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Radioactive Fo||out Confusion
Caused by Lack of Responsibility

ton from fallout arises. judgment
on the peril to the general public
may be pronounced by the Acc.
or the Department Of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare through the
PHS or FDA.
Adding to the confusion is the
fact that the judgments pro-
nounced by any Government body
are based on standards set UP by
a National Committee on Radia-
ton Protection and Measurement
This is a semi-official body OPP
Grating under the Bureau Of
Standards Of the Department Of
Commerce. And these standard"
or tolerance levels" Of which the
scientists speak are, at best, esti-
mates rather than tested and
proved values.
For example, when DR.. Maurice
Visscher, a Minnesota scientist,
made public the high Strontium-
80 content in Minnesota grain
crops, the Acc used the "esti-
mates" set up by the radiation
committee as a firm measuring
stick to assure Congress and the
public that thes grain radiation
levels presented no peril. They
said this level is well below the
maximum permissible level.
Scientific Buck Posing
This scientific passing -the-buck
Is. perhaps. best illustrated by the
case OF the Tancred cargo of tea.
Not since the Boston Tea Party
has a cargo Of tea brewed up such
a storm of controversy as the $40
chests Of japanese tea brought to
the port Of New York by the
freighter Tancred some months
ago. This time radiation" was
the issue.
The controversy began when
New York's longshoremen refused
to unload the Tancred after the
United States Coast Guard had
announced that it found evidence
of slight radioactivity" in its
cargo. FDA inspectors allayed
these fears when their fleld-type
Geiger counters failed to reveal
any radioactivity. The ship was
then unloaded and l60 of the
chests Of tea were trans-shipped
Immediately to Canada.
Subsequently, it was discovered
that the type Of Geiger counter
used was mot sensitive enough
to detect very slight contamina-
ton" and the tea was. in fact.
radioactive. The FDA so notified
Canadian authorities. The re-
naming chests of tea remained
in New York harbor pending "a
more thorough" examination of
the cargo by the FDA. The FDA
stated that from a public health
standpoint" the purpose of the
examination was to determine
primarily the amount of Stron-
tium-90 "a known cause Of bone
cancer and leukemia) present in
the tea.
George P. Larrick. FDA Com
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Sure and it's a lot Of blarney
and leprechaun talk you'll be
hearing on Tuesday, but for all
the likes of the fair city Of
Dublin and Killarney and the
River Liffey and Counties Meath
and Cork. there's a serious side
to st. Patrick'S Day here. It's not
for naught that the Irish are
sending over their President
and his lady to mark the spe-
cial holiday for the Irish every
where
For more than a year the
Irish have been wooing United
States investors and tourists,
and their campaign is begin
ming to pay of. Just for ext
ample, an estimated $1,000
American tourists visited Fire
last year, more than double the
number four years earlier. In
auguration of Ireland's own
transatlantic air service last
April was a major factor in at
tracing Americans.
Ireland is on the lookout for
United States industries. pref
erably light ones that would be
run with Irish labor and man.
agement with the benefit of
United States knowledge. Cyril
Mccormick. son of John Nc
Cormack, representing the Irish
Industrial Development Author
ity in the United States, is al
ways ready to explain tax, wage
and other advantages to United
States enterprise.
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BY LILLIAN LEVY
contributing Writer


There is real fear that division
Of responsibility will retard the
necessary progress in keeping up
with the dangers Of radioactive
fallout on public health and safety.
The need for q unified program
for the measurement. evaluation
and control Of radiation from
man-made atomic sources was
stressed last week in testimony
before the House-Senate Joint
Atomic Energy Research and De-
velopment Subcommittee.
What the committee was called
to discuss was workmens COM
pensation growing out Of radiation
hazards in industry. It went far
afield, however. bringing out In
the clearest form yet the confusion
among Government agencies in
volved in the radiation problem.
The committee first received a
proposal that the Public Health
Service of the United States De-
partment Of Health, Education
and Welfare become the monitor
Of atomic dangers. The author
of this proposal is Russell H. Nor
gan, professor Of radiology at
Johns Hopkins University and
chairman Of the advisory commit
tee on radiation Of the health
service.
Prof. Morgan said monitoring
Of the fallout should not be left
to the Atomic Energy Commission
since the commission is established
to develop atomic energy for mill
tary and peacetitne uses. He said
the weapons responsibility Of the
Acc is in conflict with the respon-
sibility to protect the public from
resulting radiation hazards from
its testing program.
This conflict was acknowledged
by Willard F. Libby. scientist
member of the Acc, who told the
committee earlier, There is
nothing good about radioactive
fallout and it has been our con-
slant effort to reduce it to the
minimum in keeping with the
necessary weapons development
programs"
Most Of the monitoring Of
atomic fallout in this country has
been left to the Acc despite the
fact that this agency does not
have the official responsibility for
protecting the public from radia-
ton hazards. The Atomic Energy
Act OF 1854 made the Acc re-
sponsible only for guarding the
health and safety Of those en-
ployed either on its installations
or in plants licensed by the Acc.
The Department Of Health, Ed
ucation and Welfare is the Federal
agency established to promote
public health and safety. It, also,
does a share Of monit0ring fallout
through the PHS and the Food
and Drug Administration.
Consequently, when the ques-
ton Of food. soil or air contamina-
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Continued From Page A-25
ton in Geneva, is resolved to
continue efforts. His advisors
believe that it is in the interest
Of United States to freeze nuclear
weapon. development while we are
ahead. They believe also that
this is only area in which a begin
ming toward disarmament is now
possible. And they feel that a
test ban is needed to prevent the
spread of nuclear weapons capa-
bility to large number of coun-
tries. which would create new
disabilities in international rela-
tons.
They are naturally discouraged
by Russian performance, topped
of by Khrushchev's recent speech
which equated all inspection to
espionage. But they take heart
from the fact that this Is standard
Soviet procedure, and they never
expected agreement before the
spring. anyway. Since an opening
period of preliminary fencing.
both sides have been dealing with
the real issues, and the arguments
have dealt with genuine areas Of
disagreement.
When the Soviets decide that
the talks should end. they would
want the United States to assume
responsibility for calling them of.
United States diplomats will not
accept this onus. They are de-
termined to sit the conversations
out as long as the Soviets do.
When definite impasse is reached.
they will try for a recess rather
than final closing.
Domestic Reactions
Strong support surrounded the
Presidents first announcement Of
United States policy to give the
test suspension a priority over the
AAodL AllCdOul 4 IL
Humphrey Disarmament Subcom-
mittee, comprising some Of the
most influential Senate leaders
in both parties, issued a unami-
nous report supporting the move.
However, the Pentagon and the
Atomic Energy Commission were
never happy about the Presidents
decision, and they have continued
the argument within and outside
the Government. Numerous writ
ers and commentators have re-
flected their views. A White
House press release in January
admitted that test detection was
more difficult that it once seemed.
Senator Albert Gore, Democrat
Of Tennessee, and former Acc
Commissioner Thomas Murray
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seemed there was no further for
him to 60. Mr.. Jones felt it was
time for q change.
Il wasn't going to sit there UNI
til ! got bureaucratic barnacles
on my hull-so ! moved"
Mr.. Jones. who is blue-eyed and
has white hair the color Of a dam
delion when it's going to seed.
feels that by and large. career
people serve best in staff jobs"
Chairman Of the Civil Service
Commission is the sort Of COM
mon sense. administrative job
which appeals to me.
This Is tile KIM Of a job I've
been trained to do over q quarter
Of a century" Mr.. Jones said.
1T demands a knowledge of gov
eminent structure, and the sort
Of contacts I have developed with
the executive and legislative
branches for a long time.
The Good Bureoucrof
Mr.. Jones believes that the good
bureaucrat q term he doesn't
like. but which he can listen TO
without flinching-should avoid
extreme partiSanship."
There's nothing wrong with
taking sides. but that's not the
way am" he said. It's possible
TO perform first-rate staff work
without feeling like a political
eunuch." Mr.. Jones said.
The new chairman lives with
his wife in a Dutch Colonial house
in Chevy Chase. Its location was
chosen by his children.
When we we're buying it. they
were going to three different
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Nv MICHAEL MOK
star stan Writer


Roger Warren Jones would have
been q college professor II his
money had held out.
But he ran out Of cash and
gave UP his studies for q $l.700-
a-year temporary Government
job.
Last week he was sworn In as
chairman Of the Civil Service
Commission with the salary Of
$2O,500.
Mr.. Jones was born in West
Hartford, Conn.,, on February 3.
1908. He is the son Of Henry
Jones, q lawyer Of some promin-
ence In the typewriter manufac-
turing town 20 miles west Of Hart
ford.
He attended the Gilbert School
in nearby Winstead. Conn.,. and
then followed the family tradi-
ton by going to Cornell Univer-
sity. While in Ithica. he majored
in English; found time to manage
the Cornell musical clubs, and
rose to the rank Of battalion
commander in the ROTC.
II was q devotee of organ re-
citals at Cornell don't think
they had many missed" Mr..
Jones said. Highest on his list Of
favorite composers Is Bach, but he
confesses complete ignorance OF
modern music.
IT simply don't understand the
mathematics Of modern music"
he said.
Was English Teacher
After Cornell, Mr.. Jones got a
Job teaching English. history and
military subjects at the Coral
Gables (Fla.) Military Academy.
He held this post for about year
before moving to New York City.
where he became a salesman for
the Doubleday Book Co.
There he ran into Dorothy Heyl,
daughter of a Bureau Of Stand
ards physicist, whom he had
known at Cornell. Dorothy was
then taking a masters degree at
Columbia in library science.
Mr.. Jones had entered the book
business with an idea of making
publishing his career, but:
zone of the things that went
to hell in a hand basket during
the depression was the book buSi-
ness" This realization took him
to Columbia, where he received a
masters degree in English while
continuing to sell books part time.
He then decided to quit Double
day to work full time for a doc
torate to fit himself for a teach
ing career.
II was particularly interested in
the contribution of political writ
ing to American literature" Mr..
Jones explained. Starting with
the Mayfiower Compact. the inau-
gural speeches. Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address, didn't think any
one had properly evaluated the
impact Of American political
writing on our letters"
Then They Ron Out Of Money
On the LIST of February. 1880.
he married Dorothy Heyl, and the
couple took a small apartment
near the university. But they ran
out Of money. and in the fall of
1892, moved in with his family.
Until Demember. 1888. they di-
vided their time between in-Isws.
while Mr.. Jones did the best he
could with such things as occa-
sional tutoring jobs.
His first contact with Federal
Service came on December IL,
1888. when ne accepted a 30-day,
temporary appointment to write a
special report for the Central Sta
tistical Board.
This led to a series of tempo
rary appointments with the board,
until Mr.. Jones-who began as a
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The whole west coast of the
island has been designated a
development area, where spe-
cial concessions are being made
to industry. And the area
around Shannon airport is be-
ing exploited as the first air
age freeport, or as the Develop
ment Authority puts it, "a tax
free haven to which you can
bring materials from anywhere
for storage, manufacture, proc
essing. packaging, or other
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OUR NEW CIVIL SERVICE CHIEF
The Making Of a Public Servant

schools. and they insisted that It
be an equal distance from each
Of them" Mr.. Jones explained.
Mr.. Jones gets up In his i've
bedroom house every morning at
$50 am. His breakfast does not
boast much variety.
Just to show you the sort of
rut a man can get in" he said,
"three times q week ! have cereal.
and three times q week, eggs. On
Sunday ] let myself 60. and Just
have whatever ! feel like"
When Mr.. Jones, who wears the
blue rosette Of the Presidents
Award for Distinguished Federal
Service In his buttonhole. had to
attend breakfasts at the White
House. he wasn't at all happy.
"Early morning Is q thinking
time for me-" Mr.. Jones said. II
don't dare get started on office
work In the evening or I get over
stimulated and can't Sleep"
Likes Long Walks
He tries to take a long walk
every night and on week ends
drives to q part Of the nearby
country he doesn't know. land Just
starts walking"
Besides simply puttering", his
interests outside his work are few.
He tries to keep UP with literature.
but rereads old favorites, rather
than looking for new worlds 10
conquer" He has just ended q tour
as vestryman with All Saints
Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Jones.
now that the children have gone
away. is working with the Whea-
ton Branch Of the Montgomery
County Public Library.
Among Mr.. Jones other in
terests is the Washington Institute
Of Mental Hygiene and the United
Givers Fund. on whose board Of
directors he has served.
Somewhat shy about his outside
interest, Mr.. Jones explained that
when you're a grandfather. you
Just don't have the energy you
once had"
Mr.. Jones believes that every
Civil Service employe must live by
three rules:
Hes got to remember he's a
public servant he must be
dedicated.
He must have complete faith
In the Constitution-He must be-
lieve in the tri-partite arrange
ment of our democracy. and never
feel that any branch Is Junior to
the others.
Hes got to believe that *
number Of Americans can't be
wrong when they elect a presi-
dent" Mr.. Jones said.
THE good staff man-bureau-
crat if you like-must develop q
lot Of expertise about the pro-
grams he carries out. Regardless
Of the political direction Of the
administration, its leaders should
be able to expect a loyal. capable
staff"
The Big Jump
Mr.. Jones, who has weathered
several changes of administration.
and showers Of inter office memo
randa, feels secure In his roomy
office at Eighth and r streets, al
though he realizes full well he
has made a big Jump from stan
to command.
Mr.. Jones paused for q moment
and looked from the dragonsnaps
on his conference table to the
picture Of the President on the
wall.
For one thing, know that I
can't 60 popping of with q Wis
ceral reaction every time anyone
puts a tough question to me now"
Mr.. Jones said.
Il suppose the chairman Of the
Civil Service Commission has to
become a sort Of q symbol"
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ATLANTIC TOWNSHIP
COLINGTON DISTRICT

James L. Beasley ST., lot
and home ............................... 24.74
w. Troy Beasley, lot and
IlOlttC <S7.OO
John w. Conner, land ...... 4.12
Henry Haywood, house and
ioI 80; ZS.4o
j. E. Hill, land ...................-... PTS
Sam & Rose Liverman, home
and lot ............ ........... 1925
A. E. McPhee Est, house
and lot ....-................... 1903
Barney E. Midget, lot and
home .......... 1870
Cuthbert Midget, house $1,000. 7.64
Tom E. Midget, lot ..-............. 3.45
John Moore ST., Est, home
and lot ...-.....-.................... 22.00
Mary E. Nelson Est, land ...- Sal
John c. Perry Est, lot and
house ..!.-....,.........'..........-...... 1915
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NOTICE = TAX SALE
NORTH CAROLINA, DARE COUNTY

Pursuant the law governing the 1858 levy my hands for
collection and by virtue Of the order Of the Board Of Commissioners
of Dare County North Carolina directing the sale Of tax liens Of said
levy accordance with said law will offer for cash at public
the highest bidder for cash at HE courthouse door Man
feo North Caroline Monday September 1882 starting at the
hour Of 1900 Noon estate brief description of ihe land
listed the Of EACH and the principal amount the owed
by EACH subject be increased penalty and cost allowed by law
as follows, to-Wf:
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EAST LAKE TOWNSHIP
EAST LAKE DISTRICT

J. w. Ambrose Est, 20 acres
and bldg. ............................... 22.7S
C. w. Greet Est, 20 acres
and bldg. ................-......... 2.54
j. S. Greet Est, 100
acres 8.72
j. R. Duvall Est, II acres -. 9.04
J. w. Gientz Est, so acres 800. OFT
o. F. Gilbert Jr., bldg. .............5. SO
Nathan T. Wood, 10 acres
and bldg. ...........-...................9. 81
A. B. Hopkins ST., 46 acres
ana Dldg. .-.-.......-.-....---------.--... o9.53
Louis Smith, Az acres ....... 1.73
Sylvester Twiford, IA acres
and bldg. ....-..,,...............,...,.- 9.49
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CROATAN TOWNSHIP
MASHOES DISTRICT

H. r. Craddock, fish house ...... 4.47
Larry H. Midget, fish
Mary l.. Midget, 2 acres ...... 1.34
F. R. & Grace Midget, l
acre and home ...........,....-..... 1889
F. L. Midget Est, acres
and bldgs. ............................... 1887
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KENNEKEET TOWNSHIP
RODANTHE, SALVO, WAVES
DISTRICT

Earl Ray Austin, House
and lot ..-.--....-- -................... 25.13
Nancy Pugh Austin, House
and lot --........--............- ga
Richard w. Austin, lot and
Diug. S6.S2
Lucy Cooper, / lot .....--........ 3.95
Francis Gray, 1 acre
and bldg. ....--........--......... 7.99
Nora Herbert, bldgs, and
lot~ 57.35
Leslie Hooper, l lot and
bldg. ----..-.----...-..---........... 1890
Ruby w. Kelly, 1 lot ........... 3.95I
Beverley Midget 11.35
acres jill
David B. Midget Est,
lot and bldg. ........................ 23.47
E. D. Midget Est, 2 lot 49,. 4.O7
Elmer V. Midget, 2 acres -. 2.25
Frank Midget, Est, 2
acres ...--..........--......... 4.07
Horatio G. Midget Est, lot
and bldg. .....--.......,... 1928
John A. Midget, 10 acres =. 8.31|
Luke B. Midget, acres ......:. 2.35
Lurania Midget, acres
and bldg. ...-....... HOS
Raymond Midget, 40 #. and
bldg. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 14.31
Eva Wells, 9a acres ....---... 7.06
Myran Wells Jr., l lot ......... 1896
John E. Herbert ST., acres -. 4.30
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Additional List Of Delinquent Poll
and Personal Property Taxes IN
Dare County for 1858 on Which
Attachment and Garnisheement
viii Be Issued If Not Paid
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acres Zl.40
Ebenezer Scarborough, 8
T. L. Scarborough Est, 4
acres LEU
John N. Scarborough, lot and
Darcas Whedbee, / lot and
Dldg. ll.l2
A. M. Williams Est, 10
Berry d. Williams, lot and
Dlog. l4.So
VIM. ]. Williams, lot and
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W. Q. Tillett, lot and
Diug. 1z.US
C.. S. Twiford / acre and
UlQg. S.Oz
w. v. Twiford Est, so
acres ..-.....-A.-..........,.,,..--,....... sos
w. NJ. Implicit, 2 acres and
bldg. .....,...............,............... 49.25
Guelda White, / acre and
home 2.57
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