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and putting the utility on a
sound financial basis was clear
and indisputable.
To the public, the increase
appeared to be nothing less than
financial tyranny.
What the public didn't know
and is only now beginning to
learn, is that the rate increases
were not conceived hastily. They
were firmly recommended by two
reputable engineering and A.
nancial consultant firms which
made extensive studies of the
commissions operations.
What the commission didn't
know-but should have known
is that nothing makes a tax
payer madder than being order
ed to pay more without being
told why.
1t was not until several days
after the rate increases were de-
cided on that the commission
began to tell the "Why."
1t went something like this.
Democrats Blamed
The present commissioners
all Republicans-contend their
Democratic predecessors gum
med up the agency's financial
affairs. chiefly by borrowing
money to pay bills that should
have been met by rate increases.
Reports of the two consultant
f1rms-Ford, Bacon 81 Davis, en-
gineering consultants. and Boyce,
Hughes & Farrell, municipal
public utility auditors-backed
up this contention.
In order to stop this "spiraling
increase in the commission 8
bonded Indebtedness" the COM
mission said. there was only one
thing to do-raise the rates and
end deficit financing.
The increases. they said. will
bring in additional annual rev.
enue Of more than SIS million
and should put the utility back
in the black in 1857, when their
six-year terms are due to expire.
1t should be understood that
the deficit the present commits
sion says it aims to eliminate is
in the operating accounts of the
agency and not the bonded in
debtedness of over $75 million.
In other words, the commission
says. the water rate has not been
paying the cost of carrying water
to its customers, the Montgomery
refuse collection service was
about 100000 in the hole at
the beginning of 1853, and the
incinerator charge was not pay
ing the full cost of operation.
Leaders Are Impressed.
The bonded indebtedness rep
resentS money the commission
has borrowed to expand its
tacilities-such as new trunk
sewer lines, new pumping sta
tions, sewage disposal plants and
dams.
Most government and civic
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Fair to-
night. lowest about 10. Tomor-
row, mostly sunny and continued
quite warm.
Maryland-Fair tonight, low
est 65-70. Tomorrow, fair and
warmer.
Virginia - Widely scattered
thundershowers early tonight,
becoming fair with low 6O-65 in
west, $50 in east portion. To-
morrow, fair and warm.
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separated career employe.
Q. If the agency finds an in
definite holding a job for which
the separated career employe
qualities, must it separate the
indefinite?
A. Yes. If the job is in the
local committing area.
@. In what grade of job is the
career employe entitled to dis
place an indefinite by agency
action?
A. He may displace an indefl-
mite in a job at the grade in
which he has been laid of, or at
the highest grade held prior to
September l, 1850 (the effective
date Of the Whitten amend
ment), whichever is higher.
@. Can a laid-of career en-
ploye force the firing of any in
definite employe in his agency
regardless of his job?
A. No, the agency is required
to separate an indefinite only
when he holds a job for which
the laid-of employe is qualified.
@. If a laid-of career employe
is willing to take a job in an
other part of the country, must
his agency displace an indefinite
there?
A. No. Although the agency
may take this action If it wishes
to do so, it is required to sep
arate indefinites only in the local
committing area in which the
career employe was laid of.
@. What happens when an
agency cannot place separated
career employe through firing an
indefinite?
A. The agency certifles that
it has no job held by an indefl-
mite that the career employe can
fill. It has 80 days from the last
day of active duty Of the career
employe in which to check it's
jobs. The employees name, of
course, remains on the re-em-
ployment priority lists in the
agency for the remainder of the
one-year period from the date
of the observation-disclosures notice.
FILING
@. When may q career en-
ploye who has received a reduc-
tion-inforce notice file applica-
tions with Civil Service Commis-
sion Offices?
A. He may file applications as
soon as he receives his reduction
in-force notice. He may not file
later than 80 days from his last
day of active duty.
@. With what Offices and for
what jobs may the separated
employe file applications?
A. He may file applications
for two jobs with the central
Office of the Civil Service Com
mission, two with any boards Of
United States civil-Service exam
iners under the central office,
two with one regional office. and
two with any boards of exam
iners in any one region. The ap-
plications must be for specific
recognizable jobs that exist in
the Federal service. and his quail
ifications for them must meet
civil-service standards.
+ 4 4
INDEF1NITES-
@. Will the Civil Service Com
mission attempt to diSplace in
deflnites in order to place the
career employe in all the loca-
tions in which he files (See pre-
ceding question and answer)?
A. No. The commission will
check on the jobs of indefinites
in his behalf only in his local
committing area. In the other
offices in which he files. he will
receive priority consideration
only in filling vacancies.
@. After receiving a separated
career employees application, will
the commission proceed auto-
matically to search for indefi-
mites to displace.
A. No, since this service is
given by the commission only
after his former agency finds it
cannot hire him through dis
placement Of an indefinite.
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Lutherans Defend
New Revised Bible,
But Wont 'tAdoptI Il
BY the Asseeiufed Press

HOUSTON, June 22.-The
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
convention meeting here during
the week end defended the new
revised standard version of the
Bible against attacks on its
Christian soundneSS.
There is no evidence for the
charge that this new version has
for its special objective an attack
on our Christian faith, the dele
gates asserted.
The revised version, published
last year, has been assailed by
some Protestant ministers and
groups as false to Christian
teachings.
Won't Stamp Book Official.
The synod also praised the
new version as very successfully
transmitting to the modern Eng
lish reader the message of Gods
word in an idiomatic and readily
understandable FORM"
But the delegates adhered to
their traditional stand of refus-
ing to adopt a particular version
of the Bible and stamp it "ofi-
cial."
They predicted the King
James version would still be the
favorite translation 'in Eng
lish," but added that the Lu-
therans like the new one for its
more modern idiom."
Take Up Resolutions.
Resolutions on a common con-
fession written by committees of
the Missouri Synod and the
American Lutheran Church will
be taken up today. Action on
Part l of the confession, taken
by the synod at it's 1850 meeting
IN Milwaukee, recognized it as
"a statement of agreement on
these doctrines between us and
the American Lutheran Church."
E While merger of the two
churches is a long-range goal
OF the common confession, the
immediate objective is an agree
ment which would permit ex-
change of pastors and members
between the two bodies.
Part II of the confession, the
supplement, has not been
adopted.
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Illinois Man Elected
By Red Cross Group
bY tha Associntad Pra,,

Ais Thompson of Mattoon,
Ill. yesterday was elected presi-
dent of the American Overseas
Association, which closed its fifth
annual convention here.
Mr.. Thompson was one of the
founders of the organization,
which is composed of former
American Red Cross workers who
served overseas.
Ruth S. Burlington Of Char
lottesvllle, Va, was chosen as
one OF the vice presidents. Miss
Leone MCGOWAN of Coral Gables,
Fla, was named a director-at-
large for a two-year term.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Motion for New Trial
In Exporter S Case
Filed al Alexandra
STAR stan Photo.

A motion for a new trial was
filed in Alexandria District Court
today in behalf of Martin E.
Violin, New York exporter, who
was convicted Of bribery charges
in the same court last week.
Wolin's attorneys, Armistead
Boothe and Thurman Arnold.
assert that a new trial should be
granted for these reasons:
/. That the prosecution made
false statements in its closing
arguments, regarding the testi-
mony of former Commerce De-
partment official Henry G. Ben
nett and the court erred by de-
nying defense counsel's plea to
correct the error.
2. The court erred by not strik-
ing portions of BENEFITS testi-
mony in which he presumed to
know what was on Wolin's mind.
8. The court erred in it's in
structions to the jury by stating
that the prosecution had been
made at great expense to the
Government.
4. The evidence in the case did
not support the verdict.
The indictment charged that
Violin paid Bennett $2,6O8 to in
fluence him in granting licenses
to export tin plate which Violin
had sold to foreign purchasers.
Bennett at the time was the Ii
censing officer for one category
of tin plate in the Commerce
Department ONCE Of Interna-
tional Trade.
Bennett previously pleaded
guilty to q charge of accepting
bribes from Violin. His wife,
Mrs. Twila Bennett, has pleaded
guilty to two charges Of con-
spring to help her husband re-
ceive extra compensation.
Federal Judge v. Bryan, who
presided at the Violin trial, is
expected to impose sentence on
all three some time this week.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Anqry Criticism of Rate Rises
Startled Sanitary Commission

leaders who have been given an
explanation of the agency'S
fiscal operations. backed up as
it is with facts and figures and
presented by the various experts
the commission has hired. seem
to be impressed.
But why wasn't the public told
the hard facts before the
drastic new charges exploded on
April 16?
For one thing, the sanitary
commission has never done
business that way. The public
has never clearly understood its
complicated operations and the
commission has done little to
dispel this ignorance. When the
present commission put the cart
before the horse by announcing
the new charges. then explain
ing them later. it was acting in
the best traditions of the agency
Part of the answer also seems
to lie in the backgrounds of the
present commissioners. Although
they are honest and sincere men,
the fact remains that none of
them ever had any connection
with a public utility before, nor
have they been in a position of
making policy which so directly
affects peoples pocketbooks. 1t
is perhaps superfluous to say
they have been learning quickly
in the past two months.
Former Railroad Man.
The chairman is Raymond w.
Bellamy. 81. of 28le Cheverly
avenue, Cheverly. Md.
Mr.. Bellamy has been a loco
motive engineer, a railroad labor
organizer, a Republican re-
searcher and orator and door
keeper of the United States Sen
ate.
A gardening enthusiast and
ardent Methodist. Mr.. Bellamy
has held various full and part
time jobs with the Federal Gov
ernment. He was special in
veStigator for the immigration
Service U930), Maryland direc-
tor of employment for the De-
partment Of Labor Q931-33) and
auditor for the General Account
ing Once 1880.
He has written and lectured
on ACKNOWLEDGEMENT relations
and industrial safety. He has
served as labor and safety con-
sultant at various times to the
State of Pennsylvania, the Re-
publican National Committee
and private firms.
Mr.. Bellamy was born in
Honesdale. Pa. He attended
business college and took special
instruction in public speaking at
Syracuse University. He also
took correspondent courses in
law and horticulture.
A longtime and active Repub-
lican. Mr.. Bellamy made speeches
for the G. o. p. National Com
mittee during Wendell WILKES
unsuccessful campaign for Presi-
dent in 1910.
Veteran Republican.
The two other commission
members also have long Repub-
lican party records.
L. S. (Ted) Ray. So, of 2015
Lanier drive. Silver Spring, is a
member of the Montgomery
County Republican State Cen
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Zuckert to Speak

Eugene M. Zuckert, Of the
Atomic Energy Commission and
former Assistant Secretary Of the
Air Force, will speak at q lunch
con meeting Of the University of
Chicago Law School alumni at
1880 pm. Wednesday in the
Ruby Foo'S Restaurant.
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ana the new
"b u m pin g.
provisions:
@. What is
the purpose Of
the new plan
to help laid
off F e d e raj
career workers
find other jobs
in the Gov
ernment?
A. To insure
that no Sepa-
rated career
employe shall
rauoin oH the
Evening star., 1953-06-22
By Gene Goodwin

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission was stun
ned by the stormy public reac-
ton to the heavy rate increases
it decreed two months ago.
To the three commissioners,
the need for raising revenues
Evening star., 1953-06-22
The Federal Spotlight
How Civil Service Answers
Queries on Lost Career Jobs
By Joseph Young

The Civil Service Commission today clarified its
other
who losing theirs In the economy program.
In question and the CSC has replied
most frequently asked queries from Federal workers regarding
min n-forc
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Leaders Are Impressed.

Wind-Variable winds at $40
miles per hour tonight. Mostly
northerly, 6-12 miles per hour,
tomorrow.
River Report.
tFrom U. 8. EngineerS)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
lReadinRs Washington National AirporD
Yesterday Pet. To-day Pct,
Noon --- % Midnight --- 81
pm. - 4S 8 am. 81
& pm. 81 10 am, "a
Record TemDeratuFes This Year.
Highest. 93, on June 6.
Lowest 20. on March 2.
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DISPLACEMENT

G. When does the agency sur
vey jobs held by indefinites to
see whether there is an inde1i-
mite in the local committing area
holding q position for which the
separated career employe Is
qualified?
A. The survey must be COM
pleted as soon as possible and
not later than 30 days from the
last ISay Of active duty Of the
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The San and n

Rrecipitat tiOn,
Montnly precipitation in inches In the
Capital tcurrent month to date):
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An thrso Z0niIh Aids hove he
Seal Of Acceptance Of NE
Council ea Physieol MEDICINE
end Rahob obilii0tioR of me
American Modieol AssoeiotioA
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High and Lew Of Last "a Hours.
High. %. at g pm.
Low, "A, at 6:16 am,
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Second in Q Series.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
US. WeAHMeR OuAeAU MAP
ospsnmsas u csWWssses

heCOFu TempefAtufe8 THIS Y
Highest. 93. on June 8.
Lowest 20. on March 2.
Evening star., 1953-05-14

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mad. made of fluffy no-iron terry with denim
trimmed collar; denim boxer shorts
nave snug elastic waists. Completely
washable. Faded blue, tan, green. 3.8'
Evening star., 1953-05-14
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skipdent dress shirts
!.

Cool, cool white skipdent shirts, San.
forizedf and mercerized for extra long
wear, worry.free washing and see
how thrifty they are at Penney's! Fused
collars stay neat without starch! l4.l7.
Wont shrink more than %.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
NO-IRON PLISSE!
slips for girls


Dainty fine combed cotton slips with
rayon embroidered nylon sheer trim!
Choose camisole or built-up style-both
are easy to wash, need no ironing. White
or pink in sizes 2 to4.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
District Budget Unit
In Senate Completed

The Senate Appropriations
COMMITTEES today completed the
membership Of it's subcommittee
handling the District budget
consisting of seven members,
four Republicans and three
Democrats.
The subcommittee, headed BY
Senator Dirksen. Republican. of
Illinois, whose appointment as
chairman was announced re-
Gently. includes these other Re-
Epublicans: Senators Ferguson of
Michigan. Mccarthy Of Wiscon-
sin and Thye Of Minnesota.
Democrats on the unit are
Senators Hill, of Alabama, for
mer chairman of the subcom-
mittee: T@cClellan of Arkansas
and MagnuSon of Washington.
Alyso entitled to sit on the
subcommittee are three members
of the Senate District Commit
tee which handles legislation for
Washington. Serving in an ex-
off1cio capacity on the funds unit
will be Senator Case, Republi-
can, of South Dakota, the Dis
trict Committee chairman; SEN
ator Beall, Republican, Of Mary
land, a former member of the
House District Committee, and
Senator Gore, Democrat, of Ten
nessee.
Chairman Dirksen said after
the committee was set up that
he hoped to begin a study of the
Districts $143.S million budget
soon.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
EXCL jailed for 7 Killings
To GET Parole March |
By the Asseeiated Press

Joseph E. Hicswa, an EXCL
once under death sentence for
the fatal stabbing of two Japa-
nese civilians, will go free on
parole from the Lewisburg pal
Federal Penitentiary on March /.
The United States Parole
Board said parole had been
granted to Hicswa, now q, on
the basis of an outstanding rec
ord for good behavior. They said
he had co-operated we'll with
prison authorities during the
seven years he served as result
Of a drunken brawl in Tokyo in
November, 1945.
Hicswa's home is at Walling-
ton, N. j.
An Army court martial origi-
nally gave him the death sem
tence, but this was commuted by
President Roosevelt to a life
term. Subsequently the Army
Clemency Board reduced the
sentence three times, first to 80
years, then Is years and finally
to 81 years. This made the
former private first class eligible
for parole on January 10 of this
year.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
D. {. Firm Implied
Profits Wentto Blind
Witnesses Testify

Two washington area house
wives testified today at a Fed
eral Trade Commission hearing
that they had ordered goods
from the Blind Sales Co. here
under the impression that profits
from the company went to the
blind.
The hearing is being held into
charges by the FTC that the
company, at 350S Eighteenth
street NE, misrepresents sales
by it's name and by a statement
it uses, Giving Work to the
Blind"
Solicited by Telephone.
The witnesses, Mrs. Harold
Gesell. 8 Lee avenue, Takoma
Park, Md, and Mrs. Georgette
A. Hutton, Riverdale, Md, said
telephone solicitation first led
them to believe that the COM
pany was a charitable enter
prise.
Under examination by Attor-
ney Carl L. Shipley, both testi-
fed that the company's salesman
did not state that the organiza-
ton was commercial
Products Made by Blind.
Mr.. Shipley represented Mrs.
Nellie c. Carney, owner of the
Blind Sales Co. The company
operates by purchasing products
made at factories which employ
the blind and retailing the goods
to the public.
Earlier testimony revealed that
10 per cent profit went to Mrs.
Carney, 80 per cent to the sales
force and the remainder of the
wholesale price to shops manned
by the blind.
A decision was expected after
the close of this afternoons ses-
sion.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
6-Point Plan Offered
By AU Park Group
To Integrate Schools

The American University Park
Citizens Association last night
ignored a decision of the Execu-
tive Board of the Federation oi
Citizens. Associations by SUBJ
mitting its views on the me-
I:chanics Of ending District school
segregation to the Board OF
Education.
The Federation's Executive
Board last Thursday refused to
tender any suggestions, calling
the Board of Education action
premature and unwarranted. /"
In a letter sent to c. Melvin
Sharpe, School Board president,
the Federation said such. action
could only result in unneces-
sarily agitating the school sys-
tenn and the community"
The citizens association pre-
sented a six-point program to
the School Board. It includes:
Cd An increase in the serv-
ices rendered by the District
Health Department. because of
an alleged increase in the health
problem; co Improvement in
the provisions for individual diff
ferences in the pupils: (3) equal
ity Of examination standards for
teachers and principals; a. the
establishment of boundary zones
for schools; (5) assignment of
teachers and principals, and (6)
development of curriculum prof.
ects on a broader basis, leading
pupils Of each race to q better
understanding and appreciation
of each other.
President Garland Taylor con-
Quoted the meeting in the West
moreland Congregational Church
social hall, Massachusetts, and
Western avenues NV.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Conan1t Nomination
Faces Senate Fight;
Mccarthy Involved
BY the Assoeiated Press

President EiSenhower's nomi-
nation of DR.. James B. Conant,
former president of Harvard Uni
verSity, as high commissioner to
Germany today appeared likely
to face fight in the Senate.
Appointments of DR.. Conant
and four others to high diplo-
matte posts are being held up in
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee in a tangle over the
groups already-breached rule
requiring an FBI investigation of
all nominees.
Chairman Wiley called the
committee together today to
consider new procedure which
the Senator said may speed ac-
ton. He wouldn't say what
changes he has in mind.
At the same time, friends said
Senator Mccarthy, Republican.
Of Wisconsin may oppose DR..
Conant, partly because of a
speech in Boston last April in
which DR.. Conant said private
schools are a "diviSive" influence.
Mccarthy Silent on Plans.
. Senator Mccarthy is a Catholic
layman and some Catholics have
protested what they termed an
attack by DR.. Conant on paro-
chial schools.
Senator Mccarthy refused to
discuss his plans. but an adviser
said the Wisconsin Senator in
tends to write President Eisen-
hover a letter urging him to
withdraw DR.. Conant's nomina-
ton.
Senator Mundt, Republican. Of
South Dakota, told a reporter
he believes DR.. Cenant is a "too
bookish sort of fellow" for the
job in Germany. but that he
does not plan to oppose con-
firmation.
I'm not at all enthusiastic
about the nomination" he said,
but I haven't decided whether
I'll vote against him. But I do
think a better choice could have
been made"
Smith Hearing Also Delayed.
Senator Wiley said hearings
on DR.. Conant and Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith, former Central
Intelligence chief chosen for
Undersecretary of State, had
been held up because no FBI
reports are available on them.
Also pending are the nomina-
tions of Winthrop w. Aldrich,
New York banker, to be Ambas-
sador to Great Britain; Mrs.
Oswald B. Lord of New York to
be United States representative
on the U. N. Human Rights
Commission, and Seymour ].
Rubin of Illinois to be assistant.
director of mutual security. g.. !
The Senate passed by voice
vote and sent to the House a
bill creating a job for a second
Undersecretary of State, a SIT
500 q year post Gen. Eisenhower
has said will go to Donold B.
Lourie. president of the Quaker
Oats Co. of Chicago.
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia, got the bill amended to
put an end to the job December
81, 1854, if the President doesn't
abolish it before then.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Lattimore Fund Called
Own Idea by Professor

BALTIMORE. Jan. 2s.-Dr.
George Boas. professor Of history
and philosophy at Johns Hop
kins University, yesterday said
his attempt to raise a $40, 900
defense fund for Owen Latti.
more is a personal project and
should not be considered an un-
dertaking of the university fac
ulty.
P. Stewart Macauley, provost
of the university. said DR.. BoaS
issued his. statement to correct
an erroneous impression the
fund raising campaign is a uni
versity project.
baltimore has been head Of
the Walter Hines Page School
Of International Relations at
Johns Hopkins. He is under in
dictment in Washington on
charges of lying to a Senate
committee which was Investigate
ing the infiltration Of Commun-
lists into the Governments for
eign policy agencies.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Clear-
ing, windy and turning colder
this afternoon. Fair and colder
tonight, low near %. Tomorrow,
mostly sunny and moderately
cold. High about AZ.
Maryland - Clearing, windy
and colder tonight except for
snow hurries in the Alleghanies.
Lowest, 20-25 in the west, 30-35
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Quinn Named to Tox Court

Carey E. Quinn, former chief
judge of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Orphans Court, was named to
the county's Appeal Tax Court
yesterday.
A Washington attorney, he
favors night sessions outside of
Rockville and less formality at
hearings. The County Council
appointed him to the job, which
pays $40 a session but not more
than $2,40O year.