TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1954
6926 Dismissed
By Government
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (JP) —The Eisenhower administration
reported today that 6926 persons have been struck from federal pay
rolls' under its security program. Democratic leaders- immediately
challenged the report as a “hoax."
The'figures, released by the U. S. Civil Service Commission in
tlie: midst of a red hot political debate over security risks, showed
Russia Gives
Slight Ground
o*l Demands
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct.
11 (TP) —Russia’s Andrei Y. Vish
insky gave apparent ground today
on the long-standing Russian de
mand for an immediate ban on
atomic" and hydrogen bombs. At
the same time he called on the
West to match Moscow’s conces
sions with similar moves.
In a moderately worded, speech
to the UN Political Committee,
Vishinsky made these key points
on disarmament in answer to a
barrage of questions from Selwyn
Lloyd of Britain, and Jules Moch
of France:
1. Instead of beginning a dis
armament program with the im
mediate and unconditional ban
ning of atomic and hydrogen
bombs, as Moscow has demanded,
Russia is now ready to start the
program with reduction of con
vention armaments and armed
forces of the countries of the
world.
2. The prohibition of atomic and
hydrogen bombs can comb in a
second phase of a comprehensive
disarmament program, after the
conventional strength has been
cut and a control organ has been
set up. The ban on the bombs and
the start of the work of'the control
organ can be simultaneous but
this simultaneous period may con
ceivably cover a period up to six
months.
• 3. The control organ, however,
must not have the authority to
close a plant in any country. The
Security Council’; under the UN
Charter, has the sole power to
take v such steps and the UN can
not delegate powers of the charter
to a control organ.
Natural Gas Industries
Shows Rapid Growth
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Oct. 11
(/P) —The«'nation’s natural gas in
dustry, continuing to show “Cin
derella growth,” now has 27 mil
ion customers;, and $13.5 billion in
assests, the president of the Amer
ican Gas Association said today.
“We have chalked up a string
of impressive accomplishments”
said Earl H. Eacher. “Sales of gas
by utilities and - pipelines ( have
set a hew peak and an additional
rise of 31.5 per cent over 1953
totals is expected by the end of
1957.”
Siamese Twin Dies
PARIS (JP) —Nanedge, one of the
Siamese, twin girls separated by
surgery Thursday in a Paris hos
pital, died today. The other baby,
Michele, was repotted in good
condition.
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that 1743 of the persons who were
fired or Resigned were suspected
of subversive activities or associ
ations. This added fuel to the
flames.
“A desperate new effort to fool
the public," said Democratic Na
tional Chairman Stephen A.
Mitchell.
“Merely a continuation of the
administration’s ‘numbers rack
et’,” said Sen. Olin D. Johnston
(D-SC).
Republican National Chairman
Leonard W. Hall said: “This ad
ministration is cleaning up in
stead of covering up.” ,
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on, campaigning for the reelection
of a Republican Congress, has
claimed that the administration
has removed Commurtists, fellow
travelers and security risks from
government service “not by the
hundreds, but by the thousands.”
Democrats have refused to ac
cept his figures, and Mitchell has
gone so far as to accuse Nixon
of telling lies.
Today’s civil service tabulation
showed that from the time Presi
dent Eisenhower’s security pro
gram went into effect May 28,
1953, until last June 30, 2611 gov
ernment workers were fired out
right and 4315 resigned “before
determination was completed in
cases where the file was known
to contain unfavorable informa
tion.”
There was no breakdown on
how many persons in the “sub
version” class were fired or how
many left government service be
fore their cases were adjudicated.
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Stores Submit
Peace Offer
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11 (JP)
Managers of five department
stores—harassed by a 10-month
old strike ,of 12 AFL Unions —sub-
mitted a new peace offer to the
key union today, then retired to
await an answer.
The offer was submitted to of
ficials of Local 249 AFL Teams
ters, which touched off the long
and costly strike last Nov. 27.
Members of the 11 other unions
Walked off the job a few days
later.
Under a time table set up by
U.S. mediators, the teamsters’ of
ficials have until Wednesday to
study the proposal and suggest
changes to the Labor otandards
Association, which represents the
stores.
Terms of the offer were not
made public.
The Teamsters struck after man
agement refused to renew a clause
in their contract which gave the
union the right to decide when
truck helpers would be used and
when deliveries would be made
by parcel post.
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Chicago Suffers
Heaviest Rainfall
In 69 Years
, CHICAGO, Oct. 11 (/P)—Relent
less rain beat down again today
on Chicago—already staggered by
its worst deluge in 69 years.
A weekend downpour that mea
sured more than half a foot
caused damage estimated at $lO
million in the city alone.
As the three-day rain ap
proached the 7-inch mark its crip
pling effects spread.
Huge industrial plants cur
tailed or supended operations and
by' nightfall the number of idle
had risen to an estimated 25,000.
More than 700 persons, most of
them in the suburbs, flooded
homes.
Hundreds of others - were routed
in a broader flood area that
fanned out from Chicago 80 miles
to the west and about the same
distance to the east in Illinois and
Indiana.
But only two deaths were re
ported. The victims were Patrick
McNiehols, 51, of Chicago, and
Leroy Foiles, 70, of DeKalb, 111.
Both were x found dead in flooded
basements.
Transportation was scrambled
in Chicago. But late in the day
tracks leading into the Union Sta
tion from the south were cleared
enough to permit the Burlington
and Pennsylvania Railroads to
move some trains in and out of
the terminal.
The sun, appeared briefly and
faintly in the western sky at 6 p.m.
but more rain was forecast.
Benson Appoints Two
To Agricußtufdi Posts
WASHINGTON, Oct. IT (TP) —
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson today appointed Ralph L.
Culver of Laceyville as chairman
and Edward J. Fleming Sr., of
Andalusia as a member of the
Pennsylvania Agricultural Stabi
lization and Conservation Com
mittee.
Culver has been a member of
the committee since July 19, 1953.
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Senate Group Given
Infiltration Material
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (/ P) —Senate investigators reported to
day they have received “ a fund of information” on Communis)
infiltration of defense plants and educational activities in easterfl
Pennsylvania.
They said the information came from Herman E. Thomas, wh«
previously had told a reporter
that ,as a “planted” FBI under
cover man he had posed as a
Communist for forty years, and
worked his way into some of the
Communists’ higher echelon coun
cils
Thomas is to be a witness at
public hearings of the Senate In
ternal Security Subcommittee
Wednesday. He will testify at
closed door hearings tomorrow
morning.
A subcommittee spokesman
said Thomas has given informa
tion about 25 or 30 men he said
he knew as communists and who
worked at the Bethlehem Steel
plant at Bethlehem.
The spokesman said Thomas al
so provided information concern
ing Communists elsewhere in
eastern Pennsylvania and the Le
high Valley, some of them in the
educational field and some of
them in plants holding defense
contracts.
Thomas had a lengthy briefing
session with subcommittee law
yers this afternoon as a prelimin
ary to. tomorrow’s official appear
ance before the subcommittee.
Sen. Herman Welker (R-Idaho),
serving as a one-man task- force
to investigate alleged Communist
subversion in defense industries,
will preside at- tomorrow’s hear
ing and the public session
Wednesday.
Thomas told a reporter his role
of undercover man for the FBI
was a secret until he testified in
the trial df six alleged Commu
nist leaders convicted in federal
court in Philadelphia last May of
Smith Act violations. The Smith
Act is a law aimed at those who
advocate the overthrow of the
government by force and violence.
Death Ruled a Suicide
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Oct. M
(/P) —A verdict of suicide was giv
en today in the death of a Ne
braska airman stationed at Be»
ton'Air Force Base near here.
The victim, Donald Cross, 22
Creighton* Neb., died of a bulla
wound of the head in his parked
car in Ricketts Glen State Park
Red Rock Mountain. Dr. Roben
Heckler, deputy coroner, said th<
airman committed suicide son*
time last night.
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