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IT WORKS BOTH WAYS
(Christian Science Monitor)
The solid assumption back of any civil service
system is that the great bulk of government jobs have
no concern with partisan policies and politics and that
the people who fill them can serve most efficiently
and honestly if they are left, undisturbed by shifts
in political power, to build careers on professional or
technical merit.
In fact it might be said that no real career service
can ever be built unless the ideals and purposes back
of it have support strong enough to weather both
official abuses and changes in administration.
During the Roosevelt-Truman regimes almost all
post-masterships were placed under civil service. Re
publicans are charging that somehow there was always
one Democrat among the top three on the list of eligi
bles presented for every vacancy and that the Demo
crat always got the job. No doubt there is considerable
truth in this. Whatever there is represents a misuse
of the system. And no doubt many less than meritor
ious appointments were made.
If the Republicans should reverse the system (as
it is now threatened) either by invalidating recent
examinations or even by throwing a large block of
postmasterships out of civil service, they would prob
ably raise the general level of personnel, for they are
on their mettle as a reform party.
But how long can they be sure they will stay in
power ? And what would the Democrats do when they
got back in the saddle ? Take political revenge, of
course, with the very weapon the Republicans had
forged.
And then where would hopes for an American
career service be ?
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Jim Walsh Tells Of
Visit To Emerald Isle
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born. It was a touching experi
ence to visit his home place and
farm where he spent his early life
and left 52 years ago. His oldest
brother lives there yet. There, on
April 8, Dad celebrated his 71st
birthday with a huge cake, the
army bag-pipe band and a dance
with a huge attendance. A side
trip took us to Blarney Castle
where we kissed the Blarney
Stone. It was a real experience.
Subsequent travel took us north
to Waterford, Dungarven, Carlow
and into Dublin. Dublin, the seat
of government, is a large city and
not unlike any similar-size Ameri
can city. They have excellent
shops, two-story buses, horses and
wagons and untold numbers of
bicycles. A short visit to Trinity
College afforded a look at the
famous Book of Kells.
The last portion of our journey
took us by rail across the little
island by rail to Galway. This is
an ancient city with narrow,
crooked streets. The following day
April 16, we continued our travel
south to Limerick, the city of the
famous Treaty Stone, and on to
Shannon Airport. Here our short
visit came to an abrupt end as
we boarded our Clipper for the
return flight across the Atlantic.
The sponsors of An Tostal did
not anticipate that this year the
festival would be a success. How
ever, we were told that it had
exceeded their estimates and that
I it was securing the support of the
| people. It is planned that in a
period of ten years it will become
i a self-perpetuating event.
Gambell Airstrip
Will Land DC-3s;
May Get Tourists
ANCHORAGE, UP—Building an
airstrip at Garrtbell, on St. Law
rence Island in the Bering Sea, is
going to be a transplanting job.
Tony Schwamm, territorial avi
ation director, said the 1,000 tons
of steel matting for the'strip will
be shipped by barge from Teller,
north o‘f Nome, where an airstrip
is being dismantled.
The steel matting will be an
chored down to prevent the Ber
ing Sea’s high winds from rolling
it up.
Schwamm said construction will
be started about June 1 and
should be finished within six to
seven weeks.
Gambell is about 200 miles west
of Nome on the most distant tip
of the island.
Its only regular air service has
been in the winter, when Alaska
Airlines planes could land on the
ice. The new 3,500-foot airstrip
will allow DC-3 landings, and pro
motion of summer tourist traffic
to' the island is viewed as a pos
sibility. ,
Eisenhower Says Something Obviously
Wrong In Korea Prisoner Exchanges,
Judging From Reports of Atrocities
WASHINGTON, UPi— President
Eisenhower said Thursday he is
ready to do anything and confer
anywhere to bring about peace in
Korea.
The President told a news con
ference, however, that like every
one else he is simply waiting now
to see how developments go in
Korea.
His statements were in response
to a question as to whether he
felt the chances are good for a
prompt truce in Korea.
In reply to another question,
the President said he has had no
reaction from the Kremlin to the
world peace and disarmament
plan he set forth a week ago.
He said the government is
studying and analyzing the pris
oner exchange situation, and that
obviously, from news stories of
atrocities, something is wrong.
He added that he as yet has no
full and complete report on the
matter and so can’t determine
what the actual facts are.
On other matters, the President:
U.N. Votes For
Impartial Inquiry
On Germ Warfare
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., UP)—
The U.N. General Assembly yes
terday voted overwhelmingly for
an impartial investigation of Com
munist charges that American
troops waged germ warfare in
Korea.
The vote, 51-5 (Soviet boc) with
four abstentions came immedi
ately after the U.S. accused Rus
sia with “utterly and completely
iniquitous” behavior for spreading
the charges and called Soviet op
position to the investigation “rep
rehensible in the extreme.”
U.S. Delegate Ernest A. Gross
made the gloves off attack on
Russia as the U.N. Assembly be
gan the last day of its stormy
seventh session.
Chief Soviet Delegate Andrei
Y. Vishinsky immediately took
the floor and counter-charged that
U.S. denials of germ war were
“reckless denials of fact” and said
I the kind of investigation the U.S.
I wanted was based on “hypocrisy
and falseness.”
CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN
LOS ANGELES, UPV—1The mys
tery of the disappearance of Su
perior Judge William Neeley’s
robes has been solved.
Police detectives arrested a city
hall janitor, James Langley, 50,
on suspicion of burglary, and
quoted him:
“I just sort of borrowed those
robes to preach in, because I’m
a deacon in my church.”
—
1. Said he is confident defense
spending will be cut for the fiscal
year starting July 1, but that he
is not ready to estimate how
much the saving will be.
2. Said he is confident defense
been wise for the House to vote
funds to continue the administra
tion program for starting 35,000
public housing units. The House
voted Wednesday to end the pro
gram.
3. Said he and other administra
tion officials are studying plans
for reorganization of both the
State and the Defense Depart
ments. The plan will be sent to
Congress soon.
4. Declared emphatically that
plans for the defense of Europe
against possible Communist ag
gression must be flexible enough
to meet all emergencies.
“Anyone who tells you he can
predict the day or hour of an
attack is crazy,” the President said.
NO AGREEMENT MADE TO
LIMIT TIDELANDS DEBATE
WASHINGTON, UP—A threat of
round-the-clock Senate sessions
next week failed Thursday to pro
duce an agreement to limit debate
on a bin to establish state owner
ship of offshore submerged oil
lands.
Senator Taft, Republican lead
er, had planned to move Wednes
day night for a vote to shut off
debate, but changed his mind and
said he would make the motion
Monday.
“Get Tough” Policy To
Bawdy House Women
Decreed in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, UP—U.S. Attor
ney Seaborn J. Buckalew has de
creed a “get tough” policy toward
bawdy house women in the An
chorage area.
He said the era of suspended
sentences is on the way out, and
prostitution cases will be taken
into U.S. district court instead of
before a U.S. commissioner. He
said jail terms of six months to a
year will be recommended.
Buckalew said the new policy
will be aimed against an increas
ing crime rate. “We have so many
complaints of people being rolled
after a visit to one of the bawdy
houses, or of being offered narcot
ics in these places,” he said, “that
something has to be done.”
He estimated there are close to
200 prostitutes in the Anchorage
area, most of them outside the
city. x
LONGSHORE WAGE BOOST
ANCHORAGE, tf) — Longshore
men here have been granted a
wage boost of 22V& cents an hour.
This puts the scale at $2.95t£ per
hour for a six-hour day.
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