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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I�oge6 the stars and stripes saturday april 41, 1953 records cloak total on ils. Payroll Byrd Washington april 10 up sen. Harry f. Byrd a Asaid yesterday government manpower records Are so inaccurate1 it is impossible to Tell How. Many per sons Are on the Federal payroll. He called on president Eisen Hower to take immediate Steps to rectify the  virginian Only Democrat holding a committee chairmanship in the Republican controlled 83d Congress issued a statement apologizing to Congress because he found himself unable to vouch for government personnel figures car ried in the monthly report of his Senate House committee on non essential Federal expenditures an educated guess. Byr8 said that his report at Best was an educated guess. It showed that the Eisenhower administration reduced the Federal payroll by 7,870 persons in february its first full month in office. A de crease of 8,522 in the defense department s civilian payroll was partly offset by o gain of 652 another executive departments. The official payroll total was 2,546,954 on March 1. The civil service com a Mission issued the same figures  an interview Byrd said faulty personnel accounting methods were inherited by the new administration and that he was hopeful president Eisenhower will act promptly to Dean them  accuses 3 departments specifically Byrd charged that 1the Post office department employing More persons within . Than any other civilian Agency Long has been guilty of questionable reporting on its person Nel figures. He recalled that three years ago culminated errors were found in this department to taling 23,000 employes.2the defense department re porting civilian employment for february of 1,321,393, has indicated that it is using the services of another 250,000 persons Over seas who Are paid in local Curren cies of the country where the Yare stationed or from other funds outside the regular budget."3the state department apparently also employs but Falls to re port persons paid outside the Reg ular budget channels for Persona service while the Mutual Security Agency began including such persons in its reports a month go. -. Weible to become  the is Washington Burea Washington. April 10maj Gen Walter a Weible former chief of shape s logistics Divi Sion will assume duties Tod Ayas Deputy cd of the 5th army at  will fill a vacancy which has existed since the departure of Mej Gen Albert c. Smith for Washington in december to be come chief of military history for the-army1. In his new assignment Weible frill serve under it Gen Williamb. Kean 5th army cd. Faith can seat reds the Washington april 10 up president Eisenhower said today itis my unshakeable belief that it is Only through religion that Pecan lick this thing called communism he made the remark to More than 100 editors of the associate Church press who called on him at the White House. The Organiza Tion publishes 119 monthly and weekly protestant religious Maga Zines and newspapers. My favorite subject the president said he had in tended Only to Welcome the Edi tors but found he could not miss the Opportunity to discuss my favorite  or. Eisenhower said he believes it is Only through a rejuvenation of respect for moral values that the world can pos Sibly com through this Long period of ten  religious Faith is not brought into the political Field he said the free world will make no Progress and there will be a godless civilization.  two Safe As death takes Holiday two teen age boys Riding in this Auto climbed out unhurt after it cracked tip near Allentown a. Parts of the careening car were strewn Over an area of 50 Yards. " United press photo the seen used As shield by reds Washington april 10 a comm must labor Union officers reusing the Taft Hartley act As a shield for communist deception a Justice department official told the Senate labor committee  Olney Iii assistant attorney general in the criminal division said the Law s non communist oath Section places the communist led Union in a position of strength never intended by the doctor honoured for risking life As Guinea pig Chicago april 10 a a Young doctor who believes that Man eventually must be the final test in medical developments was honoured Here for risking his life during two years As a human Guinea pig. In the course of numerous medical tests or. Lloyd t. Koritz has been Hung unconscious from a Telephone pole kept unconscious 11 straight hours and put on a 30-Day ordeal of eating a Pound of raw liver  his work in various experiments while a University of Illinois medical school student Koritz received the award from the Walter Reed society meeting in conjunction with the federation of Amer ican societies for experimental biology. The Walter Reed society honors individuals who have risked their lives i medical experiments. X guess ifs Nec Essary to pro veto the world that research is not All just cutting up dogs As Man people seem to think the. Young doctor said Radium Pill perils worker " Paducah ky., april 10 up several workmen at an atomic Energy commission steam Plant were examined for dangerous radioactivity after one Workman took a 300-Miiligram Radium Pill Home trom work with him. Fri agents said the Workman took the $7,000 Pill to make a fish ing line from its attached 16-foot Sylon Cord. They would not identify turn. " l safety officials said a two hour to the Radium could prove and even a tories exposure could result in permanent  Radium is used to a Ray welded Pic e joints at the Sha knee steam Plant which furnishes Power tothe Paducah atomic Energy Plant. The Workman Learned about the Pill s danger from another worker who had Ridden Home with him and heard warning broadcasts Over a Paducah radio  worker grabbed the Pill from a shelf where he had placed it Petit in his pocket and rushed Back to the Plant physicians who examined him said be bad no Burns. The provision compels All Union officers to sign an oath they Are not communists or else lose the services of the National labor re lations Board Norb. Olney said Many unions with suspected communist leaders cause affidavits to be filed in formal compliance with the act and it May be taken As practical certainly that those Union leaders who have been communists in the past will have been sure to have protected them selves against criminal prosecution Fay tendering a formal resignation from the communist party prior tothe Day upon which they signed the non communist  this places red leaders in a position of strength Olney said be cause they Are then Able to propagandize and mislead the Union members and the Public to believe that they Are not communists be cause they have filed non communist  anti baby Kisser gets Job As mayor Aurora 111., april 10 up Paul Egan jumped from the ranks of the unemployed to the Job of mayor when be won an upset Vic tory in tuesday s City election. He was publisher of the Aurora economist a weekly shopping news paper until it went broke last sep tember. T began 53, who has a wife and Cive children has been collecting unemployment compensation of$27.50 a week. The Job of mayor pays $6,000 a year. Aurora with 50,000 residents is 40 Miles West of Chicago. Egan defied All the rules of Good politics in his Campaign. He kissed no babies Shook no hands and made no Public speeches appearing before Only a few civic groups to answer questions. Killer of five to take test on insanity Canandaigua n.y., april 10the citizens of this Long Island Community have started a Hunt for Theodore Roosevelt s big  they want it for a National shrine to be opened Here later this year at Roosevelt a Oyster Bay Home Sagamore  was presented the hand carved stick when he at tended a firemen s tournament Here shortly after he first use the phrase speak softly and carry a big  1903, this Community changed its name from Greenwich Point to Roosevelt in Honor of the the president. Peoria elects woman Peoria. 111., april 10 a Peoria elected a woman Alderman for the first time in history in a municipal election tuesday and she led the Field of 16 . Myrna j. Harms 33, an at Tractive Mother of three children polled More than 15,000 votes to top the vote for City Council candidates. Hall endorsed As gop chief by president Washington april 10 a 1 president Eisenhower joined other gop leaders yesterday in endors ing Leonard w. Hall of new York for chairman of the Republican National committee. This makes his election a certainty. At the same time the go National committee issued a state ment singing the praises of the first 75 Days of the Eisenhower administration As a period of memorable and significant re sults. The committee listed what of called "75 accomplishments based upon 13 pledges made during the Campaign in the inaugural address and in the state of the Union message. Meet on successor the report was to be furnished committee members when they me today to choose a successor to c. Wesley Roberts. Among the strides forward1made on each pledge the report mentioned creation of a new executive department of health de cation and welfare with Cabin Trank. It also listed budget cats of $444,707,300 promised by the first of six departments and 13 inde pendent agencies to report of efforts to trim the 1953-54 Truman budget. The committee recalled that or. Truman said it could Nett be Cut. Oil Bill might starf4 Goi Drush Doug a of Csc Thi 1 inv ref see we Nicar c be sex to Witto Korea division denied by . Washington april 10 a White House press Secretary jams c. Hagerty told a news conference yesterday the Eisenhower administration has never reached any conclusion that a permanent Divi Sion of Korea is desirable or Fea sible or that such a division worm be consistent with the decisions at the United nations " he was referring to a new Yor times Story yesterday which said the Eisenhower administration is willing to accept a settlement be Korea based on a Boundary at Fli narrow Waist of the peninsula., about 90 Miles North of the presort Battelline. Hagerty also said no consider Tion has been Given by the administration to the establishment of t trusteeship for Formosa the new York times had we the administration was seeking solution to assure an Index Erato Formosa and a possibility  is a United natio trusteeship for that strategic ifls�n4 with the creation of a Reub Bollt Formosa As an ultimate goal. I Tweda and 35 in Vil 3 to lat de in to Jaeh we in Ini de Bate of Mim i Washington april 10. Sen. Paul h. Douglas o-b1 yesterday passage of the is ration backed tide lands would signal the Start of a flaw Gold Rush to give the Public resources to state greedy private interests. In a speech that took up yesterday s Senate session Illinois Democrat said the i off f states most interested in the b8fe California Texas louisiana1 Florida Are ignoring the tip he j the other 44 states. Douglas described the giving offshore Oil and Gas. To the states As a states rather than a Stales because it violates Theof the Inland states and a those coastal states we pfc cd have Oil Gas or Sulphur a it  i m � i n i  
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