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Evening star., 1960-12-04
Federal Employees
In Efficiency Study

operating. This will be a private
industry. You will have enough
financial assistance to get the busi-
ness started (capitaD, but you
will have to produce useful prod
uct to stay in business. It will be
a permanent venture and you hope
to retire from this business a
wealthy man."
Condid ApproisoIs
Having set this stage for evalu-
alton of the performance Of the
civil servants, Mr.. Ward in inter-
views which sometimes have taken
as 20-30 minutes per employe be-
ing rated and in some the cases
of 233 employees being rated in
volved more than one supervisor
of each, he obtained candid APP
praisals of employe performance
on this basis.
Il am going to permit you to
hire one individual from this list
Of present employees Bear in mind
that where differences in grade
level or experience exist. you must
pay more to hire the experienced
man. Keep in mind also that YOU
are paying the bills" -.
When the Government SUPER
visor had made his choice, he was
asked to assume that the first
individual refused to come to work
for him. and he had to select
another name. Then he was asked
to select another, and another.
Eventually he was shown the list
and asked to make any rearrange.
ment Of the list of preferences
for his "all-star" team of Govern
ment employees transferred into a
private employment situation. II
Stresses Purpose -
Mr.. Ward stressed to his psy-
Geological colleagues here that the
purpose Of the study was to test
the effectiveness of psychology
tests. and that it came up with. a
high degree Of consistency be-
tween the predictions of the tests
and the ratings of actual perform!
ance by the supervisors, whether
the work was in Government or
private industry. y
While the objective of the de-
tailed analysiS-one of the most
extensive Of its kind attempted
either in public or private employ
ment circles - was an abstract
scientific inquiry into whether 10
tests and the like are effective
tools in employee selection, 1t is
stirring wide comment among the
scientists as an indicator that
basically there is no difference
between on-the-job performance
standards in private business and
industry and in public civil sery-
ice employment.
Performance measures which
proved to be reliable, realistic
and valid" applied with virtually
equal force to BOTH No double
standard" Of efficiency was found.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
OF NEW ORLEANS RboTNe
School Segregationists Bitterest Stand

city public school system open is
the matter of continuing teachers
salaries. The Legislature has taken
over control of New Orleans school
funds from the school board and
the banks have been reluctant to
lend the board money for this
purpose until this issue has been
clarified. At first. the Legislature
refused to pay the teachers but
relented shortly after Thanksgiv-
ing and paid them up to date.
But there has been no assurance
they will be paid in the future
PorochioI Schools Next
A dissipation Of the present
furore may not necessarily end
New Orleans school integration
headaches. Next will come the
Catholic parochial schools and
they comprise roughly 40 per cent
of all elementary and high schools
in the city. Here, the reaction Of
the people affected is somewhat,
cloudy in view Of the serious re-
ligious question involved.
Ailing, elderly Archbishop Jo-
seph Francis Rummel Of New Or
leans has decreed that the Cath
olic schools will desegregate after
this has been accomplished in the
public schools. Catholic officials
have been reluctant to discuss a
target date. It is understood, how
ever. that more than two schools
as in the case Of the public
schools-will be desegregated.
Feeling is running high among
Catholic parents in New Orleans
with children in parochial schools
and while their opposition has not
been voiced publicly there is wide
spread dissatisfaction with Arch
bishop Rummel's integration
plans.
Two men who are in the fore
front of the fight to keep Negroes
out of New Orleans public schools
are District Attorney Leander
Perez of adjacent st. Bernard
Parish county and Emile Wag-
'ner, jr., member of the New Or
leans School Board. Both are
Catholics. They have conferred
with Gov. Davis on the integra-
tion issue and are known to have
written portions Of the segrega-
ton laws.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
BY ALAN s. EMORY
Contributing Writer

SOAbAAuutAhB
Pierre Salinger likes to play
golf. but the only time he got a
chance to play with his boss,
President-elect Kennedy, lit
rained.
Mr.. Salinger. a stocky, cigar
smoking dynamo, halls from Vice
President Nixon's home state Of
California, thinks his predecessor,
James c. Hagerty, has done a
"crackerjack job" as White House
news chief, confesses he is very
poor gardener" and loves to cook
(crepes suzettes, among other
itemS).
He has already startled the
journalistic profession by talking
about live-televised presidential
press conferences, as opposed to
film. If they come of. they might
be in the evening around 6 pm,
with a request for staggered show
ings around the country so fami-
lies would have a chance to see
the President in action.
Already a favorite with the
Washington press corps. Mr.. Sal
niger looks on himself as "a re-
porter for the rest of the press,
assisting them to get the news"
Mr.. Salinger sees his job as a
"kind of no mans land" between
the President and the press. He
says: "The press doesn't expect
to learn everything. I understand
the reporters problems. was in
newspaper work a considerable
time myself, and I try to do the
best I can. No newspaperman COM
plains about a press secretary who
doees an honest job.
But my first responsibility is
to the President"
Evening star., 1960-12-04
journalism and Music

Mr.. Salinger's background is
combination of journalism and
music. His paternal grandparents
were skilled pianists and his
father, Herbert, though a mining
engineer, was a talented musician
who helped found the San Fran
cisco Symphony children's con-
certs and was an impresario in
Salt Lake City for a while.
Something Of a prodigy himself,
Salinger gave a piano recital at
the Canadian National Exposition
in Toronto at the age Of 6la. The
family didn't insist on Pierre's
taking lessons any longer than he
wanted to. He now plays occa-
sionally, preferring Beethoven,
Mozart and Bach. His son, Ste
phen, violinist, tunes up with
his father at rare opportunities
for a family duet.
His maternal grandfather, Pierre
Bietry, a member Of the French
Chamber Of Deputies. was sent,
Evening star., 1960-12-04

tial politics and sees the post as
reflection Of the character and
personality Of the President, a
mirror Of what the Chief Executive
is doing.
Mr.. Salinger, who speaks as
rapidly as new teletype machine,
rarely watches television, except
Tor the necessary political shows
and q football game or so. He
says the TV set in his home prob
ably isn't on three hours q week.
His Leisure Time
His home reflects the pursuits
OF the family. 1t is in the Lake
Bancroft section of Fairfax Coun-
ty, Va. which provides swimming
and boating, and he is a hop, skip
and Jump from the home of Rob-
ert L. Oshins, research director
OF the Democratic National Com
mittee. In the kitchen Mr.. Sal
niger likes to whip up a dish of
chicken with artichoke hearts and
mushrooms, cooked in q white
wine sauce.
His reading runs to history, par
ticularly the Civil War, and he
likes to tour the Civil War battle
fields in the area. He likes golf,
and. though he missed out on the
date with the Senator, fitted in
three rounds during a weeks va
cation in Jamaica. But his pre-
ferred relaxation is sitting and
listening to classical music.
His wife. Nancy, daughter of
an investment banker, is a skilled
artisan whose works have ap-
peared in the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and Corcoran Gallery.
She works in clay, pottery and
silver. and Mr.. Salinger Is plan
ming to get her a kiln for the
back yard and a workshop down.
stairs.
Studied Next Job
Mr.. Salinger's self assurance
stems from his early start on an
independent life-he helped to
raise his three younger brothers,
one now a high school principal
and one q science department
head at a high school, the third
q SaleSman-and enough conf
dence in his own ability to make
things go.
Kennedy staff people look on
him as a model member of a team
operation, always in motion,
knowing the team position, never
out in left field" When Senator
Kennedy saw Mr.. Salinger and
his G. o. P. opposite number,
Herbert G. Klein. together at the
first Nixon-Kennedy debate, he
told Pierre. HE dresses better
than you." When the baby was
born, the Senator suggested Sal
niger distribute the cigars from
his endless supply.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
BY JOHN r. SEMBOWER
Contributing Writer

CHICAGO, Ill.-How effectively
q Government worker handles his
job is essentially the same as an
employe in private business and
industry. says a leading psycholo-
gist engaged in a study of per-
formance ratings in the Defense
Department at Washington.
William H. Ward has reported
here on the results of a double
check Of 100 supervisors ratings
Of $40 employees in the agency to
a section Of the American Psy-
Geological Association concerned
with the development Of batteries
Of psychological tests to be used
in selecting personnel for large
governmental organizations.
The employees who have been
rated are located in six different
Offices, and fall into IL general
occupations. The objective was to
find the best ways to measure on
the-job performance to correlate
this with what the tests showed as
to potentialities of individual Job
applicants.
The best test was found to be
a challenging Of the bureau super
yisors with questions concern. ng
each employe. by asking him to
consider whether, If both the su-
pervisor and the subordinate were
in private employment, the super
visor still would want the employe
to work for him.
On Meeting PoyrolI
1t makes no difference, accord
ing to the survey, that the govern
mental agency is not engaged in
an effort to make profits, whereas
private industry Is. Nor was any
important distinction found be-
tween whether the supervisors
ever have had to meet a payroll"
in a business of their own or as
an official Of a private industry.
Mr.. Ward asked the 100 Gov
ernment bosses" to imagine a
situation like this:
"Youtare leaving the Govern
ment tomorrow and going into
business for yourself. It will be
consulting organization providing
all the products and services cur
rently produced in your organiza-
ton. You will have complete au-
thority to hire. fire, assign the
work, or delegate authority so
there will be no one higher-up to
blame if the business does not
succeed"
After asking the supervisor to
eSchew 1.-THE old Army game" of
passing the buck if a subordinate
does not measure up to the stand
ard and to plead that he does not
have full control over the setup of
the organization under his direc-
ton. the psychologist continued
with the dream situation" for the
Government supervisors:
There will be no outside ap-
propriations to keep the business
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Whot Reaction?

"They are not killing us or
making us chronically i'll, but
how does the human body react
to steady doses of diluted chemi-
Gals? What happens If the con-
centration increases, either sud-
denly or gradually? We cannot
say that we know the answers.
He cited recent epidemics of
viral hepatitis which "have been
attributed presumptively to city
water supplies served by the best
available publication systems"
This fear about today's drink
ing water was a major reason
for calling the first National Con-
ference on Water Pollution OPEN
ing December IL in the Sheraton
Park Hotel. The conference will
Evening star., 1960-12-04
BY VERNON LOUVIERE
Contributing Writer

New Orleans. gay land of the
Sugar Bowl and the Mardi Gras,
is sometimes called "The City
That Care Forgot"
In other times mere mention of
New Orleans would evoke pleas
ant thoughts Of French cuisine,
I parades on Canal street, a stroll
through the French Quarter, Dixie
Land jazz.
q Today ugly headlines tell the
story of another New Orleans, a
story of bitterness and violence
and hatred. It would be a long
time before New Orleans could be-
come its carefree self again.
Last week the city was still in
turmoil over the issue which had
jolted the conscience of some of
its citizens and spurred others to
almost vicious civil disobedience.
The issue, of course. involves in
tegration of two New Orleans pub
lie schools by four 6-year-old
Negro girls.
In time the issue will resolve
itself and to most of those caught
up in its present frenzy it will be
forgotten. But the scars of bit
terness are deep and for some
the experience can never be for
gotten.
There is, for example. the man
directly in the line of fire in all
this-Federal Judge James Skelly
Wright. who signed a court order
last May 16 which was to lower
the racial barriers in a Deep South
public school for the first time in
history.
The PersonobIe Mayor
And there is the personable and
aggressive Mayor of the city,
deLesseps S. (Chep) Morrison,
whose political future now hangs
in the balance because he dared
follow the line of moderation.
And, finally, the four little
Negro girls on whom has been
heaped insult and invective be-
cause they had been chosen for
q tiny role in history. At such
q, young age they could hardly
appreciate the fact they had been
so singled out but the memory
Of the surface effects will always
be there.
These, Of course. would be the
central characters. But there were
many others on the fringe of the
drama who will long remember
1t for one reason or another.
How long this cauldron of bit
terness will continue to bubble
and boil no one can say. 1t has
some Of the elements of Little
Rock. Nashville and Clinton.
Famed by a powerful block of
segregationists in the State Legis-
lature. with the strong backing
Of Gov. Jimmie Davis, there is
every indication that peace will
not settle in New Orleans for a
long time to come.
The Selection Of the Schools
Perhaps there have been mis-
takes on both sides and some of
the outbursts of passion might
have been avoided. The selec-
ton Of the two schools. both
located in low-income. working
class neighborhoods, is a case in
point. Some believe integration
would have worked out with con-
siderably less difficulty in other
sections Of the city. But under
Evening star., 1960-12-04
BY GEORGE WILSON
Contributing Writer

A week from tomorrow 1,4OO
persons will meet here to discuss
soberly the Nations No. drink
ing problem-pollution.
The fear Is spreading among
health officials that Americans
may be drinking themselves to
death by imbibing nothing
stronger than the water running
out of the faucets in city homes.
What they do know about
today's tap water distresses them.
What they don't know distresses
them far more. For example, take
these anxious comments of L. E.
Burney, surgeon general Of the
Public Health Service:
"Over and above the pollution
caused by disposal of human
wastes, our surface waters are
carrying a chemical load of
tremendous volume and COM
plexity. 1t is estimated that
1000 totally new chemicals are
put to use every year. Many
of them known to be highly toxic
are probably passing through
our (water) publication systems
IN low concentrations.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

the plan established by the Or
leans Parish (county) School
Board. the five Negro students
Zone has not attended because
of parental fear) were selected
among 1877 applicants on the basis
of intelligence and psychological
tests.
1t is not likely that Judge
Wright and the Federal judiciary
will show any flexibility in their
determined efforts to see that the
integration order is carried out,
come what may. Another indi-
cation of this emerged last week
when three Federal judges, in
cluding Judge Wright. swept aside
every roadblock to school desegre-
CATION erected by the Legislature
while at the same time enjoining
nearly all State officials from in
terfering. Among other things,
the tribunal threw out with
finality the proposition that the
State of Louisiana could interpose
itself between the Federal Gov
ernment and the people of the
State.
Legislatures Role
The Legislature has tried, and
probably will continue to try, to
institute measures which have
failed in other States to block
integration. A few hours after the
three Federal judges in New Or
leans handed down this latest in
a series of rulings, the Legislature
meeting in special session in Baton
Rouge began consideration of
proposals to offer State grants to
any pupil in public school, white
or Negro, to attend a private non-
profit. non-Segregated school of
their choice.
Quite possibly. the State might
invoke 38-year-old law and close
the two schools in question on the
ground that less than 10 pupils
are in attendance. A white boycott
at McDonogh No. 10 school, where
three Of the four Negro children
were admitted to the first grade
on November IA, has been 100 per
cent effective. At the William
Frantz School, six white girls were
attending with the lone Negro
youngster despite hundreds of
hooting. screaming white mothers
who tried to block their way.
Complicating efforts of the
school board to keep the entire
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Poison Problem: Drinking Woter

continue through Wednesday un-
der the theme: "Clean Water
A Challenge to the Nation"
The District is spending $75
million between fiscal 1860 and
1867 in an effort to meet this
challenge. Miles of sewers are
being laid to keep the Potomac
River from becoming a dumping
ground for waste. Congress this
year came through with an assist
to this anti-pollution campaign
by appropriating $25 million to
build sewer between Dulles In
ternational Airport and the Dis
trict's treatment plant at Blue
Plains. Without such a sewer,
communities springing up around
the airport would have dumped
their sewage into the upper Po-
tomac, thereby threatening the
Washington areas drinking, sup
ply.
DR.. Burney said he called the
national pollution conference at
the request of President Eisen-
hover and Health Secretary Flem-
ming.
"The purpose of the confer
ence." DR.. Burney said. will be
to assess the problem of water
pollution, to determine its effects
upon our national welfare and to
set realistic goals for its control.
In this way the conference will
create q national body of opin-
ion and documented fact on which
our country may base a new and
more vigorous attack on this seri-
Gus hazard"
NotionoI Water Policy
In Mr.. Flemming's view. "the
conference will have a unique op-
portunity to help determine ma
tional water policy in the years
ahead, coming as it does shortly
before the beginning Of new
administration and a new Con-
gress."
Speakers at the three-day seS-
sion will include DR.. Burney. Mr..
Flemming. Assistant Secretary OF
Interior Fred g. Aandahl, Sena-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-08-14
Oily
Of'a
diver
CORAL GABLES, FLA.

CORAL GABLES, FLA.
let the rockets flash or fizzle
at Cape Canaveral - the STU
dents Of Coral Gables High
School are busy tracking the
flight of THIS WEEKS cover girl,
a high-diving, l7-year-old class
mate who hopes to launch her.
self into the intercontinental
1860 Olympics. She's Joel Lenzi,
and at II she already has two
dozen frst-place diving trace
tories to her credit.
Photographer Flip Schulke.
who has covered real rocket
launchings, followed Joel under
water and surfaced with these
close-ups. One of the most
unusual was the shot below:
Joel turning to study her track.
Photos by Flip Schulke
Evening star., 1960-08-31
By the Associated Press

Representative Harris, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, says House
investigators have obtained in
formation suggesting possible
corruption" in connection with
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission regulation of motor
carriers.
Mr.. Harris made the state
ment in opening an inquiry by
the House Legislative Oversight
Subcommittee into some phases
Of the trucking industry.
We have information" Mr..
Harris said yesterday, "indicat-
ing certain inefficiencies, ir-
regularities, and even possible
corruption, in connection with
the commissions regulation of
certain certif1cated motor car
rierS.
Some of our information
indicates that Interstate Dress
Carriers, Inc, a New York cor
poration engaged in a garment
trucking operation, has been
able to obtain favorable COM
mission action on various of its
applications, Notwithstanding
the fact that the commission
had knowledge, or should have
had knowledge, that the COM
pany had been in violation of
certain provisions of the act
and certain of the regulations. p"
Jack Lieberman and Joseph
Reznitsky. officers of two New
York trucking concerns, were
called before the subcommittee
but dismissed temporarily after
Mr.. Reznitsky produced some
documents under subpoena end
both answered a few questions.
Mr.. Lieberman declined to
turn over any of his subpoe-
naed business papers. He plead
ed the Fifth Amendment, say
ing the disclosures might tend
to incriminate him.
Mr.. Lieberman is secretary
and treasurer of Interstate
Dress Carriers. Inc. Mr.. Harris
said Abe Giddins, president of
Interstate. has been convicted
Of procuring false testimony in
an ICC hearing involving the
hrm and is now serving time in
a Federal penitentiary.
Mr.. Reznitsky was identified
as president of Gold Star
Freight Lines.
Mr.. Harris said the subcom-
mittee. which he heads, suspects
that Interstate illegally &C
quired control of Gold Star.
Mr.. Harris declined to am
plify his statement about the
Evening star., 1960-08-31

further harmed his chances for
protecting it.
Allies Used Device
Meanwhile, the device was
incorporated in several Air
Force fighters and bombers.
Some of the planes, under
NATO agreements, were deli
vered to France, Belgium, the
Netherlands. Greece, Germany
and Italy.
The Air Force advised Con-
gress Col. Ryan's invention
made a substantial contribution
to its own and the. Navy's
effectiveness. While it is i'm
possible Ito accurately measure
an amount which would be
correct the Air Force said,
100000 would not be excessive.
Col. Ryan'S home address is
Chatham. N. Y. He is assigned
to the Air Research and Devel-
'opment Command and has been
working at Andrews Air Base.
but has been ordered to L. G..
Hanson Field, Bedford, Mass.
Evening star., 1960-08-31
RineMetoI
Safe for Use,
Acc Reports
BY the Associated Press

The Atomic Energy Commits
sion says it believes no health
hazard is involved for people
wearing rings contaminated
with a small amount of RADIO
active ruthenium.
Ruthenium, a precious metal
is sometimes used with other
metals in alloys for the manu-
facture Of rings and ring
mountfngs and settings.
The Acc said it had recently
found that, in a way not yet
determined. small quantities OF
radioactive ruthenium had be-
come mixed in with nom
radioactive metal normally
used by some jewelry fabrica-
tors.
Saying it had conducted an
Evening star., 1960-08-31

investigation Of the situation,
the commission said In O state
ment yesterday:
"In view Of the small guam
titles Of contaminated ruthen-
ium present. the commits
sion believes the finished jew
elry products present no health
problems for individual wearers
of any Of the rings. mountings
or settings involved. The COM
mission therefore has concluded
that no action to recover these
jewelry products need be
taken"
However, the Acc added,
fabricators having unuse
stocks Of the material are being
required to dispose of them
rather than use the metal in
jewelry.
The commission said it is
continuing to investigate in an
effort to learn Cd the source of
contamination, and co the
extent of use of radioactive
ruthenium for commercial pur-
poses.
Evening star., 1960-08-31

equipment for use with regular
weapons.
No Fee For u. S.
The Air Force said he did
the work outside regular duty
hours while stationed at Wright
Air Development Center, Ohio.
1t approved his obtaining a
United States patent on the
invention, with a provision the
United States could use 1t with
out fee.
But the system was classified
secret and Col. Ryan was not
allowed to apply for patents
in all the foreign countries
where he wished to protect it
but only, in England, Canada
and Australia. ,
BY the time the secrecy was
lifted. he had lost his chance
to apply for patents elsewhere
and unauthorized publication
OF an article on the device