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thunderstorm and paying much attention to it when
lightning struck close The shock frightened him.
Now he prowS about the house, peering at the light
ming of every window Never does he sleep through
an electrical storm. He can't sit still hour without
stepping outside to Survey the weather picture.
Dad posted his first forecasts on the door to the
cafeteria of his high school, Montpelier W.T. Seminary
He discovered weather observation station IS miles
away and he used to hike there question the chief
about weather predicting and the life of weathermen
IVORY, strain and long, night hours" he was told
Evidence In Ink
At Brown University he again sought out the nearest
weather bureau in Providence, r. l., and became friends
with observer there. The two young amateurs cha
lenged each other forecaSting duel Dad won and
got job the bureau Office boy. Later he moved
up the vacant observing post He has worked for the
George Washington University
From 1899 until three hurricane seasons ago, except
for war assignments Puerto Rico and India, Dad
chief of the Chicago weather bureau.
Using the secrets of weather instruments, he once
pulled sneaky job on my sister, Sarah, and me. We
had curfew But in while we d get home late and
creep in very quietly Nobody woke up But some
how, Father always knew you girls out rather
late last night weren't YOU he say the next morning.
One night when the folks out, got on the
phone and invited all our friends We cleaned up
everything. Again, Dad knew: Quite gang you had
over last night" He finally showed the tattletai
It was weather instrument 1--WE might have guessed
Paragraph which draws wavy ink line on revolving
roll of graph paper. It's designed to show air pressure,
but the sensitive needle also wggeS up and down in
response to footsteps. There was no fooling it.
Weathermen claim to be right 81 per cent OF the time,
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hurricane hunters They fly into the eye of the hurricane
al his command and mean the accuracy OF his
forecasts than any other instrument While Dad ana
yzeS wind speeds air pressure, temperature and location
recorded by the flyers they csScTossing the cooled
cloud walls surrounding the In front OF Dad at the
And Dad is forecastng tempest he never gets to See
Although he's calm and soft-spoken, good-natured
except in bridge game. he likes extremes in the ele
ments so much he would live in cold Vermont IN the
winter and Florida in the summer if Mother agreed. he
doesn't own an umbrella or raincoat, and he has
never worn hat Like him, all Miami weathermen are
attracted to voent weather This IS the reason they
pass up promotions that would take them to other cities.
to more practicable weather They love the storms yet
they suffer at their destruction if their children
were causing disaster.
Hero And Whipping Boy
During hurricane season. roughly the last Of July to
the middle of October, Dad is hero. He often leads
strangers to talk about the weather. cab driver who
thought Dad was scared tourist said: Now don't you
worry about Helene any other hurricane. If she's
going to hit Miami, the weatherman viii tell you IN
plenty of time. They always do.
But during the of the he the butt OF Jokes
and the target of criticism both vicious and humorous
Every rain-drenched picnicker win complain, You
weathermen are right" Dad sometimes explains
something about the unacceptable impcnectons Of an
inexact science but usually he just smiles.
But the weathermans affair is not with the public, IT
with the weather. | understood this, Dads personal
relationship with the weather. when newspaper asked
him for a short autobiography. Most men would have
listed details about age, education and career But not
Dad He produced Storm-by-stom account of his life
The weather is his life and his love - The End
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but some people, like one Miami woman, expect the
weaherman be right all the time. She screamed into
the telephone, I'm going to sue you sudden wind
had blown a lawn chair against her new car. You've
got to pay for the dent" she claimed
This weatherman'S family has to read The Miami
News to find out what tomorrows weather IS going
to be- When we ask Dad, he leases with such vague
this time Of year, When we ask him if it's going to
rain, he asks, "Where?"
His partly cloudy and widely scattered showers"
forecasts which dominate the weather stage most of the
year, are as confusing to him to other Mamians 1t
can rain on one side of the street and stay dry the
other in Miami.
the car windows before going inside His host greeted
him with the usual do you think it's going to ran?'
"Oh, don't believe so'' Dad answered II poured.
Sometimes Dad hopes his own forecast viii be wrong.
One winter night when temperature dip of one degree
meant Florida crops would freeze and de- he lay awake
all night hoping to hear shift in the wind that would
keep the thermometer from dropping to the crucial
32-degree mark. But the freeze came anyway.
First Meeting With a Storm
Dad first hurricanes way back in 1885, when he
worked with the late Grady Norton in Jacksonville at
the hurricane forecaStng center of the U.s. Weather
Bureau His research then developed into the easteTy
wave theories used today. At Puerto Rico during the
war; he taught hurricane forecasting. He continued to
study them
But hurricanes have avoided him then and now.
Miami the hurricane capital of the world, was where
he longed to be. Now that he is here, Miami has
stopped having hurricanes at least for eight years.
The closest he comes to storm nowadays slightly
delayed radio contact with the Navy and Air Force
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morrow. Visibility, 8 miles or
more. Small craft warnings
displayed.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen-
andoah clear at HarDers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight 4S Noon ----. 81
4a.m. IA pm. I'll
sam. AZ SPIN go
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest 70, on March %.
Lowest IL on January 8 and IL.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours
High, rs, at 3:15 pm.
Low RR At ZOO m
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Favorable Response

"The training program. 'Eval-
uating Candidates for Positions
Under the Federal Merit Sys-
tenn conducted by the commits
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COP. Scans
Chicago Bid
For Porley
BY tn. Associated Pres,

Retiring Republican National
Chairman Meade. Alcorn turned
today to the business Of help
ing to pick a 1860 national con-
vention site for his party.
Mr.. Alcorn had a date to re-
ceive in mid-afternoon a Chi
cago delegation repeatedly
ready to raise that city's previ-
Gus cash offer Of 100000 for
the convention to 100000.
Ray G. Bliss, site committee
chairman, win join Mr.. Alcorn
for the closed meeting with the
Chicago group, now in the bid
ding with. Philadelphia and
New York for the right to play
host to the G. o. P. when it
nominates a presidential ticket
next year.
The Chicago delegation is
headed by James c. Worthy,
president Of the Illinois United
Republican Fund. Mayor Rich
ard j. Daley of Chicago two
days age announced the eity's
new offer, which eliminates
fringe benefits of $126.500 con-
tanned in an earlier bid.
Philadelphia has offered
$475.000 cash plus other bene-
fits. New York'S offer now
stands at 100000 cash plus
fringe bait.
The site committee will rec
ommend q city and date to the
full committee at a meeting
here April 10. The full COM
mittee viii decide the issue the
next day.
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Dulles Continues
Rest in Florida

JUPITER ISLAND, Fla,
April 2 (AP).--Secretary of
State Dulles continued to rest
in the Florida sun today and
his appetite was described as
fine.
Mr.. Dulles went swimming,
lolled in the sunshine and
played backgammon with Mrs.
Dulles at this resort yesterday.
He is recuperating from a can
Ger operation.
Mr.. Dulles also talked by
telephone with the State De-
partment in Washington.
Capt. Edward J. Kamin II,
Army internal medicine spe-
cialist. said Mr.. Dulles appe-
tite is fine"
Mr.. Dulles arrived here
Monday for an indefinite
stay.
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Temperatures for Yesterday


Automobile lights must be /
one-hAlf hour after sunset.
The Sun and Moon
Rises
Sun today 6.B9 am.
Sun tomorrow -5!61 am.
Noon today ---2.40 am.
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PurIey Planned
On Job Bios

The Districts Human Rela-
tions Council plans to seek
conferences with labor officials
to discuss enforcement of nom
discrimination clauses in the
city's construction contracts.
Leon Chatelain, council
chairman, said the group yes
terday decided to concentrate
its efforts on seeing that the
nondiscrimination provisions
are observed. The planned
meetings with the labor rep
resentatives are a step toward
this goal.
Mr.. ChateIain said that be-
cause many building trade
unions do not allow Negroes
in their membership. the con-
tractors find II impossible to
carry out the nondiscrimi1a-
ton clauses In their District
contracts.
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TODAY,S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear-
ing and colder tonight, low
about A. Some cloudiness and
mild tomorrow, high around g..
Maryland - Partly cloudy.
windy and cooler tonight; low.
35-40 in the west and 40-46 in
the east. Partly cloudy and
mild tomorrow with a chance
of afternoon showers in the
mountains: high. 54-63. Small
craft warnings displayed.
Misunderstanding and colder
tonight, low 38-44 in the west
and 43-47 in the east. Partly
cloudy with moderate tempera-
lures tomorrow, high $3.50 in
the mountains and in the Cos
elsewhere.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Northwest winds
of 1920 miles per hour will
gradually diminish tonight and
become northwest to west at
1918 tomorrow and shift to
southwest in the afternoon.
Partly cloudy tonight and TO-
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sion's examining division and
open to agency personnel tech
nicians, has also met with q very
favorable response; 1t, too. Is
going to have to be repeated
several times in order to meet
needs.
Next month, officials Of vir-
tually all agencies will attend
four afternoon training ses-
sions on electronic data proc
essing. This program is de-
signed to inform Federal execu-
tives who have not yet
thoroughly considered the pos
sibiiity of eleetronic data proc
essing equipment In their work
Of the potentials and pitfalls Ct
such equipment. The commits
sion has received over three
times as many nominations as
can be accommodated In the
program scheduled.
I'm the next few weeks, there
will be additional interagency|
training programs dealing with
classification. recruitm e n t,
placement Of the physically
handicapped. and promotion
plans. as well as a management
institute for scientists.
THE splendid cooperation
which officials Of various agen-
.cies have given to the commits
sion has been very gratifying.
Without such cooperation, in
teragency training would not
be nearly as successful as it has
been. A committee on inter-
agency training, on which most
agencies are represented, has
been established to advise are
assist the commission in plan
ming and conducting programs.
In addition, small ad hoe COM
mittees Of experts work together
in the development Of partic-
ular interagency training pro-
grams, and most of the instruc-
tors are Federal officials.
Such cooperative efforts
will contribute much to meeting
the varied and changing train
ing needs of the Federal work
force" be stated.
ROCKEFELLER AW ARD s
LUNCH-John D. Rockefeller,
III, will speak at the Rockefel-
Ter Public Service Awards
luncheon at the Shoreham
Hotel at 1890 pm. April IA.
The luncheon will honor the
seventh group of Federal en-
ployes to receive these distinc-
tive awards. Other speakers
will be DR.. Robert F. Goheen,
president of Princeton Univer-
sity, and Sir Hugh Stott Taylor,
president of the Woodrow Will
son Fellowship Foundation and
one Of the country's distin-
guished scientists.
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Endorsement Forgery
Chorqed to Women

A Washington dental assist
ant was charged yesterday with
forging the Endorsement to a
$l33 check made out to her en-
ployer by one Of his patients.
The complaint was filed by
DR.. Seymour Jotte. whose den
tai suite is in the Dorchester
House. against Mrs. Marsha M.
Hancock, 90, Of the 1900 block
Of Euclid street NV.
Mrs. Hancock was arrested in
her home by Check Squad De-
tectives Andrew Bowie and JOS
eph Monaccorsy.
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Sherman Adams. had great
promise as q national chair
man."
Senator Goldwater urged that
whoever Is named successor
should be returned ito the
status held before 1858, namely
that Of chairman Of the COM
mittee with powers to provide
party responsibility and with
the authority to sit in on cab
met meetings so that he might
know what party policy is in
tended to be-"
Ideas on Successor
Asked If 1t was important
that the new chairman be
someone not affiliated with the
two leading prospects for the
1860 Presidential nomination
Vice President Nixon and Gov.
Rockefeller of New York-Mr.
Alcorn replied:
II hope the national commit
tee would not pick a man be-
cause he is affiliated with some
one or refrain from picking a
man because somebody might
think he is affiliated with some
one. I hope we can pick a
chairman acceptable to ALL"
Senator Morton of Kentucky
was q key figure in the contest
which developed among Senate
Republicans over election Of a
floor leader in January. A
group of liberals lead by Sena-
tor Aiken of Vermont set out
to head off selection Of Sena-
tor Dirksen of Illinois. Sena-
tor Morton announced he
would support Senator Dirksen
against any other Republican
except his colleague, Liberal
Senator Cooper Of Kentucky.
At the party conference the
liberals decided to put Senator
Cooper forward for the leader
ship post, and Senator Morton
seconded his nomination. But
the conservatives elected Sena-
tor Dirksen, 20 to IA.
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handsome dividends to the
Federal SERVICE" he said. 1T
lis the section designed to foster
|inter-agency training.
"The new law permits agen-
|cies to send employees to uni
versities and other non-Federal
establishments for specialized
training which is not reason-
ably available within Govern
|ment. but it also contemplates
that agencies exhaust their in
ternal resources and those
available elsewhere in Govern
|ment before using outside
training facilities.
Thus. one effect Of the law
lis to encourage inter-agency
training programs. The law
makes the Civil Service Com
mission responsible for the CO.
ordination Of training opera
tons.
agency cooperation and In
|terest in the interagency train
ing activities has been most
impressive from the start.
Nominee Overflow
"When the commission an
nounced q week-long Financial
Management Institute for last
September, agency nominations
Iof employees to participate Sc
| far exceeded commission ex-
|pectations that two session had
to be scheduled instead Of one.
Agencies also co-operated by
supplying instructors for the
institute; officials Of the Treas
|ury Department, General Ac-
counting once. Budget Bureau,
Agriculture Department. Atomic
Energy Commission. General
Services Administration, Post
once Department, Department
Of the Army, Department Of the
Interior. the Civil Service Com
mission and staff members Of
congressional committees acted
as instructors.
when the commission spon-
sored q Middle Management In
stitute in January to give en-
ployes q comprehensive view of
the Federal Government and
Of the developments in the field
Of management, most of the
instructors we're Federal Of
ficials from a number OF
agencies, although there were
some speakers from outside OF
Government.
Last month";" he continued
"the Diamond Ordnance Fuze
Laboratory. Army Department
opened to qualified executives
of all agencies in Washington
Its outstanding training pro-
gram, Personnel Management
for Federal Executives A num-
Der of officials from several
agencies in Washington have
already had the benefit Of this
program and others will in the
near future.
"a two-day inter-agency
training program recently an
nuonced for agency personnel
concerned with retirement and
life insurance matters met with
an overwhelming response. TIC
accommodate all agency per-
sonnet who need this training
the commissions retirement
division will have to repeat the
program three or four more
times.
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of q committee on program and |
progress for the Republican
Party. Mr.. Acorn made It clear |
this was only a partial list.
Percy Not Interested
Mr.. Percy. however. quickly
removed himself from consid-
Grafton. He told the Associated
Press in Chicago he had not
been approached on the SUBJ
ject. nor could he accept it II
asked.
MY present business and
educational responsibilities as
well as q current assignment
undertaken for the Republican
Party would preclude my con-
sidering any further activity"
he said.
Although the list included
two cabinet members, Mr.. AL
corn pointed out that when Mr..
Eisenhower entered the White
House he established q policy
|of avoiding any connection be-
tween the cabinet and the po-
|litical Craftsmanship. Mr.. Sum-
|merfield had been national
chairman during the 1852 CAM
Ipaign. and when he became
Postmaster General he was sue
|ceeded in the national COM
Imittee post by Wesley Roberts
|of Kansas.
Letter 70 President
In his letter Of resignation
to President Eisenhower, Mr..
Alcorn made 1t clear that he
was leaving reluctantly, and
only because Of personal rea-
sons which make 1t necessary
to devote more time to his pri-
vate law practice.
Mr.. Alcorn, who has been
serving without compensation,
reminded the President that he
has been chairman for 26
months, and before that spent
eight months preparing for the
1856 convention. These two as
signments have required an abb
sence Of nearly three years
from his law Office in Connecti-
cut. He said this has resulted
in q growing burden to his law
partners.
Il am deeply convinced that
the program which the Repub-
lican National Committee
adopted at its meeting in Des
Moines In January holds strong
promise for our party's re-
surgence," Mr.. Alcorn wrote
the President. your unceasing
dedication to the cause of
peace. your rugged adherence
to the principle that only q |
solvent America is a safe
America, and your unshake-
able faith in the soundness and
goodness of our people and Our
free institutions have survived
every adversely our party has
suffered. These qualities If i
genuine leadership will save
our party as they have saved
and are saving our country"
In his reply. the President
told Mr.. Acorn that "the zeal
with which you have devoted
yourself to the work Of the
party has been an inspiration
to all those who are fostering
Republican ideals at every
level Of Government"
Senator Goldwater. Republic
can Of Arizona, issued a state
ment in Phoenix. expressing
regret at the Alcorn resigna-
ton. The Senator, who heads
the Republican Senatorial Com
paign Committee, said he felt
that "Mr. Alcorn, removed from
the restrictive shackles of
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
EmpIoye Troining
Brings Dividends
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star STAN Writer

The Government employee training law authorizing
outside training VIII result also In increased training within
Government declares Nicholas Oganovc director Of the Civil
Service Commissions Bureau Of Departmental Operations
although the Government Employees Training Is only
few months old Of its provisions Is already returning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
japanese PIoy

THE Princess Bamboo" q
japanese play by John
Wardell. viii be presented at
$3.50 pm. April IL at the
Roosevelt Auditorium. Thir-
tenth and Allison streets NV.
under the sponsorship Of the
District Recreation Depart
ment. It Is directed by Kimi
Kimura.
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President and Leaders
Seek AIcorn Successor
BY J. A. O'LEARY
star stan writer

President Eisenhower and Republican political leaders win
begin search within few days for new q. O. national
chairman TO lead the party to and through the 1860 political
conventions
Meade Alcorn who announced his resignation from the
parys TOP post yesterday told reporters he has heard the
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names Of at least Is men mem
toned as his successor. But he
declined TO evaluate their
chances.
In the next few days Mr.. Al
corn will name seven members
Of the Republican National
Committee who will help the
President screen the potential
chairmen. The seven-man
committee probably will meet
with Mr.. Eisenhower early next
week and report to the national
committee at It's April lo-l1
meeting here. Mr.. Aicorn ex-
poets his successor to be for
ulaiiy named at that meeting.
Names No Favorite
While refusing to name q
favorite, Mr.. Alcorn did vir-
tually eliminate one prospect
National Committeeman Ray
Bliss Of Ohio. Mr.. Alcorn said
that in discussing the future Of
the party with Mr.. Bliss he was
authorized to say that the
Ohioan could not be considered
for national chairman.
Prominent in the speculation
was Senator Thruston b. Nor
ton Of Kentucky. Mr.. Alcorn
had no comment on this, except
to say-=in answer to questions
that he knew Of no reason
why q Senator would not be
eligible. He pointed out that
the national committee has had
three House members as chair
men In recent years.
The records show that two
Senators also have served as
q. o. p. chairman.
Senator Simeon Tess Of Ohio
held the job from 1880 to 1892.
And Edwin D. Morgan, Of New
York, who headed the party as
its first national chairman
from 1856 to 1854, was elected
to the Senate while still chair
man.
Morton Available
In Louisville, Senator Morton
told the Associated Press that,
while he is not seeking the job,
he supposed he would be avail
able If the committee wanted
him. He added that If the
various segments Of the party
wanted him. he would accept.
Senator Morton said Pres
ident Eisenhower had not
formally sounded him out about
the post, but added:
I'VE have talked, Of course,
about the state of our party's
affairs, especially since Novem-
her. On one occasion, the Pres
ident was thinking out loud
about a successor to Alcorn II
he should resign. The President
said. Morton. you might be the
guy But mine was only one
Of a hatful of names he men,
toned. I sort of laughed it of
and forgot it,"
Some Possibilities
After the retiring chairman
told reporters he had heard at
least Is possibilities discussed,
he was asked to name some Of
them.
He mentioned Fred Scribner,
former committeeman from
Maine, now Undersecretary of
the Treasury; Fred Seaton, Sec
Rotary of the Interior; Arthur
Summerfield, Postmaster Gen.
eral, and a former national
chairman; Representative Ger
aid Ford of Michigan, Senator
Morton, and Charles H. Percy.
q Chicago businessman who
recently was made chairman
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-04-09
Safety Council
Votes Aquatic
School Tuition

The East Cleveland Safety
Council at its April meeting
Monday at City Hall voted to
pay half of two tuition charges
for students attending a Red
Cross Aquatic School this sum-
mer. The students return from
the school to serve as instruct
ors in the Learn to Swim pro-
gram held each summer at the
city's Shaw Pool. Red Cross
meets an equal share Of the
training fee.
The Council also voted TO
pay the cost Of booklets to be
distributed by the East Cleve-
land Fire Department in its
next October's Home Inspection
program. The booklets set forth
the need for safety practices
in the home. The 1000 copies
needed will total $4,000.
Tentative plans for the Green
Cross campaign in May were
discussed and definite plans
for this money raising cam
paign will be announced later.
President Charles Logan pre-
sided. A new fire safety film
was shown.