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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-23
BOARD ROOM EXPELS BOREDOM

DIES MOINES.-The board room girls of the bro
kerage office of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Beane have adopted Bermuda shorts as their dress
as they mark up stock quotation sales. These
boredom expellers are Carolyn Waldron, 20 Qeft),
and Madeline Keller, II. They say the shorts give
greater freedom of movement and the chalked fig
ures on the lower part of the board do not get
smeared as is the case when skirt brushes against
them-AP Wirephoto
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-23
LOST

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Finder may keep money, but please
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-23
FOUND

DOG, reddish brown. medium size With
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
BY the Associated Press

A contractors diary, which
mentioned G.. o. P. National
Chairman Leonard w. Hall in
connection with award of q Gov
eminent contract, brought from
Mr.. Hall a statement that II
have never cleared any con-
tractor, big or small, for work
with the Government"
Representative Brooks. Demo
crat of Texas. made public last
night what he said was a copy
of part of a report from Randall
Cremer. former executive vice
president of the Frederick Snare
Corp. That firm in 1854 re-
ceived half of a SAB million con-
tract for expansion of a Gov
eminent nickel plant at Nicaro
Cuba.
Mr.. Brooks said Mr.. Cremer
now retired, lives in Ola. Calf
Mr.. Brooks heads a House spe-
cial Government Activities sub
committee which has held hear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
RESORT FORECAST

South Jersey-Cloudy and
cool with occasional rain.
high 70 tomorrow. Moderate
easterly winds.
Upper Bay--Mostly cloudy.
showers and scattered thun-
derstorms. high in upper 7Os
tomorrow. East to southeast
winds l0-15 miles per hour.
Lower Bay - Considerable
cloudiness with showers and
scattered thunderstorms,
high near 80 tomorrow.
Winds southeast to south
l0-15 miles per hour.
Ocean Beaches = Mostly
cloudy with showers and
scattere d thunderstorms,
high in upper los tomorrow.
East to southeast winds 10
Is miles per hour.
Skyline Drive - Cloudy
with showers and scattered
thunderstorms { orrow,
high in the 70s. Fair visi-
bility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Cloudy
with showers and scattered
thundershowers likely tonight
and tomorrow. Low tonight
around so.
Maryland-Cloudy with scat
tered showers and thunder
storms tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight 1864.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy with
scattered showers and thunder
storms tonight and tomorrow
Low tonight 1854 in north, 63-
So in southern portion.
Winds--Northeast to east, To-
IS miles per hour tonight, be-
coming mostly southeast 1920
miles per hour tomorrow. Visi-
bility fair to good.
The District of Columbia
Medical Society ragweed pollen
count for the "a hours ending
8 am. today is Sc grains per
cubic yard Of air.
River Report
tFrom u s. Engineersi
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Fails; Shenandoah clear
a. Harperg Ferry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Gales Rip New England,
One Killed, Damage High

blocked by fallen trees or dam
Cling live wires. AS far as fallen
trees, broken limbs and power
failures were concerned. Mr..
Mazzia said. the storm was the
worst in Danbury since the 1898
hurricane.
AT Danbury airport, several
planes were wrecked when the
powerful winds tossed them
about like toys and hurled two
into a nearby brook.
Temporary power failures also
were reported in Eastern Con-
necticut with some 10000 out
lets knocked out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Closed MeetinQ
By Seaton Hit
BY the Associated Press

A House subcommittee today
assailed Secretary of the Interior
Seaton for failing to open to the
public today his meeting with
directors of the Kings River
Conservation District of Cali
fornia.
Chairman Moss, Democrat of
California, of the House Gov
eminent Information Subcom-
mittee. a group that is seeking
to lessen secrecy in Government
operations. wired Mr.. Seaton
that there can be no justifica-
ton" for refusing to open the
meeting to the public.
Mr.. Moss said Mr.. .Seaton's
department and the conserva-
ton district are public agencies
and should conduct their off,
cial business in public"
Mr.. Moss telegram was APP
parently sent before the meet
ing took place.
Newsmen we're briefed by FL
mer Bennett. an assistant to Mr..
Seaton. on the meeting. They
were told that Mr.. Seaton prom
Used the directors that he would
decide by late February on a
permanent contract
regarding use Of water from Pine
Flat Dam.
Mr.. Moss, in his wire to Sea-
ton. said that since the meeting
dealt with repayment by water
users Of S14 million in Federal
funds used to construct the dam.
1.-The public unquestionably has
a right to know what is being
decided where public funds are
involved"
Mr.. Moss told the secretary
his group wants "a public ex-
PLANTATION of the departments
failure to let the public know
the facts in an area of such ex-
IRENE Importance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
6. 0. P. Regime
is Bad for U. s,
Truman Says

ST. LOUIS, Sept. is (P).-For-
mer President Nixon says the
Eisenhower Nixon -administra-
ton has been bad for you and
bad for the country" and should
not be continued in Office"
Mr.. Truman told the conven-
ton of the International Union
of Electrical, Radio and Ma
chine Workers yesterday that
the Republican administration
has turned the Government over
to big business.
They have broken their cam
paign and platform promises"
he said. With the help of their
Madison avenue advertisers they
have deceived the people. !.
They have allowed our national
defense to lag. They have alien
ated our friends and allies
abroad. They have endangered
our national security"
1uea OF futufe
The former President said he
was sure the Republicans Idea
of the future does not include
much for your future
and NINE" Then he paused and
delivered this aside: "Particu-
larry not for mine"
Mr.. Truman was given a To-
minute ovation by the union
delegates when he reached the
convention floor and also was
showered with confetti.
Turning to the Dixon Yates
contract to provide more power
for the Memphis. Tenn, area
without expanding the IVA, Mr..
Truman said President Eisen-
hover stood behind the attempt
to wreck the iva"
Top Level Accused
II don't have the time here
to go into the Dixon-Yates scan
dial in all of its ugly and sordid
Details he said, but the trail
of double dealing and deceit in
that affair leads straight into
the White House--and straight
up to that desk in the west wing
of the White House where /
used to Sit"
The contract was declared
unlawful" and void by the JUS
tice Department last July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Stevenson Sets
First Big Trip
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
the heels of President Eisen-
hover, who will speak to the
farmers at Newton one day
earlier.
Both candidates can be counted
on to make their big pitch for
the farm vote in these speeches.
as they did when they both spoke
on the same day at the blowing
contest four years ago, at Kas-
son, MINI.
Mr.. Stevenson, who has been
on the move constantly since
he was nominated, holding re-
gional conferences with party
leaders from coast to coast, plans
to spend a quiet Sunday here
tomorrow.
He received an enthusiastic
welcome from local Democrats
when he arrived at National
Airport yesterday for the formal
opening of his presidential cam
paign headquarters at 1928 L
street NV. i.
He also visited the headouar-
tiers of Volunteers for Stevenson
Kefauver, the Democratic Ma
tional Committee Offices and the
Democratic Voters Service Blu
reau.
The Democratic nominee jok-
ingly told the crowd at the air.
port he had once planned to
move to Washington, referring
to 1852, but something went
wrong. He suggested it might
have been because you all didn't
have vote" He confidently
predicted he would occupy the
White House next January.
Mr.. Stevenson said he had re-
ceived lot of kilograms repri-
him for mispronounc-
ing the word "elite" in his Har-
riSburg speech Thursday night.
He pronounced it ''elight."
This proves l am not an egg
head" he said with a grin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
BY the Associated Press

A series of brief but violent
electrical storms rolled across
scattered sections of New Eng
land last night, telling trees
which disrupted power lines.
damaging buildings and causing
fash floods.
One death was attributed to
the storm. Bruce Moncrieff, 9,
was killed by a car in Pembroke,
N. H., while crossing a street in
the downpour.
In Augusta, Me-, two buildings
at the Augusta State Mental
Hospital were battered by the
powerful winds. The ceilings Of
two rooms in the new geriatrics
building were pulled down by the
vacuum created by the passing
wind. A summer house on the
grounds was crushed.
Hospital officials said no one
was injured and the patients
were not alarmed.
At Norway. Me-, two cattle
tents were felled at the Oxford
County fairgrounds. Some "a
head of cattle were freed from
the billowing canvas without in
jury. No personal injuries were
reported.
Gusts up to IS miles an houl
felled trees in the Boston area
Some 10000 homes lost electric
service in and about the city.
A flash flood at Southboro,
Mass, on the main highway be-
tween Boston and Worcester dis
rupted direct telephone service
between the two cities.
Several towns in Rhode Island
lost electric power service when
winds up to 70 miles an hour
toppled hundreds of trees. Sew
eral minor fires were reported.
High winds, rain and hail
dashed Connecticut. with Dam
bury in the western part of the
State apparently suffering the
worst damage. Police Chief F. j.
Mazzia said some 80 streets were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

gagged on the floor of a station
wagon, or panel truck, and later
was pushed into the trunk COM
partment of an automobile, she
told officers.
The car stopped on the desert,
Mrs, Latham related. She said
she was stripped; her hair was
pulled, and she was beaten: and
her hands and feet tied with a
cord.
She was also blindfolded but
managed to push the fold aside
while she was being buried, she
said.
She was forced to drink a
liquid. she added, but took little.
Then she was pushed into the
grave and buried.
She struggled free during
Wednesday night and staggered
and crawled five miles across
the desert to Highway 80, 19
miles west of FL Centre. She was
sighted by a motorist as she
crouched behind a brush.
Used Weeds For Cover
Mrs. Latham said she used
tumbleWeedS and other desert
brush to cover her nakedness
and shield herself from the burn
ing sun. Temperatures reached
ITO degrees Thursday. Inlis BIZ
tants of the area marveled thu
Mrs. Latham survived.
officers located the shallow
grave and binding cord but found
no trace of Mrs. Latham'S
clothes.
The Lathams have two sons
both physicians. Police said La
than estimated the family wealth
at 81 million.
Mrs. VIM, wife of a utility
company district manager, has
held business positions and has
been active in politics.
Mrs. Whisenand has been di-
vorced for Is years from a Unit
ed States Marine sergeant, a
sister said. She has a 16-year-
old daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

turn on the hard money policy
ut is their favorite medicine
anyway" he said. High inter-
est rates look mighty good to
a banker minded administra-
ton"
Senator Kefauver contended
that the effect is to stifle small
business, to make it difficult to
buy a home, and to add to the
cost of building needed schools
and highways.
weak leadership, soft soap
and hard money are no cure fol-
galloping inflation," he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

was considerably more ambi-
tious than that adopted at pre-
vious conventions.
Observers feel this could her
aid a change in the traditionally
conservative approach of the in
dependent NFFE. This does not
mean the NFFE will abandon
entirely its traditional conserva-
tive policies in dealing with Con-
greSs and the executive branch.
But the unions new leader
ship, as exemplif1ed by Michael
hardwood, president, and Henry
Media, Secretary-treasurer, has
given strong indication during
the past week that the union
will pursue more aggressive pol
icies and not be as conservative
as in the past. However, the
NFFE will continue it's indie
pendent path and not affiliate
with the AFL-CIO.
Enthusiasm for Trend
There was real enthusiasm
among the delegates this past
week as they sensed a more
progressive trend in NFFE pol
icieS.
Yesterday the delegates gave
a tremendous ovation to Luther
Steward and Gertrude McNally,
who had headed the union from
its inception in 1917 to their
last year. Mr.. Stew
ard and Miss McNally flew to
the convention yesterday at the
of Mr.. hardwood and
Mr.. Media.
But even in this salute to the
past. the delegates were giving
thought to the future and what
must be done to strengthen the
union for the battles on behalf
of Federal workers in the days
ahead.
Mr.. hardwood and Mr.. Nolda
have pledged an about effort
during the next two years to in
crease the NFFE's membership
by a stable number. The NFFEI
lists it's membership as between
10000 to 10000 which is a drop
from what it was five or 10 years
ago.
To strengthen their new off,
GERS in their move to build up
the union, the delegates in
creased the NFFE's national Of
fees per capita assessment from
SO to so cents a month.
Pay Goal Undetermined
In unanimously adopting a
calling for q pay raise
Tor Government classified en-
oloyeS next year, the NFFE
delegates did not set any Spe-
,if1c amount. leaving it up to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

OAA AAAC yOu OilOuSIlI i WAS Oul
but wasn't"
She said she also pleaded with
one of the women, Mrs. Beatrice
VIM, 81, a former business
associate: "Bea, why are you
doing this to me?"
The other suspect, Mrs. Lu-
ellie WhiSenand, SO, was identi-
fled by Mrs. Latham at the Ell
Centre Hospital, where she is
recovering.
Mrs. Whisenand, a United
States Customs Service clerk OF
Mexican American parentage,
was then brought back to the
San Diego City Jail, where she
and Mrs. VIM are booked on
charges of suspicion of kidnap-
ing and attempted murder. Bail
of $4,000 was set for each.
Both Deny Charge
Both said they were innocent,
and that they themselves had
been kidnapped Wednesday by
three men and a woman who
had talked about getting money
from Mrs. Latham.
Police said there was still no
clear motive, other than court
litigation between Mrs. Latham
and Mrs. VIM over their in
terests in a defunct building
supply company.
They said Mrs. Latham, wife
of a San Diego investment bro
ker, George Latham, related that
she was forced by the kidnapers
to write several checks against
corporations of which she is an
official.
She said she was alone in her
home here with a 4-month-old
grandson when she was kid
naped Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Whisenand forced her at
knifepoint and under threat of
harm to the baby to accompany
her. Mrs. Latham stated.
Bound and Gagged
Mrs. VIM joined them later,
she said.
She was first bound and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Hall Denies He Cleared
Contract for u. S. Work

ings on the contract. He did not
say where he got the document,
but said it was part of the in
formation his subcommittee had
tried unsuccessfully to get from
both the General Services Ad-
ministration and the Justice De-
partment.
Went to GSA First
In diary like form, Mr..
Cremer'S memo for file" re-
lated that on June 8, 1854, he
had gone first to the GSA, which
had supervision over the project,
and then to Mr.. Halls Office.
The memo reported that Mr..
Cremer outlined his firms quail
f1cations to Mr.. Hall and that
Mr.. Hall asked for information
re support of the party" Mr..
Cremer then. the memo said,
assured him we have no Demo-
Gratis in the higher brackets and
believe practically none in the
lower"
"He spoke of the Importance
Of electing a Republican Con-
gress." the memo related. II
told him it is our fight, too, and
we expect to continue our sup
port. He spoke of bonds. insur-
ance. etc., and asked whether we
would be inclined to place this
where it will do the most good.
assured him we want to work
with him on this and will do
anything within reason"
Referring to Mr.. Hall, the
memo continued: "He seemed
much pleased with all this anc
said he is satisfied we are the
right kind of people. I asked him
if we had qualified. He replied
you certainly have"
Pure Bunk Hall Says
Mr.. Halls denial was issued
through the Republican Nationa
Committee. II can't help what
anyone writes in his persona,
diary" he said. Il have never
cleared any contractor. big OF
small, for work with the Govern
Any suggestion that I die
is pure bunk
Former GSA Administrator
Edmund F. Mansure, testifyine
about the contract before the
subcommittee last January. said
he checked with Mr.. Hall before
awarding the contract but in
sisted Mr.. Hall took no part
whatever in the selection of these
contracts"
Mr.. Brooks said he made the
document public because "the
public has a basic right to
know :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Fire to Dedicate
Statue of Barry

Senator Mansfield, Democrat
of Montana, has gone to Ireland
to attend the dedication of a
statue of Commodore John Bar
ry. who has been called THE
Father of the American Navy"
The Senator was designated
by Vice President Nixon and
Senator Lyndon johnson of
Texas, Senate Democratic leader,
as an official representative at
the ceremonies. The statue is
a gift to Fire from this country.
Barry, an IriShman. helped
the American Colonists in the
Revolutionary War.
The presentation of the statue
will be made at Wexford Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

running like wildfire" through
the Nations economy.
Yet the Republicans have
shown little concern about it, ="
he said. President Eisenhower
has shown no concern at ALL"
The Tennessee Senator put
out in advance a speech he
drafted for a party rally and
chicken-and-rice dinner at the
nearby Largo Fair grounds as he
swung into second day of cam
paigning in the most heavily
Republican part of Florida.
In the election four years ago
Florida gave its 10 electoral votes
to Mr.. Eisenhower by a margin
Of almost 100000 popular votes.
At Tampa yesterday. Senator
Kefauver asked that he share in
the secret briefing on foreign
affairs which the administration
now is providing for his running
mate, Adlai Stevenson.
He said that part Of the mess
we're in" over the Suez Canal
stems from what he described
as Secretary of State Dulles
lack of foresight and judg-
ment."
He added that he was at a
disadvantage in discussing the
Suez situation because of a lack
of information, but that Mr..
Stevenson had told him the
brief1ngS we're for him alone and
that the information from them
was not. therefore, being passed
along.
In his fairgrounds speech to-
day the Senator commended that
the Republicans "have shown
themselves callous and indiffer-
ent to the needs of low income
families" He bore down par
ticularly on the issue Of infia-
ton.
1T is by far the most serious
threat to the economic well-being
Of the people," he said.
He added that the only answer
offered by the Republicans is to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Oliver Hardy Stricken;
Condition Serious

BURBANK, Calf. Sept. IS
CR.-Comedian Oliver Hardy,
member of the famed slapstick
team, Laurel and Hardy, is in
serious condition today after
suffering a stroke.
Mr.. Hardy, 81, was stricken at
his home yesterday morning and
was taken to st. Joseph's Hos
pital in a semiconscious state,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15

their national officers to deter
mine the salary increase goal
next year.
The delegates firmly rejected
a proposal urging that Congress
Irelinquish its control over CLASH
fled salaries and that the pay of
classified workers be adjusted on
the basis Of periodic wage sur
Iveys among comparable jobs in
industry on a national or local
scale. The resolution was over
Nv h elming ly defeated, after
speakers said classified employees
would be worse off under such
Ia system.
Besides pay raises for classified
employees, the convention adopted
these top-priority legislative
goals:
/. Official recognition of Fed
eral employee unions.
2. Restoration of annual and
sick leave benefits which Con-
greSs took away from Govern
ment workers during the past
few years.
3. A comprehensive health in
surance program for Federal
workers and their families.
S5-HOur Week Sought
4. A 35-hour week.
5. Longevity pay raises for
per diem (blue collar workers
and retroactive payments to
them whenever their pay is ad-
justed by wage boards.
6. Extension of the civil serv-
ice merit system to all Federal
position with the exception of
those few which are clearly and
definitely policy-making posi-
tons.
Z. Enactment of a Federal
security program that will eff
fectively protect the Nation and
at the same time safeguard the
employees individual rights.
8. Improved promotion poll
cies, with the emphasis wholly
on merit.
In asking for a pay raise for
Government classified employees,
the NFFE said present Federal
salaries are "unrealiStic and
actually add to the cost of gov
eminent by making it more and
more difficult for departments
and agencies to attract and hold
competent personnel, with re-
Sultant heavy turnover rate and
loss of qualified employees to pri-
vate business and industry"
Among the vice presidents
elected was Joseph P. Leary of
Annapolis, Md. Kansas City,
Mo-, was selected as the site of
the 1858 convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Chinese Communities

HONG KONG, Sept. is tP.--.
The Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party claims
a party membership Of 10,734.-
900. according to Peiping radio.
Peasants comprise SO per cent
OF hte total and women 10
per cent. the broadcast said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-15
Gen. Ackermun Takes
Command of 18th AT

MANILA, Sept. is (P).-Maj
Gen John B. Alderman, former
vice director of the National
Security Agency in Washington.
today took command of the
United States 18th Air Force at
Clark Field.
He replaces Brig. Gen. Will
liam L Lee. who was to leave
later for the United States via
Tokyo and Honolulu. He will be
commander of the 3320th Tech
nical Training Wing at Amarillo,
Tex,