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Evening star., 1955-06-17

civil service registers between
1850 and January 23. 1855. These
employees obtained their present
jobs without waiting for job
certihcation and consequently
were not eligible for the career
conversion program.
Under the committees bill,
such employees with three on
more years Of continuous service
would get career status and
those with less than three years
would receive career-conditional
status. On completing three
years Of service, this latter
group also would get career
PAY-AS indicated here yes
terday, the House will take up
the rs per cent classified pay
raise bill on Monday. Approval is
certain. The measure Is retro
active to the first pay period in
March.
SPA GRIDIRON DINNER
The Society for Personnel Ad-
ministration closes its l954-55
season with its annual "Gridiron
Dinner" at $3.50 pm. Tuesday
in the YWCA. The dinner lam
poonS the foibles of Govern
ment. On the serious side, the
SPA will honor o. Glenn Stahl
Of the Civil Service Commission
for his 10 years as editor of Per-
sonnel Administration, the SPAS
bi-monthly journal.
Mr.. Stahl is resigning as edi-
tor because Of the pressure Of
his new duties as director of the
CSC's Bureau Of Program and
Standards. Cecil Goode, we'll
known Federal personnel official
ana stan director Of a special
Hoover Commission subcommit-
tee, will become the magazines
new editor.
y 4 4
WHITE HOUSE CHANGE -
Edward T. Tate, who has been
special assistant to the chairman
of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, has been appointed
to the White House staff to han
die the administrators patron
age problems He replaces
Charles Willis who is resigning
the end of the month.
Mr.. Tate is well-known and
highly regarded by Government
personnel men and he also is a
close friend of Representative
Corbett, Republican, of PennSyl-
vania, one of the most able and
best liked members of the House
Civil Service Committee.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
|Ship|ineFIies
lis Passengers

LONDON, June II F.-Cun-
ard Line officials chartered a
feet of planes today to carry
more than 1,100 America bound
passengers stranded in Britain
by a wildcat seamen's strike.
The travellers will save at least
$14 on the deal-plus the tips
they won't have to pay.
The 1900 strikers who have
tied up eight transatlantic lin
ers and threaten to spread their
walkout to the inbound Queen
Elizabeth. were warned they face
drafting into the army. Mer-
chant seamen are exempt from
the draft while at sea but can
be called UP If they go IA days
or more without a ship.
200 Already En- Route
Cunard laid on the special
airlift for passengers stranded
by the cancellation yesterday of
the 81,000-ton Queen Mary. Of
ficials said 200 of the 1,175 pas
sengers from Britain already
were en- route-60 on regular
flights and the rest on two char
tered planes.
The line said IL more aircraft
have been chartered to transport
the rest. The company said it
would return all fares-60 pounds
($168 in tourist class on the
Queen Maryland the fare on
the charter planes would be
about IS pounds ($154.
Another 585 persons, most of
them American, had been
stranded in Paris by the Queen
Mary's stoppage. Cunard officials
in the French capital said most
had arranged plane seats or
passage on board ships operated
by other lines.
The backlog Of the stranded
was replenished by cancellation
of the sailing for Quebec today
of the Cunarder Scythia. She
was to have taken TOO from
Liverpool and 200 from Paris.
officials said as yet they had ar
ranged no alternate transporta-
tion for these.
Union Opposes Strike
The strikers, mostly stewards
and caterers, are demanding
shorter hours and better work
ing conditions. The National
Union Of Seamen, which OPP
poses the stoppage, says it was
negotiating with the shipowners
on these issues when the men
walked out.
Strike leaders said they had
received a cable yesterday signed
by ''the boys of the Elizabeth"
and saying 1--WE are with you"
The 83,000-ton Cunard flagship
is due at Southampton Monday.
Her crew had refused to join the
strike the last time she was in
port.
Meanwhile, hope spread of a
break in the four week old
stevedores' strike that has idled
more than ITO freighters in six
ports. Twenty thousand men are
out demanding recognition in
provincial ports for the National
Association Of Stevedores and
Dockers. The giant Transport
and General Workers Union
currently is the only waterfront
union recognized outside Lon
don. Union officials said pri-
vately they expect a settlement
in the next few days.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
RESORT FORECAST

Upper and Lower Bay
Fair and warm tomorrow,
with high 1896. Variable
winds 10 miles per hour.
Ocean Beaches and South
Jersey--Fair and less warm
tomorrow. high In the 70s.
Skyline Drive-Fair and
warm tomorrow with high
1882. Good visibility, but
some early morning fog.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Senate Approves
Commerce Funds
p, the Associated Press

The Senate, adding $193 mil
lion to the House-approved figure,
has voted $1.317,000, 900 to oper-
ate the Commerce Department
during the year starting July /.
Before passing the measure by
voice vote yesterday, the Senate
rejected efforts to cut airline
and ship construction subsidies
back to the amounts voted by the
House, and approved other in
creases recommended by its own
appropriations committee.
A Senate-House conference
committee will be named to work
out the differences.
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Gets Poultry Post

CENTREVILLE. Md, June II
R.-Dr. James M. Gwin, direc-
tor Of the Maryland Agricultural
Extension Service at the Univer-
sity of Maryland. has accepted
appointment as general manager
of the Poultry and Egg National
Board, effective September /:
Evening star., 1955-06-17

remove jobs from civil service,
THE Democrats in Congress
have uniformly denounced these
attempts as raids on the merit
system.
Now, however, the Senate
group, without even holding
hearings. has approved a bill
sponsored by Chairman Johns
lton to require Presidential ap-
lpointment and Senate confirma-
ition of employees selected as di-
rectors Of the Post ONCE De-
Ipartment's regional and district
lofices. Since the Senate Is con-
ltrolled by the Democrats, the
chances Of confirmation would
be slim indeed.
The vote was along party lines,
with the Democrats voting for
the bill and the Republicans
against it.
The Republicans charge the
Ilegislation is a cynical move
Iby the Democrats to freeze these
career postal jobs in hopes the
Democrats will win control Of
the White House in next years
elections and hence control OF
these jobs.
The district and regional post
offices are an innovation Of POST
master General Summerfield and
have been created during the
past year.
The 40 to so district director
Jobs are being filled by promo
ton of career officials in the
postal service. The Senate COM
|mittee's measure would force
their custer in 30 days unless
they were nominated by the
President and approved by the
Senate.
Some of the district director
Jobs have not yet been filled, and
these, too, would require Senate
confirmation. The regional direc-
tor jobs have been filled in the
main by persons from private in
dustry. but they have met civil
service standards.
The Republicans plan q strong
fight on the bill when it reaches
the Senate floor. The Democrats
contention is that the bill is de-
signed to correct" the present
situation where "non-Presiden-
tiai appointees" (the regional md
district directors) are in charge
of presidential appointees"
(postmasters). Republicans an
swer that this is a specious argu-
ment. since all Of these officials
are directly responsible to the
Postmaster General and the As
Sistant Postmaster Generals, all
of whom are presidential ap-
pointeeS.
X y y II
WIDOWS PENSIONS - The
Senate Civil Service Committee
has approved legislation (S-59)
to increase by $64 to $75 a year
the pensions of widows of Fed
eral workers who retired between
April, 1948. and September, ;
1949. No further action is
anticipated by the committee
for other groups of Federal re-
tirees this year.
\ y u y
STATUS-The Senate Civil
Service Committee also approved
a bill (S-1849) to grant career
status to Federal indefinite en-
ployes who have passed civil
service exams and who were
reached for job certification on
Evening star., 1955-06-17
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Democrats Seek Control
Of 70 Top Postal Jobs
By JOSEPH YOUNG

switch Senate Civil Serv-
Committee has legislation
jobs out Of the merit system and place them under political
patronage.
The past two years repeated Republican moves
Evening star., 1955-06-17

WEATHER BUREAU Observation-Disclosures and
showers expected tonight in the Great Plains from
Oklahoma norhward to the Eastern Dakotas and Western
Minnesota Showers expected in parts of the Northern
Rockies Elsewhere rain is expected with fair weather
forecast for the Northeast and Southwest sections Little
temperature change is expected anywhere with warm
weather continuing in most of the Northeast and slightly
higher temperatures forecast for the Upper Great Lakes
area-AP Wirephoto Map.
Evening star., 1955-06-17

5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, June 17-21
Temperatures will be 2 to 4
degrees above the normal high
of 81 and low of 65, Little or no
rain expected.
River Report
From u. 8. Engineefs)
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls; Shenafl-
doah muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity
(Readings Washington Natieasi Airportl
Yesterday Pct. Midnight -- n
Noon - As Midnight - 70
pm. - 3S 8 am. 65
8 pm. -- Al 10 am. ---- 81
Record Temperatures This Year
HIGHEST. 50, on May "a
Lowest. 10, on February g.
Evening star., 1955-06-17

High and Lew Of Last 70 Hours
High. 81, at pm.
Low, a., at $50 am.
Evening star., 1955-06-17

Tide Tables
FURNISHED BY United States Coast
CSaodetic SurvAvl
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Wednesday, Jonuory rs

Joey Giardello, number one
contender for the middleweight
crown takes on tough Al Andrews
in the 10-round middleWeight
match at the Municipal Auditor
ium in Norfolk, Va, to be telecast
on Blue Ribbon Bouts" over
WBTV tonight at 10 o'clock. The
bout marks Giardello's return to
action after a leg injury that fore
ed cancellation of his title fight
with champion Carl cBobo"D o.
son last month. The Philadel-
phian, who has defeated Billy
Graham, Willie Troy and Gil Tur-
ner, boasts an overall record OF
50 victories, five draws and II
losses. Andrews, a native of Sup
erior, Wisconsin, hopes to estab-
lish himself in the front ranks
Of the middleweight division by
I win over Ciar3ello. He shot into
prominence in the past year with
Well-earned victories over Gil
Turner, Chuck Davie and Chuch
Foster. Andrews record to date
shows 80 wins, two draws and
nine losses. Russ Hodges will be
at ringside to describe the action
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Adolphe Menjou shows us the
lndominatable will of British
newsman John Ainslee who, tor
mented in a prison in an Iron
Curtain country, breaks out time
and again, only to be recaptured
by Commissar Pietrov, in Inside
Out" tonight'S "Favorite Story"
over WBTV at $50. Pietrov ac-
cuseS Ainslee of spying and en-
ployS Doctor Stronski to break
down the mans iron determina-
ton not to confess" Stronski,
secretly a member of the anti
totalitarian underground, though
not aiding Ainslee to escape,
keeps the prisoner alive until the
latter can get out on his own.
Ainslee's final desperate attempt
to break out is discovered by the
ComnliSSar. Undounted, he makes
one last. supreme effort to shake
off Uietroy.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Saturday, Januory 2o

Ray Milland. as Professor NC
Nulty, inadvertently becomes in
volved with the law, but climaXes
the adventure by helping the po-
lice solve a series of robberies,
On "The Ray Milland Show over
WBTV tonight at $50. The hold
ups, most of them abortive, have
been attempted by bandit arm
ed with stage prop gun and cls-
guised by makeup and wigs taken
from Professor McNulty's drama
classes at Comstock University.
Ray is arrested and finally proves
his innocence to Detective Cap
tain O'Brien, but only after his
wife, Peggy, phyllis Avrey) has
made his position even more diff
ticult by refusing to corroborate
his alibi. believing that the ar
rest is a practical joke.
Captain Midnight and the head
SiIIv Session
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
TV HighHghts
Of The Week

phony and Toronto Symphony.
Slept, acclaimed by the New York
Times Olin DoWnes for his mo
Bile sonorous tCne, finished tech
nique and great spirit" is, like
Miss Gibson, q frequent "VCice Of
Firestone" soloist. Milan-born, the
big, handsome basso made his op-
cratic debut in Italy in "Rigolet-
to-" and was one of La Scala's
most distinguished young stars un-
til he was called to the Metropoli-
tan in 1850. Since then he has be-
come an international concert ia
vorite.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

The story of man washed
overheard at sea doesn't hold
water for John Ireland in the
South Seas story, Murder In
Paradise" on playhouse Of Stars"
over WBTV tonight at 9 O'Clock.
"Airplane Evans" (John Ireland i,
otter hectic career as car
rier pilot in World War II, returns
to the peace he found on the small
South Seas Island of Reri, opti-
l1istically relying on his type
writer to provide him and his
Franch Colonial wife, toni"
lynn Allen) with the necessities
Of life. But the tentacleS of the
civilization he sought to escape in
trude themselves into the en-
chantment of his island paradise
when strangers arrive aboard q
crippled ketch bearing tale OF
a man lost at sea. Others in the
cast are Steven Geray Qnspec-
tor CaSteaU, June Vincent
Louise), Jack Lambert (Shed-
der), Philip Ann (Ah Choy) and
Leon Lontoc (Taro). John Ire
land acts as host and introduces
the teleplay in which he stars.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

The story of how CALIFORNIA;
giant redwood trees were named
is unfolded in the Death Valley
Days" production of "Sequoia," on
WBTV tonight at $3.50. A gentle.
self-sacrificing Cherokee Indian
brave, Sequoyah, is the central
figure of the drama, which reveals
the 12-year saga of solitary hard
work and pain leading to his de-
velopment of an alphabet for his
people. and to his eventual recog-
milton as perhaps the greatest
single contributor to the culture
of the red man.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Barbara Gibson, sensational
young coloratura soprano, and Ce-
sare Siepi, leading basso of the
Metropolitan Opera Association,
will be guest soloists on the "Voice
OF Firestone" over WBTV tonight
at $50. Miss Gibson, who made
her "live" opera debut in 1852 in
Menottis "The Telephone, has
made cert appearances
throughout the United States and
Canada, has sung starring roles
with the Cincinnati and San Fran
cisco operas. and has appeared
with leading Orchestras, includ-
ing the Chicago Grant Park Sym
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Dave Brian, as Mr.. District
Attorney" over WBTV tonight at
8 o'clock, builds a case of arson
and homicide against a man
whose factory was destroyed by
fire, in which a cleaning woman
dies. Factory owner Larabee is
suspended of setting the blaze to
collect the fire insurance. Mr..
D. AS case goes ''up in smoke"
when new evidence points to a
different solution.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Lily, wanting to recapture an old
memory. makes reservations at a
Hungarian restaurant that fea-
lures a violiniSt and a fortune tell
er when she receives letter from
a high school sweetheart who is
coming to Los Angeles and would
like to see her, on December
Bride" over WBTV tonight at
$50.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Patricia Bennett, Consolidated
News correspondent, accepts the
role of diplomatic courier from
friend who has been wounded by
he hired gunman of a munitions
syndicate, on Foreign Intrigue
over WBTV tonight at $50. The
syndicate is suspended of selling
saulty explosives. Her decision to
carry the evidence aboard an air
craft bound for Geneva and the
French capitol marks everyone a
board the airline for death.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Tuesday, Jonuory rs

Tempo, mood and settings re-
fleet changing emotionS on the
$40 Stafford Show" over WBTV
this evening at 6:15. 10 and How
ard Hudson sit on porch steps for
their romantic duo, 1.-TWO Sleepy
People" which 10 follows with
my Romance" The peace chang
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Thursday, Jonuory ~

Screen actors Richardo Montal-
ban and Ward Bond have co-star-
ring roles in Louis L'Amour's
darma of early frontier gunner,
THE Mojave Kid" on "Climax"
over WBTV tonight at 7:30. Mon
talban is cast as a peace-loving
garmbler who becomes trapped in
a small western town that is ter
rorized his two british, revenge
seeking brothers. Bond pond por-
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Set in hotel lobby, the Jane
Froman Show" over WBTV to-
night at 6:15, salutes famous
songs from the Broadway musi-
cal revue, Roberta" Jane sings
Let's Begin" Yesterday"
you're Devastating, ut h e
Touch Of Your Hand" and the
memorable Smoke Gets In Your
Eyes" Peter Birch and his dane
ers an dthe chorus are featured.
Hank Sylvern directs the orches-
ira.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

How the Reds subvert love to
serve their Party is reaveled in
Il Led 8 Lives" starring Richard
Carlson. over WBTV tonight at
$50. Herb Philbrick, FBI count
erspy, citizen and Communist"
uncovers a Red operation that
obtains military information
through the notorious "Sweet-
hearts for Servicemen." Herb
teaches the Comrades that all'S
fair in love and cold war.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Monday, Jonuory "a

The Lucy" travellers stop in
Bent Fork, Tennessee for a visit
= with Tennessee Ernie on "I Love
Lucy" over WBTV tohight at 9
Do'clock. Lucille Ball and DeSi Ar
naz co-star, with Vivian Vance
and William Frawley.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

"The Sheriff's Secret" in the
title of the half-hour wild Bill
Hickok' drama over WBTV this
afternoon at $50. Guy Madison,
as Hickok, and Andy Devine. as
Jingles, learn that Sheriff King
mans past holds a secret which
prevents him from facing up to
the notorious Cole Maddox and
his henchmen when they move in
on the epaceful town of Powder
Springs. Marshall Hickok's smy-
pathetic perception, his quick wit
and his even quicker gun finally
restore quiet to the town and re-
Gain for the sheriff the respect OF
the community. Pretty Patricia
Lynn makes her first appearance
in the Wild Bill series.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

eS when 10 and The Starlighters
move into a nightclub to swing
INTO her new record, High So
clety." The program closes with
10 rendering Let Me Go, Lover"
the song which Studio One"
made a hit.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

"The Bogeyman," starring Ce-
leste Holm and Robert Preston, is
the United States Steel Hour"
presentation over WBTV this af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock. "The Bogey-
man" is drama of a MYSTERIOUS
drifter suspended of a series of
Jack the Ripper-type murders and
the impact of his presence of the
residents of typical low-rent
bungalow court, notably a desert
ed wife and her eight-year- old
son.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Things Getting Better ALL
Over Dept.-Research experts of
the US. Navy are working on
new fabric for long underwear
which will be warm-but itch-lesS.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Police Lieutenant Ben Guthrie
and Inspector Matt Grebb pursue
I holdup man armed with a
home made Sub-machine gun,
complete with silencer, on "The
Lineup" over WBTV tonight at
10 o'clock. Warner Anderson and
Tom Tully star as Guthrie and
Grebb.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

trays Sheriff Alb Kale, and aging
lawman of the Old West who
loses his courage and pride when
he backs down from a gun fight
with THE Mojave Kid"
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Tony Martin will sing "As Time
Goes By"-against a setting of
1000 clocks-on his "Tony Mar
tin Show" over WBTV this eve
ming at 6:l5. Other songs for the
show will be "Vera Cruz" Teach
Me Tonight, and "Mr. Sand
man" to be sung by the Inter-
ludes.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Faith is the electric cord that
us with the universal
power line. The plug that makes
the connection is prayer.-Good
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

arthur Smith and his Crack
cracks" will feature one of the
winners on last week ends TV ia
lent hunt on their quarter hour
show over WBTV tonight at tbs.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Merriment and music in a set
ting of soft, Southern breezes with
the luxurious appointments of the
newest and most lavish hotel in
Miami Beach for a locale, brings
a Florida vacation to Comedy
Hour" viewers on WBTV this af-
ternoon at 6 o'clock Singing host
Gordon MacRae has assembled a
gay-spirited star-array for the
occasion - Patti Page. the plat
ter pet of million, funmakers Jack
Carter and Gene Shelton; the
maddest instrumental trio in show
business, the Vagabonds; the tor
rid songs and music Of the La
cuona Cuban Boys with nellie
Castelle, and Carmen Dragons
orchestra to top it all.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

standing Hollywood stars, pre-
mieres over WBTV tonight at $50.
Such stars as Frank Lovejoy, Pat
O'Brien, Dan O'Herlihy and
Vanessa Brown have already been
signed for this weekly series, and
stories are being plannd for
Teresa Wright, Howard Duff. An
gela Lansbury. Jan Sterling and
others, according to producer
Warren Lewis. "Stage Z" will pre-
sent a wide variety of adult
stories including comedy, melo-
drama, romance and mystery.
There will be no violence or gore,
and we will attempt to maintain
a reality of characterization of
people in believable situations"
says Lewis. The first "Stage Z"
drama will be THE Deceiving
Eye" starring Frank Lovejoy. It
is a story of professor of crimino-
logy whose unusual practical ex-
periments in criminal psychology
lead TO his arrest on a murder
charge.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

Secretary Susie MacNamara's
idle suggestion that her talent
agent boss, Peter Sands, take a
short rest in Vermont backfireS on
Private Secretary" starring Ann
Sothern, over WBTV at 7:30.
Sands returns with visions of SELL
ing his business and taking to the
rural life. Susie fears she has
just about lost her job until Cagey
Calhoun, rival agent, indicates
an interest in the business.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

of Eastern country are kidnap-
pes in a plot to turn Asia against
the free world. in THE Mark Of
Death" on Captain Midnight"
over WBT'V this morning at 1920.
Attempting to arrange a sur
prise party for girlfriend Hilary,
Bud and Lou buy a radio, encour-
age everyone to sing and dance,
and eventually bring down the
wrath of the landlord, in "Hilary's
Birthday" on "The Abbott A n d
Costello Show" over WBTV this
morning at 1870.
Evening star., 1955-11-27

up" came the voice of Comdr. Moore.
Don't hunch forward on that lung
or you'll debate it. You stin have 50
feet to CO."
The diving bell was beside Pat. In
structors fitted around him. They
didn't have breathing units. Like
moray eels whipping In and out coral
crevices. they flashed In and out of
compressed air locks. built in the tank
walls at various levels affording them
q breath Of air.
One instructor tapped Pats Momsen
lung. This was the signal to breathe
more deeply Then q big air bubble