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Evening star., 1953-11-08
By Joseph Young

Chairman Rees of the House
Civil Service Committee last
night disclosed plans for an
ambitious 1854 legislative pro-
gram for Government employees,
including such important mat
tiers as pay. annual leave, reduc-
tion-in-for rules and promo
tionS.
The agenda listed by the Kan
saS Republican is the most eX-
tenSive mapped by the commit
tee in many years. Several weeks
ago Chairman Carlson of the
Senate Civil Service Committee
also disclosed plans for busy
1854 legislative program for his
committee, covering many of the
topics announced by Mr.. Rees.
The two committees plans
promise to provide a number of
important changes in the work.
ing conditions and benefits of
Federal workers next year.
Mr.. ReeS said his committee S
professional staff is now engaged
in studies and surveys on the
following items for the commit
tees attention next year.
l. A study of the classified and
postal employees pay situation
with special regard given to cost
of-living factors and the need
for further job reclassification
Also the possibility of placing
all wage board (blue collar)
workers under single wage
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Girl, 3, Found Drowned in Abandoned Well

/. he finally told her, "Well, &C
ahead. But watch out for the
street and go over the lawn ano
be careful"
Firemen said the old we'll,
about 13 feet deep. is approxi-
mately five feet in diameter
They said there was hole per-
hapS 18 inches wide where the
child broke through.
Neighbors told reporters there
was no way to tell a well was
there.
About so persons helped Mr.
Ridgeway search the neighbor-
hood after he returned home
about noon and discovered Jeryl
wasn't there.
The father said last night that
three out of four homes in the
area have abandoned wells. He
said he understands the county
building code requires them to
be covered with cement, but that
they are covered merely with
boards, hidden under accumu-
lated soil.
Its about time the county
got on their horses and started
coming around to inspect these
old wells" he said. Its a big
crime to leave them like this"
The Ridgeways have two other
children, Anne. 2, and James, 10
months.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Clear Weather Is Expected
To Thdw D.. C.. Area Today

sociation warned motorists last
night that patches of ice can be
expected on outlying highways
until the thaw is renewed this
morning,
The thick blanket of snow,
which ranged from one to 16
inches throughout Maryland and
Virginia, will bring relief to
parched pasturelands and tinder-
dry forests, farm officials said.
Melting water from snow Soaks
the ground more thoroughly than
the equivalent amount of pre-
cipitation in the form of rain.
due to the quicker run-off after
rain storms, it was pointed out.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Rees Lists 75-Point Program
To Aid Government Workers
Pay, Annual Leave, Promotions and Firings
On Aqendo of House Civil Service Group

board is being studied. At pres
ent each department and agency
has it's own wage board in de-
termining the salaries of blue
collar employees.
A number of bills sponsored
by various members of the COM
mittee, which provide for pay
increases ranging up to $500 a
year for postal and classified
employees, are now pending be-
fore the committee. Mr.. Rees
has not disclosed whether he will
sponsor a pay raise bill of his
own.
2. Annual and sick leave. Mr..
Rees is not satisfied with the
new leave law. feeling that in
some instances it is harsher on
employees than in the past.
The Kansan is opposed to
the new provision which re-
quires Federal employees to re-
duce their accumulated annual
leave over a period of years to
a maximum of 80 days.
He favorS allowing employees
to accumulate up to go days
leave, but limiting their termi-
nal leave cash payments to 80
days. In this way, Mr.. ReeS
says, employees can still save up
to 80 days for vacation purposes
and have 80 days for terminal
leave payment. Also, other COM
mittee members favor repeating
the provision which prevents
(See REES, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1953-11-08

Gratis to end the 10-year State
House tenure of the Republican
Party.
So sure of victory was the Re-
publican National Committee
that Chairman Leonard Hall
laid President Eisenhower's pres
tige on the block, announcing
that the 9Th district race
would show how the wind was
blowing nationally. And the
Democratic leadership in WASH
ington avoided giving Mr.. Har-
riSon any measure of support be-
cause they frankly considered
his cause lost one.
This made the Democratic
sweep in Union County and in
the State the biggest mystery to
outsiders since the overalls ap-
peared in Mrs. Murphy's chow
der. Yet insiders had seen it
coming-so fast and so plainly
that Eisenhower Republicans in
the county resisted (albeit un-
successfully plans to tie Mr..
Troast's and Mr.. Hetf1eld's po-
litical fortunes to Gen. Eisen-
hower's coattails.
After the election there de-
veloped a great wave Of pessim-
ism on the part Of Republicans
Evening star., 1953-11-08
President ProcIoims
Thanksgiving Day

THANKSGIVING, I953-President
Eisenhower. in his Thanksgiving Doy
proclamation, osks thot Amercons
proy for wisdom in "our striving for
O better world" and give Thanks for
the end OF Korean hostiIities. For
text Of the proeIomoticn, see Poes
A-38.
PHILIPPINE ELEcTloN-AImost
everybody in the Philippines soys
Romon Mossoysoy will win Tuesdays
presidential eIection-f the votes
ore counted honestly. Stor Stoff
Correspondent EorI H. Voss reports
from MoniIo on the red hot Filipino
compoien which is coming TO close
this week end. His dispotch op-
?eors on Poee A-29.
Complete Index, Poee AZ
Rodio- TV, Proeroms, Poges E-4-5
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Army May Be Told
To Cut 'Chairborne'
Corps by 100000
Tentotive Trim Won't
Affect Combat Troops;
Air Force Gets Increase
By John A. Giles

The Army has been ordered
tentatively to cut approximately
100000 men from it's overhead"
supporting forces during the next
fiscal year-but not to trim the
number of combat troops.
However, top Pentagon officials
emphasized yesterday that the
final decision on the size of the
ground forces had not yet been
made by President Eisenhower
The President. a former Army
Chief of Staff and flve-star 'en-
eral, was reported as believing a
heavy slice could be made in
the supporting troops without
harming the combat effectiveness
of the Army.
A smaller cut also has been
proposed by the Navy. The Air
Force strength would be in
creased.
Has Is Million Now.
The Army now has approxi-
mately is million uniformed
personnel. 1t is scheduled to
have 1.423 900 by the end of this
fiscal year.
There are Low 20 Army tacti-
cal divisions, plus a number of
regimental combat teams and 10
training divisions. The latter
are more or less training camp
organizations.
1t Is in the training organiza-
ton, such as headquarters stats,
that Defense Secretary Wilson
and other top department officials
believe the 100000 cutback could
be made. However, when another
and earlier such proposal was
made the Army replied that it
would have to withdraw forces
from overseas. There are eight
divisions in the Far East and the
equivalent of six in Europe.
Kyes FavOrs Cuts.
Deputy Defense Secretary Rog-
er M Kyes, after a 30-day Euro
pean inspection trip. is said to
have reported a number of soft
spots" in which overhead per-
sonnel could be trimmed nandily.
The Army proposed a draft
call of $1,000 men in January.
But, Mr.. Wilson's Office, pending
a final decision of the ultimate
size of the ground forces and a
new effort to trim supporting
forces. decided to continue the
call at $4,000. The same number
has been drafted for the last
six months.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Sailor Killed , Another Hurt
In St. Marys County Crash

One sailor was killed and an
other critically injured yesterday
when two cars .collided in St.
Marys County, Md.
State police identified the dead
man as Loren M. Pierson, 20.
Troopers said Paul A. Person,
also 20, suffered head injuries
and was removed to the dispen-
sary at the Patuxent Naval Air
Station. Both were assigned to
the air station.
officers said young Pierson
crossed the white line on State
Route 235. 4 miles north of Hol-
lyWood, and rammed a car
driven by Andrew Tippett, 33, of
MechanicSville, Md.
Mr. Tippett's car was over
turned and came to rest on its
top, but he wasn't hurt. troopers
said.
Evening star., 1953-11-08

clearing streets and highways
except in mountainous regions
of nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia, or on little-traveled roads.
A maximum of 48 degrees was
predicted for this afternoon
under continued fair skies, and
the low early today probably
will not go below % in the i'm
mediate area.
The unforecaSt, six-and-a-
half-inch blizzard, which stalled
thousands of motorists Friday
night and early yesterday. ap-
parently brought an end to the
protracted drought.
Meanwhile. the United States
Weather Bureau was investigat-
ing it's own prediction methods
in an effort to determine how
the storm took the Middle East
ern States so completely by sur
prise.
This, however. may prove g
| tough assignment. DR.. Franci:
wv. Reichelderfer, chief of the
bureau. admitted as much wher
he ordered the special inquiry
yesterday.
The storm had been expected
to blow out to sea, amid rair
squalls to the south, but instead
/ it hugged the coast and ever
turned north. A northeast gale
accompanied the protractec
snow in many sections.
The mercury rose above freez'
ing soon after sun-up yesterday
and a gradual thaw persisted
throughout the daylight hours
A high of A degrees was regis.
tered during the afternoon.
! The American Automobile AS
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Chest Workers
Seek Victory by
Thanksgiving
AII-Out Drive Set
For Remaining
81 Pct. of Goal

Community Chest-USO Cam
paign leaders last night mapped
an all-out assault on the re-
manning 80 per cent of their 81
million goal, with Thanksgiving
as the victory date.
Celebration of a joyous
Thanksgiving for the entire COM
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Chest Drive in Government Shows Many
Units Trailing, Page AZ
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munity will be possible if we
raise our Chest goal by Novem-
Der 25," said General Campaign
Chairman Aaron Goldman.
"The Community Chest is a
civic enterprise in which all of
us have a stake" he said. In
any metropolitan community,
there are always some people
with human problems who need
help from their neighbors.
THE Chest is the practical
business device through which
people help people. Every year,
250,000 men, women and chill
dren need one or more of the
II basic services provided by the
more than 100 Red Feather
agencies.
Confident of Gifts.
Mr.. Goldman added: II know
that every businessman. Govern
ment worker, housewife and re-
tired person wants to give his
share gladly"
The Residential Unit led other
campaign units in the latest
progress reports. Residential
has 83.I per cent of it's quota
with collections totaling $231,-
273. Next in line was the Gov
ernment Unit with 1873 per cent,
or $1,236,571.
Other units stand as follows:
Business and Professional
Unit, So per cent, with $1,O35,-
359; Alexandria, 62.2 per cent,
with $54,947; Arlington, 62.5 per
cent, with $40,744; Fairfax, 52.2
per cent. with $21,550; Mont
gomery, 42.9 per cent, with $61,-
280, and Prince Georges, 528
per cent, with $34,645.
Total collections reported so
far in this years drive are about
$4,000 ahead of those in hand
at the comparable stage of last
years drive.
Need to Be Asked.
Maj. Henry M. T. Cunning
ham, chairman of the Business
Unit, pointed out that $4,000 of
100000 employees and executives
of large firms here already have
given in this years campaign.
He expressed confidence that
many others would give flair
share" contributions if they
were asked.
Interior Secretary Mckay,
chairman of the Business Unit,
reminded volunteer workers in
his unit that although they are
$4,000 behind collections at the
comparable point of last years
drive, the records show 10000
fewer gifts.
Campaign units will report at
a luncheon meeting at 1920
pm. Tuesday in the Washing
ton Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-11-08

He and his daughter visited his
mother about 10:30 am. yester-
day.
He said that shortly after ar
irving at Mrs. Ridgeway's house.
the little girl said, Daddy, I
want to go home"
He said he told her, "You can't
go alone. and I'm going in a
little while"
But Jeryl persisted, he said, so
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Wider Range Phone DiaIing
Goes Into Effect in D. G. Area

ported that Mr.. Spencer dialed
four times before he got Gov.
McKeldin. The first time there
was no response: the second, he
heard a busy signal; the third,
no response. but on the fourth
try the Governor was on the line.
II am making the first Wider
Range Dial CALL" the Commits
sioner said. II simply dialed you
and here you are"
There followed a minutes 81
lence as the Commissioner
listened. Then he quipped:
Governor, wait till I read this
one!"
He told the Governor he was
certain the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac's new system would bring
our communities closer together
than they have ever been
before"
H. Holmes Vogel, c. & P. vice
president, who along with Robert
Mclaughlin, chairman of the
Public Utilities Commission,
watched Commissioner Spencer
dial the first call, said that
Wider Range Dialing is made
possible by the use of automatic
message accounting equipment
which records the details of all
calls for billing purposes. The
operator also assists. She asks
your own phone number after
you have diaied.
The intricate equipment rep
resents years of research by
Bell Telephone Laboratories and
months of planning by C.&P. Its
installation covered a period OF
several months and it was set up
to go into service automatically
at 1901 am. today-the official
opening for calls by the public.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
State Police Car
Vonishes as Snow
Sits Softly Down
speeinl pisnateh 10 The s,or

BALTIMORE, Nov. THE
wise guy who stole this car dur
ing Friday nights snowstorm
better get rid of it.
1t belongs to the Maryland
State Police. and they're pretty
sore and embarrassed about it.
The PikeSville barracks re-
ported the car, black and un-
marked with the State patrol
emblem. disappeared from in
front of a troopers home here
some time during the storm"
Evening star., 1953-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 P.-
Mayor ELECT Robert F. Wagner,
jr., accompanied by Mrs. Wagner.
left today for a vacation in Mas
Sau, after telling reporters that
he expected to announce i'm
portant" appointments in the
new city administration while on
vacation.
Evening star., 1953-11-08

11CdIl I6TIlLOIy III SuDefnaCOflal
election. And for 81 yearS-the
county's whole span of existence
as New Jerseys 9Th congress
Sional diStrict-Union never had
elected a Democratic Congress
man.
But on Tuesday Union County
voters chose Democrat Robert
CoIifornions to Fill House Scot Tuesdoy
in New 6. O. P. Test. Poqe A. 10
-~>-~-~--
B Meyner over Republican Paul
L. Troast for Governor by a
margin of $4,000 votes, spark
ing Meyner's 150,OOO-vote state
wide victory. Giving the upset
applicant another kick, they
handed a 2,000-vote plurality to
Democrat Harrison A. CPete)
Williams, jr., over Republican
George F. Hetf1eld in a special
election to fill the congressional
vacancy created by the resigna-
ton of Republican Representa-
tive Clifford Case.
Most Outsiders Surprised.
To almost everyone outside
New Jersey-and to many Jer-
SeyiteS outside Union County
the twin results added up to a
huge surprise. All the smart
money had been on Mr.. Het-
field for the House, and few po-
ntical seers expected the Demo-
Evening star., 1953-11-08

next stop IS
Los Angeles
where she will
interview the
leading Coli
fornio fashion
creotors o n d
revie ew the
Iotest trends
offered by top
designers in
the seco n d
Ioroesf fashion
center in the
world.
For the lot
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Byrd and Bush Leuve

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (P).-
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
gina, and Senator Bush, Repub-
lican, of Connecticut, left by
plane tonight for Paris for trade
conferences with United States
diplomats and members of Eu-
ropean intergovernmental organ
iZationS.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
What Happened in Jersey?
18 Political Mistakes Caused House Defeat.
And of Them Were Felt Throughout State
By WiIIiom Hines
Stor Stoff Correspondent

ELIZABETH N. J., Nov IA bruised and battered Repub-
mean achne here has just about emptied the aspirin
IN the last few days. trying get what happened
County and in New Jersey generally Tuesday.
This partly industrial partly plush residential county, on
the fringe of New York suburban area normally sure Repub
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Terps Beat GWU;
Irish Defeat Penn;
Navy Ties Duke 90

Maryland, held to a 7-6 lead
in the first half by George WASH
lngton, finally got rolling in the
second half and won. 27-6, before
$500 chilly fans at Griffith Sta
dlum.
Notre Dame, ranked No. in
the Nation just ahead of Mary
land, also had it's troubles in
Philadelphia before downing
stubborn Penn. 1920. An inter-
cepted pass by Johnny Lattner
in the final moments insured the
IriSh's victory.
In snow swept Municipal Sta
dium in Baltimore, Navy and
Duke battled to dull scoreless
tie before $4,000 fans. Virginia
lost to Pitt, 800.
The snow. which forced post
ponement of the $65,000 WASH
ington. DC, International at
Laurel, also Cancelled or post
poned a number of small college
games and q area high school
games.
Evening star., 1953-11-08

A bright sun and more thaw-
ing weather were expected to
bring conditions back to normal
today in the wake of the
heaviest snow storm ever re-
corded here this early in the
season.
The forecaster said Sunday
motorists can look forward to
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Eleni Reports on
California Fashions

You have read the foshion reports
Of Elem, The Stor's fashion editor,
from Poris, Rome, Athens, Bermuda.
Havana and New York. Now her
Evening star., 1953-11-08

California foshions be sure to follow
special orticIes BY Eleni beginning to-
morrow in the women's section. Phone
Sterling $4,000 now for home delivery
of The Evening and Sunday Stor.
Evening star., 1953-11-08

rate on his charge that Mr..
Truman ignored two FBI re-
ports warning that Mr.. White,
Government official, was a Soviet
spy. He said the reports went to
Mr.. Truman through his mill
tary aide, Maj. Gen. Harry
Vaughan in 1945 and 1916.
Quick Developments.
The Brownell bombShell
brought these developments:
/. Authoritative sources dis
closed that the first FBI report
for the White House named a
number of Government employees
as Soviet spies, along with Mr..
White. Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin, said one
man the FBI has labeled as a
Communist still works for the
international Monetary Fund.
2. Investigators for the Sem
ate Security subcommittee began
rather extensive" behind-the-
scenes Investigations of all the
cases. Investigators questioned
former Assistant Attorney Cen
eral T. Lamar Caudle, and may
ask him to testify Thursday be-
fore the subcommittee. The
group already has Supoenaed
Gen. Vaughan to testify that
day.
3. Chairman Stephen A.
Mitchell of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee said Mr..
Brownel resurrected the White
case to offset Republican elec-
ton losses and confuse persons
balloting in congressional elec-
tion in California on Tuesday.
Praises Mccarthy.
4. Chairman Simpson of the
Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee said Mr.. Brown
ellis statement further vindi-
Gated" the anti-Red campaign of
Senator Mccarthy.
5. The White House announced
that the disputed FBI reports on
Mr.. White are not in the conf
dental files of the executive
mansion. Mr.. Truman said he
never saw the reports, but will
search his confidential files
which. according to custom, he
took with him when he left the
White House.
Mr.. Truman didn't have much
hope he would find them.
They must be in the files
of the Attorney General" Mr..
Truman said. That's where
they should be If he hasn't done
away with them"
Reporters showed the state
ment to Mr.. Brownell when he
held an impromptu press con-
ference at National Airport upon
his return from Chicago late
yesterday.
Response Is Angry.
Mr.. Brownell examined the
Truman statement at length,
then angrily snapped:
He'll be sorry he made that
statement"
Mr.. Brownell then walked
away from the news conference.
Mr.. Brownell had parried most
inquiries. saying that reporters
should wait until tomorrow to
get their answers.
A reported asked Mr.. Brownell
whether he could prove that Mr..
Truman actually received the
FBI reports from Gen. Vaughan.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Truman to Rue His Statements
On White, BrowneII Declares;
Hints at Further Disclosures
Mitchell Hits 6. o. P.
AS Spy Charge Stirs
Hot Political Row
By jones E. Roper

The strange case of Harry
Dexter White erupted yesterday
into a top-level political row,
with Attorney General Brownell
promising that former President
Truman will "be sorry for some
of the statements he has made.
Mr.. Brownell said that to-
morrow he probably will elabo-
Evening star., 1953-11-08

Pictures Showing Children Playing, Fire
men Working in Snow. Poge All
Storm Havoc Heovy, l9 Dead in North
east; Thousands Routed. Page A
Evening star., 1953-11-08

Long distance dialing came to
100000 Washington Metropoli-
tan area telephone users last
night as District Commissioner
Samuel Spencer dialed direct to
Gov. Theodore r. McKeldin at
the Governors mansion in An
napoliS.
The new and faster service.
which will enable the dialing of
Picture on Poee. A-3.
calls direct to Baltimore, Fred
erick, certain other communities
and most other exchanges in
the metropolitan area, was in
augurated with brief ceremonies
at Commissioner Spencer's home
at 4814 Dexter street NV.
When Mr.. Spencer picked up
his phone to make the historic
call, he encountered the same
trouble many a father has eX-
perienced when there is a teen
age daughter in the house.
please get off. dear, 1 have
to call Gov. McKeldin now," the
Commissioner pleaded.
For the record, it must be re-
Evening star., 1953-11-08

Text of FBl Report on Dexter White os
Released by Senate Group. Poee AS
See Editorial Entitled, "Mr. Trumon on
'TrioI." Poee A-28
Evening star., 1953-11-08

Continued on Page AT, Col. ~
Evening star., 1953-11-08

rate on his charge that Mr..
Truman ignored two FBI re-
ports warning that Mr.. White,
Government official, was a Soviet
spy. He said the reports went to
Mr.. Truman through his mill
tary aide, Maj. Gen. Harry
Vaughan in 1945 and 1916.
Evening star., 1953-11-08
Wuqners Off for Nassau
Quick DEVELOPMENTS.

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