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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18

If his opinions relative to
table manners were followed
a little more closely today,
there would be more pleasure
in eating with others.
Make no show of taking
great delight in your victuals.
Eat not with greediness.
Lean not on the table,
neither find fault with what
you eat. Drink not nor talk
with your mouth full. Cleanse
not your teeth at table with
napkin or fork, but if others
do it let it be done with
a picktooth. Be not angry at
table, whatever happens, and
if you have reason to be so,
show it not, but put on a
cheerful countenance espe-
cially if there be strangers
present, for good humor
makes a dish of meat a
feast"
On Clothes
With regard to clothes he
also had definite ideas. I'm
your apparel, be modest and
endeavor to accommodate ma
ture, rather than to procure
admiration. Play not the pea
cock. looking everywhere
about you to see if you be
well decked, if your shoes fit
well, or if your stockings fit
neatly"
Now you can see why it
is obvious that these rules
made by George Washing
ton so many years ago fit
into our present way of life
as we'll as they did then!
They go to prove that while
our mode of living may
change, the basic rules gov
erning good manners" "eti-
quette" or correct behavior"
whatever you wish to call
them, never change.
X X y
Questions, Answers
Question: My daughter,
who is now away at college,
has been invited to spend
a week end at the home of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
AUXILIARY IN THE ACT

Mrs. George William Ware (cente) Of the Womon Auxiliary
District of Columbia Medical Society and Student Nurse
meet Gretchen We Of Rye Bye B dressing
Pevew visit to the National Theoe The auxiliary has planned
benefit for Tuesday night from go Nursing
Scholarship Fund and the American Medical
men, Inc, Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
Questions, Answers

Question: My daughter,
who is now away at college,
has been invited to spend
a week end at the home of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

security needs, and when the
Government is urging private
labor and management to
exercise self-restraint to avoid
the creation of inflationary
pressures.
Therefore, to reduce the i'm
pact in any one year on the
affected $40 billion Federal
payroll, where each l per cent
increase costs 500 million, the
plan that I recommend pro-
vides that the full 10 per cent
be distributed over three annual
stages, beginning prospectively
on January /, 1868. The in
crease scheduled to take effect
next year is clearly we'll within
the national average produc-
tivity increase lin the private
sector) which has taken place
since the last Federal pay in
crease in July of 1860.
The substantial costs neces-
sarily involved in achieving this
pay reform make it especially
important that these improve
ments in our pay systems take
absolute priority over general
percentage or dollar increases
OF the kind we have seen in the
past - increases which make
little II any contribution to eff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

ter. the full principle of COM
parability cannot be applied tc
the higher salary levels Of Gov
eminent; but I consider ade-
quate adjustment in our top
executive and professional posi-
tons to be the most vital single
element Of correction in this
entire proposal.
This reform of top career
salaries will, Of course, boost
the pay of many civil servants
to a level above that paid to
their chiefs in cabinet, sub
cabinet and similar positions.
I recognize, however, that the
salary level OF these top execu-
tives has been quite properly re-
lated in recent years with the
salary level of the Congress;
and, while both are, in my
opinion, inadequate, it is nei-
Their customary nor appropri-
ate to either provide such in
creaseS during current terms of
office or specify congressional
increases in a presidential mes
sage.
Representatives of the execu-
tive branch stand ready, how
ever, to cooperate with the
Congress in determining what
executive and congressional pay
scales would be appropriate fol-
lowing the terms of the present
incumbents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Costs Dictate
3 Annual STAGES

1t is important for the Fed
eral Government to adhere to
its own precepts with respect
to pay adjustments in the
economy as a whole. Because of
the salary lag that has devel-
oped over the past II years.
full correction of the accrued
inequities in one year would be
unwise. involving the substan-
tial cost of more than 81 billion.
This cost would come at a
time when heavy budgetary
demands have been placed up
on us to meet great national
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
A Federal Pay
Reform Proorum

I am transmitting to the
Congress with this message
legislation designed to reform
the major statutory salary sys-
TENS of the Federal govern
ment, benefitting all of the l.
$4,000 employees throughout
the world who are paid under
the various Federal statutory
pay plans - the Classification
Act, the Postal Field Service
Compensation Act, the Foreign
Service Act, and the Medicine
and Surgery Salary System of
the Veterans Administration.
Although flat increases for
loWer-paid workers are in
cluded as a matter of equity,
the essence of this bills OBJ
jectiveS is Federal pay reform,
not simply a Federal Pay raise.
Where pay raises result from
the establishment of objective
pay standards, they are pri-
marily a reflection of the
extent to which Federal salaries
have Jagged behind the ma
tional economy.
This proposal has two prin-
cipal features:
l. 1t establishes a sound, OBJ
jective and continuous stand
ard for determining proper sal
airy levels by following the con-
cept of comparability-reason-
able compatibility with pre-
vailing private enterprise sal
aries for the same levels of
work insofar as this is possible,
as determined from pains
taking statistical surveys and
careful job comparisons; and
2. It establishes realistic and
appropriate salary relation
ships both within and among
the several statutory salary
systems and each of their grade
levels, by following the princi-
pie of equal pay for equal work,
with distinctions in pay consi-
stent with distinctions in res
possibility and performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

Government employed counter
part.
Yet these are the very levels
in the career service in which
our need for quality is most
acute-in which keen judgment,
experience and competence are
at a premium. 1t is here that
we face our most difficult per-
sonnet problems. 1t is at these
grades that we employ our top
scientists, doctors, engineers,
experts and managers.
Surely, if so many State and
city governments, as earlier
cited, are willing to compete
with private industry for this
talent, the Federal Government.
with its urgent missions to per-
form, can face up to this prob
lem as well. AS a practical mat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Problem Acute
In Upper Grades

Reform Of the existing pay
schedules necessarily involves
immediate adjustment of SAL
aries at almost all grade levels.
But both our experience in the
attrition Of higher salaried men
and women and all objective
surveys have disclosed that the
gap between private industry
salaries and Government sal
aries is the widest at the upper
levels.
For example: The most re-
cent Bureau of Labor Statistics
survey shows that GS-14 and
GS-15 employees receive 20 per
cent less than those employees
in private industry in compare
BILE positions. A 1860 survey of
81 large companies by the Civil
Service Commission showed
even more startling disparities
at higher levels. Employees in
these companies performing
functions comparable to those
Of a GS-18 received twice as
high a salary as their Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Conclusion

AS I stated in my budget
message, the first requirement
for efficiency and economy in
Government is highly COM
potent personnel. I believe that
enactment of this plan for
sound salary administration is
fundamental to the mainte-
nance of a standard of excel
lence in the Federal service.
1t is my belief that this meas
ure, if enacted, will constitute
the most important revision
and reform in Federal person.
mel legislation in more than a
decade. 1t is the most important
proposal to improve the Federal
service which has been pre-
sented by this administration;
and I believe it is essential if
we are to achieve and main
tain proficiency in the Federal
Government.
If our civil servants are to
fulfill with skill and devotion
their obligation to the Nation,
the Nation must fulfill it's
obligations to the career serv-
ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

proved with experience, the
bill provides that the President
shall submit an annual report
to Congress on the relationship
Of Federal salaries to those re-
ported by the BIS for private
enterprise, recommending what.
ever adjustments in salary
schedules, structure, and policy
he finds advisable.
Where adjustments are in
dicated, they would be accom-
plished by revision Of the Clas-
sification Act pay scales ano
by linkage of the other statu-
tory systems to the Classified
ton Act. A systematic annual
review of this kind is essential
to prevent Federal salary
schedules from -elapsing to
their present conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20

cepts: equal pay for equa,
work and distinctions in pay
consistent with distinctions in
work and performance. AL
though these concepts are
stated in the present Classifi-
cation Act and are implicit in
the Postal Field Service Com
pensation Act. the regressive
and flat percentage pay adjust
ments of the past II years have
gradually blotted out much of
the meaning in the current pay
differentials of all our salary
systems.
The pay schedules I am rec.
ommending will regularize and
generally enlarge the differ
ences in salaries between sue
cessive grade levels, recognizing
more appropriately the differ
ences in responsibility involved
and providing a more uniform
(not less than 10 per cent?
progression of salary levels be.
tween the entry rates of sue
cessive grades. This will furnish
a greater incentive for employees
striving to prepare themselves
for higher responsibilities.
At the same time, these new
schedules will make more mean
ingful the within grade promo
lions for competent perform
ance of duties, and will provide
better incentives for those who
spend most of their careers
within a single grade, by pro-
viding wider salary ranges go
per cent except for the tor
two grades) within each grade,
more adequate and more numer-
Gus within-grade salary steps
and more flexible use Of salary
steps to recognize exceptional
achievement.
Other provisions aimed at i'm
proving flexibility will Cd faci-
litate the adjustment of salar.
les to meet critical needs by
competing more equally with
private industry in areas OF
in occupations in which q
shortage exists; ca permit the
assignment of positions to the
upper grades of the Classified
ton Act on the basis Of duties
and responsibilities, instead OF
arbitrarily limiting the number
Of such positions; and 90
create new upper grades to
bring within the salary provi-
sions of the Classification Act
all those with top administra-
tive responsibilities who are
not Cabinet or sub Cabinet Of
ficers or heads of separate
agencies.
The new salary ranges would
provide a 80 per cent range
between the entry rate and the
highest rate in the grade fol
most salaried employees under
the Classification Act and q
40 ner cent range for the lower
levels of the Postal Field Ser
vice. This is comparable to the
private industry ranges, which
vary between 80 per cent ano
so per cent for each position
The pay ranges in the lower
levels of the Postal Field Ser
vice are somewhat broader thar
those in the Classification Act
in recognition Of the pattern
of long service in such positions
in the Postal Field Service and
the need for incentives fol
sustained performance during
the entire period of service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
FoHo1Oing Is the tert of President KennedyS special
message to Congress ON Federal pay reform

President Kennedy'S special
1eral pay reform.
inability to attract many top
quality college graduates and,
in the long run, a waste of
Federal funds - discouraging
the initiative, efficiency and
dedication that compan y
recognition and stature, and
requiring enormous expendi-
lures each year to recruit and
train new requirements for
employees who leave the serv-
ice for reasons of inadequate
pay.
We can no longer defer the
necessary corrective measures
or continue the existing lack
of standards; and recent
studies and m easure m e n t
techniques now make possible
the kind of wholly new ap-
proach that common sense re-
nlljraS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Compatibility
Widely Accepted

Adoption OF the principle OF
compatibility will assure equity
for the Federal employe with
L his equals throughout the ma
tional economy - enable the
Government to compete fairly
with private firms for qualified
personnel-and provide at last
a logical and factual standard
for setting Federal salaries.
Reflected in this single stand
ard are such legitimate private
enterprise pay considerations
as cost of living, standard Of
living and productivity, to the
same extent that those factors
are resolved into the "going
rate" over bargaining tables
and other salary determining
processes in private enterprise
throughout the country.
The principle has a history
of wide acceptance. Within the
Federal government, it has
been used for 100 years; First
applied to Navy Yard workers
it is now applied to all Fedora.
workers in trades and crafts
to employees of the Tennessee
Valley Authority, and to work
under Government contracts
covered by the Walsh Healy
and Davis-Bacon Acts. Many
State and local governments
as we'll as some other national
governments (such as Canada
and the United Kingdom) al
ready rely on this principle.
1t should be noted in this re-
gard that, in marked contrast
to the unfavorable situation Of
salaried employees, the Federal
pay practices affecting over
100000 workers in the skilled
trades and crafts have func-
toned without serious conflict
or confusion. Based on pre-
vailing rates, and set on rec
ommendation Of wage boards
their pay has been continuous.
ly maintained at levels that are
fair from the viewpoint of the
Government, the taxpayer ano
the employe.
I have found no more sensible
standard for determining Gov.
eminent salaries. The Advisory
Panel on Federal Salary Sys.
TENS, .chaired by Mr.. Clarence
Randall, in its recent report tt
me called it mot only equitable
but valid and eminently de.
sirable." The application of thi!
principle permits the Govern
ment to meet its difficult per.
sonnet needs without paying
more than is necessary or les!
than is equitable. It was no.
feasible in earlier years; but
now the recently introduced
annual survey of professional
administrative, technical ane
clerical salaries conducted by
the Bureau of Labor Statistic.
provides the objective com.
parative salary data needed fol
setting Federal pay scales. Oc'
cupational rates paid by private
employers at a given work leve
of difficulty, responsibility ane
required qualifications can b.
combined into a single nationa
average private enterprise rat
for work equivalent to a ClasSi
; fication Act grade. The classi
fication Act rates in turn cal
be used to establish rates TO
the corresponding grades in tn,
specialized salary systems O.
the Postal Field Service, tn
Foreign Service and the Vet
Grams Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Annual Review

To maintain the compare
bility principle, and to assure
that other features are i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-20
Internal
Alignment

The internal alignment prin-
'cipal rests on two basic con-
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ficiency or economy in Govern.
ment.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29
Farm Costs Four
Times 1850 Level

Farm production costs today are
nearly four times as high as they
were in 1910, according to w, II.
McAllister, University of Delaware
farm management specialist.
Studies by USDA's Economic Re-
search Service show about 20 per
cent of a farmers gross income
went to pay for production in 1861,
compared to about so percent i n
1910. Although gross income has
been holding steady for the past
few years, production costs have
continued to climb. 49,.
In 1910, us. farmers spent $1.75
on machinery and buildings for
every dollar spent for hired help.
BY 1860 the ratio had risen to 2.77
to /.
y Expenditures for fertilizer n d
lime in the us. by 1860 had climb
ed to As times and 1910 outlay
This shows a very sizable increase
in quantity used because prices per
ton Rad increased only so percent.
In 1860, property taxes were "a
bout 3.4 times higher than i'm 1910.
Between 1855 and 1860, the farm
er's property tax increased from
$1.1 million to SIS million, about
z percent year.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29
Harry Smith Calls
For Public Hearing
(contin ded from page one)

tCOillh d6u IIOIQ page OuGt
Representative of any other ad-
justment agencies are also well
come to come to defend their
positions The General Adjustment
Bureau has been singled out and
requested to appear since tn Y
handled such a large percentage
of the claims.
BY taking this action Commits
sioner Smith is fulfilling a
promise made public by a news
release dated April 9, 1862 in
which he stated: after the ad-
justers have had ample time to
complete their job, 1 plan t o
evaluate the results" They will
then be summoned ''to a public
hearing at which time any
aggrieved Delaware policyholders
will be afforded the privilege by
me personally to appear and cite
their grievances.
The Insurance Commissioner on
April 26th requested all companies
doing business in Delaware to
allow policyhOlders an extension
of time beyond the 60-day limit as
stipulated in the Standard Fir e
Policy to file proofs of loss. He
has received a favorable reply
from 285 companies. In addition
to his action, the National Board
of Fire Underwriters, embracing
some 800 companies, has unani-
mously recommended that all
their member companies extend
the time. for filing claims.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29
WARWICK
Mrs. Ralph Blizzard
Phone: 934-7539

The Indian River Fire Co. Aux
Hilary will hold a bake at the Fire
Z, at 10 am. The proceeds to help
replace the recent storm loss items.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Joseph o
Ohio, were guests of her mother,
Mrs. Bessie Hazard over the week
end
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Brittingham
are spending the summer at their
cottage on the Indian River.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Corcorcon
and family of Seaford, spent t h e
weekend at their cottage at River
dale.
Mrs. Anna Pagan has returned to
her home in Oak Orchard, after a
two week visit with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. d.
Palmateer in Midland, Michigan
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McEllwee
of Elmira, Nj, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Barto h i S
week.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29
TREE TALK

Trees are for summer enjoyment
But they have their summer
time rights too.
They shouldn't be exposed to
heat from an outdoor grill, or suf-
fer excess tramping above h r
roots or be wired for clothes lines
and outdoor lights, according to
the Bartlett Tree Experts.
A portable grill or a fixed bar
becue placed too close to lawn
tree can cause damage. Heat may
scorch branches. Nearby ever
green's have been killed by barbe-
cue heat in a single season.
Clotheslines and wires strung to
a tree can in time girdle and dam
age trunk and limb. Hot outdoor
lights placed too close to foliage
can cause burning.
Disposing of barbecue waste is al
so important. If burned near a tree
this too may cause heat scorch and
injury.
Excess tramping around an out
door grill can so compact a lawn
that the grass will die back. And
if tramping area is beneath a tree
that too may suffer.
Continual tramping beneath a
lawn tree, whether near a barbe-
cue or not, packs the earth around
the roots, cut off needed air in the
soil and contributes to run off of
rainfall.
Excess tramping, and this can be
caused by playful feet of children,
is especially injurious to shallow
rooted trees such as dogwood, map
lie, beech, and yellow-poplar. If a
path must be made near a tree,
placing of flagstone in the root
area is advised. Rainfall will seep
into the soil around the stones.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29

Eugene Marshall Holden of the
Glass of 1862 of the Milford High
School will enter The University
of Delaware majoring in physics.
Elaine F'arrow Isaacs of the
Glass of 1862 of the Milford High
School will enter The University
of Delaware majoring in b m e
economics.
Joseph Wayne Lewis of t h e
Glass of 1862 of the Milford High
School will enter Washington Col
lege majoring in the liberal arts.
Terry Louise Lynch of the Glass
of 1862 of the Milford High School
will enter Madison College major
ing in home economics.
Ethel Mae Messick of the Glass
of 1862 of the Milford High School
will enter either the Salisbury
State College or The University of
Delaware taking the medical
secretarial course.
Martha Martin Prettyman of the
Glass of 1862 of the Milford High
School will enter The University
of Delaware majoring in the arts
and science course.
Helene Ann Western of the
Glass of 1862 of the Milford High
School will enter The University
of Delaware majoring in elemen-
tary or secondary education.
1t is hoped by the trustees of
the Hearn Educational Fund and
their Committee of Selection that
the very real opportunities offer
ed by the Hearn Educational Fund
will stimulate an increasing effort
on the part of local students and
that the quality of the applica-
tions will get better every year.
The Committee hopes that some of
the disappointed applicants will go
ahead with their studies and make
such records as to merit assistance
in the future
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29
DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL

NEW YORK (AP)-The G h u rch
Peace Mission, an interdenomina-
tional, pacifist-minded organization
by more than 500 clergymen and
Christian laymen declaring h t
withdrawal of the United States
from the arms race is "the only
way to break the terrible circle of
armament and counterarmament.
If controlled mu1tilateral disarman
emit efforts fail, the statement said,
this country should move along to
disarm, with halt to atomic tests
as the first step.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29

MIR. and Mrs. William Barto spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Nj S.
Eugene Michener in Somerton, Pa.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Indian River Home Demonstra-
tion Club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Ella Penuel in Oak Or
chard, July 2, at 7:30 pm. T h e
annual picnic will be held August
6 at 800 pm. at Trap Pond on
Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-29
HELP RENDERED

NEW YORK (AP) = More than
715,O00 persons were aided last
year in 1872 health and welfare
agencies run by the United Pres
byterian Church. across the coun-
try, the denomination reports.