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chairman Of the Civil Service
Commission, before the House
Ways and Means Committee.
"As it now stands, we deny
Federal workers q condition Of
employment security which the
Government requires private en-
ployers to provide" Mr.. Young
declared as the committee
opened hearings on legislation
ITO extend jobless benefits to
Government employees. "This is
not only ineQuitable to Federal
employees, but from a personnel
management viewpoint impairs
the ability Of the Federal service
to attract and retain competent
personnel" Mr.. Young added.
NAVY-A saving of S. million
the largest economy achieved
since the Defense Depart
ment's efficiency awards pro-
gram went into effect-has re-
suited from the work Of two
Navy Department Bureau of
Ordnance transportation special
lists. The men. Alfred Fernandes
and Samuel w. Mash, received
awards Of 1915 each. They de-
vised methods for changing haz-
ardous classification of certain
types Of ammunition that re-
suited in IS million savings in
freight rate costs.
LIBERALIZATION URGED
Incidentally, Civil Service Com
mission Chairman Philip Young
today predicted Congress will lib
eralize the Government employe
incentive program so that en-
ployes such as Mr.. Fernandes
and Mr.. Mash could get greater
cash awards for their contribu-
tion to greater Government ef-
f1ciency and economy.
The House has approved q bill
to permit individual awards as
high as $4,000 or even greater in
special cases. The Senate also
has approved a similar bill as
part Of the fringe benefits bill.
Agreement on combining the
two bills is expected to be worked
out in House-Senate confer
ence. ..
Mr.. Young, in a speech before
the National Association of Sug-
gestion Systems, said the pro-
posed new liberalized system
would save the Government
many millions Of dollars more
through employe suggestions.
AIR FORCE-John A. Watts,
civilian personnel director of the
Air Force Department, has been
awarded the Departments high
est civilian award-the Decora-
ton for Exceptional Civilian
Service. The award was made by
1t. Gen. Emmett ODonnell, 'jr.,
Deputy Chief of Staff for
Personnel. .6f' Ftr ~ =
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Tennesseeon Killed
In Collapse of Church
BY the Associofed Press

CLEVELAND. Tenn, June 10.
The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church collapsed Tuesday nisht
and killed Andrew K. Maxwell,
an elder, who was buried under
eight tons Of debris.
Six other elders and the pas
tor, the Rev. David McGregor,
barely escaped. Mr.. Maxwell, SO,
and the others were getting
ready to inspect an excavation
beneath the church auditorium
when the roof and three walls of
the brick building caved in. Mr..
Maxwell was the only one of the
group to enter the auditorium.
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Grammer 10 Die
Tonight for Murder
By the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, June 10. -
George Edward Graminer, i'm
perturbable New York Office
manager, goes TO his death on
the gallows at Maryland Peni-
teniary tonight for the almost
perfect" murder of his wife.
The execution is set for 1901
am. (EDT).
Grammer was convicted of
bludgeoning his 33-year-old wife
to death nearly two years ago
in August, 1952-and sending
her body hurtling downhill in an
automobile so that 1t would ap-
pear she died in an accident.
Penitentiary guards said the
37-year-old Grammer appeared
composed. He talks hardly at
all, they said, and reads con-
stantly from his Bible.
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District-Chance of scattered
thundershowers tonight, low 66.
Tomorrow, partly cloudy and
somewhat warmer.
Maryland -Virginia-Consider-
able cloudiness with q few scat
tered thundershowers tonight
and tomorrow, low 6o-66. A lit
tie warmer tomorrow.
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Washington Banks
May Raise Service
Fees, Meeting Told
BY Donald B. HodIey
Finaneiol Editor Of The sior

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
June 10. Most Washington
banks may have to increase serv-
ice charges to their customers in
order to help meet the cost Of
higher interest rates on savings
accounts.
This was emphasized today py
Robert c. Baker, president of tile
District Bankers Association, at
the opening session of the asso-
ciation's 36th annual convention
at the Greenbrier here.
Pointing to higher savings de-
poSit interest paid by most WASH
ington banks since last fall and
also to an increase in general
banking expenses, Mr.. Baker
said:
''It is likely that bank man.
agement during the present year
will become more conscious of
the need for economies and the
necessity for increasing service
charges.
Most Income Seen in Loans.
with q lower return from
Government securities. It is likely
that our local banks will look
to their loan portfolios to pro-
luce the majority of their gross
income" said Mr.. Baker, execu-
tive vice president of the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Co.
'Tne expiration of the excess
profits tax produced some savings
but will not Offset the additional
costs of savings interest and the
increased general overhead of
most banks
For the first time since the
founding Of the Federal Reserve
System in 1914, Washington
banks probably will get an op-
portunity to elect one of their
own to be a director of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Richmond
which governs them. starting
next year.
will Rotate Directors.
Resolutions to be presented to
the convention Saturday are ex-
pected to pave the way for
modernization of methods for
election of the Richmond banks
class A and B directors. The
District association and other
associations of the Fifth Federal
Reserve District are expected to
approve the changes.
While Washington previously
has been represented by a busi-
neSSman or Class B director, it
never has been represented by
a banker or a Class A director,
who by tradition has been Sc
lected from Baltimore bankers.
The new rules call for rotation
Of both Glass A and B directors.
The former would serve no more
than one three-year term while
the latter would he limited to
two three year terms. Il M
The resolution calling FOR the
reform will be presented here
Saturday n1prning by Francis G.
Addison, jr., president Of the Sc
curity Bank. Most other reserve
districts 4 have adopted these
rules.
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wage increases and costs of
chemicals and equipment.
{ Recreation The department
got 1926, ,402, a cut of $14,598
below the requests, but $36, ,752
over this year. The cut, the
committee said, "is to apply
against the request for addi-
tional recreation supervisors and
leaders," vs..- 'ea-. ~.
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NIT tie e h a S
S o m e W h a t
similar plans.
W ith the re-
suit that any
major changes
in Federal re-
tirement a n d
+ a m lily sur
v iv o r s h ip
benefits W ill
have to W ait
u n TIL ne x t
year.
The COM
mittees W a n t
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tirement barred them from an
increase several years ago.
The Senate Civil Service Com
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thorough study of the Kap-
Ian Committees retirement pro-
posals before taking action,
and this will preclude anything
being done until next year.
incidentally, the Kaplan Com
mittee. within the next few
weeks. will submit proposals for
liberalizing the benefits Of Fed
eral employees already retired, as
well as going into greater detail
as to the financing Of its plan.
Several weeks ago, the Kaplan
group recommended liberalizing
Federal employe retirement and
family survivorship benefits by
co-ordinating civil service retire.
ment with social security.
The House Civil Service Com
mittee plans. If time permits. to
approve legislation to make
permanent the temporary pen
sion increases voted retired
workers several years ago. Con-
gress has extended the increase
for another year, but the House
committee favors making it per-
manent. However, no increase
in the annuities are planned at
the present time. Any pension
boost will have to await the
Kaplan Committees report on
this phase of retirement and the
committees study of the recon-
mendations.
PRESIDENTIAL ORDER
President Eisenhower has is
sued an executive order paving
the way for permanent status
to be granted to employees who
were denied status through ad-
ministrative errors by their
agencies in 1949 and 1850.
Many Federal workers were
blanketed into permanent status
in 1949 and 1850 as a result of
executive orders by President
Truman. However, some en-
ployes who were entitled to
status lost out because their
agencies enormously ruled them
ineligible. President Eisenhower's
executive order yesterday will
permit the Civil Service Com
mission to grant status to these
employees or former employees if
their agencies make the rec
ommendation to the csc.
y *HH
COMMERCE-The Senate Ap-
preparations Committee in re-
porting the 1855 Commerce
State-Justice money bill abol-,
ished the job Of Assistant Ad-
ministrative Secretary of Com
merce now held by James
Worthy.
However, Mr.. Worthy is ex-
pected to remain as an Assistant
Secretary with his present
duties. The committee created a
new Assistant Secretary job
which would require Senate con-
firmation. The administrative
assistant secretary job did not.
The Commerce Department re-
quested the new job and the
abolition of the present admin
istrative position. Secretary
Weeks is reported to feel that
the job be on a political basis,
rather than on the continuing
career basis envisioned by the
original Hoover Commission
when the administrative assist
ant secretary jobs were created
in half a dozen departments.
SUPER JOBS-1n the same
money bill, the Senate Appropri-
ations Committee approved 20
more super-grade ($12,000 to
$14,800) jobs in the Commerce
Department and eight more IN
the State Department.
JOBLESS BENEFITS-Strong
testimony in favor of unemploy-
ment compensation benefits for
Government employees was given
yesterday by Philip Young,
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which have been granted other
employees in the District of CO.
lumbia this year."
Sanitary Engineering -. The
committee granted $7,491 900,
an increase Of $251, 900 over the
present year. for installation Of
trunk water mains. sewerage
treatment and disposal facilities
and storm drains.
For operations, the committee
approved $9,657,740. a cut of
$780, ,946 in the request but an
increase of $992.349 over this
year. The boost will cover wage
increase for hourly employees and
six months operation of a new
incinerator.
The report pointed out that
under the recent public works
act, higher sewer and water
rates will be charged, increasing
the work load of the department.
The committee ruled that the
Federal Government should pay
the new rates in full at an esti-
mate of $1.298, 900 for water and
$592, 900 for sanitary sewer serv-
ice.
Combined with the SIG mil
lion lump sum Federal contribu-
ton, this brings the total Fed
eraI contribution to the Dis
trlcrs income to $17,980,000.
City officials had asked for
$199, ,686 to handle the additional
work load caused by the new
charges. but the committee al
lowed only $150,000, saying,
This first years experience will
permit "a somewhat sounder
basis for estimating than was
possible at the time the budget
estimate was prepared"
Occupations and Professions
This new department was
granted 1925, 900, O cut from the
requested $264, 900 Gin anticipa-
ton of economies which should
be realized from this consolida-
ton Of functions
Regulatory Agencies - The
committee granted 1891 ,021, a
cut Of $30.57S in requests and
$6,422 less than Is available this
year.
The committee, however.
pointed out that several large
items were financed In this
years budget which do not have
to be covered in the 1855 budget.
The net effect, the report said,
is to give the regulatory agencies
an increase over this year of
$29,500. including $1,000 each
for the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board, the Parole Board,
Death Investigations, admins
tration Of insurance laws and
enforcement and wage and
safety laws. An increase of
$1,500 was granted the Recorder
Of Deeds and $4,000 to the zon-
ing commission.
Licenses and Inspections-This
new department got $1,175, ,000
q cut Of $90,160 in the request.
The report said the reorganiza-
ton which created the depart
ment out Of four separate Offices
Should result in some economies
and that an adjustment period
is appropriate before large-scale
stating increases.
Washington Aqueduct-$2.127,-
900, an increase of $127.000 over
this year, was granted to cover
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Wind-Southeast to south 10
IS miles per hour tonight and
tomorrow.
River Report.
(From u s. EnsineerS.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoan
clear ct Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Readings washington National Airport
Yesterday Pct. To-day Pct:
Noon - go Midnisht --- go
pm. - 40 am. ------ 90
8 pm. - 63 10 am. ------ 81
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 80, on June I.
Lowest, 13. on January %.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
HiGh, e3. at 4:46 p.m. @N
Low, 6H, At $50 am,
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The FederoI Spotlight
Committees to Defer Major
Retirement Benefit Changes
BY Joseph Young

only action the COMMITTEES plans to
take Federal retirement benefits this
the temporary annuity increases voted eees
Also the act to give annues
eees died before 194S and to give
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-15
Scientists Look to the Future

LEARNERS, more than most people, appre-
u ciate the progress that has been made
along scientific lines in recent years Like
city people, they enjoy the many household
conveniences that have resulted from de-
velopments in electronics and other fields
But they have also seen the wonders of
science at work in their fields and in their
feed lots. Weed chemicals, fertilizers, anti
biotics, livestock vaccines and many other
products of the research laboratories have
added greatly to farm and ranch efficiency
And the amazing developments in farm
equipment and machinery have gone far
in eliminating the hand labor and drudgery
that were such an inevitable part of farm
ing in the comparatively recent past.
Although farm and ranch people have
become quite "science-minded, even they
would have been surprised if they could
have listened in at a recent meeting of
Americas top scientists at Boston. Here
are some of the things they would have
heard about as these researchers peered
into the future:
food may be grown on satellite planet
if this earth cannot produce enough to feed
its growing population some time in the
future.
the population of the world will
probably never grow so large that there
will not be food for all, because research
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on algae indicates that such organisms are
a potential source for tremendous amounts
of food if the world ever gets hungry; fur
thermore, atomic energy could be used to
force organic growth from ocean bottoms
to provide food for enormously increased
fish populations and thus more food for man.
continued development of hybrids
will further greatly increase the output of
corn and many other crops.
vastly greater progress in education
will be achieved through the use of televi-
sion in schools and homes
full utilization of present national wa
ter supplies and distillation of sea water by
atomic energy will provide adequate water
supplies for all human needs.
air conditioning in barns will enable
farmers to produce livestock more econon-
ically, because animals convert feed into
meat more efficiently within certain opti-
mum temperature ranges.
-airplanes of the not distant future will
permit travellers to speed from one end of
the country to the other in two or three
hours
These are just few of the possibilities
and probabilities of the future scientists are
talking about.
But scientists were themselves surprised,
and sometimes chagrined, by some of the
things they learned at this recent pooling
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of scientific information They learned that
scientific intelligence tests often fail to
prove which students will prove successful
In this or that line of endeavor
They were also told that careful and sci
entifically planned college educations fire.
quently breed leadership out of the men"
they are training for leadership. Some ex-
tremely successful leaders failed to pass
scientific tests designed to reveal qualities
of leadership
Scientists were surprised to learn that
their latest experiments appear to show
that unscientific mothers who fondle their
babies turn out better product than the
kind who follow too many scientific rules.
And that business psychologists who are
topnotch instructors usually fail dismally
when they actually try to run business.
But these minor kickbacks don't discour-
age the real scientists. They have seen too
much evidence of the constructive progress
the world has made from their discoveries
to be discouraged because all of their theo-
rles do not work out in practice
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-15
Our Reader Opinion Polls

WHILE Montana Farmer-stockman oc-
w casionally queries it's readers as to
how they feel about some question of gen
eral interest to the farm and ranch people,
we have seldom made as definite request
for our readers views as in the recent
wheat support" and weather forecast"
polls.
The response we have received convinces
us that farm and ranch people are glad to
have quick and easy means of expressing
their opinions on subjects in which they
are definitely interested. We are, therefore,
planning to conduct similar polls on timely
questions in the future
Results of the wheat poll were reported
January l, but returns have continued to
roll in, so we are publishing further re-
port in this issue. This poll shows that a
substantial majority of Montana growers
favors high-level supports, although con-
siderable number like the two-price plan.
Comparatively few wheat producers want
the flexible support plan.
Most of the farmers who favor high-level
supports take the position that, as long as
other major segments of the economy are
supported in one way or another, and as
long as farmers must pay protected" prices
for the supplies and services they require,
they must receive comparable prices for
their products.
Readers who favor the two-price system
point out that such a plan would do away
with ACREAGE controls and would hermit
farmers to use their own judgment in
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planning their production programs. They
also feel that such plan would automati-
cally avoid the accumulation of burdensome
SURPRISES.
Advocates of flexible supports believe
they would prevent depression prices and
at the same time avoid government con-
trolls and red tape. They also think they
would permit realistic adjustments in pro-
duction from one crop to another.
Many of those who favor high-level sup
ports urge bushel quotas rather than acre
age allotments, pointing out that such an
arrangement would stabilize income by
permitting grower to hold surplus pro-
duced in good year for marketing in years
when crops are poor.
In the weather forecast poll, Montana
Farmer-Stockman readers expressed
strong preference for the new daily map
form of presentation which has been used
in recent months. They also said some very
nice things about the accuracy of the Mol
denhauer forecasts, and it is apparent that
our readers feel that Moldenhauer has a
pretty high batting average. Many readers
wrote that they clip the forecast out of the
paper and pin it up for daily reference.
We wish to express our appreciation to
the hundreds of readers who marked up
the poll ballots and mailed them in to u.s.
A great many were interested enough to
write us, explaining the reasons for their
views. We have published some of these
letters in our January issues and our only
regret is that space does not permit publ
cation of all of the letters we received
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Control of qrass-tYpe weeds is Of {

Control OF grass-tYpe weeds is of grow
ing Importance now that broadleafed weeds
have been brought under such effective con-
troll through the use of FAD. Nature abhors
vacuum. So the more broad-leafed weeds
are subdued, the greater the tendency for
the graSs-type weeds, such as wild oats
quack grass, ETC., to move in. Pre-emergence
applications of 2, AID have proved effective
against grassy weeds under some conditions
Scientists are also making encouraging
progress with new chemicals
Plant breeders are reporting progress in
the development of "dwarf" wheats. Plants
imported from China, Korea and other
parts of the world are being crossed with
regular varieties Some of the crosses show
increases in yields. The theory is that
dwarf wheats may be developed which will
head out earlier, and require less moisture
and minerals to produce crop than the
regular taller varieties
If you are having bloat trouble with
cattle grazing on alfalfa pasture, you might
experiment with strip grazing. Some Cali
torn1a dalrymen have been successful with
this method. Dairy cows are given grain
and hay in the barn. Then they are turned
into strip of alfalfa that they can clean
up, stems and all, in a few hours. The ami
mails also have access to dry hay. If there
are any signs of bloating the farmer re-
duces the amount of alfalfa in the available
strip
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