
the purpose is political patron
age in bona fide civil service
positions, the NFFE chief de-
clared.
Mr.. Steward also called for
a "clear-cut definition by the
csc Of 'policy-making' and a
limitation of confidential posi-
tions to practical necessities"
LIE DETECTORS-The Atom
ic Energy Commission has abol-
ished the use of lie detector
tests on it's employees in it's Sc
curity program. Instead, the lie
detector will be used only in
specific cases where employees
may be under suspicion. The
Acc said the device never has
accomplished much good any,
way and has had a bad effect
on employe morale.
X X \
VA-Fred zappolo, well-known
Government personnel official,
has been appointed executive as
sistant for personnel in the
Veterans Administrations CEN
trail Office here.
Mr.. zappolo will take VAS No.
2 personnel spot under F. r..
Kerr. VAS assistant admins
traitor for personnel. Highly
regarded in Federal personnel
circles, Mr.. zappolo was chief of
employment at Mutual Security
Agency. Prior to that, he held
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Fantastic Sphere to Be Scene
Of Sub Atomic Enqine Test

2. The liquid metal and unique
no-moving parts pump may save
space and weight.
Because the neutron energy oil
the intermediate reactor is rea.
sonably high, more or less con-
ventional metals can be used ir
the structure.
Under Acc Contract.
The reactor is being fabricated
at the Knolls Atomic Power Lab.
oratory. on the outskirts of thi!
city. The installation was built
by the Acc and is operated
under contract by Genera
Electric.
When all materials are or
hand. they will be taken to the
West Milton test site, 18 miles
to the north.
1t is there craftsmen are put.
ting together the biggest meta,
ball ever made. When completed
there will be more than 5 miles
of welding to hold the plates to.
gether. The steel arrives ir
curved plates. is welded into sec.
tions ranging up to SO by 80 feet
and weighing about $4,000
pounds, and hoisted aloft by g
crane which towers up from the
center of the sphere.
The 3,850-pound ball will sup.
port its own weight. but rs steel
columns will steady it against
the wind.
Two permanent entrances
each an "airlock." are being
built into the ball-one for
bringing in reactor fuel. mater
ial and equipment; the second
for passage of workers. The ball
must be alright.
At its base is a section of a
hull like that which will be the
submarine Sea Wolf. The hull
section has few unusual con-
struction characteristics.
Heavily Shielded.
From this "fireroom," heavily
shielded to hold back dangerous
radiation, will leave the pipeline
to transfer the atomic-generated
heat to the steam turbine sys-
tem~in the engine room aft.
The heat transfer metal is
sodium, a silvery substance
which melts at a temperature
a little below that of boiling
water.
Common mercury might have
been a better heat exchanger
than sodium. but mercury alb
serbs neutrons and sodium has
an extremely low absorption
factor.
To flow the heat-charged sod
ium through the pipe, the de-
signers have come up with the
curious electromagnetic pump
Evening star., 1953-04-03

which uses electrical induction.
Advantages of the pump in
clude it's fiat, compact form
which will meet the tight space
requirements of a submarine.
Because there are no moving
parts, 1t is easy to seal against
leakage.
Danger is Remote.
But if a line carrying sodium
should rupture, released sodium
might come into contact with
water. Sodium mixed with water
generates swiftly into a gas, with
accompanying rapid increase of
pressure. Moreover. the sodium
would be radioactive.
The builders and testers con-
slider the possibility of an acci-
dent during test quite remote.
The $2.146,000 steel sphere in
which the test will be conducted
is considered insurance against
the remote possibility.
A huge spraying system. SINH
lar to an automatic sprinkler
system, can cool the air and thus
reduce the pressure of hydrogen
gas generated by the contact of
sodium with water.
Working at the Knolls Labora-
tory and the West Milton site
are about 1000 technicians. re-
searchers, engineers, craftsmen
and clerks.
The know-how they are ac-
quiring. say project leaders, will
come in handy when the day of
industrial atomic energy arrives.
Further, they say, what is being
learned about construction and
costs will provide a yardstick for
saying when and at what cost
industrial atomic power will
come.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

occur again unless some sound
program is worked out. Mr.. Rees
offered a four-point suggestion
on how to minimize the economy
reduction program so far as
career employees are concerned
He proposed: Cd The current
hiring restriction program be
kept in effect. so the majority OF
the job cuts can be absorbed by
not filling many of the personnel
vacancies that occur each year:
(2) displaced career employees be
given special consideration in
filling vacancies and that out
siders not be hired until these
employees can be reassigned tc
other Federal jobs; 90 reduc-
tions in force be carried out or
a Government-wide basis sc
some agencies will not be firing
career employees while others are
retaining employees without sta.
tus, and "a adequate notice be
given to employees who are tc
be separated so they will have
ample time to apply for new en-
ployment.
If this program is carried out
mo career employe need be
without a job" Mr.. Rees said.
Mr.. ReeS' statement is most
timely. It comeH at a time when
many Federal employees are los
ing their jobs in the current
economy drive. Under the pres
ent restrictions, these employees
are in the grim position of hav-
ing virtually no hope Of obtain
ing other Government positions
Since Mr.. Rees and his COM
mittee are expected to work very
closely with the Civil Service
Commission on the various per-
sonnel problems. his statement
raises the hope that the COM
mission will take steps soon to
work out a real program to aid
career employees who lose their
| jobs.
JOB CUTS-Meanwhile, the
various departments are con-
tinuing their personnel retrench-
ment programs. The Army De-
partment announced that 10000
civilian jobs will be eliminated
as result of the 3 per cent re-
duction order issued last month
by Defense Secretary Wilson.
About 1000 of the jobs involved
are here.
At Agriculture Department, at
least 1900 jobs here will be
trimmed, including the 750-job
cut already announced for Pro-
duction and Marketing Admin
istration. as we'll as reductions in
Rural Electrification Administra-
tion and the Farmers Home
Administration. Some of the
reductions will be made by not
filing vacancies, but direct dis
misSals will also be required.
X X X
POLITICAL PATRONAGE
The National Federation of Fed
eral Employees declares that
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Fare Increase Seen
Boosting Business
OF Areas Hackers

A spokesman for the
Washington Cab Association
commented today that from
a mercenary standpoint,
we'd like to see them (Capi-
tai Transit) get their raise.
1t would certainly boost
business for u.s."
He said the association
hasn't any plans to ask for
an increase in fares, "and
We don't anticipate such a
request any time in the near
future" :
Present taxi fares in the
first zone are 40 cents for a
single passenger and 80 cents
fSt grpnp passengers.
Evening star., 1953-04-03
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Fair to-
night, low about 4S. Tomorrow,
partly cloudy and warm. but
chance Of scattered showers in
afternoon or night.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
tonight, low 40-48. Partly cloudy
and warm with scattered showers
Evening star., 1953-04-03
Police Are Criticized
On Failure 10 Obtain
Stag Party Evidence

Corporation Counsel Clark
King today turned scathing crit
icism on police for failing to
bring in proper evidence in last
Saturdays morals squad raid on
a teen-ager fraternity stag party.
The blast apparently withered
all possibility of prosecution of
the 81 students who were charged
with disorderly conduct.
After the raid on the party,
which Inspector Roy Blick has
called a drinking. gambling and
lewd movie affair, 56 of the 81
charged forfeited $40 collateral.
The other, Daniel Chernoff, 18,
of the 1900 block of Upshur
street NV, was due in court
today, but the charges were
dropped.
Charges against three others
had been dropped before the
Chernof case and several others
were recommended for dismissal
today.
Eight other cases are sched-
uled for IL am. next Thursday.
at which time Mr.. King said he
would attempt to have members
of the police raiding party on
hand to see if definite identi-
fication could be- established to
pin down specific cases of dis
orderly conduct.
Hits Lack of Evidence.
A dozen or more of the STU
dents were milling about Munic-
ipal Court today awaiting some
kind of action. They weren't in
on Mr.. Kings TRADE, but ii
went like this in a nearby hall
way:
Mr.. King: This" he said
turning to Precinct Detective
Louis Fochett of the Morals
Division "is hell of a way to
conduct a raid. Didn't any OF
you officers see any of these
people do anything?"
Detective Fochett: 81 can't say
who did what"
Mr.. King: well, judging By
the pictures. somebody did some
thing. Who conducted this
raid?"
Detective Fochett: inspector
Blick."
Mr.. King: Haven't I told you
time and again that you can't
bring a case into court unless you
can testify that you saw a de-
fendant do somethingI"
Inspector Blick says it was
a drinking, gambling and lewd
movie affair that he and &c
men walked in on at the
Don Pallini dance studio at 1926
Connecticut avenue NV. They
rounded up nearly 200 teen-agers
and charged 81 of them with
disorderly conduct.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

1 ASALo W I'd"
+ e e r lists. He
said that, in
the past. the
Gov e rnment
reduction = in
orce pro-
6 r a m S were
conducted in a
cruel and hap
hazard man.
ner, most un-
fair to career
workers.
w arnin g
that such in
iuStjceS w ill
Evening star., 1953-04-03
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Rees Offers Plan to Protect
Coreerists in Economy Fiirinqs
By Joseph Young

Chairman Rees of the Civil Committee today
urged that the employees be protected the
current economy dismissal program @4~~.s-~@r
Declaring that Federal employment must be
substantially Mr. Rees said this could
Evening star., 1953-04-03
FIoe Flower Show

Students Of the 81 schools of
Auckland, New Zealand, have
prepared an exhibit Of 81 flags of
the United Nations in flowers.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

Editors note: This story by Elton c.
Foy, Associated Press military offors
reporter, describes one Of the first
visits by newsmon TO the Cross
country chain Of laboratories ond
plants building the otomie powered
submarine.
Evening star., 1953-04-03

top personnel Jobs with the ONCE
OF Price Administration, the
Army Department and from 1916
to l948 was the VAS depart
mental personnel officer.