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which police in New York anc
even Connecticut were driven or
wild goose chaseS to check out
every one of a rash of bomb.
hoax calls from crackpots anc
crankS.
Mr.. Arm said Metesky alway'
drove to New York for his bomb.
ings in a car his sisters bought
for him. He said he never pur'
chased any of his bomb mate.
rails in Waterbury. For eaci
bomb, Mr.. Arm said. Metesky
went to a different store. some
in New York. others in Bridge.
port and towns along the way
Used Bullet Powder
He said Metesky purchased
bullets and took the powder from
them to get the explosives for hi.
missiles.
Many Of his unexploded bomb.
were wrapped in socks.
Metesky wasn't booked unit
Is am. eight hours after police
had entered his home.
Despite the all-night question.
ing. he seemed relaxed and com.
posed when he came out of The
questioning room and appeared
before a battery of photogra.
pliers.
Smile. George" the photog.
lraphers shouted.
! George smiled.
He chuckled while he wa.
being booked when someone
made a remark that struck hin
as funny.
| He stood straight and looked
refreshed when he posed for TIT
photographers. He's stocky, about
ITS pounds and 5 feet IL inches
tall.
His blue eyes twinkled as 4
this was something he was en-
joying.
| Valves ExtraditiOn
! He retained this happ.
appearance at his court hearing
The judge asked if he under,
stood the proceedings; he replied
smartly:
Yes, Sir"
He was asked if he was Willing
to waive extradition-that is
agree to be transported to New
York to face prosecution-ant
he answered with a thin smile
Il am. Sir"
Meteskys arrest came about
less than two days after thu
Journal-American received it
third letter from the mao
bomber"
/ It was this letter which pro.
vided the vital clue. The write
gave the date of an injury h,
said he received while workinl
for Consolidated Edison-Sep'
TENDER S, 1881.
Files Are Rechecked
This enabled police to max,
another recheck of the utility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

some groups Of Federal employees,
such as engineers, scientists,
Itechnicisns and other profess
|sional people, would probably
benefit in the way of higher pay.
However, some Federal white
collar occupations, particularly
in parts of the country where
wages tend to be low. might tend
to suffer reductions in pay. This
might also be true for postal
workers.
VETERANS ADMINISTRA.
TION-Under President Eisen-
hower's fiscal budget proposals,
the Veterans Administration
would reduce its general opera
tons staff here from 1852 en-
Iployes to 1923. The VA medical
administration staff would be cut
from 968 to 955.
STATE DEPT. - The Presi-
dents budget proposal would in
crease the State Departments
present 5.226 employees here to-
SAB and the Foreign Service
from 8.725 to 9.047.
\ 49,
SPA MEETING-Robert May
nard Hutchins, president of the
Fund for the Republic, will ad-I
dress the Society for Personnel
Administrators dinner meeting
at $3.50 pm. next Tuesday in
the Silver Room Of the Hamilton
Hotel. DR.. Hutchins will speak
on Administering a Foundation
in a Free Society,"" A social
hour at $3.50 pm. will precede
the dinner.
AWARD - Chairman Philip
Young of the Civil Service Com
mission has been selected by
the Federal Club to receive its
annual honor award for out
standing accomplishments in the
Federal service. Mr.. Young was
cited for his role in providing
the csc with the leadership that
has enabled it to make many
gains and improvements in the
Governments merit system and
personnel operations during the
last four years.
Federal Clubs dinner $3.50 pm,
award at the Federal Clubs din
ner $3.50 pm. February II at the
Sphinx Club. Almas Temple,
1915 K street NV.
I
ELECTION - Grant o. Reese
has been elected president Of
Andrews Air Force Base Local 10.
American Federation of State.
County and Municipal Employees,
AFL-CIO. The group also in
cludes employees at Headquarters,
Military Air Transport Service
and the District of Columbia
Government. The group formerly
belonged to the American Fed
Grafton Of Government Employees
until a dispute resulted in its de-
parture several years ago. There
is a possibility that the group
will re-affiliate with the Age.
Other officers elected were
William H. Cooper and Robert
E. Ames. vice presidents: Bernice
H. Mays. recording secretary;
Willie o. Murphy, treasurer;
Ladislaus j. Esunas. financial
secretary. and Joseph Jordan.
trustee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

ecutive order or through a re-
solution approved by Congress.
Mr.. Young and many other
top administrative officials feel
strongly that the present salary
systems for the Governments
white-collar, postal, professional,
scientific, technical and en-
cheering employees is unrealistic
and unable to cope with the
present needs of the Federal
service.
The proposed pay commission
would make a thorough study OF
the situation and the recon-
mendations to make whatever
changes thought necessary.
Mr.. Young and some other
administrative officials feel an
rate syste m. somewhat
similar to the salary system for
Government per diem (blue COL
lar) workers. would be the best
answer to the salary problem
Under such a proposal, Congress
would set the minimum and
maximum salary of a job, but
the exact pay each employe re-
ceived would be determined by
the Civil Service Commission.
This determination would be
based on pay for comparable
industry jobs in the locale where
a Federal worker is employed.
Under such an area-rate plan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

SpccCll idSt Week duVOCdtIIlB
new system of fixing Federal
pay is a strong indication that
the Federal Pay Commission
plan is far from dead. In fact,
administration officials say the
plan is very much under con-
sideration.
Any overhaul of the Govern
ment's pay. systems - and this
would require legislation by Con-
gress--wouid' have to be pre-
coded by a thorough study and
analysis of the present salary
Setup.
Federal employe union groups
are cool to the idea Of a Fed
eral Pay Commission. feeling it
might jeapordize any chance of
a Government classified and
postal pay raise this year. They
feel Congress would not be in
a receptive frame of mind to
any pay raise while a study of
the Federal salary problem was
being made.
The proposed pay commission
would be composed of outstand-
ing private citizens from indus
try. labor and the educational
world. together with members Of
Congress and the Government.
The membership would be APP
pointed by the President or Con-
gress. or both, depending on
whether the commission was set
up through a Presidential ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Mad Bomber Is Coucht
Tells Of His Long Hatred

1.-THE Journal-American de-
serves the gratitude of all citi-
zens Of New York for outstand-
ing public service. This truly
is responsible journalism at its
BEST" Mr.. Kennedy said.
New York and Waterbury de-
ltectives woke Metesky up out
Of his sleep to search his home,
in a three-story apartment
house in Waterbury's Brooklyn
section.
Relates Questioning
Mr.. Arm said the police told
him they were checking on an
accident, but he quoted Metesky
as saying:
you're looking for more than
an accident"
George, you know why we're
here" said a detective.
II really DON'T" Metesky re-
piled.
I'VE think you do.' the detec-
tive said.
Then Metsky said, Mr.. Arm re-
ported:
Il guess it's because you sus-
Ipect I am the mad bomber "
But, Mr.. Arm said, it wasn't
until much more questioning
that Metesky finally confessed to
the bombings that stirred up one
LOT the largest manhunts in the
worlds largest city.
Waterbury Deputy Police Supt
Fred Hickey said Metesky had a
fantastic memory" for the
things that happened to him.
After he was gassed, he told
police, he returned to Waterbury
for a job. but couldn't keep it
because Of his disease. He went
to Tucson, Ariz., on his doc
tors orders. His sisters said they
and their parents, who are now
dead, paid all his bills there.
Asked Firm for Help
Three years later Metesky re-
turned home and asked Consoli-
dated Edison for help. He
claimed no help came.
The sisters said they cared
for him over the last rs years,
Some days, they said, he stayed
in bed II hours a day, coughing
and unable to eat.
They said he told them once:
MY name might as well be
on a tombstone"
Mr.. Arm said Metesky admit
ted the Christmas week bomb
plants in New York's Paramount
ITheater and the city's vast Pub
lie Library.
But he said Metesky told him
he did not plant any bombs in
the last month"; month in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

Monthly Precipitation In Inches in tn
Capital Current Month TO Date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

injury files and they soon located
that relating to Metesky.
The final communication ad-
dressed to the newspaper actu-
ally contained two letters. One
was in the familiar block hand
printing seen so often by police
in the last 16 years. The other
was typewriter and dated
January 10.
The typewriter letter sale
the other had been prepared two
days earlier. The Journal-Amer.
lean received the two last Sat.
urday night. and Immediately
turned them over to police.
In the handprinted commune
cation, the writer thanked the
paper for promising to work
for a fair hearing for the bomb
er's grievances. 1t added that
1.-THE bombings viii never be re-
Sumed."
| Letter Is Published
| This letter, published by the
paper today. said in part:
| ITO New York Journal Ameri.
can
Pray for peace'-SymboliC
guess-You people threw me
of stride-I expected to have
to fight for an inch or so Of
space-Thanks very much fol
your effort-The bombings will
never be resumed-Come what
may-You people have let the
people know-My part of the
lstory--I cannot ask for much
more--As ! have burned my
bridges behind me--When / re.
sorted to the use of force
II regret that force was neces.
You say my compensation
case can be reopened-Whai
about the price on my head'p--
What about my people-Whc
housed me-Fed me-Clothec
me-And did everything they
could-And still do-To sustain
my life?-I would not sell my
people out for all money in NYC
Society and the authorities will
have to carry their full burden
lof the blame-For what they
forced me to do-Why was
robbed of my earning capacity
Then dumped onto my people,
lburden-For about IS years?
II think that a face to fact
meeting could be figured out a.
there are so many things that
could then be freely discussed
|. :. This weather is very hard or
meas a simple cold can lay
me UP for about 8 weeks
''In about 8 weeks the N. Y
journal American accomplished
what the authorities could not dc
lin 16 years. You stopped the
bombings.
His Second Letter
The typewriter letter said II
part:
! Il sure hope that can avail
myself Of what is offered me b,
the new management of the
Consolidated Edison Company
the (State) industrial commits.
sioner, and the kind attitude Of
the police commissioner. I fee
I no longer have to hide behinc
printing.
II was injured on September
S. 1881. There were over 1900
danger signs in the plant, vel
not even first aid was available
or rendered me. had to lay or
cold concrete. Later pneumonia
Three months later T.B.
1T took a lot Of letter writing
on my part to get enough hear.
ings' to have my case closed
four times. The insurance carrier
Of the Con. Edison Co. blocked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
cording to Mr.. Arm. He claimed
the company refused to take care
of him and that was the reason
he planted the homemade
bombs, Mr.. Arm said.
Among the first bombs to ex-
plode were some on Consolidated
Edison property. The bombings
date back to 1910, police said
Metesky was placed on company
compensation roles in 1941.
Police have said letters &C.
companied many of the bombs
mostly the pipe variety with a
cheap watch for the timing
mechanism. The letters COM
planned the mad bomber" never
was compensated for Gripping
: injuries suffered on the job.
They were signed ''F. p"
Today, Mr.. Arm quoted Me-
tesky as saying IF. p" stood for
fair play"
Lives With Two Sisters
Metesky lives in this industrial
city, about 100 miles northeast
of New York, with two older sis
tiers, May and Anna.
They told reporters their
brother is a sick man. but they
insisted he isn't the mad
bomber"
"Oh, no." said May. "He
wouldn't think of doing a thing
like that"
Hes one of the best fellows
you ever saw" Anna said.
In New York. the New York
Journal-American released q
statement by Police Commits
sioner Stephen P. Kennedy say
ing "the capture of the mad
bomber was the direct result OF
information furnished by the
New York Journal-American."
The newspaper had printed
three open letters on the front
page to the bomber" urging
him to surrender. The first let
ter, printed December 26, receiv-
ed a reply in the next mornings
mail.
Published Other Letters
The letter was kept, undisturb-
ed. for police investigation. The
paper said it received police per-
mission to publish a second open
letter January 10, and subse-
quently a third.
The commissioner said "the
close cooperation in turning
over to us promptly all letters
received from the mad bomber
made this outstanding arrest
possible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Pay Study by Special
Commission Weiqhed
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The administration is giving serious considers
ton to the appointment Of special Federal Pay Commission
study the various Government salary systems
Such considered ago but never
materalzed.
However Civil Service Commission Chairman Philip Youngs
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

WEATHER FORECAST-Ran is expected tonight in the
Southeast and the northern of both coasts Snow
fres forecast elsewhere in the precipitation area
that includes the Northwest and most of the East except
for the northwestern part of the Ohio Valley 1t will be
colder in the interior third Of the Nation and in the North
western Rockies-AP Wirephoto Map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

Record. Temperatures This Year
Highest. "a, on January 4.
Lowest. 3. on January IS.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours
Nigh, 40. at 4:20 pm.
Low. 80, at 4 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

River Report
tFrom q. 8. Eneineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry
Temperatures for Yesterday
lReading WASHINGTON National Airport)
Midnight 90 Noon ----- AZ
an ----- " ! pm. ------ IS
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The Old Man

Washington, D. Cline and
again as his press conference
dragged on, the President cupped
his hand to his ear TO catch the
question or he would say. Elk
cuse me, a little louder, please"
To most of the newsmen gath
cred in the Old Indian Treaty
Room, where the White House
news conferences take place, It
was a rather dismaying sight. The
President obviously was not
feeling well. He said so. The cot
ton plug in his left ear attested
the fact. His eyes were red. His
voice was hoarse, His answers
were more generalized than usual.
Although White House CORES
pondents have complained that
there have been few sessions with
the press since last Novembers
elections. they would not have OBJ
| jected had this one been called
off. The so-caned hard-boiled
newsmen did the only thing they
could under the circumstances.
They asked easy questions, No
body wanted to disturb the Presi-
dent anymore than absolutely
necessary.
That was the picture as the
President came into the room.
This morning." he said, instead
Of an announcement l have a little
request. hope each OF you will
speak very distinctly because
am having a little temporary diff
nculty with my hearing"
But one questioner did bring
mp a rather touchy point The
President tried to dismiss IL
lightly. but his tone Of voice be.
lied hts words.
The correspondent. radio news
4 man. noted that II took two
months to get the Eisenhower
doctrine" through Congress de-
spite assertions that this was an
emergency calling for quick &C
ton. "poes this. plus the fact
that YOU cannot seek a second
term, indicate to YOU that YOU will
have less congressional eoopera-
ton in the second term ?" the
President was asked
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press Monday Minneapolis
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and white socy the Federal Aid
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The NegroAmcrican generally however Of different opinion
and to date he not convinced by either Mrs
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The thesis Mrs Roosevelt might
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the federal government has not found expedent
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American Negroes good children but
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bread when the times calling whole democracy
all Americana
They also feel that it's better to temporarily
need for help for the schools principles
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