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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29
BY GARRETT ID. HORNEY
Star stan Correspondent

DENVER. Aug. 29-President
Eisenhower kept in close touch
with the progress of flood relief
work in the Northeast today as
he went into the third week of
his Colorado vacation.
He faced a light schedule of
work at his Lowry Air Force Base
Office this morning before an
expected round of golf at Cherry
Hills Country Club.
The President and Mrs. Eli
senhower spent a quiet Sunday
yesterday. After attending morn
ing services at Corona Presby-
terrain Church they drove to
Paramount Cemetery to place
flowers on the grave of Mrs. Eli
senhower's father, John S, Doud.
During the afternoon they re-
Taxed at Mrs. Doud's home, where
they are living here.
Sobs Over Image
Apparently without being no
ticed by the Eisenhowers, mic
dle-aged woman who attracted
attention of some churchgoerS
by sobhing over a candle-like
image which she said she had to
give the President.
The woman turned up first
across the street from the church
about 10 minutes before the FL
senhowers arrived. She stared
intently at the crowd assembled
in front of the church awaiting
the arrival of the President and
his wife.
She wore a black dress. sandals
and a black veil over her hair
that appeared to be crudely cut
very close to the scalp.
A few minutes after the Eisen-
howers had been seated near the
front of the church the woman
entered the building and knelt
on the floor behind the last row
Of pews. Then she r..gan sob
bling quietly. She clasped her
hands in an attitude of fervent
prayer as tears rolled down her
cheeks.
Ushers noticed her at that
point and escorted her to a small
room of the side of the main
church unit.
A Secret Service agent at the
rear of the church then took up
O station at the door of that
room. Another moved close by.
Later the woman moved of her
own accord to another anteroom
at the rear of the church The
agents kept close eye on her
but she caused no trouble.
She made no attemp. to ao-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

quirements of the new housing
code
The advance will be applied
to a planning study of what
dwellings need complete re-
Mobilization and what homes
can be salvaged with improve
ments by the housing code.
Once planning has been COM
pleted-it may take from one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29
ConuI Zone Island
Has q Time Bird

PANAMA CTTY-A weird little
time bird" lives in the forest
depths of Barro Colorado Island,
the Smithsonian Institution S
jungle wildlife preserve in the
Canal Zone.
The bird, the rufous motmot,
swings its elongated tail regu-
larly from side to side with an
almost precise interval per swing
of o little more than one second.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

The National Civil Service
League has engaged Elmo Roper.
the noted pollster, to make a
survey to find out how veterans
feel about the degree Of prefer
lence they should be given in
Federal employment.
X y 4
iAFGE--For the first time in a
number of years. there may be
a spirited fight for several of
the three Washington area vice
president positions in the Amer
lean Federation of Government
Employees. The elections won't
take place until next year but
already there are indications
that some of the incumbents
will face opposition.
X Il r.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP 49, Twice
postponed because of rain, the
Labor Departments Recreation
Association picnic has been re-
scheduled for September IL.
Paul A. Chalupsky of the Dis
trict Redevelopment Land Agency
has accumulated more than 1000
hours of sick leave.
Jerome K. Lyle, Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing
examiner. has been appointed
acting chief of the ICES Section
Iof Convenience and Necessity
Bureau of Finance.
Henry j. Stambaugh Of Nays
Bureau of Aeronautics has beer
Ihonored for so years of out
standing Government service
I36 years of which were with the
Navy.
Frederic C. Burgan of the
Navy Area Audit Office has beer
given a 30-year length-of-service
award. Receiving 20-year pins
were Benjamin L. Storey
Stephen T. Clark. Charles F
Russell and John A. Dunkel.
/ The Marine Corps Supply Gen.
ter at Albany. Ga. has job OPEN
ings for engineers. craftsmen
machinists, toolmakers and other
positions. Those interested
should contact the Marine en-
ployment Office at the Navy
Annex here.
Eta Christensen OF the Armed
Forces Medical Library has &C
cumulated more than 1000 hours
Of sick leave.
Ten Bureau of Engraving and
Printing employees have received
cash awards for meritorious
suggestions. They are Seymour
Berry. Charles T. Denning. An
drew M. Egnot. William r. FL
llerbe. Charles M. Gray. Rayberr
Nv. Keagy. Monya Lerner. George
I'M. Liglatfoot, Dorothy K. Sill
man and Edward r. Trumbule, jr.
Nine Navy Bureau Of Supplies
and Accounts employees have
been promoted. They are John
w. Castle. Philip T. Greco,
Charles c. Travis. e. Jane Turck,
Mrs. Doris M. Davis, Mrs. Doris
Ia. Garrett, Beverly Y. Griffin,
Mrs. Irene r. Kemp and Barbara
Il. Quinn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29
H-bonlb Power
For Peace Seen
BY the Associated Press

Chairman Lewis L. Strauss
said last night the Atomic En-
ergy Commission drive to har-
ness the H-bomb's power for
peaceful uses has been stepped
up a thousandfold during the
past two years.
Mr.. Strauss was asked in a
CHS radio-TV interview, Face
the Nation" about the demand
by Senator Anderson. Democrat,
of New Mexico, that the Acc
greatly increase its efforts in
this field. Senator Anderson
heads the senate-House Atomic
Energy Committee.
Mr.. Strauss said the Acc pro-
gram lis not being stinted in
any way" but added that il
presents IAN engineering and
physical problem of enormous
proportions"
The ACC, he said. has in a
two-year period increased by
some 1000 per cent the money
and manpower devoted to seek
ling a controlled thermonucleal
hydrogen reaction-a posi-
bility discussed at the recent
Geneva conference on peaceful
atomic uses.
Asked how United States
atomic know-how compares with
that of Russia, Mr.. Strauss sale
The knows of at least one field
i'm which the Soviets are ahead
He said they have more and
larger accelerators, such as the
Icyclotrons used in basic atomic
studies.
The Russian lead in this field
he indicated. might hasten a
trend which he said could even
Itually put Russia ahead in find.
ing peaceful uses of atomic
energy. He said this country
lis ahead now.
Mr.. Strauss said the Soviet
Union might take the lead within
Ia generation-possihly sooner
unless the United States acts tt
develop more atomic scientists
Russia's accelerator program, hi
said, is designed to attract stu.
! dents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

grains per cubic yard of air for
the "a hours ending 9 am. to-
day, the District Medical So
ciety reports.
River Report
From U. S EngineerSl
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
CReadings Washington National Airport)
Midnight ~ Noon 81
4 am ~ 4 pm NJ
8 am. II = pm. ri
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, %. on July 90. August 2.
Lowest, 10 on February q.
High and Low OF Last ~ Hours
High, NJ, at 3:55 pm.
Low, II. at 515 am.
Tide Tables
Furnished BY United States Coast and
Geodetie Survey
Today Tomorrow
High - SAB am. 6:}6 am.
Low 1915 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29
RESORT FORECAST

Upper and Lower Bay
Mostly sunny but some
cloudiness tomorrow, high
80-84, gentle southerly
winds.
Ocean Beaches and South
Jersey-Rather cloudy but
some sunshine tomorrow,
high 1880, gentle south
east winds.
Skyline Drive M thy
sunny but some cloudiness
tomorrow, high 1882, fair
visibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

the number of schedule c Jobs
has decreased during the past
six months.
Actually, during the past year,
there has been an increase of
only A such jobs--a neglible
figure. The number of these jobs
lis now 1,122 and is expected to
decrease gradually. This is due
Ito the fact that when vacancies
lin such positions occur the csc
in some cases won't approve new
appointments of the political
schedule c type and also the
commission is revoking schedule
lC job-filling authority wher
1.-THE occasion warrants 1t.
| Republicans Favored
The Eisenhower administra-
ltion initiated the schedule c
program in an effort to get Re-
lpublicans in key positions filled
lby civil servants. The admins
ltration argued that it was essen
tia to the success Of its programs
to get its own people in policy
making Jobs.
However, the question of what
constituted policy-making jobs
never was clearly defined. For a
thine the jobs of all career off,
cials in the upper brackets ap-
Ipeared in jeopardy.
The Civil Service Commission
came under fire from the Repub-
lican National Committee and
some agency heads for failing
to approve all the schedule C job
requests. In fact, the csc re-
Ijected as many schedule c job
requests as 1t approved.
Situation Stabilized
! Gradually the situation has
become stabilized to a point
where agencies are making few
iii any, schedule c job requests.
/ A breakdown of the 1922 pres
Ient schedule C jobs shows that
lonly 253 were taken from the
merit system. Almost 533 of them
came from the already excepted
schedules A and B. The remain
ling 1886 are entirely new posi-
Etions which had never been filled
lby competitive processes.
i II 4 +
| SECURITY WITNESSES-Tht
Controller General has ruled
THAT the Government cannot pay
the travelling expenses of its own
witnesses or witnesses for en-
Iployes involved in security cases
The Controller General said
there was no statutory authority
to pay the witnesses travel ex-
penses.
INSURANCE DEADLINE -
Wednesday is the deadline fol-
Federal employees who passed up
coverage under the Federal en-
iploye life insurance program
when it went into effect last fall,
If these employees now want to
be covered by the program they
must notify their agencies by
Wednesday. No physical exami-
nation will be required.
! s y 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

Ito three years-the Redevelop-
ment Land Agency then con-
tracts again with HHFA for
funds to cover the loss the city
takes in buying up and readying
the homes for private occupancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Class c Political Jobs
Policy VirtuoIIy at End
By JOSEPH YOUNG

administrations political schedule policy which for
nearly caused filters Federal career peo-
pie, has Just about to end.
Civil Service Commission figures show that for the first
program initiated than two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29
Household Utility Costs

DETROIT. -- Household utili-
ties, such as fuel and lighting
supplies. water, gas, electricity
for lighting and power. comprise
more than one-fourth of housing
costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29
Louisiunu Wettest State

NEW ORLEANS. - Louisiana
is the wetteSt of all the States.
The average annual rainfall
amounts to SSH inches, accord
ing to the United States Weather
Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

WEATHER FORECAST-Showers and thunderstorms are
forecast tonight for the central portions of the country
from the Upper Mississippi Valley Souhwestward to the
Southern Plains Showers forecast In the Northern
parts of New England upstate New York and along the
Texas Gulf Coast It will be the Upper Great
Lakes and cooler In the Northern Plains and continuing
cool in New Engand-AP Wirephoto Map
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

VETERANS PREFERENCE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

BETHESDA, Nd.
$500 East. West Highway
COLLEGE PARK, Nd.
1860 Baltimore Avenue
s727 FLOWER AVENUE
(and Piney Branch Road)
cREENBELT, Nd.
Is Crescent Road
MT. RAINIER, Nd
9716 Rhode Island Avenue
viERs MILL, Md.
1920 Viers Mill Road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-29

NAVAL ORDNANCE
LABORATORY FACILITY
White Oak, Md.
TAKoMA PARK, Md.
$3.50 Carroll Avenue
TAkoMA PARK, Nd.
6S42 New Hampshire Avenue
W. HYATTsvllLE, Nd.
5416 Queens Chapel Road
WHEATON,. Nd.
1922 Georgia Avenue
WooDMooR, Nd.
1015l Colesville Road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
u. 5. Suit Names
Firms
BY the Associated Press

The Justice Department today
filed a second civil antitrust &C.
ton against leading concerns In
the Swiss and American watch
industry. 1t charged a conspir-
acy to restrain trade in the
Matchmaking machinery field.
Attorney General Brownell
said the action was filed this
morning in the Federal District
Court at New York City for the
purpose Of making Swiss-made
machines available to American
companies seeking to manufac-
Iture watches.
In October. 1854, the depart
ment filed an antitrust suit in
the same court against "a Swiss
and American watch companies,
charging violations Of the anti
trust laws and the Wilson Tariff
Act in the distribution of
watches. alleging they had COM
bined to restrict manufacture at
fixed prices.
In that case the Swiss con-
Germs challenged the right of
the American Government to
take action against them. The
New York court ruled last July
that this Government had juris-
diction in view Of the continuous
business activity of these COM
panies in the United States.
The Federal Suisse des Asso-
Citations de Fabricants Dior
logerie, of Bienne. Switzerland,
known in the trade as FIJI, and
its American agent, the Watch
makers Of Switzerland Informa-
ton Center Of New York, headed
the list Of defendants in the new
suit filed today. They had been
named in the previous suit.
The new action also named
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE

National symphony Orchestra,
Howard Mitchell, conductor. Soloists
Evan Harbrecht. soprano, Kathleen
Joyce. contralto: Walter Carringer,
tenor: william D. Jones. baritone.
Church Choirs: First Baptist, william
Wood. director: First congregat ional.
Vernon Place Methodist, r. Deane
6hure. director; New York Avenue
Presbyterian. Stephen H. Prussing,
director. Constitution Hall. ProEram:
Messiah, oratorio by Handel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
NEWS OF MUSIC
Messiah Well Done
Before SmoII Audience

pace. The deliberate tempt were
in keeping with the size Of the
combined choirs, approximately
two hundI ed and fifty. The solos,
however, were inclined to drag.
although the quartet was made
up Of capable singers with good
voices. It seems that the con-
|ventional tempt for church ora
torios. particularly Messiah, .
have come under the sedative
influence Of congregational hymn
singing, yet there Is no reason to
suppose that Handel thought of
these pieces as basically different
from his operate numbers.
The lightest and brightest
voice Of the quartet was that OF
Evan Harbrecht; that which
showed the greatest feeling for
style-at least British oratorio
style-was Kathleen Joyce's.
Both men singers had pleasant
voices. but were conspicuously
hampered by ambling tempt.
The combined choruses were
remarkably good-so good. in
deed. that there was never any
evidence that they had been
trained as four separate entities.
The great Handelian choruses
"And He shall purify" and His
yoke is easy" were done accu-
rately. with good balance, and
with easy, enforced. and natural
tone.
The orchestra was entirely
satisfactory In the conventional
18th century arrangement Of the
Handel score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Cuts
.SuIuries in Strike

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2 P1.-
Westinghouse Electric Corp,
struck by the CLIO international
Union Of Electrical Workers since
october l6, yesterday slashed the
salaries of executive and tech
nical personnel and said, I'VE
are settling down for a long
strike"
Gwilym A. Price, president Of
Westinghouse. said salaries of
certain other higher manage
ment personnel will be cut 40
per cent. and at least two-fifths
Of the administrative and tech
nical employees will be furloughed
weekly on a rotation basis.
with absolutely no progress
in negotiations, we can only con-
clude we are settling down for a
long strike" the company said.
The union called out its A, 900
at 20 company plants
to back up demands for a Is
cent hourly raise under q one
year contract and settlement Of
a dispute over company efficiency
studies. The workers had aver
aged $2.10 an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Couple Moves Furniture
To Virgin Islands by Air

A retired State Department
couple loaded eight tons of house.
hold goods, including a baby
grand piano, aboard q chartered
DC-4 here last night and took
OF for the Virgin Islands.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Keith
Merrill, who have put their
Herndon (Va0 farm on the
market. They have bought q
house at Sion Hill near Chris
tiansted, st. Croix. in the Virgin
Islands.
Mr.. Merrill said the fight was
"the best and safest way to move
some valuable paintings we want
to take with us for our new
home"
His collection of religious art
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Juvenile Court
Data May Be
Given TO Police
BY FRANK SARTWELL

The Police Department may
soon get. automatically, the re-
suits Of court action on juveniles
1t accuses Of crimes.
Judge Edith H. Cockrill of
Juvenile Court told the police
training class in juvenile delin-
quency yesterday that, as a re-
suit Of the special training being
given. she soon may feel that she
can release to the Juvenile Squad
the actions Of her court.
Must Ask Specifically
At present the police can gst
the information on q specific
juvenile only If they contact
Judge Cockrill and show that
they have good reason for want
ting to know what happened.
Police have maintained it
would help them to know, with
out having to ask the Judge spe-
cifically, if a given boy or girl
was In an institution or out. II
out, the juvenile might be a good
suspect In a new crime.
The judge told the training
class that. If proper safeguards"
are assured under the new Youth
Aid Division Of the department,
she hopes to make the DISPOSE
tons Of cases available as regu-
lar procedure. Asked later what
these safeguards would include,
Judge Cockrill mentioned keep
ing the dispositions from "unau-
thorized" persons.
Defends News COverage
Judge Cockrill also was asked
about an earlier loosening Of the
secrecy practices Of her court
letting reporters cover its ses-
sions.
Detective Eugene G. Columbus
Of the Fairfax Police Department
asked II this was good policy.
Judge Cockrill explained that the
Juvenile Court Act had been
amended to provide that any
person having a legitimate in
terest in the operation of the
court could. in the discretion Of
the judge. be allowed to watch
Its operations.
The public. she said. has such
a legitimate interest and is rep
resented by the press. She praised
the coverage given the court.
declaring that, in her opinion,
1t helped get an enlargement Of
the Receiving Home for Children
and increased staff for the Wei.
fare Department.
Judge Cockrill, speaking at the
third session Of the training
class. explained the workings of
her court, and. at the request
OF police officials, gave examples
Of how the officers could better
prepare cases to put before 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

Chauffeurs, WarehouSemen and
Helpers Of America, and Their
dependents. The program il
underwritten by Group Hospital
ization, Inc, and Medical Service
Of the District. the local Blue
Cross and Blue Shield plans.
Diaries participating In the
program are Alexandria Dairy
Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase
Embassy, Lucerne Milk Company
Richfield, Thompson's and Wake.
field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

as defendants: Bulova Watch
Co., Jackson Heights, Long Is
land, N. Y; Hamilton Watch
Co, Lancaster. Pa; Waltham
Watch Co., Waltham. Mass;
Elgin National Watch Co., Elgin.
H.; Carl Hirschmann Co., Man
hasset. Long Island, N. Y, and
Russell, Holbrook & Henderson,
Inc, Of New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

was exhibited here last Christmas
during the Pageant Of Peace.
Mr.. Merrill retired in 1887 as
executive assistant to the State
Departments administrative Sec
rotary. He spent II years in
state service, including q tour
as consul in Spain from 1921
to 1923.
The plane fee was repeatedly
around $500. A spokesman
for Pan American Grace Anyways,
Inc, which furnished the craft,
said he thought the insurance
on the cargo might be as much
as $4,000.
Mr.. Merrill said he and Mrs.
Merrill will winter in the Virgin
Islands and spend their summers
at Prides Crossing, Mass.
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8 Doifies Adopt
Medical Care Plan

A program Of protection against
the expenses Of disqualification
and medical care for union en-
ployes Of eight local diaries was
announced today.
The program will provide COW
erage for about 1000 members Of
Local No. 246, International
Brotherhood of Team sters,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Pharmacists Present
Gront to Area Mon

The Washington chapter Of
Alpha Zeta Omega, professional
pharmaceutical fraternity, last
night presented its annual $500
pharmacy scholarship for George
Washington University to James
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Mrs. Roosevelt Picked

UNITED NATIONS. Dec. 2 Up.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
former U. N. delegate, has been
designated by the World Wide
Club here to head Charles Dick
ems "A Christmas Carol" at its
December is holiday program.
The club Is . U. N. employees
grolln.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

Simpler Of 1906 r street, Capitol
Heights, Md.
Selection of the winner Is based
on an examination and Q per-
sonal interview. The award. given
Iat q dinner in Phil Young's
Romany Room restaurant. was
presented by Phil Rosen. direc-
forum Of the Washington chap
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

The National Symptoms
Messiah" heard last night In
Constitution Hall, and to be re-
peated this Saturday. was a good
performance that showed of
four Of the better local church
choirs to excellent advantage,
and brought together a quartet
Of soloists entirely different in
personnel from the one that sang
last December.
The most amazing aspect of
the evening was the small crowd
that turned out to hear what is
generally considered a universal
favorite-about q thousand or
perhaps twelve hundred. Last
year. on a Saturday night and
at q dollar a head, the hall was
overlooking; this year on a
Thursday, or shopping, night,
and with a top Of 50, Messiah"
failed to draw. 1t may have been
the higher price Of tickets, that
human nature is changing and
people are doing their Christmas
buying early, or some factor less
easily discovered.
Generally speaking, Handel's
music was taken at a lesiurely