29 Government Firings
For Disloyalty To Date; j
Security Risks Studied
WASHINGTON, Wl—'The num
ber of officially disclosed 1953
government firings for disloyalty
reasons rose to 29 today as the
administration took steps toward
analyzing 2,200 “security risk” ;
cases.
The figure of 29 covers only
five big departments whose of
ficials have been questioned about
security separations by the House
Appropriations Committee and
whose testimony has been made
public. The same departments re
ported 436 “security risks” had
been dropped.
Most recent agency to report
was the Commerce Department.
In testimony made public today,
Asst. Secretary James C. Worthy
told the committee its 132 secur
ity firings or forced resignations
last year included 23 persons
classified as ‘cases involving al
leged subversion or disloyalty.”
Sen. Olin D. Johnson (D-SC)
said, meanwhile, the administra
tion’s promise of a limited analy
sis of the security risks will not
stop his demands for a Senate
investigation of the whole issue.
Survey Team Proposals
For Alaska Railroad
Approved By McKay
WASHINGTON, if) — Recom
mendations by a survey team for
increasing the efficiency and cut
ting the operating costs of the
Alaska Railroad have been ap
proved by Secretary of the Inter
ior McKay, it was announced
Thursday.
The changes are designed to
enable the government - operated
railroad to return an annual net
profit up to two million dollars,
based on the present volume of
traffic.
The survey team from the In
terior Department visited Alaska
last November and made an in
spection of the railroad’s track,
roadway equipment and facilities
from the ports of Seward and
Whittier to the northern terminus
of Fairbanks.
It reported that the Alaska Rail
road is well equipped to provide
adequate service for all traffic
available to it but needs to im
prove its use of manpower, revise
its organization, give greater em
phasis to property control, aban
don unnecessary facilities, and
dispose of vast quantities of un
needed war surplus.
Ike’s Proposals for
Nation’s Economy
Are ‘Just Right’
WASHINGTON, OB—Sen. Flan
ders (R-Vt) said Thursday he
believes President Eisenhower’s
recommendations for meeting the
nation’s current economic situa
tion are “just right.”
The Vermont senator said he
was particularly impressed with
the President’s tax recommenda
tions designed to increase business
incentives by giving corporations
and investors some breaks.
Rep. Bolling (D-Mo) said in a
separate interview he regards it
as fully as important to do some
things for the consumer.
Consumption can best be in
creased, he said, by raising the
personal income tax exemption,
cutting excise taxes, and speeding
up action on public works.
Meanwhile, Sen. Ferguson <R
Mich) said he agrees with the
President that March will be the
key month in showing how the
economic winds are' blowing.
The President told his news
conference that employment nor
mally picks up in March. If that
doesn’t happen this year, he said,
that would be a warning of trou
ble and his administration would
use every single weapon available
to head it off.
One of the first things that might
be considered, Eisenhower said, is
a cut in taxes to spur consumer
spending. He did not go into de
tail, but the taxes most generally
cited in this connection are per
sonal income levies and excise, or
sales, taxes.
Police Chief Takes Own
Life After Killing Boy
In Hit-Run Accident
WOODBRIGE, N.J., UPl—Police
Chief George E. Keating commit
ted suicide by swallowing a dose
of cyanide after killing a school-.
boy in a hit-and-run auto acci
dent, authorities have disclosed.
The 62-year-old chief, who was
to have been honored by the town
yesterday for his 35 years of ser
vice on the force, took the poison
in his home on Tuesday, about 12
hours after the accident in which
14-vear-old Robert Berardi was
killed.
At first Keating’s death was be
lieved to have been due to a heart
attack, but then an autopsy
revealed mouth burns and the
presence of cyanide.
AP Newrfeatures
1. Was the first President of the United States actually bom on
February 22?
2. When did the observance of Washington’s birthday begin?
3. Is Washington’s birthday a legal holiday in every state?
4. Everyone knows the story about little George and the cherry
tree. What is the one about young George and his mother’s
• prize colt?
5. How did Washington get his pock marks?
6. Did Washington ever fight for the British?
7. Who asked him to become king after the revolution ended?
8 How did Washington get along with the ladies?
9. How did Washington feel about slavery?
10. Did he have a ghost writer for his famous “Farewell Address”?
(Answers are on Page 7. Give yourself 10 points for
every correct answer. 70 or higher is excellent, 50 good,
30 fair, and 10 . . ’. well, you're honest anyway.)
“Is Jesse James Still
Alive” Mountaineer Asks
Mounted on a couple of mules,
Director Henry King and his as
sistant were looking at location j
sites for Darryl F. Zanuck’s “Jesse
James,” the Twentieth Century-1
Fox Technicolor encore triumph
coming to the Theater Sunday.
They halted their mules at a
roadside cabin and asked an eld
erly mountaineer if he knew
where there was a clear patch
with a stream running through it.
“What are you-uns goin’ to use
it for?” he drawled.
King replied, “We’re going to
shoot ‘Jesse James’ there.”
The old fellow scratched his
beard and looked puzzled.
“Mean to tell me,” he asked,
“you fellers don’t know Jesse’s
been shot?”
“Jesse James”—the picture—
stars Tyrone Power, Henry Fon
da, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly
ar^d features Brian Donlevy.
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