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Evening star., 1953-07-20

District and vicinity-Gener-
ally fair tonight and tomorrow,
with little change in tempers-
ture. Lowest tonight about 72.
Maryland-Mostly fair tonight
and tomorrow with little change
in temperature. Lowest tonight,
65-70, except 68-74 near the
coast and around so on the AL
legheny Plateau.
Virginia-Mostly fair tonight
and tomorrow, with little change
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result of conversations with
top Republican off1cialS. The
League says it's job now is to
persuade the administration to
handle this political hot potato
and lead the fight for modif1ca-
ton of veterans benefits.
X \
NPA-The Civil Service Com
mission has found that 104 of
the 129 employees in the Ma
tIonal Production Authority in
trades GS-6 and below had been
improperly retained in the
agency's recent layof program.
The csc ordered the employees
dismissed and replaced by the
workers who had been lmprop-
erly fired.
Last week the CSC found that
102 out of 263 NPA employees in
grade GS-7 ($4,205 a year, and
above were improperly retained
in the layoff program. This
makes a total of 206 out of 1872
NPA employees who will be dis
missed and replaced by former
NPA workers, or So per cent.
The CSC's task force, under the
leadership of N. j. Oganovic,
special assistant to CSC Chair
man Philip Young, found that
in the 206 cases employees with
the least retention points were
kept on the job.
In announcing the findings,
Mr.. Young said the commission S
action "is Indicative of our
future policy and attitude in the
protection of career employees in
the new observation-disclosures regu-
lationS"
OIT-Precautionary reduction
in-force notices are being handed
out to a group of employees in
the Commerce Departments Of
flee of international Trade. Some
of the employees have over 80
years of service. Commerce Of
f1cials are hopeful that the
se-Senate conference on
their 1854 money bill will restore
some of the fund cuts made by
the House. But in the meantime
they sent out the lay-of notices
in case the budget cuts stand.
VETERANS PROTECTION
President Eisenhower has signed
into law the bill protecting the
job rights of veterans who lost
their opportunities to secure
Federal positions because of
service in the armed forces since
June. 1850. These veterans who
passed Civil Service exams, upon
return to civilian life, will have
top priority for Government jobs
and also will receive credit for
within-grade pay promotions for
the time they spent in the armed
forces.
CONTROLLER GENERAL
The Senate Committee on Gov
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Grams preference in securing
Federal employment, they are
strongly opposed to any weaken
ing of preference rights in re-
duction-in-force programs. And
this opposition is expected to be
strongly reiterated at the various
national conventions of the vet
Grams groups that will take place
during the next few months.
Bitterness aroused by the con-
troversy was illustrated at re-
cent hearings of the House Civil
Service Committee on the bill to
modify veterans preference in
securing Federal jobs. Although
veterans officials supported the
bill, they made it plain in their
testimony that they would Wig
orously fight any attempt to
modify veterans rights in re-
tention of jobs they already
have.
Civil Service League Hit.
The National Civil Service
League was attacked for It's
stand. And one American Le-
gion official attacked the League
for it's "big business" support.
The League declares that vet
Grams deserve some job reten-
ton rights, but not on an alb
solute basis. It contends that
the present veterans preference
law threatens the entire Govern
ment career system.
The League declares that the
law has resulted in the removal
of many extremely capable nom
veteran career employees. Ability
and seniority mean little or
nothing in determining who is
to stay and who is to go in
Federal reduction n-force pro-
grams. the League declares.
The League contends that the
Eisenhower administration real
ICES the shortcomings" of the
present veterans preference law.
League officials say that they
have come to this conclusion as
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Unemployment Drops
To Postwar Low

Unemployment dropped to q
new postwar low of IL million
in 1852, compared with 1.9 mil
lion in 1851 and 81 million in
1850.
The Census Bureaus annual
report on the labor force also
disclosed today that civilian en-
ployment averaged 61.s million
jobs in 1852. which was not sig
nif1cantly greater than in 1851"
but topped the 1850 average by
1.3 million.
Census officials reported that
non agricultural employment
reached an all-time high in 1852
with a total of 54.5 million jobs,
approximately 100000 above 1851
and 2 million above 1850. Agri-
cultural employment continued
the decline evident in recent
years. averaging 6.8 million. not
significantly lower than 1851 but
short of 1850 by approximately
100000.
The bureau said the total la
Dor force, estimated at 66.4 mil
lion including employed, unem.
ployed and the armed forces,
was about 100000 larger than in
1851. 1t was the first year the
total labor force passed the
World War II peak. although
the proportion of the population
in the labor force was still we'll
under the wartime figure"
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nearly $272.5 billion dollars. The
present legal debt limit was set
after World War II at $275 bill
lion.
Senaor KnoWland said that if
the President asks for an in
crease in the limit, Congress
would approve it before the ad-
ministration's July 81 target
date for adjournment.
However. Senator Morse, inde-
pendent, of Oregon, has suggested
that Congress may be around a
long time if there is any effort
to pass such a bill. Senator
Morse. who holds the Senate's
marathon speaking record. said
he would be glad to join a "fnan-
cial seminar" if the administra-
ton wants it.
Evening star., 1953-07-20
Plan Offered 70 Aid
Delinquent Youths

Members of the st. Vincent
de Paul Society in Washington
yesterday were urged by the
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle,
Catholic Archbishop of Wash
ington. to develop follow-up
techniques to help juvenile de-
linquents adjust to home life
after release from institutions.
The archbishop told a city
wide meeting of the society at
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Church. Ridge road and Ely
place Sc, welfare records here
and in New York show that Wis
it's to homes by good men and
women help reduce the number
of children repeaters in public
institutions. He commended the
follow-up work of certain of the
society's units here last year IN
helping boys and girls released
from the District Training School
at Blue Plains.
Principal speaker at the meet
ing was Fenton Moran, executive
secretary of the Kirby Founda-
ton at Catholic University.
Mr.. Moran told the 125 dele
gates from "a parishes that
American democracy is a Sue
cessful form of government be-
cause its roots are in religion,
which calls for respect of man
and his rights. The st. Vincent
de Paul Society, which seeks to
help the unfortunates of society,
is an expression of real charity
and true religion" he said.
The Rev. Leo j. Coady, spir-
itual director of the society here,
said some so parish units will be
associated in a Central Council
in January. Particular Councils
for the District. Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties
will continue to function, how
ever, he said.
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Soviets, Israel Resume
Diplomatic Relations
BY the Assoeioted Press

JERUSALEM, July 20.-The
Soviet Union and Israel agreed
today to resume diplomatic rela-
tions, broken off February IL
after a bomb exploded at the
Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, in
juring three persons, including
the wife of the Soviet minister.
Announcements of the agree
ment were made simultaneously
here and in Moscow.
"a Moscow Radio broadcast
heard in London said Israel had
requested the resumption of re-
lations in a note submitted
through Bulgarian diplomatic
channels May 28.)
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Tuggurt
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Page)
to the Police Department and
''its great leader, Robert v. Muir
ray" in solving the Taggart case.
I'VE owe a debt of gratitude to
the police and its chief" Mr..
Rivers said. God knows we ought
to give him the men to do the
job so the people of the District
of Columbia will not be subjected
to such things, heinous in their
makeup and miserable in their
effect on the people who cannot
protect themselves.
1T is time for us to do some
thing to give the police depart
ment the men to give the people
of the District the protection to
which hey are entitled"
Could Have Left Unseen.
Meanwhile, homicide detec-
tives, wrapping up their case
against the confessed killer said
today they had established that
Watson could have slipped away
from his room without being
seen on the fatal night.
To rule out subsequent alibi
arguments, police brought in for
questioning Mrs. D. c. Lambert,
in whose apartment Watson
rented a room at 2100 Nineteenth
street NV. Mrs. Lambert had
told newsmen that Watson went
to bed before midnight, showed
up for breakfast in the morn
ing and appeared to have been in
bed all night.
Capt. Richard Felber Of the
homicide squad said Mrs. Lam
bert told police she was very
tired when she went to bed on
the night of July 4. From the
position Of her bed in her room.
Capt. Felber said, Mrs. Lambert
would have had to sit up and
crane to the side to see if Watson
left his room and she did not
remember doing so.
How Time Was Fixed.
Police have fixed the time of
the Staying at about 2:10 am.
on July 5. They revealed that
a woman had heard a scream
shortly before that time. Police
said that in WatSon'S confession
he told of beating Miss Taggart
with her duckpin when she
started to scream.
The body of the 45-year-old
secretary at the National Science
Foundation was found by a maid
who came to clean her room at
SCOTS Hotel for Women, 2131 o
street NV, on the morning of
July 6.
Watson has not yet been ruled
out as a possible suspect in the
Staying Of John S. johnson, 32-
year-old Pentagon mail clerk
whose body was found stuffed in
the trunk of his automobile on
q Pentagon parking lot June 80.
Evening star., 1953-07-20
Congress
Continued From First Page.)

L
hover has said a rise in the debt
ceiling may be necessary.
1t still could become a major
issue for this session. Already
there are signs of Democratic
opposition. Senator George Of
Georgia, the ranking Democrat
on the Senate Finance Commit
tee, said in an interview that he
might not go along.
There will be some opposition
to increasing the debt limit,
mainly on ground that the only
way to cut spending is to keep
the present limit" Senator
George said.
He added that he personally
remains to be convinced that the
action has 10 be taken now de-
spite the closeness of the present
debt to the statutory limit.
President Meets Leaders.
Chairman Millikin of the Sem
ate Finance Committee said he
hasn't polled the group and
doesn't know how it will stand
on the issue.
The present national debt is
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G q m p a ! g n
next year to
have Congress
change the
present la W S,
p a r t i cularly
in regard to
veterans re-
tention rights
in reduction
in-force pro-
grams.
Alt h o u gh
the veterans
groups t is
year support
ed legislation
to modify vet
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ernment Operations has okayed
the House-approved bill to give
Controller General Lindsay War
rem retirement pay at full salary
when he completes his 15-year
term in 1855. The measure pro-
vides that all future Controller
Generals would receive full pay
upon retirement,
Evening star., 1953-07-20

in temperature. Lowest tonight,
66-72, except 60-65 from the
Blue Ridge west.
Wind-Light and variable to-
night and tomorrow.
River Report.
(From U. S. EngineerS)
Potomac River clear at HarperS Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Earpers Ferry.
Humidity.
tReadingS Washington National Airport.)
Yesterday Pct. To-day Pet.
Noon 53 Midnight 1900 81
4 pm. 46 8 am. ---~ u
6 pm w SO 10 am. ~ so
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Viroiniu Youth browns

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N. H., July
20 P.-Charles Davis, 16, of
Staunton, Va, drowned Saturday
night while swimming with two
friends in Gloriette Lake.
Evening star., 1953-07-20
Bridqewuter Gets Gifts

BRIDGEWATER, Va, July 20.
(P.-Bridgewater College re-
ceived gifts amounting to $146,-
991 for the fiscal year that ended
jane 30. Pres dent Warren G..
Bowman announced yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-07-20
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Battle Over u. S. Jobs Seen
On Veterans Preference Issue
By Joseph Young

battle in the ofing between merit system
and the veterans organizations the issue of veterans
preference in Government employment
Leading the fight to modify preference
partisan privately financed National Civil Strongly
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO. on July 2 and Is.
Lowest, %, on March ..
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High, 81, at 4 pm.
Low, "A at $50 a m
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Legion, the Veterans
Of Foreign Wars and others.
The League plans a strong
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02
Father Charles Suver, S.J., Will Conduct Catholic Mission Starting Dec. 6

1l A Catholic Mission will be con- ducted by the St. Joseph Church starting on Sunday, Dec. 6 and continuing until Thursday, Dec. 10
 Father Charles Suver, S.J., well known pember of the Jesuit mission band of the Oregon pro vince, will conduct the lectures. He is currently on tour of Alaska, conducting missions for Catholic parishes and military installations of the territory.
 Father Suver, with ten years experience in the field of missions, is an interesting and forceful speaker and is well known thru out the Northwest and Alaska. He is a veteran of World War II, having served 30 months with the 5th Marine Division.
 The mission is for all Catholics but non-Catholics are most wei come.
 Instruction and sermons are concerned with fundamental is sues and problems of everyday living. The missions start each evening at 7:30 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02
Lop-sided Scores Recorded In Tuesday Hoop Games

2 Last night two basketball games were played in the high school gym, the Detachment 23rd against the Nome Merchants and the high school Nanooks pitted against the Air Force Five.
 In the first game, the Merchants took the 23rd 53-19. Quarter scores were 18-2, 28-1O, 44-15, and the final 53-19.
 The Merchants got off to good start when they racked up IS points without the 23rd scoring one. The game was clearly theirs from the beginning, the 23rd never making a serious threat.
 Scorers for the 23rd were: Volo- sin 2, Hogle 4, Weaver 3, Ruth 4, Ellis I, Newel 2, and Swygert 3.
 George Bell paced the Mer- chants with 13, Johnny Bell II, and Harold Bell 8. Louis Kost ', Clyde Nershak 6, Arnie Castell 4, and Roy Luke and Al Sahlin 2 each.
 In the second game the Nanooks beat the Air Force Five 44-25. Quarter scores were 11-7, 2O-14, 3l-16 and 44-25. Korky Kost paced the Nanooks with Is, Bobby Her man 10, Buzzy Swanberg g, Dave Bell 6, and Sam Atuk 4.
 For the Air. Force, Coleman was high scorer with 8, Hamilton 2, Chancui 7, Goodgame 2, O'Brien
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02
Pioneers To Give Away Two Big Nuggets At
 Roof Garden Dec. 18th

Gold, Gold, rare and precious. It has been truly said there is no substitute for gold. From the days of King Solomon down to the present, gold has been sought and hoarded as no other metal or min eral. Men have endured untold hardships and even given their lives in quest of it.
 Alaska came into prominence as a result of the discovery of gold. Our own City of Nome was born in the gold rush days more than 50 years ago and the search and adventure still continues and will, because of mans desire to possess gold. a
 For years past the Pioneers have given away gold nuggets at their annual Roof Garden. This year they are offering two huge, beau tiful specimens, so rare and pre- cious, that whoever should be the recipient, will perhaps be the proud possessor of the last large gold nuggets to be found in this section of Alaska.
 Where were these nuggets mined? We'll, that's the miners secret. You might ask Tolbert Scott. Even he might not tell you. But it will be announced at the Roof Garden when they will be given away-on the night of Dec. 12, 1853.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving yesterday with Pan American were John Doser, Wall ter Hamilton, Isabel Miller, Roger Oxbook. Round trip passenger was Dorothy Granting.
 Departing were Grace Edman, Joe Kroninger, Mrs. K. Tomoyasu, Bill Winn, and J. D. Crawford, all for Fairbanks; and for Seattle: Sgt. and Mrs. John Jones, Bertha Littlefield and daguhter, and John Callas.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02
PROPERTY TRANSFER

From Shirley Forester to Wm. and Emma Cameron, the north 32 feet of the south 82 feet of Lot 12, block 30, and the north 32 feet of the south 82 feet of Lot B, block 30 and house.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02

Sgt. and Mrs. John Jones of the ACS who have made many friends during their stay in Nome, departed for Seattle yesterday where they are now assigned.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02
NOME SCHOOL BONDING ELECTION IS HELD LEGAL

The City of Nome is in receipt of a message from the Attorney General, Gerald Williams, advis- ing them that the School Bonding election held on Oct. 19 was valid.
 The question had been raised by some voters opposed to the issue, as the election was held on Alaska Day, a holiday.
 Bill Vim Returns To Juneau
 Bill Winn, of the Grande Co.,, completed his work here in con- nection with the loan being made to the City by the company for the purchase of the Northern Light & Power Co.,, and left for his home in Juneau yesterday.
 Do you play Bxxxo? Then come
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-02

Do you play Bxxxo? Then come to the Roof Garden. Dec. l2, 1853!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-07
Frederick Contractor
Acquitted in Federal
Income Tax Case
By the Asseeioted Press

BALTIMORE. Feb. Earl H.
Cline. Frederick contractor, was
acquitted here yesterday of a
charge of defrauding the Gov
eminent of $42,431.13 in income
taxes.
During the two-day jury trial
in Federal Court the 54-year- old
Mr.. Cline readily admitted un-
derstating his income for 1945-
1949. But he said he merely
signed tax returns prepared by
an employe without checking.
81 didn't know anything about
bookkeeping" he testified.
Defense Attorney Thomas j.
Kenny had told the court that
Mr.. Cline would report business
purchases exceeding his reported
income several times over.
This, said Mr.. Kenny, was not
"the work of a man trying to
cheat the Government" because
it was certain to attract the at
tention of tax investigators.
Government witness, Inspec-
tor Joseph F. Carey of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau decribed
Mr.. Cline as very cooperative"
in the investigation of his &C
counts. even mentioning items
tax officials knew nothing about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-07

Arthur Godfrey, close personal
friend of Secretary of Defense
Wilson and mentioned as a pos
sibility for a Pentagon appoint
ment. has been invited to visit
United States Air Force bases
in Europe and North Africa.
The radio and television en-
tertainer. who has had Mr.. Will
son as guest on his programs,
will be the guest Of Gen. Curtis
LeMay, commander of the Stra-
tegic Air Force.
A spokesman said Mr.. Godfrey
was asked to make the trip with
Gen. LeMay in order to "famil-
iarize" himself with the activities
OF the command.
He added that Mr.. Godfrey a
Naval Reserve officer was en-
titled to travel in military air.
craft when space was available.
In this instance, he said, the
space will be provided by Gen.
LeMay, who planned to make
the tour in command plane.
The Air Force declined COM
ment as to why Gen. LeMay
chose this particular time to in
vite Mr.. Godfrey to make the
overseas inspection trip.
The trip will be made later
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-07
Protest on RENTING
OF Amphitheater for
Entertainment Made

A protest against the renting
of the Carter Barron Amphi-
theater in Rock Creek Park for
commercial entertainment has
been forwarded to Interior
Secretary Mckay by a spokesman
for property owners and resi-
dents of the vicinity.
Attorney John F. Hillyard said
that the superintendent of Ma
tional Capital Parks is now
accepting applications from
private commercial interests for
renting the amphitheater at $50
a day ''to offer various forms of
entertainment for profit"
Mr.. Hillyard said property
owners and residents have met
and a great majority" agreed
the entertainments would result
in crowds, noise, dust. traffic
and parking congestion, horns
and whistles"
The attorney. declared that
the entertainments will cause
irreparable damage and harm to
the welfare and property rights
of the residents of this area"
It was emphasized that the
section is strictly zoned as a
residential neighborhood and
contains many large and beauti-
full homes" some representing
investment of 100000 or more
Mr.. Hillyard represented the
residents on two previous oc-
caSionS. Last February the Zon-
ing Commission denied his con-
tention that the civic production,
Faith of Our Fathers" staged
in the amphitheater in the sum-
mers of 1850 and 1851, violated
the regulations.
Last August, a protest over the
production of a ballet in the
amphitheater was overruled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-07
Women Gets 3 Months
For Buying Red Breed
By the Associated Press

" III0 PNSSOSIOISO TISSS
BERLIN, Feb. IA Soviet
sector court today sentenced
Gisela Waechter of West Berlin
to three months Imprisonment
for buying a loaf of bread in an
East Berlin chain store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-07
Arthur Godfrey Asked to Go
On Tour of Overseas Air Bases

this month, the Air Force said.
Mr.. Godfrey has announced he
will begin a two-week vacation
from his radio and television
shows starting Monday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-18
STRATEGY AGAINST
US. May Step Up Military Aid To Indochina

lnfantrymen and parachute units,
but American officials believe this
Is far from enough. There are
about S35 men in = Wet Nam bat
talon. Wet Nam Is the Indo-
chinese state directly engaged IN
the fighting.
In order to help the French
equip these forces. Congress has
provided nearly a billion dollars for
guns, tanks. planes and other
weapons during the past three
years.
Responsible American officials
believe that If there Is to Be any
quick stepup in arming Wet Nam
csc units, the u. S. win necessar-
lily have to send bigger and faster
shipments.
Despite all problems, u. s. off,
Gals slieve q stout Wet Nam
ar n be created 20 relieve
T. Of much Of the military
an sancial burden.
Until France can withdraw some
of her regular Army forces and
transfer them to Europe, officials
believe she win have great diff
Guilty In maintaining her Atlanta
Pact commitments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-18

Behind this new look is Eisen-
hower's evident belief that the out
come of the Indochinese fighting
actually is more important than
Korea to the security Of the free
world.
The U. S. and It's allies, he Is
said to believe, could survive the
loss Of Korea by turning Japan into
an armed camp TO counter any
possible new Communist move.
But the loss of indochina, he re-
portedly thinks, would eventually
lead to the fall of Asia's Rice
Bowl"--Siam, Burma. Indonesia--
and pose serious threats TO India
and Pakistan.
Whatever the U. S. decides to
do about Indochina will be closely
tied to efforts to end the Korean
deadlock.
The aim in both Korea and Indo-
china would be to train and equip
loyal native troops much faster so
that they can gradually replace
United Nations forces in Korea and
French Union troops in Indochina.
France has modified some so
battalions of Indochinese artillery,