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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

State Department officials are
hoping that the public hearing
launched today by Senate Judi
ciary subcommittee will be the
opening session of a thorough
investigation of the operation of
the refugee relief program which
the ousted Edward J. Corsi has
labeled a "scandalous failure.
These officials, who declined to
be identified. feel strongly that
If there is a, full. inquiry they
can:
/. Present documentary proof
that Mr.. Corsi's charges that
the refugee program has been
sabotaged are baseless.
2. Convince Congress that the
administration Of the program
has been as vigorous as the
stringent provisions of the Re-
fugee Relief Act permit.
3. Demonstrate that Mr.. Corsi,
who was dropped on Easter Sum-
day as Secretary Of State Dulles
special assistant, circumvented
the law by what they call his
"free-Wheeling' operations in
committing the department to
agreements it could not legally
1000 Admitted
Mr.. Corsi, an Italian-born
New Yorker, has asserted that
only 1000 refugees have been
admitted to the United States in
the II months the law has been
in effect. Other critics relate
this 1000 to a figure of 214,OO0
as the number of refugees per-
mitted.
The department contends that
this presentation is grossly I'M
fair. Here is their answer to it:
The number of viSaS issued
not the number of refugees
who have actually entered the
United StateS-is the significant
figure as far as the refugee re-
lief administrators responsible
ty is concerned. AS of April 8,
there were 24,810 visas issued,
including 1922 to refugees. The
others were to relatives Of
American citizens.
To date, l.044 refugees and
nearly $4,000 relatives have been
admitted under the program.
Rather than 214,000 refugees,
the Refugee Relief Act calls for
EOS, 900 refugees and relatives Of
American citizens to be admitted
by December 81. 1856. In addi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

adjective rating will in all prob
ability be approved. The CSC's
previous regulations made APP
proval Of the extra rating virtu-
ally impossible.
The CSC said the added rating
could be used as q designation
between satisfactory" and "out-
Notwithstanding like Every
good" The present rating sys-
tenn consists of unsatisfactory.
satisfactory" and Outstanding.
Whether Federal agencies will
choose to chcange their present
three-rating system remains to
be seen. Thus far, only the In
terror Department and Selective
Service have asked for a fourth
rating.
Federal employe leaders as
well as agency personnel officials
are split over changing the pres
ent system. csc officials said
they weren't necessarily in favor
of a new very good" designation,
but felt that agencies should
have the right to use 1t If they
felt it would improve their per-
sonnet programs.
The present three-adjective
system was enacted by Congress
several years ago. following in
! tense criticism Of the previous
| five-adjective rating system.
The current performance rat
ing system has both its defenders
and critics.
| Those criticizing it declared
that it penalties the above
average employe. They point out
! that 80 per cent Of Federal en-
ployes are given satisfactory"
ratings. with the result that
employees with ability. initiative
and ambition get no more rec
ignition than the mediocre or
run-of the mill employee. It's
pointed out that one has to be
almost a paragon Of virtue and
ability to receive an "outstand-
ing" rating. Consequently. it
is argued, the present rating
system is meaningless and de-
stroys initiative.
Defenders of the present sys-
tenn contend that an additional
rating such as very good" would
once again return the Govern
ment to the pickering and dis
satisfactions among employees
that marked the former rating
system They declare that the
very good" rating would once
again result in favoritism and
office politics." whereby special
favorites of the supervisors would
get the choice rating. Employe
morale would once again suffer
and there would again be an
endless chain of appeals to the
csc on performance ratings.
they declare.
Under the cSC,s added rating
plan, employees designated as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Young Gunmon Robs
Drugstore Of S1O0

Blaine S. MacDannald. 80.
night manager of the Drug Fair
store at Seventeenth and K
streets NV. told police he was
robbed Of 500 by a young gun
man early today.
The store manager said the
youth, about 121 years old. is
sued a warning to him, Don't
say a word. inst hand me every
thing in that cash register"
Mr.. MacDannald did and the
youth fled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair and
cooler tonight with low about 48.
Sunny but cooler tomorrow with
high about "a.
Maryland-Fair and cooler to-
night with low in the 40s, but
45-52 in east. Fair and some
what cooler tomorrow.
Virginia-Fair and cooler in
east and little cooler in west TO-
night with low in the 40s. Most
ly sunny and cooler tomorrow.
Wind-Southwest or west, IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
VACCINE
Continued From First Page

nouncement that it would not
pay for the last shot, specula-
ton started as to how the last
shot would be financed.
In the District, some 10000
children are involved in the free
program. Dr.. Daniel Seckinger
District health officer, said a
special appropriation from Con-
gress might be the answer.
Other health officials say the
last incubation will probably be
handled by private physicians at
some cost to those who got the
first two shots free at the hands
of physicians donating their
time.
Preston A. McLendon, presi-
dent of the District Medical So
ciety, feels that INDECENT children
hot inoculated in the school
program-would probably be able
to get polio protection after some
arrangements has been worked
out by the medical society and
the D. c. Health Department.
Private medicine is also ex-
pected to follow DR.. Salk's plan
Of vaccination.
In New York, DR.. Hart E. Van
Ripper, medical director of the
foundation, said there were four
major reasons for deciding not
to administer the last shot to the
bulk of school children.
Reasons Listed
They were:
/. The foundation did not
want to tie up the additional
vaccine for a period that might
run into next winter.
2. It would be difficult to keep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

Is miles per hour tonight, shift
ing to west and northwest to-
morrow.
5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, April 1920
Temperatures will average
about six degrees above the nor
NAL high Of IS and low Of as.
Somewhat cooler tomorrow,
warmer Sunday or Monday and
cooler Wednesday. Showers like
ly Monday or Tuesday totaling
one-fourth to three-fourths inch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Agencies Given OK
On Additional Rotino
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

Civil Service Commission has given Federal the
goahead to additional adjective rating in epoye
rating they want to do This column
yesterday predicted the change
The csc has agencies that requests fourth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Eye Defects High

NEW YORK.-A recent test
of the teachers in one major
school system showed that IL per
cent of them needed care to COR
rectleyeSight defects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
Record Temperatures This Year

Highest. 80. on April 10.
Lowest, 10, on February 3.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours
High. sc, at 10 am.
Inv "a at Ale n,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15
US. WEATHER BUREAU MAP

DAILY WEATHER FORECAST-Far weather Is predicted
tonight for the east of the Mississippi except for
showers in Florida. Showers expected in Minnesota
the Central Plains Central Rockies and the Northwest
and Eastern Washington and Oregon II will be warmer
the Mississippi Valley Texas and the
Northwestern quadrant and the Norheast-AP wrephoto
HAP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

The Sun and Moon
Precipitation

Automobile tights must be turned
one-haB hour after sunset
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

River Report
From U. S. Engineersl
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls: Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-15

NO PERSONNEL CUTs-The
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
Editorial .
RADIO STATIONS WILL BE MORE
Careful

Ernest Salvas, District Board Member of Mne-Ml, by
filing and libel SANDER suit against Radio Sta
ton KOPR, Butte, a series of defamatory state
broadcast that stations facilities last July struck
solid blow of via the air
in Montana.
KOPR has publicly apoogzed for having permitted the
it's facilities attacks Salvas.
Other radio stations (and incidentally might
take heart the embarrassing position KOPR found itself in
result of scrutinzng political advertising copy
carefully before permitting its
Every political campaign of the last decade has been
sgmatzed by the Importation such
Martin Lteton ho brought into the state in 1854 to
do job Senator Murray These mdgetsized McCarthy
with reckless abandon besmrched and backened the
regulations of many Montana citizens the sole purpose of
eectng reaconay politicians to high office whether be
the u the House, the Governorsp the Pub
tic Service Commission.
Savas forcing KOPR retract, only cleared the
good of himself and his fine family He did much
sounded warning to all Montana radio stations and
they held accountable slanderous
beous statements they permit be broadcast
published via their advertising columns.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

out against all che money the oil IN
terests represent to protect the school
lands, because Attorney Generals
don't always figure it is worthwhile
fighting the big boys. The big boys
never forget, and the people don't
always remember.
Another point to consider in this
controversy as it becomes a full
fledged battle: AS the people under
stand the oil business more, and they
are understanding it, don't ever doubt
it, there will be more and more said
about the fact oil leasing should have
gone on while the court fight was
proceeding. Leasing has been going
on in recent months. Whether that is
wise or not ] question, because, re-
member. the leases that are signed
are forever, and if leasing is al
lowed with no holds barred there
would be small never mind if the law
was unconstitutional would be
too late to do anything to protect the
school lands.
In the October publication of
MONTANA EDUCATION are articles
presenting the Governors views and
the Attorney Generals views on Oil
Leasing.
These articles were shown to me
after | had written my column, and
it was gratifying to note the Gov
ernor's views as expressed in his
article bear out my contention that
he does not believe the oil leasing
laws of the 1868 and 1866 legisla-
lures are right. He says so in so
many words, and then qualities his
words with arguments that are less
than sturdy.
The Governors statement is lengthy,
but hardly lucid. 1t is fraught with
inconsistencies. He says:
cit is true that the state cannot
manage its lands with the same free
lom of an individual under our pres
mt laws. This is intentional. An in
lividual may give his land away, en-
lumber it with mortgages or be as
.areless or careful as he wishes. This
Montana cannot do. Our lands are
n trust for the benefit of our COM
non schools and the state is bound
0 high degree of diligence in man
ging them. 1t is only by imposing
estrictions that our lands can be
rotected from careless or unbusi-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02

summed office, he confided to Labor
Secretary Martin P. Durkin that he
didn't understand how man could
raise family on less than $4,000 a
year. But families in this group in
cluded 459o of the people an 1948
and 37% in 1854.
Senator John ]. Sparkman (D-Ala.)
who heads a subcommittee on the
economic report, said he was "gravely
concerned" ''F'rom 1854 to 1854, the
number of families with high income
showed dramatic gain, but those
with permanently inadequate eco
nomic resources (under $4,000 a
year, showed little improvement"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
Valley County REA Reply to Montana Power
OTHER RURAL ELEcTRICS MIGHT
EMULATE

Elsewhere in this issue of THE VOICE is reproduced
advertisement published by Valley County Electric Coopera-
tive in the GLASGOW COURIER last week in reply the mis-
leading series of ads with which Montana Power Company
banketed the state last month
presenting the elecrs side the public private
controversy Valley County Electric with cold facts and
figures the lie to the allegation forth by Montana
Power the preferenta position rural eectrics enjoy
compared with private profitmakng utilities Montana
Powers misrepresentation this simply stand
the light when the facts presented to the
paying public.
Likewise MPCo inference that patrons of rural eectrcs
free riders the rest of the do not stand
when CD presented what eecrics for
Fort Peck Power compared with the dump MPCo has
secured for itself 81 cent of all produced Fort
Peck 2) the facts presented to the amount of interest
rural eecrics in Montana paying annually their federal
REA loans
Because of the vicious uncaed for attack the rural
eeccs by Montana Power the patronowned have
their wonderful opportunity to dispe much of the
msnormaton nsted into the general pubcs mind by the
trust IF the other "a rural eectrics will also buy uf
cent the weekes serving their to
the facts Valley County has DONE much be
accomplished in informing Montana people who is the free
rider who getting preferntia treatment in the purchase
of publicly produced and who unhappy because it
in Montana at bargain basement prices
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02

Sparkman's study shows that low
income families are concentrated in
the South, on farms, and among Ne
groes and Spanish-Amricans But he
also noted that even in September,
1866, % of the nations 145 major
labor markets-or 16@o-were named
by the Labor Department as having
Substantial labor surplus" (6%
or more unemployed.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02

nesslike handling and that is what
the present laws"
The law (before the 1853 and
1866 laws were passed. protected
the school lands from Careless or
unbusinesslike handling" by impos-
ing minimum the state land board
could ask. Do we protect the interests
of the state and the school lands by
putting maximum the land board
can get? Is that business? We were
protected by law all the time from
getting too little, and now we are
protected against getting too much?
That is business?
However, towards the end of his
article the Governor states:
eff royalty is set at a rate which
is excessive in light of the circum-
stances of the land for its likelihood
to produce oil the amount of bonus
offered will be small. On the other
hand. land which is deemed to pre-
sent favorable opportunity of pro-
ducing oil, will justify high royalty
without lessening the amount bid as
bonus. So in the final analysis, each
lease constitutes separate problem.
The perfect system would require
that every lease be separately treat
ed"
The Governor in essence says we
do not have the facilities for such
treatment as state, therefore we
should have law that sets a ceiling
and closes out all possibilities of ever
bargaining even when the state has
land in proven fields or the oil comes
out of the ground and hits us in the
face. The people of Montana have
always been protected against get
ting too little out of state lands, and
it is a peculiar protection that advo-
Gates we protect ourselves from get
ting more than too little.
State lands being what they are
most leases will go for IL II 20 and
there will be NJ struggle, but what
about those tracts that will bring
more if the state can bargain? What
1ind of protection" is it that says
we are not allowed to take for the
schools proportionate value the oil
receive?
If, as the Governor says, there are
wells that will justify high royalty
Without lessening the amount bid as
,onus," then the law being tested in
he courts is wrong. The state land
'oard should be able to bargain for
hat higher royalty, and no amount
f quibbling over the sanctity of a
legislative body is going to make a
aw which brings less, right.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
CONTINUING SIZE OF LOW INCOME
GROUP WORRIES SPARkMAN

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
A House-Senate subcommittee is wor-
ried about the size of the nations
lowest income groups, even in these
times of relatively full employment
and high corporate profits.
In 1948, 1919 of the families got
less than $1,000 a year income. In
1854, 100 of the families were still
getting along on less than $1,000
year.
These families with $1,000 to
$4,000 year included 1879 of the
people in 1913 and 12% six
years later
When President Eisenhower as
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
Highway Slaughter
Continues

The number of highway fatalities
in the first half of 1855 jumped two
per cent over 1854, the National Safe
ty Council has reported. The nations
traffic deaths numbered 1880 in
the six-month period. In June alone
highway deaths reached 2,97O, or
seven per cent more than in June
1854.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
RE EZRA AND FARM BUREAU

Son. speak unknd of price flexer Never knock
them, because God made them the He made crabs
hornets lizards reaches, ants cenpedes feas lice,
snakes kunk and other unpleasant things In His
wisdom He made them Why He made them only He knows
Some day He may enlighten but up to now I'll
be damned if | understand Contributed Adapted from
TOWNSEND starr
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
GIANTS OF THE DEEP

The tallest plants in the world are
seaweeds. Seaweeds measuring more
than 600 feet high have been found
in the waters around Cape Horn.
Compare this height with the tallest
of the giant Sequoia trees 400 feet
high.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02

chairman board President be the PRESIDENT
MAYOR DAVID L. LAWRENCE of Pittsburgh to Democratic
luncheon Washington D. c., November 16, 1855.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02
VOICE FROM THE PAST

Every stream the United States which flows from the
mountains through the meadows the has the possibility
of producing electricity for cheap and cheap lighting to
be carried into the homes and businesses and industry of the
American people, This natural given by all
wise Creator to His people and not organizations of greed
The late SENATOR. GEORGE w. NORRIS.
Barbs & Walls .
IF Milton Eisenhower the Republican candidate for
President and Adlai Stevenson the Democratic candidate
will feel like leaving the country SEN JOSEPH MCCARTHY
(R-Wis.), Nov. z.
The United States cannot be governed by semiretred
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-02

expressed in 1913 dollars.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Town & Country
Sales
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WO. 6-9400

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AuToNoplLrs ron SALE

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