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THE RIGHT TO WORK—AFTER 45
Is it possible that old-age security and retirement
plans designed for the comfort of older workers will,
in fact, make living less pleasant for many millions
of these by making it harder for them to obtain or to
keep employment? This" challenging question is raised
by Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell.
Unless prejudices against hiring older workers are
overcome, he declares, approximately half the adult
population of the United States could be jobless in
another 20 years. • The number of persons 45 years old
and over is so increasing that by about 1975 it is
expected to reach the 50 percent mark.
The secretary may be indulging in some over
statement, but Prof. Sumner Slichter has estimated
that the thinning of the work-force above the prevailing
retirement age of 65 years already costs the nation
nearly four billion dollars’ worth of production a year.
Apparently more than a million workers eligible
for Social Security benefits have chosen to work after
65 to maintain their income, and surveys indicate that
50 or 60 percent of those laid off by compulsory retire
ment rules would like to continue working and earning.
Various adjustments in the Social Security law and in
private pension plans have been recommended to pro
vide a reward and incentive for those who wish to work
after 65, and these deserve thorough consideration.
But Secretary Mitchells concern extended to an
age group well below 65, going down, in fact, to 45.
Employers, too often set up arbitarary barriers against
hiring older workers. The Labor Department finds the
performance of such workers often excels that of
younger employees, their judgment is better, and their
attendance and safety records are superior.
An “executive reserve” to run mobilization is
being set up by the Office of Defense Mobilization.
Fiftjr businessmen have been tapped, the first members
of a civilian counterpart to a military reserve. These
men will be mustered immediately to run materials,
price and wage controls in case of a new emergency.
Court Upholds
Law for Testimony'
| In Security Cases
NEW YORK tfV—The New York
Court of Appeals has unanimous
ly upheld the new law designed to
compel witnesses to testify tinder
immunity from prosecution in cas
es involving the national security.
There were notes of reluctance
in the three judges’ decision, how
ever, as the law* passed its first
test of constitutionality.
Judge Charles E. Clark said in
a separate opinion:
“I concur, but regretfully. For
the steady and now precipitate
erosion of the Fifth Amendment
seems to me to have gone far be
yond anything within the concep
tion of those justices of the Su
preme Court who by ^he narrow
est of margins first gave support
to the trend in the 1890s.”
The unanimous opinion, written
by Judge Jerome N. Frank, sug
gested the case should be heard
by ”18 other” ears—the nine
member U. S. Supreme Court.
Separate concurring opinions
were written by both Clark and
Judge Clarence Galston.
The case, decided Monday, is
expected to reach the Supreme
Court ultimately.
Specifically, the court of ap
peals affirmed a six-month jail1
term imposed on William Ludwig
Ullman, former Air Force major
and government civilian employe,
for contempt of court.
Ullman twice refused to testify
before a grand jury here investi
gating a Washington wartime es
pionage ring after immunity from
prosecution had been granted to
him under the new law by U.S.
District Judge Edward Weinfeld.
Ullman, 47, has been accused a
number of times of being a former
Soviet spy inside the Pentagon.
Two Ketchikan Men
Missing After Boat
Is Found on Rocks
KETCHIKAN, UP — A 25-foot
cabin cruiser in which two
Ketchikan men left on a fishing
trip Saturday was found on the
rocks in the vicinity of Gravina
Island Sunday night by a passing
fishboat.
The two men were Leo Peter
son and Pat Parkhurst. They said
they planned to fish at Dali Head
and return home Sunday night.
One Coast Guard searching
boat was turned back by bad
weather yesterday. The Cutter
Cyprus put out and messaged
back in late afternoon it had
found no trace of the men.
China Establishes 50-Mile
Prohibited Fishing Zone
In China, Yellow Seas
TOKYO, (J*)—Red China has es
tablished a 50-mile-offshore fish
ing prohibited line in the Yellow
and East China Seas and warned
it will seize any Japanese fishing
boats caught inside, Kyodo News
Agency reported today.
The agency said the announce
ment and warning were given to
an unofficial Japanese delegation
in Peiping for fishery negotia
tions.
It was a new squeeze on
Japan’s fishing industry, already
hampered by the Rhee Line of
South Korea. That line extends
as far as 60 miles off South
Korea. South Korean coast guard
and navy patrol craft have seized
and confiscated scores of Japa
nese boats caught inside the Rhee
Line.
Where Do You Vote After?
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, UP —
Newsmen at the Idaho Falls Post
Register, standing by as the votes
were couhted in the city’s muni
cipal elections last night, got this
poser from a telephone caller:
“Where do I vote after the polls
close?’’
Russia Plans To Maintain
Two Permanent Weather
Stations On Arctic Ice
LONDON,UP)—The Soviet Union
disclosed today that it plans to
maintain two permanent weather
stations drifting on ice floes near
the north pole.
The first • station, known as
“North Pole 4,” was set up a
year ago and a second, “North
Pole 3,” was established three
days later. Regular weather re
ports from such locations would
be vital to Soviet bomber crews
in the event of a war with the
United States.
The disclosure of plans for the
polar stations was made by Mos
cow radio, which broadcast an
article from the Soviet Commun
ist newspaper Pravda by one
Burkhanov. He was described as
“the head of the main adminis
tration of the northern sea route.”
Burkhanov wrote that “North
Pole 4” is expected to continue
drifting in the polar area and
will be retained. He said that
“North Pole 3” is expected soon
to wash out into the Greenland
Sea through the straits between
Greenland and Spitzbergen, and
will be replaced by a new station
to be known as “North Pole 5.”
WELL, HE TRIED
LINCOLN, Neb., (4*)—For three
months of the Nebraska legisla
tive session 68-vear-old Sen. Wm.
Purdy of Norfolk, never said a
word on the chamber floor.
He broke his silence Monday to
ask revival of a bill of his that
was killed.
He quickly told what he wanted
—the bill banned sale of alcoholic
beverages in drug and grocery
stores—then said “I leave it to
you.”
The legislature refused to raise
the bill.
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$20,000 in value by a single fish
erman or firm. The catch would
be tax-free up to $20,000. The
rate would rise to 6 per cent on
everything over $60,000.
The Senate suspended the rules
to hurry the bill to a final vote
after it was brought to the floor.
After all the pressure built up be
tween the two Houses over the
measure — which the House had
attached at different times to the
appropriations bill and to the ESC
loan bill—there was surprisingly •
little discussion of it as the sen
ators, with minds set, hurried to
the final vote.
Sen. Frank Barr (D-Fairbanks)
argued that the measure would be
thrown out by the courts if pass
ed, just as the 1949 bill to quad
ruple levies against fish-traps was
thrown out on grounds of discrim
inatory taxation.
Barr said: “We already look
ridiculous enough to the public
and I don’t intend to vote for
something that will make us more
so” through enactment of a mea
sure that he contended would be
doomed in court.
Eggs drop in quality in a few •
days at 70 to 80 degrees Fahren
heit, and at higher temperatures
more rapidly. Therefore eggs left
in a hot kitchen for several hours
will lose quality.
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