European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday augu5t 1 payroll padding by administration charged Washington Cupi j. Williams accused the Johnson administration wednes Day of deliberately undercutting the congressionally ordered Cut Back on government employment by padding the payroll before the Economy action went into effect. Williams said the administration hired 95,300 Federal workers during the 30 Days in june when Congress was wrangling Over an Economy package which finally included a 10 per cent surtax a .$6 billion Cut in spending an the Job cutback. Williams told the Senate there can be no justification for this spectacular increase i Federal employment during a period when we were agreeing on Economy and i can think of but two , and most Likely these agencies wore padding their payrolls in Advance of the effective Date of the expenditure control legislation or second and an equally reprehensible excuse the administration was deliberately padding the Public payroll As the preliminary step to buying the 1968 the Delaware Republican said the Post office department said the agriculture health Educa Tion and welfare Interior transportation state Justice and labor departments All hired new employees in june. He said the Only exception was the Treasury department which Cut 1,695 workers. Under the tax increase spending Cut package approved by the House june 20 and the Senate june 21, Federal agencies were ordered to trim civilian payrolls to Levels of two years ago a Cut estimated at about i 250,000 jobs. President Johnson signed the Bill june 28. But the House Senate com Mittee on reduction of govern ment spending said wednesday the payroll on june 30 hit 3,026, 376, an increase of 95,350 from the previous month an increase of 42.217 from the previous year and the highest level since november. 1945, when the world War ii bureaucracy was beginning to be All time Peak hit in june 1944, As the War was approach ing an end was 3,731,970 persons. Prices higher in slums supermarkets try to Block report Washington up spokesman for the supermarket Industry has acknowledged that efforts were being made to Block congressional approval Ofa still secret report which concludes that some food chains have charged higher prices in the Borda Public affairs counsel for the National association of food chains said the attempt was under Way because the report s charges were unsupported and because i contains inflammatory material that May Well spark riot around the country he said he was not aware of any pressure whatsoever at least on our part to suppress the report but he said he talked to a couple of members of the committee considering the report. Borda said he had suggested to supermarket operators that they Contact their congressmen. Industry Side both efforts he said were aimed at presenting the Indus try Side of the Case and asking that the report be rejected on grounds that its allegations were . Benjamin Rosenthal d n.y., chairman of the consume affairs subcommittee which wrote the report and submit edit to its Parent group the House government operations com Mittee said i have heard reports from a number of people that the Industry has been in excessive communication with several members of Congress to keep the report shelved. It was Learned from commit miss America pageant gets Atlantic City . A the miss a m e r i c a pageant corp. Wednesday named the first negro to its Board of directors in its 47-year history. The pageant frequently criticized by civil rights groups in recent years for its Lack of negro contestants and directors chose the Rev. Canon Kennethe. Macdonald an episcopal minister Here. The pageant held Here annually has never had a negro con Testant. The Rev. Or. Macdonald 51,is one of 27 Board members. Albert a. Marks jr., executive committee chairman of the Beauty contest said we believe the role of the miss America pageant must be understood bythe entire Community and Rev Macdonald can not Only add anew perspective for the Board of directors but can also provide anew perspective for the comm tee sources that the report maintains that supermarkets in the slums have on occasion sol products for higher prices than those charged in stores of the same chains in higher income areas of the same report was based on hearings conducted last fall in Washington St. Louis and the Harlem Section of new York report concludes that while conditions have i Provedas the result of publicity the Federal government should take action to provide greater Protection for ghetto Consumers. Reagan Lindsay offer differing views to gop Miami Beach Fla. A two Republican stars Ronald Reagan and John v. Lindsay descended on gop platform writers wednesday with contrast ing Calls for 1968 party planks. For the California governor whose hat is in the presidential ring at least As his state s favor Ite son candidate the accent Lay on firm defense against communism abroad and sound finances and Law and order at one Issue there should be no confusion Reagan the expansion of communist Power. It is time to Tel Friend and foe alike we Are in Vietnam because it is in our National interest to be and Here at Home he said we must recover the will Nee Ixon c alls for Ous atle against crime Miami Beach Fla. A Richard m. Nixon called on the Republican party wednesday to endorse a militant crusade against crime. To restore Freedom from fear to the Ameri can Only fifty years ago Ameri cans dreamed of making the world Safe for democracy Nix on said. Today our present leadership cannot even Mak America Safe for Nixon s statement was Given tothe gop platform committee by Texas senator John g. Tower. It dealt Only with the Crim Issue. During the decade of the1900s," he said the peace forces of our society surren dered critical ground to the criminal forces. The first right of every american the right to be free from Domestic violence has become the forgotten civil right of the american people. One Paramount need is forthe men of government at the National level to exert their moral authority to the limit to marshal the armies of Public opinion behind what can be Noth ing less than a militant crusade against Essary to make our streets Safe our cities free from violence and our campuses centers for learning rather than for outrage and the new York mayor who says he s for new Yor gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller and not himself As president the stress was on reforms to cure City ills and poverty at Homeland on flexible diplomacy can begin by writing a vigorous platform that affirm the humane and financial commitment described by the Rio commission a commitment that this Johnson administration has scorned he said. It is time to make Good the Promise of american democracy to All on Vietnam Lindsay said the Republican party should assume forthright leadership of the cause of ending this unwanted War on the other Side of and . Diplomacy he said should recognize that in a changing world relations with russians and chinese Are not fixed forever in an Reagan and Lindsay spoke , prepared statements As the Republican platform committee neared the end of open hearings on the party policy document for this Campaign year. Justice Abe Fortis Senate panel defers action on Fortas Washington a Senate committee shelved Abe Fortas nomination As supreme court chief Justice until after labor Day when not enough senators showed up wednesday to take action on the appointment. Sen. James o. Eastland d-miss., chairman of the Judi Ciary committee said he would t try to Call another meeting until Congress return sin september after the National political conventions. Sen. Robert p. Griffin r-mieh., opposing president John son s supreme court appoint ments of both Fortas and judge Homer Thornberry said his forces have doubled in recent weeks and claimed he has More than enough votes to keep a Fili Buster going indefinitely. Only five members of the 16-Man Senate judiciary commit tee showed up for wednesday meeting. At least nine members of the committee must be present to take action. The target figure f Rollback ordered v was 2,366,317 jobs. I. 1 not calculated on t Totaita. Us Vav athe Rollback order Sto permanent Fuli ii. ,.,u. Ment. Wednesday s fir Urc if elude temporary and part time help such As summer employ Merit under the president youth Opportunity program figured this Way the june 3fl 1966, level was 2,7 58,017. So the required Cut is not As Sharp As might appear on the surface. Reagan recall try reaches final deadline Sacramento Calif. Up1 a drive to recall gov Ronald Reagan readied is final deadline wednesday most and Vance signs indicated ii would fall Short of forcing a removal election. If the recall backers set he required 780,414 signatures on petitions the Prospect of a fall recall election will Blunt the governor s presidential prospects at next week s convention. Reagan s aides privately expressed optimism the drive would net less than half the needed signatures. Mrs. Joyce Sonpal. Co chairman of the drive said she was optimistic of Success but angry at Secretary of state Frank m. Jordan a Republican for putting roadblock., in the Way of petitioners. Wants More time she said backers started their final drive six months ago wednesday would insist on if More Days to file supplemental lists of names if Ilic fir a attempt fails. But . Sullivan assistant Secretary of state said the Law did not provide the added time and insisted wednesday was the final deadline. It appeared Likely Hie Issue would be resolved in slate courts. Mrs. Koupal and her husband Edwin who have been leading the recall drive said a week ago they had collected More than 800,000 signatures and predicted the recall would qualify. Asked tuesday How Many signatures had been collected to Date she replied i have no idea. We be got paper every the group pm s submit the petitions to All so county clerks before the closing nine wednes Day but it May take hours to determine How Many signatures have been submitted and
