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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13

nation today. II we act now
1t will remain the most power
full nation in the future.
There is conservative eco
nomic opinion" said Mr..
Gather. that the likely future
rate Of Soviet industrial growth
will be significantly higher than
ours. that the interval for
which we will remain the big
geSt power is Is to 30 years.
But the 'cross-over' point in
either gross national product
or in industrial output is not
as meaningful as the fact that
today the Soviet. with an in
dustrial base roughly two-fifths
Of ours, maintains q thoroughly
modernized and menacing mill
tary establishment and prose-
cutes an increasing program Of
foreign economic subversion
ana lnnltratlon.
Russia is currently gradu-
ating 500 engineers per billion
dollars Of gross national product
while we are graduating about
co."
After making other COMPARE
sons of the Communist world
and free world. Mr.. Gather
said:
If we are to plan with any
degree Of hard realism. we must
expect the Russians not only
will maintain but actually will
increase their rate of forward
industrial and economic devel-
opment. There are 40 years of
astonishing history. 40 years of
explosive industrialization. to
support this belief. And let US
not underestimate the poten-
tial power of Red China. 1t is
on this basis that must con-
clude that our relative strength
is ebbing.
There are those who will
argue that my assumptions put
the Communist position in the
most optimistic light possible
and. by contrast, our position
in a pessimistic light. I fer
vently hope that. in this. his
tory will prove am in gross
error. But / will contend to-
night. with all the emphasis at
my command. that these as
sumptions are warranted-in-
deed compelled-by any objec-
tive appraisal, and that we can
not lose if we make them and
act accordingly"
Mr.. Gather is chairman Of
the trustees of the Ford Foun-
dation and board chairman of
Rand Corporation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13
Pay Increase
WinsSup'port

Robert E. Mclaughlin. pres
ident of the Board of District
Commissioners, said yesterday
the commissioners are quite
favorably disposed" toward a
IA per cent pay raise for WASH
ington police and firemen.
He said the board has not
taken final action on the pro-
posal. and won't until some
method of paying for it is
devised.
He said he expected the COM
miSsioners to announce their
decision in the very near
future"
On the WWDC radio pro-
gram. Report to the People, +"
Commissioner Laughlin
pointed out that though serious
crime rose % per cent over
March of last year. serious
crime decreased "a per cent
during the five years from 1852
to 1857.
He also said:
The District is short of
policemen - even though I'M
employment is widespread -
because other police forces pay
more and require less in way
Of physical and mental qualifi-
cations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13

wine, director of the Carnegie
Library at Syracuse. said Mr..
Salisbury accepted much less
than the market value"
The collection includes such
rarities as a first edition of
THE Federalist." published in
1888; a Wenster's dictionary
dated 1906. and a first edition
of Joseph Smiths Book OF
Mormon" published in 1880.
Mr.. Salisbury, who now lives
in retirement, gave 1000 books
to the Warrenton va town
library two years ago.
Before is retirement he was
associated with the Bausch g.
Lomb Optical Co. in Rochester.
N. Y: the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce in
Washington. and a st. Louis
construction firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13
Recognition Sought
For rs 'Beep' Inventor

Called radiosondes. they have
been in use by the world
weather forecasters for many
years. But Mr.. Wilkerson's
early application. Of the device
to pilotless flight is still buried
in the murk of military Sc
curity-33 years later.
A Connecticut engineer who
would like to see Mr.. Wilker-
sons achievement recognized
this year in connection with
international Geophysical Year
activities, is preparing to pre-
sent the case to the American
Society Of Mechanical En-
gineers when its award commit
tee meets in New York the end
of the month or the first week
ip May. He has asked Mr.
WilkerSoYl for details.
Mr.. Wilkerson has said he
cannot disclose any detailed in
formation until the Pentagon
declassifies the subject. Ac-
cordingly, he has written the
Navy and the Air Force re-
questing that his early files be
withdrawn from the restricted
category.
Here he runs up against a
monumental problem.
The Defense Departments
Office of Dissatisfaction was
set up more than a year ago to
do something about removing
the secrecy tags from old docu-
ments no longer needing them.
Retired Navy Vice Admiral
John M. Hoskins is the director
Procedure Not Completed
Admiral Hoskins' Office does
not plan to make a paper-by-
paper search of the l3 million
cubic feet of classified docu-
ments in IL military ware
houses. Rather it is developing
a policy by which all material
before a certain date-and GER
tainly including items as old
as Mr.. Wilkerson's 1925 inven-
tion-is automatically cleared.
Only certain still-yital cate
pnrieS would remain classified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13

warning this week against pub
lie speeches or outburSts in OPP
position to the program by
either civilian or military
members Of the defense estab-
liShment.
President Supported
During the last few days
Mr.. Eisenhower has gained
strong reinforcing for his plan
from several powerful national
organizations. The u. S. Cham
Der of Commerce announced it
would testify in support of the
plans main features at hear
ings to start April is before
a subcommittee of the House
Armed Services Committee.
President Philip NJ. Talbot has
publicly urged Mr.. McElroy to
press for truly comprehensive"
defense reorganization and to
disregard mounting pressure
for mere token reorganiza-
ton"
The national organization OF
the American Legion adopted
resolutions backing the major
provisions of the reorganiza-
ton.
VFW Endorses Plan
The Veterans OF Foreign
Wars Endorsed the general
proposition to unity strategic
planning and action but OPP
posed granting any greatly
increased spending authority to
the defense secretary.
The Air Force Association,
which serves the Air Force in
much the same manner as the
Navy League serves the Navy,
has yet to be heard from. But
the Air Force group has for
several years been publicly de-
manding even more radical
moves toward military unifica.
ton and is expected to back
the Presidents plan.
The Army Associations posi-
ton has yet to be clarified. But
Army Secretary Brucker said
at a news conference in New
York last week that he gen
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Continued From First Page
in the United States and mem
bers Of the councils are direct
" appointed by the district
commandments, all Of whom are
two-star admirals on active
duty. The Navy League A.
nances publications and activ-
tiles of the advisory councils.
Extreme Urgency"
The national headquarters Of
the Advisory Council has sent
to all of its members a special
memorandum as "a matter of
extreme urgency" dated April
8. five days after the President
announced his program in a
special message to Congress.
The memorandum. signed by
the national chairman Of the
Advisory Council, j. w. Reeves,
urged all members to approach
their Congressman during the
Easter recess and voice deep
opposition" to sweeping Penta-
gon reorganization. Council
members are urged to speak
as individual citizens, not as
members of the Naval Advisory
Council group or of the Navy
League.
The Council message Spe-
officially urges support for
measures already introduced
IN Congress by influential legis-
lators such as Representatives
Vinson, Democrat of Georgia;
Kilday. Democrat Of Texas:
Arends, Republican of Illinois.
and Senators Mansfield. Dem
ocrat Of Montana. and Bridges,
Republican Of New Hampshire.
Opposite Effect Sought
The virtually identical bills
sponsored by these congress
sional leaders would increase
rather than decrease tn e
policymaking influence Of the
service secretaries by making
them members of the National
Security Council. The measures
also would decrease the Defense
Departments civilian command
by eliminating IA Of the present
20 deputy or assistant secre-
taries.
The Navy attack on the PEN
tagon reorganization plan. as
issued through the Navy League
and the Naval Advisory Council
avoided open fiouting OF De-
Tense Secretary NICE lroy's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13
Syracuse U. Buys
Salisbury Library
OF First Editions

WARRENTON. Va. April 10
P.=Syracuse University has
purchased the 5000 volume
Salisbury collection of Ameri-
can first editions from G. Reed
Salisbury. a Syracuse alumnus
who lives at Broad Run, Va.
The collection. valued for tax
purposes recently at S46. 900,
represents the work of more
than $500 authors whose books
were published between 1914
and 1910.
The price the university paid
for the collection was not re-
vealed, but Dr.. Wayne S. Yena-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13
Gather SoysU.S. Fails
ToMotch Reds Pace

PASADENA. Calf, April IL
@.-The relative strength of
the United States in compare
son with Russia and Red China
is ebbing. says H. Rowan
Gather.
However. he said that if the
United States acts decisively
and promptly it can remain
the most powerful Nation.
Mr.. Gather is chairman of
the Security Resources Panel
of President Eisenhower's Sci
ence Advisory Commute.
The Gather Report late in
1857. not released to the pub
lie. caused quite a Juror. Some
newspapers said that the top
secret committee report was
believed to picture the United
States in grave danger and
that enormous increases in
military spending would be
necessary to meet the threat.
A White House spokesman
denied that the report pictured
the United States as weak
compared with Russia. This
spokesman said there was no
factual information in the re-
port that had not ben made
available to committees OF
Congress.
Addresses Seminar
Mr.. Gather tonight adj
dressed the annual alumni
seminar of California Institute
of Technology. In his address
prepared for the event he said:
America must view its
strengths and weaknesses in
the time perspective of the
remaining years of the goth
century, in the social perspec-
tive of what we want America
to be, in the politico-military
perspective of the external
threats to our values and prin-
cipleS, and in the humanitar-
ian perspective of our &C
knowledged responsibilities to
mankind everywhere.
In this total perspective. I
am alarmed. In this total per-
spective, the relative strength
Of the United States is not
adequate to these historic re-
probabilities.
No Gloom Prophet
II will not, however, be a
prophet of gloom. There is
time to repair this situation
and to build our relative
strength if we act decisively
and act now. The United States
Is the worlds most powerful
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expensive instruments to mea-
sure temperature and baro-
metric pressure. The instru-
ment readings coHld not be
taken until the balloons came
down again. Often the balloons
could not be found after they
fell to earth.
So Mr.. Wilkerson devised a
small radio transmitter that
could be attached to the bal
looms to send back instan-
taneous coded information of
temperature and pressure.
"Beeping" constantly, the
transmitter would also lead
searchers to the position of a
balloon after it had fallen. so
the expensive instruments
could be recovered.
But that was in 1924 and the
Weather Bureau had no
money for such investments
that year." Mr.. Wilkerson re-
calls. So he looked around for
other applications.
He found immediate interest
among military men. AS far
back as 1917. the Navy had
contracted with the Sperry
GyroScope Co. to develop radio
controls for a pilotless plane
that could carry a load of ex-
plosives against an enemy.
Such planes-not to be per-
fected for many years-Were,
of course the ancestors of to-
days guided missiles.
Mr.. Wilkerson's devic e
seemed a valuable aid. Light
er and more power than
other transmitters, it could
be mounted in an unnamed
vehicle. Then. connected to the
proper instruments, it could
send back instant information
on the vehicles position, speed
and course.
1925 Tests Classified
Early in 1925 a group Of
military men conducted tests,
one of them at Boiling Field,
of a pilotless plane repeatedly
carrying Mr.. Wilkerson's de-
vice. 1t apparently was sue
cessful, because shortly after
wards Mr.. Wilkerson was
notified that the subject had
been classified" He had al
ready published two magazine
articles on the space-travel
possibilities opened up by the
device and rocket develop
ments.
To this day Mr.. Wilkerson's
"tell-tale transmitter. as he
called it, or, "the thing" as
the military men at first
dubbed it, is still classified
information. There it little
doubt that technology has long
passed it by, but the wheels
of declasSification turn slowly.
Similar transmitters for use
OH weather balloons were de-
veloped at the National Bureau
Of Standards a few years later
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orally favored" the Presidents
program.
Mr.. Brucker said also that
there is no doubt there has
been too much inter-service
rivalry" a point strongly
underlined in the Presidents
April 3 message TO Congress on
defense reorganization.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10
Rev. Towner Is
Union Speaker

For his second sermon in the
three opening worship services
of this summers Union Services
the Rev. William E. Towner
minister of East Cleveland Bap-
tist Church, will preach on the
topic, "The Gospel and Oul
Hope" with the text from Sec
ond Corinthians 5:19a - "God
was in Christ reconciling the
world to himself"
The service will be held ir
East Cleveland Congregations
Church, Euclid at Page ave., al
1000 a. m. and the third con.
gregation joining for the sum-
mer series is Windermere Pres.
byterian.
Special music is provided by
the host church and the hymns
for next Sunday will be "Wher
Morning Gilds the Skies,
"Father in Thy Mysterious Pres.
ence Kneeling" and "Guide Me
% Thou Great Jehovah"
A Union Church School is helc
at the same hour for children
in the Nursery, kindergarten anC
Primary Departments.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10
Shaw Field
Dance For
21s And Up

In response to many requests
for a dance night for the 21s
and over, Recreation Director
Roy Wisecup announces the first
such dance will be staged on the
sundeck of the bath house at
Shaw Field, Friday, July 18th.
The hours will be from $3.50 to
1000 and all dance lovers over
81 years of age will find a cor
dial welcome.
The student dances so far
this summer have attracted
more than 400 young people
each Tuesday and Thursday eve
ming.
Dancers who have favorite as
or 78 records which they would
like to use may bring them. 1t is
suggested that all such records
be clearly identified with the
owners name on tape. This
bring your record" idea came
into being when some of the
Shaw crowd had some records
they wanted to dance to, and
were willing to share. The idea
has added variety of records
for those dancers under the
stars.
Admission will be the same
ten cents.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10
.l5-Year Old
Dies In Fall

Seven hours after he dropped
IL feet in a coal shaft in the
abandoned power plant build
ing at 1865 Hayden ave-, Tues
day, July 9th, William H. Par
ry, Is, of 1915 Thornhill rd.,
died in Huron Road Hospital
without gaining consciousness.
The accident happened about
2:30 p. m.
According to East Cleveland
police who were called to the
scene, William and some friends
were playing in the vacated
building, when he stepped on a
steel plate, covering the shaft.
The plate tilted and both boy
and plate dropped the IL feet.
Police estimated the weight of
the plate at 800 pounds.
The building is surrounded
with a seven-foot high fence,
topped with rows of barbed wire.
The boys say they climbed a
tree and jumped over the fence
to gain entrance into the build
ing where boys of the neighbor-
hood often played.
William was the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Parry and al
SO leaves a sister, Joan ii. He
would have entered Shaw High
School this September.
Services are being held at
900 a. m. Saturday in st. Phil
omena Church with burial in Cal
vary Cemetery. Friends may
call at 15144 Euclid ave.
Boys who were in the build
ing at the time are Pat Chap
man, IL; Louis Chapman, Is, of
1859 Thornhill rd.; Roy Grigsby,
Is, of lib Thornhill; and Jack
Grisgby, 16, of 23119 West ST.,
Berea.
The building is owned by the
Byerlyte Corp.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10
'City's SO
Budget Up
$4,000

The proposed budget for the
City of East Cleveland for 1859
will be approximately 81, APT ,435
or $4,000 over and above the
estimated expenditures for this
year. Based on costs to date and
figuring as nearly as possible
on the expenditures from now
through December 31st, the 1858
total will be about 81, ,330,275.
These are the figures submit
ted to the City Commission by
Director of Finance, G.. P. Ap-
thorp at the Tuesday, July 1st
regular meeting.
A public hearing on the pro-
posed budget is set for Tues.
day, July 18th at 7:45 p. m. in
the Commission Chambers, City
Hall. This is the night for the
regular commission meeting.
The additional operation
costs, the director stated, in
cluded salary increments, the
largest of which come in the
police and fire departments.
Their new wage scale came into
being in March, adding nine and
a half-months salary costs to
the 1858 budget whereas the
1859 budget will carry the in
creases for the full year for the
first time. The increases are
$500 for police and $1,000 for
fire.
Included also is a S48,0O0 for
sewer jobs, $11,800 for refining
the incinerator; $4,000 for oper-
ating the new skating rink yet
to be opened; added $17O0 re-
tirement costs Gas the salaries
go up); an added $500 Civil
Defense to the county; and
$4,000 for miscellaneous.
Contingency funds are set up
but are not included in either
budget.
Mr.. Apthorp figures the gen.
eral tax levy for 1858 will be
about S563,599 and for 1853
about $629,00O, an increase OF
$4,000.
Bond requirements will GO
from $69,111 this year to
S87,035 next year.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10
East Cleveland Community Picnic Next Wednesday
Picnic


Baseball
200 p. m.-East Cleveland Lit
tie League - Shaw 12-year.
olds VS.. Superior Hill 12-year-
olds.
400 p. m.-Exchange Club VS.
Kiwanis Club.
$500 p. m.-Pony League Game:
Hamilton Insurance VS.. East
End Nash.
Races and
Novelty Contests
200 p. m. - 40-yard dash for
boys Z to 9 years.
|2:05 p. m. Peanut Race for
girls Z to 9 years.
2:10 p. m. 30-yard dash for
girls 6 years and under.
2:15 p. m. 30-yard dash for
boys 6 years and under.
2:20 p. m.-Funnel catch for
men and women couples.
2:30 p. m. - 40-yard dash for
boys 10 to IL years.
2:35 p. m. - 50-yard dash for
boys 13 to Is years
2:4O p. m.-Bag and Balloon re-
lay for couples.
|2:45 p. m. = 40-yard dash for
girls 13 to Is years.
300 p. m.-Crab Race for boys
6 years and under.
1906 p. m.-Sack Race for boys
z to 9 years.
$40 p. m.: Lame Duck race for
girls Z to 9 years.
3:15 p. m.: Sack Race for boys
10 to II years.
1920 p. m.-Sack Race for girls
10 to II years.
1928 p. m.-Sack Race for boys
13 to Is years.
$3.50 p. m.-Kangaroo Race for
girls 13 to Is years.
1885 p. m.-Candy Kiss Scram-
BILE for girls 6 and under.
3 40 p. m.-Balloon Kicking for
women.
3:45 p. m.-Egg Throw for men.
3:55 p. m.-Penny Scramble for
boys and girls 6 and under
400 o. m.-Watermelon eating
contest.
Platform Ceremonies
700 p. m.-Flag Raising. Intro
ductions. Presentation of 1857
Citizens Award.
1880 p. m. = Major and Minor
Prize Drawings.
900 p. m.-Grand Prize Draw
ing. Other Minor Prize Draw
ings.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10
Shaw Reunion
To Be Uniuue

An island all to themselves
with q boat for back-and-forth
transportation! This is the unique
set-up at Hudson Springs Park
for all June 1856 Shaw High
graduates. The date is Saturday
July 26th, with 40c the nominal
park admission charge. Plan to
arrive any time after noon with
food for the day. In addition
to catching up on the latest
news, swimming, diving, soft
ball, and boating will also be in
order. Dates are optional-just
come, whether with or without!
IOf course, husbands and wives
are welcome!
A beach party is planned for
the evening with a charge of 81
per couple. If working prevents
the trip out for the day, come
about 8 p. m. for the beach party
Cards will be mailed to all 1856
graduates giving details anC
route directions.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10
Property Owner Group To Have
Their Say On New Apartment

Seskin and Henry Swat, who
have under construction a SIM
liar apartment on Allendale
ave., south Of Euclid; not too
far distant from the sought
for location for their second
building venture in East Cleve-
land.
Plans for development Of the
$4,000 square feet of land be-
tween the rear property line
of dwellings and apartments
on the west side of North Tay-
lor rd. and adjoining the east
erly end of Plymouth Place
call for two 31-suite building,
to face one another in a south
to north direction. Parking
north, to the Nickel Plate right
of way, and east and south of
the building would. accommo-
date 78 cars. The suits are one
bedroom dinette type, and in
dividually heated and lighted.
Messrs. Seskin and Swat in
dicate the suites are primarily
for one or two persons. They
also plan landscaping. Entrance
would be by way of North Tay-
lor rd. or Plymouth pl.
This was a point on which a
lively discussion ensued. Would
North bound Taylor traffic at
tempt to shortcut" through
the apartment site to Euclid or
Shaw ave? The zoning board
felt this was a matter of juris-
diction of the owners. Plymouth
pl. residents say their only traf-
fic problem now is drivers who
enter, despite dead End" sign,
and tear up yards as they turn
their cars around to get back
to the street.
Indications point to the
granting of the appeal at the
Tuesday, July 22nd zone board
session.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10

proving sanitary and storm sew
eds and conduits."
The areas being considered
for sewer construction are Nine
Mile Creek Con the extreme east
side of the city, north of Euclid
ave.; Noble rd., particularly at
the top of the hill; the Oakhill
area and a number Of other
areas in East Cleveland.
"It is not possible at this
time" explains Mr.. Apthorp,
ito pinpoint exact details of the
proposed improvements which
are in the process of develop
ment."
However, he does indicate
that preliminary estimates have
been completed and the proposed
bond issue is based upon these
estimates which 1--WE believe to
be reasonably accurate"
Sewer problems continue to
mount as new developments
continue. With many such devel-
opments to the south, sewer
problems are increasing for the
suburbs directly involved, and
indirectly for neighboring COM
munities.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-07-10

Although everyone present
was apparently agreed, a hear
ing before the Zoning Board
of Appeals Tuesday, July 9Th
was continued. This somewhat
unusual action was taken for
the prime purpose of giving
the Euclid-Taylor Property
Owners Association the op-
portunity to know exactly what
is planned for the apartment
it is proposed to erect in the
heart of their association area.
The association president,
Richard Barton and few
members who were present will
unroll the bluprints and be
ready to answer questions at
the groups annual picnic at
Forest Hill Park Sunday, July
goth.
The appeal was filed by Sam