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The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26
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THE ROBBINS EAGLE
Saturday, February 26, 1855
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BY JOEL FISHER
Salt Lake City, Utah; enroute
to Los Angeles, California

brigham YOUNG, founder
of Salt Lake City, was a
man of courage and vision.
Too bad he couldn't have set
tied the Village of Robbins, for
it is evident that our founding
fathers and some subsequent
leaders have missed the boat on
foresight constructive planning
and just plain old intestinal for
titude.
There's no point in my re-
peatlng what you already know
about poor living conditions in
the Village. I shall try to show
you, once more, why it is
important that you average citi-
zens participate in civic and
governmental affairs. Too, you
should be concerned about your
choice of leaders, for as you
may already know, you could
be sold down the river by
men who no more have your
interest in mind that the man
in the moon. To begin with,
you have a choice of Lord
knows how many candidates to
choose from; for the Village,
small as it is, is loaded with
political parties and job aspir-
ants.
Further, the advantage is on
your side in that all potential
office holders are your neigh
bors; go to the same church as
you; belong to the same clubs,
etc. Even though few have
formal and acelemic government
tai training, some do possess
qualities that make desirable
public officials.
Before choosing and voting,
though, why don you ask your
self few questions?
l. Since we all want decent
homes, schools, churches,
roads and pleasant sur
roundings, why must there
be such difference Of
opinions as to how to OBJ
tain them?
2. Since Village Officials pay
is so low and the hours OF
work long, why do so many
men aspire for office?
3. How can Robbins, small as
it is, effectively support SO
many political parties?
4. Besides the present tangible
assets, how much progress
has been made in the Viii
1age?
S. Why are Robbins citizens
so slow to lead and follow
any concrete program?
These are but a few questions
you could ask yourselves and
try to find the answers to before
the coming seection. 1t has
Evening star., 1955-05-05
-AP Wirephoto.
BY MARTIN s. HAYDEN

Behind the silken curtain with
which Secretary Oveta Culp
Hobby has envelopeG her De-
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare, everybody con-
nected with the Salk polio pro-
gram is lust little mad at every
one else.
AS a result, a full-f1edged
presidential effort yesterday to
put the program back on a pub
lic-relations track fell short Of
It's target.
The Presidents remarks at his
press conference.-the misun-
derstandings that grew there
from-did, however, stimulate
some previously forbidden COM
ment from Hobby assistants, and
these facts" come to light:
l. Available Salk vaccine sup
plies have fallen nearly 7 million
units behind estimates made by
Mrs. Hobby only IL days ago.
2. Behind the shortage is a
redoubling of precautions by
drug manufacturers and United
States Public Health Service
testers following revelation OF
suspect vaccine from the Cutter
laboratories in California.
5. In addition to Cutter vac
cine withheld, patches from
other laboratories have been
barred from public distribution
pending further data, and.
4. 1t is not true. as some con-
cluded from the Presidents re-
marks, that some new" danger
has arisen to disturb parents
whose children face incubation.
Except for the one Official
and now -discarded-set of Hob
by figures put out April %. all
statistics on Salk vaccine avail
ability have been buried under
the Secretary's directive that.
until she decides what shall be
made public, all Salk facts shall
be top secret. AS a result, so
informed a figure as DR.. Hart
Van Ripper, medical director of
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VACCINE
Continued From First Page

COntlnue0 from FIRST rage
actual testing of this vaccine.
If you may test it in one way
it can be done in a relatively
short time. AS quickly as you
go to a system that may be more
accurate. you run into group
of new technical problems that
might delay the production of
this vaccine for a good many
weeks.
There has been suspected on
the part of the scientists a re-
action or a development that
you might call the provocative
effect of this vaccine.
"You or I or a little child.
which would be important. might
have latent germs in his sys-
tenn, or virus. And in normal
cases might pass through this
area or this period with no rea-
son or no serious effects. He
would have a few slight symp-
toms, but it would amount to
nothing more.
Nov. the actual puncture of
the skin with this. to give this
shot might. it is just-and they
have not proved this-but it is
just possible that it might cause
some trouble"
New Safeguards Sought
In announcing it's review of
the quality problem the Public
Health Service said:
GAS consequence of the with
drawal of the Cutter vaccine, the
Evening star., 1955-05-05

District and vicinity-Fair to-
night, with low about Sc. Fair
and cooler tomorrow.
Maryland-Fair tonight, with
low 47-52 in the mountains and
in the sos elsewhere. Fair and
cooler tomorrow, with high in
the 70s.
Virginia-Fair tonight. with
low around SIS in north and so
In south. Fair and cooler to-
morrow,
Evening star., 1955-05-05
Friction Over Vaccine
Laid to Hobby Order

the National Foundation for in
fantile Paralysis. was quoted
publicly Wednesday as saying 10
million Salk shots were miss
ing" and that the foundation.
itself. was running into supply
shortage.
A fitting of the Hobby security
lid reveals none are missing
but that the supply is way short
of the IT, million cc's of vaccine
that Mrs. Hobby said April %
would be available by May to
give 8.6 million children their
first shots.
Instead, only los million cc's
had been approved for distribu-
tion, as of Tuesday by the Pub
lie Health Services Laboratory
of Biologics Control. Another 3.9
million cc's mot counting any
from Cutter) was being held up
by the Biologics laboratory
pending receipt from manufac-
turers of additional data which
must be reviewed before approval
can be considered" Finally, $780,
900 cc's still are held up because
Federal tests are not completed.
Releasing the revised figures
yesterday, Hobby press officers
blamed the earlier miscalcula-
ton on optimism" of manufac-
turers: they added, however, that
the outlook is good" for produc-
ton and approval of the 32,694,-
900 cc's needed to care for all the
5-to-9-year-olds by the Presi-
dents August deadline. That
would compare with 69.3 million
&C production anticipated as of
that date when Mrs. Hobby was
optimistic" on April 20.
They "hope." however. that, by
June l, the National Foundation
will have available the 18 mil
lion cc's it has bought and paid
for to give free inoculations to all
first and second-graders and
those third-graders who partici-
pated in last years test program.
(ReIeased by North American Newspaper
Alliance)
Evening star., 1955-05-05

with employees In the local area
who are paid under the wage
board system. These represen-
tatives must be familiar with the
jobs involved. Members of wage
boards gather data about pre-
vailing rates in personal inter-
views with company officials.
Employe groups affected are in
vited to consult with the boards.
@. Why are CPC employees
being transferred to the wage
board system?
A. Prior to the new law. over
100000 employees in trades.
crafts and laboring occupations
were being paid under prevail
ing rate systems and approxi-
mately 10000 in comparable
positions were being paid under
the CPC schedule. 1t frequently
happened that employees doing
the same work and having SINH
lar qualifications in the same
local area and organization were
paid under two different sys-
TENS. This resulted in pay in
equities and poor employ
morale. Congress passed a law
to remedy this situation and
gave agencies l year to COM
plete the changeover of the
10, 900 employees.
Early July Transfer
@. When will the transfer take
effect?
A. Most employees will be
transferred early in July. How
ever, agencies have until Sep
tember to complete this work.
at which time the CPC schedule
will be abolished.
G. What does the transfer
mean to employees in terms OF
salaries?
A. No employe will have his
base pay reduced by the trans
fer and most of them will re-
ceive increases, some of substan-
tial size.
@. Why will some employees
receive more of an increase
than others?
/ A. This is because pay levels
vary from one local area to an
other, while employees covered by
the CPC schedule are paid under
a uniform schedule that applies
( in all areas. Also. in many local
areas pay levels for workmen
and foremen in the skilled
| trades and crafts are higher
than CPC rates. while pay levels
I for custodial, food-service and
laundry workers are equal to or
less than CPC rates.
! @. How can an individual en-
ploye find out just what his pay
is going to be after the transfer?
/ A. The information probably
isn't available yet. just as soon
as a wage schedule is established
for his area, and his position is
studied to determine the proper
pay rate, each employees person.
neT office will let him know what
his new pay will be.
@. If a CPC employees trans
fer to the wage-board pay sys-
tenn is completed before the
pending Classification Act pay
bill is passed, will he lose the
benefit of this increase when his
new pay is computed?
A. No. There is a provision
in the pending pay bills that will
allow him to take advantage of
the pay increase. His new salary
under the wage-board system
will be recomputed, If necessary.
at least to equal his old CPC
Evening star., 1955-05-05

his news conference yesterday
that he has not made up his
mind.
Top Republican leaders in the
House and Senate had insisted
that Mr.. Eisenhower was certain
to veto any postal pay bill in
excess of 7.6 per cent. These Re-
publicans included House Minor
ity Leader Martin and Senate
Minority Leader Knowland.
However, Mr.. Eisenhower. at
his press conference yesterday.
fatty denied he had said he
would veto the legislation. He
said he would study the bill
after it came to his desk before
making his decision.
Top Post Office Department
officials continued to insist that
Mr.. Eisenhower will veto the 8.8
per cent legislation. They said
it would create greater pay in
equities between postal grades
than exist now. They said the
President scarcely could take
the position of saying he would
veto the bill before it even came
to his desk.
However, postal employe
union leaders and Democratic
members of Congress said the
Presidents statement gave spe-
cific hope that he might reverse
his previous stand and enact the
8.8 per cent pay bill into law.
Should the President sign the
8.8 per cent bill, it would mean
that a pay increase of at least
a 7 per cent and perhaps more
for classified employees would
have an excellent chance. The
Evening star., 1955-05-05
Wind-West or northwest Is
20 miles per. hour tonight and
northerly 1918 miles per hour
tomorrow.

River Report
tFrom U. s. Engineers,
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at HarperS Ferry.
Evening star., 1955-05-05

8.8 per cent postal pay bill pro-
vides a minimum per cent pay
boost for all postal workers. plus
an additional 18 per cent result
ing from reclasSification.
Should the President veto the
8.8 per cent measure, then Con-
gress is expected to rush enact
ment of the 7.6 per cent postal
pay bill and the 6 per cent
classified pay measure. The
House has held up final enact
ment of classified pay raise leg
islation until it is determined
what President Eisenhower will
do on the postal pay bill. The
8.8 per cent bill was agreed to
the other day by House-Senate
conferees. The House and Sem
ate on Monday are certain to
approve the legislation and send
it to the White House.
At his press conference, the
President was reminded there
had been widespread predictions
he would veto the postal pay
legislation. Mr.. Eisenhower an
swered: well. there may have
been predictions, but you re-
member I have never predicted
it. Now, in just a few days I
will have to study that very
carefully and my answer will be
apparent at that time"
X *
CPC SCHEDULE-The Civil
Service Commission, in question
and-answer form, has answered
the most frequently asked
queries regarding the transfer
of CRC Crafts, Protective and
CustodiaD employees to wage
board coverage. The target date
for completing the transfer is
July 3.
! @. What positions are to be
:. transferred from the Crafts.
| Protective and Custodial pay
schedule to prevailing-rate
| system?
( A. Trades. crafts and laboring
positions. including foreman and
other related positions where
the main qualifications require
experience in trades, crafts and
laboring work, are being trans
/ ferred.
@. What happens to the other
positions formerly covered by the
CPC schedule?
| A They have already been
transferred to the GS schedule
of the Classification Act. These
were mostly messengers, guards
and firefighters.
| @. What is a prevailing-rate
system?
A. Under prevailing-r rate
system pay rates for each cate
CORY of employees are set to cor
respond with what private en-
ployers pay for similar work in
each local area.
@. How often are prevailing
rates in a locality reviewed?
A. Usually they are reviewed
once a year. This means that
pay under the prevailing-rate
system is more flexible than pay
under the Classification Act
Since 1851. when salaries under
the Classification Act were last
adjusted, the typical wage-board
employe has received pay in
creases in 1852. 1853 and 1854
These adjustments were made
| to reflect increases granted by
local private employers in these
years.
Agency Sets Rates
@. Does the Civil Service Com
mission set prevailing rates for
each local area?
A. No. Under the law, the head
Of each agency has this respon-
sibility.
! @. How are the prevailing rates
arrived at?
| A. Usually local wage board
surveys comparable jobs in pri-
vate industry in the area. The
head of an agency. or a central
wage board acting in his behalf
fixes rates to be paid on the
basis of the local wage boards
findings.
@. Who serves on these local
wage boards?
A. Representatives of agencies
Evening star., 1955-05-05

Public Health Service, following
a discussion of the situation with
scientific and technical consult
ants and with representatives of
the pharmaceutical industry. is
carefully reviewing quality con-
trolls to determine whether it is
possible to build additional safe
guards into the manufacture and
testing processes.
The Public Health Service
feels that their review can prob
ably be completed within a few
days"
The Health Service announced
today that new polio cases re-
ported by the States for the last
week totaled lat. about 40 per
cent more than the l06 in the
preceding week and about 20 per
cent above the 122 reported for
the corresponding 1854 week.
This was in contrast to the
pattern in earlier weeks, as the
total for the year is 1852 COM
pared with 1875 in the compar-
ative period of 1854.
California Leads States
California topped the States
with % cases, II of them para =
lytic, one of which was among
military personnel.
Of the 16 paralytic cases in
civilians. six had onsets of symp-
toms before release of the polio
vaccine: four had onsets after
April 13 but had not been vac
cinated, and six had received
vaccine. i
Among the non-paralytic cases
six had onsets prior to release of
the vaccine, three had onsets
after April 13 but had not been
vaccinated, and one had been
vaccinated.
Maryland reported two cases
in persons not vaccinated. The
service said it did not have
similar detailed information for
other States.
DR.. Chester S. Keefer, special
Salk adviser to President Eisen-
hover, told newsmen a technical
committee no doubt will con-
slider the possibility of recon-
mending against inoculations
during certain periods of the
year.
DR.. Keefer noted that for some
years State health authorities
and medical societies have ad-
vised against any kind of inocu-
lations during the height of the
polio season. Similarly, he said,
there have been recommends
tlons against tonsillectomies for
children during the polio season.
President Eisenhower's promise
OF equitable distribution of the
vaccine today put temporary
brakes to demands in Congress
for strict Federal ALLEGATION
controls.
But it appeared that both the
White House and Congress
would step in quickly If the
voluntary distribution plan
urged by the President breaks
down.
President Eisenhower told his
news conference yesterday:
There will never be a child
in the United States denied this
emergency protection for want
of ability to pay. OF that we are
absolutely certain
'It is going to be distributed
equitably to every State in the
Union"
A more formal statement is
sued later by the White House
with his approval said. in part:
"If situation ever develops
in this country where children
are deprived of the vaccine be-
cause of inability to pay or NAL
distribution of the supply avail
able, the President would i'm
mediately ask the Congress oi
the United States for authority
to permit the Secretary o1
Health, Education and Welfare
to buy the entire output of the
vaccine, other than that already
allocated to the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis. >
! - n ~
Evening star., 1955-05-05
Doctors Urged
ToInsure Wise
Use Of Vaccine

DR.. Preston A. McLendon.
president of the District Medi-
cal Society. last night told area
physicians that it was up to
them to insure that there would
be no "hasty. inconsiderate or
use of Salk polio
vaccine in the coming months.
DR.. McLendon spoke as a
member of a four-man panel
that sought to answer questions
relative to the vaccine situation
put to them by doctors attending
the society's annual meeting. He
said the delay in delivery of the
vaccine caused by the embargo
laid against the Cutter COM
pany's product gives doctors time
to allay the public's fears and
to calm hysteria.
I'm the final analysis" said
DR.. McLendon, "it's up to us
to promote a sensible, scientific
innoculation program based on
reason rather than emotion"
Others in Panel
Other paneliSts taking part in
the discussion were DR.. Daniel
L. Seckinger. District health di-
rector; DR.. George Maksim.
chairman of the society's COM
mittee on public health, and DR..
A. B Price, regional medical
director for the Public Health
Service.
In answer to questions from
the physicians, DR.. Price said
18 million cubic centimeters of
vaccine will be available to the
national polio foundation by
June /. while about 14.1 million
&C. should be available to doctors
through commercial channels.
DR.. Price estimated the area S
total population between ages l
and 20 could be innoculated by
November /.
The fall date drew comment
from some doctors as to the
possibility that non-epidemic
months might be more suitable
for innoculation than summer
DR.. Maksim, toward whom the
comments were directed, gave
no categoric answer to the query
but limited that the fall months
might be more suitable for use
of the vaccine.
Confines Comments
DR.. Seckinger, who was at Ann
Arbor. Mich, when the success
of the Salk vaccine was an
nounced, confined his comments
mostly to reports on DR.. Salk s
findings.
1t was brought out, during the
meeting at 1718 M street NV.
headquarters of the medical
society, that area doctors, many
of whom have no contact ir
their practice with children
have been approached by drug
salesmen offering vaccine.
A show of hands revealed that
about Is of the 100 doctors hao
some vaccine in their possession
mostly in small amounts. Nc
abuses in the use of the vaccine
have been reported here.
Evening star., 1955-05-05

salary plus the pay raise he
would have been entitled 70. OF
course, if his current wage
board rate is still the higher
Evening star., 1955-05-05
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Fate of Postal Pay Bill
Hinges on President
By JOSEPH YOUNG

Congress final approval Monday the S8
per postal pay-eclasSicaon bill the
White
Whether President Eisenhower will the bill remains
of hot conjecture following the Presidents disclosure
Evening star., 1955-05-05
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, 81, on April 10
Lowest. II, on February 3.
High and Low of Last "a Hours
High, So at 4:l0 pm
Low, 60, at 7:10 am.
Evening star., 1955-05-05
US. WEATHER suREAU MAP

TODAYS WEATHER-Scattered showers or thunderstorms
expected tonight Maine the Northern Rockies
Southern Plains and the Southern Rockies and
in Southern Central California 1t will be cooler in the
Northeast in the Central Plains, the Middle Msss
sppi Valley and the Northern RockiesAP Wrephoto Map
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

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Football Team Preparing For

FootDan Team preparing For
September 2S Date With Riders
The Smyrna High School foot
ball team has been working dill
gently under the direction of head
coach, William Horney, for the
season opener at home with Cae-
sar Rodney on Friday night, Sep
tember 23.' At this writing the
starting lineup is not definite, but
the following boys started at the
positions indicated in recent
scrimmage. Left end, David Dea-
kyne; left tackle, Fred Bush; left
guard, Bill Carter; center, David
Comegys; right guard, Bart Luff;
right tackle, Karl Gebhart; right
end, Walter Mofhtt, left half, Dav-
i'd Reedy; fullback, Paul Loder;
right half, Dale Reedy; quarter
back, Ben Solloway.
The only tenth grader in this
group is Dale Reedy, all other
candidates are members of the
11th and 18th grades. With a
mature group Coach Horney is
hoping Cor a successful season.
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

that the location would be ad-
vantageous.
Smyrna Town Council at its
meeting Friday night was con-
fronted with very serious pro-
position regarding the condition
of the Berry Boiler which was re-
ported to be practically out of
service. Chairman Grieves of the
Light and Water Committee inn
pressed each member with the
need of taking prompt action 9TH
erwise the town would be in dark
ness after the moonlight nights
were gone. The condition was
such that word was dispatched
Robert Wetherill & Co., of Ches-
ter, Pa, makers of the boiler, who
sent two men down to make ex-
animation of the boiler, one of
them a boiler inspector, who ad-
vised the Light and Water Com
mittee to abandon the boiler and
purchase a new one.
Miss Hettie West Richards, who
for nearly eleven years has been
the efficient and obliging saleslady
at George M. Stevenson ice cream
and confectionery store has tend
cred her resignation to take effect
next Saturday. Miss Richards has
accepted position in the Office of
st. Joseph's Industrial School,
Clayton, as the assistant to Miss
Hunt and will enter upon her
duties Monday.
Mr.. Henry Janney will leave
Saturday for Baltimore, where he
will resume his studies at the
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
Messrs. Ayres Stockley, Lester
Voss and Maynard Griffith h
returned this morning to Della
ware College.
Mr.. William Chandler, who dur
ing the summer has had charge
of one of the Vacation Schools"
of New York City is the guest of
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Albert
Chandler, preparatory to return
ing to his studies at Syracuse
University.
Miss Elizabeth Collins, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Vaughan S.
Collins, of Port Deposit, is visit
ing Mrs. Laura Temple.
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15
SCHOOL
REPORTER
Glasses Begin at Smyrna
High School

hfSn SCnOOi
Last Thursday at $50 am.
classes for the 1856 school term
began at Smyrna High School. A
few changes were listed among
the members of the faculty. Miss
Mary Amo was appointed 1872
homeroom teacher and junior and
senior English teacher. Miss EN-
ma Lee Macarthur assumed con-
troll of the go homeroom and is
teaching ninth and tenth grade
English. Mrs. Helen Lucia has the
9-3 homeroom previously under
Miss Reed who has taken over
the Ill section. Mrs. Lucia will
also teach art in the primary and
secondary school. Mr.. Herbert
Ruch has taken the place of Mr..
Stellatella who resigned.
The secondary school had an
enrolment of Ats on the first day.
This is an increase of As over the
1854 figure. The greatest single
class gain was the 18th grade
where the 1854 figures show 43
enrolled while this year they have
90.