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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-29
Atomic Strikes
Bureaucratic Controls Intensity Workers
Complaints at A-PIunts, Labor LeudersSuy
By Allen Drury

Apparently the root of Americas
atomic-plant strike problem is the
same as that OF a lot OF other
problems.
People want more money and
better living conditions.
The furry of legitimate strikes.
wildcat strikes and general uneasi-
ness which has plagued the atomic
installations at Oak Ridge, Tenn,
and Paducah, KY, is traceable. union
officials say. to normal disputes over
wage increases and inadequate COM
munity services.
Routine Problems
Government spokesman agree that
the situation is caused by regular
labor troubles"
= In any other context, union OIL
csials believe, nobody would pay much
attention. But when the disturb
-ances occur at the huge plants
turning out U-235 and nuclear re-
actors for Americas atomic and
hydrogen defense, the country UNDER
standably gets jittery. And the
President, as he has on several oc-
casions, mobilizes the powers of his
Office to stop the disputes and keep
the production lines producing.
In recent weeks, members OF the
Go United Gas, Coke and Chemical
Workers and the AFL Atomic Trades
and Labor Council have been in
volved in bitter controversy with the
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Com
pany which operates Oak Ridge and
Paducah Cor the Atomic Energy
Commission,
On July z, $500 CIO workers. de-
manding 1E-eent-an-hour wage in
crease, walked of the job at Oak
Aidge; another 1000 followed suit
ut Paducah. They had first sought
q cents, were offered and rejected
It.
AFL workers, who struck in July.
1852, threatened-but did not take
similar action on the basis Of de-
mands for a 19-cent increase, coun-
tered by an offer of 6.
President Eisenhower warned Of
the dangers of shutdown. appealed
to the Go workers to return, and
appointed a three-man panel to
study the ACCESSIBILITY of seeking an
Injunction under the Taft Hartley
law to force a return to work dur
ing an 80-day, cooling-off period.
On July 10. the CLIO returned to
the job. A brief wildcat AFL strike
> during the same period was ended
leaders appealed to union
members to come back.
Court Injunction
r. On August IL. disturbed by fur
/, ther signs of unrest, the President
:, said the Government simply coulc
q" not permit disruption of atomic out
put. A few hours later the adj
Z: ministration obtained a court in.
!. junction. A strike had been callet
for midnight, August Is. It wa:
called of on promise special pane
would study wage demands.
On August Is the AFL. confound.
ing Go leaders who had counted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-29

the atomic energy act to permit the
Atomic Energy Commission to pro-
duce and sell power pointed UP the
public power issue.
The amendment carried, IS to Il.
Area Senators split, Republicans
against Acc power. Democrats for 1t.
Welfare
0 Housing. President Eisenhower
recommended construction Of 140.-
600 public housing units over four
year period. The House cut the pro-
gram drastically. But the Senate
voted to restore it, 60 to Is. All area
Senators supported the larger hous-
ing program.
Q Labor. Administration amend
ments to the Taft Hartley Act were
attacked as too pro-labor. in part.
and too pro-management. In part.
When 1t was moved to kill the bill.
both conservative and liberal Demo-
Gratis Joined the move. The vote
was so to a.. Area Democrats voted
against the bill, Republicans voted
to keep 1t.
Foreign
o Treaties. The Great Debate"
over the Bricker amendment to the
Constitution. (to give more Of the
treaty-making power to Congress)
finally boiled down to consideration
of a mild substitute bill. But even
this was defeated. There were so
yeas against 81 mays" but 81, or
two-thirds, were needed for pas
age. Senator Beall was the only
area man in the chamber to vote
against the amendment.
o Foreign aid. The Senate voted
Il to "a to cut military funds in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-29

to 43. Only Senator Beall opposed it
Q Trade. The House by-passed the
Presidents low-tAriff program, but
Senate Democrats moved to reinstate
1t. The motion failed, 80 to As
Curiously enough. area Democrats
supported the original Eisenhower
position, while Republicans op.
posed 1t.
Loeql
. Pay. The President had said he
would accept q Government pay inc
crease only II some new revenue
funds were voted. But an amend
ment to increase postal rates as re-
Quested by the White House failed.
Is to IS. Area Senators who were
recorded stood against the amend
ment. The pay bill was later We
toed because, among other things,
it lacked the postal rates provision.
. District financing. A motion was
offered to cover the local share in
financing a District public works
program by increasing income taxes,
rather than levying sales tax on
groceries. But 1t failed, % to As.
Local Senators helped vote it down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-29
Economic

o TdEes. The issue here was the
same as that in the Senate :: Wheth-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-29
The Issues: House

Some House votes were on issues
identical to those in the Senate.
There were differences, however
including more opportunities to vote
for or against welfare measures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
BY the Associofed Press

KENNETH, Mo-, Feb. 6.-The
Dunklin County Red Cross Board
Of Directors last night voted to
serve as the certifying agency for
surplus commodity food to help
feed about 1000 needy persons
after battle Of words with a
Red Cross official.
The fight developed after
Charles o. Burkett of st. Louis,
field representative of the mid
western area Red Cross ONCE.
told the board the action would
be unauthorized by the national
Red Cross.
Mr.. Burkett said it is the or
ganization's policy not to allow
the Red Cross to be used as a
certifying agency for relief cases
involving Government welfare
grants of food or money.
Kennett Mayor L. A. Pickard,
taking the Red Cross to task
for "all this technical red tape, /"
said If there were a cyclone or
flood in the area the RED Cross
would be here in a minute" He
said the present suffering in the
county is no different from IAN
emergency such as that"
The board voted unanimously
to serve as the certifying agency.
Mr.. Burkett advised the board
the local chapter could do as it
saw fit.
Organization and distribution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Berwyn Heights Dance

The ladies auxiliary of the
Berwyn Heights (Mdo Volunteer
Fire Department will sponsor a
Valentine dance from 8 to /
am. next Friday at the Berwyn
Heights fire hall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Associate Pastors Named
In Congress Heights

Two Baptist theological stu
dents who drive from North
Carolina to Washington each
week end to conduct services
will be installed tomorrow as as
sociate pastors of Congress
Heights Baptist Church, Esther
and Brothers places Sc.
The Rev. Donald Strother. an
ordained theological student at
Southeastern Baptist Seminary,
Wake Forest, N. c., will be in
stalled at $3.50 am. to serve the
White Hall Chapel near Indian
Head, Md.
He is a native of johnson City,
Tenn, and a graduate of Carson
Newman College. He had a
church for two years while a
student at the college, and has
also conducted revival meetings.
Bernard H. Cochran will be
installed at the II am. service
and will be assistant pastor at
the Southeast church. He Is a
freshman at the seminary and a
graduate of Stetson University.
He has also had experience in
conducting youth revivalS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Tax Service Lists
Numbers to Call for
HeIp With Returns

Federal income taxpayers
may receive assistance in
filing returns either in per-
son or by telephone Mon
day through Friday, $3.50
am. to 5 pm. at the fol-
lowing places:
WashingtOn-Room 1902,
Internal Revenue Building,
Twelfth street and Consti-
tuition avenue. Telephone
Sterling $1,000 and ask for
tax information service.
(Phone calls here are &C
copied until 8 p.m.)
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
flee, l01l1 ColeSville road,
Four Corners. Telephone
Juniper 7-6008.
Virginia - In Arlington.
$50 North Monroe street.
Telephone jackson 8-0121.
In Alexandria, at the post
Office building, Telephone
Temple 6-76l5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Your Federal Income Tax

Municipal systems, are treated
alike. The recipient Of an an
nuity, pension or retirement
check is allowed to recover his
own investment. If any, tax free.
II the taxpayer has contrib
uted to his pension plan during
the years of his employment, a
portion of each annuity payment
that the taxpayer receives rep
reSents q partial return OF the
contribution the taxpayer has
paid in. The remaining portion
represents interest that the
taxpayers contributions have
earned.
Two problems face taxpayers
who receive annuity payments.
The first is how to determine
the portion Of annuity payments
which represents the interest
that has been earned, and what
portion Of such payment is tax
free. Under the law since 1888,
each payment has been taxable
to the extent Of an amount
equal to 3 per cent of cost or
consideration paid, and the bal
ance of each payment is tax
free until the entire cost or con-
sideration paid has been re-
covered.
Assume for example that a
taxpayer retired on January /,
1858 and receives during the
calendar year payments totaling
81 800. During his working years
he contributed $4,000 to the re-
tirement plan in effect at his
place of employment. In the ap-
plication of the per cent in
terest rule. $3.50 g per cent of
taxpayers cost of $4,000 of the
81 500 received in 1853 is taxable
income. The remaining amount
is deemed to be recovery of his
capital investment and is tax
free. This procedure is followed
in subsequent years until the
taxpayer has recovered his en-
tire investment. For all later
years such payments are fully
taxable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Kentucky Needy to Get
Surplus Food Stores

FRANKFORT, KY. Feb. 6. up.
Gov. Lawrence Wetherby an
nounced yesterday arrangements
have been made with the State
Agriculture Department for i'm
mediate distribution of food to
needy families in Eastern Ken
lucky.
Mr.. Wetherby said a program
had been worked out by his Of
fee. Agriculture Commissioner
Ben s. Adams. Representative
Perkins, Hindman Democrat,
and Senator Clements, for the
Agriculture Departments Division
of Commodity Distribution to
supply the food from stocks of
Federal surplus stores.
He explained that continued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Local Unit Defies Red Cross
In Certifying Food for Needy

points will be set up here today
in preparation for receiving the
food.
The emergency arose, accord
ing to residents of Dunklin
County, because an unusual sea-
son last year left the cotton
pickerS and their families with
out their normal winter work.
Dry weather caused the harvest
to end two months early and
they were left to face the winter
with no regular income.
The county has a population
of about $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Negotiators Predict
Presbyterian Union
Will Be Made in 1856
BY the ASsseiofed Press

CINCINNATI, Feb. s. - A
Joint negotiating committee pre-
diets the union of the three
largest Presbyterian churches in
the United States will become
effective May Is, 1856.
The churches are the Presby-
terrain Church in the U. S. A.,
Presbyterian Church of the U. S.,
and United Presbyterian Church.
The reason for the May 26.
1856. date was that it would
mark the 98th year of the found
ing of the United Presbyterian
Church, and would come on the
250th anniversary of the found
ing of the First Presbyterian
Church at Philadelphia.
The new church would be
known as the Presbyterian
Church of the United States and
would unite 'the best Of all
rituals and creeds Of the three. I"
said DR.. Ralph Waldo Lloyd Of
Maryville, Tenn. DR.. Lloyd is
chairman Of the committee
negotiating the union.
The plan must be voted on by
the 393 Presbyteries shortly after
January l. 1855. DR.. Lloyd said.
The 313-page plan will be sent
to the $4,000 ministers of the
churches early next month and
will be proposed to the three
general assemblies in May and
June.
The three churches have a
combined membership of 3.5 mil
lion.
AT no time in the years Of
negotiation has the sentiment
been so strong for union as it
is today in the Presbyterian
Church U. S. A. and the Pres
byterian Church U. S." COM
mented DR.. Theophilus M. Tay-
Tor. Pittsburgh, vice chairman of
the committee.
In the Presbyterian Church
q. s. where the opposition has
been most vocal and organized,
the tide has begun to turn to-
ward union, and there is good
reason to expect the required
votes for approval will be found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06

in the general assemblies and
PresbyterieS."
The first general assembly Of
the united Church would be held
in Washington, D. c., in May,
1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06

increased unemployment in the
Eastern Kentucky coalfields,
especially in Pike, Letcher, Floyd
and Perry counties. had multi
piled appeals for food from in
digent families.
The division announced it had
for distribution creamery but
ter. canned beef and gravy,
natural cheddar cheese and nom
fat dry milk solids, acquired
under the Federal price support
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06

Fort Benning (Ga.) Infantry
Officer Candidate School.
Outstanding qualities of lead.
ership. academic efficiency. APP
titude and character are the
basis for the award. Secretary
of the Army Stevens will make
the presentation to the lieu.
tenant on February IL, the birth.
day of the late Judge Patterson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06

As a serUice to readers. The
Star is publishing information
on Federal income tar returns.
iul,ich must be filed not later
than March IS. Some of the
questions asked By taxpayers
are ansiDered belotD.
Q.-My wife purchased a fur
coat last year. May deduct the
tax that was attached to the
price of this garment?
A.-Generally speaking. most
non-Federal taxes are deduct
ible. Included in this category
would be State and local income
taxes, personal property taxes.
real estate taxes and certain
sales taxes.
In order for the taxes hereto
fore mentioned to be deductible
they must be directly imposed
upon the person who claims
them as deductions. Thus, a real
estate tax may only be deducted
by the owner of the property.
This would preclude the deduc-
ton by q son or daughter who
volunteers to pay real estate
taxes on parents home.
A purchaser may deduct q
State sales tax which the law
imposed upon him and which is
collected by a retailer for and
on behalf of the State.
Taxpayers who are not en-
gagged in a trade or business may
incur certain Federal excise
taxes which are not deductible.
Falling within this classification
are taxes on perfumes. jewelry.
furs, cosmetics. telephone mes
sages. railroad tickets, and
others.
I have recently been retired
by my employer. Is retirement
pay taxable income?
The terms annuity" pen
sion" and retirement pay" are
often confused with each other.
For income tax purposes all of
these plans. including the Fed
eral Civil Service Retirement
System and most State and
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Mrs. Thomas v. Brennan,
Mother Of Physician

Mrs. Thomas v. Brennan. 10,
mother Of DR.. Andrew j. Bren-
nan. Bethesda physician. died
yesterday at Georgetown Hospi-
tai. She had lived the last three
years with her son at SITS Aber-
deem road, Bethesda.
The former Elizabeth Morgan,
Mrs. Brennan was born in DAN
vile, Pa, but lived most of her
life in Plymouth, Pa. Her hus-
band was postmaster and funeral
director in Plymouth. She be-
came postmaster after his death
in 1941.
Besides DR.. Brennan, she is
survived by another son, James
v. Of Plymouth: a daughter. Mrs.
Helen Keeney, Rochester, N. Y:
a stepbrother, William Hart, Chi
cago, and eight grandchildren.
Services and burial will be held
Monday in Plymouth.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Mrs. James N. Kennedy,
Widow Of Army Surgeon

Mrs. James Madison Kennedy,
81, widow OF Brig. Gen. Kennedy.
former assistant surgeon general
of the Army and commander OF
Walter Reed Hospital, died Tues
day in Chicago.
She was the former Mary
Baldwin, a native Of Dexter,
Iowa. Her brother, the late Frank
Conger Baldwin of Washington
and Nantucket Island, Mass, was
a well-known Washington archi-
tect.
Survivors are two sons, Lau-
renee B. and Archibald B. Ken
nedy: a daughter, Mrs. w. B.
Kean. wife OF 1t. Gen. Kean,
and five grandchildren.
Services were to be held today
in Chicago. Burial will be at
pm. tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Mrs. William Fielder, 50,
D. {. Resident IS Years

Mrs. William Fielder. so.
widow of a salesman for q
grocery concern here, died
yesterday of cancer in George
Washington Hospital. She lived
at 5040 First street NV.
Mrs. Fielder was the former
Betty Kurtz.. She was born in
Poland and came to New York
as a child. She had lived in
Washington for about is years.
Her husband died in 1851.
She is survived by q son. Stan
Fielder. of the home address, q
reporter on the Daily News.
Services were to be held at
2::30 pm. today In Goldberg's
funeral home, with burial in
B'nai Israel Cemetery. It is re-
Quested that tokens Of SYM
pathy be contributed to the
American Cancer Society.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Edgar +. Nelson,
Retired Oil Salesman

Edgar r. Nelson. retired oil
salesman. died yesterday at Gar
field Hospital. He lived at 1918
Decatur street NV.
Born near Warrenton. Va. he
was the son Of Capt. Joseph H.
Nelson. q member Of Mosby's
Rangers Of the Confederate
Army.
Mr.. Nelson was o charter
member Of st. Paul Methodist
Church and was formerly on the
board Of stewards.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Lillian FUR Nelson; q daughter,
Mrs. Harold Coleman Black,
Pittsburgh. and two grandchil-
dren. Services win be held at
II am. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home. 29O1 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial win be il
Warrenton.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Sell Financing Plan
Under Study ior IVA,
Gen. vogeI Reveals
~ N. A,,oeia,.d Pres.

Brig. Gen. Herbert Vogel says
the Tennessee Valley Authority
management is engaged In very
serious studies trying to de-
termine the best way Of making
its new power projects self
financing.
Gen. Vogel, named earlier this
year as chairman of iva, said
In a telephone interview from
Knoxville, Tenn. that no con-
clusions are likely before the end
Of January.
The idea, he said, is to get
away from past iva practice of
relying upon Congress for ap-
propriations to finance new
plants to meet ever-growing
power needs of the area. He said
IVA has under study q number
Of plans involving bond issues.
Gen. Vogel said he did not
anticipate that such a plan
would bring an increase in IVA
rates for power.
I'VE feel that the iva Is a
big boy now and has outgrown
its short pants and that we can
stand on our own feet" he said.
Senator Cooper, Republican,
Of Kentucky said he was hopeful
the incoming Congress would
enact legislation permitting iva
to finance its power needs by the
sale Of revenue bonds. He said
this would be "a practical meth
cd" of financing.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
OF Alabama said it seemed to
him that such a method Of a
nancing docs hold some real
possibility"
Senator Cooper said he per-
sonally had advanced the bond
selling proposal to President
Eisenhower and to officials Of
IVA, the Budget Bureau and the
Atomic Energy Commission.
The Acc has contracted with
Dixon-Yates private utility COM
bine to build a 600, 600 -kilowatt
steam plant at West Memphis,
Ark. to feed power into the IVA
system to replace power fur
nished for an atomic plant at
Paducah, KY.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
DR.. William N. Burton,
Oil Industry Pioneer
By the As.oeio,sdPrs..

CHICAGO. Dec. 30.-Dr. Will
liam M. Burton. 80, Industrial
pioneer and retired president OF
Standard Oil Co. Indiana), died
yesterday in Miami. Fla, friends
in Chicago were informed.
DIR. Burton and his associates
developed the first commercially
successful cracking process to
manufacture more gasoline from
crude oil. The discovery made
him the father Of MORN petro-
leum refining technology.
DR.. Burton. a native tof Cleve-
land, was educated at Western
Reserve and Johns Hopkins Uni
versities. In 1890 he entered
Standard employ as its first
chemist at its Whiting. Ind, re-
f1nery.
In 1918 he received the Willard
Gibbs Medal of the American
Chemical Society and in 1922 the
Perkin Medal of the Society Of
Chemical Industry. The Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute awarded
him the Gold Medal for distin-
guished achievement in l947.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Dr.. Richard N. Vaughan,
Theo|ogian and Author
ey ,no Assocjoted Pres.

ORLANDO, Fla, Dec. 30.-Dr.
Richard Miner Vaughan. "a, ma
tionally known theologian and
author, died in an Orlando hos
pital Tuesday.
He was a former president of
the American Theological So
ciety. A native of Bangor, Me-,
he was q graduate Of Brown Uni
versity and the University of
Chicago.
Since his ordination as a Bap-
tist minister in 1897, he served
pastorates in Detroit, GAINESVILLE.
Wis.,, and Babson Park, Fla. He
was former dean of the Pacific
Coast Baptist Theological semi
nary.
Survivors are two sons. Or.
Wayland F. Vaughan, professor
of psychology at Boston Uni
versity, and Richard F. Vaughan,
athletic director at Princeton
University.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Charles BeIknap, IA,
Ex-Monsanto Co. Head
sv the Assoe;oted ptss.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3o.--Charles
|. .Belknap, "A. former president Of
Monsanto Chemical Co. and
chief of the Navy Overseas
Transportation Service in World
War I, died at his home yester-
day of a heart aiIment.
Mr.. Belknap was head Of the
chemical firm from 1943 to 1945
and served as chairman Of the
Executive Committee, until he
retired in 1945. He then was
named vice chancellor Of Wash
ington University here. post
he held until 1851 "a native Of
Maryland. he was a 1903 gradu-
ate of the Naval Academy.
Mr.. Benknap is survived by his
widow and one brother, Robert
Belknap of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Lewis {. MucBruine,
Ex-Newspuper Editor
BY The Assoeioses Press

BELMONT. Mass, Dec. 30.--
Lewis E. MacBrains SO, a for
mer editor of the Lofell Courier
Citizen and founder pf the Mas
sachusetts Safety Cbuncil. died
yesterday. He had been associ-
ated with the Lowdl paper for
IS years and was tie author OF
several books and magazine ar
ticles.
Mr.. MacBaine served with the
Massachusetts Safe5g Council at
Boston from 1919 Until his re-
tirement in 1910. Turing World
War II. he was New England
director of the National COM
mittee for Conservation Of. Man
power.
Evening star., 1954-12-30
Miss Lucy P. Adams, %.
| 49-Inch-TalI Actress
BY ihe Associated Press

OAK BLUFFS, Mass, Dec. 80.
Miss Lucy P. Adams. SO. who
was only 40 inches tall and who
performed on; American, Cana
dian and European stages many
years, died Tuesday night at
Marthas Vineyard Hospital after
a short illness. Miss Adams
claimed membership in the
family which gave Presidents
John Adams and John Quincy
Adams to the Nation.
She referred to herself and her
late sister, Sarah, who was only
IS inches tall. as little women. I"
The Adams sister played with
the Gen. Tom Thumb Co., the
Lilliputian Opera Co. and Bar
mum and Bailey's Circus, and
Travelled the famed Chautauqua
Circuit. They had an act billed
as 1.-THE Lilliputian Ladies'"