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RESORT FORECAST
Southern New Jersey

Southern New Jersey
Wednesday sunny with
lower humidity and COM
Portable temperatures;
highest in the middle 80s.
Upper and Lower Bay
Sunny and not as hot to-
morrow. highest in the
middle 80s. Winds north
west at l0-l5 miles per
hour.
Ocean Beaches - Bright
and sunny Wednesday with
low h m idity, highest
about 80.
Skyline Drive-Bright
and sunny tomorrow with
excellent visibility, highest
1886.
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per cent to more than 80 per
cent, depending on the en-
ploye's present salary.
James A. Campbell, president
Of the American Federation of
Government Employees, told the
committee federal employees
need more pay because their
economic position has been re-
Progressing steadily despite six
raises within the last IL years. "
Employees in private business
have received raises in like with
increased living costs, Mr.
Campbell said. but Federal
workers have lost purchasing
power to such an extent that
they still have to catch up with
the 1905"
A general pay increase fol
Government employees. Mr.
Campbell said, would not start
an inflationary spiral because
Federal employees don't set the
pace; they folio wthe pace SET
by private industry. They are
bringing up the rear rather
than leading the procession.
Federal workers have received
only one raise during the last
six years. he said.
--Vaux owen, president of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees, told the committee
the problem of getting and
keeping Federal workers has
become acute because of eco
nomic conditions.
Edward w. McCabe of Nash
vile, representing Internal Rev.
enue Service employees, said a
l7la per cent pay increase is
needed if Federal employees are
to maintain their present liv-
Ing standards.
The committee recent yap-
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FURNISHED by the United states coas
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-09

Dsfo Ifom Us. WANNA BvRiAu
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japanese in Baltimore

BALTIMORE. July 9 (P.-
A l2-man Japanese ore ham
ding study team will visit
Baltimore today and tomorrow
as guests of the Maryland Port
Authority.
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CouIee Dam Is Big

SPOKANE.--Grand Coulee
Dam has a cubic content more
than four times as great as
that of the great Pyramid Of
Egypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-09

proved a $546 annual wage
raise for all postal employees,
but the House has not yet
acted. The Eisenhower admin
istration opposes all proposals
for general Federal pay boosts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-09
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Defense WorkersWin
Fidht for Doto on Cuts
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The Defense Department unsuccessfuy sought keep
from its civilian employees the list of the many installations
and activities throughout the country plans
curtail between now and December 81.
Only the Intervention by Senator Douglas,
Illinois. caused the Defense Department reen and allow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-09
Federal Pay Logging,
House Group Told
By the Associated Press

Organized white collar Federal employees took to the House
Civil Service Committee today campaign for pay which
they claim is long overdue
TIE committee considering group of bills calling pay
raises for civil service employees which would estimated
half billion dollars yearly The increases would range from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-09
PRECIPITATION

Sun. Tomorrow SOL am. S,35 D m
Moon, Today 6.44 pm 3 so a m
Automobile lghts must be turned or
one-hah hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-12
2 Convicted in Robbery,
Freed in Harris Murder

the two defendants. Their FIRST
trial resulted in . hung Jury.
The second trial resulted in a
mistrial after a woman Juror
became IL.
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The defendants did not take
the stand TO testify. Two Gov
eminent witnesses testified they
heard the defendants planning
the robbery. Another bit of
Government evidence was a
piece Of towel. seized by police
in the apartment where the two
men lived. The piece matched
two other pieces Of towel with
which Mr.. Harris was bound.
according to testimony.
Judge Holtzon held there was
no evidence to show how the
piece Of towel got into the
apartment occupied by the two
defendants.
After making his findings.
Judge Holtzoff praised counsel
for the way in which they had
handled the case and stated the
two defendants could not have
been more ably represented.
Attorney James j. Laughiin
represented Mcdaniel and T.
Emmett Mckenzie was counsel
for Williams. The defendants
were prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney Fred
erick @. Smithson.
The trial was the third for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-12

Federal Judge Alexander
Holtzoff yesterday convicted
two men Of robbery for hav-
ing helped plan the August,
1886. robbery Of Roscoe w,
Harris. 65. real estate man. but
acquitted them on a charge
lof murder in connection with
the robbery.
It was believed to be the
FIRST nonjury FIRST degree MUIR
der trial in District legal annals.
The tive are Lindsey Nc
Daniel. rs, and Thomas viii
Hams, 81. both Of the 400
block Of T street NV, who
had waived jury trial and
elected to be tried by the judge
without q jury.
Judge Holtzoff said he found,
from the evidence, that both
men had helped plan the rob-
berry and. as such, were &C.
cessories before the fact. He
expressed the view, however.
that neither actually took part
in the robbery or killing. on
this score, Judge HoltzoH said
evidence indicated that q third
defendant actually committed
the robbery and murder.
UNIT for Trial
The third defendant in the
case is Jackie ]. Floyd, rs. Of
Huntington, w. Va, a former
boxer. who has been ruled
mentally unfit for trial and Is
under treatment in st. Eliza
beths Hospital. Floyd viii be
subject to trial If he RECEIVERS.
Mr.. Harris. q brother-in-law
of DR.. Ralph Bunche. United
Nations official. was found dead
from strangulation on August
Is. 1856, in his real estate ONCE
in the 1900 block Of Ninth street
NV. He had been bound with
rope and gagged with q piece Of
towel.
The robbery count on which
Mcdaniel and Williams were
found guilty charges that the
loot consisted Of $125 in cash,
a pistol, fountain pen, pencil
and other items.
Judge Holtzoff referred the
case to the probation officer for
investigation, pending sentence
on the robbery charge, for which
no date was set. The maximum
penalty for robbery is a prison
term Of from 5 to is years.
Judge HoItzoff held that the
evidence did not show that
either Mcdaniel or williams
had taken any part in the rob-
berry. but had helped plan 1t
only. On this score. he found
them innocent Of the murder
charge.
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Red Loses Euith

KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. IL
pa 30-year-old Chinese
who says he fought on the Com
munist side since 1913 has be-
come the FIRST to surrender un-
der the promise Of amnesty in
newly independent Malaga. He
gave himself up to a taxi driver
near Rawang. Selangor State,
said he'd lost faith in the Reds.
and handed over a carbine. bull
lets, compass. knife saw. drugs
and hundreds Of air-dropped
surrender leaflets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-28
Strengthened Police Force

Police Chief Murray has reorganized
his force in way that should result in
q stronger and more efficient depart
ment. BY creating several new positions
and promoting veteran officers to fill
the posts, he has assured a better ad-
miniStrative Setup, has increased the
prestige and morale of the Detective
Bureau and has effected a closer CO.
ordination between the precincts and
headquarters.
The key man In the new Setup is
an inspector charged with bringing
about better teamwork between the men
In the field and the detectives composing
the major investigative squads at police
headquarters. The job has been given
to a detective with an outstanding
record as chief of the homicide squad,
Captain (now InSpector) Richard j.
Felber. Inspector Felber will have the
responsibility of supervising and CO.
ordinating the departments detection
activities in major crimes. 1t will be his
duty to see that there is no conflict or
confusion arising from overlapping
Investigations
Coincident with the elevation of
Inspector Felber was the adoption Of
a new promotion system for men in
plain clothes. Under the previous system
there were few opportunities for adj
vancement Of detectives at headquar-
tiers, a situation which has created a
morale problem in that branch in past
years. Good men have left the Detective
Bureau to go back to precinct assign
ments in uniform so that they would
have better chances of promotion. Chief
Murray discussed this problem last
spring with House Appropriations sub
committee. He told the subcommittee
that an advisory committee had recon-
mended dual lines Of advancement in
the department, one for uniformed
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Text for Thonksqivinq

For many OF us 1t may not be easy
to feel festive or cheerful of heart on
this Thanksgiving Day. Events at home
and abroad are largely somber and
depressing in character Indeed, the
atmosphere of our world is so heavy with
upsetting signs and portents, so laden
with the darkly revolutionary implica-
lions of Soviet Sputniks and interconti-
mental missiles, that one is almost
tempted to ask, Thanks for what?"
Yet as Americans, individually and
in the mass, we do have reason to be
thankful-thankful for our private
blessings, like the good friends we know
or the treasures of our family life;
thankful for the freedom and opportu-
mites we enjoy in a land richer than
any other in terms of material abun-
dance; thankful for the peace that is
still ours in a troubled and Supremely
dangerous age; thankful for the fore
warning we have received on the perils
we face; and thankful for the fact that
we have the wherewithal, if we but use
1t wisely and well, to overcome those
perils.
This is the great test that we must
meet now vis-a-vis Russia. But Ameri-
cans before us-both long ago and not
30 long ago-have successfully passed
through similar trials and shown us how
we can do the same, with a mixture Of
ingenuity, hard effort, steadfastness,
courage and unwavering faith in our
selves. In that respect, we certainly
owe thanks to our forebearS for their
inspiring example and the rich heritage
that is ours today heritage that
embraces many things, including such
wise and Affirmative counsel as the
following from Emerson's essay on self
reliance:
Trust myself: every heart vibrates
to that iron string. Accept the place the
divine Providence has found for you; the
society Of your contemporaries, the con-
nection of events. Great men have al
ways done so and conf1ded themselves
childlike to the genius of their age, be-
traying their perception that the Eternal
was stirring at their heart. working
through their hands. predominating in all
their being. And we are now men, and
must accept in the highest mind the same
transcendent destiny; and not pinched
in corner, not towards fleeing before
revolution, but redeemerS and benefac-
tors, pious aspirants to be noble clay
plastic under the Almighty effort, let us
advance and advance on Chaos and the
Dark.
These are words that constitute a
good and fitting text for this day and
all the rest OF the days-the challenging
and perilous but still immensely prom
Using dayS-that stretch before us. Ger
tainly, as long as we hold firm, refusing
to act as towards fleeing before a rev.
olution," we and other free nations can
be confident that what we stand for will
in the end prevail And that, too, is yet
another reason for Thanksgiving.
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Urban Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia is beginning to
realize the Importance of unified plan
ming and action as it faces the growing
problems of highly urbanized commu-
nifty. Although the counties and towns
adjacent to Washington have spread out
and merged so that the perspective is
that Of city, the governmental juris-
dictions concerned continue to act indie
pendently and ofttimes without consider
ing the broad interests of the neighbor-
ing areas. Lack of coordination can
result in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. conflict and
waste of public funds.
To meet this challenging problem,
the Northern Virginia Planning and Eco
nomic Development Commission has
proposed an enlargement of its staff
and authority. The commission, COM
posed OF representatives of all the gov
ernmental units in the region, wants
to prepare master plan of development
for the entire area. BY strict adherence
to such plan the communities con-
cerned could be assured of an orderly
growth in the years ahead-a period
certain to impose heavier burdens on
those responsible for providing public
facilities and services.
Chairman william A. Moss of the
commission, who also is member Of the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,
emissions ultimately a planning and
action agency for Northern Virginia
somewhat like the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Commission,
which serves Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties Virginia's lack of
such an agency has cost it the benefits
of the Capper- Cramton Act, with its
Federal aid for park preservation and
parkway acquisition. There is urgent
need in nearby Virginia for co-ordina-
ton of jurisdictional programs for
water supply sewerage, coming, traffic
control and numerous other activities
Virginia's move toward unity of
action is in line with the larger move
ment for an overall authority for the
Washington Metropolitan Area. Any
step in that general direction is logical
and foresighted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-28
Prayer for President

Abraham Lincoln said this
country was conceived in lib
erty. Had it been pertinent
to the situation at Gettys-
burg, he could as we'll have
said that this country was
born on the bosom of prayer
and rocked in the cradle of
faith.
Today, we. as a people. are
observing the day set apart
for expressing to Almighty
God our humble thanks for
His mercies and His bounties.
Would it not be proper. with
our thanks. also to ask Gods
help in bringing a speedy and
a complete recovery to our
President? These are critical
times and the issues pertain
ing to who takes the helm
when the captain is sick are
somewhat cloudy.
The President proclaims
our Thanksgiving Days. Can
We not. each Of us and all
together, proclaim this
Thanksgiving Day as a day
OF prayer and faith for our
leader? According to your
faith. so be it unto you"
Forrest 6. HAYDEN.
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personnel and one for plainclothesmen
The current reorganization carries the
recommendation into effect. Thus, sew
eral detective squads which previously
were in charge of lieutenants will be
under captains from now on. And these
promotions will open the way for other
promotions in the lower grades.
The plan will improve police admin
istration and operations at time OF
the year when a seasonal upsurge in
crime is to be expected. Any change
which promises to result in more effec-
tive law enforcement is good news for
law-abiding citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-28
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Peoples Faith in Eisenhower
By GOULD LINCOLN

tionally and internationally,
are in the works. matters in
which the President must use
his own decision. Should his
temporary -incapacity extend
beyond q reasonable period
and threaten the interests Of
the United States, President
Eisenhower will not hesitate
to act promptly. But as long
as he feels that he can do his
full duty to the country, he
will continue to do so. His
decision last year to run for
a second term as President
was made because he felt it
his duty to serve again-and
the country overwhelmingly
demonstrated its faith in him
when it went to the polls.
Keeps Vice President Busy
President Eisenhower, how
ever. has not overlooked the
fact that his health could
fail. Should he be forced out
Of Office by incapacity or
death, under the terms of the
Constitution the Vice Pres
ident would take over the
duties Of President-and, in
fact, become President and
Chief Executive. With that
fact in mind. President Eli
senhower has seen to it that
Vice President Richard N.
Nixon should be the best-in-
formed man in the country on
the problems that confront
the President and the Nation.
He has called upon the Vice
President to travel extern
ISively abroad-both as a
goodwill ambassador and also
as a student of the interna-
tional situation. The Vice
President has attended the
meetings of the Presidents
cabinet, the meetings of the
National Security Council
and of other agencies Of
Government.
The Presidents own COM
ment on his use of the Vice
PreSid ent, made many
months ago, is to the point.
He said: 1T is almost show
ing indifference to the well
fare of the American people,
unless you keep the Vice Pres
ident aware of everything
that is going on. Even If
Mr.. Nixon and I were not
good friends. I would still
have him in every important
conference of Government, so
that if the Grim Reaper
would find it time to remove
me from this scene. he is
ready to step in without any
interruption"
The Presidents illness has
come almost on the eve of the
planned NATO conference
to be attended by heads Of
governments-in Paris. The
Presidents attendance has
not been ruled out-yet. 1t is
still to be decided, however.
whether the meeting will con-
tinue as planned. If it does so
continue. the expectation is
that Vice President Nixon will
represent the United States.
along with Secretary of State
Dulles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-28

@. How much does a stu
dent save by going to a local
or nearby college, and living
at home?-O. A.
A. A survey made by the
United States Office Of Edu-
cation showed that yearly
expenses at public colleges
average about $500. and at
private schools about $4,000.
Students who can live at
home while attending college
can usually save about $3.50
a year by doing so.
@. How nights Big Pocono
Mountain in eastern Penn
sylvania?-W. c.
A. Big Pocono is about
2,l30 feet above sea level.
Underlying this region are
horizontal beds Of hard
sandstone and conglomerate
which have resisted erosion
and thus kept the Pocono
district above the surround
ing lowlands. Big Pocono is
said to be the only peak south
OF the Catskills that stood up
above the glaciers in the last
ice age.
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ton, and who have to listen
to this noise, are given little
consideration.
1 am heartily opposed to
substituting a business which
appears to be run on a take
all, give nothing" basis.
We should indeed remain
"all shook up" until this nui-
sance is remedied. The fixed
light beacon has not done it
yet. The city fathers and
our great leaders" should
busy themselves in our be-
half.
Noise Victim.
We have a nuisance in our
neighborhood which has been
allowed to grow and grow
the low-flying plane S
from National Airport. At
first. around 1910, there
were just a few: nobody
bothered. Next year. a few
more. and still nobody COM
planned. This was wrong, be-
cause the noise and nuisance
should have been stopped as
soon as 1t started. When jet
planes. like the one which
recently landed at National
Airport, supplant the pro-
peller-type plane now in use.
there will never be any quiet
or reasonable safety in Wash
ington.
It Is not too late now to
insist that all planes fly at
the required altitude all the
time.
VIYsvIsn -. TnA~enr
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

without showing any benefit
or sign.
Most cats picked up in the
downtown and taken to a
good home are underfed.
Being young. they have
profited even from poor pick
ings, and often manage to
look well.
Usually they are not.
Their gentleness. for one
thing. is not disposition so
much as lack of spirit.
Once upon a time a cat
was picked up from the
streets and taken home re-
clining without help on the
seat beside the catnapper.
No restraint was necessary.
Such cats usually seem very
affectionate. but this. too. is
a result of lack of food, not
a real disposition.
After a few days. or weeks,
Of good eating, the coat dark
ems and the disposition
comes into the light Of day.
Then, and not before, one
can see what he has drawn
in the street lottery.
1t Is an amazing fact that
practically every such ami
NAL turns into a decent feline
citizen.
Would one dare take in q
human of the street? Inside
a week. he would be COM
planning about the food, and
within two weeks making
threats; four weeks, and the
host would have to call the
police.
Not so with cats, or dogs.
They appreciate kind treat
ment, and good food. and
do their best to repay their
benefactors. No wonder peo-
pie help them. and accept
them as real members Of
families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-28
Some Liqht on Missiles

A preliminary comment by Senator
Lyndon Johnson pretty well sums up the
results of his Subcommittee's missile
investigation. AS the investigation was
getting under way, the majority leader
said: II do not believe the facts will
invite our people either to sieSta or to
hysteria." And that just about tells
the story-at least up to this point.
The witnesses who have testified
publicly agree that the Russians have
been overtaking us at an alarming rate,
and that in some areas-notably mis-
siles-they have passed us. They also
agree that we face our greatest danger,
not in the immediate future, but over
the next five to ten years. This is be-
cause the Soviet rate of progress is
greater than ours and 1t may enable
them to pull away from us if the Russian
economy can stand the strain of Sus-
tanned effort They certainly will pull
away unless we exert a greater effort
than in the past and unless our own
program is brought under better organi-
cation and direction.
The committee heard some testi-
mony, however, which strikes us as
rather reaSsuring. Thus, DIR. Edward
Teller said that our ballistic missile
program was excellent and excellently
managed" He warned against any
drastic revision of the program because
this might have retarding effect DR..
Vannevar Bush was in substantial
agreement.
DR.. Teller offered an explanation of
why we are behind in missiles. The
United States, he said, held back on
missile development until there was
some assurance that suitable nuclear
warhead could be produced. The Rus
slams gambled and got both. Perhaps
our decision was faulty one. But at
the time it was made we were relying
on our great superiority in nuclear
bombs and our strategic air arm. If the
decision not to gamble on missiles was
wrong, 1t is at least understandable.
And it suggests, in the light of the
situation today, that the Russians are
not ahead because they have super
scientists. They started sooner.
The subcommittee also received
some interesting testimony on satellites.
: DR.. John p. Hagen, director of our
Vanguard Project, said the Russians
beat us to the punch with their Sputniks
because Vanguard was given second
airy priority" Top priority went to
ballistic missiles. This does not strike
us as having been faulty decision. It
is true that the Russians have reaped
a propaganda bonanza from their satel-
lite achievements. But If choice had
to be made by us between bearing down
on missiles or satellites, we think the
missiles should have had priority. This
country could be destroyed by Russia
If they had big enough edge in the
missile race. The Sputniks, however,
are not military threat-not in the
immediate future.
There is nothing In any Of this
which supplies basis for smugness and
complacency. But neither does 1t call
for panic or anything approaching
panic. What we need to do, as General
Doolittle suggested, Is to pitch in and
work harder.