European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1953 the stars and stripes Toto 5fc Page base pay hike of 8 asked for services continued Page 1 chairman of the Senate appropriations group and a member of the Senate armed services committee said the proposal will be studied in the Light of the Economy am the prospects of putting our fiscal House in Tor petes Sake was the reaction of Thomas Curtis member of a House sub committee which investigated Mili tary he said he favors Ade quate pay for servicemen but the Pentagon will have to prove its Case with facts and Paul Kilday a member of the House armed ser vices favored granting part of the requested increase immediately and holding hearings on the he recalled that the House a Flat 10 per cent increase last session but that this was Cut to about 6 per cent before the Bill finally emerged from would definitely favor bring ing their pay up to the 10 per cent the House but would want to hold hearings on the additional he living costs cited said the pro posed pay added to in creases voted last would bring military pay Scales to a level per cent above october she said living costs Rose almost exactly the same in that defense Secretary Robert said in his recent Semi annual report that he hoped the new Congress would further close the Gap Between armed forces pay and that of other segments of our Rosenberg pointed out that wages in Industrial jobs comparable those of military enlisted men have risen per cent since the october 1949 base salaries of executives with responsibilities comparable to those of military officers have risen 15 per she she said it was hoped the pay boost ultimately would bring about savings by stimulating longer enlistments and lowering training a Man who enlists for four years is equal to she considering training costs of per Man and the fact that a draftee serves Only 24 last tears increase the defense department asked Congress last year to increase Mil itary base pay by 10 per with an limit aimed at the higher Congress approved a 4 per cent increase in base pay with a 14 per cent Rise in living Rosenberg said the jump in living costs since 1949 has fallen particularly heavily on the armed she said that 84 per cent of officers have one or More dependents while 37 per cent of enlisted persons fall in that following Are present typical monthly Hase pay rates compared with defense Powals present proposed maj Gen and above with up to 36 years service Brig Gen up to 86 yrs col up to 1c yrs it col up to 12 yrs up to 8 yrs capt up to 4 yrs 1st it under 2 yrs 2d it under 2 yrs Wong up to 6 yrs m sgt up to 4 yrs set under 2 yrs Cpl under 2 yrs we under 2 yrs Over 4 to in under 4 to comparable Navy ranks for those listed above beginning at the top Are vice Admiral and rear lieutenant lieutenant Junior warrant of Fleer Junior chief Petty of Petty officer 2d Petty officer 3d apprentice recruit father and kidnapped tots Linda Lee 4vt and her sister Noldia cuddle close to their father Elmer Padgett in the 30 year old army Veteran had fled Belgium with the children after his wife was awarded custody of the youngsters pending a divorce Padgett has sworn out a kidnapping photo ant cold War reds seen purge target 15 Konrad Adenauer yesterday linked the arrest of nine doctors attached to the Kremlin Hospital with exist ence of a group of soviet functionaries alarmed by the Low soviet russian living want to Call off the cold the Chancellor said he was convinced there Are still a number of soviet functionaries who think More or less seeing that soviet Russia is get Ting nowhere in the cold which is draining raw materials into War production at the Cost of consumer these functionaries believe a real Effort should be made by soviet the and eng casualties up 191 in Korea 15 up american Battle casualties in Korea now total an increase of 191 Over last weeks the defense department said the increase is one of the smallest weekly increases reported since the beginning of the the total casualties include miss captured and previously reported missing but re turned to military the casualties include All those from the beginning of the korean War whose next of Kin have been notified through last breakdown army casualties previously missing but returned to military Navy casualties 362 77 four previously missing but re turned to military marines casualties 492 20 previously missing but returned military air Force casualties 491 41 793 Lour 42 previously missing but returned to military stocks quiet trading irregular new 15 ins the Stock Market turned irregular yesterday in quiet closing valued chemical off Amer ican can up v4 american smelt ing off it off Anaconda Copper off Bethle ice steel up Chrysler up general electric up Gen eral motors up International Harvester off International Nickel unchanged Standard Oil unchanged tra Samerica off steel unchanged Westinghouse electric up Canadian Pacific unchanged Central off it Pennsylvania rail Road unchanged Southern Paci fic up Bank of America 31 old up u pan american air up Paramount pictures unchanged Emerson electric Iff in land to solve the world Aden Auer in Adenauer the recognizing existence of these Here is casting about for Means to drive Home its argument the West Ern Powers Are preparing to attack and destroy soviet to nourish his myth of a Western plot against the arrested the nine most of them according to Aden Adenauer said the soviet dictator hoped to capitalize on latent anti jewish feelings in soviet by depicting the jews As the moving Force behind the alleged Anglo american they russian rulers wish to make it appear that the United states and England cannot live together with Russia and that the two Powers Are plotting russian he Morrison Calls purges by soviet a Pashto Wunderl 15 a Herbert Deputy Leader of Britain labor declared last night the cur rent outburst of ant jewish purges in the soviet Union is a disgrace to nazism fascism have been the former foreign Secre tary told a political but it would seem that the communists Are determined to take their Ike assures nato on plans for Europe 15 up president elect Dwight Eisenhower in formed the North Atlantic treaty organization Council today european Unity and defense remain in the forefront of his the message was delivered by the special representative i Europe and permanent nato ambassador William drap who is remaining in his 1 european diplomatic Post for the next several months at Eisen Howers Draper told representatives from the 14 nato nations that Eisen Hower asked him to deliver the message recalling the president elects Long association with the Council and reaffirming his Faith in the defense of Western Europe Eisenhower remarks on euro Pean Unity and defense came As Frances Amassa banker named manager for White House new 15 up president elect Dwight Eisen Hower announced the creation of the new White House Job i business manager and named a Vic president of the nations Sec Ond largest Bank to fill the the president elect also appointed a certified Public accountant to be commissioner of the Bureau of internal which collects the nations Bank official former Sherman Adams of new Eisenhower As announced that Roger of and new who is on leave of absence As Vic president of the National City Bank of new would fill the new White House Post Adams said the Job would be known As director of James Eisenhower press said in a later announcement that the Job would be one of business the White House internal Organiza Coleman of Rich was named commissioner of the internal Revenue Independent Democrat described him As an Democrat who sup ported general he said Harry Byrd also an Eisenhower had Given highly worded Praise for also appointed to posts in the new administration were Charles of a vice president of the Chesapeake and Ohio to be Deputy Post master and Elbert of a to be general counsel of the Summerfield first to get Senate of 15 a Arthur Summerfield was approved for the Job of postmaster general by the Senate Post office committee he was the first of president elect Dwight Eisenhower Cabinet choices to win committee a prosperous Michigan automobile dealer who headed the Republican National committee during the presidential met with members of the committee briefly behind closed Republican and democratic Lead ers in the Senate have agreed to hold a series of committee meet Ings in the next five clays to pass on All the nominees and to have committee recommendations ready for Senate action Dor Herye informed the Council formally that Premier Rene Mayers new government will support european army the text of the Eisenhower Mes Sage to the closed Council session was not but conference sources said Eisenhower said plans for Europe were in the forefront of his preoccupy socialists rap Union draft 15 two most powerful socialist parties on the continent sharply attacked the projected new six nation european political federation Here yesterday As a leading British spokesman slammed the door shut on British Guy French socialist told a close door meet ing of the Genera affairs commit tee of the Council of Europe consultative Assembly it was extremely doubtful the six parliaments would pass the draft for the he said its Supra National Powers took such Large chunks of sovereignty from each nation that it was doubtful it could be German social Democrat Karl Mommer announced to the same meeting that the German socialists would sit in a Council of Europe committee As observers be cause they were opposed to the proposed six nation political belgian criticizes plan belgian Christian socialist Paul also present at the closed committee sessions said the new federation would establish first and second class lord prominent British Liberal peer and expressed Britain desire to work As closely with the six nation bloc As her Commonwealth commit ments but he declared emphatically that Hopes of later British an scandinavian member ship were completely terrorist bomb kills boy 15 first terrorist bomb attack in More than a month last night killed a 3year old French boy and seriously injured three other French the homemade bomb was placed in the corridor of an apartment building just off the Avenue de Londres in a commercial Quarter of the Fri ordered to Cheek top state aids 15 the Senate foreign relations committee yesterday ordered a Complete Fri investigation of All appointees for top state depart ment jobs in this country or abroad before it confirms the order would apply to under secretaries and assistant secretaries of to ambassadors and ministers and to other important employees Alexander Wiley new committee said he is satisfied that president elect Dwight Eisenhower will co operate with the committees decision and that the Fri information will be made available to special committee the committee also voted unanimously to appoint a special sub committee to study communist espionage and sabotage efforts directed the state department and the United nations both moves were sponsored by Wiley said the new subcommittee will have authority to conduct but will not impinge on other communist Hunt ing congressional he said the group would look into Only those matters touching upon foreign policy and would concern itself with Security regulations in the state is Well