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Evening star., 1953-09-14
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81. THOMAS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Charter No. 1870

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While the world is wrestling to solve its economic pro
|blems and at the same time maintain ndlvldaul Ireeuoni
and controls, citizens right here in ST. Thomas q 81. 1ohn
are quietly, locally and democratically solving tnelr own
financial problems, through their own credit unions.
Thursday, October IS is international Credit Union LAY,
There are 8 with about 300 members here in St, Thomas ana
list. John, and they are rendering a real service TO the COM,
|munitv, They encourage thrift. and regular savings, and
when. members need loans for good purposes, they provide
credit at a low rate Of interest. These credit unions are IN
organizations, owned and operated entirely Dy
their members. They are free enterprise in the best sense OF
the term.
The credit nnion movement is over 100 years old. 1t is liv-
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life. There are now some 17,750 credit unions with eight mil
lion members in North America, and the numbers are grow
ING every day. The fact is people like managing their own
affairs, and also like. helping others.
Credit union people help each other, Their motto IS MOI
for profit, not for charity,-but for service we need more
Of this spirit that will build void peace. and democracy. we
salute the credit union people of Charlotte Amahe on uner
holiday, and wish them continued success.
, 1953-10-16
FRIDAY, OCTOBER l6, 1858
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UNITY

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some time have been filled. In
addition, there has been an in-
crease in the availability of
trained nurses, and a lower
rate Of turnover in the teach
ing personnel. However, there
are certain areas that still
need further study and adjust
ment in order to achieve bet
ter morale and to improve re-
crhitment.
OF the 1923 classified en-
ployees in the service of the
local government $40 were as
signed to departments and
agencies in the municipality
of st. Thomas & ST John and
'453 in the Municipality Of st.
Croix. Although The Virgin
Islands are only 1872 square
miles in area and have a popu-
.latipn Of $4,000, the govern
ment services to be rendered
on behalf of the people are
just as numerous and complex
as the public services of a
much larger community. In
order to administer these SER
vices, a minimum government
structure is required, with a
certain minimum personnel.
Naturally in a small commu-
nifty the percentage Of that
minimum core in regard to
total employment would be.
much higher than in a larger
community with numerous in
dustries and business activi-
ties as outlets for employment.
The problem of maintaining
and administering the public
services needed by the people
of the Virgin Islands and at
the same time keeping person
mel at a minimum compatible
with efficiency and ECONOMY,
is a continuing dilemma of the
administration.
, 1953-10-16
ADDRESS
of Governor de Castro before
the Legislative Assembly
CONTINUED from yesterday
REAL PROPERTY

Real property assessments
in the Municipality of St. Tho
mas and st. John became fair
~ stable during the past year
Following a general reassess-
ment program for the year
1851, there was further effort
to realize coplete uniformity
and equalization of property
values. There was a slight in
crease in total assessments for
1852, the valuation being
So, 761, 695. 20 with correspond
ing assessed taxes of $l14,346.-
II, including sanitation SER
vice charges, compared with
assessed valuation of $8,751r
872.00 for 1851 and assessed
taxes in the amount OF SUB
398.49.
In the Municipality of St.
Croix real property assess
ments for the calendar year
1859 tntaIed $6 TOO ITO go an
increase of $194,034.99 over
that of the preceding year,
yielding assessed taxes in the
amount of $84, 958.52. Contem-
plated for this year is a gene
raj reassessment of all proper
ty in the Municipality of ST.
Croix.
Personnel Administration
The new pay plan which
went into eff ct on Ju l, 1852
las contributed greatly to the
Improvement Of the efficiency
end morale of the municipal
government employees. Under
the new pay plan many posi-
tons which were vacant for
, 1953-10-16
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Evening star., 1953-05-03

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TITLE DID Greta Premfors Hostrom dream
IL day she would be the and figure
every Swedish household InauSpcousy enough the atu
esQue 25yearod blond began her working clerk
in warehouse Then day she entered beauty contest
won first prize and started modelling
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with Gretas figure each denomination
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Two Lonely Houses

The lesson of the baby bomb
last Tuesday might have been
lost on the American people but
for two things: The presence of
a pair of houses on the lonely
desert and the attendance of the
penetrating eye of television.
Before dawn that morning all
was quiet far out in Yucca Flat.
At Point Zero stood a S0O-foot
tower, atop which hell was watt
ing patiently to break loose at the
flip of a switch. Also out there
were the houSes-"typical Ameri-
can homeS"-one of them 3, 500 feet
from the tower, the other $500
feet.
These SiX-room, two-Story-and-
basement frame dwellings, equiv
alent to $4,000 homes in the
Washington area, were built to
reveal information about struc-
tural reactions to stress and strain
under atomic attack. That is why
they had no plumbing, no gas
pipes, no electricity. Civil Defense
was not trying to learn whether
q house would burn; it was inter-
ested primarily in blast and radia-
ton effects.
In the basement Of each home
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Nine. Secretary

Three years ago when the House
debated Truman plan to set up
a cabinet-level Department Of
Health, Education and Welfare,
the Republicans voted against it
almost to man. Last week when
the House debated a similar plan
the Republicans voted for. it, al
most to a man.
There was little significant diff
ference in the two proposals. The
real difference lay in personalities:
President Truman would have
named Oscar Ewing, the rather
undiplomatic head of the Federal
Security Agency who was sus-
pected of harboring ambitions to
run q vast "socialized medicine"
program. President Eisenhower
has chosen Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby,
Texas Democrat, as successor to
Mr.. Ewing.
With Mrs. Hobby in charge, the
new department would not be ex-
pected to go plunging, or even
creeping, down the road to social
ism, Republicans reasoned.
So the G. o. P. underwent mass
change of heart. The change was
so obvious that Representative
williams, Democrat, of Mississippi
entertained the galleries by read
ing 1850 quotes of some of the 90
Republicans who stood four-square
against the new department then,
but stood Loyalty for it last week.
Receiving the needle in full
force-and in good humor-were
G. o. P. Floor Leaders Halleck and
ArendS. Said Mr.. Halleck in 1850:
"Now, mark it well, your vote on
this proposition is going to put
you on one side or the other of
this great issue of socialization of
medicine. In my opinion, you
cannot blow hot and cold on this"
He voted "yes" last week, however.
Said Mr.. Arends in 1850: TIE
plan not only does not conform TO
the Hoover Commission recon-
mendations, 1t runs counter to
them" He also voted yes" last
week.
Final vote was 291 to IS for the
new department; 1876 Republicans
voted for 1t, 13 against 1t. g. o. P.
(See REVIEW, Page A-2s.)
Evening star., 1953-03-22
What About Money?

One little bomb on one little
piece of desert has made such a
discussion as this pertinent. And
throughout the discussion runs
constant reference to large sums
of money.
Perhaps the administration
planned it that way. No better
or more effective pubnc-relations
plan could have been dreamed up.
BY wrecking one house and dam
aging another, the Government
has alerted millions of people who,
watching their television screens
last week, inevitably identified
themselves with the plaster dunn
mics in those two typical Ameri-
can homes"
The alternatives outlined by the
Yucca Flat demonstration are
clear. If tax cuts and meat-ax
economies are to be pushed through
Congress despite administration
opposition, the possibility of build
ing adequate defenses for the
American homeland is nil. And If
steps are to be taken to whip our
de1enses into shape, it is going to
cost every taxpayer in the land
whopping sum of money.
Reaction at the Capitol seems
to indicate that, metaphorically
speaking, little of the radioactive
oust from Yucca Flat may have
settled on the Hill last week. There
is now less vociferouS clamor for
tax cuts than before except, of
course, from New York's Repre-
sentative Reed.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Civil Defense

NIVu DeTenSe
NJ The lessons learned from Tues
days blast have not yet been COL
lated. But the biggest lesson of
all was easy to understand. The
United States today has no domes-
stic defense equal to the job of
III protecting individuals from
air attacks and (2) rescuing them
after bomb explosions.
It is estimated that something
like 81 billion will have to be spent
on all governmental levels to
bring the Nations stockpile of
Civil Defense necessities up to
par. It will take millions more in
educational efforts, and the ex-
penditure of countless man-years
of energy to whip Civil Defense
into shape.
The situation in Washington is
a good one to examine here for
three reasons. First, the lessons
of Yucca Flat can be driven home
by using the District as an ex-
ample. Second, the city is likely
to be priority target in event of
war. And third, the situation here
is about as bad as it could be.
30 Cents a Heed
Civil Defense officials here cal
culate the cost of stockpiling ade-
quate supplies for Washington in
terms of millions of dollars. Less
than 100000 has been spent to
date. In 1851, a fund of $434, 900
in Federal money was Requested
and $4,000 was granted by Con-
gress. Assuming that zoe, 900 people
would become casualties here in
a bomb raid-a not-imposSible
figure-there is less than 80 cents
worth of supplies on hand for the
medication and care of each pos
sible bomb victim.
The air raid warden service here
is Skeletonized to the point that it
is almost existent. A working
force of air raid wardens in a city
this size, modified for civil de-
Tense, would number $4,000 trained
men and women. Local Civil De-
tense headquarters has about 1000
names on a list TX but not more
than small fraction of that many
trained civil defense workers.
Probably the biggest job of
Civil Defense organization before
the bomb drops is education of the
public. To carry out this monu-
mental task in a city of more than
100000, Washington has three peo-
pie on the job, only one in full
time public relations and educa-
tional work. Dedicated as these
men may be, there is limit to
what they can do.
The Washington story is re-
peated all over the country, with
variations. Everywhere, civil de-
fense today is a matter of too
little" - and fingers are crossed
against the possibility that it may
also be "too late"
Evening star., 1953-03-22
L'Affoire BohIen

Charles Eustis Bohlen is a a.
year-old New Yorker who has
spent virtually all his adult life in
the Foreign Service of the United
States. His first four years of duty
were spent under a Republican
(Hoovep administration, and the
next 20 under Democratic auspices.
Like most career diplomats, his
politics is unspecif1ed.
On Capitol Hill last week, how
ever, Senators were talking as if
he was part of the New Deal
underground cat best) or even a
shady, quasi-pink cat worst). Some
of the biggest guns of the biparti-
san right were zeroing in on him.
and by the end of the week seemed
to have Chip Bohlen pretty well
bracketed.
The occasion was the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Bohlen to be Ambassa-
dor to Russia in place of George
F. Kennan, who was declared per-
soma non gratG by the Kremiin
last year for drawing invidious
parallels between StaliniSm and
Hitlerisn.
Dulles Testifies
The administration, with Secre-
tary of State John Foster Dulles
acting as spokesman, outlined Mr..
Bohlen's obvious qualifications for
the job: He speaks Russian flaw
lessly and knows the Russian mind
as well as almost any one in public
life except George Kennan; he
headed the Eastern European divi-
sion of the State Department. at
one time; as counselor OF the de-
partment he gained valuable ex-
perience on the top policy level.
What is more, Mr.. Dulles certified,
Chip Bohlen is a dedicated Ameri-
can and simon-pure as far as
security is concerned.
Then the Ambassador designate
went before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. There had
been mutterings before, but the
committee hearing made the crux
of the matter visible. Had Mr..
Bohlen been at Yalta? He had.
What did he think about the
Yalta agreement? He thought, on
the whole, it was a fine thing and
a statement of high principle.
Such sentiments are not COM
patible with the opinions of q
large segment of the Republican
Party. But despite Mr.. Bohlen's
fight in the face of discretion,
the Foreign Relations Committee
approved him for Senate con-
firmation without a dissenting
voice.
Grumbles on the Hill
The grumbles that were heard
from the Hill as a result of this
favorable report were immediate,
but not particularly ominous.
Senator Joe Mccarthy Of Wiscon-
sin observed in his fiat Midwestern
voice that Secretary Dulles was
making a big mistake but added
that he would not have time to
do Q real Mccarthy Job on Bohlen.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Military Defense

The $4-billion-plus price tag on
adequate national civil defense is
bargain-basement item compared
with the cost of the military de-
tense the country needs. Recent
speculation has set the cost Of a
reasonably air-tight defense at
between SIG billion and $40 billion.
Such q defense net would have
Evening star., 1953-03-22

THE SUN ROSE three-quarters
Of an hour early over the
barren flats Of Southern Nevada
last Tuesday morning.
It was an artificial sun, puny
by coSmic standards. But its
binding brilliance over Yucca
Flat left no doubt that the "nu-
clear device" detonated at $40
am. was a little brother to the
big yellow ball that came over the
horizon, on schedule, at sos that
crisp Nevada morning.
The light it shed on the desert
-hellish and unbelievable as it
was-paled beside the light it shed
on the state Of Americas defenSeS,
civil and military. Like Belshazzar
at the feast, these defenses were
weighed in the balance, and were
found woefully wanting.
It would cost billions to whip
them into shape. It would, many
feared, cost liberty itself to neg
lect them further.
Evening star., 1953-03-22

to include integrated long-range
detecting apparatus in the Arctic,
intermediate radar and other
tracking devices farther south, a
network of anti-aircraft artillery,
plenty of accurate guided missiles,
picket ships at sea, f1rst-class in
terceptor aircraft and a large force
in being to man all these essen
tialS.
Backstopping the professional
defenders, there would still be need
of volunteer ground observers.
Washington would have one such
group, at the National Training
School, for Boys in the Northeast
section near the District line.
Manned "a hours a day, ground
observer posts would track all in
coming planes and report unusual
air activity.
How necessary is such a net?
We have only the military plan
ners' word for it, but this word
is that the enemy could attack
almost Gd lib under present cir
cumStances, and could do vast
damage. Ten per cent effective
ness in shooting down attackers is
an optimistic estimate right now.
The Nation will never be 100 per
cent safe, but the feeling is that
the closer we come to absolute
security, the better. An ounce of
prevention in this case would be
more desirable than a pound of
cure-even when prevention is
selling at $40 billion an ounce.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Congress

DOLITICAL PUNDITS, playing
II the form-chart last fall, pre-
dicted a Republican presidential
victory and q Democratic triumph
in the Senate. Such an outcome
In November, 1852, they forecast,
Evening star., 1953-03-22

the statement contained these
sentences:
Gen. Eisenhower emphatically
agrees with me in the proposal to
reduce draStically overall ex-
penSes. Our goal is about $40
billion in fiscal year 1854 (Which
starts this coming July u and $50
billion in fiscal year 1855. That
would make possible reduction in
taxes to the $60-billion level for
the year 1855"
Although the figures were speci-
fed to be only ga goal" the state
ment was heralded by economy
men in both parties as a personal
promise by the general to cut the
Federal budget by about $40 billion
this year and next The Truman
budget for fiscal 1854 was $78.6
billion, tax receipts $685. billion.
Since Inauguration day, the ad-
ministration has been trying to
inject Republican economy into
the Democratic budget. That it's
success was less than phenomenal
became evident last week, when
the President gave some clear in
dications of his thinking at this
point:
. Spending can be cut, but not to
the $70-billion level. The cold and
hot wars and Truman administra-
ton commitments won't permit it.
Q Taxes should not be cut, al
though he would not object strenu-
ously if Congress permitted the
excess-prof1ts tax to lapse June 80.
Any such tax losses, however,
should be made up from other
revenue sources. The Government
has to have the money.
Only Small Cuts
President Eisenhower indicated
that cuts of, say, Is per cent could
be made in spending by civilian
departments. Those departments
use up only II per cent of the
budget, so cash savings would
amount to only about So billion.
Military services, which eat up
SO per cent of the budget, would
not be cut substantially, he indi-
Gated. Waste and duplication could
be eliminated, he said, out the
money saved should be used to in
crease combat strength. When the
desirable level of combat strength
is reached, then spending will be
cut.
That left only veterans benefits,
politically uncuttable; interest on
the national debt, uncuttable, and
foreign aid. The latter, a $7.8-bil-
lion melon, was listed neither as
sacred nor expendable by the
President. OF all targets for SUBJ
stantial cuts, foreign aid seems the
most vulnerable.
President Eisenhower's views Oh
spending and taxes were received
with indignation by the top tax
man on Capitol Hill, Representa-
tive Reed, chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee. Mr..
Reed insists that taxes must be cut
this year, and that reductions in
spending will automatically follow.
He scored unnamed Republicans
for gaining office under false
pretenses."
Mr.. Reed said he would continue
to press for his tax-cut bill, al
though parliamentary technicali-
ties forced him to postpone until
May l plans for a showdown in the
House.
Evening star., 1953-03-22

Senator Bridges of New Hamp-
shire growled deep in his throat.
Nevada's Democrat Pat McCarran
expressed his horror and opposi-
ton.
That was supposed to have been
the end of the script for last
weeks episode of the Bohlen story.
Debate-and eventual confirma-
,tion--was slated to come this
week.
But Senator McCarran decided
to crate a little. On the Senate
floor on Friday he as much as
called John Foster Dulles a liar.
Mr.. Dulles had said FBI informa-
ton cleft no doubt of Mr.. Bohlen's
loyalty and security"
The Nevada Senator charged,
however, that Dulles own security
expert, r. w. Scott Mcleod, had
turned thumbs down on Bohlen
and had been "summarily over
ridden" by the Secretary of State.
Later that same day, Mr.. Dulles
told reporters there was no dis
agreement between him and Mr..
Mcleod on the question of clear
ance for Mr.. Bohlen. He added
that only the Secretary and the
two UnderSecretaries could exer-
else final responsibility in evalu-
ating FBI reports; that this was
not Mr.. McLeod's job. And as far
as the nomination of Mr.. Bohlen
was concerned, Mr.. Dulles said,
the administration was standing
pat on it.
Unpleasant Duty
Senator Mccarthy, of stage,
was heard to say that he would
feel constrained to perform the
unpleasant duty of making Mr..
Bonlen's FBI record available to
the Senate as a whole If the mat
ter went any further.
It was recalled, meanwhile, that
Mr.. Mcleod, who repeatedly re-
fused to clear Bohlen, was a former
administrative assistant to Senator
Bridges.
Then Mccarthy called Mcleod
before the Senate Investigations
subcommittee, but at the ap-
pointed hour the State Department
security man did not show up.
According to the Wisconsin Sen
ator, it was his understanding that
Secretary Dulles had told Mcleod
not to appear before the Mccarthy
group.
AS this drama unfolded, it began
to look less like PGf1ire Bohlen
than like Paf1tre Dulles. The play
let was being acted gracefully
enough, with Democrat doing the
initial kr.ifework on the Repupli-
can Secretary.
But with intermiSsion time
scheduled over the week end, the
matter was shaping up as a strug-
gle over the conduct of United
States foreign policy. Would the
State Department be run from
Foggy Bottom or from Capitol
Hill? Would Chip Bohlen finally
get confirmation? And if not, what
would happen to Secretary Of State
Dulles? AS things stood this week
end, the Bohlen affair had all the
suspense Of soap opera and none
of the tiresome commercials.
Evening star., 1953-03-22

would spell trouble in 1858. AS
everybody knows, they were wrong
about the outcome-but not about
the trouble. Day by day, the Re-
publican Congress caused difficulty
for the Republican administration
just as another G. o. P. domi-
mated Legislature had needed
Harry Truman in the 1940s.